A Baby By Any Other Name....

Hubby and I are always commenting on the strange names some sports figures have, especially in football.  It's not just sports, but Hollywood, politics and many times your next door neighbor. Makes me wonder what the parents were thinking, were they still under the influence of hospital drugs when they picked their baby names?

I'm talking about first names, not last names, especially not cultural names like Fuamatu Ma'afala or Ikponmwosa Igbinosun, although Pat Angerer of the Colts is a really good name for a football player. 

We have no choice about what last name we inherit, but our parents hold full responsibility for the names they choose to saddle their offspring with.  I'm also not talking about the nick-names bestowed upon an individual, like 'refrigerator', 'pork chop', 'boss'.

D'Brickashaw Ware, Guy Whimper, Demarcus Faggins, Meweld Moore, Vontaze Burfict, BenJarvis Green-Ellis, come to mind, along with Johnny Cash's song, A Boy Names Sue.  As you watch College football and Pro football games today, be sure to notice the first names of the players.

For some it is the combination of first and last name that makes us smile, like  Fair Hooker, De'Cody Fagg, Foxy Foxworth, Ben Gay, Richie Rich, Uranius Johnson, YourHighness Morgan.

The list of the most unusual baby names of 2012 was just published, and as Business Insider points out: parents today are getting more creative than ever before in their choices for baby names.  I have to wonder what were the parents thinking???  See the names below the fold, leave any names that make you smile in the comment section.

There were some very unusual names this year. Monalisa made the list, along with Rogue (like X-Men), J’Adore (like the Dior perfume), and Jagger (like Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones or the Maroon 5 song “Moves Like Jagger”).

Next year promises to continue the trend of bizarre baby-naming with some even more unusual names, according to a recent article by Nameberry.com, which predicted the top 14 baby-naming trends for 2013. ...

And because parents aren’t even limited to real names anymore, as some opt for non-name names, the possibilities are truly endless.

Scroll down to see the list of other unusual names that have graced birth certificates in 2012.

BabyCenter.com

 

Comments

[PALADIN]

The stupidest name i have seen so far this year is that Basketball player who's called World Peace.

Imagine having a son and he gets asked what's your name?...and the poor kid has to say World Peace !

LOLSS !
Shows just how delusional these turds are.

Maybe he got it from a Rap Song ?

[Susan Benton]

I've known several people who legally changed their names (first and/or last). Sadly, in one case the person's family really turned against them for changing a particularly offensive last name (why didn't the whole family change it - that I never understood).

[Snake Hunter Sez,]

I had two memorable names in my 6th grade grammar school class...

* Ignatius Baldo

* Fannie Philpott

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[Nate]

What were they thinking?

You're giving them credit for thinking?

[R.J. Godlewski]

There's always that politician who won by changing his name to "none of the above".

Nevertheless, seeing as to some of the "popular" names being rated today:

http://www.babynamenetwork.com/baby_names/most_popular_of_this_site.cfm

I am glad that my parents gave me a name that means "a wise and powerful ruler". :oD

[Debbie]

All good ones.

Glad my parents settled on Deborah for me, the only female judge in the Bible, the only person in Jewish history to be both a prophet and judge, ...

was also a war hero in the war against Jabin, King of Canaan (Judges 4:4). She convinced Barak to lead the war to victory after which she wrote a song to honor him and the victory. That song is currently in the Bible in the book of Judges.

Another Deborah is also briefly mentioned in Genesis 35:8. She was the "nurse" of Rebekah.

Deborah means "honey bee", has been appreciated for its association with the hard work, persistence, and importance to society for which bees are known.

I think I'll keep the name, ha

[Mystical Time Traveler]

I named my second child Deborah. She should have been Dorothy for hubby's grandma, but could you imagine the teasing she would have gotten? She hated it as a teen and now loves it. Go figure.

J'Adore is French for I Love You. Imagine the proposal that girl will get from her boyfriend.

Jagger is perfectly normal name in German. So either the parents are German or of German decent. Many families use names from the old world for their first son or first daughter as a way of honoring their ancestors.

What makes me laugh is Black people giving their child "African' names. Normally Swahili words that they don't know the meaning of or were told they mean something different.

I met a woman named Mavi. She was told her name meant lovely. It really means dung.

[Debbie]

Mystical Time Traveler, that's so funny: The woman named Mavi, who thought it means "lovely", but it really meant "dung".

[Mystical Time Traveler]

@ Debbie

Many people do this with Native words too. They like the way it sounds and choose it. Many tribal chieftains laugh at it. Naming a child "evil" because they like the way the word sounds.