This isn't comedy. This is a Public Service Announcement! Thank you, Ms Gaines!

@fanaticat1

3 ай бұрын

🤣 You're absolutely right!

@vivianjones9749

2 ай бұрын

And sound effects are table flipping time!!!

@NiaLaLa_V

Ай бұрын

Plenty of humans would say Angel is a weird name to give a child. Isn't freedom f*cking great?

@user-nu1vb7qi2y

15 күн бұрын

Bahaha 😹 this one 1️⃣

@liahrene4020

3 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

"Is this your name or your mom's computer password" 🤣

@franklynfosu

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂 EggXactly

@kwaggoner2494

3 ай бұрын

IKR... rofl!

@jaf8969

3 ай бұрын

I saw a name I couldn't stop laughing. La-ah, pronounced LaDasha.

@tinasaner4880

3 ай бұрын

Muuaahaahaa Riiight

@Lavenderrose73

3 ай бұрын

@@jaf8969 Oh my gosh, there's no way in heck I would have guessed that!

As an OB-Gyn, I try to educate my patients about naming their babies. Don't be the reason for your child to be bullied. They'll be carrying that name all through their lives.

@koenven7012

3 ай бұрын

very good. And not only the name itself, also all those special characters can give a lot of problems. Some databases will throw errors when they encounter them. Maybe not where you live, but if you want to apply for a visum to travel or work in another country and suddenly you can't fill in your application because you have to fill in the name as it is on your passport but the form doesn't allow for certain characters, it will give you a lot of trouble to sort out. Sha-Dw@*il'ah for instance. A lot of programming languages use * as sign for a comment and if the database is not correctly designed (or it's from a country where this problem doesn't exist, like Iceland with it's list of pre-approved names and so they didn't plan for it), it can throw errors all over the place.

@williamrussell2353

3 ай бұрын

Don't worry, when they get into public school one visit to the guidance counselor and everyone will use the child 'preferred' name. And the parents don't have to be told.

@pdbg6184

3 ай бұрын

@@williamrussell2353 🤣🤣🤣

@sourisvoleur4854

3 ай бұрын

Or they'll leave when they turn 18, legally change their name, and go NC.

@wcgl5595

3 ай бұрын

I am 70 years old and still HATE my name. It’s haunted me my whole life. I was named after a grandmother. Please don’t reuse a family name if it’s horrible. Let it go.

My husband’s coworker named his little girl Tyranny. Pretty sure he doesn’t know what that means.

@beatrixbrennan1545

2 ай бұрын

I have a friend who named his sons rebel and riot.

@bigmonmagoomba9634

2 ай бұрын

Better than the guy who named his daughter Clamidia.

@hungariangiraffe6361

2 ай бұрын

​@@beatrixbrennan1545at least those sound cool.

@beatrixbrennan1545

2 ай бұрын

@@hungariangiraffe6361 they are kinda cool but little rebel is quite the misbehaved child. I'm sure his teachers are not wondering why.

@madgadgetss

2 ай бұрын

did they watch Duck Dodgers and didn't realize the martian queen's name was a pun, or

Every child given a name like that has been given a life-long burden by their parent.

@terryfall8915

3 ай бұрын

My aunt went to college with a girl named 'Ima Hogg.' At a job, I was working years ago, I worked on a file for a woman named 'Queen Esther Piggy.'

@meman6964

3 ай бұрын

I'ma Hogg owned a beautiful estate in southern Texas, not far from Galveston. She was an artist, lovely person. Siblings also have odd names to go with Hogg

@JakeSweeper

3 ай бұрын

Parent to be hears the song "Boy named Sue" PTB: "Hold my (indecipherable Starbucks drink)."

@hettyherz

3 ай бұрын

Not lifelong. Thankfully, they can change their names officially once they are 18, if they wish so.

@Emily-eq1ts

3 ай бұрын

Adding one letter like a silent letter is one thing but giving them names they’ll get slaughtered for verbally is just cruel

I retired from teaching. Life has been much saner since.

@aya9af

3 ай бұрын

Thank you for your patience 🙏🏽

@onemercilessming1342

3 ай бұрын

@@aya9af Don't get me wrong. I loved teaching. I hated the district in which I taught. The kids were great. So were most of their parents. The district sucked.

@ruthresetar5940

3 ай бұрын

I count the days to freedom. I will need to continue to work, but I will never set foot in a school again.

@onemercilessming1342

3 ай бұрын

@ruthresetar5940 Yes, one of the assistant supers caught me on my checkout day and asked if, after my 180 day waiting period, would I go to work for him. I said, "I never want to see this side of the f*cking freeway again." He stopped short, then kept on going.

@ItsJustLisa

3 ай бұрын

Amen! I taught for 28 years.

In my country the name of the child can be refused to register by authorities if it can expose a child to ridicule. Every year I read a list of the stupidest names that people tried to give to their children before someone stopped them.

@jagbrit3723

2 ай бұрын

What country has veto power over personal names? That's tough

@Nefshy

2 ай бұрын

​@@jagbrit3723Switzerland for example. And when I read what parents do to their kids, I think this is reasonable

@AnnapurnaMoffatt

2 ай бұрын

@@jagbrit3723 I'm from Canada. Our laws regarding names vary by province. Most will let you name your child whatever you want, but in British Columbia and Quebec you can be barred from naming a child a certain name if that name might cause future bullying.

@kiliipower355

2 ай бұрын

The same here in Germany. Protecting the child from later denigration and ridicule is more important than the fashionable whims of the parents. Some parents actually go to court because they just don't want to understand why they are not allowed to call their child "Pumuckel" (a character in a children's programme) or "Fliegenpilz" (Fly agaric), for example. And of course they fail.

@Volunteerballoons

2 ай бұрын

I’m from Quebec, Canada. A friend of mine wanted to call her daughter Caralain…. Carol for her mom & Alain for her dad… it was rejected…

Whoever did the captions deserves a shout-out bc they spelled Sha-Dw@*il'a's name correctly every time

@stephenj9470

2 ай бұрын

Although I think they should have left it "normal" the first time to put the punchline in the right place.

