Comments on: 6 Baby Names You Probably Shouldn’t Give Your Kid

By: misele

misele — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:44:00 +0000

I used to work with a woman named Wendolowyn. My last name at the time was Zanzonico. We were constantly having to spell our names out and correct the pronunciation. When I got divorced I immediately went back to my previous 2-syllable name.

By: Ashe

Ashe — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:57:08 +0000

Yes the joke really was on the Dutch in the end – my mother’s maiden name is Korsten or “crust of bread”, which was apparently funny because they were wealthy. They had some good friends the Seibehausen, “7 houses” and Groteborsten, “big chested”, I’ve always found that funny!

By: lleachie

lleachie — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:01:54 +0000

My dentist tells the story of his father, whose parents, in turn, were devout Missouri Synod Lutherans. Mom, with perfect ignorance, would call her child (my dentist’s dad) home from play every night: “Harry Dick, you get home right now!”

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:04:05 +0000

I had a friend whose wife was the OB charge nurse at the local Medical Center and she oft told the true story of how she had to talk an immigrant Somali woman out of naming her daughter ‘Vagina’ because she liked the sound of it.

I told my son Harold Richard that story (or Harry Dick as we nicknamed him)Ok, that last part was a joke. Really.

By: Korin

Korin — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:38:51 +0000

I know a girl with the unfortunate first name of “Vanceletta”. Her last name is equally long and sounds very German…. she goes by V.J.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:14:33 +0000

Very cool article. In the same vein, I’m addicted to the Name of the Year bracket. It’s been going on for 20 years or so, and this year’s version is going on right now. Follow the link by my name to check out the 64 contenders this year… always good for a few laughs. (nameoftheyear.blogspot.com).

Josh