Names: Baby Names, Band Names, -especially weird or bad ones

I had a teacher in junior high school who told us about some students she knew who had weird names, and she asked other teachers to tell her what odd names they've come across. Here they are -

First - Middle - Last (say it altogether, all at once):
Crystal Shanda Leer

Brother and sister:
Rocky and Sandy Beach

Merry Christmas

Another teacher of mine told us about some horrible white trash type parents who didn't really want kids, but the wife kept getting pregnant, so they named their kids (and these are their LEGAL names; these names are on their birth certificates):

Mistake Number One
Mistake Number Two
Mistake Number Three

In yet another class, we heard about a little girl who was murdered by her druggie/scum ball parents. The mother wanted the girl's initials to spell "USA," so she named her -

Ursula Sunshine Andrews

Overheard over the speaker at school (I'm not sure how to spell it, so I'll spell it kind of phonetically)

- and, btw, "Shuh" rhymes with "uh," as in "Uh-huh, I heard what you said," or "Uh-huh, Madonna is a skanky tramp; I agree!"

Shuh Bee Bee Pasta

- and that's just 'Pasta' as in noodles, and that was her last name.

Seen on TV (sisters):

Ima and Ura Hogg

Fictional, stupid author names:

I Pee Freely, by C. U. Pee

(Someone else on the web says it's The Golden Stream by C U Pee)

Under The Grandstands, by Seymore Butts

If anymore knows any more of the fictional ones especially, please post!

I never did understand why Cher named her daughter "Chastity." It's kind of like naming a kid "Virginity" or "Nympho."

I found another fictional author name -

The Tiger's Revenge by Claude Balls

and...

Gay Life by Ben Dover

Spots on the Wall by Hoo Flung Poo

Piles in the Aisles by Prof. Squat N. Leavum

There's also the law firm "Dewey, Cheatham & Howe". Another lawyer joined their group and it became "Howe, Dewey, Cheatham and Wynn".

Ooh, that was good. I don't think I'd heard that one before.

Leghorn Foghorn cartoons had a lawyer named "A. Shyster"

When I was a kid, my mom told me this one (it doesn't have to do with names, but it's a similar play on words) - I forget how the set-up goes; I guess something like, "What should you plant in a garden?"

Answer:

Lettuce, turnip, and pea

Back on names:

I absolutely hate some of the names in James Bond movies.

Bond films always try to come up with these double entendres, where the name sounds like a sex act or body part. One movie was called "Octopussy"

In one of the Austin Power movies, that Bond film habit was spoofed when Austin meets two Asian sisters named "Phuc Yoo" and "Phuc Mee."

In all seriousness, some Asian girls are named "Phuc." I went to school with one. She transferred in mid-year, and once we heard her name we all laughed, and some of the kids would not let up.

They went around saying, "Phuc you!" and "Mother Pucher." I admit to laughing at first, but then I felt sorry for her. Nobody was doing it to be mean. It was good natured, but it bothered her because people really drove it into the ground.

This was in the "Dear Abby" advice column yesterday (these are actual names, not made up joke names):

Internal Revenue Service supervisor:

I. M. Filer

Near Buffalo, NY

Amigone Funeral Home

Dentist

Dr. Phil Wright

Pediatrician

Dr. LeFevere

Priest

Father O'Pray

Proctology

Dr. Rumph

I thought this one was gross:

OB/GYN

Dr. C. Hymen

The thread on bad lyrics reminded me of a thread I was in over on Amazon.
We were coming up with inexplicable band names like:
The The
Dead Kennedys
Georgia Satellites
Johnny Hates Jazz
Fine Young Cannibals

One of my sister's ex-husbands was a guitar player. He had a book entirely about band names, ones that were already in use.

I skimmed through that book one day. The one that stuck in my memory was The Bloody Stools.

The rest of my list:

The Flaming Lips (I like one of their songs, but the band name leaves something to be desired, IMHO)

I always thought Smashing Pumpkins was a dorky band name.

