Bad Baby Names

[WarEagle07]

When I worked at the children's hospital I saw all kinds of interesting names but the one that stands out in my memory was Shithead.......pronounced Shi -thead. I had to do a double take when I called that one!

[LXA SE285]

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).

My sister, also an RN (pediatric nurse), swears up and down that in the children's hospital where she used to work, she personally cared for a baby named Nosmo King. I've seen this name, as well as Lemonjello and Orangejello, debunked many times online as urban legends, but I don't think my sister would lie about something like this, so I'm not sure what to believe.

The very best repository for profoundly strange names, IMHO, is the Utah Baby Namer, home of Tiarrhea, Nudity, and, yes, VulvaMae. :O

[catiebug]

As listed on snopes.com...

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp

[pirate00]

I hate season names for some reason! In good ol' high school there was a Summer Mills, Spring Rogers, Wynter Anderson, and an Autumn Sampson.

(P.S. Last names changed to protect the innocent)

[SWTXBelle]

Gypsyboots (at the age of 2 1/2) wanted to name her soon-to-be sister Cinderella. I didn't let her - although she did come out blonde, blue-eyed, and with a fixation on Cinderella.

[deadbear80]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Gypsyboots (at the age of 2 1/2) wanted to name her soon-to-be sister Cinderella. I didn't let her - although she did come out blonde, blue-eyed, and with a fixation on Cinderella.

This made me think of a similar story. My best friend growing up has a little sister 5 years younger than us. When her Mom told my friend and her older sister (who is 8 years older than the baby sister) that she was pregnant and asked them what they'd like to name their new sibling...I think she was a little mortified with the response she got. GIZMO! (Yes, their Mom made the mistake of asking them after they saw Gremlins in the movie theater).

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by deadbear80

This made me think of a similar story. My best friend growing up has a little sister 5 years younger than us. When her Mom told my friend and her older sister (who is 8 years older than the baby sister) that she was pregnant and asked them what they'd like to name their new sibling...I think she was a little mortified with the response she got. GIZMO! (Yes, their Mom made the mistake of asking them after they saw Gremlins in the movie theater).

. . . and that's why you don't let your children name their siblings!

[AOII_LB93]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

. . . and that's why you don't let your children name their siblings!

Hey, I suggested my sister's name...Sarah. Sarah was my best friend growing up. Some of us are not totally insane you know.

[carnation]

The author of one baby names book I have said that she asked her 4-year-old daughter to choose a name for their baby boy and she picked "Rainbow Boy". I doubt they used it....

[Sister Havana]

Originally Posted by pirate00

I hate season names for some reason! In good ol' high school there was a Summer Mills, Spring Rogers, Wynter Anderson, and an Autumn Sampson.

One of my good friends in high school was named Wynter, and her best friend's little sister was named Autumn.

[Benzgirl]

A friend of mine asked her 3 year old boy what he wanted to name his baby sister. He came up with "Daisy Pickles".

Her quick thinking responded with, "That would be the perfect name for your new puppy". The kid was thrilled, but dad was in shock over of having an unplanned puppy.

Anyway, baby sis was named Sarah and puppy was named Daisy.

[texas*princess]

i can't remember what channel it was on, but this thread reminded me of some show i saw not too long ago. it was one of those newsy-type shows and they reported that a pretty high percentage of parents decided to change the name of their kids after a few months all the way up to age 3.

is that something you (general "you") might consider if you found something "more suitable" than the original name you gave your hypotetical children?

[Sister Havana]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

A friend of mine asked her 3 year old boy what he wanted to name his baby sister. He came up with "Daisy Pickles".

I wanted to name my sister Daisy Karen. I was 3 at the time. My parents named her Rebecca instead.

[CuriousWildcat]

We have a friend who has a child naming problem. Her children's names are Galileo, Mikki (like the mouse) and her daughter is Gypsy.

[bejazd]

We get lots of clients in our office from south of the border. I've seen some strange names, but the one that really stands out is Heribertha.

So wrong.