my kid is more special than yours

What the?!?

2010-09-17T16:40:00.000-07:00

Ok Ok here's a doosey.
I get a call today from someone wanting to give a gift magazine subscription to their great-granddaughter.
"And that's going to Naveah." After a long pause. "Which of course is Heaven backwards."

Oh right OF COURSE IT IS!

What?!?

This Year's Students

2010-08-20T09:20:00.000-07:00

I have more weird names this year than I have had in a while. I am only picking on the students who have more European-centric last names, not anyone who seems to have a more ethnic background. Either way, I am probably being derogatory and negative.

Skylarh
Jamaul
Shon
Khris
Rahlissa
Nevin
Angie-Marie
Trask
MaRanda
Brenon
Mycal
M'Cayla
Rayce

Wonderful encounters at customer relations

2010-04-24T19:59:00.000-07:00

So this week I had a few wonderful names come through on the phones at work.

I spoke to a woman named Dooley.

Another lady named Srb (pronounced Serb).

And finally the best for last...another lady named Crickett. Yep that is right. You got it. Like the bug.

read on another blog....

2010-04-21T14:20:00.001-07:00

Jeweliana

it took me like, 10 minutes to figure out how to say it. My brain just couldn't grasp the concept.

This is a doozy!

2010-02-04T21:03:00.001-08:00

So today I had a lady call in to renew her magazines or something. I was so caught off guard that I don't remember what she even wanted to do.
I did not even bother trying to say her name there's no way ANYONE would get this right. Now the women on the phone definitely was Caucasian without an accent at all.
OK so her name was Kay. But guess how it was spelled?

Are you ready for it?

Here you go...

-Ckaz-

yep you are reading it correctly. Your computer screen is not broken. That is supposed to say Kay. I have no idea what type of spelling that is. My mom said her parents must have just thrown darts at letters and said; "oh, that definitely spells Kay."

Whatever.

Willie's Names

2010-01-21T18:00:00.000-08:00

Cindy- Thindy- Thin-D
Jacob- Yaquob
McLovin- McLovin
Origmai
Optimus

Just a few of my personal favorites

Holy moly what a name?!?!?

2009-12-30T09:12:00.000-08:00

Boy howdy it's been a while.
So I work for the LDS church in their customer relations department and I am always comeing across some odd names. Those darn Mormons like to be as creative as they can with the spelling and naming of their kids.

A few I came acrosse today were:

Karis (pronoounced> Care-Ess)

Sydane (pronounced> Sigh-Dane)

2009-08-13T14:14:00.001-07:00

Hysterical Society Again (All of these people got their photos taken at a studio in Utah County)

Harry Heal

2009-08-10T10:17:00.001-07:00

More names from the Hysterical Society

Ovida Goad and Ovanda Goad

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a soft fabric....or someone's name

2009-08-08T21:22:00.000-07:00

Just got home from a diaper/formula/zit medicine/allergy medicine run to target...

the very nice woman who checked me out

was

named

VELVET.

Oh dear.

2009-07-30T21:21:00.001-07:00

In going through photo captions at the Hysterical Society, I've come across quite a few interesting names, but this one takes the cake:

H. B. Fluckiger

What about coyotes?

2009-07-02T16:52:00.001-07:00

Mom said that her friend Maureen said that her daughter Kate said that she knew a little boy named . . . .

WOLFE.

it's been a while - here are some stupid names for you...

2009-05-01T11:23:00.000-07:00

softball players:
Jaygan
Symbree

little kids:
canyon
alpine

I mean, why not name your kid up a crick?

at a swim meet....

2008-12-31T10:48:00.000-08:00

jayk.

yes, I'm serious.

At a junior jazz basketball game

2008-12-08T11:00:00.000-08:00

the little guard on the opposing team.

Jamon (pronounced by his dad who was yelling at him the whole time as Jay-man).

made up.

I'm not sure how to spell it.

if it is spelled how I think, it means ham in spanish.

hey boo-boo...let's find ourselves another pic-i-nic basket

2008-10-24T06:50:00.001-07:00

My cousing plays collegiate softball. Two weekends ago she was in a tournament. On the oposing team, a girl with a special name came up to bat.

her name was:

Teddi Beara

Other Murray Names

2008-09-24T06:44:00.000-07:00

Gideon
Zan
Nia (pronounced Nye-a)
Sylvonus
Ester

New School Year

2008-08-29T22:01:00.001-07:00

I have the following students:

Linzi
Trek (I actually thing this one is kind of cool.)
Haley (pronounced Hallie)
Deric
Cruz
Fredy
Lorenzo
... I'll think of some other ones later.

Support your candidate!

2008-08-12T11:30:00.000-07:00

Heard in the halls of Church on Sunday on the way to nursery....

