[identity profile] cremepuff.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] babynames
One of my friends is a speech therapist at an elementary school, and she posted on her Facebook about some of the, shall we say, interesting names of her students. I just had to share these because they're a classic case study in how not to name your kids.

Kwntyn--Pronounced like Quentin, but devoid of all regular vowels. An i, an e, heck even a y after the w would have made it slightly more tolerable.

Eriola--Yes, it pronounced like areola, the area surrounding a nipple.

Yaa--Pronounced like the word yah or yeah.

Krustini--Like the Italian bread.

NikeAira--It's pronounced Nike (like the shoe) Air-uh, she was named after the shoe, and apparently she is proud to tell everyone that she was named after the shoe.

Franchika

Iceez--Like Icees slushies?

Nokia--Yep, just like the cell phone company.

Jatwon Lakwon


Thoughts?

Date: 2008-10-30 07:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cherryboomstick.livejournal.com
Eriola and Krustini are awful.

Nokia sounds like it's a Japanese name, and probably was before the phone company came out, so... that name's not so bad to me.

Jatwon Lakwon is pretty bad too... *shakes head*

Date: 2008-10-30 07:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kilobites.livejournal.com
I think the two that bother me more are Iceez (that's a rapper name if I ever heard one) and NikeAira. Nike would almost be acceptable, because it was a Greek goddess before it was a shoe company. But combined, that's just really bad.

The ones that bother me least are Nokia, and maybe Yaa.

Date: 2008-10-30 07:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kitchen-poet.livejournal.com
Actually, I know an "Aireola" too. (Spelled that way.) It seems nipple naming is way more common than you would think.

I think it is NikeAira that bothers the most. Why not class it up a bit with a brother they call DocMartin? That is just ridiculous.

Date: 2008-10-30 08:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aqualectra.livejournal.com
they all need speech therapy? lol. why am i not surprised!!!

Date: 2008-10-30 10:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lovequote.livejournal.com
i work with two guys with strange names (first and last name): chin bum and kleang khorn (sounds like clang corn)

NikeAira.. oh my

Date: 2008-10-30 10:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 0o-faerie.livejournal.com
Wow, those are bad!

Actually, I've always kind of liked Nikè (NEEK-eh), like the goddess, but I'm afraid it will always be pronounced like Nike (the shoe).

Date: 2008-10-30 10:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anapology.livejournal.com
NikeAira is ridiculous, if she wasn't so proud she could always say she was named after the Roman Goddess.

Date: 2008-10-30 11:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] th3-unicorn.livejournal.com
ahaha that's Crostini :D (prn Crow-STEE-nee)

I have to say I don't mind Nokia, but I definitely prefer Ikea (ee-KEH-ah in italian)

Date: 2008-10-30 11:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] th3-unicorn.livejournal.com
OMG I didn't read that part, this made me laugh so hard!!!! XD

Date: 2008-10-30 12:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] platomapus.livejournal.com
all of them are horrid!!!!!!

Date: 2008-10-30 02:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hoboheart.livejournal.com
my cat is named Iceez XD ...named it when i was 5yrs old
my attempt to spell ISIS

Date: 2008-10-30 02:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] laminy.livejournal.com
NikeAira. Nice, that's classy.

Date: 2008-10-30 03:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sandtree.livejournal.com
Nokia's Finnish, actually, but as far as I know, it's not a personal name.

Date: 2008-10-30 07:36 pm (UTC)

Date: 2008-10-30 07:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spartan-picnic.livejournal.com
Nokia is actually 100% Finnish, it's a name of a city here and also name of several companies that make cellphones, rubber boots, tires etc. It's not used as a personal name though.

Date: 2008-10-30 07:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spartan-picnic.livejournal.com
Hahhah, I laughed at Ikea :D Anyway, Nokia is baaad.

Date: 2008-10-30 07:38 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spartan-picnic.livejournal.com
I live next to Nokia and had a violin teacher called Aira when I was younger.

Date: 2008-10-30 08:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com
roflmfao.... omg... that's so from 'Transformers'!!!!

Agent Simmons: Ooh. Nokia's are real nasty. You've gotta respect the Japanese. They know the way of the samurai.
Maggie Madsen: whispers Nokia's from Finland.
Keller: Yes, but he's, you know, a little strange. He's a little strange.

Date: 2008-10-30 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cherryboomstick.livejournal.com
LOL see? Common mistake...

Date: 2008-11-01 01:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] and-after-that.livejournal.com
I like Francesca as a name, but Fran-chick-uh? Or is it Fran-cheek-uh? Either way, thumbs down!
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