Thank Heavens my parents did not think like this:

http://youtu.be/BfIehCrO4Zs

Yes...thank God my parents weren't idiots when it came to naming their sons.

Ron Burr

Ha ha. Funny. Ive heard a couple of those names in Utah, but none were spelled weird like they had it. But I guess Im a product of weird Utah name spelling. I have a common name but its spelled differently than anyone has seen it.

To be fair, you'll get stupid names in every state. I knew a girl named "Ladasha" in NY; it was literally legally spelled: La-a, "you know la, dash, ah."

Facepalm.

I know a lady here in TX who named her daughter Shitte (pronounced shy-tee)

I hope she's allowed to sue her parents for damages once she realizes...

Wow, that a shitte name.

Why do so many of them have stripper and porn star names/spellings?
That's not avoiding the appearance of evil, ya' know.

We are not in Utah and I see lots of that stuff. Weird spellings and crazy names that might be cute on a baby that doesn't have to grow up. A relative just named her baby Ozzy, I asked if it's after Ozzy Osbourne. They said, "Who?" They are nevermo.

Not to defend Mormons or anything. The ones who get me are the BOM names, or church history names, especially when they haven't really read the history.

Shithead

Since we're on the name topic - anyone ever heard the name Kozette? I had never heard it before. Any opinions? It's a "Utah name".

It's from Les Mis.

I thought that was Funette.

probably a unique spelling of 'Cosette' from Hugo's series 'Les Miserables'.

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I'm hoping this is the right place, now :)...nope.



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Kosette is an illiterate parent.

Poor kid-it sounds like a trendy new feminine hygiene product.

Yeah my TBM stepson just named his kid after a well known communist.

There's no excuse for that kind of stupidity. Before you name your baby, Google the name. You might be surprised what kinds of people have had names that carry a bad image.

don't be silly, xyz. he named the kid pol pot.

I am convinced that the degree to which someone waxes creative over the spelling of their child's name is equal to the degree of extreme white trash they happen to be.

I really wanted to name my child Katerina, but instead stuck to the normal english version of Katrina as i didn't want her to have to spend her life spelling out her name. I still call her Kat er ina, sometimes,tho.

Sometimes odd name spellings just say that you come from another country. Mine is the 'normal' German way to spell Karin.

Family in rural Utah named their son Kike.

OMG, just choked a little. Lets hope he never falls in love with a Jewish girl!

Oy. I have a step son with a unique name, and spelling. Silent "h", in a name that would otherwise be a "cool" name. I would type it, but trying to avoid the "Google". Completely dorky spelling, effeminate if anything.

I often ask his dad, my husband, Wth were they thinking. Another option was Slade. Seriously? Did they think the kid would ever need to get a job, write a resume? Ugh.

Wacky Utah names is one of my WORST peeves.

First rule of thumb when naming my children, easy to SPELL. And secondly, easy to pronounce, as to avoid first-day-of-school (not to mention a lifetime) embarrassment.

The white trash definition cracks me up, it is so true.

Anyone that is such an asshole that they won't hire you based on your name is not someone you want to work for anyway. People with traditional anglo-saxon sounding names like "Ann" or "Mike" are not the only qualified people in the world.

Real: Twin Utah boys, Cope and Hagen. These are probably jacks or noms, but definitely rednecky.



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One of my SIL's TBM friends has a daughter named MyLay. I'm not sure how she spells it but that is the pronunciation. I'm not sure how that poor child is surviving high school.

Not a Utah name, but I know a couple whose last name is Roll. They named their daughter "Rocken" Roll. Middle name: "Ana"
pronounced Onna

I went to high school with a "Nephi" He didn't seem to give a flying "f@ck" about his name. He ended up on the football team trying to get laid.

A girl I went to school with in Utah. Named for her Grandfather Vernon. I have seen many girls named for men with a weird ending to feminize it. I like traditional names where everyone knows what you are saying and everyone knows how to spell it. I guess I am old fashioned and lack imagination :).

I have a friend who named her girl "Embri" Like embryo.
I know somebody else who is pregnant. If its a boy they are naming him Hinkley and i f its a girl they are naming her Adley?! It seems like all the names now end with Bri Den Lee or Gan.