Level 42 (another instance of - I like one of their songs, but the band name leaves something to be desired)

Nu Shooz (another instance of - I like one of their songs, but the band name leaves something to be desired)

Green Jello

Butthole Surfers

Foo Fighters

Maroon 5

Five For Fighting

Pussycat Dolls

Mandonna (Madonna tribute band)

Fleetwood Mac

Starship

The Psychedelic Furs

Menudo

New Kids On The Block

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There are web pages devoted to this topic, such as
A list of stupid (but actual) band names
which lists

HIV and the Positives
Pabst Smear
Sandy Duncan's Eye
Ted Bundy's Volkswagen
Toxic Shock and the Tampons

I notice that Hitler's name appears in many of the band names at the page above.

occasional hell : Really Stupid Band Names

Magical Mystery Baboon Feces

Yummy Yummy Death Bunny

The Worst Band Names of 06

... bad metal bands:
Sik Fuk

Stupid proper-name combinations:
Guns N’Rosa Parks
Osama Bin SARS
Tom Cruise Control

Others:
Green Milk From The Planet Orange
Forth Yeer Freshman

Best Worst Band Names:
Lyin’ b***h & The Restraining Orders

More:
Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Cannibal Corpse
Skanorrhea and the Burning Sensations
DJ Date Rape
Buster Highman and the Penetrators
Tesco Chainstore Mascara
Koran Koran
When People Were Shorter And Lived By The Water
ROTFLMAO (yes, it's a real band name!)
The Luvs (a girl group my mom was in back in the '60s, now a popular diaper brand)

All dreadful, but this one -

"And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Cannibal Corpses"

Assuming that band ever went big time, how would you cram that long title on to the CD covers and on t-shirts?!

They'd probaby have to go the lame-o acronym approach:

"AYWKUBTTODCC"

I guess they could always shorten it to

"Dead Cannibal Corpse"

or
"Trail of Dead Cannibals"

Cannibal Corpse is a separate band from And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead. Unless you're talking about combining them?!?

All I know is that Cannibal Corpse sounds as awful as their name implies. They're a death metal band with nothing but growly/screamy vocals and no taste in any of the instrumentals. If you've ever pondered what a stereotypical "Satanic" metal band (from the '90s onward) would sound like, they'd probably fit that stereotype very well. Them and Cradle Of Filth are the most overrated death metal/black metal bands known to man. I have a friend who adores Cradle Of Filth, but at least has the sense to draw the line at listening to Cannibal Corpse.

Trail Of Dead (that's how the other guys shorten their name, btw) is known as "emo-core". I hate most emo-core music; it just sounds so whiny and pretentious, and the guys who sing it sound completely emasculated. They are a stereotype in and of themselves... and they're not really doing anything that hasn't been done before and better in metal, punk, goth and even ska.

Maybe it was the way my browser was - it looked like both band names all belonged on the same line but were forced to jump to a 2nd line to fit.

I saw a porno once where an "actor" was credited as "Rip Hymen"...

eeewwww, nasty.

EEEWWWW!
The Buzzcocks
The Slits
The UK Subs
Thin Lizzy

The 20 Most Bizarre Celebrity Baby Names

It says that Nick Cage named his son "Kal-El." I didn't know that. I think "Clark" would've been a much better name.

The 25 Worst Rapper Names of All Time (5 pages long)

From page 1

#25 Lil Scrappy

Unless you're a puppy who can somehow rap, this name does not work. Even if you're literally both little and scrappy, there are better ways to express it. Lil' Scrappy is really just a step away from Mr. Woofles.

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#23
Chamillionaire

Is he a millionaire who blends in with the rest of us? Or is he a millionaire that blends in with other millionaires because being rich is just so natural to him? Or perhaps he has a million chameleons?

Or maybe he is a million chameleons who have joined together, combining their camouflage skills to appear as a rapper in order to take advantage of today's enormous market for bad hip-hop. Or perhaps he's only a tea millionaire with an enormous collection of fragrant, healing Chamomile teas. Either way, he's an idiot.

The worst, most humiliating baby names

What would compel a parent to bestow a newborn with a name like “Tiny Hooker” or “Fanny Large”? Or an amusing choice like “Wanna Towell"? It’s not just Hollywood’s elite opting for unique, embarrassing names—throughout history, normal people separated their offspring from the masses with truly terrible names.

In “Bad Baby Names,” Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback, of the genealogy Web site Ancestry.com, share thousands of shocking names given to real people, as recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Discover the funny names based around common themes, like diseases (Fever Bender, Cholera Peace), food (Bread White, Pomegranate Purple), pets (Good Dog), and if you thought Wednesday Addams was unfortunate—wait till you meet Monday Monday.

[caption for a video:]

Bad baby names
March 17: ­From Ima Hooker and Mary A. Belcher to Vieira Clinton, Michael Sherrod of Ancestry.com reveals bizarre names parents have picked for their kids.

