[Tigerabbit]

Today in Wal-Mart shopping and showing off Helen, one of the 'audience' was a woman with a 13-month old girl named "Shalaylee".

I remembered hearing that name before, from cartoons; |notably, the Droopy cartoon where Droopy is a butler in a mansion who is trying to help Spike, a hobo in this particular cartoon. Droopy's twin brother Drippy (a bouncer) is visiting. At one point, Drippy bashs Spike on the head with a big heavy stick and walks out of the room. Spike recovers just in time to see Droopy enter the room. Spike asks Droopy, "Why'd'ya go and hit me on the head with that shillelagh (pronounced sha-lay-lee)"?

I wonder what poor Shalaylee's reaction will be when she finds out that her mother named her for a short and heavy club? I guess she could say that she was named for the town in Ireland, but they sure didn't look Irish.

[L'enfanTerrible]

While working at a garden center this summer, I made the nametag "Guyrod" and my friend James was "Manlance" because he didn't want to be "Bonner"..

How'd you like to be named "Manlance"?

[eep!]

oh, yeah? how d'ya like to be called Eep Mcgonnachal-Smith-Farquarson III?

[L'enfanTerrible]

I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS, MCGONNACHAL!!!

[bobette]

Once in a mall I heard a woman call her two girls �Crystal! Jade! We're going!�

On another note: does the name �Mulva� ring a bell?

[flatcatch]

My sister had a friend named Posie. Posie's sister was named Pear. Their mom was named Norma. My dad and I always got a good laugh at that.

[MadMacs]

[rambo47]

Dweezel Zappa.
Moon Unit Zappa.

Two classics from the prince of bizzare. But what can you expect from some one who wrote a song like "Penguin in Bondage" ?

[scaught]

Originally posted by MadMacs:
How about Moondust or whatever Frank Zappa named his kid.

there was a "dweezil" and a "moon unit" and some other one too methinks.

[kjb]

I went to high school with a poor girl whose name was Sharon Cox. No kidding.

K

[clod]

I once saw a sign for a real estate agent named Anita Hoare.

[MikeM33]

I always thought names like "Buffy" "Tim" or "Timothy" "Lance" or others were more embarrassing. I know I can think of more, but this is off the top of my head

Oh yeah, "Larry" is a weird name too

MikeM32

[wingdo]

This is a true story:

There is a couple named Arena who live in Toledo. The husband is a huge Red Wings fan. They named their newborn son Joe Louis. that's right his name is Joe Louis Arena.

The story

[BRussell]

I don't like the really trendy-sounding names.

Like Destiny, Jasmine, Mercedes, Tiarra, etc. for girls, and Devin, Hunter, Blake, and Bryce for boys.

They just sound so much like, I don't know, soap-opera characters.

On a related note, I just found out this weekend that my wife is pregnant.

[CyberDave]

My neighbors have named their children "Gunner" and "Cannon" (not sure if it's spelled that way or some other variation). I think that's really stupid.

CyberDave

[L'enfanTerrible]

Originally posted by CyberDave:
My neighbors have named their children "Gunner" and "Cannon" (not sure if it's spelled that way or some other variation). I think that's really stupid.

CyberDave

Do you live in a trailer park?

[Tigerabbit]

Originally posted by BRussell:
On a related note, I just found out this weekend that my wife is pregnant.

Congratulations!

Sleep now, while you have a chance. Helen is 32 days old, and I haven't slept 3 hours consecutively since her birth.

[Footy]

Originally posted by MikeM33:
I always thought names like "Buffy" "Tim" or "Timothy" "Lance" or others were more embarrassing. I know I can think of more, but this is off the top of my head

Oh yeah, "Larry" is a weird name too

MikeM32

Come on Mike my son's name is Timothy and we call him Tim or Timmy most of the time. I think it's a pretty normal mainstream name. Isn't it?

You got me doubting it now! Are you happy!!!

[Footy]

Originally posted by L'enfanTerrible:


Do you live in a trailer park?

Quote of the Day!!! Funny stuff, I love the Lounge.

[ReggieX]

I got to see my new nephew in person for the first time on Sunday, almost 3 months old. His first name is Tyson. Hey, it ain't my kid.

My theory on Beyonc� from Destiny's Child is that her parents were using Beyond Seven condoms, and one broke, creating her.

I think these days that parents are trying to make their kids so unique and different from everyone else that they're just sticking phonemes together and naming their kids that.

I also hate it when people give boys' names to girls.

[cdhostage]

I've heard of a fellow named Woodcock Edmonton. Edwards? Edwish? The last name is E-something, but I'm sure of the woodcock.

He's been barred from putting his real name in Microsoft Passport.

I don't think that there's anything particularly silly about giving gir;s "boy's names. Heck, I think kids should name themselves!!

Right! Age six comes around, what d oyou want to be called, Child Number 3?
"I want to be Zarquon!"

[wataru]

Originally posted by L'enfanTerrible:
I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS, MCGONNACHAL!!!

Would that be a mangled rendition of The Simpsons's McGarnacle, or something else?

[Face Ache]

I knew a Dwayne Carr. Say that fast.

(Hi Dwayne if you just found your name in a search engine)

[MikeM33]

I guess it could be worse. You could name your daughter Penelope Pitt Stop

MikeM32

[rampant]

If you give your son a really butch name like "Hunter" or "Butch" or something, you have a %60 chance he'll be REALLY gay and a %40 chance he'll be REALLY straight.

[MikeM33]

But "Hunter" is a mans mans name. Only the straightest most butch men would be named "Hunter"

That was sarcasm by the way

MikeM32

[rampant]

Sure, if you hunt for man-ass.