@ChaosRaych

2 ай бұрын

@@stephenj9470 Agreed. It does kinda ruin the joke. That's what brought my attention to it lol But just the fact that they were so diligent & it's not even a real person's name is so funny to me

@zoehmarquis1890

Ай бұрын

it's Sha-Dw@*ilah~ there's an H st the end😂😂😂

@grimmashley8422

Ай бұрын

I feel like I’m reading an alien’s name in a comic book

@robinkulaszewicz9952

Ай бұрын

Of course they spelled it right. How else could it possibly be spelled😂

"Is that your name or your mother's password?" Probably both. 😂🤣

@pamelalandon2423

2 ай бұрын

Just call that girl Shad.

@dragonfliesnh4204

2 ай бұрын

That was what I was thinking. Many parents use their kids' names for passwords, which isn't smart or secured.

@FigaroHey

Ай бұрын

No, "Your mother password". This teacher can't use standard grammar.

@patricewike3879

2 күн бұрын

😂

I had a kid get mad with me for not being able to say her name correctly. I responded real quick, "I know I'm not the first person who struggled with the pronunciation of your name and I will continue to work on getting it right. You'll have to find some way to be patient since I'm not the one who gave you a name that doesn't follow typical pronunciation patterns." She stopped after that.

@mononoke813

3 ай бұрын

But what was it?

@rebekah4761

3 ай бұрын

I am curious what name it is.

@ikb9386

3 ай бұрын

That’s a pretty good response I’ll have to remember that

@maryknight4109

3 ай бұрын

Did she understand your answer?

@wcgl5595

2 ай бұрын

That was a rude response. Calm down gheez.

A nurse friend of mine had to dissuade a new mother from naming her baby girl "Placenta"!

@jacquelinevanfossan7007

3 ай бұрын

@@paxalotin Love those! Why didn't I think of them for my kids!

@chenilleoneil1289

2 ай бұрын

@@paxalotinthose are good names. Different. Unusual.

@nancyfemrite4855

2 ай бұрын

I know a girl named Tyranny

@gardenjoy5223

2 ай бұрын

@@nancyfemrite4855 Her parents should do time! And it ought never have been allowed! Must be changed.

@JoeMCool

2 ай бұрын

Nope! I actually KNEW OF a gal back in college (who was from Cleveland) named Placentia. Her mama thought she was clever adding an extra "i" to the word. Is it any wonder that the poor thing called herself Cece?

There are many countries out there that restrict names for babies/children. Example: Germany, Sweden, Japan, Iceland, China, etc. Mainly for the child's protection against harassment. Which children go through enough grief without having some stupid name hanging around their neck. Shame on those parents.

@hungariangiraffe6361

2 ай бұрын

Same here in Hungary

@verilyheld

2 ай бұрын

France also. One family wanted to name their son Napoleon. Now, that's actually quite acceptable in France. Underused, but yes, it is a perfectly valid boy's name. Thing is, the family name was Lempereur. Here's the thing. Lempereur is pronounced the same as L' Empereur, The Emperor. They literally wanted their son to be called Napoleon The Emperor!

@mygetawayart

2 ай бұрын

Italy too. You're not allowed to use lewd, inappropriate or indecent names.

@Lila-ie1eo

2 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure most (if not all) european countries have some restrictions. In my country, you can't use a name that sounds similar to food, drugs, brands, something stupid or something with a negative connotation and is spelled in a way that no one needs a tutorial to read it. One exception is if it's a name that existed before the brand, like Mercedes, Alexa, Siri, etc.

@dallasjansen2226

Ай бұрын

I don’t like the fact the countries are ‘restricting’ parents. But they should get some common sense in the first place..

I work in pediatrics and I can so relate to some of the crazy names people give their kids 😂

@sawaalbino

3 ай бұрын

I WORKED in pediatric for 1 year and 3 months. Eventhought it was before covid, i usually wear a mask. I needed to hide my facial expression when i heard ridiculous names! (Thank god i'm not in pediatric anymore)

@sarahkinsey5434

2 ай бұрын

Honestly last names can be hard enough, just give them an easy first name at least

@LnLn303

13 күн бұрын

I used to work in pediatrics and I don’t miss trying to pronounce these names that parents be naming their kids to try and be unique. Went back to working with adult patients and I’m so happy to be able to say “Richard, Mary, Lois, Nancy, Patricia.”

@karenmartin4221

11 күн бұрын

I was at the doctor with my son one time when I overheard a message left by a lady whose daughter was named Areola.

@sawaalbino

11 күн бұрын

@@karenmartin4221 noooo.. i hope she can't speak English/any languages that are familiar with areola, majority people around her never heard of areola and don't learn anything associated with anatomy/medicine. But Areola is better name than Malaena.

As a teacher, I can totally relate! Thanks for making me laugh 😅😂😊❤

@AdultThirdCultureKid1971

3 ай бұрын

This monologue about not giving your kids strange names reminds me of Dwayne Perkins's monologue about not giving your kids strange names. 🤣🤣🤣

@kathyyoung1774

3 ай бұрын

3 girls in one family I taught: LaTonia, LaVonia, … LaZonia. Read that third one aloud.

@justagirlnamedshawn

3 ай бұрын

My Dad,(rip) was a teacher for 36 years way before this crazy name stuff...he would laugh so hard at this!!

@anonymousfemale9231

3 ай бұрын

⁠Aquennata, Velvetta,Atheist Evolution,

@dawnvalentine74

3 ай бұрын

Same! A lot of these names are bizarre.

The value of a name that’s easy to spell and pronounce cannot be overstated.

Teachers are your smaller problem if you have a name like that. Hiring managers will drop any resumes the moment they see those name.

@victorhunter8900

29 күн бұрын

They'll think it's a joke.

@nola281

7 күн бұрын

When my daughter was born I named her Marie because kids are cruel anyway, don't make it worse for them with a crazy name.

I’m convinced that the people who name their kids “exotic” names are people who have never worked at a job where they have to read anything more complex than burger and fries.

@belizegal29

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@jenlovesjesus

3 ай бұрын

Ouch! But true!😂😂

@RedWanheda

3 ай бұрын

Ellon musk flips burgers

@wannacashmeoutside

3 ай бұрын

I follow a lady and one of her daughters name is TRENDY. Like how does one work that into a professional setting? I’d be surprised if the girl grows up to be anything other than another baby making machine (the mom has 6 kids).

@viviennemorgan7217

3 ай бұрын

oh wow 🙀.

