Weirdest Baby Name

eyenigh · August 2013

BlueRidge8 said:

Clashley77 said:

I have heard from a quite a few people that there is a little girl within my local school district by the name of La-A and yes, you pronounce the -, making it LaDASHa

Did you READ the thread?

Total lurker on this board but I have to pipe up here. Aside from the fact that no one ever has any proof of this ridiculous legend, as a serious grammar nerd, it shouldn't ever be pronounced La-dash-a-- it would be La-hyphen-a.

Please, please, please someone say they know a La-hyphen-a.

mrs.vanderwall · August 2013

whoopsybaby said:
I thought all those urban legend names were just that until I saw Abcde in my child's yearbook. She was a cute little girl. I can only imagine her parents heard the legend so many times they thought it was a real name--and a good idea. Sigh.

Again. Pictures or we don't believe you.

WolFox · August 2013

There's a girl in my son's class named Kaaitea. Pronounced Katy.

Oooooh that sucks...

jburdet1 · August 2013

I went to elementary school with a Lloydashsia (she was named for her Father).

In High School,
Celebrity (girl)
Chase and Dodge (brothers that Dad was the football coach)

On the news,
Baby twins, Adam and Eve

jburdet1 · August 2013

Also, I worked with a girl that full name was Melissa but went by Lissa but pronounced Lissa as Lisa...it was pretty confusing.

karabear11 · August 2013

My mom went to school with a Harry Pitts and a Forest Evergreen. Not the worst I guess but not very nice to do to your kids!

oneblessedmess · August 2013

lrachelle80 said:
PSA: You do not, nor does anyone you know, know a La-a, Shithead, Lemonjello, or Orangejello, Female.

I DID know a Shithead. Sadly I was in middle school so I can't really prove it. But it is a legitimate Middle Eastern name.

twobluelines · August 2013

Worst celebrity name: Moxie Crimefighter
Worst irl name: Magnolia Moonbeam

We also got a receipt once that said
Your cashier is: Innocent

oliversbear · August 2013

twobluelines said:

Worst celebrity name: Moxie Crimefighter Worst irl name: Magnolia Moonbeam We also got a receipt once that said Your cashier is: Innocent

I take cashier, telephone customer service agent and other similar "anonymous" names with a grain of salt. Some of the people who hold those positions make up names, either because they want to or because it is a requirement. When my BFF was working a suicide-prevention line, she was required to take an assumed name so that the callers would not be able to fine her in real life. Another friend who was a customer service agent at a call center also had an assumed name, for similar reasons. And when I served as a cashier at a fast-food restaurant, my sign-in on the register was an assumed name, just because I could. I hated the job and wanted nothing so much as to remain detached from it. Being another person in the position made it easier.

ballre1 · August 2013

I know a lady named Creola, like Creole food but with an A, it makes it worse because we live in Louisiana.. And my mom works in a mother/baby unit and she said someone named their daughter Danga, like Danger but pronounced and spelled using Ebonics.

oneblessedmess · August 2013

ballre1 said:
I know a lady named Creola, like Creole food but with an A, it makes it worse because we live in Louisiana.. And my mom works in a mother/baby unit and she said someone named their daughter Danga, like Danger but pronounced and spelled using Ebonics.

When I saw Danga, in my head I pronounced it the way Steve Irwin would have, you know with an Australian accent? "DANGA"

oneblessedmess · August 2013

Apparently, when you do an Intelius people search for Lemonjello Snicket, someone in Georgia pops up with that name. There is also an Orangejello Snicket in the same city. Make of that what you will, LOL

GilliC · August 2013

msmerymac said:

Oh, I do know someone whose last name was Booze.

There is some etymological debate about whether the term "booze" would be as common if it wasn't for E.C.Booze, the distiller of Old Cabin Whiskey. While the term predates his business, a lot of people attribute Booze's whiskey to the more common use of the term. (I happen to be descended from part of the Booze family and have a reproduction Booze bottle on my shelf as a nod to my genealogy.)

GilliC · August 2013

I forgot two others when I first posted:

I used to work with a woman whose first and middle names were L.ove L.eigh (pronounced lovely). I knew a lot of people who had trouble taking her seriously (even if they only knew her first name).

I went to university with Holly Wood. The problem with Holly Wood was that it was her choice, because she legally changed it herself. And then she'd get annoyed when people called her by her full first and last names.

tiki8286 · August 2013

When I used to do data entry for a company in Michigan, I saw the names Mint and Babyboy written on a form. Shudder.

twobluelines · August 2013

oliversbear said:

twobluelines said:

Worst celebrity name: Moxie Crimefighter
Worst irl name: Magnolia Moonbeam

We also got a receipt once that said
Your cashier is: Innocent

I take cashier, telephone customer service agent and other similar "anonymous" names with a grain of salt. Some of the people who hold those positions make up names, either because they want to or because it is a requirement. When my BFF was working a suicide-prevention line, she was required to take an assumed name so that the callers would not be able to fine her in real life. Another friend who was a customer service agent at a call center also had an assumed name, for similar reasons. And when I served as a cashier at a fast-food restaurant, my sign-in on the register was an assumed name, just because I could. I hated the job and wanted nothing so much as to remain detached from it. Being another person in the position made it easier.

