Worst name for a child (girl)

[UdoKier]

Worst name for a child (girl)

From the top 100 of 2004.

http://www.babycenter.com/babyname/names2004.html?adcode=MSN%3AEDI%3AART%3ANAM%3A100&refid=msnfam

[Longgrain]

1. Gilligan

eom

[kick-ass-bob]

2. Brooklyn?

Please...

[Squatch]

3. What's wrong with Brianna?

[UdoKier]

11. Sounded kinda "porn star" to me...

But this stuff is very subjective...

[Squatch]

14. I'll have to tell my Mom that.

[UdoKier]

20. Sorry.

"Amber" used to be a very nice name, but in the 80s, all the porn stars started using it and kinda ruined it.

Some people have never seen a porn film and thus never think of it. I suppose they should be commended for that.

I ain't that pure...

[Squatch]

23. I've seen plenty of porn...I just tend not to choose those with

the words "And starring...Brianna" in the title.

Too Oedipal for me.

[slutticus]

59. Brianna Banks

Yes. I know her.

[Spider Jerusalem]

110. ALL of those sound like porn star names.

Except for Emily, that is.

[Undercover Owl]

101. nothing wrong with Brianna

It just reminds me of the fleetwood mac song Rhiannon.

(If you named your kid Rhiannon, you should also force her to wear flowing black skirts & twirl around & have a cocaine problem.)

[okoboji]

104. the two

Brianna's that I knew, where whinney, spoiled little girls...

[LiberalinNC]

4. Gotta go w/ Reagan...anyone who would name that kid after that

lousy president should be shot!

[dhinojosa]

9. We better keep Hinkley behind bars then.

:P

[Poiuyt]

18. Wasn't Reagan the evil daughter in King Lear?

Ok, it was spelled Regan

[Sanity Claws]

85. That's what I was thinking

A double whammy -- named after an idiot president and an evil daughter to a King.
That's exactly why I chose this name as the worst.

[Arkana]

88. I believe the girl who was possessed in "The Exorcist"

was also named Regan. Regan McNeil, I think.

[Longgrain]

5. Seriously Madison

Was one of the top ten girls names last year. It means "Son of a Soldier". Nice name for a girl.

[madison2000]

26. Nice name for a dog too!

[Longgrain]

29. Or a city in Wisconsin

Or President.

Or Avenue.

[Orangepeel]

111. or a mermaid n/t

[Pithlet]

6. Brooklyn

I hate trendy names derived from place names. How come no one ever names their kid Scranton? Or Schenectady?

[pmbryant]

16. LOL

I sympathize. I guess they figure they can call the kid "Brook" for short. But "Scrant"? "Schenec"?

:shrug:

--Peter

[shugah]

108. LOL!!!!!!

that is really funny! really!

thank you for a great laugh!

[realisticphish]

17. hi, this is my daughter, Fort Wayne nt

[donheld]

66. My daughter, Kalamazoo

can beat up your daughter, Fort Wayne. :crazy:

[realisticphish]

73. watch out

cause her older brother Toledo has a big temper :)


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[baba]

68. Dakota and Montana are really popular, too. n/t

[trotsky]

7. "Reagan" sucks, but "Kaitlyn" makes me cringe every time I hear it.

It's been SOOOO overused.

[LiberalinNC]

13. And how many ways can you spell that awful name?

I can't stand that name either...I have a neice w/ that name, and I can never remember how to spell it!

[trotsky]

22. Tell me about it.

There were 3, yes, THREE different "Kaitlyns" in my son's daycare class at one time, and also yes, THREE different spellings. The confusion for the kids as well as their teachers, etc. Ugh!

[Left Is Write]

54. Probably as many ways as one can spell Catherine.

[MisterP]

63. my cousin-once-removed-but-adoptive's name is Kaitlyin

at least she's outgrown temper tantrums

[The empressof all]

8. I'm sure you've all heard the story about

Urban Legend in medical circles is about the woman who wanted to name her twin daughters Ragina and Vagina.

