7 Things Your Kid Will Spend Their Life Doing If You Give Them a Weird Name

Yahoo ^ | 03/26/2014 | Someone with a weird name

[Responsibility2nd]

It took me years to like my weird name, which - now that I'm 35 - isn't all that weird anymore. But growing up in a sea of Stephanies, Lauras, Lisas, Jennifers, and Jessicas, I longed for a normal name.

Life with a weird name was rough as a kid. (It's not that much easier as an adult; I've just gotten used to it.)

And while I appreciate the diversity of names, a little part of me cringes inside when I hear a parent call to their daughter, Anais. Her life is going to be tough.

Don't people know this by now? Don't parents know that their desire for uniqueness is going to make their kid's life annoying?

[KC Burke]

I will add to the stories.

I did business with a guy named Dick Odor. Really. And his given name was Richard but he did not use it — guess he thought, what’s the use.

Years ago knew a gal whose cousing named her newborn, Randy Organ. Really.

I also know a gal that had an odd olden time first name and a poor middle name. She spent the money to have them changed 30 years ago and after ten years, no one, even in her family, uses her old name.

I have a first name that was not all that common in the fifties, but its more common now and my last name always gets a consonant left out as there is a simpler way to spell it. I’m old enough that its not something I even think about.

[SparkyBass]

we both forgot the best name in racing (retired): Dick Trickle

[BfloGuy]

It doesn’t matter if you have a weird name, mine is fairly common and people still misspell it or say it wrong.

Heh. Dad wanted to call me Gregory, but Mom nixed it because "everyone would call me Greg" [hey, that's my Mom, don't try and figure it out]. So, she won -- named me Craig.

And everyone still calls me Greg.

I had it easy, though. The current trend of combining pleasant sounds and turning them into names is just pure selfishness. Dashawn anyone?

[gitmo]

Luckily for me, Snicklefritz Laughenslauggher is a pretty common name.

[Marie]

I have a weird real name. Half the time, when asked for my name, I don’t even bother to say it. I just go right into the spelling.

I hated it. It’s a stripper’s name. Now I’m middle aged and it *really* doesn’t fit. I use the shortened version and have considered getting a legal name change just to simplify my life. (My name is spelled wrong on my original social security card, now it’s considered an alias when I get a background check.)

I’ve begged my kids not to give their kids ‘unique’ names. It’s such a pain.

[Scoutmaster]

In that case, you would be delighted to know that Sh*tavious Cook, the #9 seed in the Chrotchtangle Regional bracket of Deadspin's 2014 Name of the Year Contest, and will be facing Alkapone Cruz-Balles, the #1 seed, in the next round.

And, yes, all of names in the contest are real names.

[BADROTOFINGER]

Hah! Good one!

[Rodamala]

If you ever meet a dude named Inigo Montoya...

...and you happened to have killed his father...

You'd best prepare to die, son.

Word.

[ozaukeemom]

My son has to say CarlwithaC just as fast cuz in WI it is usually a K.

[eartrumpet]

When we named our daughter, I wanted a name where there wouldn’t be half a dozen others in her school, but that you could still find on those gift shop racks with all the “personalized” key chains, license plates, etc.. My name you always find on the gift shop racks, my wife’s never.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K99OWlAWeN4

[Hulka]

Just to add to the stories:

Served with a Major Dick and a Major Johnson.

Both had “Major” as their first names.

Not kidding.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

But only if you have six fingers on your right hand.