Weird names

Nirvana · 06-04-2010, 03:35 PM

There is lady I see on local TV from time to time and I just wonder what her parents were thinking when they named her VAJOYA?

Is that a common name? I don't think I have ever heard of it before.

DanaC · 06-04-2010, 06:18 PM

I think what happened is: when the baby was born, the dad (a sheltered chap) was watching and said Ohmigod, it's coming out of her vajayjay; and by a series of mad coincidences and equally mad misunderstandings, she ended up with the name Vajoya.

ZenGum · 06-04-2010, 07:48 PM

According to a TV show, there is a kid getting about whose name is pronounced Absidee ... but spelled Abcde.

Child abuse, this is.

jinx · 06-04-2010, 07:53 PM

That's as bad as Female, pronounced f'mall-ay.
My sis had a client named Placenta. And I've run across several LaTrina's..

monster · 06-04-2010, 07:52 PM

Here we go again... count down to the lemonjello anecdote.....

ZenGum · 06-04-2010, 08:28 PM

If they named the baby Placenta, what did they do with the ... oh ohh.

monster · 06-04-2010, 08:46 PM

I even posted a link to the local obit of an infant whose mother was named Felony....

ZenGum · 06-04-2010, 10:43 PM

Probably suited her better than Prudence or Charity.

squirell nutkin · 06-04-2010, 10:53 PM

Eena mel (Enamel)

Let's not forget Mr. and Mrs. Asswipe Johnson (It's Pronounced Ahhz Wee Pay!)

wolf · 06-05-2010, 02:21 AM

I deal with a lot of stupid names. The last one that gave me pause was so stupid I had to check the insurance company's website to make sure that there were really TWO apostrophes involved.

Unfortunately the name is sufficiently distinctive that I am not able to reproduce it here. But the pattern was something like ... Shaw'wannaL'yesha. Yes, with a capital letter where it didn't belong, too.

Had to reduce the font size on the chart label to make it fit, and then just barely.

Rivaled only by the kid whose first name was that of a clothing designer, like TommyHilfiger Lefkowitz. Except it was more absurd that that.

zippyt · 06-05-2010, 02:43 AM

La-Sha
Oh and the dash is NOT silent
So LaDasha

squirell nutkin · 06-05-2010, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by zippyt

La-Sha
Oh and the dash is NOT silent
So LaDasha

I wonder if she is a descendant of LaDiDa?

Trilby · 06-05-2010, 07:28 AM

My ex had a cleaning woman and SHE had a daughter named Linoleum.

Spexxvet · 06-05-2010, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ZenGum

According to a TV show, there is a kid getting about whose name is pronounced Absidee ... but spelled Abcde.

Child abuse, this is.

I wanted to name our youngest "Qwerty" because it's easy to type.

It's not just a cultural thing. Look at Bob Geldof's kids' names: Fifi Trixibelle , Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof, and Little Pixie. And what's with all the trendy suburban non-name names like Hunter, Shelby, Dakota, Madison, Brooklyn, etc? Ok, so they are actual words, but they're no more a name than Linoleum is.

Urbane Guerrilla · 06-20-2010, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

I wanted to name our youngest "Qwerty" because it's easy to type.

I hope cooler heads prevailed.

Quote:

It's not just a cultural thing. Look at Bob Geldof's kids' names: Fifi Trixibelle , Peaches Honeyblossom Michelle Charlotte Angel Vanessa Geldof, and Little Pixie. And what's with all the trendy suburban non-name names like Hunter, Shelby, Dakota, Madison, Brooklyn, etc? Ok, so they are actual words, but they're no more a name than Linoleum is.

Mr. Geldof demonstrates how disadvantageous a disadvantageous given name can be.

I am waiting for the eventual manifestation of a little urban girl named -- Apostrophe. Even if her daddy goes around saying, "Yep, she was about that big when, etc."

"Homegrown country names," however pleasant the sounds strung together may be, do not suit my sense of the fitness of things. Every given name out there at least at one time actually meant something. Miscellaneous syllables do not.

Except maybe as and for Far Eastern car models. Being inanimate, they can't be hurt by it.

06-04-2010, 03:35 PM	#1
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Weird names There is lady I see on local TV from time to time and I just wonder what her parents were thinking when they named her VAJOYA? Is that a common name? I don't think I have ever heard of it before. __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

06-04-2010, 07:48 PM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	According to a TV show, there is a kid getting about whose name is pronounced Absidee ... but spelled Abcde. Child abuse, this is. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-04-2010, 07:53 PM	#4
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	That's as bad as Female, pronounced f'mall-ay. My sis had a client named Placenta. And I've run across several LaTrina's.. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

06-04-2010, 07:52 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Here we go again... count down to the lemonjello anecdote..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-04-2010, 08:28 PM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	If they named the baby Placenta, what did they do with the ... oh ohh. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-04-2010, 08:46 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I even posted a link to the local obit of an infant whose mother was named Felony.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-04-2010, 10:43 PM	#8
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Probably suited her better than Prudence or Charity. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

06-04-2010, 10:53 PM	#9
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Eena mel (Enamel) Let's not forget Mr. and Mrs. Asswipe Johnson (It's Pronounced Ahhz Wee Pay!) __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

06-05-2010, 02:21 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I deal with a lot of stupid names. The last one that gave me pause was so stupid I had to check the insurance company's website to make sure that there were really TWO apostrophes involved. Unfortunately the name is sufficiently distinctive that I am not able to reproduce it here. But the pattern was something like ... Shaw'wannaL'yesha. Yes, with a capital letter where it didn't belong, too. Had to reduce the font size on the chart label to make it fit, and then just barely. Rivaled only by the kid whose first name was that of a clothing designer, like TommyHilfiger Lefkowitz. Except it was more absurd that that. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-05-2010, 02:43 AM	#11
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	La-Sha Oh and the dash is NOT silent So LaDasha __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

06-05-2010, 07:28 AM	#13
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	My ex had a cleaning woman and SHE had a daughter named Linoleum. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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