People with extremely strange names.

[ChildofGallifrey]

While on Skype with my girlfriend and our daughter, my girlfriend was talking about my mother preparing to give standardized tests to local elementary students. This was something I'd always enjoy helping with when I still lived in Louisiana, because a lot of people in my hometown give their children some extremely strange names.

She then directed me to this article from our local paper:

[link]http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011108070301[/link]

Unique names are well and good (I pitched a few, which were all immediately shot down), but the parents have to know that they're going to make the child's school years very difficult

For discussion value, what are some of the most bizarre, what-were-they-thinking, sort of names you have ever heard?

Edit: Topic name and this post were amended because it was pointed out to me that I was being extremely rude and judgmental towards the parents. Apologies to anyone who was offended.

 

[Snake Plissken]

Fonda Cox. I shit you not, I went to high school with a girl named Fonda Cox. I'm not totally sure, but I think I win this thread.

 

[Mirror Cage]

Fonda Cox.

Anything I could say now would be anticlimactic.

I eagerly await November 11th to see if anyone names their child Dovahkiin.
To be fair though, telling someone your name means "Dragon Born" would be kinda neat. Would certaintly go over well through grade school.

 

[ABLb0y]

Apple Blythe - Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter

Fifi Trixabelle - Bob Geldof's daughter

Pilot Inspektor - Jason Lee's son

Moon Unit and Diva Thin Muffin - Frank Zappa's kids

Tuesday Knight - Played Kristin in A Nightmare on Elm Street

Park Bench - Played the stoner in Bride of Chucky

 

[Snake Plissken]

Moon Unit and Diva Thin Muffin - Frank Zappa's kids

Let's not forget Dweezil...

 

[Wickatricka]

you downed a keg with your friend and went on a 4 a.m. Taco Bell binge.

I love doing that, anyways people should be able to name their kid the most retarded thing the want. It is their kid btw...

 

[Brodie Jenkins]

Some family named their child "kia" for a free car

 

[emeraldrafael]

I once went to school with a kid that had two verbs for their name. They decided to change their name from the perfectly acceptable Brian Gegelli to Running Jump because, quote "its how I live my life, and I want everyone to know it."

now he was seventeen when he did this, and all I could say is I hope no one ever lets you change that name, so when youre fifty you can look at your name and think I'm an idiot.

 

[staika]

I found the name Barbie Dahl quite funny and the parents were obviously trolling their new born.

I also found a list of stupid names for people that are curious http://www.dareland.com/stupidnames.htm

 

[esperandote]

Keemperth
Dulce Madrazo Pintado
Names written backwards
The names of the mother and father put together

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

Audio Science and Jermajesty.

hipsters and musicians tend to name their kids weird shit

 

[OverweightWhale]

Fonda Cox.

Anything I could say now would be anticlimactic.

I eagerly await November 11th to see if anyone names their child Dovahkiin.
To be fair though, telling someone your name means "Dragon Born" would be kinda neat. Would certaintly go over well through grade school.

Having your name mean "Dragon Born" is pretty bad ass. Maybe I'll name my kid that and make sure he goes to school everyday with the cowl of the main character and a large ass sword.

 

[AlAaraaf74]

I have two examples.

First, my cousin's mom is Puerto Rican and his dad is Mexican. Guess what they named him? Ricomex. He's constantly teased for it and, when he has the chance, will legally change it.

Second, I stumbled upon a website making fun of a girl whose name was Le-sha. How do you pronounce it? Ledasha.

When I have children, they're going to have names like Sam or Laura.

 

[Souplex]

Well their is my cousin: Max Wang.
I can't decide if that name is stupid, or amazing.

 

[Browncoat86]

My mother once worked with a man named Oreo Licorice, and before you ask, yes he was black.

 

[The-Epicly-Named-Man]

Some madman legally changed his name to Dave! Yogpod, in honour of a certain podcast. I've also heard that some Americans name their girls Naisha, which is a boy's name. And that's about the extent of it.

 

[EHKOS]

Some chicks name was Penice except it was spelled penis.

 

[Guitarmasterx7]

Well their is my cousin: Max Wang.
I can't decide if that name is stupid, or amazing.

Wang is a fairly common last name though so the world is kind of used to it, as funny as the potential names can be.

OT: I went to school with an Eric Shun and a Richard Weed

 

[SckizoBoy]

I've known guys with hideously long names (who gets christened with three hyphenated names and a triple-barrelled surname?! Seriously?!), but thankfully no-one with idiotic names.

However, one ***** of a lecturer during my undergrad days was called 'King-Kuok'. Cue universal derision.