Anonymous
Post 03/28/2020 09:31     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:Bestie and i are howling at these names. She is expecting a girl and is naming her : Nancy! Every Nancy I have known has been pretty. I have great associations with the name. Her daughter will be gorgeous! (And we howled at the other thread on Nancy, too!)

I just begged her please no top 10 names.


One of my best friends is a Nancy (early 30's) and she is one of the most lovely, kind, FUNNY people I know. I love it!
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 23:19     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Talon. I don't think the person who chose this as a name for their child realizes it means "claw", they aren't particularly bright.


And I came here to share Fallon (girl). I’m like felon? Talon? Fallopian tube? This is not a first name and anything it’s misheard as shouldn’t be a name either.


Probably her mom’s maiden name (like Jimmy Fallon). I went to HS with a girl named Birch. Her parents were not hippies. Super conservative Southerners who uses Mom’s Maiden Name.


This is an actual thing that often leads to unfortunate results. I have an acquaintance from Georgia with cousins named Coates (woman) and Wages (Man).
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 22:56     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Cherith
Ripley
Joy
Emily


How on earth does a name like Emily make it onto the same list as Cherith?



Believe it or not!


Yup, believe it or not, Cherith and Emily are a nuisance.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 22:47     Subject: Re:Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:Chance. It's a dog's name.


It’s also a Chimpanzee’s name.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 17:08     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trouble -- girl
Cherub -- boy

West African women often give names that reflect the pregnancies.


I thought hispanic women did too, like doloros?



Err, no , that would be Dolores. Sadness, pain, tears.

But mainly, Latino women love 80s names like Jason and Jennifer. My high school is full of them. And I love them for it, because it makes me re-live the days in college with Jason and Jennifer, etc.



Depends on the country. Sometimes the spelling gives away the country.

If we're talking about Salvadoran women, they love names like Emely/Stephany/Melany with the y. They also love Erick for boys (with the K).

Dominicans love Jhonny (with the h after the J) and Brayan (with the extra a) for boys.


And Dolores is for the Virgin Mary. I have an aunt Dolores.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 16:56     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Exxum, his sister is Mixxi and their dog is Lux (or Luxx? Not sure)


Exxum sounds like a purulent discharge symptomatic of some disease. As in, "You'll need to keep applying the Lotrimin 3 times a day until you haven't seen any exxum on the bandages for 72 hours. And don't leave the house."


Haha!!
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 16:54     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Trouble -- girl
Cherub -- boy

West African women often give names that reflect the pregnancies.


I thought hispanic women did too, like doloros?



Err, no , that would be Dolores. Sadness, pain, tears.

But mainly, Latino women love 80s names like Jason and Jennifer. My high school is full of them. And I love them for it, because it makes me re-live the days in college with Jason and Jennifer, etc.



Depends on the country. Sometimes the spelling gives away the country.

If we're talking about Salvadoran women, they love names like Emely/Stephany/Melany with the y. They also love Erick for boys (with the K).

Dominicans love Jhonny (with the h after the J) and Brayan (with the extra a) for boys.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 16:53     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Barack.



Come on! It’s a cool name that I have never once heard on anyone outside the President.


I’ve had two students named Barack. Both too old to be named after Obama. Also one was born in Israel.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 16:47     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Eunick--pronounced as "Unique". I remember thinking that every substitute teacher taking attendance will pronounce it as eunuch. Poor kid.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 16:45     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Female, pronounced “Fuh-mahl’-ee”


This is a classic racist trope. It doesnt happen.


I'm a new poster, but I teach ESOL and have had a few students with this name. They have been from countries in Africa.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 16:42     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
^^

i take it you don't work in a majority-black elementary school?
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 16:23     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:Barack.



Come on! It’s a cool name that I have never once heard on anyone outside the President.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 12:29     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:Female, pronounced “Fuh-mahl’-ee”


This is a classic racist trope. It doesnt happen.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 10:19     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Talon. I don't think the person who chose this as a name for their child realizes it means "claw", they aren't particularly bright.


And I came here to share Fallon (girl). I’m like felon? Talon? Fallopian tube? This is not a first name and anything it’s misheard as shouldn’t be a name either.



There was some 80s TV show where the gorgeous main character was Fallon. Maybe it was on Dallas?


I think it was Dynasty. The same show that Joan Collins (Alexis) was on.
Anonymous
Post 03/27/2020 10:16     Subject: Worst name you’ve heard recently
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Talon. I don't think the person who chose this as a name for their child realizes it means "claw", they aren't particularly bright.


And I came here to share Fallon (girl). I’m like felon? Talon? Fallopian tube? This is not a first name and anything it’s misheard as shouldn’t be a name either.


Probably her mom’s maiden name (like Jimmy Fallon). I went to HS with a girl named Birch. Her parents were not hippies. Super conservative Southerners who uses Mom’s Maiden Name.