Amen. It’s hard enough finding souvenir nameplates for normal names.

@edithdlp8045

3 ай бұрын

My mom gave a name popular in the early 1900's.

@john2g1

3 ай бұрын

​@@edithdlp8045 for 0.2 seconds I was like well what is it?

@sweetenpenksa5696

3 ай бұрын

I know. I'm Sweeten. that can't happen.

@Essie_Sims

3 ай бұрын

@@sweetenpenksa5696 🤣🤣🤣 You have a pretty name tho!

@kyle1598hffgyfv

3 ай бұрын

@@edithdlp8045 I'm a millennial. My last name is super generic, so a bureaucratic nightmare. The unusual name I was to name a son is Kilroy. It's short, phonetic spelling, and isn't just made up nonsense.

I am french. My sister's name is Anne-Isabelle, double name but quite correct and nice in french. As à teenager, she went to England. When she came back, she droped Isabelle and went by Anne only. Anne is a bell.

@yippee8570

3 ай бұрын

As long as the surname isn't 'End', because that means something quite different

@nathaliemartel64

2 ай бұрын

Ah ah, excellent jeu de mots (pas forcément pour ta frangine, cela dit).

@wolfdreamer8014

2 ай бұрын

Considering Isabelle ends in e, then it would be Anne is a belle, which means, she is the most beautiful and most popular woman at a ball.

@wholefoodplantbasedmama5398

2 ай бұрын

LOL my daughter’s name is Isabelle Anne. I did not even think about what it would be if i had reversed those two.

@samanthac.349

Ай бұрын

Please tell your sister that Isabelle is a beautiful, classic name in all the Western languages. I’ve known a few Isabelles here in the US. Whoever bullied her into dropping it was being cruel.

Back in the day it was hard enough with "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince".

I think we’re about a year away from seeing the name “Corona” on the school roll

@user-sg8wf5qo9s

3 ай бұрын

Or 'Rona 😂

@txjchacha1163

3 ай бұрын

Rona is a regular name in my country... But when I was helping with the census, we have a Maria Covida and a John Covid.

@cydkriletich6538

3 ай бұрын

I seem to recall early on during the pandemic about twins named Corona and Covid. Maybe it was just a rumor.

@penelopejane8120

3 ай бұрын

Or ...Virus or Virala...!!!😂

@aya9af

3 ай бұрын

​@@txjchacha1163😂

As an ex school nurse, there were kids in my school named Nivia, Merlot, Champagne, etc. !

@sourisvoleur4854

3 ай бұрын

What was your mama drinking when you were conceived? Let me guess, let me guess.

@catandrobbyflores

3 ай бұрын

Those aren't terrible all things considered. Could have been way worse.

@azazellon

2 ай бұрын

Stripper names right out of the gate. Dear lord.

@poogissploogis

2 ай бұрын

I worked with a Champayne once! Yes she spelled it that way

@joannestark3023

2 ай бұрын

At least people recognize those. What next? Chablis? (That was a friend’s guide dog’s name.)

NOTHING BUT LOVE!!! MY DAUGHTER IS QUITING TEACHING, AFTER 15 YEARS SHE DECIDED SHE WANTS TO LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO RETIRE!

I've seen Gennyphur for a kid's name. My last name is five letters, and it's as likely to be said wrong as it is correctly, and I have to spell it all the time. To sentence your child to having to do that with their first name because they're speeeeecial is unfathomable to me.

@gardenjoy5223

2 ай бұрын

Jennifer by a dyslectic parent :)

@sharonanderson3851

2 ай бұрын

Hehehe -- "straw" doesn't seem that difficult

@beigenegress2979

16 күн бұрын

I saw Beyoncca (?Bianca?) on KZread

As a teacher, I've heard quite a few strange names. Parents, remember your kids carry that name their whole life. They will always find themselves correcting people's pronunciation. Depending on the name, they might even get laughed at. However, first time seeing this comedienne. Very funny!

@k012957

3 ай бұрын

When I named my kids, I made sure that (at least) their first name was easily pronounceable (no non-American English sounds). I also paid attention to what word their initials would spell. I grew up with a name that other kids made fun of when I was in elementary school in the 1960s.

@cherilewis2899

3 ай бұрын

I had to spell my name out my whole life it's Cecilia (After my great grandmother) my mother in law asked "why do you have an old ladies name?"I'm 74 now but the reason I kept it because that's my connection to family history. My nickname is cheri, so mostly teachers, doctors, Bill collectors call me that 😅

@megan893

3 ай бұрын

​@@k012957 smart of you to check out the initials. It was well after my son was born, that I realized his initials were GAT... 🤦🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

@beatyemitchell8992

3 ай бұрын

​@@cherilewis2899yo have a beautiful name😊❤

@xamyx725

3 ай бұрын

@@cherilewis2899I have the opposite problem; my name is Amy, and I’m currently 50…😂 I work in the service industry, and I hate introducing myself to my tables with the name of an eight year old girl 😂

My husband's grandmother's last name was Dumm. As if that wasnt bad enough her first name was Ariliah. Introducing herself it sounded like she was saying, "I'm a really a dumb"

@elioraimmanuel

3 ай бұрын

💀🤣💀

@laurajamil8943

3 ай бұрын

Good one😂😂😂

@floralovespringandflowers6227

3 ай бұрын

"Dumm" is literally German for "dumb". If you hear a German ask someone "Bist du dumm?!" It means: "Are you dumb?!" Google it, if you do not trust me on this one. 😊

@belizegal29

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@abbywilson5988

3 ай бұрын

Ooof had high hopes for that one 😬

Very funny especially to a newly retired teacher! We used to say the the parents were shaking up a Scrabble box, dumping it out on the floor, and picking the letters that landed face up to get their kids names.

I have two friends who are teachers, and they said every year they dread seeing what sort of names they are going to have to try and say. One said she has had 5th graders tell her they hate their parents for naming them the things they have. Which is sad, when you think about a 5th grader already having that much anger towards their parents, but Mom and Dad are to blame when they name their kid something like Avocado Springs.

I temped in school records once, the first thing I was told was "if you think it is spelled wrong, do not correct it, it isn't"!! I had no idea what he meant until I saw the amount of names with random punctuation and Beyonce spelled a hundred different ways to make them unique.

