Today's Thursday Thirteen is The 13 Craziest Names I've had/Seen in My Teaching Career: (no lie these are all real!)
1) Matches
2) Cashmiere
3) Sapphire
4) Sapphire's sister Jade
5) America
6) Chardonnay
7) Tequilla (wonder what these parents' favorite drinks were)
8) Sienna
9) Basadar
10)Shriek (pronounced Shrek)
11)Yayshara (9,10,and 11 are brothers and sisters)
12)Hamidat
13)Amokowomo (it was a last name)
12 and 13 are African names so they have a reason for being unique but seriously, I wonder what some of these folks are thinking about when they name their children.
5 comments:
I love "Thursday's Thirteen"! Have you heard of the book Freakonomics? It has a chapter on baby names and it was interesting to read. For example, the kid named "Shriek" - the parents probably did want to name him after the movie but just didn't know how to spell right! :)
shannon, thank you so much for making me laugh my butt off this morning. i really needed that :) Love!
wow those are awful ha!
Those are some intersting names!
Oh my word, that's hilarious. I love it! There are just some things you don't need to name children. My mom's friend is a teacher, and she had a student named "Shithead"...pronounced "Sha-theed." Is that not TERRIBLE? Makes you thankful to have a normal name, huh?
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