[Thor_MN]

106. My sister's (both neonatal IC nurses) claim that when they worked in

Harligen (sp?) Texas, a young woman named her twin boys Lemongelo and Orangelo after reading her menu card for the next day. Lemon or Orange Jello were choices for dessert....

Always wondered if it were true, neither posess much scepticisim...

Would have been circa 1986 if true

[ret5hd]

10. Trendi...hands down.

[pmbryant]

12. Ashley

Glad to see it is down to #27.

OTOH, "Peter" isn't even in the top 100 for boys these days!

:wtf:

I guess I am a relic.

--Peter

[SW FL Dem]

15. Link to the top 100? n/t

[UdoKier]

24. Link is right in the OP.

http://www.babycenter.com/babyname/names2004.html?adcode=MSN%3AEDI%3AART%3ANAM%3A100&refid=msnfam

[SW FL Dem]

34. That's strange - it doesn't show up

on my screen.

[demnan]

19. Candy or Prudence

they're opposites and both too extreme.

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. Brittany is the worst name for a girl in my opinion. There are currently

8 Brittany's in my son's school in his grade and only 3 classrooms to put them in. There are three alone in his class.

[UdoKier]

25. Even worse with the stupid "Britney" spelling.

It is a dumb name.

[Blue-Jay]

27. Desiree.

Here's your birth certificate.

Here's your stripper's pole.

Welcome to the world.

[UdoKier]

28. I've seen it spelled "Dez'ray"

(sigh)

[RUDUing2]

30. worse: in my dads hometown..Hallelujah Jubilee. nt

[Blue-Jay]

31. Sounds like a happy family.

[RUDUing2]

33. daddy is a fire holiness preacher...nuff said?

[MountainLaurel]

45. Chastity Love

Another fire and brimstone preacher, who whored his daughters (forget what the other one's name was, something similarly icky) as a gospel duo.

The irony was that by the time she was in high school she was quite the trollop. Guess Chastity wasn't such a great name after all. :evilgrin:

[Boxer Rebel]

32. Nautica (for the sportswear label) call her "Naughty" for short........

[JohnKleeb]

35. Reagan for sure

Not only after a crummy president but after a girl who likes to spit puke and say fuck me!

[Runcible Spoon]

36. this has been done to death and frankly it's mean-spirited.

I'm also sick of fucking seeing my name up there, with people voting whether or not it sucks. Tell ya what, why don't you post a "what's the worst penis length for a man" and let me know how many inches you are so we can all vote on that. More fun at least.

[ret5hd]

37. trendi is that you?

[Runcible Spoon]

40. how many inches, smart ass?

hmmmmmmm?

[ret5hd]

46. 2-15/32...and proud of it.

[UdoKier]

39. It's meant to be light-hearted.

My name is Scott - the "Jayden" of the seventies.

The only serious side of this topic for me is that I wish parents would not use such conformist names, and try to be original, but dignified.

My son is Isaac - means "laughter", and I just like the way it sounds.

Youngest is Joseph, after his grandpa.


Anyway, FWIW, sorry for any bruised feelings.

[Runcible Spoon]

41. thanks...we don't get to pick our names. my name wasn't conformist

when I was born...I guess I am also sick of seeing things that I thought were cool, everything from my name to Nine Inch Nails to snowboarding to "raves" being sold out to the mainstream and then people cattily saying they now are conformist and suck. Makes me sad....

[UdoKier]

43. A lot depends on perspective.

NIN, for example, has been a product from day one, corporate through and through. But that doesn't mean Trent Reznor isn't a talented musician and that the music doesn't have value. Marilyn Manson's whole schtick is just that, a schtick - not a real statement. People have do do whatever it takes to make it. It's great to be purrely authentic and "real, but it sucks being broke.

What might seem very "edgy" and "authentic" in Dallas, may seem manufactured and fake in LA. It doesn't really matter. Things go out of style, then they come back again. Can you believe, Duran Duran is selling out stadiums again?

