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Parents take crazy baby names to the extreme
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Would you name your child Gandalph? How about Superman?
Before Edan was born, I used to joke that we should name her "I'm not supposed to tell you", or "Jxxhtizial", and tell people that it was just a unique spelling of "Julie". That'd spawn hilarious conversations in which we'd imagine how the theoretical child we were naming would deal with school, meeting new friends, etc.
In truth, Edan's mom never thought that was very funny. I eventually came to my senses.
But according to this article in the Irish Independent, not every parent was so level-headed when it came to the actual name they bestowed upon their offspring. Six babies have been named Gandalph, two have been named Superman, and there's literally thousands of kids named after Britney Spears, Keanu Reeves, Tiger Woods and Kylie Minogue. One unfortunate soul lucky kid has actually been named Harry Potter.
No lies.
Anyone else heard a real wacko baby name lately? Did any of you get creative in paying tribute to your favorite popular star or fictional character when naming the little'un?
PS: As a side ntoe, I'd like to point out that if my parents had only changed the "h" in my name to an "r", I'd be Jonatron instead of Jonathon -- which would've been way cooler.
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1-10-2007 @ 10:45AM
Rika said...our lil bundle is due feb 12. Her first name is Kyra and her last name is Specht (sounds like Speck the way most people pronouce it)
My dad is still trying to con us into making her middle name Re
As in "Kyra Re Specht" Which comes out sounding like Kyra Re-spect when you yell it...Yes we yell tested our names :)
The worst part is ....I'm soooooo tempted :) Am i evil or what?
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