Parents giving their kids bizarre names..WTH is wrong with some people?

[Relic]

OK, so Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii isn't too bad, she can just be called "Talula" which is a pretty name I guess, but how do you shorten "Fish And Chips" or "Yeah Detroit"?
Argh.. what the heck is wrong with some parents? Is this a scream for attention?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/..._bizarre_names

Thu Jul 24, 5:41 AM ET

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A family court judge in New Zealand has had enough with parents giving their children bizarre names here, and did something about it.

Just ask Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii. He had her renamed.

Judge Rob Murfitt made the 9-year-old girl a ward of the court so that her name could be changed, he said in a ruling made public Thursday. The girl was involved in a custody battle, he said.

The new name was not made public to protect the girl's privacy.

"The court is profoundly concerned about the very poor judgment which this child's parents have shown in choosing this name," he wrote. "It makes a fool of the child and sets her up with a social disability and handicap, unnecessarily."

The girl had been so embarrassed at the name that she had never told her closest friends what it was. She told people to call her "K" instead, the girl's lawyer, Colleen MacLeod, told the court.

In his ruling, Murfitt cited a list of the unfortunate names.

Registration officials blocked some names, including Fish and Chips, Yeah Detroit, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, he said. But others were allowed, including Number 16 Bus Shelter "and tragically, Violence," he said.

New Zealand law does not allow names that would cause offense to a reasonable person, among other conditions, said Brian Clarke, the registrar general of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

Clarke said officials usually talked to parents who proposed unusual names to convince them about the potential for embarrassment.

[Baryonyx]

Some around here have offered the opinion before that some people are not fit to be parents. While I will refrain from commenting on this statement, I do think that due care and forethought should be given to the naming of children.

[ehque]

Heard about the new Nicole Kidman-Keith Urban kid? Sunday Rose Kidman Urban.

Sunday Urban. Sounds like a newspaper.

[kydnav]

This topic is useless without Pilot Inspektor!

[bassman1185]

Good grief... and I thought that just altering the spelling on a normal name was bad enough... What kind of thoughtless imbecile would name their daughter Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii?

[shooter_mi]

The idea that there are "right" and "wrong" names is a bigger problem than what some parents choose to name their kids. The arguments that court makes about the health of the child and the social handicap of having an unconventional name aren't about a failure of the parent, they're about the failure of the rest of us not to act like a kid with an unconventional name is a weirdo. If we didn't allow ourselves to be outraged when we heard an unconventional name then there wouldn't be any negative repercussions to having that name.

[bassman1185]

Originally Posted by shooter_mi

The idea that there are "right" and "wrong" names is a bigger problem than what some parents choose to name their kids. The arguments that court makes about the health of the child and the social handicap of having an unconventional name aren't about a failure of the parent, they're about the failure of the rest of us not to act like a kid with an unconventional name is a weirdo. If we didn't allow ourselves to be outraged when we heard an unconventional name then there wouldn't be any negative repercussions to having that name.

I understand where you're coming from. I enjoy interesting names. My name is Zebulon, and I love that it's an unusual name.

However, there is a point where the name defies and sort of logic. When you give your child the first name 'Sex Fruit' you're not exactly setting them up for a life of success in the business world. Same goes for 'Number 16 Bus Shelter."

[thumpbass1]

Dweezil! Is that you?

[bassman1185]

Originally Posted by thumpbass1

Dweezil! Is that you?

What about Moon Unit?

[FL Knifemaker]

I'm kinda fond of Shaqueefa

[kydnav]

Originally Posted by bassman1185

What about Moon Unit?

Don't forget Sage Moonblood Stallone and Seargeogh Stallone

[dave64o]

If your father is Frank Zappa, it's cool. Otherwise, why the hell would a sane parent give a child a name guaranteed to get to them teased at best and, most likely, get the crap kicked out of them?

