Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 15:46     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
I also personally knew a guy named Dejavu in 1993 in DC.
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 15:43     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
Agree on the male/female and la-a urban legends. We've all heard those time and again. In the same vein as Lemonjello, Shithead, Nosmo King, Usnavy and Usmail...

However, back in the day when the Washington Post used to publish the birth announcements in the Thursday DC local edition, there were some doozies. I swear on my life I read the following names in the WaPo over the years:
Clinique
Lexus (multiple times)
Monet
Monay
Tanqueray
and the big winner...Gin. I swear to god.



Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 15:40     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Urinalysis
Male (pronounced Molly)
Female (pronounced Fuh Molly)


Urban legend.


Nope. Nursery nurse in DC in the 70s.


The "male"/"female" story has floated around for years and is an urban legend.
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 15:34     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Urinalysis
Male (pronounced Molly)
Female (pronounced Fuh Molly)


Urban legend.


Nope. Nursery nurse in DC in the 70s.
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 15:09     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
Anonymous wrote:Urinalysis
Male (pronounced Molly)
Female (pronounced Fuh Molly)


Urban legend.
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 15:00     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
My 5th grade math teacher was Dick Long. Real name Richard, but he went by Dick.

Needless to say, back in the day of the California Achievement Test where last name went first, first name last, this was good for about a month's worth of 5th grade giggles.
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 14:59     Subject: Re:Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
Anonymous wrote:I'll out myself here, because I've told this story plenty of times... But I was once at a museum and heard a dad yell, in a thick southern drawl, "Dallas! Memphis! Git over 'ere!"


At the drop off center at our YMCA, one mom was calling "Phoenix! Phoenix! Time to go!" and the mother next to her was calling "Denver! Denver! Let's go!"
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 14:39     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
Anonymous wrote:Zypher


We considered Zepher. I like it.
jindc
Post 03/20/2013 12:53     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
my DH had a set of twins in his school growing up named "Boya" and "Boyb"

because they were labeled "Boy A" and Boy B" by the hospital when they were both. Their parents, Korean immigrants, thought the hospital had named them. On their own, they aren't really that bad but knowing why that's their names makes them great. At least it's a great story behind the names.
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 11:41     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
Urinalysis
Male (pronounced Molly)
Female (pronounced Fuh Molly)
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 10:59     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
Alpechino (say it out loud). No lie.
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 10:26     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:T'quila!


I know her.


And there are two of them. There's a checker at my grocery store whose nametag says Tequilla. (Two Ls) A friend in retail told me that many people use a name different from their own on their nametags, to stymie potential stalkers. I'm hoping that's what's going on with Tequilla.
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 10:15     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
Bright cox girl name
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 10:14     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
Girl named Arizona
Anonymous
Post 03/20/2013 10:12     Subject: Most "Uh, hmmmmm" baby name you've ever encountered.
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