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Bart Simpson pranks
Bart Simpson's prank calls to Moe's Tavern are nearly legendary, but the sad fact is that some people actually go through life with those goofy names. The following Bart creations all exist within the Ancestry.com databases:

Al Caholic
Oliver Clothesoff
I.P. Freely
Seymour Butz
Mike Rotch
Hugh Jass
Amanda Hugginkiss
Ivana Tinkle
Anita Bath
Maya Buttreeks

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[From the "vote for the worst" list:]

Uranus Stukey
Ghoul Nipple
Acne Fountain
Lust T. Castle
Mary A. Jerk
Ima Whore
Mutton Bucker
Hugh Jass
Fanny Whiffer
Tackle Feigenbutz
Envy Burger
Bum Snoddy
Mule E. McCart
Lard Mooney
Good Hell
Emma Royd
Noble Butt
Naught E. Bishop
Stud Duck

I knew a girl in highschool named "Tuesday." It was her actual, legal first name.

They have even more bad names listed at their site:

Sins
The authors found 149 records for people named Lust, 70 for Greed, 12 for Sloth, and 830 for Pride. Which of the 7 deadlly sins was missing? Only gluttony.

Lust Garten
Lust T. Castle
Greed Sister Mancini
Avarice Sullivan
Sloth Washton
Wrath Gordon
Envy Burger
Pride Saint
Greed McGrew
Pride Saint

Professions
With names like "Mayor Bland," it seems like some parents had high, ambitious hopes for their children's future.

Cook Cook
Governor Bush
Lawyer Low
Doctor Love
Teacher Blackbear
Judge Savage
Editor Honeycutt
Mayor Bland
Sales O. Justice
Gamble Moore

Foods
Some parents loved eating so much, they named their kids after favorite meals, snacks—and even condiments:

Lunch Magee
Dinner Ware
Bread White
Hero Brat
Mayo Head
Mustard M. Mustard
Pickle Parker
Plum Sellers
Banana Bowdy
Cherry Grant

Diseases
You'd have to be really sick to infect your offspring with virulent names like these:

Fever Bender (born 1856)
Leper Priest (born 1929)
Cholera Priest (born 1830 during the second cholera pandemic)
Rubella Graves (born 1814)
Typhus Black (born 1897)
Hysteria Johnson (born 1881)
Emma Royd (born 1850)
Kathryn E. Coli (born 1894)
Mumps Sykes (born 1891)

Reader submissions
TODAY viewers share their kooky favorites, from unfortunate names like "Tyranny" to bizarre ones like "Cascade."

Jus-N-Tyme. The mother said she made it to the hospital just in time for the baby boy to be born.
--Anonymous, Birmingham, AL

My husband and I had a deal. I'd name a girl and my husband would name a boy. We got a boy. His name is Judas Christian. I've relaxed about it, but several members of our families hate it.
--Anonymous, Vancouver, WA

Orangalo and Lamongalo. Jell-O was the only thing she could eat towards the end of her pregnancy.
--Anonymous, Winston Salem, NC

Violence is the name of a child born here in Howard County, IN. The doctors and the social workers tried talk them out of the name, but to no avail. --Anonymous, Kokomo, IN

My mother's co-worker has a new grandson named West. I knew two young sisters named Truth and Justice, my teacher said "Now all they need is a brother named American Way."
--Anonymous, Erie, PA

I am a teacher and have had students named Holly Wood and Candy Kahne.
--Amanda Oliver, Cornelius, NC

A local official in Parkersburg, WV was named Harry Pitts.
--Anonymous, Parkersburg, WV

My grandmother was saddled with the name Vera Elvira. She was often serenaded by friends and family singing The Oakridge Boys 1981 hit "Elvira."
--Diana Horst, Liverpool, NY

A cousin of a friend of mine named her daughter Tyranny. My uncle (a police officer) locked up a woman named Sh*thead, only without the asterisk- pronounced Shi-TAYd.
--Anonymous, Baltimore, MI

About 20-25 years ago I knew a man who gave his son the name "Alias." His girlfriend, the mother of the child, apparently thought the name was pretty cool so there is a man now walking this earth named "Alias." This must raise some eyebrows when he fills out a job application or experiences a minor traffic stop. I don't even want to think about an encounter with Homeland Security.
--Anonymous , Wilbraham, MA

Brock Lee. I'm not sure what they were thinking! Or even if they thought about it until after the fact.
--Lisa Stricker, Clarksburg, WV

