[1NAmyllion]

LilPeanut, I didn't mean those were bad names or anything like that, just names I had never heard myself. I actually think Kaleialoha is a pretty name. It sounds very peaceful and now that you added the meaning I like it even more.

[WeeBabyRN]

We had a boy named Hollywood.

[seasalt]

Here's a list of a few of the babies I've met over the years. What amazes me is how well educated, downright likeable, some of these parents were.

1. Leon & Noel (male & female twins, since they are opposites mom spelled Leon backwards for Noel...or maybe, it was Noel for Leon....)
2. Danger S. (the S stand for Sebastian)
3. Lord Atticus Von Dugen
4. Bastian & Atreyu (twins named for "Neverending story" characters)
5. Layaway
6. Egyptain Pyramid
7. Panda
8. Paradyce
9. Trailer
10. Siegel & Saylor (female twins, pronounced Seagull & Sailor)
11. Precious Mahogany
12. Ja'Mes (pronounced Jay-meese)
13. Richard (mom wanted it pronounced Rich-chard)
14. twins Panther (male) & Hunny (female)
15. Grey (interracial marriage, black + white = grey)
16. Cinderella
17. Espn (pronounced Espen...yes, after the sports station. We've actually had TWO babies with this name!)
18. Abcde (several of these a few years ago, pronounced Ab-si-dee)
19. Nevaeh (Heaven backwards)
20. Quads: Maria Isabella, Maria Isanella, Maria Isella, and Felix

Maybe we should all study law so that we can represent some of these kids when they sue for child abuse some day.

[Elvish]

Sixto is a fairly common Hispanic name. I wouldn't name my own child that but I've seen it several times.

[AliRae]

Originally Posted by Arwen_U

Sixto is a fairly common Hispanic name. I wouldn't name my own child that but I've seen it several times.

My best friend didn't know this, and met someone with this name. She promptly stuck out her hand and introduced herself as "four-finger," thinking it was a joke. She'll probably never live it down.

[CRDBear]

I guess because of where our NICU is we have strange names more than we have "normal" ones! Some recent additions:

Tynir and Tyzir (twin boys)

Jihad (pronounced "jay had")

Sartok

Nasir

It was kinda sad yesterday...I admitted a Daniel and all the nurses had looks of relief when the dad told us the name!

[Preemienurse23]

We had a set of "identical" boy/girl twins (according to moms dr!) named Serenity and Syruss.

[Preemienurse23]

Originally Posted by AliRae

I actually kept a list a few years ago when I was working at a bush hospital in Zambia. We would go into villages and immunize hundreds of kids, so I saw quite a few names over the course of the summer. Apparently any English word will do! Some of my personal faves?

Obvious
Emergency
Thankston
Champ
Matron
Progress
Mars
Ethelbert
Basin
Flex
Stew
Organ
Wand
Chunks
twins: Steve and Stevious
and a baby I delivered whose mother named her Marble

Wow, I understand that the parents may not know what the word means, but Chunks?!?!

[Elvish]

These are not so much funny as cool....I had a Middle Eastern pt with a set of twins (boy & girl) that she named Sammy and Samia.

[Sweeper933]

While a lot of unusual names often times come from some parents being a little too creative... we have a baby on our unit who's name is definately more from the parents not being too creative...

Dad's name is Dante. They had a baby girl last December at 26 weeks, and named her Dantea (don-tay-ah). The baby went home sometime in April. This same Mom (who by the way is only 17), just had a baby boy, 25 weeks born just this week (don't even get me started on the logistics of that all...!!!). So what do they name him... Donte.

At least the parents are consistant!