is it trendy do add extra letters? a girl i went to high school with named one of her kids "Llewis"

4/30/2014 10:17:24 AM

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""Ned" just seems random for an infant, lol."

I want a boy named Ned, and a dog named Kevin. then i'd be set.

4/30/2014 10:18:59 AM

I went to high school with a guy named Mister, and his father's name was Holly (I heard his father was a big black man that could easily kick your ass, so likely no one made fun of him too much.)

The president of Nigeria is Goodluck Jonathan.

5/2/2014 5:36:42 PM

I work with a girl named paradise. I don't know if her parents gave it to her or what but she's this roller derby tough girl with rainbow colored hair and the personality that could kick your ass with a single look. Not really my idea of paradise, per se.

5/2/2014 6:18:19 PM

We keep a 'best names list' at work.

So far this year we have the last name Gatschet, pronounced 'cat shit' and Bob Vance.

Years past were pretty good. We had a real Anita Knapp last year.

5/2/2014 6:41:55 PM

I know a lady named Princess.

She's over 50 years old.

5/2/2014 9:03:22 PM

there was some chick on family feud named "Nausea"... it was spelled differently but definitely pronounced that way.

5/2/2014 9:20:42 PM

^^ She had the same name when she was 16 or 23 or 35

5/2/2014 9:36:59 PM

naj33b

5/2/2014 10:33:12 PM

I have two friends that each named their sons Xander. prepare for a lifetime of asskickings, boys

5/2/2014 10:42:10 PM

They didn't at least name him Alexander? What assholes

5/2/2014 10:55:15 PM

It's always been kinda interesting to me how black folks generally are more creative with naming kids than white folks. My first name is David, that's kinda biblical and boring. I want to be called Tyquarius. Does anyone have any insight into the common black people prefixes like LA, SHA, TY, LE, etc?

PS - Heaven spelled backwards for a name has always kinda been silly to me.

5/4/2014 10:44:15 AM

because I haven't read the thread... had a relative who worked in the maternity ward of a local hospital:

shithead - "sha-theed"
oranjello - "o-ron-gel-o"
lemonjello- "lem-on-gel-o"


were a few that I remember

5/4/2014 11:56:10 AM

We gave our son the middle name Kekoa. It is Hawaiian for warrior. He is haffa haole, so its allowed.

5/4/2014 12:02:45 PM

There was a guy from my hometown named Les Wise. He was homeless most of his life.

5/4/2014 12:05:02 PM

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"oranjello - "o-ron-gel-o" lemonjello- "lem-on-gel-o""

Folklore brah

5/4/2014 1:21:49 PM

Dr Pepper, did you mean:

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"FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: because I haven't read the thread... had a relative who worked in the maternity ward of a local hospital: shithead - "sha-theed" oranjello - "o-ron-gel-o" lemonjello- "lem-on-gel-o" were a few that I remember"

5/4/2014 1:24:58 PM

Riggins is a great name. I woulda gone with just Riggs though.

[Edited on May 4, 2014 at 1:37 PM. Reason : Big Mel Gibson pic.]

5/4/2014 1:35:44 PM

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"had a relative who worked in the maternity ward of a local hospital:"

that's the first time i've heard the jello story told THAT way, usually the person working there is farther removed.

5/4/2014 1:37:53 PM

The name situation is out of control for parents of all backgrounds. I long for the days when you could pop a la- or de- on a name and be done with it. Now it's some sort of creative spelling competition. Olyveah is all set for a lifetime of needlessly spelling her name to people.

5/4/2014 1:56:13 PM

I've got a pretty common name that often gets misspelled with an I instead of a Y. When I correct them on the spelling I also correct them on their pronunciation just for fun and add a syllable. "its pronounced burr-why-an"

5/4/2014 2:03:08 PM

I'm always disturbed by how many otherwise reasonable teachers I have worked with claim to have personally taught or know someone who has taught the Oranjello and Lemonjello twins. I saw a few of the other more recent urban legend names pop up in this thread, too.

http://www.nameoftheyear.com/, on the other hand, has some really entertaining names that made me LOL. Several of them sound like they're straight out of a Key and Peele sketch.


[Edited on May 4, 2014 at 2:20 PM. Reason : .]

5/4/2014 2:14:09 PM

in high school we wrestled pretty often against a team who had a "Harry Dingle"... it might have been Lee County but I can't remember for sure.

5/4/2014 2:38:03 PM

^

http://ncmat.com/97-98/final98.htm

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"145 4A 1. Anthony Walton (Sr, Cary, 3-1-1) 2. Harry Dingle (Sr, Lee County, 2"

yes, it was Lee County. (my name is on that list too!)



