Name Fail

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I saw this on Failblog and it made me really laugh out loud.  Not only is ESPN a terrible name, but many of the others on the list aren't much better:
http://failblog.org/2009/02/06/baby-name-fail/

 

Comments

[chocklit-frog.livejournal.com]

LOL, that's terrible. I hesitate to say, though, that some of these names are... actually ok, though nms. Like Esme, Esther, Eugenie, Eurydice even, if a bit out-there.

[calixbat.livejournal.com]

I dont mind some of the names :P
I just wasnt going to be the first to say it!

[snoglobel.livejournal.com]

I like some of them too, just not most - lol.

I do like Esme, Esther (kinda), Eurydice, and Etana isn't terrible. My great grandma was named Eugenie.

[calixbat.livejournal.com]

Looking over them I only like a couple but it just felt like I shouldnt have once it was pointed out most of them were bad. haha

[calixbat.livejournal.com]

So would you call the child E-S-P-N or Es-pin?....

[songspell.livejournal.com]

I think it's "usually" pronounced "ES-pin"

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

There was a news story about this a few years ago...the person who first gave it as a name to his kid pronounced it ESS-pin. Yuck! What's next? NBC, ABC, CNN??

[calixbat.livejournal.com]

lol
NBC reminds me of imbecile when i read it....I guess lacking an L.
Ab-see?
and
suh-ni-ni?
hah
Im sure someone will figure out how to turn them into baby names. :(

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I like Eugenie. I also like Esmerelda, but I don't think I could get away with giving it to a child who will be half Irish and half French.

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

Espen is actually a legit Scandinavian name (and I like it) but ESPN is just...wrong.

I've always kind of like Euridice though. But I wouldn't use it. It's too out there, even for my taste.

[onzeminutos.livejournal.com]

Etana means snail in Finnish. Eww!

[stormqueen280.livejournal.com]

Kid could never EVER travel to Finland.

[onzeminutos.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's the same thing with the name Kala. I know it's Hawaiian/Indian but it also means fish in Finnish :/

[pythianlegume7.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that the "fail" part is only referring to ESPN as a name, the (some of) rest are okay.

[feeltherain.livejournal.com]

Who in the world would name their child ESPN?

[ditzyfish.livejournal.com]

Essery might as well have a P at the front :/

[alexandria-skye.livejournal.com]

eeeew. i looked it up because i thought this might have just been a clever manip. i was wrong D:

[heliophyte.livejournal.com]

haha, just on that small section of names alone, there are like three that could be prescription drug names.

[dearhearrt.livejournal.com]

hahahah.
Poor kid. I'm sorry :(

[pyrokitten77.livejournal.com]

Lol. XD