Judge gets fed up with bad child names, forces name change

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2008-07-26 11:40am

Winston Blake wrote:
Lord Pounder wrote:Despite all my liberal and left wing beliefs it's shit like that that makes me wish people had to pass an IQ test before they where allowed to breed.
IQ tests wouldn't stop this crap. A little tighter regulation would.

Indeed. The problem here is not one of intelligence; it is one of attitude. It is an attitude where a parent does things for his own amusement rather than focusing on what's best for the child.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2008-07-26 12:04pm

Darth Wong wrote:
Winston Blake wrote:
Lord Pounder wrote:Despite all my liberal and left wing beliefs it's shit like that that makes me wish people had to pass an IQ test before they where allowed to breed.
IQ tests wouldn't stop this crap. A little tighter regulation would.
Indeed. The problem here is not one of intelligence; it is one of attitude. It is an attitude where a parent does things for his own amusement rather than focusing on what's best for the child.

You would suppose that not giving the kid a name that's going to get him beaten up in school every day would play some part in the thinking process, but in some cases obviously not.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2008-07-26 12:06pm

Patrick Degan wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
Winston Blake wrote: IQ tests wouldn't stop this crap. A little tighter regulation would.
Indeed. The problem here is not one of intelligence; it is one of attitude. It is an attitude where a parent does things for his own amusement rather than focusing on what's best for the child.
You would suppose that not giving the kid a name that's going to get him beaten up in school every day would play some part in the thinking process, but in some cases obviously not.

Unfortunately, it's not unusual for parents to make parenting decisions based on their own self-gratification rather than what's best for the child.

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2008-07-26 12:38pm

From the Man Show's list of crappy names:

Mike Hunt
Dick Hertz
Anita Kock

Darth Servo · Post by **Darth Servo** » 2008-07-26 12:50pm

edit: Jack Hoff

Jade Falcon · Post by **Jade Falcon** » 2008-07-26 01:06pm

Patrick Degan wrote:You would suppose that not giving the kid a name that's going to get him beaten up in school every day would play some part in the thinking process, but in some cases obviously not.

You would think so, but a high IQ doesn't mean good common sense.

Post by **Coyote** » 2008-07-26 01:33pm

There's a professor at BSU with the name Richard Payne ("Dick Payne"); and in the early '90's I had a girlfriend who was named Yanna Bluejay Willowtree Sweeney. In the mid-late 90's I dating a girl named Star.

I thought those names were odd. Yanna's parents were, um, "in the '60's", was the explanation; Star was a compromise from "Stella".

But these girls' names [and that of the professor] are downright pedestrian compared to these fine choices displayed here.

Sidewinder · Post by **Sidewinder** » 2008-07-26 04:12pm

My father originally intended to name me "Da Ge" (a pun on the Chinese word for "Big Brother"), but a fortune teller advised him to name me "Long" (Dragon); last year, he consulted another fortune teller, who said using "Dragon" in my name inflicted me with bad luck when I reached 18, and he paid the fortune teller hundreds of dollars to think up a lucky name for myself and the rest of our family (most of whom have the same problem).

My sisters and I are well in my 20s now; the names my father chose when we were born are on every file we have, from school records, military records, bank statements, car registrations, and driver's licenses. My sisters and I think it's too much hassle to make the changes.

At least my father was smart enough to NOT use the word for "shit" in our names (yes, someone in China actually tried to do so; the authorities rejected the parents' request).

Adrian Laguna · Post by **Adrian Laguna** » 2008-07-26 08:04pm

My favourite name in the world is Asdvadz, which means "God" in Armenian. However, I reserve it for fictional characters with an ego problem.

Darth Servo wrote:From the Man Show's list of crappy names:

Mike Hunt
Dick Hertz
Anita Kock

I can't for the life of me see what's what's wrong with Mike Hunt, I keep repeating it in my head and it sounds like a perfectly fine name. What I am missing? Also, I don't see what's special about Anita Kock as opposed to [anything] Kock.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2008-07-26 08:06pm

Adrian Laguna wrote: I can't for the life of me see what's what's wrong with Mike Hunt, I keep repeating it in my head and it sounds like a perfectly fine name. What I am missing? Also, I don't see what's special about Anita Kock as opposed to [anything] Kock.

