Bad, Hilarious, Or Just Absurd Baby Names

I’m really hoping that’s a real name in some other culture and that it just sounds unfortunate to English speakers, but at this point I’m never sure.

 

Agreed. I mean I’ve only ever heard of one guy called Cable, and that was a superhero code name.

 

Which, considering he's a Rob Liefeld character from the 90s, makes it even more impressive they managed to out-90s-superhero-name him.

 

Apparently, one of the Puritan naming trends was translating Hebrew names based on etymology.
Meaning, yes:

 

Puritan naming trends in general were...well, interesting, let’s put it that way.

 

So I looked it up and McKell is an actual surname, at least.

Still the most unbearably matchy sibling set, though, and I still don’t like it as a given name. :P

 

One thing that happened relatively often in Corsica was people just straight-up translating their names into French. Except it just... Didn't work nearly as well. Like, if I translate them into English instead, stuff like "Savior" or "Bear" (the animal) is pretty much as absurd as it is in French.

 

Here’s a few more I’ve encountered at work:

The classic Richard Johnson.

First names Tavyn and Justice. (I’ve seen a lot of words as names, but justice is a new one)

Sudie, Dandy, and their child Zander.

The address 169 Butts Road.

 

I’ve heard Justice a few times, and Zander isn’t too unusual, but...I’m praying that poor Richard Johnson goes by literally ANYTHING other than Dick. And Dandy is horrid.

Also, I want to live on Butts Road.

 

You’ve heard Justice as a given name? Huh. Maybe it’s a regional thing :l

 

Seen at work recently: last name of 'Zeus'.

also seen: lastname of 'Unsinn' (translated: Nonsense) which is indeed as funny in german as it is in english

 

Zeus is kinda badass, but...Nonsense...that poor person!

 

To be completely fair, I live in a hippie town, and a lot of the kids here have wayyyyyyyy dumber names than that, so I don't bat an eye at names like Justice a lot of the time. I think I've heard it in other contexts, though? It's definitely not a common one, though, as far as virtue names go.

 

I've talked to some longtime political activists who said they kept a running collection of hilarious "Dick" and "Richard" names they saw while doing phone calls, mailings, and door-to-door.

 

That reminds me of a story I know I've mentioned in this thread, about how I have a friend whose full name is William Richard (Lastname), which is a family name--his grandfather and father are/were (?) also named William Richard.

Understandably, he just goes by Will for short (and I don't think he really uses his middle name at all), but he does like to joke about being Willy Dick The Third. :P

 

Oh, oh. Idea.

Williwas.

 

One more from work today- Kenzy. Not mckenzy, which would make sense, but just. Kenzy. Am I missing something here?

 

The surname McKenzy implies the existence of the given name Kenzy, doesn't it?

 

That is a good point, yeah.