Names we should never use!

[Jenny07]

Looks like I'm in trouble then...

[FTMDiaries]

Hee Hee, not sure what to call a male being a bitch! I can't call you husband

LOL 

Since you've mentioned old-fashioned names... back when I still used to use the ladies' changing rooms at the gym, I'd just finished showering & was pottering around near my locker putting my things away when a mother came in with a cute little son, somewhere around 2 years of age.

He was a delightful, inquisitive little boy who just wandered around the communal changing area, looking at things without being a nuisance, whilst his mum had a conversation with some other woman in there.

After a couple of minutes, the mum finished her conversation and was ready to leave, so she called her son back to her using these words:

"Come along then, Horace!"

It was just as well that I was stood in front of my locker, because I yanked open my locker door, shoved my head in there as if I was looking for something, and kept my reaction to myself.

[Cindy]

Well, it'd certainly ruin your life if you were given that name in the UK. Because 'Jordan' is the stage name of a famous glamour model, otherwise known as Katie Price. So a British kid named Jordan would be bullied for being named after a topless model...

I met Katie many years ago when I was involved in entertainment in the UK. A very confused and tragic lady from my memory.

I occasionally go and see what puddle she has plunged into.

A good example, and with sympathy, a young woman when I met her that thought glamour modelling was a way to escape.

It wasn't.

[Cindy]

Looks like I'm in trouble then...

Yes you are.

Why?

[Jenny07]

You've been wearing my name out!

Looks awful in public

Might even change it later as well

[Cindy]

I'm dosed up with anti-histamines so I will blame them.

I hated winter, goddess summer hit over night, literally! 12C too 30C
What do you mean?

[ChelseaAnn]

No joke, my wife was an aide in an elementary classroom. There was a girl who had a 1 in her name. The 1 was silent ...

[Jenny07]

Hate my last name and its connection to my dad who I hate for what he did to us after mum died.
I'm still in therapy talking about it, all this time later.
Could use my mums name instead.

Yes.

[ChelseaAnn]

And of course there's the recent court ruling by a Tennessee judge to force parents to change the name of their 7 month old son from Messiah to Martin (currently in appeal).
And I know someone who named his son Jihad (I always shake my head over that choice of name considering it's political connotations especially in recent world events).

Yes, the Messiah thing is happening right near me.

[Taka]

Hate my last name and its connection to my dad who I hate for what he did to us after mum died.
I'm still in therapy talking about it, all this time later.
Could use my mums name instead.

Yes.

do that. no need to keep a connection to someone you don't want to be connected to. i took my step father's name after my mom took it. one of the coolest names in this country, and it connects me to a rather nice family. it's also easy to keep track of my (step) relative, since this is the only family that uses this particular spelling. which is why i'll never type my last name here...

[LordKAT]

I have a daughter whose middle name has/is 3 digits.  She likes it.  Made the army ask weird questions though.

[Jenny07]

Not Porsche 911 ... I hope

[KabitTarah]

Not Porsche 911 ... I hope

O, the terrible things people could think of for that name!

Weird names should be kept on the runway with all that weird fashion...

I worked, at one point, with some Chinese women. They would often take the name Tiffany in English speaking countries... because of the jewelry store. It's not a bad name, but it's weird when half the women you talked to are named that.

[FTMDiaries]

Speaking of Chinese names... it's not unheard of in China for a child to be given their traditional Chinese names, and then be given (or adopt) a Western-sounding name for doing business with us Westerners.

I had two Chinese colleagues named Apple Wan (you have to be a computer geek to appreciate that one); and Easter Lam.