[Gard]

I'm all for INTERESTING names (for example, my middle name is "Gardner", which is where my, IMO, interesting name comes from). However, there is a marked difference between "interesting" or "unusual" (my wife's name is Shana - pronounced with a long "A" like "shay-nah") and just STUPID.

Naming your kid "Bus Shelter #16", or "Lemonjello", or "Orangejello", or "Shithead" (Shi-theed), that is assinine in the extreme, and you need to be smacked around until whatever diseased portion of your brain led you to believe that was a good idea dies. If it's the whole brain, well...there you go.

[mjolnir]

That settles it. I'm naming my first daughter Harvest Cheddar.

[Relic]

Originally Posted by shooter_mi

The idea that there are "right" and "wrong" names is a bigger problem than what some parents choose to name their kids. The arguments that court makes about the health of the child and the social handicap of having an unconventional name aren't about a failure of the parent, they're about the failure of the rest of us not to act like a kid with an unconventional name is a weirdo. If we didn't allow ourselves to be outraged when we heard an unconventional name then there wouldn't be any negative repercussions to having that name.

I don't disagree, you are right actually. But last I looked outside it's a far from perfect world where we all get along and no one judges anyone else based on skin color, tattoos, national origin, or any other even tiny thing that might render someone "different".

If a parent is so self-absorbed to not consider the world they're sending their kid out into, then YES, it IS a failure of the parent.

Then again, if we all named our kids something totally and absolutely stupid maybe it would make the world a better place?? ahhhh...maybe we're on to something

[tZer]

We get into a really dicey zone when the courts start telling us what we can or cannot name our children. Regardless of how anyone else feels about it, it's not anyone's business but the parents' to decide such things.

I agree that giving a child an overtly crazy name ("Trout Fishing in America" comes to mind) is not something I'd do or think is an especially good idea. But Dweezil, Moon and others have shown me that unusual and interesting names can actually be very cool. What if a judge decided that Frank had to change Dweezil's name to Bob?

I had a friend whose hippy parents named him "Tazoo" - which I personally found to be cool - but I am sure many others found it to be too weird to tolerate.

Furthermore, who is going to be the governing body that determines what's an acceptable name and what is not?

The courts do not belong in this mix.

Originally Posted by Gard

I'm all for INTERESTING names (for example, my middle name is "Gardner", which is where my, IMO, interesting name comes from). However, there is a marked difference between "interesting" or "unusual" (my wife's name is Shana - pronounced with a long "A" like "shay-nah") and just STUPID.

Just checking here... do you think your wife's name is unusual?

[cheesemonkey]

I'll name my first child Orange Moca Cappuccino merely for my love of the movie Zoolander

[Gard]

Originally Posted by tZer

We get into a really dicey zone when the courts start telling us what we can or cannot name our children. Regardless of how anyone else feels about it, it's not anyone's business but the parents' to decide such things.

I agree that giving a child an overtly crazy name ("Trout Fishing in America" comes to mind) is not something I'd do or think is an especially good idea. But Dweezil, Moon and others have shown me that unusual and interesting names can actually be very cool. What if a judge decided that Frank had to change Dweezil's name to Bob?

I had a friend whose hippy parents named him "Tazoo" - which I personally found to be cool - but I am sure many others found it to be too weird to tolerate.

Furthermore, who is going to be the governing body that determines what's an acceptable name and what is not?

The courts do not belong in this mix.

I agree that this should never be a legal matter, and really don't know how to approach the situation. However, really, there are SOME names that are just REAL STUPID to inflict on a child.

Just checking here... do you think your wife's name is unusual?

Well, it certainly isn't Sally or Betty!

[NJL]

"Ay, mija, i named you Clamedia....BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOUR STUPID MOTHER GAVE ME WHEN WE HAD YOU!!"

[Stu L.]

Originally Posted by tZer

Just checking here... do you think your wife's name is unusual?

I think he called her stupid

And I did LOL when I read Sex Fruit for a name. Come on, who thinks of these things?