@s.a.t.15

Ай бұрын

Number of names. Amount differs from number, but is used incorrectly frequently today. English skills in this country today have devolved significantly and these absurd names and spellings are reflective of that decline.

Frank Zappa named his kids: Dweezle and Moon Unit. Lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@The_best_days_are_yesterdays

3 ай бұрын

Also Diva and Ahmet.

@JP-hj1il

3 ай бұрын

And that's why Frank Zappa is still one of the greats.

@cydkriletich6538

3 ай бұрын

@@JP-hj1il”If she was my daughter I’d…” name her Moon Unit! My first work computer in 1980 was as big as an outdoor air conditioning unit. I found a photo of him, slapped it on the side of that huge computer, and Christened it Frank Zappa.

@marinazagrai1623

3 ай бұрын

The kids should have changed their names at 18, unless they already did (no clue about his bio) or unless they wanted to be the freks their dad was when he named them (probably high) but where was the mother? She should have objected to the names…weirdos.

@jasonayres

3 ай бұрын

Ms. Moon Unit was visiting Australia about ten years ago, promoting a book she'd written. Long story short, as a radio interview began; "Call me Moon."

I was a teacher's assistant for 25 years, so I know EXACTLY what she is talking about. 😂

I used to work in Human Resources approx 19 years ago 😂and once got job applications from a lady named Shitoria and one named LaReefer. Can’t make this stuff up! 😂😂

@hanaskoczylasova8849

2 ай бұрын

Here in UK people can legally change their names when they’revof certain age

@destinymcgowan5328

2 ай бұрын

​@hanaskoczylasova8849 You can change your name in the U.S at 18 yrs old

@Want2cJesus

2 ай бұрын

While in nursing school a mom named her son Lemonjello (La mon ja lo).

@ajvintage9579

Ай бұрын

@@Want2cJesusthat’s from another comedian’s bit.

@Want2cJesus

Ай бұрын

Lol! Maybe that mama saw the comedian? We also had a mom attempt to name her son Shithead. She was indignant and said it was pronounced Shithad. They did not allow her to name the baby this.

At first I thought it was just funny...but then she got hilarious and by the end I'm laughing hysterically out loud on the train.🤣🤣🤣 Thanks I really needed that.

@csparklet

3 ай бұрын

Exactly! I was Definitely Lol

Decades ago I worked with twin sisters. Both named Tamara. One was pronounced "tam uh rah" the other "tah mar ah". Their middle names: Ann and Anne.

@AmeliaEarhart537

3 ай бұрын

😳 This is silly, I know they aren't real people, but I'm just saying it because your comment reminds me of this. Once I had two dolls, both named Elizabeth. One was pronounced normally, the other was pronounced "Ee-lizabeth" 😂😂 I know that was random, but still.

@kentfrederick8929

3 ай бұрын

Reminds me of Georege Foreman and all of his sons named George.

@youfot2

3 ай бұрын

Worked with a girl named Ta day ja. Her sister is named ta ma rah. (Today-ja & Tomorrow). Neither of those are the spellings, just trying to convey the pronunciations.

@MR-rj2qw

3 ай бұрын

Was this before ultrasound? Because it seems like the parents were not prepared for 2 kids and had only one name ready.

@yippee8570

3 ай бұрын

That's just cruel. Children are unique and deserve to be treated as individuals.

Even if you’re a horrible parent, you can still at least do something for your kid by naming them John or Susan.

@stephenolan5539

2 ай бұрын

A boy named Sue.

@alisong2328

2 ай бұрын

These are uncommon today

@allthenewsordeath5772

2 ай бұрын

@@alisong2328 So is an intact family unit for a lower or middle class child, it doesn’t make it any less of a good idea though.

@susanhollis1933

2 ай бұрын

Oh boy how I hated that song!!​@@stephenolan5539

@susan9498

Ай бұрын

I have an extinct name.

.... and not a single swear word. Hilarious and true, I am also a Teacher! Thank You Angel!!

The audience owed her a greater response than that 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I have the greatest appreciation and and sympathy for teachers. God bless them all.

I’m a retired teacher with 37 years experience and I fully relate with her. My name is Bob, wife Mary, sons Jim, Bill, and Tom, daughter Laura.

@juliemoser9761

2 ай бұрын

A great rule of thumb for naming your children is to test it out, stand at the back door and yell it really loud,repeat several more times, and then think about it, because you will be doing this quite frequently for the next 18 years!

@SuzyQ-qd8xf

Ай бұрын

I lived next to four boys named Harry, Larry, Gary, and Barry. 😊

@gracenurse3365

8 күн бұрын

The safety of banality - -

I’m also a teacher and every year we get our new class list, we all sit at the first meeting seeing who gets the win for most ridiculous name concoction!

By the time I retired I was grateful for never spending another year being stuck teaching kids how to spell their crazy names! Angel is hysterical!

@nygrl6102

3 ай бұрын

Did you teach them how to spell "grateful"? Boop boop!

@megan893

3 ай бұрын

​@@nygrl6102 🤣🤣😭💀 I can't!!!! LMAO!!

@hillbillychic8417

2 ай бұрын

​@@nygrl6102Apparently not.

@wanderlust62

Ай бұрын

@@nygrl6102 🤣

And that's all my attorney let me talk about tonight....FLOP OVER AND HOOOOWWWWL

@mechengr1731

26 күн бұрын

That little girl woke up and chose violence. "Good, then you can ask him" Me: 😱 "did she just tell her to go to hell?"

Honestly, one of the funniest comedy sets I've seen in a long time. Most times I'll maybe let out a chuckle. Ms. Gaines had me bursting out in laughter. It was funny and clean and not injected with loads of political and other nonsense. Proof that there are still real comedians out there being funny. God bless Ms. Gaines.

My husband grew up in W-TX “Billy Bob” country where they make up names. His SIL was named for her parents, Rena and Lee; her name was Renalee. She married my husband’s brother Ed. They named their daughter Edreann (Ed-Re-Ann). Husband’s sister’s name was LaJuan. Nobody knows where that came from because the family wasn’t Mexican. Also, boys had to be named after their fathers. My MIL was martied twice. Had 2 sons from 1st marriage, one named after her ex-husband and called Junior. By the time he was 40 and 6 feet 3, Junior had become Junie. So when my husband was born in MIL’s 2nd marriage, they already had a Junior/Junie, so my husband became Sonny. MIL was shocked and offended when I declined to name our son after my husband. I told her that hell would freeze over before I would give my kid the middle name Elmer!

