Teachers: the names you will never name your own kids

[ASTalumna06]

And then there's this one I just came across...

[ComradesTrue]

Oh, dear God.

Krimson Tyde?

Five dollars says the parents never even went to college, much less Alabama.

[carnation]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

Oh, dear God.

Krimson Tyde?

Five dollars says the parents never even went to college, much less Alabama.

Lifted directly from the article:

"To people speaking negatively about us naming him Krimson, it's not their child nor family member so if they have nothing nice to say they don't need to say nothing at all," Steele said

-so you're probably right! That psycho who poisoned our Auburn trees named his kids Bear and Crimson.

[maconmagnolia]

Every time I see someone with an absolutely ridiculous name, I just imagine them applying for jobs some day. I'm sorry, but you cannot enter the professional world with a name like Forever. Or worse: Cream (I knew a girl named Cream in high school). You simply cannot enter the workforce with the name Cream. Do these parents not realize that they are hindering their children?

I mean, it's one thing to be unique. It's another to name your child after an object, food, etc. It's simply ridiculous.

Names I could never name my kids (normal ones) because I've had bad experiences with people with them: Libby, Josie (I absolutely love Josephine but couldn't name my child that because people would call her Josie, which I hate), Savannah, Kaitlyn/Katelyn/Caitlin/etc, Erica.

[carnation]

I know I should limit this only to names that I could never use because of kids I've taught but I must share here that this year there have been children available for adoption named Arphaxad and Bwadleye. No idea how the first name came about. The second: I have to wonder if the birthmother had a speech impediment and the birth certificate lady copied the name just as she heard it?

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by carnation

I know I should limit this only to names that I could never use because of kids I've taught but I must share here that this year there have been children available for adoption named Arphaxad and Bwadleye. No idea how the first name came about. The second: I have to wonder if the birthmother had a speech impediment and the birth certificate lady copied the name just as she heard it?

Oh my goodness, I pronounced that second name in my had as Be-Waddle-Eye and was so confused as to what it meant until I read speech impediment, and then it suddenly made more sense than before. Still a terrible, terrible name either way.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

Oh my goodness, I pronounced that second name in my had as Be-Waddle-Eye and was so confused as to what it meant until I read speech impediment, and then it suddenly made more sense than before. Still a terrible, terrible name either way.

I did the same thing, except I initially read it as "Bwaud-lie"

[OPhiAGinger]

It's not as bad as Bwadleye or Semen, but there is a girl in my son's swim class named Sunshine. It's not a term of endearment or a nickname. It's her actual given name. Fast forward to her future professional self….

"Sunshine Carter for the defense, Your Honor."
"Hi, I'm Sunshine. I'll be your server today. Can I tell you about our specials?"
"Sunshine, can you give us an overview of what to expect in tomorrow's audit?"

[AnchorAlumna]

We had a sweet sister in one of our chapters named Sunshine. She passed away while a college student. I never met her, but from what I've been told her name described her personality.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by OPhiAGinger

It's not as bad as Bwadleye or Semen, but there is a girl in my son's swim class named Sunshine. It's not a term of endearment or a nickname. It's her actual given name. Fast forward to her future professional self….

"Sunshine Carter for the defense, Your Honor."
"Hi, I'm Sunshine. I'll be your server today. Can I tell you about our specials?"
"Sunshine, can you give us an overview of what to expect in tomorrow's audit?"

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

We had a sweet sister in one of our chapters named Sunshine. She passed away while a college student. I never met her, but from what I've been told her name described her personality.

Makes one wonder how many 40-50 year-old women (and perhaps men?) there are who as newborns were given the somewhat hippie name Sunshine.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

The 22 most outrageous baby names of 2013: Rarity, Ransom, Subaru and more

http://m.today.com/moms/22-most-outr...ore-2D79669286

Ugh. A boy (actually, 6 boys) named Forever? Do people seriously hate their children?

We actually do have more than a few women named Snowy in our family. Snow is a family name, some of them took it to an extreme. Especially the one who married a man named Winter.

Originally Posted by carnation

I know I should limit this only to names that I could never use because of kids I've taught but I must share here that this year there have been children available for adoption named Arphaxad and Bwadleye. No idea how the first name came about. The second: I have to wonder if the birthmother had a speech impediment and the birth certificate lady copied the name just as she heard it?

As most of y'all know, my mama's name was Dixie Lee. Sadly, the doctor heard it wrong, and put "Dickory" (as in, "Hickory, Dickory, Dock") on her original birth certificate. Thank heavens they caught it in time!

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

We had a sweet sister in one of our chapters named Sunshine. She passed away while a college student. I never met her, but from what I've been told her name described her personality.

Had I been born a few years later, I would not be typing as honeychile, as my real name would have been Sunny, after the song. True story.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by honeychile

We actually do have more than a few women named Snowy in our family. Snow is a family name, some of them took it to an extreme. Especially the one who married a man named Winter.

Ha, wow.

One of my sorority sisters named her son Storm. She posts on Facebook and refers to him as Stormy. I used to have a cat named Stormy. I just can't get over it. And her two other kids have "normal" names. I don't know where Storm came from (X-Men, anyone?), but I have a feeling that kid isn't going to have it easy.

[robinseggblue]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I found another!

He's Russian, so I'm not sure how it's pronounced.

Semen is a bad romanization of the Russian name Семён, which is the Russian version of Simon. A better romanization that is more true to the real pronunciation would be Semyon.

I don't like seeing people make fun of names that are culturally correct, even though it happens all the time on these sorts of threads.

[littlesquirrel]

Not someone I teach, obviously, but I cringe every time I hear a child named "Aristotle" on a commercial for Bravo's "Odd Mom Out." Bleh.

[Cheerio]

It's been awhile, and we've enrolled lots of new GC members since the OP posted. Any additional names to add to the fold?