WTF is up with names these days?

there's an article in the local paper about a little girl named Nevaeh. WTF? FWIW, she's one of us white devils.

yeah, i already realized that it's Heaven spelled backwards. doesn't make it any less berkeleyed up to give a kid a name that nobody will ever pronounce or spell correctly. thanks, mom and dad, for making every single introduction in my entire life a big pain in the ass. i'll be on the pole by the time i'm 16.

her brother's name is braelon. another WTF in my book.

OK, i'm done now.

True story: I had a phone call here at work from a nice man named "Bandana Garg" about 8 months ago.

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: True story: I had a phone call here at work from a nice man named "Bandana Garg" about 8 months ago.

was he a berkeleying pirate?

Friend is a social worker. Teen mom in an urban area named her twins (sound it out) "Or on gel oh" and "Leh mon gel oh". Spelling?

Wait for it...

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Wait for it...

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Orangejello and lemonjello. Yeup.

La-a The dash don't be silent

I was introduced to a kid in a day care center who's name was "Hashish".

AngryCorvair wrote:

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: True story: I had a phone call here at work from a nice man named "Bandana Garg" about 8 months ago.

was he a berkeleying pirate?

That's all i could envision....

I've also had a phone call from a dude named "Butts B. Lickin." Seriously.

I also had a roomate in college named Michael Patrick Hunt. I met his parents, they thought it was all some hilarious joke. They even said that they switched the first and middle names at the last minute, so he was ALMOST named Patrick Michael Hunt.

I'm sure you can figure it out.

In reply to 92CelicaHalfTrac:

My kid's name is Madden Maximilian. Somebody here should be able to figure out why...

redvalkyrie wrote: In reply to 92CelicaHalfTrac: My kid's name is Madden Maximilian. Somebody here should be able to figure out why...

DUUUUUDDEEEE!!!!!!

That's AWESOME!

It goes in spurts, when I was in grade school there were at least 5 Stevens in each class. Now you can't swing a cat and not hit a Josh or Justin.

My friend Tom Case named his son Justin, poor bastard.

I hate names that seem easy to pronounce, but for some reason the parents wanted to make life difficult.

I really hate calling attendance in some classes.

mtn wrote: Friend is a social worker. Teen mom in an urban area named her twins (sound it out) "Or on gel oh" and "Leh mon gel oh". Spelling? Wait for it... ... Wait for it... ... Orangejello and lemonjello. Yeup.

There must be "tons" of orange jello's and lemon jello's in this world as EVERYONE knows someone whom directly knows lemongello and orangello

In reply to nocones:

or my buddy's sister's friend's cousins twins, Monique and Unique

The Snopes response to lemonjello: http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp

There are two sisters here in 4-5 grade named Heaven and Wisdom....I hate to think what the locker room talk will be like when they are in HS.

Sis-in-law works at a daycare. She categorizes the girls with the funky names as "DFP" ...Destined For the Pole. The most f'd up one that comes to mind is "Kiki Coochie" (I'm pretty sure that's not how the last name was spelled, but you get the point.)

While we don't get many of the 'ethnic' names in my neck of the woods, we do get some fat & sassy honkies who are VERY particular about how their dumb ass names are spelled. "Christie" for instance, can't just be spelled with either an "ie" or a "y", typically, it's "Kristee" or "Chrystee" or some such horse E36 M3.

I used to work with a guy who's last name was "Torrence"

He was a huge Clint Eastwood fan.

He joked that if he had a son he would name him Clint.

Sound it out, Clint Torrance

Shawn

Now I am "one of those a-holes" that named their kids with a joke. Tanner Elijah Brown. Tan or brown. His brother is Trevor Edward Brown, no jokes just the same initials... it wil save on embroidered towels when they grow up... they can just keep regifting.

One of the kids I helped raise went off the reservation and has had a few kids before getting a job or an education, they are named Trentyn and x'Zaryion... I still think she had tiles left over from a scrabble game.

My nephew is named Chase. Long before he was born, I told my sister that I didn't think she should use a verb for a kid's name, and that if she did, I'd come up with my own name for him. I wanted something that evoked the rugged, adventurous nature that his father lacks.......I call my nephew Zeb.

But Mommy and (the current) Baby-Daddy just want little "Moon-Glow / Prince Pinch-valve" to be unique so that they can rise to the level of fame equal to "Snookie" "Lil Bow-Wow" & "Octo-Mom"...

"Fills me with the urge to defecate" (thank you Roger Waters !)

mtn wrote: Friend is a social worker. Teen mom in an urban area named her twins (sound it out) "Or on gel oh" and "Leh mon gel oh". Spelling? Wait for it... ... Wait for it... ... Orangejello and lemonjello. Yeup.

Cool story, brah.

In reply to jrw1621:

Bill Cosby used to tell a story about how he and his brother thought their names were "Goddammit" & "JeezusChrist"

AngryCorvair wrote:

92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: True story: I had a phone call here at work from a nice man named "Bandana Garg" about 8 months ago.

was he a berkeleying pirate?

Bwaahaaaaaaa, I snorted.

Let's all try and elevate the social status of our kids by giving them soap opera names:

Slater, Dayton, Hudson, McKenna, Hayden, Kayden, Jayden, Brayden

Wow--our kids are now unique and much less prone to throw a tantrum in public--wait--why do I hear these names so often--oh yeah--give your kid a spoiled brat name and you might be the type to create a spoiled brat...

I have a customer in Trinidad, name is Shivand Nandlal. That is all.