Rumer, Scout, and Tallulah have a half sister named Mabel.

I guess Bruce had a big part in the naming of the first three.

Asians have some really unfortunate names sometimes. I went to HS with a girl named "Bang Ho". Whenever her name was said over the announcements or something, everyone laughed. One time we laughed and the teacher went ballistic on us and we thought she was going to bust an artery. "She can't help what her name is!". There were impressions done of that blow up for months.

^^Those old timey names like Mabel, Hazel and Cora are making a comeback among tragically hip parents these days.

(The 1900 census is lousy with these names, but interestingly, hipster parents are only choosing the female names and not the Donald, Herbert, Irving, and Bertrams for boys.)

ETA: Just watching "16 and Pregnant" and the moron this week named her daughter Nova Star (Lastname). Good gravy.

Did you, Testi??? Did you Bang that Ho?

frank zappa named his children

moonunit (girl)

dweezil (boy)

ahmet emuukha rodan(boy)

Diva thin muffin pigeen (I hope this was a girl!)

Beyonce and Jay-Z named their daughter Blue Ivy.

I went to school with an Asian girl named Ahn Nago.(pronounced on nuh go)

AND I HATE THE NAME NEVAEH. People are randomly naming their daughter heaven spelled backwards and I can't take it.

Ethan and Nathan annoy me as well.

Just saw a Yahoo news item in which a gay high school student sues his school over a t-shirt.

Why does that belong in this thread? The kid's name is Maverick.

The REAL offense in this story was made by his parents 16 years ago.

Not true. Julia Roberts has three children:

Poor Phinnaeus. Good luck finding your name on a bike plate at Six Flags.

Oh my Jestro. She's not the only La-a. My daughter's friend told her about a La-a (pronounced Ladasha) in her school.

My daughter has a boy named, "LaDavid" in her class.

All this reminds me of the joke about the dim witted uncle who suggested naming the twins Deniece and Denephew.

ETA: True story of the kid named shithead. They pronounced it sha-thead.

Nah she was FOB. If I cant communicate with em, its pointless. I didnt know her, just her name lol.

When I was 16, I worked at a restaurant - the dishwasher's name was Gay Wong.

She was a little vietmanese hunchback. She used to say "Gay mean flowa (flower)".

Two religious old bitches in my town are twins - why we needed old bitches in stereo is anyone's guess however I digress.

They're 68, as sanctimonious as a Rick Santorum convention, speak in fucking annoying sing-song unison ... and their names are Cherry-May and Sherry-Gay, (known by me as the Cocktail Combo).

I plan to run over them in unison one day.

Tony Romo and wife Candace named their newborn son Hawkins.

Here's an article about the hot names so far of 2012. Most of them are pretty appalling.

^^^Good grief. I won't even comment on the suitability of parents who name their children after pop culture references. (See all the Kojaks out there...yes, I've seen a few.)

I understand wanting your kid to be youneek (ahem) because my first name was uber popular when I was born, I was one of 4 or 5 in my class, and now it is the go-to lady of a "certain age" name on most commercials. Still, I would rather have it than some freak name like Daffodil* or old timey name like Bertha.

ETA: *Of course, no disrespect to Daff, our esteemed fellow poster.

I used to always enjoy looking at the "old timer" names when I went to the nursing home to visit my grandparents. They had names beside everyone's doors so the old folks don't wander into someone else's room by mistake. All of them would be Edna, Gertrude, Mildred, etc. I am glad my name is somewhat timeless. It seemed to be gaining in popularity for a little while, but got overtaken easily by the new flood of Ethans and Liams.

If my parents named me Blythe I might kill them.

Another horrid name: Shea/Shay.

^^ You just don't see the likes of Gladys, Pearl and Beryl these days do you. But I did see a birth notice for a Clarry the other day and my daughter (age 8) has a Bert and a Clive in her year level so the old fashioned names haven't completely vanished.

Shay always reminds me of this orca:

R. I. P.