You're not being sarcastic are you? Hint: Mike Hunt = My Cunt

Atavarius · Post by **Atavarius** » 2008-07-26 08:12pm

LadyTevar wrote:
Metatwaddle wrote:I knew a girl who swore that her mom (who worked in a pregnancy ward) had seen a mother who named her daughter Shithead (pronounced shi-THEED). No idea if it's true, but I wouldn't put it past some people.
Shi-theed is an actual Hindu name of some antiquity from what I understand. It's just English that makes it Shithead. We've had this happen in our office, so this isn't urban legend. Although, the one woman who thought "Gonorrhea" was a pretty-sounding name still takes the cake. No clue what her nationality was, but SirBoss got her to change her mind.

I work in a place where we have to verify names too (a hospital so its pretty important

) and i have seen this name as well. I wish I would have written down some of the fucking worst I've seen, but one thats springs to mine recently was Trache pronounced trash-ay.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2008-07-26 09:27pm

Of course I went to high school with a gamer whose parents named their kids after the first two Archangels (and you wonder why Micheal got away with murder, and Lou (Lucifer) got blamed for everything....

we also have my cousin Emerson (founding member of the Kingdom of the West) who was such an SCAdian that he named his two children Merlin and Arwen....

Death from the Sea · Post by **Death from the Sea** » 2008-07-26 10:20pm

CaptainChewbacca wrote:
Death from the Sea wrote:the lady in the room next to my cousin named her kid Orangejello (Or- an-ja-llo), because the last thing she ate before giving birth was orange jello...
Did your cousin actually meet/see the baby Orangejello? Because this is an 'urban legend' I have heard many times, never with proof.

yeah I believe so, but if you say it is an urban legend then I could see that too.

Saxtonite · Post by **Saxtonite** » 2008-07-27 12:50am

LadyTevar wrote:We're still waiting for the day the mother of "Sha'9C" comes to get a copy of the kid's birth certificate. It's never been filed, because she'd ignored all attempted to contact her with a 'suggestion' to rename the child.

I googled it and came up with this:
http://www.datehookup.com/Photo-56522815-947879.htm

the person's profile:
http://www.datehookup.com/User-56522815.htm

Is this the person

Also, for those attacking the names; you're all mainly attacking from the idea that a person with that name would have a horrible childhood due to being picked on, correct?

Would you have the same reaction to 'ethnic' names used by African-Americans in the US (see the example I quoted, Sha'9C (well normally it would be spelled differently). I'm just interested in your reasoning

chitoryu12 · Post by **chitoryu12** » 2008-07-27 12:57am

Saxtonite wrote: Would you have the same reaction to 'ethnic' names used by African-Americans in the US (see the example I quoted, Sha'9C (well normally it would be spelled differently). I'm just interested in your reasoning

To be honest, those "ethnic" names have never seen any grief that was vocalized toward them, at least as far as I know. At my school I could never count all of the absolutely ridiculous names black kids have, and there's a large number of blacks at LMHS, so nobody is going to be mocking them.

Absolutely stupid names, like Sha'9C or Anita Bath, however, will be mocked mercilessly.

Saxtonite · Post by **Saxtonite** » 2008-07-27 01:17am

chitoryu12 wrote: To be honest, those "ethnic" names have never seen any grief that was vocalized toward them, at least as far as I know. At my school I could never count all of the absolutely ridiculous names black kids have, and there's a large number of blacks at LMHS, so nobody is going to be mocking them.

Absolutely stupid names, like Sha'9C or Anita Bath, however, will be mocked mercilessly.

Okay, thank you for the clarification.

Post by **Edi** » 2008-07-27 05:04am

Adrian Laguna wrote:My favourite name in the world is Asdvadz, which means "God" in Armenian. However, I reserve it for fictional characters with an ego problem.

Darth Servo wrote:From the Man Show's list of crappy names:

Mike Hunt
Dick Hertz
Anita Kock
I can't for the life of me see what's what's wrong with Mike Hunt, I keep repeating it in my head and it sounds like a perfectly fine name. What I am missing? Also, I don't see what's special about Anita Kock as opposed to [anything] Kock.

Took me a while to figure the Mike Hunt thing out, but it is easily twisted into "My Kunt", and it becomes even worse if you add "Justin" in front of it. "Anita" is also easily twisted into "I need a", so one has to be careful with those.

