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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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Comments
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Subscribe to commentsFinneus J. QuackenbushAug 19th 2007 2:39PM
I also know of a man named, "Artie Bifardy". He insisted on naming his son "Artie" also. He was quoted as saying, "if I had to live with that silly name all my life, so does my son"..
Q-bertAug 19th 2007 2:47PM
I heard of two Asian men with the following names.
Wunhung low & Deudder
hung hi
JBAug 21st 2007 9:00AM
I once knew a girl named Robin Byrdsong
melissa from njAug 22nd 2007 11:55PM
one of my moms clients names is Sekret Love...my mom asked her about it and she said her dad was married to a woman and also having an affair on the side..she was the product of the affair so that's how she got her name...i would feel so ashamed if i had to tell that story over and over again
i also went to high school with a kid named mario and he had 2 little brothers who were both named mario...in order for them to know who was being addressed they gave them all nicknames...the kid i went to school with was called "woody" by his family..thats so stupid
KimAug 23rd 2007 8:21AM
I don't understand why the racist people here insist on writing out their tired old jokes like "hunglow" and "g@@k" and "ching chang.." "butthead" etc etc.
Come on, grow up. At least the people who tried to name their children "4-Real" and "@" were intelligent enough to try and make a name that meant something serious to them, as stupid as that is to us. You guys...you guys are acting like ignorant @$$holes.
A KeyNov 26th 2007 5:47AM
At least the symbol could be printed and pronounced, even if it was silly. It shows a hunt for uniqueness in a land where one is lost in the minions. Same reason, I supposed why oddball names are picked by celebrities. If you want to be unique and remain on solid ground, just find a relatively unused Angel name; there are thousands of them. Sofiel, Mihael, Cathetel.