odd names

[Rubystars]

I've heard some pretty strange names working at the grocery store. Three of them are coworkers.

One is named Shareeka, I keep thinking of someone screaming or shreiking, every time I hear her name. Another one is named Latrina. Wow, that's like naming a child "toilet." Why would anyone do that to their child? Another girl's name is Mileina. While that might not sound too bad at first, there's a similarly pronounced medical term that means bloody stool.

By far the worst name I've heard though, was a customer's child named "Aston." Not Ashton, but Ass-ton. Poor kid isn't in school yet, but God help him when he gets in there.

Some people might think my name is strange too, but for some reason these really stick out.

[ZumZum]

When I worked for a children's clothing store we had a couple who shopped all the time. They had two kids. I can't remember the girl's name (it was weird), but the boy's name I do remember. Blixa.
Yes, I said Blixa. I even had them spell it for me.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Latrina must be common. We had a couple of them come into Kinko's. I always had to bite my tongue to keep from asking her if she had a sister named Toiletta.

When I was at the Olive Garden, every Thursday was boot camp graduation day (we were right near a military base). They'd all come in with their families for lunch.

This one poor bastard's name was, and may I be struck down dead if I am making this up, Cum. Yes. See-you-em. Cum. It said Cum on his uniform where the name strip thingy goes. Can you even imagine going through boot camp with CUM blazoned across your chest? :jawdrop: Oh, yeah, I'm sure the drill sargent had a blast with Private Cum.

I couldn't freaking believe what I was seeing. Had an entire family of Cums sitting in my section. I went back to the alley and of course, told my co-workers. So they spent the next hour trying to nonchalantly sneak past and get a look for themselves, sometimes nearly dropping their trays in the process.

I'd be like "Dad, I love you, but I'm changing my name to Smith."

Note: I sure hope nobody on here is named that and I sure hope I didn't offend them if they are, but for pete's sake! Surely you understand why that's amazing to me. Please don't hit!:o

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

What I find abso-freakin-loutely hilarious is celebrities who give their kids wierd names.

Like Gwyneth Paltrow naming her first born "Apple". Whisky Tango Foxtrot?

If I had a kid and named it "Banana", I'm pretty sure I'd be confined to a white room with no sharp objects around.

[Jaden]

Haha, the weirdest name I ever heard was from a friend of mine who works at a Kroger pharmacy. She said that she had a couple come in who's two kids were named, and I'm not making this up, Orangejello and Lemonjello. I'm not kidding. Pronounced:

"Oh-RAHN-jeh-low" and "Leh-MON-jeh-low"

Spelled just like the food :lol:

[AFpheonix]

We get a lot of kids with funky spellings that their parents inflict on them, like Aja (pronounced "Asia", apparently I'm one of the few people ever to get that right on the first try)

Then there's the people with unfortunate last names, like Cocke, Fuchs, Wanker, Smelley, Knipple, etc.

I think I'd change my name to a symbol, personally.

[NightAngel]

I have a customer who's first name is Lunch.

I see some really weird ones and I always tell myself to remember them for threads like this... but I never do. ;)

[Fera Festiva]

This site (http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html) has some great examples of awful names.

One of my personal favourites is a kid named "Luv Seamon". :eek:

On a real-life note, last year we had some goth student with the surname Lieb-De'ath. I could practically hear the strains of Bauhaus every time she handed over her library card.

[protege]

We get a lot of kids with funky spellings that their parents inflict on them, like Aja (pronounced "Asia", apparently I'm one of the few people ever to get that right on the first try)

I think someone's parents had been listening to the Steely Dan tune just a bit much. As for "Aston," please tell me his last name wasn't "Martin..." That would suck. Not so much as Astons are awesome cars (especially the DB4-5-6 series), but you can imagine some of the "I see you're Bond's latest ride" comments :eek:

[Banrion]

I work with a girl who's first name is Yuk. We call her Judy though.

[sportsmom]

I actually get strange looks sometimes for my middle daughter's name. Her name is Maire. Not all that unusul depending on where you live. Hubby, however, likes the Old Gaelic pronunciation for it, so now it is unusual. And hard to pronounce for many.

It should be pronounced "Maura". In the old Gaelic, it is "Ma-why-ra". We get all kinds of mispronouciations, and some people cannot say it at all.

She gets called "Mo" alot. :)

[SuperDan]

Another one is named Latrina. Wow, that's like naming a child "toilet." Why would anyone do that to their child?

