Horrible names for children! (Or even adults, for that matter)

[JohnRM]

Was just watching a commercial where, apparently, some horrible parents named their kid, a boy, 'Skylar'. Is it just me or is this the worst fudgin' name ever? Especially for a boy? Some of the other names that I hate and think are...

Gay
Brad
Kyle
Ryan (sorry to one particular CFC OT poster whom I know is named this, but is cool as hell)
Caleb


And I hate stupid hippy names like Star, River, or...you know Skylar wreaks of hippiness.

What does OT have to say about this? What are some names that you hate...other than John?

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

I think "Ryan" is a great name for a variety of reasons, and would suggest it for my own kids but I don;t think (for a variety of reasons) my wife would go for it.

 

[Cutlass]

Most names that started out as boys names and became girls names. That and Kennedy as a girls name.

 

[Harvin87]

Lewellyn...

 

[JohnRM]

Most names that started out as boys names and became girls names. That and Kennedy as a girls name.

Oh yeah...those too. They really suck.

 

[gugalpm]

Roger Federer's kids have pathetic names. I can't recall them right now.

 

[Angst]

Ehm, those names are perfectly fine. Problematic names are Dick, Gay, etc, since their connotations are too strong with something that isn't that suitable for a name.

Skylar, I think it's too Hollywood-ish for my taste though.

 

[rhawn]

On almost every NFL team there is at least one player with a ridiculously stupid name. Some include: Tebuckey, Stepfret, Jamarcus, BenJarvus, Knowshon. I'm sure people can come up with more.

I remember a story of one parent of that wanted to name their child something that was supposed to be pronounced "Shah-teed", but wanted to spell in in a manner that would have been "fourletterword"-head.

I'm all for cool and original names. That being said, don't go overboard. Also hippy names like Moon-Unit, River, and Star are pretty awful in my opinion as well.

 

[SG-17]

Dick is only a shortening of Richard (somehow).

Skylar is a bad name, but I wouldn't hesitate to name my kid Sylar .

Some more bad names:
Blanket
Kajolica
Double or triple names like Stacy Marie Heidi Smith for American kids.
Heidi
Yeoman

There are more, but that is all that I could think of.

 

[Catharsis]

Apparently 'Madison' was the fourth most popular name for baby girls in the US in 2008.

Americans, you are all at fault for this.

 

[Godwynn]

Bristol
Piper
Track
Willow
Trig

 

[JohnRM]

WTH? I didn't name any of the little monsters!

 

[JohnRM]

Bristol
Piper
Track
Willow
Trig

*shivers at the deeper meaning/reference*

 

[bigdog5994]

is Dustin a gay name?

 

[MagisterCultuum]

I remember hearing years ago about a family who did not speak much English naming their daughter "Vagina."


The Korean American girl who used to live next door to me was named "He," but I hear He changed her name to Sarah several years ago.



I recall overhearing a conversation on a Georgia Tech shuttle a few years ago where a couple of guys were saying that when they have children they want to give them a Koisan name, using exclamation points and other punctuation as letters denoting clicks that most people would find unpronounceable.

 

[Camikaze]

There is a plague of 'bogan' names in Australia. 'Bogan' names include:

• Mercedes
• Harmony
• Madison
• Schapelle
• Dakota
• Tegan
• Gavin
• Tyson
• Dwayne
• Brandon
• Warren

All of these names are synonymous with low socio-economic status and ugg boots.

Then there are names like Talula Does The Hula from Hawaii...

 

[JohnRM]

Oh!!! Dakota, that's another one that I hate.

 

[Cutlass]

There is a plague of 'bogan' names in Australia. 'Bogan' names include:

• Mercedes
• Harmony
• Madison
• Schapelle
• Dakota
• Tegan
• Gavin
• Tyson
• Dwayne
• Brandon
• Warren

All of these names are synonymous with low socio-economic status and ugg boots.

Then there are names like Talula Does The Hula from Hawaii...

Made me lol. Girl named Mercedes played a girl named Harmony on my fav tv show.

 

[Catharsis]

Back in school, during a chemistry lesson, I once overheard a girl considering the possibility of naming her first baby girl 'Chlorine'.

 

[JohnRM]

That is almost as bad as 'Clamidia.'