@katie7748

2 ай бұрын

That's not exclusive to that area. Went to high school in the Upper Midwest with a DarylAnn, after a set of grandparents. I forget the sister's name but it was the combo of her other grandparents' first names.

@joane24

2 ай бұрын

I kind of see the logic behind combining parent's names, but how would it work if you have more kids? So Renalee, then maybe Leerena? What when you have more?...

@cynthiajohnston424

Ай бұрын

On both sides of my husband's family , kids were named after the grandparents , aunts , uncles , etc. so basically multiples of each name . Thankfully the names are traditional . However , I actually asked my husband why no one had an " original " or " their own name " ! He didn't it think mattered ... 😅

Sha-Dw@*il'ah needs to chill.

@kimberlyrichardson5943

3 ай бұрын

Right? I would've had her copy the words "whale" and "fish" down the page like my teachers did to me when I messed up words as an elementary schooler. If you're trying to be a little smartass using the Bible to fight science, you better make sure you quote it right.

@Bunny-mw2lo

3 ай бұрын

Bravo for spelling it out lmfao ❤ 👏

@dihydrogenmonoxide7056

3 ай бұрын

Sha-Dw@*il'lah's Sunday School teacher needs to learn the difference between a whale and a great fish....

@ColtonRMagby

3 ай бұрын

@@dihydrogenmonoxide7056 Better yet, the difference between a sperm whale and every balleen whale.

@FoodNerds

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

As a teacher, I ask the students with "exotic names" how they pronounce their names, or what their friends call them, and then rehearse the sound/s a few times.

@gardenjoy5223

2 ай бұрын

Poor kids! They already know, they have to explain it endlessly and still people will get it wrong.

@jasonayres

2 ай бұрын

100% agree, GJ. I feel uncomfortable about having to ask several times or be corrected by the kids, because they have names that only their parents (who manufactured their names in the first place) can pronounce properly. Poor kids.

That day my 8th graders were inside during lunch break when I overheard them complaining about their weird names…

@gardenjoy5223

2 ай бұрын

Yep, they suffer for the 'creativity' of their parents. Well, it's a miracle they made it to the planet at all, looking at the current abortion rates :(

I appreciate this topic being brought up. I work in the medical field, and it's so difficult at times having to ask patients to please slowly spell their name. I truly feel sorry for those who had to endure years of taunting and bullying just because their parent wanted to give them a unique name.

“Boop Boop” I screamed 😂😂😂

@missys.3038

3 ай бұрын

I just went "Oh this little girl is crazy" lol

I had a female teacher friend who had a student named "Feemalee". She once asked the mother where she got the name and the mother answered: "Oh, I did not name her. After giving birth they brought the baby to me and the baby already had a name, she had a wrist band with her name: "Female"! I miss-spelled the name on purpose to accentuate the point. The girl's name was written "Female" but pronounced "Feemalee". And yes, I live in the south.

@naturegirl2110

3 ай бұрын

Some people have no business sleeping with others no understanding of the consequences or of it

@AmeliaEarhart537

3 ай бұрын

That's sad 😭

@Delana17

3 ай бұрын

Oh my gracious! That reminded me of an experience my Great-Aunt told me about twin girls in her classroom named Syphilis and Gonorrhea. Their mom came from the South. She had her girls when she was a teenager. She wasn't educated past elementary school. When they were born, she didn't know what to name them. She asked the doctor to name the twins. He gave them those names. My Aunt told her what the names meant. She also helped the mom change the names legally to Phyllis and Rhea.

@AmeliaEarhart537

3 ай бұрын

@@Delana17 What do the original names mean?

@megan893

3 ай бұрын

​@@Delana17oh goodness, that's terrible, just absolutely terrible of that doctor. What a horrible person 😡

Give it up for Tim! 👏🏾😆

"So thats all my attorney is allowing me to talk about"😂 aweosme teacher punchlinee

I worked for a publishing company in the 90s and my job was to verify names. Some that i had to verify: a 6'3" 300lb male football player named Precious and another unique one was Scientific Map

@spiralrose

3 ай бұрын

Naming a man “Precious” is gross.

@spiralrose

3 ай бұрын

I wish the US was more like Australia, there it’s illegal to name your children terrible things that will get them laughed at an ostracized

@buckygal

3 ай бұрын

I remember Scientific Mapp, he was a basketball player!

@ShawniaMarie

3 ай бұрын

@@spiralrose I agree on the naming!!

@ShawniaMarie

3 ай бұрын

@@buckygal oh that's awesome that he went on!! This makes me so happy 😊

I was almost named Rainyday. I was born in 1969, nuff said...lol

@edithdlp8045

3 ай бұрын

Were your parents hippies?

@Sydroo1969

3 ай бұрын

No, believe it or not.

@The_best_days_are_yesterdays

3 ай бұрын

My name is Rain. No middle or last name. I like it.

@udmann1

3 ай бұрын

@@Sydroo1969 If you had a sibling named "Monday" it would be a Carpenters song; "Rainyday's and Monday's always get me down."

@K.Spade7902

3 ай бұрын

There's an actor named Rainn Wilson.

How about “La-a ….” That is being interpreted “Ladasha…. Cause the dash don’t be silent 😂😂😂😂true story 😅

@user-xj1vp5wz3f

26 күн бұрын

My god daughter's friend had 5 Ladashla's in the one class! 😮

@Loveofdecorating

25 күн бұрын

😂haha oh my! 😂

I knew a woman who named her twins syphilis and gonorrhea. She pronounced it Seefilus and Go nor rea. She saw a poster at the the ob office and thought it was pretty. Poor kids going through life with the names of a std.

@actipton80

2 ай бұрын

That actually happened? I heard that as a joke years ago. I heard it from my mom's old college roommate who was a PE teacher for years.

@teresajeffries3934

2 ай бұрын

@actipton80 yes, it actually happened. Sorry if you don't believe it, but that's your problem.

@edgarrett8822

Ай бұрын

Why so salty? I heard the same joke.​@@teresajeffries3934

@teresajeffries3934

Ай бұрын

@@edgarrett8822 who lit the string on your tampon? Chill out.🤬

@Kimfosterga

21 күн бұрын

@@actipton80 I'm 59 and have been hearing this one for most of my life. Next somebody will talk about a set of twins named Lemonjello and Oranjello, that's an old one too.

