Comments on: Rule #12: Screw Tradition When Naming Your Baby

By: jess

jess — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:52:14 +0000

after working in the credit industry for the less fortunate in new zealand you realise how original some of them were! i remember receiving an applications for ‘quantum leaps’, ’solomon solomon’, ’samoa samoa’ (first and last names) and also ‘mountedenbusstop’ – this was actually his first name and he was conceived at mount eden’s bus stop…..! you have to wonder!

By: Lucy

Lucy — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:05:24 +0000

But you’re forgotten the part where you name your child
WkdlR123@#$ and insist that it’s pronounced “Tom.”
There was a weirdo lady whose kid took karate with ours for years who had named her daughter “Verneisha” but insisted that it be pronounced “Veronica.” She thought that the unusual spelling made it more interesting and yelled at and humiliated new instructors everytime they “mispronounced” it. Seriously! She never quite got the concept that certain letters made certain sounds. She thought you could just pick and choose how they were pronounced. It was the damndest thing!

By: Tracy

Tracy — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:16:06 +0000

My son went to school last year with an Alexus and Alexxus. I thought that was super creative mashing up a real name with the name of a car (bonus points for the extra x!)

You forgot the take a word and spell it backwards thing. Not just Naveah, but I know of an Evoli, too.

By: Bettis

Bettis — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:20:10 +0000

I interviewd a woman who introduced herself as “Fee” (which I assumed was a shortened version of Fiona) but upon looking at her application, her full name was Fe Male Jones.

By: Anya

Anya — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:30:57 +0000

My mother in law worked at a daycare, a little girl was named Urine (You-reene).

By: Tyreece Birdwatch

Tyreece Birdwatch — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:14:01 +0000

Great names, although, I thought you might be making fun. Where I come from, I know a couple Typhus’. Also, my second cousin is Aquanet.

By: Brick Jones

Brick Jones — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:03:32 +0000

Love it! Finally someone understands where my parents were coming from!!

By: A Mama's Blog

A Mama's Blog — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:47:29 +0000

Very funny post. Where I live, a few years ago these “creative” names were all the rage. The disease names are too funny.

By: Father Knows Worst

Father Knows Worst — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:35:18 +0000

@Sandwiched: I’d prefer Mordecai over something just plain awful like Halitosis. (Though I guess you could go by Hal for short, but even “Hal” is a weird name. I mean, come on, “Hal??” It’s like a partial laugh.

@Leanna: The cool thing about parenting advice is that even if you aren’t a parent, you still probably had one. And they probably…had their shortcomings. Everyone can relate to bad parenting!

Sidenote: Traditional names can come back to bite you, too. So sticking with convention doesn’t always mean your kid won’t get bullied. (Don’t believe me? Ask any guy out there named “Gay” or “Dick.”

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:23:23 +0000

chlamydia maria isn’t half bad. It has a nice flow to it. i think definitely sticking to STD names is key. Venereal is the new Vanessa I heard.