Chinese Couple Tries to Name Baby "@" Symbol
Following in the footsteps of Prince, a Chinese couple tried to name its baby the 'at' sign (or "@") used in kajillions of e-mail addresses every day. Since the "@" symbol doesn't exist in the Chinese language -- which uses single characters to represent words rather than spelling them out with letters -- the name was rejected by local authorities. Apparently, 'at' (when pronounced in English) sounds like "love him" in the Chinese language.
Population booming China is undergoing a bit of a baby name crisis: Last year, only 129 surnames accounted for 87 percent of all surnames in China. Parents, understandably, are trying to differentiate their newborns from other newborns.
Maybe they should try some of the baby name generators that parents in the U.S. use. Everything from the relatively serious BabyZone's Baby Name Inventor to the more jokey Trendy Name Generator offer an endless stream of randomly-generated first and middle names to anyone who plugs in their last name. Here's a sampling of what we found when we went to Baby Name Genie's Baby Name Generator: Jana Skyler, Wyatt Cyrus, Maribel Tori? Anybody want these names?
How about you? What are the dumbest and or coolest names you've seen or come up with lately? Let us know!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 7)
J @ Aug 16th 2007 11:14AM
What about Princess Jalissa Marie? A friend just named her baby this. Its unique and precious just like the lil girl.
Stormie @ Aug 16th 2007 12:45PM
Are these parents releated to those clowns in New Zealand that wanted to name their baby 4-Real? Come on people~Pick a name your child will be proud carry. If they want something "different"....then name the kid "different"...because that is exactly what he is going to be with a name like that
unlisted @ Aug 17th 2007 8:26PM
How about Shneekqua or boobeekqua or shazaamm or shakeelem....there are all sorts of names that I have seen that are ridiculous and people take very serious....lol
Jolene498 @ Aug 17th 2007 8:30PM
I guess people will do just about anything for their 15 minutes of fame. Obviously they have nothing better to do then sit around and think up the craziest names. Come on people, get a new hobby.
Belle Starr @ Aug 17th 2007 8:35PM
Hey all you parents and soon to be parents .
Unless you want shell out bigs bucks for therapy
unlisted @ Aug 17th 2007 8:38PM
Jolene ....if you look above where it says related links....They ask us to tell them about some crazy names...So..why don't you get off here, how about that. LOL
Belle Starr @ Aug 17th 2007 8:39PM
Unless you want to pay out mega dollars for therapy or hire body guards for your kids , give them normal names . Sad to say , but kids with unusal names get picked on ten times faster . Remember Johnny Cash's song A Boy Named Sue .?
norcalmedic75 @ Aug 17th 2007 8:47PM
you mean to tell me ching chang slant eye gook fk was taken?
susan mehaffey @ Aug 17th 2007 8:59PM
I am retired from nursing and have seen a few unusual names, like Beulah,among the elderly.My own middle name is after an aunt named Donia; originally her name was Aldonia. I suspect these names here originated from hillbillies.Some of my kin are from North Carolina.I enjoy unusual names but it does seem rather cruel to a child to give it an official really weird name.Why is the generally the African-Americans with such unusual names these days?They are generally pretty sounding names and I imagine the children grow up loving their names...perhaps not.I wonder what a long time teacher would say about the change from traditional to unusual?It must be hard to remember all these strange names nowadays,particularly at the beginning of the school year.Thanks for your comments.
emarlie3 @ Aug 17th 2007 9:11PM
Our son is named Dracut. . .pronounced "drake-it". He was named after the town of Dracut, Mass. which was at one time draycott. It is original and his initials are D.A.D
sacmom3 @ Aug 17th 2007 9:13PM
A co-worker named her new baby Star-Bucks. When she told everyone at work, instead of saying "how cute," everything got quiet and everyone put their heads down. I think she got the message. That poor baby!Not only is he stuck with that name, he has an idiot for a mother.
sacmom3 @ Aug 17th 2007 9:16PM
A co-worker named her new baby Star-Bucks. When she told everyone at work, instead of saying "how cute," everything got quiet and everyone put their heads down. I think she got the message. That poor baby!Not only is he stuck with that name, he has an idiot for a mother.
tas @ Aug 17th 2007 9:23PM
I grew up with a girl name April May June. I use to think that was strange until a few week ago when I saw in the paper a girls name JEROMA KNOT KILLER JACKSON
Tom @ Aug 17th 2007 9:23PM
I live in the south, where odd names are plentiful, especially among the black population, either because they like to give their kids odd names or just because they cannot spell very well, but surely not limited to blacks. Here in the south we have plenty of whites that can't spell either. This reminds me of the tradition among one of our Native American tribes. At a local tribal meeting, one brave was complaining about how his tribe chose the names for new borns. The chief, his father reminded him that the tradition had served the tribe well for many many generations. The brave continued his tirade about the tradition until his father told him to leave. The chief said, the tradition of naming our children for the first thing we see after the child is born has served us fine for generations and I don't want to hear another complaint from you about our traditions, Two Dogs F***ing in the Road!
Chris @ Aug 17th 2007 9:24PM
It's really no one's damn business what anyone wants to name their own child, not the government and especially not anyone from another country.
lovenia @ Aug 17th 2007 9:34PM
my name is odd!! my daughters name is better they are heaven leigh bobbie joe, alyah marie i ran out of names so my boy is mason james
Maria @ Aug 17th 2007 9:34PM
My neighbor seems obsessed with patiotism. She named her four girls: "Justice, Liberly, Charity, and Homeland"!!!!!!!!!!!
Maria @ Aug 17th 2007 9:37PM
My neighbor seems concerned with patriotism. She named her four girls: "Justice, Liberty, Charity, and Homeland"!!!!!!!!!!!
Lanelle @ Aug 17th 2007 9:40PM
I hope their baby gave Mama alot of big kicks while in the womb-early payback!
Colinsmama05 @ Aug 17th 2007 9:43PM
I used to work with a girl who's parents decided that since her last name was Salt, they would name her Pepper Ann. Pepper Ann Salt. Poor girl.