Anybody ever visit The Utah Baby Namer? Now those are some names!

http://www.wesclark.com/ubn/faves.html

I had the kindergarten class for the second time on Friday:

Jamir
Peter
Malachi
Ramases/Rameses something like that -if it's after that Pharaoh, they don't say it the same!
Woodson

These kids made me want to throw down!

during my student teaching, i had a Brallan in my class. i looked and frowned, couldnt figure out how the heck to pronounce it, so i skipped it and asked at the end if i forgot anyone. half the class yelled "you forgot Brian"...i dont mind creative spelling, but the double LL in english is double LL lol!

ROTFL at this thread! I have a few on this list: Maura, Emily, Noah, Larissa, Jordan, Darryle (girl), Amy, Melissa.

There are some names I don't negatively associate with former students but wouldn't name my children, just because they've been very common: Caitlin (and variations on spelling), Chase, Cody, Dylan, Jacob. I once had a single class with two Codys, two Chases, and a Caitlin, Katelyn, and Kaitlyn. I'm not kidding.

Boys
Blake
Carson
Grayson
Ivan
Johnny
Michael
Pedro
Santos

Girls
Becky
Callie
Desiree
Elora
Martina/Tina
Merry Mae
Misty
Payton
Rita
Trinity

Also, I've seen a lot of variations of Rain lately, like: Rainne, Raine, Rayne, Raene, etc.

Wow...just, wow. Quandarious sounds like "being in a quandary".

This year has been relatively easy for names in my classes, though I had 3 girls named Alyssa in one class. I also had four variations of Anthony in one class as well...and two Salvadors.

Anything with capital letter, apostrophe, and then another capital letter just annoys me. For example, N'Dari.

I have at least five students each semester with apostrophe's in their name.

I'm not a teacher, but I work with children. Several names have been ruined for me (although, some of these I never would have considered anyway):

Destiny (or any alternative, such as Destinee, Destined)
Journey
Heaven (or any alternative, such as: Heavenly, Heaven-Leigh)
Nevaeh (yes, that's Heaven backward)
Hope, Truth, Patience, Charity, Chastity (pretty much naming your child after a "virtue" removes any possiblity that they will possess said virtue)
any jewel of any form (Diamond, Diamoniq, Emerald, Saphire, Opal, Topaz - this is unfortunate, because I like Ruby)
Cheyenne, Dakota, Kiowa (anything "Western" sounding)

I've also had some doozies: Fast Indy Race (one can probably guess what the last name is), twins named Rage and Fury, more than one ABCDE (that's pronounced ab-suh-dee), Placenta (the mother heard the nurse say it and thought it sounded pretty), Clitoris (I didn't even ask why), and I'm sure I'll remember more later.

Unfortunately for me, my own name is actually on this list. I've asked my mother how it's possible I never ended up in foster care (I think it offended her).

My hubby and I, who have both been teaching for years, had such a hard time naming our kids because there were so many names that reminded us of particular students. Every time one of us would suggest something, the other would object almost immediately!

When I was pregnant with our fist, we had decided on Allison or Grant (we didn't know the sex). Of course, after deciding on those names, we had to change them because of our summer school rosters: As luck would have it, hubby had a Grant in his class, and I had an Allison in mine. Both students were slackers and wrecked all our planning!

I guess there is a plus to teaching internationally- I would never consider naming my kids most of the names they have!
But I would add to the list: Johnny, Jordan, and Alissa. Those are the one sticking out in my head for the moment.

Just like Ross and Rachel's daughter on Friends! That was about 5 years ago too, huh?

If in 5 years, there will be a lot of Serenas and Blairs, I will be SOOO happy.

This made me giggle... I'm Emily and my sister's name is Moira (which is similar to Maura)

This kid on the soccer team my son played against this weekend was named "Josefat". It was spelled just like that on his jersey and his teammates were calling him that as well so I'm assuming it is not a last name.

I was out the other day and I thought a kid was named Simian. I was so upset the kid was named ape/monkey but then realized it was probably Simeon. Unless his parents study classical languages and it is a nickname for his ability to swing on monkey bars or climb trees, but I doubt it.

Another one I'd scratch off my list due to double entendre.