I worked for a state agency. I had a case of a kid who name was spelled Irene. When I spoke to his mom on the phone and referred to the child as "Eye-reen", she corrected me and said his name was "Eye-ren-ay". She explained that she had forgotten to add the apostrophe on the birth certificate. Since it was after 4:00 on a Friday, I said (dead panned) "It's spelled Eye-reen." People need to be careful about what they name their kids. I actually felt sorry for the little guy. He'll be dealing with this his whole life.

@Delana17

3 ай бұрын

That pronunciation is too close to the word 'irony'.

@jefferyindorf699

3 ай бұрын

​@@Delana17That is truly ironic.😂

@inconnu4961

3 ай бұрын

@@jefferyindorf699 HA HA HA! did you think of that yourself? You so clever!

@thekingsdaughter4233

3 ай бұрын

Wait... A _boy_ with the name _Irene?!_ That boy won't thank his Momma for sure... 🤐 Trying for _Irenaeus_ (or maybe just René) and couldn't remember the spelling? 😳🤦

@martha3445

3 ай бұрын

@@thekingsdaughter4233 I actually knew a professor in college whose name was Fr Ireneaus. The choices were limited when he got that name!

I taught high school chemistry in Neptune Beach, Florida in 1991 and had 7 students named Shannon, some male and some female.

@inconnu4961

3 ай бұрын

I went to school with a guy named Shannon! I also had an Uncle named Shirley who was born in the early 1930's!

@globetrekker86

3 ай бұрын

One of my undergrad professors was named Tracy. Her husband’s name is also Tracy. Hence, she explained, they retained their respective surnames after marriage

@RoseNZieg

3 ай бұрын

there are some names that are or used to be gender neutral. names like Kimberly, marion, etc are not weird per se.

@stephenolan5539

2 ай бұрын

​@@RoseNZieg Marion Morrison was one the manliest men of all time.

@joannestark3023

2 ай бұрын

Amanda seemed to be a super popular name in those days too. I went to school throughout my K-12 education with at least one or two each year.

My youngest granddaughter is Hope Dawn, thankfully. Her mother wanted to name her January, because she was born in January. To go with her sister, June. Who was born in June.

THANK YOU!!! YOU won't get teased, your kids will!!!

These names are ridiculous 😒🤦🏽‍♀️🤣🤣

@kathyyoung1774

3 ай бұрын

Large welfare families are full of poor kids with absurd names, many of them not pronounced like they are spelled, many actually misspelled, others embarrassing. Ignorant uneducated mothers who start having babies at 15.

Lol oh my goodness, so funny! Tell that child the Bible says Jonah was swallowed by a big fish, and whales are not fish! 😄

@Chiscribbs

3 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh, thank you - I was trying so hard to resist commenting that myself LOL

@kathyyoung1774

3 ай бұрын

Amen!

@janeramirez8767

3 ай бұрын

I'm so glad I decided to read the comments before adding mine! I was gonna say that same thing. Boop boop!

@yippee8570

3 ай бұрын

I don't think that classification of species existed when it was written, to be fair

@sourisvoleur4854

3 ай бұрын

@@yippee8570 To add to that I'm not sure the people who wrote it thought it really happened. There is such a thing as campfire tales.

Every day I’m thankful that my parents named me Lauren. I love my name

TOTALLY AGREE !!!

This bit would go great leading into Key & Peele's Football Names.

@wwilliams4743

3 ай бұрын

That Key and Peele skit is hilarious!

@yatta99

3 ай бұрын

Or substitute teacher. Ya done messed up A-A-Ron!

There's a whole FB group for this. "That name isn't a tragedeigh, it's a murghdyrr" It's amazing what people are naming their kids.

@brandymcnamee7880

3 ай бұрын

Also a subreddit: r/tragedeigh

@amyfisher6380

3 ай бұрын

I instantly thought of that group when I watched the video.

I have a friend who taught SAT prep at various schools throughout Cincinnati; she came across a lot of wild names. One student apparently introduced himself as "Yomajesty" (pronounced like a drawled version of "Your Majesty."). 😂

@lindacossel670

2 ай бұрын

💀 that is too much!!

@sarayasibley3939

2 ай бұрын

I worked in a restaurant and we had a takeout order once for a “Jormajesty”…never forgot that one

Teacher here- Da'Mariaye, Ashantenice, Ny'yoki, De Juan (pronounced as Dijon) Messiah, KingMichaelKing, Sir Ashton are just a few. 😊

hey mom dad .. thank you .. robert seems to work haaaaaaaaa

@Delana17

3 ай бұрын

😂

@Delana17

3 ай бұрын

Indeed!

@victorhunter8900

29 күн бұрын

Same with Victor. It's not too popular but people know it and most of them like it (I believe LOL).

My daughter in law is a teacher. You nailed it!

I worked as a summer camp counselor and one week I had a pair of twins named Liberty and Justice. The whole time all I could think about is how their parents must have really liked the pledge of allegiance.

@rogwarrior1018

2 ай бұрын

Probably accident attorney's

@deannarounds3295

Ай бұрын

I went to school with boy and girl siblings - Boy was named Pride and the girl was named Joy.

@Sabrina79

27 күн бұрын

Liberty and Justice were the names of two therapy dogs that used to visit the library where I used to work!

A former coworker of mine who I loved dearly always said that when people applied for jobs, the resumes with bizarre names were the first to get dropped in the trash.

@KingOfSciliy

24 күн бұрын

There's no point in hiring someone who has to have their name corrected everytime someone needs to talk to them. At the very least provide a nickname or a shortened form of said given name that can be easily substituted. You could be called "Tutankhnefertitikhamun" but if everyone already decided you can be referred to as "Nev", we will get along just fine.

The trend of using apostrophes can be traced back to the 1970s. Parents emulated the actress who played Willona on tvs "Good Times" Ja'net DuBois.

@rhondaflesher8313

3 ай бұрын

I know of a J'net

Angel, keep sharing your stories about your teaching experiences. This one was comedy gold!

I once had three Diamonds at once ... Two female, one male. One spelled Dymond. The others the usual way. And it was the year that song "Shine Bright Like a Diamond" came out... Talk about earworm.

