Stupid Baby Names

[Intangelon]

...yes. Quite unusual. Generally, it was the other way.

Well, if you're American you have a whole host of surnames to choose from: Madison, Tyler, Taylor, Curtis, Forrest, Mason, Jackson...

But I assume that doesn't really apply outside the Americanised Anglosphere.

Okay, but it's still stupid. MacKenzie (McKenzy/Makenzie/however else it's being butchered like haggis) is a damned surname and sound utterly pretentious as a given name. Others on this intolerable list include:

Cooper
Tucker
Jackson
Grey/Gray/Grayson
Madison/Madisen (for fuck's sake)

Then there's just plain silly names.

Tortured spellings of real names: Kaylee/Kalee/Kayleigh/Keili/Kayli/et-freaking-cetera.
Unique (and the assorted misspellings).
La--a, which is pronounced "la DASH uh", I shit you not.
Espen, and yes, it's after ESPN...how fucked do a parent's priorities have to be...?

Seriously folks, there are enough names in history and antiquity to never need to do this to children. Stop it, please.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

My husband's ex sister-law's family did just that. The sisters were named Amber and Jade, and the brother, Coal.

Coal...not that bad since it is a homophone of Cole.

But when it's written you can tell he was named after the rock.

[Maltropia]

Barack.
I mean, really, can a name get any stupider?

The above is a very droll Troll

If there were two Baracks, it might get funny.


But no.

[Pope Joan]

Frank Zappa's names for his kids were so weird they were great.

Did you know that Jude Law was named for "Hey Jude", the Beatles' song?

I like names that are real, that refer to a person or object or concept, and are not just made up out of random nice sounding syllables.

Like lets says Shraklayshtra.

But then if somebody names their child that, and that child becomes well known, then it is legit for the next helpless infant to bear it.

[Heningrad]

La--a, which is pronounced "la DASH uh", I shit you not.

already said la-uh

[Intangelon]

Gretchen is another one that is silly.

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

The difference being that Gretchen and Gertrude are (at least) legitimate Germanic names.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Frank Zappa's names for his kids were so weird they were great.

Wasn't one of them named Moon?

[Vellosia]

I have several...

Justin, Dustin, Ryan, Liam, Daniel, Jordan, Cody, Courtney, Ashley, Pete (Peter is good, but not Pete), Erin, girls shortening 'Alexandra' to 'Ali', Irish names (Sean, Siobhan etc.), any girls' names that are also flowers, any child named after some quality (Joy, Hope, Charity, Chastity etc.), to name the ones that come to my head straight away.

[GSSR]

How is Octavius a bad name?

it's a typo for badass

There was this foreign exchange kid from Thailand i knew once named "pisit". Pronounced: piss-it

[Polruan]

I have several...

Justin, Dustin, Ryan, Liam, Daniel, Cody, Courtney, Ashley, Pete (Peter is good, but not Pete), Erin, girls shortening 'Alexandra' to 'Ali', Irish names (Sean, Siobhan etc.), any girls' names that are also flowers, any child named after some quality (Joy, Hope, Charity, Chastity etc.), to name the ones that come to my head straight away.

What's wrong with Irish names

How is Octavius a bad name?

Cos it should be Octavian

For some reason all the Julius's I've met have been Black. Black people give their kids the best classical and English names (Winston etc). No idea why native Anglo-Saxons would name their son Darren (for fuck's sake) over Winston.

[Vellosia]

I have several...

Justin, Dustin, Ryan, Liam, Daniel, Cody, Courtney, Ashley, Pete (Peter is good, but not Pete), Erin, girls shortening 'Alexandra' to 'Ali', Irish names (Sean, Siobhan etc.), any girls' names that are also flowers, any child named after some quality (Joy, Hope, Charity, Chastity etc.), to name the ones that come to my head straight away.

What's wrong with Irish names

I'm just irrational with names.

[Maltropia]

What's wrong with Irish names

I'm just irrational with names.

Clearly.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

What's wrong with Irish names

I'm just irrational with names.

Yeah, you are.

I think Aisling is a beautiful Irish name.

[Fionnuala_Saoirse]

What's wrong with Irish names

The constant having to correct peoples pronounciations

[Triumphant Trio]

Shadowfyre. Yes, I actually know a kid with this name.

[Polruan]

Yeah, you are.

I think Aisling is a beautiful Irish name.

How do you pronounce it? Is it a boy or girl name?

The constant having to correct peoples pronounciations

Anglicisation

Fionnbharr -> Finnbar

[Vellosia]

What's wrong with Irish names

The constant having to correct peoples pronounciations

True. At least I can pronounce and spell them.

[Maltropia]

What's wrong with Irish names

The constant having to correct peoples pronounciations

Ah, there is that. And writing it phonetically always makes me cringe.

[Fionnuala_Saoirse]

Anglicisation

Fionnbharr -> Finnbar

Too late for me

And anglicisation results in a different sound as your example shows.

[Vellosia]

The constant having to correct peoples pronounciations

Ah, there is that. And writing it phonetically always makes me cringe.

Shaun.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

Yeah, you are.

I think Aisling is a beautiful Irish name.

How do you pronounce it? Is it a boy or girl name?

Aisling- Ashlin

A girl name.

[Ashurai]

I have heard form my cousin when she was in a catholic high school (and yes girls do get prego there out of wedlock regardless of religion). Some names were bizarre like some named their kid "Violence" (which is ok i guess) and the "@ sign" (yes that rite the "@ sign" is there real name). Few were insane like they literelly named this poor bastard "16 Bus Shelter" (ya like we needed to no where they were concieved in the first place). And so were so ridiclious that, that it was no longer a name, but a sentence instead like " Tequila Shequila Does The Hola Ho In Hawaii" (these must be the real fucked up parents). I feel so sorry for these kids. Im its ok to name yourself this, but dont do it to someone esle. Its embrassing and humlaiting.

[Angleter]

Ah, there is that. And writing it phonetically always makes me cringe.

Shaun.

Speaking of Shaun/Shawn, I also dislike the (generally Afro-American) tendency towards names that are preceded by a syllable, like LaShawn or LaToya or JaMarcus.

[Intangelon]

I feel sorry for the Germans.

Wow, most of those names are terrible.

Those are names that the German Standesamt were asked to appeal.

[Nanatsu no Tsuki]

I have heard form my cousin when she was in a catholic high school (and yes girls do get prego there out of wedlock regardless of religion). Some names were bizarre like some named their kid "Violence" (which is ok i guess) and the "@ sign" (yes that rite the "@ sign" is there real name). Few were insane like they literelly named this poor bastard "16 Bus Shelter" (ya like we needed to no where they were concieved in the first place). And so were so ridiclious that, that it was no longer a name, but a sentence instead like " Tequila Shequila Does The Hola Ho In Hawaii" (these must be the real fucked up parents). I feel so sorry for these kids. Im its ok to name yourself this, but dont do it to someone esle. Its embrassing and humlaiting.

Smunkeeville, a poster here, once talked about a girl in class that either she knew or heard about, called Kokaine.