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Reading the exploding candy story,i started thinking why do some give strage names to their kids,like Hollywood celebrities calling their kids Scout or other silly names.

Is it possible that parents do it with the intent of making sure the kid get his butt kicked in school or what?

Does "Yefim" qualify as a strange name?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Montcalm wrote:Reading the exploding candy story,i started thinking why do some give strage names to their kids,like Hollywood celebrities calling their kids Scout or other silly names.

Is it possible that parents do it with the intent of making sure the kid get his butt kicked in school or what?

This in reference to my Taquanda reference? I honestly believe some people make that stuff up. I mean..Ugh, I can't say ANYthing on this matter without sounding racist...nevermind.

1. They think it's cute. Forgetting, of course, that small children are mean, heartless bastards who will make fun of anything.

2. They think it's trendy. Forgetting, of course, that "trendy" means something that is only fashionable for a while. For example, it's fashionable now to wear bell-bottoms. The last time they were in fashion was over 3 decades ago. Being caught wearing bell-bottomw in the 80's or early 90's would have been cause for harrassment, ridicule, and burning of those loathsome objects.

3. They think they're being unique. Forgetting, of course, that unique doesn't always equal good. For example, pig shit has a unique odor in comparison to manure or human shit. But is it good to smell like pig shit? You decide.

4. They want to grab the limelight. This is actually, to me, the worst. I mean, really: will it really help your career to make headlines by giving your child freaky names? And not only are they already in the spotlight plenty as it is, but these same idiots will then turn around and piss and moan about how the papparazzi and reporters don't give them any privacy. More privacy = less headlines about you = no dorky names for your kids.

I can understand the desire to give your child a unique name, but giving them a name that's not a normal name just for the sake of it is...well, stupid. Not like I care anyway. My firstborn son's name will be Robert Patrick

Dalton wrote:I can understand the desire to give your child a unique name, but giving them a name that's not a normal name just for the sake of it is...well, stupid. Not like I care anyway. My firstborn son's name will be Robert Patrick

You're a man on the edge, dalton...the CUTTING EDGE!

Phoenix Wakin.

I remember seeing some idiots that named their son Darth years and years ago. He's got to be an adult by now, wonder how it went for him?

And come to find out, Darth isn't even a name, but a title!

That remind me a few years back there was a real jerk who wanted to name is kid Spatule "Spatula" in french,the whole damn story went to court and the judge had to waste time to tell him the idea was fucking dumb.

If he had succeeded to give him that name,poor kid would have been slapped silly at school.

Hehe... "Spatula" Do you hate your children, or are you just stupid?

StormTrooperTR889 wrote:Hehe... "Spatula" Do you hate your children, or are you just stupid?

He claimed he thought about the bird species when he chose the name.

Montcalm wrote:Reading the exploding candy story,i started thinking why do some give strage names to their kids,like Hollywood celebrities calling their kids Scout or other silly names.

Is it possible that parents do it with the intent of making sure the kid get his butt kicked in school or what?

Well, to be fair Demi Moore did name her kids for the kids from To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a weird name but it was done for reason.



Now you want weird names, I swear some of the black parents in the ghetto are just making shit up. They're not ethnic names, they're just weird. I mean who names their kid Tequita?

I'm going to give my kids normal first names, but middle names like "Wallenstein" or "Sokollu."

That way, they'll be able to live normally until they go to a university, and then they will get their asses kicked by European History majors.

Stormbringer wrote:

Montcalm wrote:Reading the exploding candy story,i started thinking why do some give strage names to their kids,like Hollywood celebrities calling their kids Scout or other silly names.

Is it possible that parents do it with the intent of making sure the kid get his butt kicked in school or what?

Well, to be fair Demi Moore did name her kids for the kids from To Kill a Mockingbird. It's a weird name but it was done for reason.



Now you want weird names, I swear some of the black parents in the ghetto are just making shit up. They're not ethnic names, they're just weird. I mean who names their kid Tequita?

I wasn't going to say anything (See my above post) but I concur wholeheartedly! Taquanda, Sherika, Laquinda, Shaquan, Dashiki. Swahili? Nope. Mostly "Modern English". But if you look in a baby book, they're all there! There's a girl I work with named Sherprimia (Shur-PREE-mee-ah) I mean, Sherprimia? Gimme a break.

