Baby Names - You're kidding Right???

[Elfmama]

The local magazine has an article on this and here are some our Dept of Internal Affairs has allowed

Ravenous
Veneer
Fish and Chips (twins)
Cinderella Beauty Blossom
Yeah Detroit
Number 16 Bus Shelter
Midnight Chardonnay
Tallula Does the Hula from Hawaii

According to this article, Yeah Detroit and Fish and Chips,  were specifically disallowed by registration officials, along with such horrors as Sex Fruit.  Talula was taken into court guardianship under a judge's order so that she could change her name, because it caused her extreme embarrassment and harassment from other children. The judge is quoted as saying in his ruling, 

"The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment that this child's parents have shown in choosing this name. It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily."

I don't necessarily agree with countries that have an approved list of names and disallow all others, but New Zealand's regulations that permit registration officials to disallow names that would expose the child to ridicule make sense. I'm fairly certain that if Talula's parents had stopped with "Talula" and dropped off the nonsensical rest of the name that no one would ever have batted an eye.

[Jones]

Here's an interesting article on naming trends predicted to rise over the next year or two. Emery for girls is one; some of the others surprised me a bit.

http://www.disneybaby.com/blog/the-fastest-rising-baby-names-sophias-of-the-future/?bcid=fb::db:ogp:txt&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=disbaby&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=Organic-Post:Text

[TZ]

Ellery and Emery (and their spelling variants) are following the pattern as Ashley and Leslie.  Names that end in that eee sound are now being seen as feminine, probably from such nicknames as Cathy and Cindy and Molly.

In before the men lose 'Timothy', 'Jeremy', and 'Greggory'.

I know a female Jeremy. She's in her 30s.

There are a number of horrendous baby names being thrown around on my birth board:

Qing Aron (pronounced King Uh-ron)
Alize (like the alcohol)
Pearsyn (existing child, a girl) and Braeburn (due in December, a boy) - I guess the parents like fruit?

[blue2000]

There are a number of horrendous baby names being thrown around on my birth board:

Qing Aron (pronounced King Uh-ron)
Alize (like the alcohol)
Pearsyn (existing child, a girl) and Braeburn (due in December, a boy) - I guess the parents like fruit?

I'm not sure why fruit is the first thing to come to your mind when you see these. They are last names. Braeburn is pretty common, and sometimes used for country clubs/gated communities/etc, so I'd assume the parents are just a little bit pretentious (kind of like naming your child Harvard or Radcliffe).

[Lorelei_Evil]

Braeburn is a type of apple. 

[Sharnita]

Braeburn is a variety of apple.  Pearsyn has pears at the beginning

[Elfmama]

Braeburn is a variety of apple.  Pearsyn has pears at the beginning

Now, you see, I remember the early days of feminism, when some people were stridently against the word 'woman' because it had that dreadful syllable 'MAN' in it.  They insisted on spelling it 'womyn'.  So when I see "Pearsyn" the pronunciation in my head is "Person". 

[Nikko-chan]

Braeburn is a variety of apple.  Pearsyn has pears at the beginning

Now, you see, I remember the early days of feminism, when some people were stridently against the word 'woman' because it had that dreadful syllable 'MAN' in it.  They insisted on spelling it 'womyn'.  So when I see "Pearsyn" the pronunciation in my head is "Person".

I pronounce it in my head as Peer-son (as though it were spelled Pearson)

[Morrigan]

My mother's middle name is Rae.  His mother's middle name is Fay.

We briefly considered naming our next daughter Fay Rae Lastname...

[LazyDaisy]

My mother's middle name is Rae.  His mother's middle name is Fay.

We briefly considered naming our next daughter Fay Rae Lastname...

As long as you don't have a son named King Kong, I think you are OK    since most people don't include their middle names; or did you mean to call her "Fay Rae" all the time?

I once had a client named Jean Poole. My inner 10-year-old giggled quietly every time. Although to be fair, she was an older lady and so might have married into the last name.

[siamesecat2965]

Warning: a bit crude with profanity, but otherwise quite a funny article on baby names.

http://deadspin.com/5924827/american-baby-names-are-somehow-getting-even-worse 

[blue2000]

Warning: a bit crude with profanity, but otherwise quite a funny article on baby names.

http://deadspin.com/5924827/american-baby-names-are-somehow-getting-even-worse 

Funny, but... some of those names are old, established ones that just happen to be coming back in style. Zebulon, for instance, was very stylish in my grandmother's day. She bucked the trend and went with new, flashy names like Alice and Robert.

[Shea]

Yeah, I'm pretty sure Zebulon is from the Bible.

Still, being Biblical isn't a get-out-of-Baby-Name-Hell free card. If I'm ever introduced to baby Mahershalalhashbaz or dear little Zaphnath-Paaneah, I'm still going to think Mom and/or Dad were out of their minds .

[Kariachi]

I'm amazed he listed Bastian. The rest I can sorta understand, but Bastian as a horrible name is just leaving me and my family scratching our heads...

Then again, my sister plans to name a son Malik...

[Sharnita]

I'm amazed he listed Bastian. The rest I can sorta understand, but Bastian as a horrible name is just leaving me and my family scratching our heads...

Then again, my sister plans to name a son Malik...

I've known more than one Malik.  it is not all that unusual, though I think it does tend to give people a certain impression of the individual's ethnicity.