Instead of the post I had planned to write about having guests for a holiday, here are a list of actual honest-to-God baby names from my city and the surrounding areas, as published in the local newspaper:
First names:
Nailuj (which, naturally, is Julian spelled backwards)
Reign
Eian
Premiere (SERIOUSLY?)
Junior (SERIOUSLY?)
Caneron (Maybe this is a typo on the newspaper's part? I hope?)
Josselin
Bless
Major
Giovanthony
Maxwail
Maizen
Lai'La
Gracie (because apparently she'll never be a professional business-type person)
Miley (I think it's typically not a good idea to use someone else's family-nickname-then-stage-name as a legal name for a child)
Double whammies (first-middle combos)
Malazha Renae-Anne
Jayleana Royanne
Aviana Anii
Serenity Briquelle (Serenity isn't too unusual, but Briquelle?)
Seona DeNice
Ashantis Cristal
Casmeire Tiwayne
I swear to you that I transcribed all of these faithfully.
Giovanthony. Seriously? The worst compromise I have ever seen.
ReplyDeleteFurther evidence that the best and WORST of people's creativity comes out when they start naming things. Naming a boat something stupid is one thing. Naming a CHILD something stupid-- that's just bad karma.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever feel like judging strangers really hard, find a baby-naming message board.
ReplyDeleteMy rule of thumb is that any name I give a child would have to be appropriate for a professional name. Like, would my potential son be able to introduce himself as Casmeire, the tax attorney? Or my daughter, Gracie, the Vice President of Sales?
Not to mention possible married names. So you name your child Major Smith. Okay. What if Major grows up and falls in love with Tom Wedgie?
ReplyDeleteHA! Major Wedgie. Possible name for my next pet.
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