Bad Baby Names Blog
These Google-Doodlers' Parents Should Have Searched for Better Names
Google is running a contest where schoolkids submit "Google Doodles" (those special logos Google shows on their website for holidays and other occasions. Fortunately, several statewide finalists have been honored on Google's website. Unfortunately, some of them have names like:
Google is running a contest where schoolkids submit "Google Doodles" (those special logos Google shows on their website for holidays and other occasions. Fortunately, several statewide finalists have been honored on Google's website. Unfortunately, some of them have names like:
Seen on the Tube
Amy Poehler's character in Baby Mama gives birth to a cutie named "Stef." Short for Stephanie? Nope, it's "Stefani -- as in Gwen." And did I really hear a name like that on Toddlers & Tiaras?
Amy Poehler's character in Baby Mama gives birth to a cutie named "Stef." Short for Stephanie? Nope, it's "Stefani -- as in Gwen." And did I really hear a name like that on Toddlers & Tiaras?
"Seein' All of Money?" Is that what this name means?
"Seein' All of Money" is all I can make out from this kid's name, one of Arizona's new arrivals.
"Seein' All of Money" is all I can make out from this kid's name, one of Arizona's new arrivals.
Culturally Justified But Cruel: Inhelica?
Yep, it's authentic:Inhelica
- I'm just assuming it's some form of Angelica that I don't understand. But sound it out, folks. Sound it out.
Actually, I have no idea if the one real Latrina I've met has a sister. I'm talking figurative Sisters of the Bad Name. For some reason, I remembered the lovely, helpful Latrina and got to wondering what would be a "good" name for a sister if she had one.
I was E'Lay-ted to Find These Names
Any new mom should be elated. But that doesn't justify naming your child E'Laysia.
Any new mom should be elated. But that doesn't justify naming your child E'Laysia.
Did the Duggers misplace little Jorja?
Today's carnival of creative spellings starts with Jorja, who is surprisingly not a member of the Dugger Family, whose now 18 kids all have "J" names (they aren't all bad, but there's a Joy-Anna and a Jinger).
Today's carnival of creative spellings starts with Jorja, who is surprisingly not a member of the Dugger Family, whose now 18 kids all have "J" names (they aren't all bad, but there's a Joy-Anna and a Jinger).
Sir Walter Scott-type Baby Names
Turning a surname into a first name -- especially a girl's name -- has gone too far. These names would undoubtedly be deemed "too posh" among British bad name fans. But all these little tykes were born in the US in January 2009.
Turning a surname into a first name -- especially a girl's name -- has gone too far. These names would undoubtedly be deemed "too posh" among British bad name fans. But all these little tykes were born in the US in January 2009.
I yearn, I pine for a return to common names. But someone took the concept a little too literally.
Just Made Up, Just Plain Nuts
I just don't get mixing Atticus (one of my literary idols) with Chaos. Did mommeigh read To Kill a Mockingbird?
I just don't get mixing Atticus (one of my literary idols) with Chaos. Did mommeigh read To Kill a Mockingbird?