Pajama (pronounced pay-jeh-meh). [The mother] mentioned she was looking through a Sears catalog when she was pregnant and the name jumped out at her and she knew right then and there, this was to be her daughter's name. I asked her how to spell “Pay-jeh-meh” and she replied P-A-J-A-M-A. . I thought to myself, oh no! Her poor daughter is named after Sears catalog sleepwear.
--John Panzella, San Diego, CA

A daughter of a friend of the family named her two children Samurai and Abacus.
--Anonymous, Elkridge, MD

Nataz, that’s what she named her son. She thought it was "cool" that it is Satan spelled backwards.
--Anonymous, Chico, CA

The weirdest name I ever heard for a person is Catnip Moonbeam.
--Anonymous, Ft Hood, TX

I was once at a national park and heard this fake-blonde, trophy wife was yelling at her daughter. "Cascade! Cascade!" I knew she had thought the name sounded cool, trendy, and upper class. All I could think was, "great. You named your kid after a laundry detergent!"
--Sandra Trisdale, San Diego, CA

Roxanne Gravel. As in, "rocks and gravel".
--Anonymous, L.A., CA

Strange' pronounced (Straw ja')
--Anonymous, Wynne, AR

A friend of mine told me about a girl on a soccer team named "Levitra". Seriously. People were yelling, "Good job Levitra!"
--Anonymous, Dublin, CA

In grade school there was a boy in my class named Rusty Nail.
--Anonymous, Stephens’s city, VA

Someone where I used to work named his baby girl "Damya." Yes, really. Employees who saw the announcement on the bulletin board kept imagining the child on the playground, "Get down from there Damya!" The parents had perfectly normal names.
--Anonymous, McDonald, TN

My son has a friend named Cole. That is not so bad, but his last name is Deggs. Now say his name together Cole Deggs. The kids all called him Cold Eggs!
--Teresa Walls, Ransomville, NY

Ripley and Nixon are names that will be given to twins to be born (c-section) in April.
-- Anonymous, Burleson, TX

When I worked in retail, a young couple came in and were discussing their baby's name with an associate of mine. They wanted to name their child after a good friend, but they could not decide between two friends, Eric and Keith. So they squashed the name together and decided to name their child Erickeith. Seriously.
--Anonymous, Marietta, OH

My Coworker was pregnant and I asked her if she had a name picked out yet. She said no, but she wanted to stay away from weird names, like the one her sister had given her niece. The name? Felanie. Like Melanie, but with an F. If there's such thing as cursing your child, I think that may take the cake.
--Catherine Sullivan, Anchorage, AK

Celebrities
Forget Suri or Shiloh – celebrities have given their children far stranger names! Discover the stars' oddest, most bizarre baby names:

Apple (Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow)
Moxie CrimeFighter (Magician Penn Jillette)
Hopper (Sean Penn and Robin Wright)
Pilot Inspektor (Jason Lee and Beth Riesgraf)
Sosie (Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick)
Destry (Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw)
Aurelius Cy (Elle Macpherson)
Kal-El Coppola (Nicolas Cage)
Bluebell Madonna (Spice Girl Geri Halliwell)
Audio Science (Actress Shannyn Sossamon)
Sage Moonblood (Sylvester Stallone)
Tallulah (Bruce Willis and Demi Moore)
Kyd (David Duchovny and Tea Leoni)

EDIT

I just voted in their poll, and I chose "Ima Whore" as the worst name, and it's the highest rated one at 58%

"Acne Fountain" is at the #2 spot with 7.9%. "Fanny Whiffer" got 7%.

I came very, very close to voting for "Emma Roid." She got only 2.9% of the vote. Maybe most people looking at "Emma Roid" don't realize it sounds a lot like "hemorrhoid."

Most Popular Baby Names

I went back to the most popular baby names for 1900 expecting to see names such as "Orville," "Virgil," "Horace," and "Jebediah" in the male category, but all of the names sound normal.

I guess you have to go back to the 1800s to get the really fuddy-duddy names.

1900
Female names
1. Mary
2. Helen
3. Anna
4. Margaret
5. Ruth
6. Elizabeth
7. Florence
8. Ethel
9. Marie
10. Lillian

Male names
1. John
2. William
3. James
4. George
5. Charles
6. Robert
7. Joseph
8. Frank
9. Edward
10. Henry

10 Strangest Baby Names Ever

Quality Health News

What's in a name? Some experts believe that everything from social acceptance to financial success is determined, in part, by the names we're given at birth. And many of today's parents are rejecting popular baby names in favor of more unusual monikers. What will the future hold for newborns named after shoes (Reebok), cars (Camry), and office equipment (Xerox)? Read on as we reveal the 10 strangest baby names of all time.

