What's the most ridiculous name you've ever heard of/ seen used?

[firstontheway]

Obviously it's my own fault for choosing the 'one million and 3 baby names' book instead of a more sensible '1000 baby names that are good and you might actually use' book, but COME ON! Some of the names in here are just so ridiculous it's crazy....

Frigg
Schmoopie
Candida
Hitler
Abacus
Flirt
Butter

I can't honestly believe someone would go through this book and think 'hmmm, Sarah, Samantha, Scarlett... Schmoopie. Yes, Schmoopie, the perfect name for our dear daughter.'

And I once looked after a little baby Chlamydia poor foreign parents didn't speak english very well and wanted a name that sounded pretty when you said it

agree hatrick, they are great names but you don't usually hear them, I guess I got the thread title wrong....!

Badger Cortina

gay lord
norman

So, now that I live in Scotland, we won't be able to name another son Zaphod Beeblebrox? (am only joking btw, was the first oddish name that came into my head).

I used to goto school with a James James and work with a Gerry Berry. We wanted to call Tom, Jenson, but DPs surname is Henson.

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PMSL at eggy kock.

in asda ( at being in asda ) i heard a couple shoutign at their twins who looked about 2 years old, they were called jeremy and kyle, the mum was shouting jeremy and kyle get your arses over 'ere!

lol @ Comfort Shields -sounds like a type of sanitary protection

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I know of a Nokia [hmmm] and a Burberry. Burberry is a boy which seems sooo much worse

Yes, CoteDAzur, I know. But my (attempt at being light-hearted) point was that you don't have to fulfil a name, in its literal sense, in order for it to be yours. My name means 'pure', for example.

Agree with Penthesileia. My RL name means "bitter". lol at Cote "apologising" for FAQ naming her son Yehudi. I'm sure you didn't mean it to sound as daft as that though Cote

Actually (Yehudi) Jew stems from the Hebrew word Yehudah (which means praise) - as with many Hebrew words there are often not direct translations or the names have been altered times.

So Cote is not wrong when she says that Yehudi means "Jew" just as I am not wrong for using the name Yehudi - to mean praise.

at being called 'daft' for trying to be gentle and break the news nicely to FAQ.

not sure what "news" you're trying to break gently to me .

I knew 8yrs ago when I named him that Yehudi can mean either Jew or Praise. Judah's mother (Leah) named him Yehudah because she wanted to praise God - so the two became synonymous with each other. As with many Hebrew words the translation into other languages of many words can have several meanings.

Cote - I thought I was actually being quite restrained.

FAQ - When I asked "Did you know 'Yehudi' means Jew?" you answered "No it doesn't", which is why we are still on this topic. Assuming you are interested to hear more:

Yehudah = Judah (Biblical figure, one of sons of Jacob, his name meaning 'praised') (Tribe of Judah, Kingdom of Judah, etc)

Judea = Territory of the Kingdom of Judah

Yehudi = literally, Judean = Jew

So, the word Yehudi is derived from the name Yehudah, in the sense that it means "He who is of the Tribe of Yehudah, descended from Judah". "Jew", in other words.

But Cote - so what?? Anyone would think that Yehudi translated as "wanker" or summat with the way you're talking about it.

Oh fgs. Everything has to be a struggle on MN

I said:

By CoteDAzur on Sat 01-Nov-08 07:05:41
FAQ - Did you know that "Yehudi" means "Jew"?

You could have said "Yes" and that would end it. But no. You said:

By FAQ on Sat 01-Nov-08 09:16:30
no it doesn't

That is the news I was trying to break to you gently. A mistake, obviously, especially now that you claim you knew it all along.

All very well. Let's move on.

Still don't understand why the news had to be broken "gently".