Children's names

[Fnaar]

Both true...
My sister once worked with a woman whose daughters were called Faith, Hope and Charity.

I overheard a pregnant black woman on the bus telling her friend that if it was a girl, she was going to call it Bianca, "coz it's Italian for black". I hope someone put her right!

 

[Globalti]

I have a Nigerian customer who is a dead ringer for Shrek, apart from the position of his ears and his skin colour. His middle name is "Thank God", which we suspect he acquired just after birth when the midwife asked his Mum if she had a name and Mum gasped: "Thank God!"

 

[ianrauk]

In fact, @Globalti , you have just reminded me.
Nigerian boy at my son's football training is called Goodluck.

 

[Haitch]

"Thank God!"

My mother is called "Gift of God", but in some kind of cod Greek.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

In fact, @Globalti , you have just reminded me.
Nigerian boy at my son's football training is called Goodluck.

Former president of Nigeria is called Goodluck Jonathan.

 

[winjim]

In fact, @Globalti , you have just reminded me.
Nigerian boy at my son's football training is called Goodluck.

I think there is a Nigerian tradition of naming children after positive attributes. Bright and Brave spring to mind.

 

[MontyVeda]

I always felt that Roger was a pretty harsh name to give a child.

 

[summerdays]

Criticising name choices can be a minefield, as you never know who might be reading and what they may have named their kids.

If you are going to name your kids those sort of names then they need to be able to stand up to the comments as their child is going to get some.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

You weren't actually called Newt by your parents?

Gingrich?

 

[MontyVeda]

Perhaps I should clarify that I do quite like these, having noticed that the OP is asking about 'worst' examples. I like names that break the mould of 'Jane' and 'John', and I admire people with a bit of imagination.

It's possible to decide at a very early age what to be called. I wonder how many people on here decided, like me, not to use the name they were originally given?

Ahmet Zappa went through school wanting to be called Mike... he hated his silly rock star name. And then there's Zowie Bowie, changed it to Duncan.

 

[Milkfloat]

Mrs Milkfloat is a teacher at a girls school. It made choosing a name for a daughter very difficult, as in her many years of teaching she had come across a lot of girls that she would not allow our daughter to share the same with. In her opinion you can tell a lot about a person from their name, whether or not the parents choice of name reflects their parenting skill or the kid just lives up to their name I will leave you to decide. Favourites of the underachievers; Kylie, Chantelle, Jordana and most double barrelled first names,

 

[EltonFrog]

I have just remembered attending a children's party where the siblings named Madison, Washington and Huckleberry.

And at a party recently where there was a striking young man with given name of Lionheart.

 

[summerdays]

Perhaps I should clarify that I do quite like these, having noticed that the OP is asking about 'worst' examples. I like names that break the mould of 'Jane' and 'John', and I admire people with a bit of imagination.

It's possible to decide at a very early age what to be called. I wonder how many people on here decided, like me, not to use the name they were originally given?

I have noticed among my daughter's friends those with the double barreled names dropping one of the names as they have become older.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Blanket Jackson was not over keen on his name either.

What did he go for; Throw, Bedspread?

 

[Dave 123]

My mother worked as a nursery nurse in my old (Catholic) infant school- Immaculada Concepta. Not sure what the unfortunate girls surname was.

Once worked with a bloke who's daughters were called Tsari and Kalamar.

Friends of ours are just about to have their first, we asked them about names, they told us a few and then said "Deacon...."

Our stereo reply was "NO!"