Teachers: the names you will never name your own kids

[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

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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.

[barbino]

I worked with someone named Sunny Feeley. Another co-worker laughed his head off when I said her name. He thought that I was joking. I was not; this is really her name. We also worked with a guy whose last name was Sex ... no one forgets his name.

[carnation]

So the state that had Arphaxad up for adoption now has a girl named Raspberry.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by carnation

So the state that had Arphaxad up for adoption now has a girl named Raspberry.

Ah, fruity names...once knew an 8 year old girl named DELIGHT, which always made me think of Diet Delight Fruit Cocktail.