What NOT to Name Your Child [Archive]

~Shard~

Oct 4, 2004, 02:24 AM

Some people seriously need to put more thought into naming their child - check this ( http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004453454,00.html) out.

What were they thinking?! :eek:

homerjward

Oct 4, 2004, 02:30 AM

lmao! there's so many things people can name their kids and they pick that! i still think it's cool that 2 celebrities (cant remember who) named their kid apple :p

~Shard~

Oct 4, 2004, 02:33 AM

lmao! there's so many things people can name their kids and they pick that! i still think it's cool that 2 celebrities (cant remember who) named their kid apple :p

That would be Gwyneth Paltrow and her husband Chris Martin from Coldplay. They named their daughter Apple Blythe Alison Martin. :cool:

stoid

Oct 4, 2004, 02:36 AM

What great parents. We think that this name might ruin his life, but we don't want to change it, it's on his birth certificate. That's the intelligent way to handle the situation. :rolleyes:

virividox

Oct 4, 2004, 02:41 AM

well dont name them version 2, they, superman

crap these have all been used

Doctor Q

Oct 4, 2004, 02:55 AM

I remember running across an online library catalog search system run by a consortium of Wisconsin libraries, with the name MORE online (http://www.more.lib.wi.us/). Sure, it sounds fine when you read it, but if you hear it spoken it sure sounds like "Moron Line". Maybe that's why the domain name moreonline.com was never taken.

edesignuk

Oct 4, 2004, 03:00 AM

Funny how The Sun manages to dig this crap up :rolleyes:

"oh we didn't realise, aren't we silly billys!", yeah, right.

Abstract

Oct 4, 2004, 03:08 AM

Better than Hercules Garfunkel. Yes, someone I once went to school with had that name.

It's so pretentious for famous people to give their kids weird names just because they're famous.

I'd give my child a name that doesn't suck. It wouldn't be a very common name, but I wouldn't aim for weird.

And when I heard that Chris Martin's daughter was named "Apple", I became slightly less impressed with him (although I'm still a huge fan).

dotnina

Oct 4, 2004, 03:22 AM

I don't care how many papers have "Drew Peacock" on them -- they need to change his name right now! :eek:

He is going to be teased. Mercilessly.

Nermal

Oct 4, 2004, 03:25 AM

Funny how The Sun manages to dig this crap up :rolleyes:

It's what The Sun does best! :D

virividox

Oct 4, 2004, 03:52 AM

Funny how The Sun manages to dig this crap up :rolleyes:

"oh we didn't realise, aren't we silly billys!", yeah, right.

its a tabloid :)

edesignuk

Oct 4, 2004, 04:00 AM

its a tabloid :)It's the tabloid.

Counterfit

Oct 4, 2004, 04:13 AM

It's the tabloid. No matter what, the Weekly World News will ALWAYS out-tabloid The Sun and anyone else who dares to try. This weeks cover:
http://web.weeklyworldnews.com/images/wwn/208352/48323.jpg

edesignuk

Oct 4, 2004, 04:23 AM

No matter what, the Weekly World News will ALWAYS out-tabloid The Sun and anyone else who dares to try. This weeks cover:
http://web.weeklyworldnews.com/images/wwn/208352/48323.jpgOk, you win :p

AmigoMac

Oct 4, 2004, 04:23 AM

and I thought the photo in the article was a Macro image from edesignuk :eek:

blackfox

Oct 4, 2004, 05:22 AM

Nermal

Oct 4, 2004, 05:36 AM

No matter what, the Weekly World News will ALWAYS out-tabloid The Sun and anyone else who dares to try. This weeks cover:
http://web.weeklyworldnews.com/images/wwn/208352/48323.jpg

I can't see the pic, the site seems to be Slashdotted, err, MacRumoured. :rolleyes:

Edit: Immediately after posting, the picture springs up.

evoluzione

Oct 4, 2004, 09:08 AM

It's the tabloid.

personally i'll never read The Scum again.

on a different note, they're from Bedford, like me! the only other news about Bedford was that 11yr old kid who got his 16yr old neighbour pregnant, remember that????
oh, and Paula Radcliffe comes from (just outside) there too.

their last name is Peacock, i'm just wondering if they're part of the Peacock's Auction House in Bedford.....

Mr. Anderson

Oct 4, 2004, 09:44 AM

It could have been worse - Drew Peacock could have been a girl.....

D :eek:

VincentVega

Oct 4, 2004, 11:01 AM

So, this couple is worried about their child being teased because of his unfortunate name, but they refuse to change it because it's "on his birth certificate and other documents". Hello? It's fairly easy to change the baby's name, you know! And these people are going to raise this child and care for it?

As for "Apple" (Gwyneth P's daughter), I think it's quite a cute name. It's grown on me since the news broke.

It could have been worse - Drew Peacock could have been a girl.....

If it was a girl, they could have named it "Flo" - Flo Peacock...

KingSleaze

Oct 4, 2004, 02:59 PM

I remember some of the good names that made the rounds shortly after July 19, 1969. (The Apollo 11 moon landing for those that don't have the sense of history)

Lunar Module McGee (McGee being a rather well known news anchor).
After Apollo 15 came a 'Rover'.

And then there was my black wife 'threatening' to name our son Kunta Kinte Kingsley. I said 'Yeah, right. That's exactly what this world needs, a little black boy with the initials K. K. K.'. :eek: She didn't name him that.

leftbanke7

Oct 4, 2004, 04:34 PM

Had a kid at my school named Richard Head. How do you do this to a child?

makisushi

Oct 4, 2004, 04:34 PM

It could have been worse - Drew Peacock could have been a girl.....

