Mormon baby names

[renishas.livejournal.com]

I live in Utah which has a high population of Mormons. A predominatly Mormon Facebook group I’m a member of had a thread recently about weird Utah and/or Mormon baby names. I picked the best of the best for you. Siblings are separated by comas. Twins where noted. Some last names are listed for the purpose of acknowledging the ridiculousness.

America Jane
Utahna
Pompy BlackJack Griffen
Gazelle
Wayne Chun
Gershon, Coriantum, and Cumeni (Que- Many) (All boys)
Pebbles (f)
Zina
Trinz’dee
Faith GodsDaughter (Named as an adult to changed to Christina)
Cash Muney, and Gamble Lynn Muney (Multiple people knew these two brothers)
Hurricane and Tornado (Twins)
Liberty Belle
Alisha, Brianna, Carlie, Danaka & Delinda (twins), Ethan, and Fallon
Phelony Constance (Is apparently called Phelony Con by her parents)
Joseph, Brigham, Hyrum, Liahona, Jershona, Helaman.
Brianna, Brigg, Brittany, Bracquelle, Braelynn, and Bronsonn
Jewette, Zakkaiah, Bhavik and Xijvian Jacquestertius (First name Pronounced Zay-Vee-An. Good luck with the middle name.)
Mahonri D’Artagnon
Gracious Bubbles
Titan and Viking
Peyton Tajma Hall
Last name Rogan. First names: Logan, Brogan (name later changed as an adult) and Sogan (f)
Jericho, Star, Bright, Sparkle, and Fairy
Lane, Star, Mitzi, Loni (m), Treasure, Lars, Precious, Heavenly, and Lovely
Celestial and Eternity
Capitan Boaz (Yes, that’s his first name), Philadelphia, and Arkadelphia
April and Sunshine Autumn-Lynette. Sunshine’s daughters are name are Aspen Snowflake, Vienna Eclipse, and Noelle Horizon
The Hale family: Summer, Autumn, Spring, Winter, Rainy, Andrew, and Season.
Zeegan

Comments

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Most of the Mormons I know have names that end in -son, or -on/-an.

And I, for some reason, have noticed an extreme number of boys with the name McKay within Mormon couples.


99% of these are awful. that 1% = Andrew.

Also wtaf at Gracious Bubbles.

[dreamweaver523.livejournal.com]

my former SO who lives in Utah has a boss whose son is named McKay. i thought maybe it was a family name, but nope.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

It is so bizarre. I personally know 6 McKays (all Mormon, varying ages, oldest is 15/16), and I, for some reason, follow a ton of Mormon Mommy blogs, and there are tons of McKays too. I don't care for it.

[sliveredlight.livejournal.com]

McKay would be the last name of David O., one of the former prophets.

:)


(not practicing, just grew up in it, and living in Canada where the religious people, and their names, are slightly saner ;) )

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

that explains it lol

[dreamweaver523.livejournal.com]

my former SO told me over and over how WEIRD a lot of names in Utah were...and uhhhhh yeah he was right...they do kinda have the market cornered for some reason.

Weirdest name ever...our waitress at cracker barrel in Utah ... Mashley. That was her given name. Mashley. WTF???

[manabanana.livejournal.com]

pompy?

Insight from another Mormon not originally from Utah

[katsuno-hitomi.livejournal.com]

A few of these names come from Church history and Book of Mormon figures. McKay, for example, was the surname of a previous Church President.

Some of these names, though, are just... what were these parents thinking? Half of these look more like pet names than names for ones child.

Re: Insight from another Mormon not originally from Utah

[doit2014.livejournal.com]

[bambiblake007.livejournal.com]

how did Andrew get a common name even??
summer, autumn are pretty common in my area it seems.
i knew twins named spring and brooke waters in h.s.
and there was also a rainey (which tbh i really like) in h.s.
i even kno a mitzi.
aspen, vienna, and noelle is actually a cute sibset :)
and alisha, brianna, carlie, danaka ::i'm assuming is pronounced like danica:: & delinda (twins), ethan, and fallon aint bad esp compared to a lot of the other names on this list.

[redfield79.livejournal.com]

Lol omfg

[halliwell66.livejournal.com]

I dont know much about Morman's but this is not what I expected

Interesting choices, lots of them had a normal name among all the crazy, Andrew, Joseph, Lane. Where did Lars come from?

Yes Brogan I would change my names too

I've seen twins called Thor and Storm. Viking is hardcore. Hurricane and Tornado is crazy.

[katsuno-hitomi.livejournal.com]

Mormons: Straight laced in personal life, absolutely nuts with the naming trends.

[smallandneedy.livejournal.com]

The Hale family: Summer, Autumn, Spring, Winter, Rainy, ANDREW, and Season.

Just whut?

[mommy.livejournal.com]

lol my thoughts exactly.

[mommy.livejournal.com]

[lilmizmombassa.livejournal.com]

Do you think Andrew ever gets lonely? :) Arkadelphia? That's not a real name. So much of this is just WTF inducing all over the place. Maybe this is kind of ridiculous, but I think Eclipse and Horizon are pretty b.a. middle names, though my husband would kill me if I ever suggested them. I also think Aspen is a fantastic name. Mostly everything else on here is head ache causing.

[twitchywoman.livejournal.com]

It has been statistically proven that those who are conservative tend to name their kids very obscure and liberal names and the opposite for those who are liberal.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I do like Cash, Bright and Summer.

I'm dead at Utahna. omg. amazing.