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Sandra Fri, Dec 14, 2007 at 07:59 PM EST

I worked with a guy named Cash Bond (honest). He was from Lexington, Kentucky and was an insurance broker.

My son went to school with a girl named Shominaleighlan (Sho Mina Lelan). Poor girl.

CM Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 12:46 PM EST

Teece, I'm also cousin with them, but just to clarify Jogli is not there sibling he is also a cousin, maybe you are not a real cousin after all, and if you are really part of the family you'll know the real reason behind those names, and is really not about smoking anything, specially when is about my aunt and uncle. Are you making up you are a part of my family, just so you have names to put in this forum?. That's sad.

Jessamyn Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 08:15 AM EST

Actually, Spontaniouse Michelle Grant does know "Wholahay Brown", aka Dionne Walters. They graduated from teh same high school, albeit three years apart. I teach at that school, and I taught Spontaniouse last year. And trust me, there are weirder names that have shown up on my class roster. If you're going to talk strange names, check out what some movie stars name their kids.

Stef Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 12:44 PM EST

At least you know what her name means... Its not like she was named one of the many derivations of "African Princess".
On a side note, I met a 3rd Grader a couple of years ago that had his name misspelled on his birth certificate. His parents tried to name him Brian but had written "Brain".

mary Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 07:00 PM EST

My mom's best friend has a granddaughter named Alexa Libertybelle

Cristina Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 06:52 PM EST

Joke: Man had to leave town while his wife was near her due date. So he asked his dim-witted brother to step into his place if anything should happen. While he was out of town, his brother called and told him that his wife went into labor and had twins, a boy and a girl! The man was ecstatic and asked his brother what did his wife name them. The brother said the wife was exhausted and that he (the brother) named the twins. The man was very cautious as his brother was not the sharpest blade of grass out there. So he asked his brother what did he name the girl? The brother replied "Denise." And the man thought, what a lovely name. With his spirits up, he asked his brother what he named the boy. The brother replied "Denephew!"

aa Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 12:48 PM EST

when i was a camp counselor there were boy/girl twins named princess and infallible. i know a girl named shitosca house, another with the last name best who married a man last named dick; she wanted to keep both names so goes by dick-best.

Queen of Disrepair Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 11:10 AM EST

Teachers get to see a lot of names that are just unfortunate. However, there are names that are culturally okay in a different country but seem odd here. We have a first grader whose first name is "Phuc" - he's Vietnamese. I once had a student named "Shitj" (pronounced sh_t-ee" - he was from India). He wanted to be called "Willie" instead. Usually unusual names are lovely to hear and say instead of drowning in seas of Ashleys, Jennifers, Nicoles, Jesses, Ians and Madisons.

Stephen Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 09:43 PM EST

I saw a nametag on a school bus, and an elementary school kid's name was Nafessa. I have no idea if that would be a boy or girl.

meagain Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 05:30 PM EST

I swear, I was just watching the Food Network and the announcer introduced Raine Gottess's pie. Seriously pronounced Rain Goddess. Why would a parent do that?

floretbroccoli Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 10:27 AM EST

"Female Brown, true story!"

Uh huh.

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp

Lorti Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 08:32 AM EST

One that startled me was when my child went to elementary school with a child named Erotica.

cyndi Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 07:37 AM EST

My sister worked an OB floor in a big city hospital, and commented to a young girl on the uniqueness of her daughter's name, pronounced "femallee" and the girl said "Oh, I didn't name her, the hospital did--it was on the bracelet when they brought her to me..."Female Brown"--true story!

teecee Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 05:11 AM EST

my dear bennie, i am also latin and i have a cousin nepomuceno. i also have cousins with these names (they are siblings): igdalias, ligni, magbi, igma, jogli, igmaliana. as a teacher i have also seen many bizarre names, and it has nothing to do with culture or race. it has to do with parents smoking something illegal when naming the poor kids.

stephen Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 12:15 AM EST

I know a kid whose name is London, and all last year all he heard was people singing "londie-londie-londie!'
He hates Fergie to this day.

Raymond Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 05:56 PM EST

The book "Freakonomics" by Steven J. Levitt includes a chapter about unusual names that is hilarious, frustrating and saddening. Check it out.

Heidi Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 05:49 PM EST

My former roomate was a nurse for a pediatrician who treated a child named "Imunike" (pronounced "I'm unique" -- her mom got very upset when my roomate said it wrong).

Fatima Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 03:38 PM EST

My high school chemistry teacher had a chemist friend who named her daughter Molybdenum (the 42nd element- nickname Moly) and Atom (pronounced Adam). Those kids are destined to be dorks.