More stupid Names here
(All stupid ones have "Modern English" As an origin)

I tell ya, I've fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when,
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile.
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss,
He went for his gun and I pulled mine first,
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile.

And he said: "Son, this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
And I know I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said good-bye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's that name that helped to make you strong."

He said: 'Now you just fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you 'Sue'.'

A rather uncommon name, but one that sounds nice is "Sulea". It's the name of a girl in my Government class.

I was given a wierd name (yet another thing to I have to hold against mom and dad), but luckily it shortens into a common normal name.

Chardok wrote:
I wasn't going to say anything (See my above post) but I concur wholeheartedly! Taquanda, Sherika, Laquinda, Shaquan, Dashiki. Swahili? Nope. Mostly "Modern English". But if you look in a baby book, they're all there! There's a girl I work with named Sherprimia (Shur-PREE-mee-ah) I mean, Sherprimia? Gimme a break.

More stupid Names here
(All stupid ones have "Modern English" As an origin)

After seeing this load of crap, I've come to the conclusion that I severely lucked out. "Modern English" my ass.

I know (of) a kid named Elrond; his siblings are all named after LoTR characters. All I can say is, those lucky bastards. Middle Earth >>> Modern English.

You get your ass kicked either way, but at least you get into the movies free with an Elf name.


"My name's Thelonius."
"As in monk?"
"Yes, the esoteric appeal is well worth the beatings."
- Simpsons; where else.

Heh, now I wont have to feel the slightest bit embarrased when I name my kids Morrigan Victoria and Alexandria Nicole...

I, personally, find it extremely odd that some people have first names which usually are surnames. (eg. Nelson, Leroy, Byron)

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Heh, now I wont have to feel the slightest bit embarrased when I name my kids Morrigan Victoria and Alexandria Nicole...

Really, those are pretty damn normal names. I've had several Morrigans in classes and at least one Alexandria.

Dalton wrote:I can understand the desire to give your child a unique name, but giving them a name that's not a normal name just for the sake of it is...well, stupid. Not like I care anyway. My firstborn son's name will be Robert Patrick

As in T-1000?

Oh, and Spanky, Alexandria's all right, but I would take it upon myself to personally punch anyone named "Morrigan" on principle.

You guys should have seen how mean we were to this kid named "Bruno Kirschbaum" in middle school. Well, I was mean to a lot of people back then, and I would have been mean to this doofus regardless of his name, but he happened to have the doofusest name in all of doofusdom.
On a more positive note, I was hitting all the Halloween stores a few weeks ago, buying up all the plastic ninja swords I could, when I noticed that apparantly Bruno has become a model for Halloween costume packaging. It's good to see he's done something with his life.

As possible encouragement to those who like giving crazy names to children, if your kids are cool enough, they can overcome their dumbass names.

For example, I know this guy whose parents wanted him to be smart, so they named him "Newstein," after Isaac and Albert. But he was a cool guy, so nobody really gave him a hard time.

Also, there's this guy named, and I shit you not, "Anus Zsazsa" (the 'Anus' is pronounced 'Ennis,' but you should see the faces of teachers reading the roll sheet). He's a cool guy too, plus, he could probably kick the crap out of twelve guys at once, so I wouldn't make fun of his name even if you gave me fifteen dollars.

Robert Treder wrote:Oh, and Spanky, Alexandria's all right, but I would take it upon myself to personally punch anyone named "Morrigan" on principle.

What? Why beat up a girl because her name is Morrigan?

This has bought up bad memories of everyone calling me Nugget at school, that's traumatic to an 8 year old.

Chardok wrote: I wasn't going to say anything (See my above post) but I concur wholeheartedly! Taquanda, Sherika, Laquinda, Shaquan, Dashiki. Swahili? Nope. Mostly "Modern English". But if you look in a baby book, they're all there! There's a girl I work with named Sherprimia (Shur-PREE-mee-ah) I mean, Sherprimia? Gimme a break.

What's the problem with the names above exactly? Is it because they're harder to pronounce? Or because they aren't common?