I worked as a school photographer. I have a list of bad names. One child was named Increase.

@mahimeghan

2 ай бұрын

I just remembered Ta’aylor (said taylor)

@Kimfosterga

21 күн бұрын

There was an old Puritan guy named Increase Mather. Puritans liked those names like Patience and Prudence and Felicity. Idk exactly what Increase referred to, though. 😄

Someone told me when she went to summer camp, one of the counselors' was called _Atheist Evolution._ Yes, that was the young lady's real name. Her parents were hardcore atheists and figured that if _Christians_ could give their children faith-based names, _they_ would launch a counterattack, so to speak. (didn't quite work out as planned, but that's a different story)

@susan9498

Ай бұрын

For heaven's sake!

@karenmartin4221

11 күн бұрын

They really showed them!🙄

Lady, thank you so very much for making me laugh so hard and I just had to share your comedy with family.

Trust me, this didn’t start with the millennials lol, I remember about 10 years ago helping with seasonal photography at the local mall and when I asked some of the names of the kids, not afraid to say I judge the parents. Hell, my name itself is simple and people still get it wrong so I have to stick to a nickname. I swear parents who come up with these horrible names don’t care about their child’s future and I think those kids deserve better! There, I said it!

@katie7748

2 ай бұрын

YEP!!!!! So sick of older people insisting this is a new thing. Nope!!!!!

@deannarounds3295

Ай бұрын

My first name is Deanna (pronounced Deena) andmy parents spelled itwith 2 Ns because it looked prettier spelled that way. My maiden name was Willson with 2 Ls and I actually had a couple ofteachers tell me I had spelled my last name wrong! The biggest problem with the odd spellings is your child will spend the rest of their life correcting people. But on the other hand my sister's name is Linda and people ask her if that is with a y.

I used to sub. I read off a little boy’s name: Stephan. I said “Oh, what a beautiful name…’Steven!’” He stuck his nose in the air and replied “It’s Ste-FAHN.” 😒

@samanthacharlton4123

3 ай бұрын

Almost as bad as Stephen Curry

@Krakk-hj7re

2 ай бұрын

Stefan is an actual eastern european name

@cl5080

2 ай бұрын

@@Krakk-hj7re Well, that explains why I’ve never heard it before…I’m WESTERN euro American 😂

@katv1195

2 ай бұрын

Where I live they're distinctly different names Steven (pronounced as written) and Stefan/Stephan/Stephen (pronounced Stef-fan or Stef-fen). Very traditional European name

@AnitaClue

Ай бұрын

@@katv1195 I've also seen Stephen pronounced as Steven.

…my two boy favorites: Lemonjello, Oranjello…

@zaydeshaddox7015

3 ай бұрын

Uh huh. You've read Freakonomics, haven't you?

@mplussant

3 ай бұрын

@@zaydeshaddox7015 …is it about you?…are you the consummate freak?…just asking…

@hoppyandhisholidayhelpers1714

3 ай бұрын

the twins- De-Jaun and De-Uda-Juan

@mplussant

3 ай бұрын

@@hoppyandhisholidayhelpers1714 …GreyPoupon…

@DeathByBlonde1

3 ай бұрын

And for a girl: Exatasia… 😂😂😂

Teacher here, I have had: Vagina (pronounced with an h not a g) SirMichael, MissWhitney, Scorpio, ALexus (cause she was made in a lexus), Sparkle Champagne, La-Ah (prnounced La dash ah), Prince, King, and straight up just made up sounds that I cannot spell on a hall pass!

@LamanKnight

2 ай бұрын

I wince in pain from reading those. Especially because "vagina" (pronouncing the "g" as "h") is exactly how that body part is pronounced and spelled in certain languages. ...So some parents have straight-up named their child "a vagina." *Sigh.*

@flamenmartialis6839

2 ай бұрын

I wonder if there's any boy named Lingam or girl named Yoni.

@LexingtonB09

Ай бұрын

STOP Vagina!? Omg i can’t imagine going through high school with that name! They are going to be teased mercilessly!!

@onyxlily2230

Ай бұрын

@@LamanKnight Imagine if the kid prefers male pronouns...

@fosterfuchs

19 күн бұрын

sounds that I cannot spell on a hall pass 😂😂😂😂😂

A couple of years ago there was a meme showing a girl crying with the caption, "Knowing you'll never see your name on a Coke bottle, because your momma made up your name"

Once had a student named Lavoris. A neighbor had a grandchild whose name was pronounced the same as the French word for lunch.

@luciad5988

28 күн бұрын

Dejeuner?

"That's when the fightin' starts." 😄 It's true about those names, though. Musk (not a millennial), named one kid Techno Mechanicus and another kid X.

@edithdlp8045

3 ай бұрын

The first one is X Æ A-Xii and has a third one named Exa Dark Sideræl. They are all with Grimes.

@Dltp259

3 ай бұрын

@@edithdlp8045 child abuse! Lol

@dandee6604

3 ай бұрын

​@@Dltp259how?

@cathoderaytube7497

3 ай бұрын

Techno Mechanicus sounds like a great name for a science fiction character.

@Delana17

3 ай бұрын

​@@edithdlp8045Are the parents Star Wars fans? Or do they love science fiction?

Funny lady, great stories! Boop boop!

I have a cousin that named his child Lucifer. Nothing like fighting a negative ALL of his life🤦‍♀️

@annenelson5656

2 ай бұрын

Lucifer actually means Light Carrier. Lucifer became Satan after the Archangel Michael defeated him in battle and got him sent to Hell. Nevertheless, most people aren’t aware of this so the name Lucifer automatically is associated with evil and Satan. It was stupid and cruel for that man to name his kid that. Didn’t the mom have any say in the matter? I h8 stupid parents.

@lynnkanerva4519

2 ай бұрын

Hmmm poor kid. IDK of anyone named Lucifer, but I worked with a girl and her son was Lucien. Not bad but unusual.

@Celisar1

2 ай бұрын

@@annenelson5656 I AM aware of this but Lucifer still has a fixed connotation and is a synonym for all that is evil.

@annenelson5656

2 ай бұрын

@@Celisar1 I believe I did mention that

@katie7748

2 ай бұрын

​@@annenelson5656 Would you name your son Adolf, despite it being a perfectly normal name? Probably not.