KlavoHunter · Post by **KlavoHunter** » 2008-07-27 08:36am

chitoryu12 wrote:
Saxtonite wrote: Would you have the same reaction to 'ethnic' names used by African-Americans in the US (see the example I quoted, Sha'9C (well normally it would be spelled differently). I'm just interested in your reasoning
To be honest, those "ethnic" names have never seen any grief that was vocalized toward them, at least as far as I know. At my school I could never count all of the absolutely ridiculous names black kids have, and there's a large number of blacks at LMHS, so nobody is going to be mocking them.

Absolutely stupid names, like Sha'9C or Anita Bath, however, will be mocked mercilessly.

Sure, they won't get grief for them at school - but will a potential employer want to hire someone who is 'obviously ghetto', when they can hire someone whose name sounds at least halfway respectable, and doesn't conjure images of "They're going to try and rob us blind for the brief time that they're here"?

Saxtonite · Post by **Saxtonite** » 2008-07-27 09:35am

KlavoHunter wrote: Sure, they won't get grief for them at school - but will a potential employer want to hire someone who is 'obviously ghetto',

erm, having an ethnic name isn't 'obviously ghetto'

when they can hire someone whose name sounds at least halfway respectable,

Isn't that Euro-centrism? I mean, that's blatantly saying which names 'sound' respectable and which names don't and denigrating their culture.

and doesn't conjure images of "They're going to try and rob us blind for the brief time that they're here"?

I'd think they would not use the name as an identifier-but I know that corporations have done that in the past.

It would depend on the business ('black-owned' or not) and the area where they live-businesses in cities with large Afro-American populations like Chicago might not care as much, or would be understanding as they know more about the culture, etc and are used to it.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2008-07-27 11:08am

KlavoHunter wrote:
chitoryu12 wrote:
Saxtonite wrote: Would you have the same reaction to 'ethnic' names used by African-Americans in the US (see the example I quoted, Sha'9C (well normally it would be spelled differently). I'm just interested in your reasoning
To be honest, those "ethnic" names have never seen any grief that was vocalized toward them, at least as far as I know. At my school I could never count all of the absolutely ridiculous names black kids have, and there's a large number of blacks at LMHS, so nobody is going to be mocking them.

Absolutely stupid names, like Sha'9C or Anita Bath, however, will be mocked mercilessly.
Sure, they won't get grief for them at school - but will a potential employer want to hire someone who is 'obviously ghetto', when they can hire someone whose name sounds at least halfway respectable, and doesn't conjure images of "They're going to try and rob us blind for the brief time that they're here"?

That's an excellent way to get your sorry ass sued off for violating the Civil Rights Act.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-07-27 11:37am

Wasn't there also that man working at an aerospace museum in the Jet Pack episode of Mythbusters - named by his parents (I kid you not) North East West?

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2008-07-27 12:37pm

You can have a perfectly normal first name and still have it be outlandish when used with your family name. I have seen, with my own eyes, official bank records for depositors named: "Mike Hunt" "Phyl McCraken" "Dick Sweat" "Anita Mann" "The Estate of Kris 'Santa Claus' Kringle" "Tara Gofart" "Jesus" "Moses" "Ha Ha" "Ho Ho" "He He" "Ding Dong" and my all time favorite "Dick Hertz".

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-07-27 02:12pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:You can have a perfectly normal first name and still have it be outlandish when used with your family name. I have seen, with my own eyes, official bank records for depositors named: "Mike Hunt" "Phyl McCraken" "Dick Sweat" "Anita Mann" "The Estate of Kris 'Santa Claus' Kringle" "Tara Gofart" "Jesus" "Moses" "Ha Ha" "Ho Ho" "He He" "Ding Dong" and my all time favorite "Dick Hertz".

I don't see any joke in "Tara Gofart"...
I'd love to see someone named "Tara Beoum-Diez", personally.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2008-07-27 02:23pm

You don't understand why Tara Gofart is a funny name?

I personally think Shia LeBeouf should have his name forcibly changed, since it almost means "follower of the beef", from the arabic shia and the french surname.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-07-27 02:52pm

Zuul wrote:You don't understand why Tara Gofart is a funny name?

I personally think Shia LeBeouf should have his name forcibly changed, since it almost means "follower of the beef", from the arabic shia and the french surname.

Not really, no. I understand the reference to flatulence, but how does Tara signify?