And then there is my sister's insistance that Chlamydia would be a really pretty name were it not a STD. I guess I could see it.

Not Gonna Happen Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 03:09 PM EST

My married last name is Lane and my husband wants to name at least one of our kids Right, Left, Bike or Carpool...

Not Gonna Happen...

Dee Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 02:20 PM EST

Okay, my fellow black Americans, please repeat after me - " giving my child dumb names with even dumber misspellings has NOTHING to do with my heritage or culture....it just makes me look like a dumb*ss!". STOP THE MADNESS,PEOPLE!

tia Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 01:16 PM EST

One of my clients had a son and named him Loston Chaos. No kidding. Talk about an identity crisis... It could only have been more awesome if his middle name were Space.

TPK Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 01:13 PM EST

Used to work with a woman named Bea Odom. Before she got married, she was Bea Bopp. No joke.

Bennie Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 01:06 PM EST

I'm from Mexico, so unusual names are not that unusual. But when I moved here one of my Dad's coworkers intruduced himself as Philadelphio. I thought he was kidding so I started to laugh my ass off. But when I noticed his serious face I realized he was dead serious. Also one of my friends' dad was named Nepomuzeno. LOL

kel Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 12:16 PM EST

i sometimes wonder if antm scouts people with interesting names as much as it scouts people with model potential. every season there's been a slew of unnusual names.

junior Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 12:07 PM EST

Jon's "Meconium" is good but Richard Murphy's suggestion of her last name as "Cumbustaeon'" is HILARIOUS!

And it's not racism because it's not only black people who name their kids funny. I think it's great. Changes the status quo a little.

manne Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 12:06 PM EST

my last name is Manne (Pronounced Manny) and I always wanted to name my kids Super, Spider, Aqua and Wonderwo....but am not allowed to.

t3hdow Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:35 AM EST

ROFL Geemoney

I have one to add into the fire. In the middle of an adult Sunday School class, our teacher asked us to pray over this child during the week. His name was Chitler (though it might be spelled with an S, considering the pronunciation). I was like, are his parents vengeful Jews or something that wanted to take their frustration out on their first born? You're going to combine a slang word for fecal matter with one of the most diabolical leaders in the free world back around WWII? What the hell crossed your mind during the delivery? Poor kid.

Elaine Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:22 AM EST

I once hear a story of twins named Pear and Pair.

Nick Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 11:03 AM EST

My mother is a teacher, and she had a new student enter her class. As she was reading down the attendance sheet, she comes to the new name, stops, looks at the girl, who cops an attitude (rightly so) and says, "It's pronounced Va-Geena." Yup, her lovely parents named her after female parts. True story...

Emperor Norton Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 10:59 AM EST

Thanks, mee, for the link to the Urban Legends site.

These "stories" were sounding a lot like racism.

Kane Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 10:56 AM EST

I worked at a college and had a student who's last name was Burn. Her father really wanted to name her and her sisters all funny names, but the mother prevailed. Instead they got funny middle names. The student was M. Heart Burn. Her sister's middle names were Rug and Rope.

At least the mother fought for normal first names!

Nancy Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 10:38 AM EST

And we have a winner! Meconium. I'm still laughing 5 minutes later.

GeeMoney Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 10:31 AM EST

If y'all read "Freakonomics", there is a whole chapter in there devoted to mothers who give their children effed up names. One lady wanted to name her child "Shateed", but didn't know how to spell it properly, so on the birth certificate it came out "Shithead". Ha ha ha!

Liz Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 10:21 AM EST

that is one of the things I always seem to notice on reality shows (esp. MTV) is who has the unusual name

Dave Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 10:12 AM EST

Wow, and I thought George Costanza liking the names Seven and Soda was bad...

Janice Rossi Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 10:12 AM EST

I'm pregnant and searching for a baby girl name that ends in -ly or -lee. The worst one I found so far was, no kidding, Oralee. Why oh why anyone would name their baby girl Oralee and doom her to a career as a porn star is beyond me.

jackuh Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 10:11 AM EST

went to HS with a girl named:
Brooke Lynn Bridge

nicolecoolie Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 10:10 AM EST

I went to school with a girl named Maxine Padd. For reals.

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mark in nyc Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 09:39 AM EST

My father went to HS with (and I saw the pic to prove it)...Frank Stein...say his full name quickly...FranklinStien.

Bad names Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 09:02 AM EST

I've heard of a LeKeebler (because the mother ate those Keebler cookies during her pregnancy) and Diarrhea (pronounced Di-AR-ee-ah). Nice, eh?

Kbop Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 09:02 AM EST

I really, truly, and honestly know someone who named their daughter Placenta. She is an incredibly intelligent woman and absolutely knew what a placenta was when she named her child. I guess she just like the sound of the word. Citizens of the world: I know childbirth is painful and difficult, but don't take it out on your baby...

