Stupid names that parents give their children...

[iJosh]

Rj Jr, Ive actually met a kid named that. It was so confusing the first time I seen his name on the youth activities participant list.

 

[MNRA]

The child of comedian Penn Gillete is named "Crimefighter" as her middle name since Penn and his wife ruled that no one keeps check of middle names.

On a more personal note I do have a friend named Teddy. With Bear as his middle name

 

[Venatio]

I heard that some parents in the Cuban countryside say a word on an english billboard and amed their daughter after said word.

They pronounced it "Nife" and guess what the word was? Knife!

Can you imagine dating a chick whose real name was Knife?

That and Ladybird are the all time looniest names I could imagine parents naming their daughter.

 

[Strategia]

There's a seriously stupid couple in New Zealand that was in the news a while back, who wanted to name their child "4real". Seriously? But then the government stepped in and forbade them to use a number in their child's name, so now he goes by..... Superman. Boy, that kid is going to have issues.

On the other end of the spectrum, there's a US Army Sergeant called Max, last name Fightmaster.

i also knew a michael hunt. used to work in the same pub as me.. ill never forget the day the barmaid yelled has any one seen mike hunt?

That darn Simpson kid with his prank calls.

 

[VonBonBon]

Guybrush Threepwood.

 

[koichan]

this seems relevant to the topic

 

[queen_camilla]

I host kids parties. Seen some strange names.
Most notably, a GIRL named Derryn. Yes, a GIRL. Took all my power not to bitchslap her mother.

There was a kid named Phoenix, too, and all I could think was 'Phoenix Wright?'

 

[Chipperz]

I once processed a guy called Anal Tsecs? I loved working in a foreign national prison, the names were great.

 

[Martyn106]

Some of the people who intentionally misspell names by using a Y instead of an I or something similar.

Unless its Welsh

 

[AndyFromMonday]

Buster.

SERIOUSLY?!...S-E-R-I-O-U-S-L-Y?!

 

[Julianking93]

Moon Unit Zappa

Frank Zappa's child... Seriously

I thought that was kinda cool when I first heard it.

OT, I saw a kid who's first name was Frodo Baggins

 

[Sigel]

I have worked with a girl named Rainbow before, I have met another girl named Orgasm(I wish I was kidding on that one), and I was in a class with a guy named Sky.

 

[Desert Tiger]

Skyrose.

 

[MannyDon]

Guy I used to work with named his son Storm.
Had to stop my self from telling him about a stripper I met who called herself storm.

 

[NickCaligo42]

Lewis Black had a bit where he claims real social workers approached him with horrible names kids were given, including Ah-show-lah, which is spelled A-S-S-H-O-L-E. Even worse, in a manner of speaking, was 'Ab-sih-day'...spelled A-B-C-D-E. If these are true, some parents just don't care from the get-go.

Don't forget "Shih-thayd."

S-H-I-T-H-E-A-D.

Your brain can fight that all you want. Someone named their kid shithead, that's the deal.

*realizes someone else did a post way earlier with that one*

Well, Michael is a pretty miserable name to have. I mean, it can REALLY give you some serious identity problems. People are always going "hey Mike!" and you're like "what?" and they're like, "not you, the other Mike," and you're like, "Aw... *sad Zoidberg face*" I mean it. I've never been in a social setting where I'm the Mike who's being spoken to, except one case where they differentiated between me and the other Mike by calling HIM Garza.

Worst last name?

Prinke.

It rhymes with everything bad.

Stinky
Pinky
Dinky (oh, that was a fun couple of years in middle school)
Twinkie (this one just perplexed me)
Tinklie
Sprinkly

It just sucks.

Worst FULL name?

Michael SCOTT Prinke.

I shit you not. This was a matter of sheer coincidence. Now, I LOVE The Office, but I have so many friends who keep trying to connect me with Michael Scott from the show and keep trying to push me into doing imitations of him--which I literally can't do.

Granted, Shitter Shittington Shittersworth is a pretty awful name, but that's the kind of thing where you change your name for later in life and you can sort of get over it. Michael Scott Prinke? That's forever.

 

[wyrdsister]

I know a woman who's a social worker, and the amount of dumb names she comes across in her line of work... It's ridiculous. She once came across a toddler named Koolaboy. -headdesk-

And that's not the worst of it, my neighbours are the Waters family. They have two daughters, one called Blue, the other called Crystal. What made it worse is that those names don't suit them at all. They're nice girls, but they're plain, quiet and completely average, which makes them cannon fodder for the bullies.

Sometimes I think people need to take a test before it's decided whether or not they can be parents. It would save a lot of kids from humiliation.

 

[NickCaligo42]

Sometimes I think people need to take a test before it's decided whether or not they can be parents. It would save a lot of kids from humiliation.

I'd settle for the person who writes down the name being able to say "uh, no. Guess again."

 

[Sulu]

"Tray" is the most rediculous name I have ever heard

 

[Pingieking]

A counciller working in New York told me a story about working with a girl named "Abcde". Apparently it's pronounced "Ab-si-day".
Also, I know a couple with the last name "Bates" discussing whether they should have a baby and name it "Master". They haven't had the baby yet, and I really hope they reconsider the name.

 

[RufusMcLaser]

Thanks to the unwieldy Teutonic name my parents hung on me, I have every reason to agree with OP's sentiments. You're all on notice- try any funny name experiments when you get around to spawning and I'll come to your house and help your oddly-named child cut you.