The Name Game

Some are silly, others are shocking, and not surprisingly, a few belong to the children of rock stars and celebrities.

1. Unique. Every child is special, but do their names need to convey their individually so literally? If you're considering "Unique" for your newborn, also bear in mind that it might not be as distinctive as you think. According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, 938 newborns were named "Unique" in 2005.

2. Timberland. If naming your child after a pair of shoes seems strange, you'll be shocked to hear that "Timberland" is on the rise. While the Social Security Administration recorded it only five times in 2003, there now are hundreds of "Timberland" toddlers. What's more, in England, the names "Nike," "Adidas," and "Reebok" all appeared on birth certificates in 2006.

3. Camry. The Toyota Camry has been America's best-selling car for years, and now some parents are naming their kids after it. But believe it or not, U.S. Census data suggests that vehicle-inspired monikers aren't that unusual; there were 55 boys named "Chevy," 22 girls named "Infiniti," 11 children named "Bentley," and five girls named "Celica" in the year 2000.

4. Apple. When actress Gwenyth Paltrow and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin named their firstborn daughter "Apple," most critics were appalled. Even so, some experts believe that the couple may have started a trend. It remains to be seen how many newborns will be named after fruit by the end of this decade, but in the year 2000, there were actually seven American boys named "Del Monte."

5. Prince/Princess. As it turns out, "Prince" and "Princess" are America's 790th and 829th most popular names for boys and girls. And according to the Social Security Administration, they're not the only stately monikers parents love: "King" and "Messiah" are in the top 1,000, while the most outlandish example goes to Jermajesty Jackson (son of Jermaine).

6. God'iss. It may not be sweeping the nation yet, but when R&B singer Lil' Mo named her daughters "God'iss Love Stone" and "Heaven," it was sure to spark some divine inspiration among expectant parents. Other names along these lines include "Venus," "Jupiter," and "Moon Unit" (the last was famously created in the 1960s by Frank Zappa).

7. Chanel. This haute-couture brand is currently the 879th most popular baby name in the United States. And it's not the only fashion label today's style-conscious parents are relying on. According to Social Security records, there were a whopping 273 boys and 298 girls named "Armani" in the year 2000.

8. Londyn. This name, which currently ranks 841st for U.S. girls, combines two growing trends: place-inspired naming and intentional misspelling. Some increasingly popular location-names include Canada, Paris, Houston, and Dallas, while spellings for a common name like "Britney" might include Britany, Brittany, Brittni, or Britnie.

9. Canon. According to Social Security records, there were 49 babies named "Canon" (after the Japanese photocopier manufacturer) in 2000; even stranger, there was actually one kid named "Xerox." Other techie-themed celebrity names include "Audio Science," son of actress Shannyn Sossamon and Dallas Clayton, and Pilot Inspektor, son of actor Jason Lee and Beth Riesgraf.

10. Tu Morrow. Some parents, like TV star Rob Morrow and actress Debbon Ayre, might think it's cute to combine first and last names in this way, but chances are, their kids won't think it's so adorable when they grow up. According to Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback's book Bad Baby Names, some of the most regrettable combo-names in history include Fever Bender, Bread White, and Monday Monday.

Actually I was trying to get the link from the other thread:

Skeletons in the closet, Young and foolish M/Thread not work safe

The photos were blocked at my end so I went hunting for the photos elsewhere didn't get anything but I got this site:

http://www.heathenworld.com/bandname/Nav2.aspx

Interesting site. A-Z alphabetically arranged, find your favorite group!

Madoona's entry is there too.
Look up M-

MADONNA - A not very slutty Christian icon. The singer goes by Madonna Louise Ciccone.

Nothing Wrong With A Name Like Coca-Cola

Aug 13, 2008

Swedish authorities say parents can now name their newborns "Budweiser" or "Metallica" if they so wish.

For decades, Swedish tax authorities had banned parents from naming their children after fast food chains, rock bands or their favourite brand of beer.

But tax authority spokesman Lars Tegenfeldt says the guidelines have been relaxed.

He says "there is nothing negative about a name like Coca-Cola or McDonald's today. In the 1970s, maybe it was".

Still, authorities are drawing the line at giving children swear words for names. And forget about naming your child God, Allah or Devil.