If you were self-important and ridiculous, what would YOU name your kid?

[WeRQ4U]

My Choices = Squinky Nutpeeler (girl) and Slockety Jinxbutton (boy)

Here are some examples of celebrity oddballs that name their kids while on LSD.:

Jermain Jackson = Son "Jermajesty"

Gwyneth Paltrow = Daughter "Apple"

Johnathan Davis (KORN) = Son "Pirate"

Jason Lee (Mallrats) = Son "Pilot Inspektor"

Spike Lee = Son "Satchel"

Bob Geldof = Daughters "Fifi Trixibelle", "Peaches", "Pixi" and "Tiger Lilly"

Edit: Apparently "assholes" was too injurious to some. Sorry. I changed it for the sake of fun.

[northzax]

1. well, I'd have to go with

WeRQ4U. definately. or maybe skinner.

[WeRQ4U]

51. I'm flattered.

[jobycom]

2. What's wrong with Satchel?

Sounds like a tribute to Satchel Page, one of the greatest baseball players of all time.

[northzax]

5. or they really like get bucky.

[JohnKleeb]

8. Thats what I was thinking too

Paige was one of the best, its a shame he didnt pitch in the majors during his prime, damned shame.

[jobycom]

32. With Josh Gibson, Jackie Robinson, and Cool Papa Bell

I think Satchel DID pitch in the majors during his prime. When he past his prime, he went to the White Leagues. Just my HO.

[JohnKleeb]

46. You know what I mean

Yeah the Negro Leagues were definely filled with more talent. Cool Papa Bell was one of the fastest ever. Gibson is rumored to have hit 800+ home runs, amazing if you consider he died at age 36, its a shame him and Bell never made the transition. The damn racism of those days prevented us from seeing some of the best players ever. Its a shame too. There are two people I blame for the long time segreation of baseball, Cap Anson and Kennesaw Mountain Landis.

[jobycom]

67. Gibson was almost the first player in the white leagues

IIRC, many people wanted to see him instead of Jackie Robinson, but the white guys researched it and decided Jackie was the most "refined" of the players. Josh was a bit redneck, apparently. So they chose Jackie, with the plan of maybe bringing Josh up later. Sadly, Josh got sick and died shortly after that.

That's from memory, it could be a bit off.

Gibson was like Barry Bonds, only for his whole career, and not just the last few years. Definitely one of the three atheletes I most wished I'd seen play. Babe Zaharias and Jim Thorpe being the other two.

[JohnKleeb]

68. Yeah

Its sad really how young he died, the Pittsburgh Grays is that right, I forget but from what Ive heard was one of the best teams ever. Damn shame.

[WeRQ4U]

12. Maybe, but it's still a type of carry on luggage.

Maybe I'll name my kid "Suitbag McShowerkit"

[grace0418]

26. I love the name Satchel! A "matt" is something you put on

your doorstep but nobody blinks an eye at the name Matt. Or what about Dick?

[WeRQ4U]

33. Good point.

Dick is a weiner. You shouldn't name your kid after your weiner.

[jobycom]

34. Or Bob--that's just a haircut, or something you do when you can't swim

[WeRQ4U]

42. Bob and Matt are short for other names though.

Now, if those names were short for "Blobbybob" and "Mattstatbaseballbat", then you'd be talking my language.

[grace0418]

60. Fine, then how about Grace? Grace is a word that's also

a name and isn't short for anything. Or April, or Amber? Lots of names are also things. Satchel is one too, and a good one.

[jobycom]

63. Satchel is a great name! (for the record, it was Paige's nickname

Paige got his nickname Satchel from a friend and next door neighbor, Wilber Hines, when they used to go down to the Louisville and Nashville Railroad station and carry bags for the passengers for money. Hines gave him the name the day Paige got caught trying to steal one of the bags that he was carrying.

His real name was Leroy Robert Paige.

However, Satchel is an old English name: SATCHEL
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: SACH-ul
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From a surname derived from Old English sacc meaning "sack, bag", referring to a person who was a bag maker

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Ah, isn't Google cool?

[JohnKleeb]

65. I read somewhere interestingly that

Paige ran as a democrat for some office. Yeah here it is
"n 1968 Paige assumed the position of deputy sheriff in Kansas City, with the understanding that he need not bother to actually come to work in the sheriff’s office. The purpose of the charade was to set up Paige with political credentials. Soon after, he was running for a Missouri state assembly seat with the support of the local Democratic club. Candidate Paige never gave a speech, and was never taken seriously. Paige lost the election in a landslide."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satchel_Paige#Post-playing_career

[SCDem]

48. Yep I like the name Satchel

[auburngrad82]

81. Satchel Page was a legend nt

[XemaSab]

3. Minnie Pearl

n/t

[jobycom]

37. I miss her!

One of a kind!

