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Vanity: Worst Baby Names
11/26/01
Posted on 11/26/2001 9:13:15 AM PST by Phantom Lord
Alright, this is a total vanity. I didn't post it under "Breaking News" so relax.
My mother and aunts have been pestering my wife and I about when we are going to have children. Lately, we have taken to coming up with the worst possible names for babies and telling them we are considering names first. Well, they get real upset with some of them and even get angry with us for even considering them.
My mother in law is coming down for Christmas and it is inevitable that when she, my mother, and my aunts get together they will gang up on us about having kids. So, what I need from my fellow FReepers is a good list of really bad baby names to suggest to them as names we are considering. You help and creativity is greatly appreciated.
Oh, the last name is Terwilliger if that helps at all.
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To: Exeter
Hey, there ya go - "Exeter Terwilliger".
If you don't like that one, how about Nimbus Buffputty, or the WORST names in our family tree, "Walburga", and "Kinkel Dewey"?
To: Homer1; SubSailor; Phantom Lord
Golly G. TerwilligerIn keeping with my suggestion of "Boutros Boutros Terwilliger", the child could be named "Ghali Ghali Terwilliger", or "Boutros Ghali Ghali Terwilliger" (B'Ghali G. Terwilliger).
To: gumbo
Yes, the Eugene is a real irritant to my Dad. I once called him Eugene and I will never forget the expression on his face. There used to be a listing for Hal Gross in our hometown phone book and my sister and I couldn't resist calling and asking for him, then, giggling and hanging up. We were always looking up odd names in the phone book. We never were bored. Here in Germany there is actually a weather forcaster on AFN named Imo Lack. She has a very monotonous tone of voice too.
To: IowaHawk
LOL! You slipped that one in....Lance Alworth. He was an All American football player from Arkansas. I remember that my Dad actually considered naming my baby brother after him. I think he was joking around though.
To: Lauratealeaf
Here in Germany there is actually a weather forcaster on AFN named Imo LackWhen I lived in Germany many years ago, there was an AFN announcer named John Profitt. (Actually, I don't know how his name was spelled, but the pronounciation was the same as 'profit.')
My socialist German roommates always snickered at that name.
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posted on
11/27/2001 8:02:23 AM PST
by
gumbo
To: boris
Lord Dunsany (one of my favorite authors!) had the full name: John Edward Moreton Drax Plunkett, Lord Dunsany. The world has seldom seen his like as a wordsmith. A renaissance man, poet, explorer, hunter, soldier, and fantasist. --Boris All the names are pretty normal except for the "Drax". Maybe his mother was still in the throes of childbirth when they were naming him and they misunderstand a scream, thinking she said, "Drax."
To: gumbo
My son had a good friend in junior high school named Junior Profit. He was named pretty aptly too. He was always selling things to my son, like his old baseball cards and stuff like that.
To: Phantom Lord
The Serbs have some of the most hideous names on the face of the planet. I got really, really lucky and my mother insisted on giving me a normal name. My father nearly won the argument, however - I was this close to being named Ljubitza (pronounced yoo-beat-tssa).
To: Serb5150
And you wouldnt be happy with a name like Ljubitza?
To: Darnright
Why stop there? How about "Lester Dexter Exeter"?
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posted on
11/27/2001 10:48:07 AM PST
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Exeter
To: Exeter
Strobe Talbott
To: TwoBear
My husband worked with a guy whose name was Harry Bush.
Seriously.
I had a friend growing up who was Ronald McDonald (and I'm 29, so yes, they had to have known about Mickey D's!!). . .
twinzmommy
To: FairWill
If the fact that this thread has over 500 replies doesn't prove that FreeRepublic has become a church ladies' gossip board, then nothing will. Sal, Boyd, TridentDelta, where are you? Bitterness becomes no one and especially not in print. If you are so bothered, why did you take the time to visit this thread. Life got you down???????
To: gumbo
We have 10 kids on a flag football team and 2 are named Taylor and 2 Tyler. Not too common eh. My kids names are Sean and Nicholas. I know Nicholas is played but what can I say, my dad's nickname is Nick.
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posted on
11/27/2001 2:11:06 PM PST
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kingh99
To: kingh99
Sean and Nicholas are classic names. They get the gumbo-stamp-of-approval. It's the trendy ones that stick in one's craw.
556
posted on
11/27/2001 2:13:57 PM PST
by
gumbo
To: Phantom Lord
Here are some of the truly stupid names I have come across: Tangerine, Harley, Yukon Jack. Can you imagine going through life as Yukon Jack ...?
To: Serb5150
Personally my favorite Serb name was Zorka. But that has nothing on the Czech name Bohdahnka (sp?)
To: Phantom Lord
Oh, I almost forgot this one, "Angus".
To: Chemnitz
LOL, good ones! In our town we have two brothers named: A Jones and Q. Jones. I always wanted to ask them if their names stood for: Answer and Question. That is their legal names though.
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