Funny Names

Preemienurse23 · Sep 15, 2008

I had one named Journee. I love this one.

elizabells, BSN, RN · Sep 15, 2008

I had one named Journee. I love this one.

Lol, so did I. So named because a) mom was an in-labor transport and b) she was a 24-weeker, so she had quite a journey ahead of her. Or something.

We're seeing a lot of Celtic names lately. Finn, Finley, Liam, Maeve, etc.

joeyzstj, LPN · Sep 15, 2008

A hospital across the street from ours had a lady who names her kids;

Orangejello (Or-on-juh-low)

Lemonjello (Luh-mon-juh-low)

Sh!Thead *spelling changed (Shuh-Theed)

A lady who I work with that took care of the last one walks around calling people "Shuh-Theed" (Sh1thead). It seems the first two are somewhat common.

NFB2008 · Sep 15, 2008

the most recent: Carlene...weird for a baby

Well, those women named Carlene were babies once...

A little while ago we had a set of triplets who were named after characters from Dungeons and Dragons. They were quite weird. I don't know Dungeons and Dragons, but apparently the nurses who took care of those babies asked where the names came from.

Sweeper933 · Sep 15, 2008

We're seeing a lot of Celtic names lately. Finn, Finley, Liam, Maeve, etc.

So are we. We've had both a Finley and a Finn recently. They were both there at the same time even.

Preemienurse23 · Sep 15, 2008

I've been seeing a lot of names ending in "izah, ijah." Like Urijah, Uziah. (both biblical, the first is a UFC fighter I think.)

nursejoy1, ASN, RN · Sep 16, 2008

oh Gee, where do i begin,
Tylone (pronouned Tylen - most likely nicknames Tylenol when older)

One boy that went to school with my sister was named Tylen. And poor kid his last name was HALL. I could not believe his parents did that!

elizabells, BSN, RN · Sep 16, 2008

I heard about one named Cash Money today. How the hell is that kid ever going to get a job when he grows up, I ask you?

RNSC · Sep 21, 2008

Well its starting

Gray's Anatomy's names are here. I just sent home Ellis and Addison. girls. Mom said they were family names. Sure

Imafloat, BSN, RN · Sep 21, 2008

Well its starting
Gray's Anatomy's names are here. I just sent home Ellis and Addison. girls. Mom said they were family names. Sure

We've had a bunch of Ellis and Addisons.

I am noticing a trend towards putting two names together as one first name.

Lilynicole

Aubriannelise

Lilyanna

Devonshane

Out of curiosity I ask the moms if they are going to call the baby by their full name or shorten it and they always say shorten it. I want to ask then why are you giving them this long name, do you know what a pain it is going to be for the next 18 years writing that all out on school forms etc?

rph3664 · Sep 21, 2008

We've had a bunch of Ellis and Addisons.
I am noticing a trend towards putting two names together as one first name.
Lilynicole
Aubriannelise
Lilyanna
Devonshane
Out of curiosity I ask the moms if they are going to call the baby by their full name or shorten it and they always say shorten it. I want to ask then why are you giving them this long name, do you know what a pain it is going to be for the next 18 years writing that all out on school forms etc?

I lived briefly on an Indian reservation in the early 1990s, and they did a lot of name-combining for girls as well, or giving her a feminized derivative of the father's name.

Back in the old days, people almost never went by their given names, it seems.

TiffyRN, BSN, PhD · Sep 21, 2008

I have a new one to add . . . Just an average family, middle class. . .

Little boy they named "Sparrow"