Prince John: Such an unusual name, "Latrine." How did your family come by it?
Latrine: We changed it in the 9th century.
Prince John: You mean you changed it TO "Latrine"?
Latrine: Yeah. Used to be "Shithouse."
Prince John: It's a good change. That's a good change!

[digilight]

How about Dick Trickle. (Google if you dont know *hint - Race car driver*)

[Cia]

My coworker went to school with a girl named Fallopeia. I feel sorry for her when they got to sex ed.

Some lady named her son Gijoe (gee-joe). GI Joe dolls come to mind.

My coworker in Lousiana meet a Private Orgasm. Yep, Orgasm. Spelled and pronounced the usual way. We giggled for awhile and then I had to bring up the question "What happens when he makes Major?" Couldn't talk for awhile.

Now I like the name Regina (reh-gee-na) but it seems like a lot of people like to pronounce it (reh-gine-a). Sorry but that pronounciation is just to close to a certain female bit to be allowed in general conversations.

[MystyGlyttyr]

How about Dick Trickle. (Google if you dont know *hint - Race car driver*)

Hee hee, me and my mom have been laughing at that poor man for years.

I get some truly BIZARRE ones here on the obit desk. Some that were bad enough that I created a special file for them called "the sadistic names file". And number one is now and possibly will always be the following.

Fannie Leaks.

And what's worse about it was that she married into that name. She knew it was coming and chose it! Now that's love!

[Tanasi]

Local broadcasting big wig his name is Andy Dic, wife Lotta.

True Story

The oldest daughter was telling me of some friends of hers that were getting married. One is named Sean the other Shawn last name Smith (for both, btw one is female the other male.)

I can only imagine the questions their poor kids will have.

[Severen13]

When I worked in the mail services at Unnamed University, I used to see a rather *ahem* unusual name on the mail: Jennifer Cockream.

I Kid You Not.

Other names I have come across: Fang-fang He, Carole Carroll, Rhett Butler, Donald Groseclose

[RecoveringKinkoid]

How about Dick Trickle. (Google if you dont know *hint - Race car driver*)

I know! That's the worse name I've ever heard! :eek: It sounds like a bad joke! What were his parents THINKING!?


My coworker in Lousiana meet a Private Orgasm. Yep, Orgasm. Spelled and pronounced the usual way. We giggled for awhile and then I had to bring up the question "What happens when he makes Major?"

I am not sure of the answer to that question, but I bet Private Cum knows.

BTW: "This crowd has gone deadly silent, a Cinderella story outta nowhere. Former greenskeeper and now about to become the masters champion."

I LOVE this quote! :lol:

[ChanceNCinny]

One of my friends was named Dung. Seriously.

Her family is Vietnamese but they were in America when she was born so should have known what it means in English. It's pronounced kinda like U-Men, if you mumble and say it fast. Needless to say she had it legally changed as soon as she was old enough.

[NightAngel]

I work with a girl who's first name is Yuk. We call her Judy though.

"Her name was McGill... but she called herself Lil... and everyone knew her as Nancy..."

Sorry... had to put in a little Beatles for the day. :D

[Sphinx]

A friend of mone showed me a phone book that had a perons name: Shithead pronounced Shi-theed. We all had good laugh:lol:

[digilight]

We have a chiropractor here in town with the last name of Cocaine.

looking thru our local phone book theres someone with the last name of Fukes and a business called Fukutomi Farms.

God to much caffine and my maturity level really shows huh

[DGoddessChardonnay]

How about Dick Trickle. (Google if you dont know *hint - Race car driver*)

That's something I wouldn't discuss with anyone but my doctor.:angel:

[thegiraffe]

A little girl at the childcare center I work at is named Serenity. I can't think of anyone else with an odd name there.

Also, my senior year of HS, I met a girl from Eastern Europe named Vedrana. If you say it fast and with poor enunciation, it can sound...interesting.

One of my roommates is named Stormy. We call her Stormy Weather.

[CreepyCarrie]

Branching off into very unusual spellings of common names, I went to high school with a Keightlynnhe (translation: Kaitlin). It was always amusing to hear teachers stumble over it on the first day of the semester.

One of my cousins recently named her daughter Labyrinth, after the movie. :blink: I never said my family members were sane :p

[ZumZum]

Ah Creepy Carrie, they are after my heart (see my avatar).

I forgot there was a girl at my son's school named Jazz Musik.

Not kidding. I may be wrong on the spelling of the last name. It was definitely prounounced "music", but it was spelled differently.

