From Niamh:
Dorcus (female), I think we can see all the names the kids at school (and everywhere else) might call her....
Wow -- I wonder where the name Dorcus came from and if it was popular at another time in history.
Anyway, Dorcus is definitely one of the worst names someone could call their girl today.
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From Lynne Chapman:
A teacher friend of mine said she had a student named Female - pronunced fa-mall-ly. The parents thought that the hospital named the baby --- female. <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />
<img src="/images/graemlins/ooo.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> That would be an terrible name to grow up with.
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From Janet Boyer:
Gosh, there's quite a few names that I don't like. Hazel, for one (which is what Julia Roberts named one of her twins.)
... She named her child "Urine" (thinking it was pronounced yourEEN).
What an awful thing to happen! That poor child. I'd probably change it when I got older.
But we won't put "Hazel" in the poll, because there are people who like it (including me). <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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Carolyn, The Beer Fox:
Aran'-zhaa-lo and Lamon'-zhaa-lo - Spelled, they were "Orange Jello" and "Lemon Jello.
I heard this story a while ago, but I wasn't sure if it was true or not. "Yahoo" turned out to be UNTRUE -- it was reported that a Romanian couple had named their baby boy "Yahoo" because they'd met on the internet. But it turned out that a jouralist was just trying to get things stirred up around the office!
I guess Aran'-zhaa-lo (Orange Jello) could be shortened to Aran -- but then it would still be spelled "Orange". Sheesh!
And Lemon Jello could be called "Lamon" (but it'd be spelled Lemon".) Yikes! I'm glad my parents named me, even if my name has never been fashionable!!
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Hi Victoria!
Worst celebrity baby name - Jermajesty (Michael Jackson's nephew)
Name I can't name my son because everyone is using it now... Roman (and that's his dad's name)
Jermajesty isn't too nice a name, is it?
I'm so sorry about "Roman" -- but even though it's going way up in popularity right now -- you can still use it. Perhaps it is pronounced and spelled slightly different in a different language -- like Matthew and Mateo.
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OK -- I have these names: A' Risin' Starr, 2la, Oym'unique, Rainbeau Jane, Heavenly Angel, Schlok, Jermajesty, Dorcus (female), Urine (Your-EEN), Female (fah-mall-ly), Orange Jello, and Lemon Jello.
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