Maybe it's because of all these idiot celebrities naming their kids pretentiously (did it start with Dweezil Zappa?), but I have had a rash of stupidly spelled names of late. Stupid because these kids are going to spend the rest of their lives spelling their names.
Here are a few samples of stupidity:
Jewelly pronounced "Julie"
Jessaca
Pshawn, the "P" is silent (no pshit)
Kortny
Holleigh
Alexeigh
Mykele pronounced Michael
Linsy (did you mean "LINDSAY?")
Khelli
Here is a selection of some plain Stupid Names:
Crystal Snow (the Ice Queen?)
Precious
Princess
Treasure
King (except for my uncle, and the middle names of several of my male relatives--it IS a family name)
Badger (hahahaha! "BADGERS? We don't need no stinkin' badgers!")
Audra and Jared (if you are over 40, remember "The Big Valley" TV show?)
Marvolene (WTF?)
Feral
Maverick ("did your mother not like you?")
Tyler Harley Davidson (a girl, yikes)
Summer, Winter, Spring and Autumn (not from the same family)
Names Guaranteed to Get Your Kid Beat Up:
Boral (combination of Bob and Coral?)
Lexus
Third (yikes)
Juniper
Quita (could never finish anything?)
Juicey (no lie)
Boswin
Storey (Ah, the Story Girl. Welcome!)
...and to go with the above, Anne of Green Gables Johnson
Shiclet (accent on the last syllable; "Chiclet?")
Here's a doozy or two from when I used to babysit a million years ago:
Tamsen Olivia Freelove Jones. Yikes!
Teena Bean (just sounds weird)
Peter Lapin (Lapin means rabbit in French)
Bambi. Yup. Went to high school with her.
You need a license to drive a car, but anyone can have a kid; and they can name said kid anyting they want to
2 comments:
I realize this is an old post, but there are hoardes of people who hunt for perfect names and mock the horrible. The official word for us is onomasticians (does that mean that if you're scared of names, you're onomastophobic?) and we even gather online to mock the names, though never the children. The original site from which the forum was born is here, with the forum linked if you're interested. Even if not, the site is a laugh a minute for previously observed names.
By the by, though he's never been in for emergency care, my son's name is Gabriel Dean H_____. Took us months to agree, too. :)
Oh, thank you for the link. This is great, I was ROTFLMAO at the comments. Yesss! Irreverent people like me!!!
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