Tuesday, August 26, 2008

some people should not be allowed to procreate

Every once in awhile when I need a good laugh, I pull out my "crazy names" list that my best friend Carrie (whom I give most credit to) & I accumulated while working at a children's hospital in Salt Lake City, UT.

The majority of these made the list because of stupid spellings. Don't even get me going on the beauty of adding a silent 'H' to everyone's name. My friend is no longer 'Jill' she's now 'Jhyll', I mean, why not? You'll also note that 'X', Q', and 'Z' can take on whatever sound you'd like them to. I don't know if it's a Utah thing (I'm sure it is, some white Mormons have to give their children a separate identity somehow, heaven forbid we let them dye their hair blue or something less permanent). This is a mere spattling of what has come through the hospital over the years.

Hope you enjoy,

Mheriahnne(all silent H’s of course)


Boys

Branigan

Nestor (future playground nickname: pester, fester, molester)

Asa (like Asia)

Dimple (future playground nickname: dimple the pimple)

Kenly

Marqus

Kenyatta (sounds like a car model, who doesn’t want to drive the new Mazda Kenyatta)

Astchyn

Caidgen

Mycal

Jazmon

Kieler (future playground nickname: Kieler the liar, or if it’s pronounced wrong he could be Keiler the feeler)

Jessami

Irelynd

Kyltan (Kyltan and Bits anyone?)

Jordin

Tryler (“Bobby Rae, get your lil’ arss over here and get in the Tryler”)

Alighia (looks like a name of a severe rash but it’s supposedly pronounced ‘Elijah’)

Starson

Jaz

Zakarey

Deseret Sage

Jaisean

Izik

Ramsey

Naythan

Justus

Jaxon

Jakup

Jaymz

Sparticus (why not give your child a proper pro-wrestling name?)

Xaqurey (product of an illiterate teenager who got knocked-up. Pronounced Zackary)

Tanyon

Daykota

Darvan

Ajax (wonder if his brother is Comet, Pine-sol, or Windex)

Orange Peel (swear on my grandmother’s grave, this kid is for real)


Girls


Rainbow (My friend is actually related to this one, her parents have some developmental issues)

Brikenna

Kawlie

Paecen

Mahdisen

Alinie

Cheyne (I think this is suppose to be Cheyenne, but it could be Shane)

Tunicquea (white girl)

Aaliyah

Belladonna

Chaunacey

Brooque

Tayzia

Jewelee Ruby

Raevynne

Kyairah (suppose to sound like Kira)

Trintdee

Phuc (yep….like the king of all swear words)

Timberly (need I comment on the playground names for this one?)

Brookee

Mirlexzy

Tylaann

Sweet Peaches (not even kidding, it’s a real name. She should marry Orange Peel)

Chlamydia (why not? STD’s are the up and coming rage as far as baby names go)

Syerrah

Chedeline (isn’t that what you call poo stuck to a cows butt?)

Kyanne

Nicoya (I think I heard this on a cough drop commercial “Niiiiiicoooooooyyyyaaaa”)


Unknown Genders

Timber (this could be the masculine version of Timberly, I’m not sure what grammatical rules we’re following these days)

Juddie Rae




14 comments:

Carrie said...

Oh my, I forgot how long that list was. I have a couple more I'll have to send you (all names of kids from the local Kaysville ward of course). I wouldn't give my dawg one of those names.

Chelsea said...

k I have a couple to add to your list. I work at a hospital and heard this one. The kids name seriously was "Macon Peoples". Then I have a doofwad distant relative through marriage named "Emron" code for moron. Also through marriage, I have a bunch of distant relatives that all have two names. The first is a Book of Mormon name like Nephi, which is followed by a normal name like jason. So you end up with 5 kids named Nephi, Helaman etc etc etc. But the parents have to go and call them all by their BOM names all through school. Scary!

Fun times at the McF home said...

Most of them reminded me of hooked on phonics and that it probably didn't work for the parents. I heard one today...Kalix. What the heck is that???

Sylvia said...

Oh man, i just laughed really hard at all the stupid people in Utah! (i can say that because i'm from Utah.) My favorite was the Tryler-Trailer debaucle.

Erin said...

That is SO FUNNY. Jed is looking over my shoulder because I was laughing so hard at some of your commentaries. Are those names for real?!! Some of them are SO crazy. I love your funny insights on all of them!

K. Lou said...

so funny! I remember when you sent this to the walker website. we were laughing so hard then, and i am laughing so hard now.

Meghan said...

mer - i have some names to add for you - all real
9 yr old twins - daquaja and damaja (damaja goes by betty and i don't blame her)
these 4 are in the same family and it is SO awesome:
Captain Moroni
Helamans Warrior
Mormon Beauty (goes by beauty)
Sundays Hosanna (goes by Sundays)

just a few to add to your list.
love, meghan (silent h of course)

Anonymous said...

As a teacher in Kaysville I see a lot of these crazy names in my classes. My favorites this year are Braedyn, Kaleigh, Shealeen, and Ilish (pronounced Eye Lish). My favorite of all time is KynWyn. I also have a relative that just named their first son Brecken.

Gertge Family said...

Shut right Up! I was seriously laughing out loud!! That was hysterical!
Sadly, a few of those names belong to our friends kids.
Here are a few more (if my friends see this I will be so humiliated)

Zaylin -boy
Briar Rose -girl...this is no joke!! Kenny's cousin named their daughter this!!
Jarek -boy
Xanthy -girl
Afton -girl

Sheesh! & I thought I was stretching it a little when I named Kenadee.
Great Post!!

Alisha said...

I haven't laughed that hard for a long time. You are right on the money! After reading the list I was almost disapointed that I didn't add a silent H to Genevieve. I am sure we could have fit it in somewhere among all those e's.

Thanks for the laugh.

Nat's blog said...

LOL!!! I love Utah for so many reasons...it makes me laugh constantly! I work at a restaurant and when people come in with their kids I always ask their names, then I give the "what the heck" smile and walk away trying to figure out what the name they just told me was and how the heck they spell it....whatever!

Heidi said...

I am with you on this! My biggest pet peeve is people getting too creative with names and the spelling!
It is embarrassing!!!!!

The joke around our house these days is that we are going to name our next girl after Derek and name her Dereka. A lot of people do this in the deep south. Name the girls after their dads but just add an "a", "ina" or "ette". Take your pick - they are all lovely!

Thanks for the laugh!

cfernelius said...

Belladonna - isn't that a poison? This is my child, I hate her. I also liked Trintdee. I have a cousin named Trinity and I think Trintdee is the thug version of that name. We wouldn't want to tackle 3 syllable names now would we? And chlamydia?! Those parents are just jerks!!!

Anonymous said...

Mer,
This is the funniest thing I've ever seen. Chlamydia? Wow. Her life will suck. And I love the yearbook photos! I've already had my fun playing with that! Love IT! Love you! Thanks for keeping your cousin entertained here at work!
Emily