Should parents be allowed to do this?

[boingo82]

OK, I know this is not as good a topic as shooting Girl Scouts or giant cardboard boxes, but it's slow in here tonight.
Just wondering what everyone thinks about parents who give their children really REALLY horrible names.

Example 1:
Phrynchezka Simone
(Bonus points if you can guess what conventional name they were trying to spell.)

Example 2:
Urhines Kendall Icy Eight Special K
(Bonus points for each drug reference you spot.)

Example 3:
Ty"Najee Lewis Scott
(Yes, that is a quotation mark. Bonus if you can figure the gender.)

[Afrofent]

I don't think that they should be allowed to but if it something to do with thier culture then it is ok. If it mean's something then that is fine too, but if it is just beacuse they couldn't think of anything else, then no.

[Afrofent]

Oh, and example 3 is a Boy.

[FireBball972]

whatever

people have named their children after car manufacturers for christs' sake

i've also heard of kids named after bullets

so, i guess i'm not surprised at all at these

[Karen512]

The first one is supposed to be Francheska (sp??) (ugly baby by the way...)
The second.....and 8-ball of ice and some ketamines (the kid looks like a drug dealer already!!)

[l33tc4k30fd00m]

Well... Depends how bad the name is I guess.

But it's a terrible thing to do to a child. I would never forgive my parents for doing something like that. Most kids have a tough enough time growing up as it is without crap like that.

[93rollaracer]

could be worse...

what if your last name was dick and your parents named you anita...or jack hoff or...you get the point

people will look at those kids funny, but those names i just mentioned will get their asses kicked countless times before they reach high school

[boingo82]

Originally Posted by 93rollaracer

could be worse...

what if your last name was dick and your parents named you anita...or jack hoff or...you get the point

people will look at those kids funny, but those names i just mentioned will get their asses kicked countless times before they reach high school

I post on a baby-name-snarking board sometimes, a woman there knows a lady who named her boy Penis and her girl Vagina.

[Mediocrity]

I know a Mike Hunt and a Jack Coffman.

[tonioseven]

Sad

[kittedb18bt]

i understood the 2nd one because of my drug days. i wuz a bad dawg.

[matada]

#2 is destined to be a crack addict. However, all the parents who named those children have already fulfilled that particular destiny.

Your childern grow to emulate the name they are given. You think Lance Armstong would have succeded as Earl Smarm? Nah. Not even a chance.

Every individual is a product of many things. Home environment, locale, and yes even a name. Imagine being the poor schlep who has to explain the quotation mark in his name.

Thank god the law allows for name changes.

[kittedb18bt]

Originally Posted by matada

#2 is destined to be a crack addict. However, all the parents who named those children have already fulfilled that particular destiny.

Your childern grow to emulate the name they are given. You think Lance Armstong would have succeded as Earl Smarm? Nah. Not even a chance.

Every individual is a product of many things. Home environment, locale, and yes even a name. Imagine being the poor schlep who has to explain the quotation mark in his name.

Thank god the law allows for name changes.

extremely well said there bud. i knew a kid who had to grow up with the name of Ben Gay! he wasn't homosexual, but why oh why the name Ben? anything but Ben. geez, cruel parents. the boy was a nice guy though.

[zebrathree]

My mates GF changed her name to India, because she didn't like her original name.

She still won't tell me what it is.

[TexasF355F1]

Originally Posted by kittedb18bt

i understood the 2nd one because of my drug days. i wuz a bad dawg.

Yea know shit huh. That kid is definately named after drugs. Icy Eight Special K People are idiots and this is what happens to kids born to drug addicts.