Teachers: the names you will never name your own kids

[DoctorD]

Yes, I often said that the list for names NOT to name my kids was longer than the list TO name my kids.

names I did not consider:

Theo
Miranda
Joshua
Jennifer
Brandon


I know there were others, but these jump to mind very, very quickly. Too quickly.

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Flenzy, Jake, Melissa, Peter, Amanda

The rest of them, I'm sure I could get over. But those four, never. The others I seem to forget about after a few months.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

Flenzy, Jake, Melissa, Peter, Amanda

The rest of them, I'm sure I could get over. But those four, never. The others I seem to forget about after a few months.

I don't know what kind of crap the kid pulled, but Flenzy sounds baller as hell.

Although "Grandma Flenzy" is turd sandwich all the way.

[epchick]

Ok, so i'm not a teacher (although i'm thinking about it) but I will never name my children:


Girls:
Laura
Susie, Susan, Susanna, etc
Jennifer

Boys:
Sean, Shawn, etc
Aaron
Scott
Richard

Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

Flenzy, Jake, Melissa, Peter, Amanda

The rest of them, I'm sure I could get over. But those four, never. The others I seem to forget about after a few months.

Did you really have a student named Flenzy when you taught HS?

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally Posted by OTW

Did you really have a student named Flenzy when you taught HS?

He came in the year when I taught 8th grade. The sad thing is, he was Flenzy Junior.

I'd also add to the list "creative" spelling of names. Any name. Jessyka. Rian (Ryan) and a few others that I can't think of right now. Equally annoying where the kids named after cities. I've had a Chicago and Cleveland. My mom once had a student who was either Orlando Cleveland or Cleveland Orlando. She could never remember which city came first.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

I'd also add to the list "creative" spelling of names.

If we're going to basic naming rules, these must be said!

1. Jennipher, Rebbekkah, Chrystyne, Tyffyny....people butcher complicated names, just let the simple ones stay simple. Y is not synonymous with I so let's not do it!
2. Blending names isn't always cool either. A girl's parents couldn't decided between Jessica or Erica, so they compromised with Jerica. Thelma and Linda should not become Thesslyn. Just decide on one. Your child's name shouldn't be comparable to Bennifer or Tomcat--sometimes it cute, but leave Hollywood in Hollywood!
3. Adding extra letters. "Shevon" is actually much easier than "Shehvaughn." Please.

[tnxbutterfly]

Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

He came in the year when I taught 8th grade. The sad thing is, he was Flenzy Junior.

I'd also add to the list "creative" spelling of names. Any name. Jessyka. Rian (Ryan) and a few others that I can't think of right now. Equally annoying where the kids named after cities. I've had a Chicago and Cleveland. My mom once had a student who was either Orlando Cleveland or Cleveland Orlando. She could never remember which city came first.

There is a kid in my school named Cameron and you all would die if you saw the way it was spelled.

Boys

Jacob ( we had 3 in our school last year and one was spelled Jaycob)

Ethan

Ryan

Zach

Ezra ( or any name that starts with e. One year we had 2 ethans, ezra,and e.j. That was a fun year)

Michael

Gabriel

Sam

Kevin

Patrick

Thomas

Luke

Aston

Cody ( I just don't like this name)


Girls

Lucy

Catilyn

Caroline

Ella

Sarah

Casey( I've never really like this name either)


I also don't like parents who have 2 or more children and they have names that start with the same letter.

For example: Mia and Megan, Lucy and Lilly, Sierra, and Savannah, Eve, Eli,and Ethan

[indygphib]

Originally Posted by tnxbutterfly

There is a kid in my school named Cameron and you all would die if you saw the way it was spelled.

Boys
Cody ( I just don't like this name)

I hear you loud and clear on this one. Anytime I hear the name Cody, I think of some redneck woman screaming at the top of her lungs,

"CODY! DESTINY! (another hated name of mine) Y'ALL QUIT PLAYIN' ON THAT THAR SHEET METAL!"

[pinkyphimu]

Maybe it is because I have been out of school for a few weeks, but I can't really recall all of the names I wouldn't want to name my own children.

Cameron is definately one of them. I have worked with too many Camerons with Autism.

Connie- because she the most terrible girl ever and she was in my class from K to 7th grade. Now I swim on a team with a wonderful woman named Connie, but I still can't get over the scars of elementary school!

[DolphinChicaDDD]

Originally Posted by DolphinChicaDDD

Flenzy

Funny this thread was bumped. I would like to share part of an article from my hometown newspaper earlier in the year. I've taken out some of the information about other folks involved in the incident.

"Flenzy....were all charged with two counts of aggravated assault, and one count each of riot, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, police said."

I knew I didn't like the name.

[sceniczip]

Devoshoun (Devotion is how it's pronounced)
Phal'len
Geovanni

There were some other gems. At least the kids are nice

[IrishLake]

Originally Posted by sceniczip

Geovanni

We had 3 Giovanni's in my high school. (Most went by Gio). Lots of italian families where I'm from!

Out of all the girls we know under the age of 8, there are 8 Olivia's, 4 Ava/Ayva/Eva's, 7 Maddie's (Madison or Madelyn), 5 Abby's, 2 Addy's (Adrienne and Addison), 4 Alexis's, 2 Hannah's, 3 Kayla/Kayleigh, and I know there's more. So all of those are out if we ever had another girl.

Boys names are all pretty standard, doesn't seem like any boys name dominates over the other (as far as kids we know). My son's name is pretty unusual, but old school traditional.

[AnotherKD]

Originally Posted by IrishLake

We had 3 Giovanni's in my high school. (Most went by Gio). Lots of italian families where I'm from!

Out of all the girls we know under the age of 8, there are 8 Olivia's, 4 Ava/Ayva/Eva's, 3 Olivia's, 7 Maddie's (Madison or Madelyn), 5 Abby's, 2 Addy's (Adrienne and Addison), 4 Alexis's, 2 Hannah's, 3 Kayla/Kayleigh, and I know there's more. So all of those are out if we ever had another girl.

Boys names are all pretty standard, doesn't seem like any boys name dominates over the other (as far as kids we know). My son's name is pretty unusual, but old school traditional.

Oh, yeah, I forgot about the Olivias. There are a few born within the past few months that I know about.

You went to school with more than one Giovanni????? Were they all part of the Sortino family? I don't think we had a single Italian (or at least hard-core Italian) in my school... but I could totally see the families sending their children to your school. (A compliment!)