Comments on: Name abuse

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:55:38 +0000

As for Talula does the Hula in Hawaii–it is nut-brained parents like this that lead elected officials to believe that parents don’t have enough sense to raise their kids.

By: o.h.

o.h. — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:13:57 +0000

Some of the “names” given in this article (and variants showing up here and there) are fishy. An international naming forum I frequent had some comments by New Zealanders casting doubt on some of them: “Number 16 Bus Shelter,” for instance, can’t be a legal name in NZ, as numerals aren’t permitted. One forum participant knew “Sex Fruit” (claimed as a rejected name in this article; claimed as a name given to a baby girl in another); “Sex Fruit” though is apparently a man who changed his own name via deed poll. In general there is reason to be suspicious of the suggestion that these are really names that parents have given (or attempted to give) to babies.

By: Walter E. Wallis

Walter E. Wallis — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:30:19 +0000

That Buckeye couple could name their son Red Andy Gray.

By: Me

Me — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:42:19 +0000

“I did get the story second handâ€“a colleague who said she knew a social worker.”

See???? What’d I tell you? Now, if you had said that you actually named your OWN children those names, then…

By: jill

jill — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:06:54 +0000

I went to high school with a girl named Missy Tinkle – I know we can’t do much about our last names sometimes…mine was Presley before I got married (and I know you are thinking it, and no, I am not related). I can’t count how many times I’ve been asked….

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:00:35 +0000

Oh my. These are good. We chose “Sienna” for our youngest daughter and I’ve been asked why I named her after a crayon. No one asks if we named her after the model/actress (Sienna Miller)… although that’s not true either.

By: Margo/Mom

Margo/Mom — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:49:17 +0000

My high school English teacher was Harry Nuckolls.

By: Bandit

Bandit — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:28:24 +0000

I went to school with Sandy Beech

By: Catch Thirty-Three

Catch Thirty-Three — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:27:58 +0000

When the day arrives when I have to decide what to name my child, I will pull out the current edition of the World Almanac for that time, find the list of the 10 most common names, and immediately dismiss them from consideration.

But I sure as all hell would not saddle my kid socially by naming him/her something as absurd as what I have seen here and elsewhere.

By: AProudVeteran

AProudVeteran — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:17:43 +0000

My personal favorite was the family where both parents were alumni of Ohio State University. Their last name was Grey. Their first child, a daughter, was named Scarlet Ann.

Sure hope she didn’t go to Michigan for college!

(for those who may be unfamiliar with US college sports team colors, the OSU Buckeyes colors are scarlet & gray.)