Sunday, July 6, 2008

Joke Bad Names

I have a lot of terrible names gathered from BabyNames.com. But I also want to mention that sometimes, you can tell that the parents are joking about a certain name. When all the names are properly capitalized, spelled conventionally (as opposed to kre8tiv-ly), and come from a set of trendy-yet-traditional names, the list-viewer finds it easy to believe that the parents are intelligent and careful. Furthermore, when all the other names on the list are fairly "normal," one unusual name suggests that the parents are joking around, not seriously considering it. Often, you'll see two distinct styles represented in a list (presumably the parents each have different tastes), but rarely do you see a stylistically regular list with one oddball, unless the parents are joking.

Anyway, the joke bad names are almost as good as the genuine bad ones, so here are a few...

Bella Dancer
Piper Crane
Cross Beau
Carys Elle
Indianna Jones

With the exception of the future Miss Jones, all are first-name, middle-name combinations.

1 comment:

Brett said...

I like bella dancer! haha