WTF is up with names these days?

My beef is with normal names spelled funny just to be different.

An acquaintance has an infant daughter named "Keiralyn" - takes my old mind a couple somersaults to figure out that they meant "Carolyn" each time I see it written.

That sIlly frank Zappa, doesn't he know moon unit is a boys name?

Joey

How about the Lee twins?

Ug and Home?

Get it? Ug and Home lee?

Ugly? Homely?

Yeah, thats the best Ive got.

Then there's the Hogg sisters, Ima and Ura.

1988RedT2 wrote: Then there's the Hogg sisters, Ima and Ura.

Are they related to Oink Jones?

1988RedT2 wrote: Then there's the Hogg sisters, Ima and Ura.

Ura Hogg is disproved in the snopes link above.

Well, there's always the Wisconsin town that wants to name their new Government Center after their longest serving mayor, Harry Baals:

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/02/09/Harry-Baals-Government-Center-unlikely/UPI-83251297281467/

Salanis wrote: Well, there's always the Wisconsin town that wants to name their new Government Center after their longest serving mayor, Harry Baals:

Fort Wayne, Indiana.

My kid's nickname is Otto.

His full name is Brandon Alexander

It fits, he looks like a Brandon. My family calls him Brandon, my girlfriends family calls him baby Otto

@Porksboy:

I have a similar problem- never met a person with my first name, and anywhere it's posted or referred to, shows up on google. Thankfully, most of the stuff I've done in my life is ok, but sheesh. It's weird, but doesn't have a "y" in it, so I think I'm good.

Brust

I used to get picked on for Wallace

donalson wrote: I like my kids names :) daughter is Camber Elise Thomas

Camber...that's an awesome name. I may have to use that some day (it'll be on a dog though, since I'm not producing any kidlets at my age).

My first name is Dwight. Thank you, President Eisenhower for giving my parents a stupid idea. Until Dwight Schrute came along, nobody had ever heard of it around here. In my job I leave phone messages pretty regularly, and the call backs will ask for Blake, Duane, Wade, Wayne, White, etc but never, ever Dwight. I once picked up a girl for a date whose parents were relieved to find out Dwight wasn't exclusively a black guy's name (girl aside, that item would have negated me wanting to be a part of that family right off). Couple it with a last name that is unusual and eternally misspelled and the whole naming-your-kids-dumb-things hits close to home for me. My middle name is David (hence the screen name) and I'm seriously considering changing to that once my folks pass on.

Here's a shocker, name a kid Delmonte Zucchini and he grows up to be a thief. http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/sep/04/security-guard-accused-stealing-ellis-park-tvs/

My mom tells me the story, and swears it's true, of some twins she taught in inner city Birmingham, AL back in the 70's named Siphylus and Gonoria. I know they're not spelled like the diseases, but that's how they were spelled as names.

We named our daughter Kourtlyn Parker Hamilton, I looked and tried to get a car name, but KPH (kilometers per hour) works fine. LOL People around here try to call her Kourtland... WRONG!

My mom worked in Pediatrics at Shriners in Tampa, FL for several years and she's got a list of them.

E'E'Shawne... (yes, that's spelled correctly)..

Nosmo... (mother was high on opiates at the time she gave birth...)

LaVeronica

she's got a list of the winners somewhere, I'll have to dig them out.. :)

I have a Shtephanieye here at work too...

16vCorey wrote: Here's a shocker, name a kid Delmonte Zucchini and he grows up to be a adult film actor.

fixed

John Brown wrote: 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 my sisters married a guy who last name is Brown. Although the names are nnot unsusal, her three boys all have the same initials. They are probably better of than if she followed my suggestions when they were born. Those were Charles, Leroy and James.

yeah, I have a cousin named Chase. I was about 12 when my aunt was preggo with him, so I remember being there when they were talking names. Everyone was worried that he'd get picked on like "hey guys, lets Chase him..." and so one. Good for him he grew up to be 6'6" and 260 lbs as a freshman (linebacker). But Ive known some La'Kwondah's and Da'Myqhel's in the past. I never understood why a parent would hate their kid enough to ruin their introduction to everyone they will ever meet for the rest of their lives.

Last name's Carlson. If I had a boy (not in the plans), I'd want to name him Race.

I bought some stuff from a guy in Canadaland who had an employee named Rory True (Trewe, Treau, ???)

How's that for a car-guy name ?

I got a normal name- paul, but speaking of car names, I do have a cousin who named his kid to have the initials GTO.

and for variant spellings, I've know 4 megans in my life, all spelled : megan, meaghan, meghan, and maeghan. What's wrong with Megan?! i suppose they aren't near as crazy as some other misspellings, though.

In reply to Chebbie_SB:

A friend named his unplanned son after the cause, too much Guinness.

I know another guy who named his kid Fenris. Big Sci-Fi dork.

We're pretty boring. Chloe and Phoebe. I had a pet ferret named Chloe. I like the name. When I told my Mom we were going to name her that, she remarked that was a stupid name for a child. It was a name for a pet, like Fido or Spot. She also asked how do you think she's going feel when she's 65 and people are calling her that? I replied, "How does it feel to be called Dorothy at 65?"

frankenstangsghost wrote: I replied, "How does it feel to be called Dorothy at 65?"

does she still live in Kansas?

frankenstangsghost wrote: I know another guy who named his kid Fenris. Big Sci-Fi dork.

I have known a couple of people with this name, it is not that unusual. It is rather old and from Norse mythology in reference to the giant wolf that was suppose to be able to destroy the gods.