My ex sister in law had a receptionist named Pleasenta. Legit.

I keep coming across medication names. Lil Pete had two in pre-school based on allergy meds. Alegra? I think.

Adalimumab, get your behine in heah!

Medications for names...

I used to know a guy with a dog named 'Rorer 714'. Carved into his leather collar.

To be fair, Allegra was a female Italian name before it was a prescription medication. Fexofenadine/Allegra was released in 1996, though, so the parents probably still should have known better.

My poor daughter has the middle name Amazon. She was born in 1997 when the big online company was an unheard-of 2yo fledgling of a company. Now no-one knows of cares about the fabulous strength and beauty that should be conjured b the name... they just think smiley box of goodies and why would you name your kid.....

I have a friend who named her kid Nemo just a couple of years before the movie.

And Thor was named in 2001 but people still think it's after the "movie character" :rolleyes:

My journalist friend (who really did encounter a "Placenta" -no urban myth) also encountered a couple of Cliniques. Even if you hadn't heard of the Make-up brand, what would you be thinking? There's probably a Laboratoire somewhere.....


....oh I once thought I heard a mom call her girl Latrine, but I was never able to ascertain if that was her name or I misheard :eek: I'd forgotten about that. I'm sure I must have misheard.

Probably LaTrina. I've met two.

Ah, they should have gotten a pass, these kids would have been born in '94. One of them couldn't make "L" sounds yet which was very cute but reinforced the allergy med idea.

I named a kid Fiona before Mike Meyers named Shrek's lady friend.

I still associate that name more with Fiona Apple than Shrek, myself.

The name Fiona is just Fiona for me no cultural associations - just a semi-common name.

Fiona is Fiona from my office. A tough old broad of an Irish woman who I worked with about 20 years ago. I don't even know her last name. She was just Fiona to everyone.

She smoked like a chimney and died long ago. I liked her. She was a good egg.

Unless it'll get her a VP job at Amazon, she could change it to Hippolyta, Antiope, or Thessalia.

But just TRY to change an ordinary boy name to an ordinary girl name in Texas!

You'd think I was burning flags AND Bibles on the courthouse steps! Gonna have to hire a lawyer and shop for a judge. Sheesh!