What's In A Name?

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So just a quick thought about naming children. I always feel bad for kids who have to grow up with peculiar names because kids can be cruel. Its great if you want a name thats fresh and unique but some parents go to far. Remember... You're not the one who has to grow up with Peaches Applegonia on your name tag.

 

Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback are co-authors of "Bad Baby Names: The Worst True Names Parents Saddled Their Kids With and You Can Too!" and they shared some of the worst baby names ever.

Names that sound like a disease:

  • Fever Bender (born 1856)
  • Leper Priest (born 1929)
  • Cholera Priest (born 1830 during the second cholera pandemic)
  • Rubella Graves (born 1814)
  • Typhus Black (born 1897)
  • Hysteria Johnson (born 1881)
  • Emma Royd (born 1850)
  • Kathryn E. Coli (born 1894)
  • Mumps Sykes (born 1891)

Names that sound like a job:

  • Cook Cook
  • Governor Bush
  • Lawyer Low
  • Doctor Love
  • Teacher Blackbear
  • Judge Savage
  • Editor Honeycutt
  • Mayor Bland
  • Sales O. Justice
  • Gamble Moore

Names that sound like a sin:

  • Lust Garten
  • Greed Sister Mancini
  • Avarice Sullivan
  • Sloth Washton
  • Wrath Gordon
  • Envy Burger
  • Pride Saint
  • Greed McGrew
  • Lust T. Castle

Names that sound lucky:

  • Lucky Green
  • Lucky Jewell
  • Lucky O'Brien
  • Lucky Pleasant
  • Luck Fortune
  • Shamrock Hardeman of Illinois
  • Shamrock Dates of Mississippi
  • Shamrock Holland of Texas

Names that sound good enough to eat:

  • Lunch Magee
  • Dinner Ware
  • Bread White
  • Hero Brat
  • Mayo Head
  • Mustard M. Mustard
  • Pickle Parker
  • Plum Sellers
  • Banana Bowdy
  • Cherry Grant

Now while Doctor Love makes me laugh to no end, remember, it's not you who has to go to the schoolyard. It's Doctor Love so please be kind to your children...


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