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My fiance and I are thinking of names for our children already, and I think because of his last name, “Goodwillie” that my children are doomed.

I mean, how Does “Murdoc Mordicia Goodwillie” for a boy sound, or “Evelynn Madrun Goodwillie” sound for a girl? to strange, or just strang enough for them to like 70’s rock and goth poetry?

~P

I was reading the listing of bad baby names, and I did a double take when I saw this one Laken Makai. I’m sure this person didn’t know that Makai means “demon world” in Japanese, but it definitely made me laugh. Just thought you might like to add that tidbit to the entry.

Leslie

A neighbor in an apt. complex we lived in about 4 years ago had a baby. They liked our son’s name (Drew Edward) yet, said they wanted something different. We agreed, the name was becoming very common since we chose it 20 years before.

Well, apparently I didn’t really *understand* what she meant by “different” until we got the birth announcement. the child was “uniquely” named:

Drioux Edword (yep, with an “o”)

yikes!

-G

I personally like these names, but I’d love to hear what you’d say.

First is Harlequinn, youk now, after the Harlequinn Romance novels? Harley for short. ^_^

Second is my name, Ariel. I like my name enough, but I will NEVER ever forgive my mom after naming me after the Little Mermaid.

The last two would be Kenji, after an anime I watch, and Vash, from trigun.

I must be a nut, but my kid’s will ask me-
“Momma? Where’d you get my name from?”
“oh! Your named after a boy in a web-comic who was gay\A 19th centuary japanese character\ a fake armed blonde with a gun”

They are all good shows though. ^_^

Ariel

A stranger in the Chicago train station nursing station once left her baby with me for well over 30 minutes while she went to go eat. The child’s name was pronounced “Ab-zuh-dee” and spelled Abcde. No lie. I teach first grade in the south and have seen plenty of unusual names but nothing beats this (alhough SirPresident and K’Marte come close).

-Rae

Anxious for more updates, so I thought I’d send you this gem I found on the Baby board at knot.com:

“I love the names Braedon and Caleb. My fiance and I have discussed Cayden, so it’s kind of a combo of the two. Aiden is nice, but getting overused. I’ve never been a big fan of Elliott or Cameron, but it’s your baby!!! YOU pick!! Good luck!”

Kind of a combo of the two – ya think??? 😉

-Joanna

I have a friend who bought a foal and called her Dulcie Mae (pronounced Dolcie May) and then when his wife had a baby 3 months later, you guessed it, they named the baby after the foal. How cruel is that?

Martin

(or…Why we need more realistic and forthright sex ed, complete with training in euphemisms and slang.)

We have a hard time believing these people are serious, but look at this…

“Vote on cute twin names. Which is the cutest? Got any more?

• Aubree and Audrey

• Isabel and Jisabelle (Izzy and Jizzy)
• Hailey and Baeley
• Jade and Jaeden
• Nicholas and Nicole (Nick and Niki)
• Adrian and Adrianna
• Tristan and Trista
• Maxwell and Mathew (Max and Matt)
• Lathon and Nathan
• Landon and Brandon”

-Stuart

To be fair, the poster’s bio says she’s 15, and is (we can pray) posting on behalf of another family member. To be more realistic, it also says her neice is to be named Kymberlyn, and her favorite piece of advice is “think before you talk.”

The hospital in the town where I grew up has a “new baby listing” online. Worst one I’ve ever seen:

Roselynn-Pantera Sierra-Iris

Not only that, when I emailed my best friend with “you have to see this!” she wrote back:

“Oh my god! I know the father!!”

Ew.

-Heather

Honey Bacon.

Thankfully this person wasn’t born with this name, they married in to the Bacon family. (Mr. Bacon is premier of Tasmania.)

I think the name Honey is bad enough to make your list.

-Renee