Just don't take it too seriously, is all I'm saying.

EDIT: reminds me of the skit they had on SNL making fun of the Goth kids, one called himself "Azrael". Ten years later, kids like that would probably feel embarrassed of that stage in life, but after another ten years, they might look back on it fondly and have a chuckle at it.

In the late 80s, I used to have my hair sprayed and teased up into the sky and posed as some sort of club kid. It was fake and stupid, but so what? It was something to do.

[jmm]

52. We can pick our names. Not when we're born but

later in life we can. I asked to have my last name changed after my parents divorced because I didn't like it. I won't say what it was but I've been told I use to have a great porn name.

Of course I still deal with having one of the most common first names of my generation.

[IronLionZion]

103. what's your name hon?

cause I think some of those are pretty nice actually, even if they are common.

except Reagan of course! :P

[Lexus Liberal]

38. Brooklyn? Are they serious?

Where in the country do people name their kid this name?

[Lavender Brown]

42. It's really common

I've heard of it here in NY as well as in other parts of the country.

[yellowdogintexas]

89. my nephew and his wife named their daughter Brooke Lynn

but they don't call her just Brooke..they call her Brooklyn, and I honestly believe it hasn't even occurred to them that it sounds like one of the five boroughs.

Of course, long years ago on General Hospital, one of the Quartermaines named a daughter BrookLyn

[HeeBGBz]

44. Kendall - who would name a girl that?

People would be constantly asking where Barbie was.

[Left Is Write]

53. I knew a couple of Kendalls in the 70s who were at least ten years older

than I. It's been around a while.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

47. There was a girl in my high school named Reagan...

she was very ditsy.

[taught_me_patience]

48. Marge...

too many bad Rhymes "large" "barge"... etc.


taught.

[tjdee]

49. Jennifer is THE suckiest name of ALL TIMES.

And I know a few Jennifers who are wonderful, gorgeous, smart women.
In spite of that godawful name.

The first part is eternal little girl, and then to make it worse it's got an 'f' sound. Yuck.

I hate my own name, and I know people don't pick their names. But please, think of the children before you name them Jennifer.

[UdoKier]

56. I think Jennifer means "ghost"

correct me if I'm wrong.

[MisterP]

67. "white wave"--my sister's called that--she was named after it was "fash"

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

50. Clitoris

really. please don't name your daughter THAT!

[Bunny]

81. But it rhymes with Deloris! n/t

[ironflange]

92. Mulva

That name's no damn good either!

[underpants]

51. Anything that might seem apt near a brass pole and Allman Bros. music

KEPP HER OFF THE BRASS POLE!

[sundog]

55. Apple

:wtf:

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

76. I was just going to say that!

Coco Chanel is pretty bad too.

[rug]

57. Condolleezza

[RagingInMiami]

58. I met a woman named Fallopia once

She seemed to be fine with it.

[slutticus]

60. Chastity, Charity, and Caitlin are the worst IMO

I grew up in the south, and I just cringed every time I heard these names.

I always liked the name "Chlamydia" for a girl though. :D

[Withywindle]

61. I think they're all kinda horrific...

...but then, there's a cashier at the grocery store near my work named Vendetta.


The irony is, she's one of the nicest people that works there. But she probably wouldn't be if I asked her if she has siblings named Bloodfeud and Vengeance.

[-..__...]

62. Latrina.

[Kat45]

64. You beat me to it!

I was just going to post that! :D

[TheMightyFavog]

69. Used to be named Shithouse...

Had to throw in the Men in Tights reference.

[maxsolomon]

65. amber is the worst

tammy isn't very good either.

no one names their girls 'hortense' anymore.

[ironflange]

93. Hey! We have an Amber in this family!

She's a cat, it's a good name for a kitty. Wouldn't use it for a human.

[Blue Gardener]

70. Stormy, Candy

Or anything else that sounds like a stripper's name.

[fit4life]

71. Fonda. Especially if her last name is Cox

A buddy I was stationed with showed me a high school yearbook, and he had a classmate named Crystal Meth.