[CyberDave]

Originally posted by L'enfanTerrible:


Do you live in a trailer park?

Nah, in Hickville (ok, a small community of around 500 people in the about an hours drive from any city of reasonable size and surrounded by wheat fields).



CyberDave

[micha schraven]

I frown an eyebrow when people name their children after actors or artists.

[Simon X]

Mmm, stupid names?
Well, there's Mike Hunt.

[red rocket]

It's true. People are getting dumber and dumber when it comes to naming their kids.

Names I think are completely daft:

- Walker
- Britney
- Brandy
- Buffy
- Brooklyn
- Chelsea
- Oprah
- Dawson
- Sheara
- Cheri
- whatever that girl from Destiny's Child is called

- Pointless variations in general: Shawn instead of Sean, Brion instead of Brian, Carynne instead of Karen...I just don't get it. It's probably just a matter of time before some guy walks up to me and introduces himself as Fred, spelled P-H-R-Y-D-D! (Unless of course he's Welsh, in which case I guess it would be acceptable...)

- And what's the deal with those imbeciles who think it's cool to give their children Italian or Hispanic or Indian names when there's no cultural connection at all? Tossers!

- I just remembered, when I went to school there was this guy's cousin, his name was Jackson, Michael Jackson. Poor bastard.

[OreoCookie]

Originally posted by BRussell:
I don't like the really trendy-sounding names.

Like Destiny, Jasmine, Mercedes, Tiarra, etc. for girls, and Devin, Hunter, Blake, and Bryce for boys.

They just sound so much like, I don't know, soap-opera characters.

On a related note, I just found out this weekend that my wife is pregnant.

Oh yeah, congrats. Did you find a name yet ;-)

Need more suggestions? I got to know a guy whose name was Hans-Bernd (one grandfather was named Hans, ...).
What do you think about Precious Precilla? Imagine a woman named Precious Prescilla weighing 350 pounds ...

[dav]

a roommate in college worked with a guy name roger abbit. caught all sorts of crap after that movie came out.

[SimeyTheLimey]

I once met a guy in England called Richard Head. But my all-time favorite was a guy in U.S. Army jump school whose name was Pvt. Legg. Unfortunately, you have to know jump school to know why that is so bad.

[scottiB]

I worked as an English tutor/Mac Lab tech at a community college on Detroit's east side. The majority of my students had children and brought them to evening tutoring sessions after childcare closed.

One of them, unfortunantely, named her child from a beautiful sounding word with a nasty denotation and even worse connotation: Chlamydia

edit: fixed spelling

[denim]

Originally posted by BRussell:
On a related note, I just found out this weekend that my wife is pregnant.

Hey, congrats!

Er, is it yours?

[denim]

Originally posted by red rocket:
- I just remembered, when I went to school there was this guy's cousin, his name was Jackson, Michael Jackson. Poor bastard.

I've known a Charles Brown and I still know Dennis the Menace. There was another one, too, but I forget who.

[Drizzt]

I once saw a little girl called "Hymen". In french, it is a part of the woman's genitals. Imagine when she'll understand what that means...

[BRussell]

Originally posted by denim:


Hey, congrats!

Er, is it yours?

Where were YOU the week of July 7-14?

[clod]

I knew a guy named James Brown.

[denim]

Originally posted by Drizzt:
I once saw a little girl called "Hymen". In french, it is a part of the woman's genitals.

Means the same thing in English as spoken in the USA. That kid's going to have trouble if she uses the name.

Every time she gets hurt, she'll be "broken", yes?

[denim]

Originally posted by BRussell:
Where were YOU the week of July 7-14?

If she's not Jewish, you have nothing to worry about from me, but Ca$h is out there...

[cla214]

There's always the classic Richard Small.

In fact I know two: a father and son.

[thunderous_funker]

the great state of Utah has a glorious tradition of really unusual and moronic kid names. Some blame it on the fact that many mormon families have LOTS of kids and it's tough to be original. Others claim that it's more of the redneck element in Utah's rural sections. At any rate, some clever person put them all on awebsite for you to enjoy.

It's huge and the lists are long, but well worth the look. They are endlessly funny if you enjoy that sort of thing--i.e. making fun of strangers.

[daimoni]

.

[GoGoReggieXPowars]

EEEEWWWWW!!!!

Some moron on that Utah Baby name site name a BOY "Estrus."

Damn. Makes me glad that all 3 of my names are as British as a bowler hat.

[RAzaRazor]

Originally posted by thunderous_funker:
the great state of Utah has a glorious tradition of really unusual and moronic kid names. Some blame it on the fact that many mormon families have LOTS of kids and it's tough to be original. Others claim that it's more of the redneck element in Utah's rural sections. At any rate, some clever person put them all on a website for you to enjoy.

Hmmm, I haven't met too many people here with weird names. But then, I live in the city.
There are some amazing rednecks in this state. They could give anyone from Arkansas a run for their money! Not too surprising they would come up with a name and give no thought whatsoever about the implications.

[Worst. Episode. Ever.]

In my junior high school, there was a girl named Candi Apple.

And there's that NASCAR driver named Dick Trickle.

And, just for fun, I made up these bad names for your enjoyment...
Ali Katz
Hugh G. Koch
Mason Jarr
Luna Tick
Wendy Day
Reid A. Booke
Traylor Parke

[GoGoReggieXPowars]

The lead actress on "Two Guys, A Girl, and a Pizza Place" is named Traylor. WTF?

[Sven G]

Most of you probably remember Dr. McCoy in Star Trek (the first series): the actor was DeForest Kelley. "DeForest" as a *first* name was something that really impressed me at the time...