What you really shouldn't name your kid!

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Friends of mine just got a healthy baby boy, so congratulations!

But really did they have to name him Merlin ??

Seriously everybody I know seems to name their kids something stupid, there is the trend with the english names - which sounds absolutely ridiculous if your mothertongue is german. And of course it has to be something like: Sheila Jessica Ann ( some other friends of mine called their girl that - well maybe Merlin isn't that bad a choice after all?)
Or there are what I would call dog names like Luna, Bella or Kayla. Brr..
I have also seen an anouncement in a newspaper recently for a Castiel (supernatural fan anyone?)

But maybe english speaking people have a higher tolerance for weird names. In german we counldn't or wouldn't call children after random fruits, plants or whatever. So that might not look weird to you at all.

Dear Merciele, Here in America, a little boy was just removed from his parents' custody and it made the news because his name is Adolf Hitler.

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Nope trust me, Merlin is a ridulous name. I came across a mother a while ago calling for her child in a shopping mall, but as the child was called Trixiebell I think most people thought she was calling after some form of dog.

The way I see it, if you think you would have got your head kicked in going through school with a name like that yourself, don't give it to your child.....

Don't you have laws for names, that there are some names that just aren't allowed? *wonders*

In America people name their kids after all kinds of things, including cars (Mercedes), alcohol (Brandy), or even weather (Sunny). Celebrities are particularly guilty of naming their kids after ridiculous things, my favorite example being that Frank Zappa named one of his children Moon Unit.

I don't have much room to talk though, because I have always liked uncommon names. I do not wish to have children in real life, but I often give uncommon (or even completely made-up) names to my own fictional characters.

Tanqueray Ann
Propecia Lee
Laxnert

All bad names

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Well just as I said, there are differences from language to language. I'm sure there are typical names for pets in english.

But naming people after some chartacter is really weird. I just remembered I saw once a guy called Aragon on a list of participants at university.

There is a famous race car driver named Dick Trickle. I kid you not.

I think he should drive the pennicilin car, but he doesn't.

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I like the name Kayla. Bella seems like an okay name. What I can't stand is parents giving their kids unique names but I found out that it's sometimes unintentional because parents spell the name wrong when the child is born because they didn't know how to spell it themselves or they did a typo or the parent had poor hand writing and the people making the certificate were unable to read it properly. That is why nurses have the parents check it over before they send it off. We had to correct our son's name when we proof read it and they had to make sure that is how we wanted the name spelled and my husband had to make sure he had it spelled correctly because he is not good at spelling.


I once met a girl on my gymnastics team named Barbie. I hope that was her nickname. It can be short for Barbara and I think that was Barbie's real name, the doll. I may have read it somewhere. My old boss in Montana named her daughter Season. I also knew a co worker who named her daughter Whisper.

Does Candy count as a funny name? I have known several girls with that name.

One of my old friends had a brother named Montana. But there is also a cartoon character named Montana Max.

I also had a friend whose name was Ashia (pronounced as the continent Asia). One of my high school English teachers had a baby and she named her new daughter Azia. Pronounced the same. But I honestly like the name.


Also I think we should all consider the funny names we hear such as Trixiebell may be a nickname. My little brother loved to be called Dollar so we called him that. Now just imagine what people must have thought when we called him that in public? Mom also used to call me Lizbo when I was a small child and she was called Mouse when she was a small child also. But Mouse was never her real name just like Lizbo is not my real name.


I find names okay as nick names but as a real name, no. Like I would not name my child Barbie but I would be fine with it as a nickname. Middle name, perhaps. I feel different about middle names and nicknames than I do about first names.



I also don't like the name Merlin on a person.

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