I was going through my baby names book and was horrified to see "Kum-stane" as a name! It was from a list a NY teacher put together from her class. "female" was also on there. SMH
My childhood friend has 4 daughters- Princess, Sunshine, Summer and Precious. I have been SMH ever since the first name was revealed. In my opinion Summer is the lucky one!
I've got a few. There was a girl that came in my work last week named Summerlyn Poon. I had an applicant once named Wonda'ful. And I used to know two kids named Real-Deja and Your Majesty.
Do people who name their kids crazy names think of what it would sound like during high school or collage graduation? What about a job interview? What about school? I'm a teacher and see a ton of different names come into my room year after year. Some are very unique and strong names that the child can go far in life with but others make me say to myself "oh God! What were they thinking?!?!?" Worst one is Nevaeh!!! Do you know how many times I heard it's like Heaven spelled backwards! Like duh I know that!
I've got a few good ones. I went to high school with two twins named Frosty and Misty. Not horrible names in themselves, but their last name was Gale (like, a blustery windstorm!)
I'm also a preschool teacher, and hear some atrocious names every year. I'm being 100% truthful when I say I met a baby boy this year named Popeye. POPEYE!! Like, Popeye the Sailor Man or Popeye's Chicken! That's like naming your child SpongeBob. I almost laughed and asked if it was a nickname, but thank god I didn't because I could tell on mom's face she was tired of hearing it.
Ooh I just remembered one more! My mom also worked at an elementary school and had a student named PrincessKamala. One word. And you the parents insisted you could NOT call her Princess or Kamala as a nickname. It must be PrincessKamala.
I pretty much despise the celebrity "unique" names thing. Like, let's make up a word and make it our child's name...or better yet, we love _____ food! I feel like I should blame Gwenyth Paltrow for starting it (even though I'm sure she wasn't the first), because...Apple? Really? A fruit? What's wrong with the THOUSANDS of names that are real and have history?
Also, every name that you read and have no idea how to pronounce. Why would you submit your kid to that for their entire life??
I worked in university housing as an undergrad and saw roommates Princess and Dyana (not related, fortunately). I think both of those are kind of "WHY?" but together takes it to "WTF?!"
I worked in university housing as an undergrad and saw roommates Princess and Dyana (not related, fortunately). I think both of those are kind of "WHY?" but together takes it to "WTF?!"
BaHaha, the person who assigns room died when they put them together.
@Ashfully I have hated Gwenyth Paltrow for years... esp after she said that it is 'irresponsible for mothers to work outside the home'... ooh she makes me mad.
@Ashfully I have hated Gwenyth Paltrow for years... esp after she said that it is 'irresponsible for mothers to work outside the home'... ooh she makes me mad.
She said that? I didn't like her because she felt pretentious and fake humble to me, now I like her less.
I'm 29, husband is 30 Together since 2006 Married 01.17.15
@Ashfully I have hated Gwenyth Paltrow for years... esp after she said that it is 'irresponsible for mothers to work outside the home'... ooh she makes me mad.
i'd be surprised if she said that since she works outside of her home?
I worked in university housing as an undergrad and saw roommates Princess and Dyana (not related, fortunately). I think both of those are kind of "WHY?" but together takes it to "WTF?!"
I was an RA in college and I had a resident named Skye Walker. I never could decide whether her parents were mean or exceedingly awesome lol
@CMDD it was something she put on GOOP pretty soon after Apple and Moses were born and has since removed (due to heavy backlash). She also says ignorant s*** about what moms 'should' feed their kids, etc. We're not all rich and famous.
@Ashfully I have hated Gwenyth Paltrow for years... esp after she said that it is 'irresponsible for mothers to work outside the home'... ooh she makes me mad.
Didn't she say that her life is much more difficult than it is for regular ol' working moms? Because, you know, having millions of dollars and the ability to hire people to do everything for you makes life really, really hard.
My name is Skyla. My parents had only picked a boy name (Skylar) and when I was born they just dropped the r. I get compliments on it all the time so it's not terrible but every time I introduce myself.. "Hi I'm Skyla". "Nice to meet you Skylar". Yes, clearly I mispronounced my own name. I've corrected people so many times I just go with it now. Some people thing my name is Skylar. Some think it's Kayla. Whatever.
My Cousin just announced he's naming his son Jesse James... Not sure how I feel about it
He lives near me. No joke.
