Open Editorial: You Named Your Baby WHAT???

Onyx Magazine ^ | March, 2006 | Josephine Hammond

[Onelifetogive]

I went to school with a "Deaquenita" (I think I am missing a letter or two, but it was something like that.)

[MineralMan]

"Isn't one of them a girl named Scout??
"

Probably named after the little girl character in "To Kill a Mockingbird." I like that name.

[KneelBeforeZod]

Anyone ever hear any Shirley Q Liquor clips?

[texan75010]

How about this white guy's name? Talk about setting someone up for failure!!!

[brytlea]

And when I read the attendance, let me tell you, some of them get very upset when you mispronounce their names.

No kidding, and I always had to bite my tongue not to day, "Look, it's not my fault your Mother couldn't spell..."

susie

[OkieDoke]

`Ima Hogg': twin sister `Yura', both middle named 'Daisy'?

[papertyger]

How about Madycin? It's pronounced "Madison," but for the love of God, why spell it like that?

Obviously her parents want her to grow up and do well in the feminine hygene industry.

[colorcountry]

My daughter's name ends with "queda." I chose the name from the traditional story of the Queen of Sheeba.

She is graduating 15th out of her class of 597. She recieved a full tuition scholarship from the College of Natural Resources (science) at a local University.

I suppose if I had chosen a different name, she may have been 1st out of 597 and gotten a law school scholarship. Oh well, I guess we'll just have to settle. < /sarcasm>

[GrandEagle]

My wife works in the intensive care nursery.
At times it seems that they just pick the number of letters they want, say 18, then just draw them out of a hat. She has brought home names that can be spoken. I've seen names with three vowels together. You can't imagine.

I couldn't imagine doing that to one of my children

GE

[CaliGirlGodHelpMe]

Yes, it's too bad that a certain type of person wants to get attention for themselves by giving their child an albatross of a name. It's similar to the yuppies of the 80's who started naming their daughters with last names, like Campbell, Brennan, and yes, Madison.

[the lastbestlady]

I taught a student on an indian reservation whose name was Sven....but he pronouced it seven.

[dmz]

I went to college with a guy named Lance Spear. Again, no joke.

[bonfire]

I like "Scout" also. It's sweet.

[Ditter]

Did you and the retarded girl named Ima Pigg both go to school on the short bus? ;9)

[MineralMan]

There was a boy in my school with the name of Michael Hunt. Seriously! You know what he was called, so I won't even write it down.

His parents should have been jailed for giving him that name.

[Gefreiter]

"Scientific Maps"

[pollyannaish]

Yes, but wouldn't heaven backwards be another form of hell?

Just sayin.'

[HIDEK6]

one boy and one girl, named Sha Meek and Sha Meeka.

If the girl is Sha Meeka, the boy should be Sha Meekus.

[TXBSAFH]

I once knew of a man named Richard Head. His parents were cruel people.