You named your kid what?!?

Published on July 26, 2004 By dharmagrl In Misc

I was perusing the local hospital's 'baby pages' earlier this evening.

It never ceases to amaze me what people name their children.

Apart from the usual smatterings of ordinary names spelt 'differently' - like Mykel instead of Michael - there were a couple of names that left me asking myself 'what the hell were they thinking?'

Someone named their daughter 'Citrus'. Yep, the trend of naming kids after fruit has gone to a whole other level. I can hear the jokes about giving her a squeeze already.

Someone else named their son 'Corter'. "Hey, ya got a corter ta spare for the pop machine?" was the first thing that sprang into my head.

Ok, back to the baby pages now to see what else some parents with overactive imaginations have managed to think up.....

Comments (Page 4)

dharmagrl

on Jul 27, 2004

"Chance",

That's a popular name in this neck of the woods. We're in cowboy country, where names like Seth, Chance, Eli, and Lane are common.

I like 'Emily Ellen' for a little girl...that was my grandmother's name.

I find it interesting how once old-fashioned names are now being en vogue again. Henry, Harry, Jack, Emily, Millie...the names our grandparents were given are becoming more and more popular.

Qoo3

on Jul 27, 2004

I once worked with a guy named Quo Vadis Nabors...

Janders

on Jul 27, 2004

I have a uniue name and although if is often mispelled and mispronuonced I like it. My parents made it up. My name is JoLynda after my aunt Lynda and my aunt Jody (called Jo when she was younger).

My husband has a common name with a unique spelling Jaysen after his grandfather Jay.

Our daughter's name is also somewhat unique Jayden. It is after her daddy and grandpa.

I like unique names, just not crazy ones like products, foods or BM's.

Gideon MacLeish

on Jul 27, 2004

OK, folks...I'm a huge baseball fan, and I have to dig at one of my favorite players, but...

"Randy Johnson" sounded like a term for a venereal disease 15 years ago, and it still does today...sorry, RJ.

I also knew a woman who was going to name her daughter "Aureola", insisting it means "black princess" (she saw "Coming to America" too many times, and didn't realize it was a COMEDY.)

Ariadne Calzanti

on Jul 27, 2004

Well, I hope to throw my name into the mix! I'm Ariadne (known as Aria most often), and my partner is Finton, so we have a couple of unusual names. My niece's name is Molly Margaret, so it does just go to show that the traditional names are coming back! My mother is English, and my father is some part Italian some way way back in the family (although he is English too), so that is where my surname comes from, I suppose (Calzanti), and my middle name is that of my great Aunt on my mother's side (Devorah). I would like to name my children with unusual names, and have always liked the name Summer. I think I would also give my child/ren "normal" middle names so that they had the choice if they wanted (Finton has the middle name David).

Another thought - my brother in law's partner is due to have a baby in about 6 months or so, and we've been told that if it's a boy, they want to call it Finton! So, there will be 3 Finton's in his family... confusion abounds. Oh, and Finton is adamant that if we have a boy, he wants to call it (you guessed it) Finton. Yep.

Aria

trina_p

on Jul 27, 2004

We're already having fun with the spelling and pronounciation of Elana (eh-lar-na) -- she's gotten Alannah, Alana and Elena oh and Orlana (don't ask me where anyone came up with that spelling but it was my aunt who heard it from my grandad who I think might be starting to go a little senile...) for spelling and Eh-lay-na for pronounciation

I wanted something different - I didn't want her to be Britney P, Sarah P, Jessica P -- I wasn't Katrina L - but there were other Katrina's at my school.
My best friend tried to do that too - her first son she called Micah and the lady next door named her son Micah too because she liked the name so much.

We almost named her Joella (Joe after Nick's Grandfather who passed away in January 2003) but I think we decided not to name her after anyone - otherwise the other relatives living and deceased would have something to say - so she got Elana because we liked the spelling better then Alanna Alahna Alana Alannah etc - and Grace because it goes well - EGP -- I swear I've had this conversation before on JU -- oh yeah simplethings - Emma's first or second blog about what to name her unborn baby.

I've always liked the name Ariadne (there's a new blogger with that name) & Charlotte's Web was my favourite book growing up

My two favourite names atm if I ever decided to have another are Aislin and Elysia (because I've always loved that name even before "Alysia" was "born" - and I think I have a thing about E's -- my boys names are still Isaiah Jeremiah and Ezekiel -- but Nick still hates all of them so its a good thing Elana was a girl.

trina_p

on Jul 27, 2004

Speak of the blogger

Ariadne Calzanti

on Jul 28, 2004

Speak of me, indeed!

Aria

ohnoudidnot

on Jul 28, 2004

We accidentally gave our daughter initials which spell "arm". This wouldn't be too bad if I hadn't had a good friend who has these same initials and who complained about it often in our childhood. I didn't realize it or even make the connection until our little baby turned two. I think it's pretty funny. Hopefully our daughter will, too. She has my permission to change her first name ANY day, now. It is getting popular and it was one of the compromises her father and I reluctantly reached. I personally liked "September Rose " so my husband suggested "November Rain". I loved that until I found out it's a SONG by GUNS N' ROSES. My sister ended up christening her daughter "Rain" which is still lovely, if not a little trendy. What can one do? I try not to call out my daughter's name in public. We use nicknames. I am just tired of people saying "oh! What a pretty name!" Then going straight to some hospital and telling every mother-to-be. It sure seems like it anyway.........so we call her "Mink" at the park (which is cool in itself, I think) and "One-One" at the grocery store and various bugs in the library, at the zoo, etc. take my advice ! rdmpm

crimson

on Jul 28, 2004

I knew a girl named Sherry Kerry, and knew of brothers named Jesse and Frank James. And I had a boss named Dick Ing.
Funny though, I always said that if I have a son, I'd name him Beau as a joke (It would rhyme with my last name), but when you say things over and over, it either looks just plain funny or pretty natural. I guess the others took their pick the other way.
Nic:)

Zoologist03

on Jul 28, 2004

....funny stuff....I really have no idea why some parents try to give their kids some psychological trauma for their entire childhood, but it is quite amusing....poor kids though...

~Zoo

dharmagrl

on Jul 28, 2004

"Aureola", insisting it means "black princess"

Hahaha! They could have nicknamed her 'nipple'!!!

I wonder too if people think about how their child's first name is going to sound when paired up with their last name. For example: Dick Trickle, and Randy Johnson. What were their parent's thinking??!!

Splateaux

on Jul 28, 2004

I think we should all start naming our kids on characters from soap operas. Hopefully in a few generation half the kids will be named Bo.

Splateaux

on Jul 28, 2004

Oh, since we're talking about interestesting names..

There was a guy at my office named Guy French. It's only really funny when he name would appear on rosters and such as "French, Guy"

werewolf

on Jul 28, 2004

I spoke once to a woman named Rotunda. I swear I'm not making that up.

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