I used to work for an insurance company, and we'd do this, too. The only ones I can remember offhand are Cinderella Rodriguez, Man-Fat Dong, and N. A. Palm.

Gareth was a knight of the round table in Arthurian legend.

Melchizedek is the name of the king in the well-known book The Alchemist

I know a girl with the 3rd name above though its spelled Jerica. I think its a very pretty name.

I honestly thought abcde would get more talk than oranjello etc.

--I wanted to name my daughter Cosette (from Les Miserables), but it rhymes with my last name, and that would just be too much for a little kid to fade.

--My mother's friend named her daughters Laura and Heidi. Trouble with that is, I always thought of them as "Laurel and Hardy". It didn't help that Laura was thin and Heidi was heavy. BTW, they were the sluttiest drama queens I ever knew.

Some of you guys like really. boring. names.

I am Astrid. My sister likes to tease me that it is an old lady name like "Esther," but I think it's nice. Plus, never going by my last initial is awesome.

Girl names I really like are

Olivia, with the nickname Liv
Theadora, pronounced the Dutch way, Tay-UH-dor-a, Thea for short

one of my grandmas was Blanche and the other is Gertrude...so i love the OP

As...tird.

Not to be repetitive or anything but I also know a girl named Theodora. She goes by Teddi which I think is pretty cool. You can also pull out the full name for formal occasions.

What do you guys think of the name Dekar (pronounced like black 'n DECKER) for a guy's name?

Oh, believe me, I've heard at all. When I was younger I went by the nickname "Trida" which inevitably transformed into Turd-a, but usually (semi-)affectionately.

I get "asteroid" a lot, and one time "ostrich".

The only thing about Jamie that pisses me off is when people named Jamie misspell their own name "Jaime." It puts me on tilt because that's "hi-may" in Spanish.

LOL at people still liking Jordan. What an overused, awful, brain-dead name at this point. For girls it's a lazy stripper/porn star, and for guys it's another one in that douchey trend of Carter, Tucker, Taylor, and Ashton where they need to join a prep school and pop their collars.

My favorite name for a boy is Jones (my close friend named his son Jones 2 years ago) and I also like Luke and Jack (go Los Feliz Slim on the Jack). I would also accept Dexter, athough because of the TV show that's a tough sell.

For girls I like Melody, Emily, Lila, and Allison.

More names like Jordan that need to be put out to pasture: Courtney, Jenna, Melissa, Cody, Devon, and Parker.

I'm firmly against names that are other common nouns, such as Hope and Summer and Joy and, as PJ said, Melody. They just sound silly to me.

My nephews are named Brooks and Braden, my nieces Tessa Grace and Quinn Amelia. A little cutesie I guess but they're all so adorable it doesn't matter.

I really don't like the names my cousins are naming their kids, there's Destiny Dawn and Autumn Jewel, which just sounds really cheesy to me, then there Drake and Jakin, which aren't as bad, and then they named on Alexander, which I was surprised cause it's so normal, then i found out they're calling him Xander. The most normal in the family are Xavier, Hunter and Sebastien.

i had to do a double take after i initially read that as Queen Amidala

a kid in one of my mom's elementary school classes was named Enis, pronounced just like penis but without the p. how can you not expect your kid to get ridiculed mercilessly with a name like that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Shammgod

I remember getting his basketball card when I was kid and thinking wtf. Seriously, who names their kid God? Those are some sick expectations to live up to.

I don't know how to feel about the fact that the single most important issue all people consider when evaluating children's name is whether or not the name will result in being teased at school. This seems to be the sole justifying factor for the approval or denial of most names.

I knew a family with 3 sons: Electron, Proton, and Neutron. By far the most ridiculous I've ever seen.

At my old church there were 3 sisters; Faith, Hope and Charity

My friend's professor named his kid "Oxygen".

I've always loved Olivia and Isabella for girls.

Speaking of shortening names that just doesn't work, I love Bethany but absolutely hate Beth

It would have been hilarious if they had the first two daughters, decided to complete the set, and then the mother popped out like eight boys in a row.

An OCD Christian Mother's nightmare.

Reminds me of the time I was at the mall a few months ago. 30 something parents with 2 little boys who running around are trying to get them under control and shout out "Dylan! Cody! Get over here right now!" and I just burst out laughing in their faces.

this is the worst thread ever. hopefully everyone realizes its almost completely dependent on ppl you have met and if there is some babe in a movie named blanche or something

on a different note, i know a doctor named Dewey Christmas. He named is daughter Mary.
I also know an Indian girl named Wabba Wabba Wabba.

Any hate yet for the name Dakota for girls? I can't stand it, it sounds like a cough.