The Name Hunter in Her Natural Habitat Encounters a Rare Animal

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

My coworker is godfather to a girl named Abimbula. It's a Nigerian name, but her parents are both English to the bone. They just liked the name.

She's apparently 15, nearly 16, has a normal social life free of any significant teasing, does NOT go by a nickname...

Dude.

I'm all for the cross-cultural name thing, but not even I can stomach Abimbula.

Comments

[mairelys.livejournal.com]

My first reaction was xD.

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

It sounds like the chorus in some hawaiian song:
Abi-mbu-la bam bu du la la ee...

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I was more thinking of the beginning of the Lion King (or maybe not the beginning...but it's in there somewhere) ;)

[krosp.livejournal.com]

haha yes

abimbula abimbula a WHEEEEEEEEeeee....

[lolzabeth.livejournal.com]

haha exactly what I was thinking!

[aaww-my-bees.livejournal.com]

Wow. I'd think she would get a "bimbo" joke at least. It's nice she doesn't get teased though.

[duckduckcaboose.livejournal.com]

That sounds too close to Ebola for my liking.

[solagirl.livejournal.com]

Good for her. I like it.

[ashleyyynoel.livejournal.com]

I can hardly even pronounce it...

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

It's (at least by this English girl) pronounced ah-BIM-buh-lah. I have a hunch that it's originally supposed to have a more pronounced U, like ah-BIM-boo-lah — but I'm not sure.

[chirpygirly.livejournal.com]

Imagine that. Someone with a different name and they have a normal social life. I'm figuring the girl is alive and well, she certainly isn't dead from the emotional devastation many would like to believe having a different than the norm name, would cause.
That being said, that name isn't my cup of tea, but to each their own.

I do though question the no nickname. I would think some people must call her something short. Like Abi(Abby)maybe.

[aquilinum.livejournal.com]

I'm going to interpret this reaction to mean either that you have a very unusual name or are fond of very unusual names, and that either being the case you get tired of people disparaging your selection.

Well, fear not, o! assumer! I too like unusual names. Just not ones that sound like the have the English word "Bimbo" in them (the name is pronounced ah-BIM-uh-lah, at least by this girl and her godfather).

And I'm pretty willing to bet that if those very close to her vouch that she doesn't go by nicknames, well... she probably doesn't go by nicknames. Remember that many Elizabeths don't use nicknames, and it's the same number of syllables.

[indicinderelly.livejournal.com]

That's kinda hard to pronounce?

She doesn't go by a nn but what nns could you make from that?

Abi
Bula
?