Bad, Hilarious, Or Just Absurd Baby Names

All three gaelic languages are VERY consistent. They just don't use values that English speakers are used to. Complaining about it is like complaining about Pinyin spellings. Comes complete with baggage relating to the cultural genocide of the Irish by the English too. Irish and Scottish Gaelic have been derided and mocked and surpressed for years. To the point where both are on the brink of death.

Joking about their spelling is exceptionally iffy as a result.

 

Related to the anna-mae thing, I had a Shy-Anne at work today. Why this.

 

I ONCE MET AN ANNAMAE

 

The sad thing is that like...all things considered, Anna Mae isn't inherently that bad a name. A bit unfortunate given the sound, and definitely more Stereotypically Southern than I'd ever go for, but I mean...Anna is my chosen IRL name, and Mae is a nice name too. But these people DELIBERATELY picked the name because it sounds like anime, which is just kind of cruel.

 

KinsLee Bri-Ann. It was in the birth announcements in the newspaper so I can't pretend it's not real. help.

 

My mom has a student named Riley Ridley. Which. I mean. Yes, it sounds kind of cool, but for the love of God, why would you give your child a first name that is literally his last name minus one letter?

And two names I just heard on tv that I actually think are quite pretty, but definitely scream "I am a prairie schoolteacher who wears a lot of gingham": Zella May and Marnette.

 

Reminds me of Montgomery Montgomery from A Series of Unfortunate Events.

 

Not entirely relevant to the thread but I have to share it: There's a local church whose priest is named--and this is her full given name and completely legit--Mary Blessing. Would be even funnier if she were Catholic (I think it's an Episcopal church), but still pretty great.

 

Some names are just fitting, like a politician named Richard.

 

Haha, true! Her name is just like...Ace Attorney levels of overly fitting.

 

My rock climbing swim coach is named Finrock on the sibject of fitting names.

 

I am working on school orders and this poor child is named Chrispher.

 

They.... forgot a part there....

 

They're a revolutionary new DNA editing technology!

Oh wait, that's CRISPR

 

No, you're thinking of CRISPR. Chrispher is a drawer found in refrigerators.

 

Nah, that's a crisper. Chrispher is a game where players are directed by a spinner to put their hands and feet on colored dots on a mat.

 

No, that's Twister. You're thinking of the comparative for crisp.

 

there is a kid in my chemistry class named Bandanna (or Bondanna or Bandonna or something else very close in sound to Bandanna) and i somehow didn't notice until yesterday

 

Heard through the grapevine: Hevyn. Like Heaven, but spelled horribly wrong.

 

Why do you need to call your kid 'Heaven' anyway? I think it's the most idiotic naming trend so far...