Bad Baby Names
 

Received this article in my daily genealogy, and I haven't heard of a lot of these names. It will take you to here, also.

I had never heard of Carr Chase, or Emma Royd - but there's even more ways people do their best to destroy their children's lives. Enjoy!

My mother-in-law (the Chi Omega, for those of you keeping score) had the maiden name "Belcher". My husband, in true southern tradition, wished to use it as my second son's middle name. He was already to be named William for his great-grandfather, so I asked what his g-grand's Christian name was - William Henry. I went on and on about how much I liked William Henry, and I'm happy to say my little Liam is not saddled with the middle name "Belcher". (My husband's cousin changed his last name from Belcher to his mother's maiden name, he hated it so much.)

Our beloved basketball coach, Pat Head Summitt's father's name was Richard.

I'm assuming he went by Richard, and not a nick-name. :rolleyes:

I went to school with a Pete Moss, and knew Penny Nicholl through majorettes. Penny's nickname was "Six Cents".

I remember a rushee named Ginger Snapp.

I recall oduring membership selection someone saying, "OK y'all Oreo Cookie...who talked to her?"

FYI: She was a legacy and she pledged.

Funny names in Rush
 

I remember Stormy and Misty Hayes, Autumn Leaves Wood, Nugget Gold, and a Cookie. Given name,not a nickname.

I knew a set of sisters, one named Cookie and the other named Candy.:p

I went to high school with Snow White and Terry Terry.

Snow was homecoming queen and a delightful person. Everyone loved her. It would not surprise me if she went greek.

My high school guidence councilor was Jack Frost and his oldest daughter was Summer.

The Vice Chairperson of the GA Real Estate Commission is named Scott Free. When I received my license I thought it was a joke - "This looks like a Monopoly real estate license. Is this for real?"

I worked with a guy named Mike June. He was a bit older (to my 19-year-old self at the time, 35 was old). Well, he married this god-awful ugly woman. She was the 35-year-old type who wore all pink and ruffles, sweatshirts with airbrushed kittens - you know what I mean?

About a year after their marriage, they had a baby girl - ugly little thing, bless her heart. They named her April May.

These on their own aren't bad, but all together-
My husband's former boss had three kids named Christian, Christina, and Christopher. And no they are not triplets.

I used to work with a guy named Robert Burt. And a Richard Dix. They used to call him Dick-squared.

Back when I was a kid I met a girl who was named Wishapona Starr. I also went to school with a girl named Sunny, who married Justin Day. So she's Sunny Day :)

One of my former students was named (given, not nicked) Princess.

I also know a family whose last name is Head. Mom and dad are Anita and Harry, respectively. For real.

I knew a Misty Dawn in college.

We had a Ginger Snapp go through rush, too!

Also Autumn Winters, Autumn Star, a couple girls in the same year named Cinnamon, and a girl with the last name of a barnyard animal whose personality matched her name.

My fifth grade teacher started out the year as Ms. Bruce, but then halfway through the year she married a man with the last name Lee. So we started calling her Bruce Lee.

hahaha thats a good one!

My uncle's name is Robert, his wifes name is Roberta and their daughters name is Robin.

Also this kid I used to work with a few years ago had they strangest name ever-- St. Gelatin--and that was his full first name.

My mom had a student whose name was Urmajesty.

My mom was like um... do you have a nickname?

funny, but also so very wrong!

Windy Daye and Misty Dawne and Stormy Nyghte

I had a neighbor named Charlie Brown when I was growing up.

there was a veterinarian named summer wheat. in my small hometown newspaper, eons ago, there was a lady who wrote a column whose name was queen esther williams.

the athletic director at the school my kids attended when we lived in tulsa (it was pre-k thru 12) was charles brown, but went by charley.

a friend of ours who is a policemen swears that he arrested twins named, orangjelo and lemonjelo, but i think he was just pulling our legs.

I went to school with a Zach Morris.

Alize and Tanqueray....

I also went to school with celebs...

Michael jackson and Diana Ross...and if they were ever absent at the same time..someone would always chime in

They are on tour.

My sis in law named her newborn

Xevious...trying to be different...we are still gently trying to tell her she named him after an 80's arcade game.

I went to elementary school with a girl named Princess and another girl named Precious Joy.

There's a man that Mr. Pi Phi knows whose name is Dick LeClair, but when he introduces himself he always says his full name really quickly and it sounds like, well you know...

Did you scroll down on the first link that honey posted? Holy Moses! Lol that cracked me up.

Someone mentioned kids with similar names. My grandma's neighbors had 7 kids; 6 were girls, and their names all started with M!

Oh, and the Robert/Roberta thing...my boyfriend and I are Kristen and Chris. No one thinks it's funny unless the meet us at the same time. If we reproduce, I promise not to name my child Christine or Kirsten or anything like that.

Ka.rim.a Wheat

(Dots added so she won't find it if she googles herself)

I recall a sharp little second grader whose first name was Mister. He was smart - he signed his papers Mr.

My favorite name was Ivory Cloud. He should have ended up some sort of celebrity.

I worked with a woman whose grandmother's name was Ophelia Butts.

This is a true story.
I knew some kids when I was little, whose last name was Mintz.
Their names were Candy and Pepper.

I remember a girl who went through recruitment when I was a senior. Her last name was Head. I can't remember what her first and middle names were, but she went by their initials. My eyes bugged out when I saw her nametag--B.J. Head.

She went Zeta, if I remember correctly. :p

What about the people named "Name?"

Dick Butkus always makes me chuckle.

I know some of these names have origins in other languages and spellings and their English translations and pronunciations jack it up.

My aunt works as an RN, and she met a woman who had orange jello after her first baby was born, so she named him Orangejello (pron. OrAN-gello) and then lemon jello when she had her second baby - so, you guessed it - Lemonjello (pron. LeMON-gello).

Is this an urban legend?

I have heard the same story in several different parts of the country. Variation of story has them as twins.

I wish. My aunt's been an RN for 35 years and seen it all, and isn't one to repeat 2nd hand stories as her own.

They may've existed somewhere but I find it funny that everytime this story is brought up, everyone claims to know someone who knows someone. :) This story has been circulating for yeeeeeears. Some still consider it a myth simply because of how it is brought up.

Someone on the urban name legends site says that oranjello and lemonjello were patients at the Children's Hospital of (Detroit) Michigan. So hopefully AF is talking about that hospital.

My father's friend (whom we haven't spoken to in years) has the last name Bonaparte. His wife became pregnant and they found out a son would be born. As a joke - my father is an extremely sarcastic man - told Mr. Bonaparte to name his new boy Napoleon. He did!

Yep. They moved to Columbus from Appalachia too.

My boss has a friend who's last name is Walker. They are 30ish. Can you guess what his son Luke's middle name is?

I've met Steven King and Harry Potter, but they were born before the hits, so I don't think it really counts.

- Alexia (as in inability to read due to a brain or visual impairment)
- Virgen
- Lesbia
- Fruta
- Jezebel
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