[Jaden]

"Her name was McGill... but she called herself Lil... and everyone knew her as Nancy..."

Sorry... had to put in a little Beatles for the day. :D

"Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman, but she was another man." ;) :D

[Kitten in the box]

We had some doozy's come in our store both customer and employee;

Buttephuc (pronounced Butt f*ck)

Hon (pronounced Hawn)

Hang (pronounced like its read Hang)

Christmas

Cummings

[Becks]

Since I'm running out of time today, I'll just mention a few.

At least one Asia.

At least one China.

At least one India.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

"I went to high school with a Keightlynnhe (translation: Kaitlin)."

Oh, for crying out loud.

[Jpurple]

I worked for a short time at a very very small school in an isolated island community. There were a number of odd and/or archaic names in use, but I only remember a few: Acacia (A girl), Cedar (A boy), Persephone (A girl), and Morieh, called 'Moey' (a boy!)

[BusBus]

I see a huge variety of funny/odd names in my lines of work. Sadly, some of them are quite beautiful in their original language, but just have a bad meaning in English....


-Twins: Odd and Even
-Won Fuk Ho
-Chu Mi Lo
-first name: A Phuc
-the usual plethora of Barbara Walters, Dean Martins and Barry Whites

There are way more that I cannot think of just now, but these do not even include the folks that purposely changed their names to something...well...dumb.

[Ringtail Z28]

I had a friend in the third grade named Phuc. There was also a Chin Dong in the same class.

[Drakstern]

I went to school with brothers Ben and Ray Gay. They did their best to be agressively mediocre, IIRC.

[Morrigan]

Nothing spectacular, but I did get a chuckle the day I carded Tim Taylor for smokes.

[Bella_Vixen]

Tommy Thompson (not just the former Gov.)
Edward Edwards


There were quite a few others, but I'm drawing a blank. :Þ

[Rine]

I read an article on CNN the other day about someone naming their son ESPN. :lol: "Es-pen" is how you would say it. Apparently the couple really likes to watch ESPN, so they named their kid after it.

[RavenStarr]

Names I've seen. All of them real. *Raises right hand, swears to tell truth etc*

Treasure
Happy
Heavenly
Dare
Friend
Rainbow

Now for some unfortunate last names. If you thought your last name was bad read on.

Peed
Butt
Crapo
Crapper (I think there was a guy named Thomas Crapper that invented the toilet)

Faggot

If you want to see some more unfortunate last names go to www.findagrave.com.

I was just thinking. Could you imagine a woman whos last name is Butt marrying a guy whose last name is Fuchs. Then you would have the Butt-Fuchs nuptuals

Imagine going through life as Ann Butt-Fuchs:roll: :lol:

[Primer]

Let's see...in past classes, I can remember Jingle Belle and Echo right of the top of my head....and I still have the copy of Playboy Lingerie that Echo appeared in that semester. (I teach college)

[orcprincess]

Florider.

Pronounced: Flo-reed-er. Was told child was conceived in Florida...but thought Florida was a mean name. :confused:

[repsac]

Some I know of, or remember:

From School:

Mignon. Yeah, apparently her parents loved steak.

Roane. Just strange, but supposedly a Roan is a male deer....

Hunter. Slew of these. In every case, a redneck.

Ed. She was rather cool. Ok, this was a nickname. Her last name was Edgar.

Kevin Keith Kilebrew. Take note of the first letter of each word. KKK. His parents, did that on purpose. I think, he's in jail now. Hate crime or something.

From Family:

Delbert. This guy was one of my cousins. (not sure if del is still alive or not) Made famous by being the last person exiled from Kentucky. His crime? Tearing the roof off the jail, climbing, and then waiting for the cops to arrive. He then beat up one, made him lie on the ground while he beat up the other; before turning and wandering off to get drunk.

Garrett. My grandfather. Just a very odd name really. Not one you see much.

Daisy. My grandmother (Garrett's wife.) Again, not something you see that much.

Harry Hand. My grandmother taught under this man. Former principal of Hammilton Ohio High School.

From Work:

Nyguen. Pronounced Wynn.

Adolf. Mother being the idiot she was, thought that the Adolf in history was a great man. He had to be, since he was in history right? Last I heard, Adolf was actually trying to have his name changed.

From Local:

Gay Dykes. She, is a superior court judge. What's worse, she married into the Dykes name...

Richard Tater. I forget his last name, but given that his nickname is Dick...

[AFpheonix]

Nguyen is a very very popular Vietnamese name. Think Smith and Johnson and Jones all rolled into one.