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http://blog.sfgate.com/sfmoms/2014/05/16/most-ridiculous-baby-names-from-2013/But Satran says all of these names are rather ordinary compared to the list of unusual names Satrans team pulled from the Social Security Administration. Below youll find a selection from Nameberrys wackiest monikers. Some of these were given to five or fewer children, while, surprisingly, others were ranked much higher.
Girls
Vanellope, 63
Burklee, 10
Pistol, 9
Happiness, 8
Pemberley, 8
Envie, 7
Prim, 7
Rarity, 7
Avaa, 6
Charlemagne, 6
Kinzington, 6
Prezlee, 6
Ransom, 5
Rebelle, 5
Sierraleone, 5
Siqi, 5
Snowy, 5
Temprince, 5
Boys
Rydder, 10
Jceion, 10
Hatch, 8
Tuf, 8
Lloyal, 7
Psalms, 7
Xzaiden, 7
Charger, 6
Forever, 6
Kyndle, 6
Power, 6
Warrior, 6
Gospel, 5
Kaptain, 5
Subaru, 5
Vice, 5
Wonder what'll happen when Forever hooks up with Happiness?
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)femmocrat
(28,394 posts)I kind of like Burklee and Pemberley.
Subaru??? That one is just nuts. LOL
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Sorry, I don't get it.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)along with cats, Melissa Etheridge, the Indigo Girls, and toaster ovens.
femmocrat
(28,394 posts)sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)no wonder people were looking at me funny when I was at Target the other day....
"Look at that dude with a toaster oven, talk about a really successful surgery."
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)as a welcome gift on the episode where she came out.
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)jmowreader
(50,528 posts)It's no worse than the rednecks who name their kid "Harley."
LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)NV Whino
(20,886 posts)Did the Palin's have another, er, hatchling?
Tanuki
(14,914 posts)I'm surprised those names didn't make the list!
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)grilled onions
(1,957 posts)will you still be allowed in school?
Agschmid
(28,749 posts)I'm totally gonna do that!
tabbycat31
(6,336 posts)Or it could be Forester, Legacy, Outback, etc.
ETA changed nickname to middle name.
grasswire
(50,130 posts).....at the state where baby names are registered. The weirdest:
Romance Rocket.
Really and truly.
orleans
(34,040 posts)Tanuki
(14,914 posts)progressoid
(49,933 posts)Algernon Moncrieff
(5,781 posts)First, the idea of Sarah Silverman in a Disney film has a surreal quality.
Second, Vanellope has a "glitch" -- something that causes her to not behave correctly from time to time. I see her as a symbol for kids with autism, epilepsy, DS, ADHD, and a number of other issues.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)And naming your boy Subaru is an act of cruelty.
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)I had a 17th century English ancestor whose given name was "The Sword of the Lord and of Gideon". He had a brother, "Through Trials and Tribulations We Enter the Kingdom of Heaven". Evangelical Anglicans of that day went in for names like that.
When I was in college in the early 1970s, I knew a couple who had a girl and named her Goldberry.
I wanted to name one of my sons "Tiglath-Pileser", after the Assyrian king, but my wife vetoed it.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)Each year, the week before school starts, I head downstairs to the big bulletin board in the hall outside the kindergarten rooms, where the teachers of those new Ks have designated a spot with their name for exhibiting their work. I go to look at the names and see what will be coming upstairs 6 years down the road.
I have, each year, a minimum of 90 students whose names I'm supposed to spell correctly. I get past most of the hilarity or eye rolls when it comes to fashionable names. But the spelling.....
Why can't these parents who are trying to spell their precious' name to keep it unique among the 7 billion people living not simply remember that every syllable has a vowel?
And why, oh why, must we constantly shift "i" to "y?"
So...when Siqi makes it upstairs, do I really have to call her "sicky?"
I can see it now. "Good morning, Subaru. Looks like you got some new tires." "Hey, Vice, how was that trip to Miami?" "I'm pleased to meet you, Mr. Jones. That's quite a little Pistol you've got there." "Kyndle, you need to plug into what's going on in the classroom for now." "No, dear, every day is not a Snowy day this year." "Good God, here comes Forever."
I've had plenty of books from the bible, including Genesis. I've never had to put up with daily doses of Gospel, though.
I've had some car brands, and some cities and states. Subaru is new to me, though.
It will be amusing, though, for some when they hear me pronouncing their names the way they are spelled so that I can remember the spelling. I'm sure Jcion, Rydder, and Xzaiden will appreciate it.
Edited to add: Even these don't trump the brothers I taught a couple of decades back: Sir, Doctor, and President.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Initech
(100,029 posts)You're not getting a free car if that's your motivation.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Initech
(100,029 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)We're talking first names here.
Initech
(100,029 posts)Ba-zing!!!!
Iwillnevergiveup
(9,298 posts)in Chicago and Los Angeles:
Cute little girl named Seven Lanes
Other cute little girls: Aquanette, Dairyland and Female (pronounced Fe Molly) Mom said hospital named her
Christabella Juliette (only child)
One cute little boy named Gore, another Justin Angel (first & middle names)
A pair of pre-school boy/girl twins, I kid you not: Syphilus and Gonhorrea. Director reported family to Social Services.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Guess which one is which?
eppur_se_muova
(36,247 posts)Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)Remember that Nazi in New Jersey who named his son Adolf Hitler Campbell?
Bill Lear, the inventor of the Lear Jet, named his daughter Shanda. Her website is at http://www.slecorp.com/
eppur_se_muova
(36,247 posts)herding cats
(19,558 posts)I'm just eliminating the whole need to add it to any picture I post about them. Since we don't care what title the kid has to tote around anymore, let's just make this simple people.
Taitertots
(7,745 posts)They might be dooming their children to a life of poverty.
sakabatou
(42,134 posts)at least in Japan (I think).
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)which is why their logo has all those stars.
sakabatou
(42,134 posts)But I don't know how popular a name it is for girls.