Oh, no, they REALLY named their kid that??

[penn19]

It freaked me out at first. I thought Golfgal had come back!

 

[Robinrs]

It freaked me out at first. I thought Golfgal had come back!

Me, too!!!!!

 

[kittengal13]

and for your very first post, you pull up a Zombie thread from 2011 to comment on?

Does it really matter what thread she used her first post on?

 

[manning]

It's a Hindu name that means "Respect". It's probably an old family name, and they may not have even noticed the "extra" word in there.

I'm sure there's plenty of normal Western names that mean something rude in other languages and cultures. For instance, even though it's not a common baby name anymore, older women are sometimes named "Fanny" in the US and at worst we think it's a cute name for a person's tuckus. Want to guess what a "Fanny" is in the UK?

Remember the Chevy Nova? Didn't sell very well in Latin America be cause the Spanish translation means "doesn't go".

 

[PaulaSB12]

I'm somewhat uncomfortable with the whole concept of "Ghetto Names" and I don't see any reason to consider that website a legitimate source. There's nothing to stop anyone from thinking up the most "hilarious" name they can imagine and then send it in for giggles.

"Look at those dumb ghetto people. They name their kids all kinds of crazy things."

And naming them after watermelons and Obama...? No racial implications, there.

Me, I like making fun of people above me on the social scale, like politicians. Not below, like folks living in ghettos.

I don't think you can beat the puritans for weird names here are a few
http://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.co.uk/2009/03/unusual-puritan-names.html
Accepted Trevor, of Norsham
Redeemed Compton, of Battle
Kill-Sin Pimple, of Witham
Fly-Fornication Richardson, of Waldron
Search-The-Scriptures Moreton, of Salehurst
The-Peace-Of-God Knight, of Burwash
Stand-Fast-On-High Stringer, of Crowhurst
Fight-The-Good-Fight-Of-Faith White, of Ewhurst
In the late 17th century a member of the British parliament was named Praise-God Barebone, with brothers and sons named
Fear-God Barebone,
Jesus-Christ-Came-Into-The-World-To-Save Barebone,
and If-Christ-Had-Not-Died-For-Thee-Thou-Hadst-Been-Damned Barebone. The last one changed his name to Nicholas

 

[FlightlessDuck]

and for your very first post, you pull up a Zombie thread from 2011 to comment on?

If you leave the context out about how the person who brought the thread back up is related to the previous poster, a lot of times this happens because someone does a google search for something and DisBoards pops up as the first item. So they create an account and comment.

Personally, I like having less threads than repeat the same discussion over and over again.

 

[Funfire240]

OK I just have to add in about names - we have cousins who named their son Keys because they met in the Florida Keys

 

[PaulaSB12]

It's ok if your born in Paris, or India but how about if you where born in Bognor Regis or Newport Pagnol

 

[Mickey'snewestfan]

My kid came home from second grade horrified by the name of one of his classmates. He told me it was "a curse word and a letter" but he couldn't remember which ones, just that her parents must be crazy. He did reassure me that he hadn't teased the poor child, just thought bad things in his head.

I looked at the class list, expecting to see a child name B-(word for excrement) or something, but all the names seemed normal to me. Finally my kid pointed it out.

"Hell - N, mom who would do that? That's really bad isn't it?"

From my white American, English speaking background, I think of someone's Grandma when I hear the name Helen. The first syllable doesn't even register, and it would never occur to me that it was an objectionable name. In fact, I think I had Helena on my short list of girls' names.

I think it's likely that the parents of the child in the first post felt the same way about a name with a long history in their culture.

 

[Tiramisu]

The most unfortunate one I've come across so far is (Poop)head, pronounced Shi-theed.