In Philly, I knew two brothers named Wolf and Diesel.

Normally wouldn't do this, but when I was teaching in another state, I had a student named Princealex. He had a brother and sister, Princedevon and Princess-something. I have seen Prince as a "real" name before (Prince Fielder), but I don't get why the parents felt the need to combine the word with a legit name. Alex was a good kid, though!

I have also had more than one girl named Genesis, which is not unusual, but one pronounced the "g" in Spanish--h sound-- and the final "i" as "ee," and when pronounced quickly, the "s" was left off. Effectively making her name Hennessy.

Precious Eyes. Worst Year Teaching Ever.

Prince.

I won't put the name here, since it identify a child who is still a child, but I taught a little girl with a brand name of liquor for her first name.

Anonymous wrote:http://www.namenerds.com/uucn/advice/urbanlegends.html

Orangejello, Lemonjello, La-a...yes, all urban legends. But as unbelievable as you may find it, English words don't necessarily have the same meaning in other languages! I have personally known a guy named Shithead. Not "my friend's cousin knows a guy..." or "my aunt is a nurse and told me...", I knew him, he was foreign, his name was Shithead. The end.

There is a DC real estate agent whose name is Dick Oder. Well, it's technically Richard, but it's much more fun to call him Dick.

There was a person in the paper whose name was:

Phoebe P. Peabody Bebe.

That has to be the worst name ever.

Gage

Dragyn

Dude, holy HIPAA violation...

What's with the urban legend police?? Hasn't it occurred to you that what started as a silly joke could become reality? "If I had a kid, I'd name him Shithead!" "Hahahaha! Oh man, that's hilarious! Hmmm... I wonder, if I pronounced it sh'thay'd..."

I use that example because a few years ago, a family member was working in a large urban hospital. We had had a conversation about these sorts of "urban legend" names, wherein I confidently stated that no one EVER named their kid that. So the next day, when his patient was discharged, he brought me the admission bracelet. First name, last name, date of birth, and a hospital code. So it might have started as a legend, but it's the read deal now.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Actually, Shithead is a real name, believe it or not. It's Indian, I think, and obviously not pronounced the same way as "shit-head", but it is not an urban legend.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Zypher

We considered Zepher. I like it.

At least Zepher is close to a real word.