Upstate NY??
No, Jesse James lives outside of Austin. At least the one that was married to Sandra Bullock.
No they pregnant now I was like what? Yeah I tried to talk him out of it. His daughters name is faith which I get. He's naming the kid after the outlaw.... And my parents thought me wanting Sebastian for a boy was bad. They also didn't like my nephews name of Asher but it fits him well as naming him "happy" which is what Asher means would be weird. Yes my sister picked a name that meant happy because it was her favorite one of the 7 dwarfs from Snow White.
I am forever thankful I wasn't born a boy! Both my parents are Spanish but we all live and I was born in UK so introducing myself as Jesus wouldn't have had quite the same ring to it as it would in Spain. Thank you for my lady bits!!!!!!!!
I met a woman whose son was named "boy". I thought it was horrible. What grown man wants to be called Boy?
Australia has cool laws about naming kids. Check this out-
Restrictions on Baby Names
To protect children against careless and harmful names, the government had set out rules in registering baby names in Australia. The rules state that a child’s name must:
not be obscene or offensive or contrary to public interest; (no racial slurs or infringements on the rights of another; be short and easy to write (In NSW, under 50 characters); not include symbols without phonetic significance such as N@talie, Da!sy, J#ke) or use numerals; not include or resemble an official title or military rank recognised in Australia such as King, Lady, Father, Prince, Sir or Admiral. This was after a law was passed sometime in 1995 prohibiting the use of titles as part of the baby’s given name. use English letters only; not be similar to a recognised body, organisation or trademark; and In Queensland, the name can’t include a statement, like Save Mother Earth or Down with Capitalism.
A lot of these "awful" names are cultural. Mercedes and Cuauhtemoc are both pretty common names here in Mexico. K versus C names are typically spelled differently based on country of origen. There are some names that we wouldnt choose for our own babies... but I almost feel like the Bump isn't the place to judge names. We are already stressing enough... now I am afraid to find the names we have chosen on the worst baby name thread...
Another add to the mix. I have a friend named twilight and her sister was dawn after the time of day they were conceived. Her mom had her name legally changed to twilia when she broke up with her father. She loved twilight hated twilia. I agree with her on that one twilight gets a lot of slack because of the Twilight series but she rolls with it
Re: Worst baby names
My mom's suggestion was to just give our baby a middle inital of E or F, and when people ask what it stands for - he/she can say "effin".
Just say your first name, effin, then your last name and tell me you aren't a badass.
My husband thinks it's just as funny. Don't get me wrong, I won't. But the idea is hilarious for us. It's been a running joke for a couple weeks.
Alright.
Jamie
I'm also a preschool teacher, and hear some atrocious names every year. I'm being 100% truthful when I say I met a baby boy this year named Popeye. POPEYE!! Like, Popeye the Sailor Man or Popeye's Chicken! That's like naming your child SpongeBob. I almost laughed and asked if it was a nickname, but thank god I didn't because I could tell on mom's face she was tired of hearing it.
Also, every name that you read and have no idea how to pronounce. Why would you submit your kid to that for their entire life??
Jamie
Together since 2006
Married 01.17.15
No they pregnant now I was like what? Yeah I tried to talk him out of it. His daughters name is faith which I get. He's naming the kid after the outlaw.... And my parents thought me wanting Sebastian for a boy was bad. They also didn't like my nephews name of Asher but it fits him well as naming him "happy" which is what Asher means would be weird. Yes my sister picked a name that meant happy because it was her favorite one of the 7 dwarfs from Snow White.
Australia has cool laws about naming kids. Check this out-
Restrictions on Baby Names
To protect children against careless and harmful names, the government had set out rules in registering baby names in Australia. The rules state that a child’s name must:
not be obscene or offensive or contrary to public interest;
(no racial slurs or infringements on the rights of another;
be short and easy to write (In NSW, under 50 characters);
not include symbols without phonetic significance such as N@talie, Da!sy, J#ke) or use numerals;
not include or resemble an official title or military rank recognised in Australia such as King, Lady, Father, Prince, Sir or Admiral. This was after a law was passed sometime in 1995 prohibiting the use of titles as part of the baby’s given name.
use English letters only;
not be similar to a recognised body, organisation or trademark; and
In Queensland, the name can’t include a statement, like Save Mother Earth or Down with Capitalism.
My sister came across an adi... Full name Adrenaline.