Mama, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up With Names Like These!

[montessori]

Every Sunday, I read the birth announcements in our local paper.
It's the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel.
We have a diverse mix of cultures here and some of the names are quite colorful... and funny too.
Here are the names from this past Sunday:

Guilah
Qu'ran De'Andre
Diamond Ja'Khia
Ja'Nyah L'Anah

This last one is the one that really makes me laugh...




X'Spinziv Monay Emmanuel

Just thought I'd share that today!

 

[Poohbear123]

South Florida......

 

[Robinrs]

Ugh!

And people wonder why my son has the two most common names on the boys' list!

 

[DawnCt]

Hartford, Ct. Nosmo. The mother had just delivered and so part of a "no smoking". Another one, Nancy Ann. Their last name was Cianci. Also, last name Abbott. They named their son Peter.
We also had a friend named Robin Wormsted. Jeez, I hope she doesn't read this board.

 

[Manda1219]

A thread like this was on here a while ago, but I love telling everyone about the kid my boyfriend used to work with:
His name was pronounced sha-heed...However, it was spelt Shi-head (with a t replacing the dash!!!)
They all called him what his named spelt, joking around, and one day his mother came in and heard them and started yelling "its pronounced Sha-heed!!!"

 

[Pete's Mom]

My two best friends in college (Donna and Kim) each had a sister with unusual names.

REBEL LEE ?????

SNOW WHITE ?????

Last names withheld for privacy reasons.

 

[CEDmom]

It never ceases to amaze me what some people will name their children. DD has a brother & sister at her school that are named Prince and Sundae.

 

[pirateofthecarolinas]

My grandmother was Frostie, her sister was Snowie, and their brother was Dewey. My great grandmother must have depended on the weather for naming her 12 children.

I know a Candice Baskett. She goes by Candy Baskett.

Lori

 

[monkeyboy]

People have their own reason's for naming their offspring what they chose.
Who are we to judge?

But I have met or worked with a Richard Head and a Michael Hunt

 

[CJMickeyMouse]

I went to school with a London Bridge.

I always wondered why you would do that to a child!

 

[GoodFairies]

Off the top of my head, here are some strange names of people I went to school with:

Cleveland
London
Mona Lisa
Nikki Nicole

Well, I guess they aren't so strange by today's standards. But I do know someone now who's name sounds like...self-enjoyment.

 

[got2lovedisney]

We know a kid in school named Usnavy...(Uhs-nah-vee)because that's what the mother saw on a sign in Cuba (Guantanamo Bay?) and liked how it sounded.

My BF's niece Ivonne named her daughter Ennovi (backwards).
My niece is named Tegan (from Dr. Who)
My other niece is named Leilani (heavenly flower)
My nephews are: Darius and Dionysis

This one tops it though...I read an article a few months back about a man in Illinois who changed his name to Bubba Bubba Bubba. No lie!!

 

[caitycaity]

i went to school with a girl named Twinkle, but i always thought that was sorta cool.

 

[Auggietina]

I just heard on the radio that they found birth records for a lady in the 1600s or 1800s - anyway a LONG time ago that was named:
Diot Coke - Its pronouced Diet Coke

 

[Disney Doll]

Just saw a birth announcement last week...MaryChristmas Joy.

 

[nativetxn]

This really isn't a strange name. My mother had a first cousin named Yvonne.

The strange part was the pronunciation. They called her "Yavonay"

East Texan's didn't speak a lot of French,back then, I guess

 

[Bill3]

I fail to find the humor in this posting-Harry Balz

 

[nativetxn]

LOL! Bill!

 

[Talking Hands]

My oldest had a classmate named Crystal Shanda Leer.

Some of the names I saw today on the answer sheets for FCAT were rarther different. One girl's named Chakeyta (Chaquita) like the banana.
Had a student named Josue. That one took me a while to figure out how the pronounce it. (Ja shu ay)
WE also have Kentron and Markeevis.

 

[Manda1219]

My father wanted my middle name to be Lynn.....

....first name Amanda......