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I used to work with a Wai Ling Ho, a name that most certainly did not travel well

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote: My dentists name was Dr Crack. He might of been Motley Crews "dentist" also.

Surely that would have been Dr. Feelgood.

In a callcenter job I had once I took a call from a guy named Aquanet. Aquanet Jones.

Warrior Squirrel wrote:My name is Thor and my second middle name is Oskar. That means thunder in swedish. If I get male twins they will be named Tyron and Tethlis.

That's pretty badass.

My middle name is Wolf.

Also, the old orchestra teacher at my school was Mrs. Dix and the new one is Mrs. Cox.

Oh and I knew this guy in 6th grade who's name was Forest, His sister was River, and his brother was Sky. His parent were bigtime treehuggers/'botany enthusiasts"

There is a great chapter about this in the book Freakonomics.

chaos0xomega wrote:I want to name my male child Gabriel. I've always been a fan of the name, its a good traditional name (for a faith that I do not identify with), and it will surely teach the kid some character after the belittling he is no doubt going to receive on the playground >.>

Wanna know what's worse?

If his last name starts with N.

He becomes Gay Ben.

Melissia wrote:He becomes Gay Ben.

Like Valve's CEO Gabe Newell, A.K.A Gaben.

A friend of mine took a call at work from a guy named "Sweetmeat"

At work I get to hear a ton of unusual names for kids, I swear I am going to write a book someday.

Here are a few samples of names I have personally dealt with, what were their parents thinking?

Aryna, Breitling, Charmissa, Dadoren, Ellisen, Florine, Genesis, Hildebrand, Isa, Jessamyn, King, Liberty, Madigan, Ryguy, Scout, Tachika, Valentina, Waverly, Xavi, Yulissa, Zuzanna

And by far the worst of the bunch: Nevaeh

There really should be a test to see if people are qualified to raise kids.

I think Aryna sounds alright, but it is pretty late so my brain might not be getting some joke about it (if there is one).

EDIT: Just adding that I wouldn't personally use it, sounds too fantasy-ish for my liking, but as a name it's not wholly terrible.

None of those names are really that bad IMO... Well, Florine and Genesis are kinda eh... and King and Scout are blech, but otherwise those are legit names...

Plus, this guy might want a word, as might his fans: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavi

It's even worse here in Asia. It's become very fashionable among the Chinese to name their daughters things like - April, May, January, etc; Crystal, jade; Blossom, Daisy. I'm not sure whether it's to increase the attractiveness of their daughter to white men so they can get a trip to the first world, or whether they genuinely thing the names are aesthetically pleasing, either way, it's a bit of a disaster.

April and May are fairly common feminine names.

DeathReaper wrote:A friend of mine took a call at work from a guy named "Sweetmeat"

Sweetmeat is the porcine mascot of our long-rocking STL radio station K-SHE 95. I wouldn't be surprised if he was named after that. But that would be a really hoosier thing to do...

I think it's fair to choose a non-standard name, if it reflects your culture and heritage. Provided, that is, that it actually reflects your heritage. Being told by your grandma that her parent's came on a boat from Ireland doesn't make you Irish. It makes you a white person living a white person life, so give your child a normal name for feth's sake.

Newly invented names are always terrible. Always. Seriously, you're not a poet, so what made you think you could invent something that sounded okay? Nothing, which is why your child's name is terrible.

Manchu wrote:Megatron is good a solid name. It sends a clear message to hiring managers.

Just don't call them Starscream, or else you're telling future employers 'everytime you go on holiday, or even when you just go to lunch, I will take over the company"


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SlaveToDorkness wrote:There is a great chapter about this in the book Freakonomics.

One of the two decent chapters in that whole book, the other being the chapter on average incomes among low level drug runners.

The baby names chapter was particularly good for asking the question on racism and names 'is it the implied colour of the name, or the implied social class' that stops the person from getting job interviews. That is, the trial sent out identical resumes for Michael and for Jezmai (or whatever)... but what if it send out resumes for Jezmai and for Cletus?

My dad wanted to name me Obi-wan.

Mom did not approve.

Would have been either really cool or absolutely dreadful when the prequels came out.

I would give my children a Scandinavian name.

Astrid for a girl or Silas for a boy.

sebster wrote:Newly invented names are always terrible. Always. Seriously, you're not a poet, so what made you think you could invent something that sounded okay? Nothing, which is why your child's name is terrible.

I am, does that mean I can get away with it?

Well, I have no idea how I'll name my heirs in the unlikely case I ever have 'em.

So far, I run by my second name, Mathias, since my first name it's also my fathers and it's easy to avoid confussion. I actually always introduce myself as Mathias anyway.

Not a really common name, but never suffered 'cause of it.

For what its worth I think Mathias is a cool name

Personally I've always been fond of biblical names: Elijah and Josiah are names I really like.

Avatar 720 wrote:I am, does that mean I can get away with it?

You're a poet and I didn't know it.

But yeah, if you are, and you can actually fashion attractive sounding names go for it.

sebster wrote:

You're a poet and I didn't know it.

Hey, that rhymes!

My parents named me Barack. I happen to think it's a pretty cool name, but everywhere I go, people keep demanding to see my birth certificate!

Albatross wrote:My parents named me Barack. I happen to think it's a pretty cool name, but everywhere I go, people keep demanding to see my birth certificate!

What you did there....

I see it....


I tend to get called by my surname alot - and more people than I would dare to count forget my forename. (Which is Josh - so it's a fairly boring name anyway Hell, occasionally I have to try hard to remember it myself!) My middle name is the same as my dad's (Michael).

My dad has the best middle name ever though - Ignatius, which is just all kinds of awesome