why do people name their Child these names? Warning-long list.

i plan on naming my first-born daughter giney.

 

Why?

 

And I used to think my name was awful when I was younger.

 

henrionta!

 

how many 90 year olds have you seen named Ark'Taveon, or Purvis?

 

not all of those names are bad.

 

I understand that these names are from other cultures but surely nobody would call thier child Brownetta!!! It doesn't sound like a African name or whatever to me.....cos if it is American then I worry for the parents sanity! Brownetta is just wrong!

 

My wife had a patient by the name of Yorhiness. She had no idea how to pronounce the name so she asked the mother who was offended by such a question and said very matter of factly, "your highness".

She also had a patient by the name of Gonoreah, which as you might have figured is a derivative of everybody's favorite STD gonorrhea. Apparently, the mother liked the way gonorrhea sounded but didn't want her child to grow up being made fun of so she pronounced it gu-nore-ee-ah. Mission accomplished.

QGM

 

Now you mention it, Chlamydia would make a nice name for a girl too, bit like a cross between Chloe and Lydia or something.

 

I'm gonna name my kid Elohel.

 

Those names makes me think of that scene in Crash where Matt Dillon's character says something like "figures" when the woman on the other end of the phone tells him her name.

Some stars have given their kids some weird names as well.

 

most of those names are culturally based. I believe most of them are African/Middle Eastern names, but dont quote me on that, cause I'm not sure.



*expects to be quoted somewhere down the line*

 

No "Meconium" on that list? Three years ago, a woman in Milwaukee, WI named her son that.

Meconium

Charming.

 

That sounds like something from Lord of the Rings. I like it ...

I'd actually be more likely to name a child something unusual than something really common. I consider wierd names a blessing in disguise.

 

Verdell

That's the name of my Aunt.

 

Indeed, Unknowable. They had their reasons, which is good enough for me. In much of the African-American community, each child is given a unique name, created by the parents and not shared by any other human being on earth.

 

Propecia would a good name for a girl.

 

You looked up Maury Povich on IMDB? You have no room to call another living person "ghetto"....

 

A lot of these words actually mean something in certain languages. So even though they may sounds weird to the *cough*naive*cough*, they still make perfect sense and have a lot more depth and profundity than your average "Tom" or "Ashley."

I know a girl who's name is Iguehy, and not only is it pretty-sounding, but I don't find anything weird about it. Not to mention that she's an awesome person and a descendant of African heritage. So just deal with it, people-who-have-a-problem-with-these-names, because I'm sure that their's someone in Trinidad & Tobago or Iran laughing at your "boring" name for the same reason.

P.S.: I have a very boring name.

 

Hah! Tokyo!! What a ridiculous sounding name for a city! I can't believe anyone would name their city that. And Cologne! What's with that? It's named after perfume har har har! Man, I am so culturally unaware!

 

I'm partial to city/state names for kids. I work with a Kansas and a Dallas, and I've always liked Austin for a boy, if it is spelled correctly. At my job I have to check a lot of id's, and one of the most interesting I have seen was.... "Awstun". Spelled just like that! I imagine the parents were trying to be clever, but all it did was make them look like they couldn't spell.

 

Walla Walla would be a good name.

 

I'm certain someone has done their dissertation on naming in the African-American community.