Bad Names

So I've heard of some bad names in my time...
I had a friend who is a doctor and when she delivered a set of twins and went to go check on the parents she asked what their names were. (The parents were from Central America somewhere, i forget where now, but were not born here and didn't speak any english)
So this couple had a and a and said, oh we didn't have to name them because the nurses were kind enough to name them for us. My friend was confused and said we aren't allowed to do that and then the couple told my friend that they named the boy male and the girl female however, they were unaware that the burses had just put male and female to see which was which and they pronounced it as mall-aye for male and fe-mall-aye for female.


Over the weekend, a surgeon i know was telling me a story about two different kids she had to perform surgery on.

The first, before the child was put to sleep, she asked him what his name was, and he said 'Absedy' so the surgeon said, can you spell that please and the boy did, his name was 'ABCDE'

The second child, a girl, was asked her name as well and she said it was 'Semahjay' and the surgeon asked her mother who was in the room to spell her name and she spelled it as 'Semaj' She said her father's name was James so they just spelled it backwards but pronounced it as 'Semahjay'


Why do parents do this to their children?
I would emancipate myself.

Maaaaan

My sister had a student a few years back, and her name was La-A

Pronounced La dash a

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Posted by IrishAli

Maaaaan

My sister had a student a few years back, and her name was La-A

Pronounced La dash a

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OMG!!!!!!!!
that's terrible!

I feel so bad with kids with stupid names....they have to go through life explaining these parents spontaneous 'great idea' or even worse lack of forethought...I like very traditional names..

Victoria for a girl and Max or Michael for a boy!

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Posted by MrsKon1111

i went to school with a kid whose first and last name was exactly the same

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OMG thats ridiculous..Like John Johnson or Thomas Thomas. Awful!!

There was a Robert Roberts in my HS!

Being a teacher, you tend to hear a couple of whoppers...

My friend has been teaching 4th grade in queens for about 10 years now. When she first started teaching she noticed she had twins on her roster. The girls names were Lemonjello and Orangejello....they were pronounced La-mahn-jello and Or-ahn-jello...but spelled just like the jiggly dessert!!

My mom's a teacher too...she had a kid whose name was MAX!...I mean literally on his birth certificate it was in all caps with the ! at the end...that was the way his parents wanted it!

At my school we have a Leaf Gross...poor girls parents are still living the hippie life!

And let's not forget about all the celebrities that give their kids wacky names too...Penn Jillette (the big guy from Penn and Teller) named his daughter Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette and his son Zolten Penn Jillette. Let's also consider Jason Lee (My Name is Earl) named his son Inspektor Pilot.

I'm all for being unique, but those IMO are just slightly wacky!