As someone who is a recruiter, this is 100% true. I had an applicant whose name was Crème Brûlée.

“When sound effects start, that’s when a fight breaks out!” 😂😂😂 💯💯👏🏾👏🏾

There was a mother next to me in the maternity ward, who insisted on a certain name for her baby. The nurse kept telling her that although it’s her choice, the baby will have to live with that name, not the mother. Didn’t make a difference. The baby was named A-a Literally “A” then a dash “-“ then an “a” Pronounced “a dasha” And no, there was no cultural thing to it, the mother was as white as me 😂

A friend of mine went to school with a girl named Erica. She didn’t spell it like that, though, she spelled it Airwrecka (Air Wreck a). Sounds like a plane crash.

@JohnRandomness105

2 ай бұрын

"Hey there, Plain-Crash!"

@fanaticat1

2 ай бұрын

@@JohnRandomness105 my friend told me she wasn’t playing with a full deck. I’m wondering if that weird name affected her?

@JohnRandomness105

2 ай бұрын

@@fanaticat1 For some reason, this reminded me of the husband-wife Sudoku team "A Full Deck" and "Missing a Few Cards".

@fanaticat1

2 ай бұрын

@@JohnRandomness105 😂👍

@jenniferpajor5365

2 ай бұрын

One of my former colleagues had a student named Mercedes, which is not an uncommon name in the Hispanic community. But her mom spelled it Mursaydees.

I work with a child named "Ruckus." I think that you know where this is going... Ms, Gaines, I feel your pain!😂

Oh Angel, the names my MIL and I encountered over our careers! And the random capitalization used to make me nuts. I remember reading one name from one of her kindergarten lists and then he ended up in my school 7 years later! His name was R.V. Nice kid. No, those weren’t his initials. His first name was R.V. and his middle name was Darnell. She also had a Rx. No vowels. His father lost his sh*T at Kindergarten Roundup when she didn’t know it was pronounced Rex. I saw his name on her list and wondered why he’d been named Prescription. Then there was La-a. Don’t tell me it’s an urban myth because she was there and incurred the mother’s wrath when she thought it was pronounced Lah-ah. “It’s La DASH a! You so stupid you can’t see the dash?!” No lady, the only person who pronounced punctuation was Victor Borge and he did it on purpose as part of his comedy act. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Then there were Tequila and Innocent. Innocent wasn’t. You might have strangled her. Tequila would stomp her feet in 2nd grade when her name was “mispronounced”. (“My name is Teh QUILL a!”). By 6th grade, her mom had finally admitted to her that her name was indeed Tequila and yes, she’d been named for the booze. Several years later came Courvoisier. Her sisters were Mercedes and Paris. There was Marquevus who mother pronounced his name Mar-QWAY-vee-us. No extra E or I, she just pronounced it with one. Brits saying “aluminium” anyone? The year I taught 3rd grade, I had a Pharaoh. And then there was the the Neveah fad. Three of my kindergarten colleagues had 7 Neveahs between them one year. Seven! And they were the kindergarten team at their school.

@user-lc4qe4gr7k

10 күн бұрын

HOW did y'all keep it together ?

I have 5 guinea pigs. Brownie, Nugget, and their 3 babies Chocolate, Oreo, and last but not least, Jaquavius Quantavius Dontavius Demetrius Demarcus Jamal Tyrone Dontrell Tyrell Quantrell Shaquellius the 3rd 😂🤍

@karmencummings9754

3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@TheVoxbox13

3 ай бұрын

👍 Consistency is key.

@aya9af

3 ай бұрын

I know a doodle named Montevious 😂

@Essie_Sims

3 ай бұрын

@@aya9af Jaquavius's full name is Jaquavius Quantavius Dontavius Demetrius Demarcus Jamal the 3rd

@nicolejohnson4989

3 ай бұрын

Smh lol ❤

Great comedy skit. When you said your lawyer wouldn’t let you say more, I woke up my husband laughing so hard. You are so funny. I can’t wait to hear your comedy show again. New fan!!!

I once had a sweet student named, A’sa’hole. I couldn’t believe it!

It goes farther back than millennials. I worked for a medical debt collection company in the past. One of the people we were trying to contact had a first name La-ia pronounced "Ladashia"

@paulette2830

3 ай бұрын

😂

@jhde9067

3 ай бұрын

I just let escape an audible "WHAT?"

@jenr2180

3 ай бұрын

I guess it's better than La hyphenia

@annapatton4544

3 ай бұрын

LOL, a few years ago my husband disconnected service non-payment for a lady with that name, she was their customer. We still laugh.

@FastSS02

3 ай бұрын

@@annapatton4544 did she happen to be in Michigan?

Aquanetta Named after a hairspray

@megan893

3 ай бұрын

Yup, I've seen this one ..

@user-vk3yz3fm3e

2 ай бұрын

Yep! I had a student by that name!

My heart breaks for the child that has the burden of a difficult given by parents. You can name your pets crazy names but don't do that to your child. It's a living nightmare and they will never have any peace with that name.

My nephew went to school with two brothers who's names are Lemonjello and Oranjello, because their mother's favorite desserts are Lemon and Orange Jello. No, I am not joking.

@Delana17

3 ай бұрын

😮

@4eyeswalker

3 ай бұрын

The tales of Orangello and Lemonjello are pretty common in teacher circles. A treasured Urban Legend (possibly true at some point) which spread far and wide

@sarina76667

3 ай бұрын

I used to work at a daycare and there was a family of boys all named after brands of cognac. Courvoisier is the little boy I can still remember. Their mother’s name was Tequila.

@hungariangiraffe6361

3 ай бұрын

Oh, sage ​@@4eyeswalker, please share thy knowledge with the unworthy mortals such as my humble self!

@BaughbeSauce

3 ай бұрын

I went to school with two girls named Princess and Baby. THOSE ARE DOG NAMES, BRO. While at work I've also heard people's children's names as: Justice, Liberty, Axle and Diesel (brothers), Ninja, Moona and Eclipse (sisters), I know there's more but I can't remember them right now. Like, STOP GIVING YOUR KIDS NAMES LIKE PETS. THESE GO ON LEGAL DOCUMENTS! Edit: remembered another couple. Separate families, both boys- Legend and Epiq.