I had a student named Asenath after the wife of Joseph in the OT. Fortunately, she had a cute nickname which she used.

I have a young grand-nephew named "Talmage." Poor boy will have trouble explaining that one to everyone outside his morg world.

Years ago, I attended a baby shower where one guest bragged that each of her numerous kids were named after BofM characters. All I could think was,'Those poor kids.'Jared, Sariah, Sam , Benjamin and maybe a few others are okay, but this woman had more kids than t he BofM has normal names.

Knew a couple named Deford a few years back who named their new son: Harrison.

Yep, Harrison Deford.

Only a mormon could be so...ewwww.

ROTFLMAO

This is probably common out in the Morridor, but I want to mention that I live in *New Jersey.* No one knows/gives a hoot about the Mormons unless they're making fun of them.

On that note, a family in my ward just named their baby Brigham. That child will be laughed at and ridiculed for his entire life because of his ridiculous name. It's such a shame. He's an adorable, sweet baby.

I am praying to dog that my friend, Alison, and her husband, Tyler, who are both TBM and living in Provo, do not name their first son anything weird. Alison's siblings have normal names-Spencer, Jill, Lane, Anna, etc., but I am not sure about any of Tyler's siblings. Considering how much they love the church, though, they will probably name him something just awful.

There was a guy in my freshmen BYU ward whose name was Joseph Smith. I kid you not. Of course, he went by his middle name, "Andrew", but STILL. What were the parents thinking.

Red Puppy Wrote:
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> There was a guy in my freshmen BYU ward whose name
> was Joseph Smith. I kid you not. Of course, he
> went by his middle name, "Andrew", but STILL.
> What were the parents thinking.

TThe poor guy!

I know a guy named Joe Smith but he has not clue the Morg even exits.

My best frinds grandfather was also named Joseph Smit. His wife was named Emma

I knew a Mormon kid named LaVoy. At first I thought his father was saying "M,boy."

I have a nephew named Taygun, and a nephew named Jaxson.

"Jaxson" is actually quite popular nowadays, and not just with Mormons. I think it arose from the popularity of "Jackson" a few years ago, when parents started thinking it would be more "creative" to try a different spelling. I also know a couple who spell their three-year-old son's name "Jaxsen."

The irony, of course, is that about two months after the first set of parents began spelling "Jackson" creatively, the spelling became common.(I know other baby "Jaxson" and "Jaxsen"s as well.) These parents never seem to realize that they are following naming trends.

A bit O/T, but there is a truly hysterical website devoted to bad baby names; the woman who writes the commentary is hysterical, at least in my opinion:

http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/

My sister in law named their first son Packer. YUCK!!

That poor kid named "Packer" is going to get some *serious* ribbing in the locker room as he gets older.

I hope he changes his name when he turns 18.

My Ex Was Named Abinadi

Here are some other kids I have known in my class:
Kaeoteh (Kay Oh Tay), MuKenzie (sounds like Muh Kenzie), Jawhn (John), and my favorite, ShaTwhilah (sha-twhy-la)

A friend of mine named her son Boise. Cute now, while he is 2 1/2 but not going to be cute in a few years.

Another woman I know named her daughter MyLay. This is a Caucasian LDS family who just liked how it sounded - no ethnic or family tradition. MyLay is in junior high now but in high school boys are going to be asking her "So, are you really my lay?"

I had a TBM coworker who named all his kids "Joseph." The first-born was a boy, not too bad.

The rest were girls: Joseph Emily, Joseph Elizabeth, Joseph Jennifer, etc etc etc.

Poor kids!

~VOW

Someone mentioned Catelyn and the various spellings on the original baby name thread but I had to add an option to the list. Keightlynne. I shit you not. Why burden someone to a life of never, ever having her named spelled even close without telling someone?!

I'm also glad to see someone posted the link to the Utah Baby Names site. They have a tip to open your back door and call out the name five times real loud as if you're calling the little one in for the night and see how stupid you feel before actually saddling a kid with it. :-) For some reason Celestia is my favorite from that list. I love to say in my very best RS pres voice.

My neighbor who is inactive and hasn't resigned due to family issues - his name - BRIGHAM he goes by brig. poor guy. And we live in Virginia not Utah

How about having the first son and calling him **JARED**
That's not too bad.

How about having the second son and calling him,

MAHONRI MORIANCUMER (AKA) ""Brother of Jared""

That is honestly a ghastly event, but it actually happend in an old Stake where I used to live.

JB

They just named my new grandson Sabian, after the Cymbal Mfg. Daddy plays drums.

My wife's cousin just named their son TEANCUM. I cringed when I read the baby announcement. My never-mo friend cringed when she read it because she thought it said "tea 'n cum"

I also had a buddy growing up with the middle name of Nephi.

Apostate Nate Wrote:
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> My wife's cousin just named their son TEANCUM. I
> cringed when I read the baby announcement. My
> never-mo friend cringed when she read it because
> she thought it said "tea 'n cum"
>
> I also had a buddy growing up with the middle name
> of Nephi.

Pronounced teen-cum? Oh, yeah. That'll go down well with his friends! ;o))

These folks are not Mormon, they're the son & DIL of a fmaily friend. They have saddled the boy with the 3rd worst name in the universe. I used to think it was THE worst but MAHONRI MORIANCUMER and TEANCUM are even more horrid.

Horace Percival. The kid is only 5 and he's going to get his ass kicked every day for his entire 12 yrs of school.



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janebond462 Wrote:
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> These folks are not Mormon, they're the son & DIL
> of a fmaily friend. They have saddled the boy
> with the 3rd worst name in the universe. I used
> to think it was THE worst but MAHONRI MORIANCUMER
> and TEANCUM are even more horrid.
>
> Horace Percival. The kid is only 5 and he's going
> to get his ass kicked every day for his entire 12
> yrs of school.

Horace Percival? Sounds kind of classy.

I had an Aunty Nephi-Lehi...


(p.s. I didn't really)



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Boyd

Boyd

It's like Bugs Bunny defining Daffy Duck.... 'you are a boyd!'

I personally would have liked to be named Shiz. It's the best name in the book. He inspired me to be a mighty warrior when he took a breath AFTER having his f*cking head cut off!! You know you're a badass if you can pull THAT shit off.

What do you do if you have a girl and you really wanted to use a BoM name? You're left with Sariah, Isabelle (A harlot), and Abish.

I had a friend in college that named their baby girl Abish.

Shiz would be a cool name. It always made me chuckle on my mission because in german the z sounds like ts (like in pizza). So his name was Shits

I knew a poor boy named Kolob! He was part Polynesian, though, so some people thought it was an exotic name. Plus he was huge, so I don't think he got messed with much...