Names

[Leadslugga]

So I was at Wal-Mart yesterday getting groceries and such. When I got to the checkout line, I noticed my cashier's name badge.

No lie, her name was Vodkanique.

Really.

I mean, I've seen some crazy made up names on cashier types before, but seriously, this one was just named after liquor. Probably the liquor responsible for her conception, if I had to guess.

Now, I believe in freedom of expression and everyone's right to do whatever stupid **** they want, but seriously, if you name your kid Vodkanique, how is that person ever, EVER going to elevate themselves to a position higher than Wal-Mart cashier? Can you see someone with that name being taken seriously even as low as middle school? A person named Vodkanique probably couldn't go to college or get any job where it even remotely matters that customers know your name. A name like that just ruins a life.

This girl was at least 20, if not 30, so she's had this name for a long time. I can blame her mother for giving it to her, but the fact she never changed it suggests she probably doesn't care to do any better than Wal-Mart cashier.

I mean, could someone named Vodkanique even ever get married? Would anyone ever utter the words "will you marry me Vodkanique?"

Ok, rant over.

What are the most ridiculous names that any of you have encountered? I know I have seen more than just this one, but the other ones escape memory at this time.

 

[gsneff]

i'm surprised that anyone trusts someone named "Vondkanique" to handle money.

 

[gsneff]

which walmart?

 

[Akajun]

Female, pronounced FEE- MALY.
Amoron.
Seen these in person, not some internet rumor BS like Lee-a.

 

[HammondShooter]

A lady from the church I used to go to told me see knew a woman in her previous church who'd named her daughter Clitorus. She said she asked the woman if she knew what that meant or not and the woman said no. She said she then told the woman what it meant and that she was stupid. And, yes, knowing this lady and the way she was, she would have told the woman off.

 

[Bearco]

A lady came in to a store where a friend of mine works. When registering for an email list, she gave her name as Adasha. My friend asked for help in spelling it. The lady said "Girl that's easy...
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[Leadslugga]

Oh, I remember one:

My great grandmother used to work in whatever state/medical office that issues birth certificates. This was a long, long time ago, mind you. Apparently white doctors used to take their racism out on uneducated black mothers when the mothers would ask the doctors to help them name the child.

One that she saw on a birth certificate was Gonorrhea, but it was supposedly pronounce Ga-NOR-rea.

 

[Leadslugga]

Oh, and it was the Wal-Mart on College Dr. in BR.

 

[sraacke]

I see all kinds of crazy names when I'm working the ER desk at the hospital. I have a personal policy which goes "Never name your kid anything you can't find on a keychain at the mall".

 

[Reese917]

I have 2:

Pajama (Pah-jh-ma)

Orangejello (o-ran-jah-low)

I heard them from a middle school teacher, these were her students.

 

[Leadslugga]

I have nothing wrong with unique names, just don't name your kid something that plays into any stereotype of ignorance.

That's why stereotypes exist, because different groups of people ACTUALLY DO the things that are stereotyped.

But Vodkanique takes it to the next level. Shaniqua is stereotypical enough, but Vodkanique is literally named after liquor.

I mean, what if I were to have a son and name him Whiskey Tom? That even seems a little less bad than Vodkanique.

 

[LACamper]

I met a Kunta Kente once...

 

[whattheheck518]

(la-a) this was pronounced ladasha. the retarded parents of this girl spelt her name with a -(dash) and it is prounced dash. my cousin teaches this kid in school, what a shame. if you were to look at the name (la-a) what would you think her name was?????? certainly not ladasha

 

[Metryshooter]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O4BbMisj6s[/ame]

 

[BenCarp27]

I knew a set of sisters whose mother wanted all the names to sound alike,
Regina
La'Gina
And....<drumroll>

Vagina!!

Also met a girl named Enamel( pronounced Ina-Mel), she said her parents named her after the color they painted her nursery because it was so pretty.

 

[whbonney26]

I remember a girl who had the name

La-a

When I called her I was trying to say La...A

She said no, its LA DASH A

 

[csbutton]

A friend that was a BR LEO once brought in a guy from the Clinton area named "Delicious Peters" (he made a copy of the guys' license to show around).

My wife once had to give nutrition advice to a young woman named "Placenta".

For those of you who are in the environmental, health and safety field, I have always thought a good source of names might be the acronyms for laws and regulations: EPCRA, ToSCA, ReCRA, OSHA, LOTO, HazMat, ANSI, ARAR, ASHRAE, etc.....

 

[edman87k5]

IIRC, orangello and lemongello were twins at sherwood middle a few years back. la-a is for true also, cant remember which school in the ebr system though.
I know a jack daniel (white guy).
I know a pajama (guess).
A girl at work is named latasha but it is spelled lathucher.

 

[artabr]

Shi thead (sha thèèd) born at Dautrive Hospital in New Iberia.
Saw it with my own eyes. Nurse said she had heard of another with the same name.


Art

 

[ATSOFLA]

That's why stereotypes exist, because different groups of people ACTUALLY DO the things that are stereotyped.

Its just like warning lables on bleach that say "DO NOT DRINK". Its only on there because some dumbass actually did it.

My mom use to work at an OB/GYN that dealt with mostly Medicade/Medicare patients. Nearly once a week there was a baby named LeMonjello, Orangejello, Syphilis, or some other crazy name.

I guess there is something to be said for completeing high school!?!

Just sayin.........