Oldie Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 08:51 AM EST

There's always the woman who looked at her baby's chart in the hospital and decided to call her Fehmahley (i.e., female)

Vivi Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 08:46 AM EST

I work in the medical field and I see a whole rack of names that pretty much scares me. I honestly thing majority of those people are like in Protection Program or something.
Anywho, here's a couple:
McCracken
Necessary
Harshit

Melissa Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 08:27 AM EST

Mee - I swear to God - Wyandotte High SChool in Kansas City, Kansas sometime between 1989 and 1993. My friends son, Frank, went to school there and played basketball. I was checking box scores in the Kansas City Mo paper (KC Star) and Lemonjello scored 12 points!!!!

GingerCat Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 08:24 AM EST

Make it stop.

Maveness Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 08:16 AM EST

God I hope she doesn't read this, but...

A girl I went to high school with, whatever the reason behind it, her name? Buff Erin ____. (Put the first and middle together and you get...Bufferin. There were many jokes about pain killers.)

cruzilla Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 07:45 AM EST

I have a pediatrician friend who told me one of her patients is named Violence - only the "V" is a roman numeral 5 with bars on the top and bottom!

mee Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 07:07 AM EST

Yes, Melissa, that's an oldie but a goodie:

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/names.asp

Cranky Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 06:56 AM EST

I met a woman once named Latrina. I always figured she had a sister named Commoda and a brother John.

Jay P Gilchrist Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 06:31 AM EST

yeah and her brothers Beaudaciouse, DUBIOUSE, and her other sister Treacheriouse.

Leslie Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:41 PM EST

My parents were hippies and my dad wanted to name my sister Rosie Thorn, but my mom wouldn't let him. That seems pretty normal by comparison.

Melissa Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:18 PM EST

A nurse friend told me the greatest names she ever heard were a lady you just had twins and named them after the first thing she had to eat after delivery - Lemonjello and Orangejello. (Lee maun shello and or anje shello). I knew it was a lie - until about 5 yrs later and I am reading box scores of a basketball game and cross my heart - Lemonjello scored 12 points!

Lucy Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:04 PM EST

For goodness sake, people, if you are going to name your child an adjective, at least spell it correctly.

That name puts a lot of pressure on a kid. What if she turned out to be predictable?

Jen Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:03 PM EST

NO WAY.

Jon, that "Meconium" story is hilarious...are people in this country really that stupid?

Anonymouse Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 10:57 PM EST

If that is her real name then her parents should be ashamed of themselves. What if she becomes a doctor, or a judge or a cop. Since her current career goal is 'America's Next Top Model' that seems rather unlikely but who knows.

Winona Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:40 PM EST

Sadly, I had to sound it out three times before I got it. Makes "Apple" seem normal.

Jon Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:08 PM EST

You see some unusual baby names when working in a hospital. This on took the cake. A young mother named her son Meconium, after hearing the doctor use the term. (Sorry, but you'll have too look it up. Try Google.)

Richard Murphy Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 09:02 PM EST

She would win Most Awsome name on earth if her last name were Cumbustaeon'.

BJohnson Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 08:28 PM EST

See, it's things like this that get our country laughed at. I can run off lots of "unique" names and their spellings from growing up & now teaching. I'm really not that surprised.

mscisluv Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 08:27 PM EST

I didn't hear Miss Jay saying her name, too bad!

Great call Gretchen with the "Wholahay" thing...that still cracks me up.

girard31 Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 07:33 PM EST

Could I have the proper pronunciation please? Is it Spon-tah-nee-ous or Spon-tay-nee-ous?

Jason Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 06:42 PM EST

YESS!! my wife and I had to pause and rewind it a couple times just to make sure we read her name right....so so so very awesome

Vivi Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 06:27 PM EST

Dag, and I watched the premiere episode and I straight up did not notice that. That is just sad right there. I mean, it is really that deep? Really? I know her parents didn't name her that. She probably gave herself that little nickname thinking it was all cute or something. Shame.

Gretchen Weiners Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 06:21 PM EST

Do you think she knows Wholahay Brown?

Snarf Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 05:53 PM EST

Oh for the love of....whats next? Tapiokea?

Kate Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 05:52 PM EST

Oh wow...I hate saying this but an old Saturday Night Live sketch is coming to mind. Old enough to have Tim Meadows in it.

Stef Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 05:33 PM EST

Seriously, when Miss Jay kept calling her "Miss Spontaniouse" I was like "why does he keep calling her that? She's not doing anything that spontaneous." Then they cut to an interview with her name and I laughed my ass off!