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10 May 2011

Bad Baby Names.. →[More:]Found this list and thought I'd share. On another site, we had a discussion about this and someone listed "La-a". Not pronounced "La-La", or even "lay-ah". Nope. It was pronounced "LaDASHa" because "the dash don't be silent". Got any contributions?

post by: redvixen at: 06:26 | 16 comments

I have a contribution from snopes...

posted by gaspode 10 May | 07:48

My fiance's surname is Wall, so we've got a collection of names that we're threatening to use. My current favourite is Wanda, and enough people have looked at us blankly when we've used it that I'm pretty damn tempted to use it as a middle name, at least.

I know I'll run around singing "You're my Wanda Wall!" at her a lot if we do.

She'll hate me for it, of course.

posted by jonathanstrange 10 May | 08:31

There was a Pigg family out in the country here. . they named one of their daughters Ima, , ,

posted by danf 10 May | 08:53

My married last name is spelled differently, but is pronounced "broils". When I met my brother-in-law to be, he told me how they considered naming their son "London"..yeah, it took me a minute...

Gaspode, ah well, there's enough weird names out there that it could have been possible.

posted by redvixen 10 May | 08:56

In these conversations I always have to mention the man who was dean of my college, Dr. Richard Dangle. And yes, he was known as Dick to his friends.

posted by BoringPostcards 10 May | 09:11

I always thought Dick Pound (former head of WADA) had a funny name.

posted by apoch 10 May | 10:13

I have a co-worker who's last name is Cadotte. It's pronouced with a short "a" sound, and ends with "dot".

When she was pregnant, her husband REALLY wanted to give a daughter a middle name of "Poe". It took me a moment or two when she told me to really process those sounds together. Then, I really, really liked her husband.

posted by richat 10 May | 11:16

A guy I knew named Michael Hunt insisted on being called 'Mike'.

posted by Senyar 10 May | 12:09

I used to work with a guy whose last name was Yale. He and his wife joked about naming their not-yet-conceived son Rebel.

IRL, there was a teacher in my high school named Mike Grafone. I can prove that, since he's in my yearbook. What I can't prove, but is equally true, is that his wife's name was Meg.

posted by workerant 10 May | 12:10

My dad used to hang out with a pair of brothers named Jim and Steele whose last name was Beam.

posted by fogovonslack 10 May | 12:41

I may have told this story here before. Went to visit a friend in hospital when she had her son. In the nursery were twin boys, Hunter and Fisher.

posted by toastedbeagle 10 May | 13:35

There was a Pigg family out in the country here. . they named one of their daughters Ima, , ,

Sure you aren't thinking about Ima Hogg?

posted by octothorpe 10 May | 14:25

I was going to mention Ima Hogg. Bayou Bend is really beautiful, if you ever find yourself in Houston (not that I would ever recommend you find yourself there, and frankly I could recommend several places you should visit first, but still - it is nice - gardens and antiques, if that floats your boat).

My daughter is named Hermione. I have no standing to judge anyone else on their choice of names.

posted by jeoc 10 May | 21:05

I went to high school with a girl named Kissy and another named Freshta Maboob (as in don't you be freshta myboob!")

posted by rmless2 10 May | 21:17

I knew a Hope Diamond.

posted by brujita 10 May | 23:47

Had an over boss named Dorcus. Yep.

Got yelled at by the husband when we discovered that baby #2 was going to be a girl and that I wanted to just femenize the decided male name of Oliver Cromwell to Olivia Cromwella. Of course, this is the man who wanted to name one of the sons, Jesus Levinson.

posted by jadepearl 11 May | 08:44

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