"Romney"

I guess they supported Mitt so completely during the primary season that they named their child after him.

Another city to name your kid after...

2008-08-09T13:53:00.000-07:00

I've been to LONDON. I loved LONDON. I would never consider naming my kid LONDON, because I just think that's stupid.

But, if I were to name my kid LONDON, I'd spell it LONDON.

Not Londyn.

Has that London Bridge fallen down on your head?

Ward Names

2008-08-03T21:29:00.000-07:00

There are these three girls - sisters - in my ward's primary. They come to church with their grandpa. The oldest is named Summer (common, so not so bad), but the other two are Alize (pronounced Aly-zae) and Azia (pronouced Asia). I guess the parents like the letter "z."

Which months are appropriate to call your kid?

2008-08-02T17:53:00.000-07:00

Well i am sure we've all heard the general names for people that are also months of the year; Like April, Mae (spelled differently for disguise), June, September...or Ceptember, December.

What about venturing out and using different languages for these same months?
April- Avril-
May- Mai- Maj
June- Juin- Juni-
September- Septembre-
December- Decembre- Dezember

I guess it's just whatever your heart desires.

if you were going to name your kid a city - what city would you use?

2008-07-26T20:03:00.000-07:00

Were at the Bees! Game right now and these boys are sitting in front of us with very boozy parents.

Oakland - they are calling him Oakie for short

Boston

We think they're cousins. We're not sure but we do know that one of their moms isn't wearing underwear.

Maybe they are just fans of the American League.

A Kiwi Ally

2008-07-24T15:44:00.000-07:00

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080724/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_bizarre_names

My dad wears his sunglasses at night

2008-07-11T09:48:00.000-07:00

Milwaukee Brewers OF Corey Hart (on my ESPN Fantasy Team) was voted to be the last person added to the NL All-Star Team.

He has a 2 yr old daughter named 'Ryleigh'.

Which is the correct spelling?

2008-07-01T11:20:00.000-07:00

I once had a high school student who's last name was Hawley.

I once knew a girl named Holly.

I currently have a student named Hollee.

Which one is right?

Where is John?

2008-06-30T12:41:00.000-07:00

I was listening to a radio program and the caller referenced her sons, "Matthew, Mark, and Luke" (in that order).

Heard at the SL Bees Game on Sat. Night

2008-06-22T12:42:00.001-07:00

Ryker - a clever misspelling of notorious prison (Riker's Island)?

Riggin - the singularized version of the surname of the last great white running back in the NFL (John Riggins)?

Huh?

2008-06-22T11:36:00.000-07:00

I came across a blog and there was a picture of a girl and her name was under the picture.

Her name was Braygan.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

Tooele

2008-06-20T07:38:00.001-07:00

My first year at Tooele Jr. I had a male student named Shannon. He wanted to be called Squirrel. He spent most of that year in DT. I don't know what happened to him.

I also had a Chisolm and a Zebulon that year.

Once I had a female student named Kacey. She spelled her name K-C on her papers.
Once I had a female student named Jessica. She decided to add a "k" halfway through the year and became Jessicka.
Oh yeah, and don't forget Buck. I often told him that he needed to "stop here."

Spotted on Mickey Mouse Ears at the Long Beach Aeroport

2008-06-18T12:19:00.000-07:00

Aydin.

It sounds rather Jedi-ish as well.

Mace, Boba, Lando, Aydin.

Steel?

2008-06-12T19:28:00.000-07:00

At basketball camp today there was this really big doofy kid named Steel(e). That is a little bit out there

Can't decide which side of the force you're on?

2008-06-12T16:12:00.001-07:00

A few years ago, my brother and I were at a natural history museum. Wandering through the floors of dinosaur bones, we got stuck behind an odd family - besides being strange - the parents struggled desperately to keep their kids in toe (or is it tow?).

Regardless - we are walking around a corner and the son of the group makes his escape.

Get back her Annakin before I (#*$*#)* you! was the statement shouted by the mother.

I think that I might prefer O-be-won for my jedi knight!

Here are some winners! (poor kids)

2008-06-12T10:26:00.000-07:00

Exhibit A - Carver (as in Peanut or the restuarant)

Exhibit B - Heston (Damn Apes!)

Exhibit C - MaCade (You must capitalize the 'C' - it stands for Cursed)

Freakos!

2008-06-09T21:50:00.000-07:00

Cool! I'm a contributor to a secret blog!

From the book, Freakonomics, by Stephen Levitt, here are some unique names from California in the 2000 census:

Orangejello
Lemonjello
Temptress (named after that girl from the Cosby show, you know)
. . . my favorite, but I can't really write it here . . . . it's pronounced Shu-teed, but the actual spelling has an "I" in place of the "u" and the "eed" sound is spelled, "head."