[Edited on May 4, 2014 at 2:44 PM. Reason : ]

5/4/2014 2:38:03 PM

^^^ I have heard the story about Harry Dingle more than once too.

5/4/2014 2:40:07 PM

^I might have mentioned the name on here before, i dunno.

5/4/2014 2:43:43 PM

Eh, it was a joke based on the double post but you fixed it

5/4/2014 2:52:18 PM

[Edited on May 4, 2014 at 2:53 PM. Reason : (I thought i got away with it with my quick editing!)]

5/4/2014 2:53:13 PM

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"I've always heard names are cyclical. ..but I never could get used to "Esther"."

i know like 3 esthers. they are all about my age, so late 20's. i don't think it's that weird.

also, jermajesty.

5/4/2014 3:46:35 PM

Agnes is a good name for a girl

Once she turns about 60 years old

5/4/2014 3:57:16 PM

someone agree with me about nevaeh being a shitty name

5/4/2014 3:59:33 PM

IT MEANS LAMB.

LAMB OF GOD.

5/4/2014 3:59:55 PM

I just remembered I often have to spell my name for people. I guess it's not that bad.

5/4/2014 4:30:55 PM

Remy

..someone named their poor fuckin kid REMY

5/4/2014 4:48:00 PM

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"I've got a pretty common name that often gets misspelled with an I instead of a Y. When I correct them on the spelling I also correct them on their pronunciation just for fun and add a syllable. "its pronounced burr-why-an""

LOL I just got this.

^LOL

5/4/2014 6:53:32 PM

L-ea

Pronounced: La-dash-ea

5/5/2014 7:12:26 AM

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" that's the first time i've heard the jello story told THAT way, usually the person working there is farther removed."

no clue on the jello story


shithead was 100% verifiable as I was in the 8-10yr old range and remember my mom telling me the story after talking to my aunt (who worked at hospital).


probably lumped the jello story in with that memory....DAMN PARTY LIKKER

5/5/2014 7:40:12 AM

Kar-ian

pronounced

"Kar-dash-ian"

never heard anythign like this before.

5/5/2014 8:56:56 AM

Sitting at Bojangles' right now and just saw an "Inertia" name tag. She was surprisingly active.

5/5/2014 8:57:56 AM

One time my uncle's friend's cousin saw a guy named beavis, then his friend walked up and his name was butthead!

TRUE STORY

5/5/2014 9:00:06 AM

^ Yep.

My grandfather had an unusual name: S.Q.

Just the initials. It didn't stand for anything, nor was he named after anyone with those initials to my knowledge.

5/5/2014 9:03:41 AM

did he intruduce himself as "S. Q.'s me!"

5/5/2014 9:06:26 AM

Ha! He didn't, but I totally would have. I'd have signed every correspondence that way.

5/5/2014 9:08:02 AM

Awesome. Johnny Cash's name was actually J.R. Cash. He had to come up with John when he enlisted.

5/5/2014 9:08:09 AM

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"I've got a pretty common name that often gets misspelled with an I instead of a Y. When I correct them on the spelling I also correct them on their pronunciation just for fun and add a syllable. "its pronounced burr-why-an""

no. bry-yan. that's my pronunciation and I'm sticking to it.

5/5/2014 9:09:25 AM

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"My wife's crazy aunt named one of her sons Jaxon, and she calls him Jax for short. "

I also have a facebook acquaintance who recently did this. I would not be surprised if she's a Sons of Anarchy fan.

How has this not been posted yet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dd7FixvoKBw

5/5/2014 9:27:09 AM

I'm home sick today and watching Maury (no shame). There's a baby of questionable paternity named King Poseidon.

P.S. NOT the father!

5/5/2014 1:46:55 PM

just saw a "duniece" posting on a friend's timeline

5/6/2014 12:28:27 AM

Someone just brought their child, SANTA, into my sister's office.

5/6/2014 11:32:04 AM

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"Riggins is a great name. I woulda gone with just Riggs though."

Somebody's been watching a little too much Friday Night Lights

My friends growing up were Ian Smiley and Jasper Sparks. Their parents were hippies.

I can't stand names that are stupid spellings of common names. Such a dick move on the parents because the kid will have to spell their name out for anything formal everytime.

ex: Karen spelled Keyrn. Amy spelled Aimee. Katie spelled Caitee, etc.

[Edited on May 6, 2014 at 12:20 PM. Reason : ..]

5/6/2014 12:18:38 PM