Totally possible. But I loved the was it looked... my first thought when I saw it was "But I didn't accuse you of anything".

LindsayDesigner · August 2013

mbear511 said:
I did go to high school with a guy named 'Michael Hunt'...went by Mike.

So did I! He lived down the street. He goes by his middle name now.

stahlop · August 2013

mrs.vanderwall said:

whoopsybaby said:
I thought all those urban legend names were just that until I saw Abcde in my child's yearbook. She was a cute little girl. I can only imagine her parents heard the legend so many times they thought it was a real name--and a good idea. Sigh.
Again. Pictures or we don't believe you.

And as I stated earlier, look up in the Beyond the top 1000 and you'll see that Abcde makes the list, usually somewhere around the 10 or less area.

saham07 · August 2013

Darthaniel ............do you think the parents are Star Wars fans? The mom brags that she "put it together " herself...........I want to say " no kidding"

ArgyleBride · August 2013

An older man in my hometown was Richard Seaman, and he did go by Dick. I guess you're not going to change the name you've used your whole life because it comes into common usage in a different way.

I know plenty of people with the last name Wang, I really don't even think it's weird but it sure threw my Irish friend for a loop, he couldn't believe it.

I also know a Wendy Pan, which isn't a bad name, but it does always make me think of Wendy Darling marrying Peter Pan.

I worked in a NICU for a while, and someone else there ranted about some horrible people who apparently thought it'd be funny to name their child "Mistake." Pronounced Mis-tahk-ay, yeah really clever. I am hoping this one was just made up.

annabelle.27 · August 2013

oliversbear said:

twobluelines said:

Worst celebrity name: Moxie Crimefighter
Worst irl name: Magnolia Moonbeam

We also got a receipt once that said
Your cashier is: Innocent

I take cashier, telephone customer service agent and other similar "anonymous" names with a grain of salt. Some of the people who hold those positions make up names, either because they want to or because it is a requirement. When my BFF was working a suicide-prevention line, she was required to take an assumed name so that the callers would not be able to fine her in real life. Another friend who was a customer service agent at a call center also had an assumed name, for similar reasons. And when I served as a cashier at a fast-food restaurant, my sign-in on the register was an assumed name, just because I could. I hated the job and wanted nothing so much as to remain detached from it. Being another person in the position made it easier.

There is a cashier at my grocery store whose nametag says Alexxxa. I have always hoped it was a made up name.

artistlife · August 2013

I have a few.

There was a guy that I went to school with named Chavis Bawles, pronounced Shave-is balls. Another named Herman Hymann.

There is a girl that is a student at the middle school I work at named Kuntasia. Her mother told the secretary to put it in the file that everyone calls her Kunty for short.

mh89 · August 2013

AMazeOfGrace said:

Apparently, when you do an Intelius people search for Lemonjello Snicket, someone in Georgia pops up with that name. There is also an Orangejello Snicket in the same city. Make of that what you will, LOL

That reminds me of the author's name "Lemony Snicket". I always thought it was a pseudonym..

I went to school with two brothers named Chewbacca Yoda and Luke Skywalker.

Gamera3000 · August 2013

The small town my ex-husband is from has three siblings whose names are Bread, Butter, and Merry Christmas. They must be elderly by now.

In case anyone wondered the first two were boys and the third was a girl.

mysticl · August 2013

A I (pronounced as the letters)

Ebony, Ivory, Jade, Amber, and Onyx (all siblings)

Buddy

Soda Pop

Deejay (pronounce D. J.)

mysticl · August 2013

oliversbear said:

twobluelines said:

Worst celebrity name: Moxie Crimefighter Worst irl name: Magnolia Moonbeam We also got a receipt once that said Your cashier is: Innocent

I take cashier, telephone customer service agent and other similar "anonymous" names with a grain of salt. Some of the people who hold those positions make up names, either because they want to or because it is a requirement. When my BFF was working a suicide-prevention line, she was required to take an assumed name so that the callers would not be able to fine her in real life. Another friend who was a customer service agent at a call center also had an assumed name, for similar reasons. And when I served as a cashier at a fast-food restaurant, my sign-in on the register was an assumed name, just because I could. I hated the job and wanted nothing so much as to remain detached from it. Being another person in the position made it easier.

Also, some places don't want multiple employees with the same name. So new hires have to pick a different name if their's is already in use. A salon I used to go to was like that. You could request a specific stylist by first name only, that way they didn't have to give out last names and there was no confusion about which Jennifer you meant.

linzandjer11 · August 2013

We always joke about the worst possible names to go with last names... Say them a couple times out loud for the full effect:

Olive Uma Darling
Wanda Bowla Rice
Trask, Force

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