It's a shame kids can't sue their parents for malpractice.

[Schema Thing]

72. Other: Bruce

[Cadence]

80. LOL! Yeah, now that's bad!

I'm not a big fan of Hazel or Ruth. I think the above list is pretty tame.

[zanana]

74. Tiffany

I hate it when they name kids after jewelry stores.

[SKKY]

75. I voted for Reagan, but I've also always disliked Gretchen.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

77. Other...The names people make up for their kids

that their kids can't properly pronounce until all their adult teeth have grown in.

In bringing a brief assembly program to elementary school age kids, I'd ask their names before letting them put a fiddle under their chin. I can't tell you how many times I'd have to ask 3 times before giving up on knowing.

[Clarks_Babe]

87. Pickles

What in the Good Lord's name were the first lady's parents thinking?

[corksean]

78. Assumpta, Concepta, Dymphna (all Irish, though not that common)

[alittlelark]

79. Bertha, Edith, and Gwen

[jbane]

82. Gladys, Myrtle, and Ethel

These names will come back some day, mark my word.
Jbane
1/Feb/05

[HCeline69]

83. Rasputina

Adolpha.
Jacqueline D. Ripper.

[mcar]

84. "Honey"

The absolute worst name for a girl. I knew a grown woman, a successful, hard nosed businesswoman named Honey. I think she was so hard nosed (OK, she was a bitch), because of her name.

I mean, seriously, a 40 year old corporate director named Honey? Can you imagine? What were her parents thinking?

[NNadir]

86. This is my wife's vote, she's looking over my shoulder.

She was born in Brooklyn and so was I. The name "Brooklyn" makes us think of Flatbush, a slum area with the word "Bush" in it. (Last we looked it was a slum anyway.)

We'd love to vote agains Reagan, but for us, "Brooklyn" is the worst.

[Withywindle]

90. MycKynzyee or MyKAyyyLa

All those trendy names with the gratutious K's and Y's and random capitalization.


If you love to laugh at bad baby names like I do, this site is GOLD:

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/

[roguevalley]

91. Essie and Bessie, actual twins and their sister, Mossie.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

98. Those are hilarious!

Which name do you think?
Brecklyn Kate
OR
Ridgely Mae
I'm torn between the 2.
Thanks Brooke

And I'm torn between why your name ideas are "Welshman recites New York's boroughs" and "The other guy from Wham."

Why not something hip and modern, like "Stetten Eeland" and "The bassist from Culture Club."

[last_texas_dem]

94. Kinsley

Not Top 100, but... my sister is a teacher and one of her fellow teachers announced that this will be the name of her soon-to-be-born daughter. I think this name is awful, but maybe it's just me...

[DemGirl7]

95. Who would name a girl Reagan??

Are they high??? Or just Obsessed Repukes??

[AwakeAtLast]

102. Well, I have relatives who did this

They are from OK, but try to be "Southern". They told me it was a Southern name. Whatever.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

96. Any name that is either typically male or a geographical term

Examples:

Taylor, Avery, Madison, Sierra, Dakota, Michael, Reagan, Billy, and all their ilk. The worst I ever heard was a little girl named Jackson. Yuck!

What's with the male names? Are the parents expressing their disappointment that they didn't have a boy? Are males going to have any names left?

"Oh, here are my daughters, Thomas and Robert." :eyes:

[Boswells_Johnson]

97. With the exception of a few on the list, they're all too "masculine"

for my tastes.

[Spiffarino]

99. Pooner

That's a name, right?

[Lautremont]

100. Bundanna

Though I once met a Dorcus. She was very nice, but...

[Capn Sunshine]

105. Hortense

honest to goodness name in my family for years.

[carpetbagger]

107. You need to go to this site.....

"Baby's named a bad, bad thing: A primer on parent cruelty"

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/index.html

[AlienGirl]

109. WHO WOULD NAME THEIR BABY THE "R" WORD?!

:puke: