I had a kid at a summer camp where I was teaching have an unusual one maybe 5-6 years ago.
I’m going through the roll call, and there’s a kid who’s first name was listed as ABCDE. I think that’s pretty weird, so I assume it’s an error like somebody made a mistake on the intake form or the database garbled something.
So I skip over that one, and at the end I ask if I miss anyone. A girl puts up her hand so I ask for her name and she pronounces it like “Ab-siddy”
I realize they’re the same kid, and that her parents fucked her. I think she knew what was up and was kind of ashamed. Poor kid, I didn’t ask her to spell it
I’ve actually heard a story from a family member once about briefly encountering a kid with that name and pronunciation. So either funny coincidence to meet the same kid, or there’s more than one set of parents out there that thought that was a clever name idea somehow.
Yeah, I think these goofy names are all based on trends. There’s probably some overlap between the people who would name their kids without regards for their kids’ feelings, and the people who would jump on some bandwagon or claim it as their own.
A distressingly common one I’ve been seeing is “Nevaeh” which is “Heaven” spelled backwards. If you’re devout enough to name your kid after the pearly gates though, you’d think you’d realize that backwards heaven is likely hell
I had a kid at a summer camp where I was teaching have an unusual one maybe 5-6 years ago.
I’m going through the roll call, and there’s a kid who’s first name was listed as ABCDE. I think that’s pretty weird, so I assume it’s an error like somebody made a mistake on the intake form or the database garbled something.
So I skip over that one, and at the end I ask if I miss anyone. A girl puts up her hand so I ask for her name and she pronounces it like “Ab-siddy”
I realize they’re the same kid, and that her parents fucked her. I think she knew what was up and was kind of ashamed. Poor kid, I didn’t ask her to spell it
I’ve actually heard a story from a family member once about briefly encountering a kid with that name and pronunciation. So either funny coincidence to meet the same kid, or there’s more than one set of parents out there that thought that was a clever name idea somehow.
Yeah, I think these goofy names are all based on trends. There’s probably some overlap between the people who would name their kids without regards for their kids’ feelings, and the people who would jump on some bandwagon or claim it as their own.
A distressingly common one I’ve been seeing is “Nevaeh” which is “Heaven” spelled backwards. If you’re devout enough to name your kid after the pearly gates though, you’d think you’d realize that backwards heaven is likely hell
A good friend of mine in college had that name. Nicest girl. Really should have dated her when I had a chance.
Yup I’ve seen ABCDE too. Pronounced just how you say
This one reminds me of “La-a” (pronounced Ladasha)
I considered trying to change legal name to “Thbptbpt” (pronounced like a fart sound/blowing a raspberry)