Stupid Baby Names

[Miasto Lodz]

Oh, we mustn't forget Bonqueesha.

...and Condoleezza.

[GarriCorp]

I saw a picture of a guy on a game show named Anass Afadass not joking.

[Zirconim]

I shall name my child Moe Lester.

[GarriCorp]

I knew some people who named their son Ichigo because of the show bleach.
Ichigo is Japanese for strawberry.

[Ryadn]

I dislike this whole thing that's been going on the past few years of giving kids snooty last names as first names. Madison, Hamilton, Jackson, Carter... annoying. Any of those names that people choose because they think it makes their kid sound like they come from money.

[Zannania]

A friend of mine is an obstetrician, and he works in an inner city hospital...

One teenage mother named her children Clamydia and Syphillis.....

Not even kidding.

[Ryadn]

Gertrude is kinda silly.

Gretchen is another one that is silly.

We had a dog named Gretchen. German Sheppard mutt. She was a good dog.

[Brandenburg-Altmark]

There is... so much wrong with this post. I feel like pointing all of them out this time.

1. Really? You know that a good portion of your classmates are "yuppie fags"? Even if it's true, what's that supposed to mean?
2. Ryan as a female name is not weird. Nor is Agatha, Kristofer, Anders, Ezekiel, Cortez, Tobias, or Mack.
3. You are aware that Ezekiel is a Biblical name, correct?

1. Not the classmates; their parents. And given that North Boise experienced the second-greatest growth in the Treasure Valley during the Second White Flight (circa 2005) in one of the ten-fastest growing regions in the US, I'd say it's fair to say there are a lot of Californians there. It's practically a suburb of Fresno.
2. The hell it isn't. That makes about as much sense as naming your son Brittany.
3. I sure am. How many people do you know with that name?

EDIT: I suppose there is the Amish... but that just further proves my point

Like Hernan Cortez the white European conquistador?

Like the name that many Latino parents give to their children?

What the hell makes you the arbiter of what names are right? As a conservative, I'm guessing you vote for whoever campaigns on "small government," while actually wanting that government to remain big enough to tell women what to do with their bodies, parents what to name their children, men when to get a hair cut, and people what opinions they're allowed to express.

Your concept of "gender norms" is flawed at best and idiotically sexist at worst.

[Octabrinaland]

Lotsa Seaman.

If there is anyone called that, I will personally 'hi-five' you!

[Ryadn]

A friend of mine is an obstetrician, and he works in an inner city hospital...

One teenage mother named her children Clamydia and Syphillis.....

Not even kidding.

Right. I believe you, and I believe the "no really, I REALLY knew a guy named asshole" person. Because you're both totally credible.

[Chenkorya]

María Vuvuzela was a baby in Uruguay.
And in Holland there is a name Fokje Modder. If you pronounce it you hear Fok je Modder and that's Fock Your Mother in Dutch.

[Risottia]

2. Ryan as a female name is not weird. Nor is Agatha, Kristofer, Anders, Ezekiel, Cortez, Tobias, or Mack.

I understand Ryan, Kristofer, Anders, Ezekiel, Tobias and Mack as strictly male names.

[Ryadn]

I met a woman the other day who'd named her three-year-old daughter Bella. Eugh. Okay, we get that you want her to be stalked by a creepy undead loner, but everyone else also wants their daughter to be turned into a blood-sucking monster by an antisocial walking corpse! Try something less popular.

(Seriously, Isabella is #1 for female first names right now, and Jacob is #1 for male first names. I weep for humanity.)

I've also met girls named Ocean and Sahara ... Sahara isn't so bad, but still.

I have, in the past, threatened to name any prospective daughters I may have Arwen and Eowyn, because I am a huge nerd, but I'm highly unlikely to actually go through with that. They'll end up with respectable names like Victoria or Margaret.

While I cringe, I also sympathize, because I was dead set on naming my son Phinneas until effing Julia Roberts did it. At this point, it's going to be some take on Nicholas--Niklas, Nikolai or Nikhil.

[Risottia]

Cricket.

Why name your brat after an insect?

No, it's after a sport.

[Sovereign Spirits]

This is highly subjective. Every name is stupid to somebody. Unless you'd like to fill this thread with all names ever, I don't see this going anywhere.

[Ryadn]

This is highly subjective. Every name is stupid to somebody. Unless you'd like to fill this thread with all names ever, I don't see this going anywhere.

New to General, are we?

[Zannania]

I think all of these qualify...

http://youtu.be/pCdmiZyyGjQ

[The International Soviet Union]

Elmar
McKenzie
Beiber
Nappy

[SteelHive]

Worst two I personally know of:

Sean (but pronounced as see-anne, which his parents thought was how sean connery's name was pronounced)

Le-a (pronounced Ledasha, get it?: seriously there should be parent licenses)

[Northern Lancashire]

The next child I see named "Astor" shall be placed in a microwave oven.

[Risottia]

Le-a (pronounced Ledasha, get it?: seriously there should be parent licenses)

Illitterates shouldn't be allowed to name their kids.

[Miasto Lodz]

I feel sorry for the Germans.

[Meowfoundland]

I feel sorry for the Germans.

Wow, most of those names are terrible.

[Tenuria]

Le-a (pronounced Ledasha, get it?: seriously there should be parent licenses)

Illitterates shouldn't be allowed to name their kids.

That's not real. It's an urban legend playing to undercurrents of racism. Same with kids named Shithead or whatever.

:/

[Maji Matamu]

"Ampersand." *shudder*.

On a side note, I think it would be badass to revive names from Norse mythos in my kids. The girl will be named Signy and the boy might be named Jormungandr.

They will both be mighty kings.