They could have another child and name him/her "Lim"

emw

Oct 4, 2004, 04:41 PM

If it was a girl, they could have named it "Flo" - Flo Peacock...

Hilarious! :D

emw

Oct 4, 2004, 04:43 PM

OT, but what the hell is the insert in the WWN? "getting girlie-men out of congress..." then a picture of a bodybuilder with an alien head...wtf?

sorry so curious...it is like I am in line at the supermarket all over again...

Referring to a quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Republican National Convention about Democrat "girlie men", which was a play on the old Saturday Night Live skit based on him as a body builder. "We will PUMP you UP!"

FelixDerKater

Oct 4, 2004, 04:58 PM

I just think it is sad that so many words have been given foul meanings.

Doctor Q

Oct 4, 2004, 05:46 PM

And then there was my black wife 'threatening' to name our son Kunta Kinte Kingsley.I guess your member name is a clever play on your last name. I like it! :D

~Shard~

Oct 4, 2004, 06:12 PM

Macs R Us

Oct 4, 2004, 06:16 PM

Some people seriously need to put more thought into naming their child - check this ( http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004453454,00.html) out.

What were they thinking?! :eek:

Very Funny, but probaly not real:).

phreakout13

Oct 4, 2004, 11:53 PM

How about Moon Unit :p

makisushi

Oct 4, 2004, 11:59 PM

I just think it is sad that so many words have been given foul meanings.

Pretty soon, we won't be able to speak at all without some foul thought... :eek:

macstudent

Oct 5, 2004, 12:42 AM

Here are some more great real names.

My high school english teachers name was Richard Packer. Dick Packer

And on campus in milwaukee we have this bus pass called the upass.
but up all call it the UPass. hehe

Toppa G's

Oct 5, 2004, 12:55 AM

I posted in another thread about one name given to a classmate of one of my friends...Eden Seamen or something like that. Makes you wonder...

Sun Baked

Oct 5, 2004, 01:16 AM

They could have another child and name him/her "Lim"Bastardize Liam's name, why don't you.

dotnina

Oct 5, 2004, 02:19 AM

Referring to a quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Republican National Convention about Democrat "girlie men", which was a play on the old Saturday Night Live skit based on him as a body builder. "We will PUMP you UP!"

Actually I think the first time he mentioned "girlie men" was in reference to Democrats supposedly blocking a budget from passing in California. But correct me if I'm wrong.

solvs

Oct 5, 2004, 02:24 AM

And then there was my black wife 'threatening' to name our son Kunta Kinte Kingsley. I said 'Yeah, right. That's exactly what this world needs, a little black boy with the initials K. K. K.'. :eek: She didn't name him that.
My Step-Sister named her little girl something that wouldn't seem so bad until you spell out the initials - P.I.G.

Your's still wins though. I'm glad she re-thought the name. Did you consider Martin?

crenz

Oct 5, 2004, 04:22 AM

There's some more names here (http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=iol1096888718290N520) ...

Jalexster

Oct 5, 2004, 05:30 AM

I knew a kid at school who's last name was Fluck...

rdowns

Oct 5, 2004, 06:10 AM

Any truth to the rumor that Pfizer signed the kid to an endorsement deal?

Doctor Q

Oct 5, 2004, 12:18 PM

How about Moon Unit :pNow, don't be ridiculous. That's absurd. Nobody would name their child Moon Unit. That would be like naming a child Dweezil! Preposterous! :rolleyes:

Actually, your member name phreakout13 certainly qualifies (http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000009RT.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg) you to speak about Zappa lore.

jxyama

Oct 5, 2004, 12:42 PM

can't they go to Andy Peacock? or use the kid's middle name, if available?

makisushi

Oct 5, 2004, 02:06 PM

I knew a kid at school who's last name was Fluck...
i have a friend whose name is Fong King Yu

shellspeare

Oct 5, 2004, 02:09 PM

I've a friend who's cousin was named Ben Dover, my sister Ann married a mr willey so she became A Willey, but when my neice was born they called her sonya............ cruel :D

keysersoze

Oct 5, 2004, 03:46 PM

Referring to a quote by Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Republican National Convention about Democrat "girlie men", which was a play on the old Saturday Night Live skit based on him as a body builder. "We will PUMP you UP!"

I knew this kid in college whose name was Gregory Gregory.

He went by just Greg Gregory though.

:rolleyes:

emw

Oct 5, 2004, 04:30 PM

I knew this kid in college whose name was Gregory Gregory.

He went by just Greg Gregory though.

:rolleyes:

Yes, I know a Loyal Tom, who always shows up in our e-mail system as Loyal T. He goes by Tom, but you can't escape the corporate e-mail...

zv470

Oct 5, 2004, 05:24 PM

I knew someone called Mike Quack back in high school. Poor sod, got picked on all the time.

Apple Hobo

Oct 5, 2004, 06:16 PM

I've seen a local journalist for some crummy community newspaper with the name Fudge Brown.

Note to stupid parents who should not be breeding in the first place: your child is not a pet. He or she is a human being who will be beat up and tormented by his or her peers--all because you thought a stupid name would be cute. :rolleyes:

Counterfit

Oct 6, 2004, 02:08 AM

I could never ever marry someone named "Candy" or any phonetically similar variation of it. Why? Well, it's because my last name is phonetically identical to this dude's (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000323/)... ;)

jackieonasses

Oct 6, 2004, 02:25 AM

IT has to be really late. i am laughing like i am 14 over here. really!!

Doctor Q

Oct 6, 2004, 05:00 PM