What would you NOT name your child?
 

There are people in Hong Kong who have names like Casino Wang or Apple Chan. They aren't translations of their names from Cantonese to English, but names that they've chosen (either for themselves or for their kids) because they just "want to". What do you think about this? I personally wouldn't use most of the names listed in the link below. Kids with names like that are prone to teasing. I like traditional names like Elizabeth, Andrew and Katherine.

Weird Hong Kong names: http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Ginza/3175/

I would never name my daughters after any of my future husband's ex GFs and none of my sons would have the names of any of my exes.

Besides that I'm not really against names...but dislike going against the traditional spelling (ex. one of my nieces is named Apryl Gaille :rolleyes: ).

A cousin mine has a name that isn't spelled traditionally. His name is Allun (or maybe it's Alun...not too sure, since I don't see him too often). Allun, not Alan, Allan or Allen. Allun. But he was born in the late 80s, when non-traditionally spelling was cool.

It was never cool ok? LOL Only trendy flakes did it.

If I had any more kids, I would name them John or Mary.

By the time they grew up, they would probably be the only kids in their classes with those names. Everyone else would be named Dakota Emanuel Genesis Wolfchild Britny Surfinburd Clark or something like that.

"Superman"? http://forum.ogrish.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gif

I have never really thought about what I would name my children... but i do know what I would NOT name them :)

For a girl, any of the more "old fashioned names" like Bertha, Gertrude, barbara, etc... those are just names i think of when i think of grandparents and great aunts.

Re: What would you NOT name your child?
 

Pretty much sounds like naming trends in America.

i would never name my daughter stephanie or michelle, because every girl i've ever met with those names has been either a major whore, psychotic or a combination of the two (no offense to anyone on here named michelle or stephanie). it was pretty when i told this to my ex - whose name was DJ. he thought it was because of the full house reference ;)

Polly Esther :)

Also, I would never named my son after myself.

I basically agree with most of the stuff written here:

http://www.dwanollah.com/blather/092103/index.html

There are a LOT of things I would not name my kid.

Actually I'm getting upset because I've wanted to name my first daughter Emma for years and now it's gotten all trendy. Hopefully by the time I actually have kids it'll be on the decrease again.

My parents are both teachers and have taught at some of the more "interesting" public schools in central Florida. They've both told me stories about students with interesting names.

Mom had a girl named Pepsi, and a boy named Ferrari.

Dad always had the best ones though...a couple years ago he came home after the first day of class and had this great story:

He's reading the roll call with a new class, making sure he knows how to pronounce everyone's name, filling out the seating chart, etc. Normal routine, no big deal. He's about 1/2 way done and he sees this one name that makes him pause. He has no idea what to say for the first name, so he just says her last name, "Miss Smith?"

The young lady stands up and says, "Mr. _____, my name is Sha-Theed!"

My dad just says okay and jots down the pronounciation next to:

Sh*thead Smith

Dad showed me his class roster - the name was actually spelled S-H-I-T-H-E-A-D.

Will, Derek, Amanda or Kylie......

When naming future kids, I'll go for names that are good, reasonable, normal names, while not being the most over-used names of the time. Like me, my parents almost named me Jennifer, and I'm so glad they didn't, since that is one of the most-often-used names out there!
But then I *do* really like the name Felicity...that's not so "normal". Oh well.
Whatever I name my kids, their names will be spelled correctly! None of this Tifannee Maddelinn or Tomus Skott nonsense.

Random thought...haha, it would be really funny if some parent was trying to creatively spell "Thomas" (as I did above) and decided on Tomass. As in, Tom-ass. Whoops, like Sh*thead.

how about prudence, iris, daisy, brutus, rose? yuck.