Baby has 25 middle names in honor of world's greatest boxers

by Jonathon Morgan (Subscribe to Jonathon Morgan's posts)
Jun 27th 2007 4:31PM

Autumn Sullivan Corbett Fitzsimmons Jeffries Hart Burns Johnson Willard Dempsey Tunney Schmeling Sharkey Carnera Baer Braddock Louis Charles Walcott Marciano Patterson Johansson Liston Clay Frazier Foreman Brown's parents thought it'd be fun to give her a few extra middle names. 25 names, in fact (just in case you don't feel like counting) which totals a whopping 185 letters.

If that seems odd (and it is), what's even weirder is that it's all part of a family tradition. Autum's mom, Maria, comes from parents who gave their three children a total of 103 names. So what gives? Why make your kids memorize an entire paragraph just to learn their full name?

As boxing fans have probably already surmised, the names are in honor of the world's greatest fighters. Both Maria and her parents boxing fanatics -- and, as you might suspect, have a healthy sense of humor.

Anyone want to place bets on how old Autum will be when she finally memorizes the whole thing?

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6-28-2007 @ 1:17AM

Southerncharm said...

LOL cracks me up. I responded to one of your posts about the parents who wanted to name their child 4Real,(judge wouldn't let happen), this is the total opposite. You know what came to my mind? Is this 4Real? :-)

6-28-2007 @ 1:14PM

brittany said...

Out of all of those did they really have to pair Hart Burns together?

7-02-2007 @ 8:07PM

danielle said...

what mean mean parents...that should of been stopped as fast as 4real....how would all that even fit on a birth certificate?

7-02-2007 @ 8:24PM

faye said...

just a publicity stunt

7-02-2007 @ 10:22PM

mary said...

it would be slightly normal if the middle names weren't last names but normal names...but still so crazy like come on? wtf for?

7-13-2007 @ 7:55PM

JEAN said...

CLAY SHOULD BE ALI.

7-02-2007 @ 9:17PM

Mark said...

Hmm... I go by my middle name, T. Mark B.

I wonder which name she is given.

7-02-2007 @ 9:22PM

jamesiniguez said...

So does Kieffer Sutherland

7-03-2007 @ 12:51PM

7-02-2007 @ 9:27PM

Ashley said...

That is just sad. I feel so bad for the kid. What kind of parents would do that to their kid. The kid doesn't know any better as of now, but you can damn well bet (I hope) she'll have enough of a head on her shoulders to change her name to a first, middle and last.

7-02-2007 @ 9:36PM

chanrhu43 said...

I just think it's stupid on behalf of the parents to do that to a child. It will cause that kid nothing but grief as she gets older. She might even be teased & asked "Which one is your REAL father?" Other kids can be cruel & this just INVITES them to be so.

7-02-2007 @ 9:49PM

styers said...

Really dumb!!

7-02-2007 @ 10:07PM

Anthony said...

Imagine how big her birth certificate must be. I can't even imagine what her high school diploma will look like!

7-02-2007 @ 10:14PM

Shag T. Larson said...

What does Shag mean in England or that neighborhood mean??? The T is for another word from our southern countries. So in two different langueges my name is f*&^ y%$. I am sure my parents never made the connection 40 years ago but that's the way I am treated at work. My whole career reflects that name, the people I teach go to the top and I am still down here. I'd say somehow a persons name ,is a persons life. So don't 'play' or 'be cute'or 'try to impress', "the community" because that person will live with it for ever!!!

7-02-2007 @ 10:13PM

christy said...

And how is all that going to fit on a small Social Security card.

natalie said...

i agree with fuck yea, if you have a really ridiculous name it is much harder to get places in life. and imagine the greif youd get. in a way, it almost defines you. these people sure arent acting like good parents so far, i hope they straighten up from here on.

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