Bad Baby Names

Here is a prime example of why Al Gore set about creating the internet. Now only do we have websites where people discuss possible baby names, but there is now a site which now takes those discussions and adds in their own wry commentary on them.

I haven't yet worked my way through all of the commentary on the Bad Baby Names sites. But Kosmette spent most of the evening howling at was them. It was so funny that she was snorting at work trying not laugh out loud.

So here's an appropriate to this forum, question from a baby name website and with the commentary from the Bad Baby Names website.

I've suggested to my sister that she name her little girl to be - Manchester. She's not sure about it but she's considering. What do you think?

Clever. Like being named Pittsburg or Schenectady. Kid'll grow up to be beaten to death by Liverpool fans.

the worst baby name i've heard lately is from an old coworker…her ex husband married a runner…they named their baby Marathon.

bilge

The ones I hate the most are "Jr, or II, III" etc
"Virgil Duane Wallbanger II" for example. Carrying a family on through the generations is okay, but to give your kid exactly the same as yourself then just put some suffix on the end is just retarded.

I don't know about the schools over here, but giving your kid some stupid name so they will be unique will only get them into fights on a regular basis in the schools I went to…I know…trust me! :mad:

I always thought Leon was pretty low on the list of baby names…

So will there be any baby Kosmo's in the future? hmmmm…

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
Here is a prime example of why Al Gore set about creating the internet. Now only do we have websites where people discuss possible baby names, but there is now a site which now takes those discussions and adds in their own wry commentary on them.

I haven't yet worked my way through all of the commentary on the Bad Baby Names sites. But Kosmette spent most of the evening howling at was them. It was so funny that she was snorting at work trying not laugh out loud.

So here's an appropriate to this forum, question from a baby name website and with the commentary from the Bad Baby Names website.

I've suggested to my sister that she name her little girl to be - Manchester. She's not sure about it but she's considering. What do you think?

Clever. Like being named Pittsburg or Schenectady. Kid'll grow up to be beaten to death by Liverpool fans.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
I always thought Leon was pretty low on the list of baby names…

Try going to school in a northern (English) industrial town with a name like "Leon"! :eek: I got shoved around a bit until about 13 years old which is when I started to grow and fill out a lot. I got every single one of the little fuckers back, and paybacks are hell.

A friend of mine worked in a woman's shelter for a while, and one time they had this woman come in who was HUGE Tupac fan. Her two children were named:
Makaveli and Tupacalypse

I went to school with a girl named Yu Suk Moon

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
So will there be any baby Kosmo's in the future? hmmmm…

let us get married first :)

As a schoolteacher in Baltimore City Catholic schools, I once had a student named "Babatunde Olawokukoko". I think that was the coolest name. By far the cruelest had to be the little fourth grader named "Harry Bushrod"….though I guess if he had plans of being a porn star, he wwas all set with that name.

Jermaine Jackson has a baby boy a few years back and named him Jermajesty! That is the worst and most hilarious name I've ever heard.

Oh yeah….and once on some daytime talkshow (Sally Jessie or Springer or the like)they had a guest and the woman's name was Latrina!

I know I've mentioned these before, but for the benefit of new board members…..

….In the Royal Navy, the working uniform you have a name badge with your rate/trade on it. Anyway, on one ship I was on we had a Radio Elelctrical Mechanic who's last name was "Brandt" so he had "REM Brandt"…he was always piped (paged) to report to the paint shop. We also had a Seaman who's last name was "Staine" so he had to walk around with "Seaman Staine" on his shirt…he of course would get piped to report to the ships laundry on a regular basis. We also had Marine Engineer Mechanic Braine so he was "MEM Braine" and would be piped to report to the sick bay.

bilge

She should've named him "orthodontia"

bilge

impeccable timing

Originally posted by chaz:
Jermaine Jackson has a baby boy a few years back and named him Jermajesty! That is the worst and most hilarious name I've ever heard.

Oh yeah….and once on some daytime talkshow (Sally Jessie or Springer or the like)they had a guest and the woman's name was Latrina!

There's a local TV reporter, I think on Fox channel 5, with one of those self-esteem albatross names but I can't recall it and their website is foxed up. Many of you probably know which one I'm thinking of.

I recently came across the last name "Ashpole". Ya gotta have some damn strong pride to keep a name like that.

Names I have run across:

Candy Poon (chinese restaurant name on the Time magazine subscription)

Richard Holden, went by Dick. Was our customer who held weekly meetings, so my boss would say "Have to go to my Dick Holden meeting".

Went to high school with a family whose last name was Hill. Kids were Bunker (boy) and Brittney, hers was livable, his must have been a nightmare.

Originally posted by MaLo:
the worst baby name i've heard lately is from an old coworker…her ex husband married a runner…they named their baby Marathon.

Someone at my office is going to name their kid Strider…ah, to each their own