[redqueen]

4. Am I the only person who doesn't really care about odd names?

:shrug:

[WeRQ4U]

6. I like em' too. Just go with it.

;-)

[redqueen]

10. hhahaha...okay

Then I'll submit "Moon Unit"

One for the ages!

[Allenberg]

9. Nope.

Names are overrated.

[jobycom]

41. No, apparently Frank Zappa didn't either. nt

[DS1]

7. Shakespeare's Ghost McNutcracker

[Goldmund]

11. How DARE those bastards not comform?

So self-important, self indulgent -- who do they think they are, like, individuals or sumthin???

[WeRQ4U]

14. Chill. It's for fun. Try it.

I think you'd like "XiXi Kinkmitten"

[Goldmund]

25. Alright, alright

Snickers Spaceship

How's that?

[WeRQ4U]

35. One of the best I've heard yet.

I laughed out loud. Fun aint it.

[Odonata]

I like that one too n/t

hrmpph, this was supposed to be a response to #14

[dean_dem]

13. "Rambo Kickass"

No namby-pamby names for my boy, I tell you what!

[Odonata]

15. I like "Apple"

thhhhhhhhhhbt
:P

[WeRQ4U]

18. That one's my favorite out of the bunch.

Still room for teasing however. I wouldn't have stopped at just "Apple", however.

My kid would have been "Macintosh Sweetflavor" instead.

[EstimatedProphet]

89. Beats Granny Smith-especially for a boy

Or Golden Delicious

[redqueen]

20. Me too!

Welcome to DU! :hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

39. I do too.

:hi:

[Lavender Brown]

62. I know a woman with the name

Gwyneth didn't invent it. :P

[Xipe Totec]

16. Ima Hogg

Ima Hogg (1882-1975), philanthropist and patron of the arts, daughter of Sarah Ann (Stinson) and Governor James Stephen Hogg, was born in Mineola, Texas, on July 10, 1882. She had three brothers, William Clifford Hogg, born in 1875; Michael, born in 1885; and Thomas Elisha Hogg, born in 1887. Ima was named for the heroine of a Civil War poem written by her uncle Thomas Elisha and was affectionately known as Miss Ima for most of her long life. She was eight years old when her father was elected governor; she spent much of her early life in Austin

http://www.famoustexans.com/imahogg.htm

How's that for a real test case?

[tridim]

Gwyneth Platrow, Jason Lee and Bob Geldof are not "assholes"

But I agree those particular kid names are pretty bad. "Jermajesty" is the worst.

I do understand and plan on giving my future kids unique names. I hate my run-of-the-mill name.

[WeRQ4U]

21. I've never heard of "tridim"

Is that run of the mill where you're from? Maybe "John" would work instead. ;-)

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. Frank Zappa wins the prize

Moon Unit and Dweezel. Can't get any stranger than that.

[WeRQ4U]

19. Don't forget Ahmed too.

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. Oh how could I??

[AllegroRondo]

74. His son's given name was not Dweezel

That was just what they called him when he was growing up. When he turned 18, he legally changed it to Dweezel.

(read it in Franks Autobiography)

[Kire]

22. Owen, Zoe and Milo

actually, some friends of a friend of mine named their kids this, they are the coolest family ever

[WeRQ4U]

27. Those aren't nearly extreme enough

Unless their names are short for "Owenceyoucamefrom", "Zoenogo" and "Milowestpoint"

[Kire]

79. hence the irony

:crazy:

[jobycom]

23. My son would be Peace Plant (my new name for bushes), and my daughter

would be Sappho Hillary Eleanor Eleanor Rosalyn Isidora--or Sheeri, for short. Eleanor twice for Roosevelt and de Aquitaine.

Or maybe just Peach. Peace and Peach, that would sound just, well, peachie...

[WeRQ4U]

30. Now you're talking

I love Sheeri's whole name. Make it as hard as you can for them in the first grade right?

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[spacelady]

29. My nickname for my daughter was "Squink" until she asked me to stop!

[WeRQ4U]

38. Total coincidence, I swear,

;-)

[spacelady]

91. this is a great topic, makes me snicker.

[grace0418]

31. Why does that make them assholes, btw?

I don't get it.

[WeRQ4U]

40. I'll change the title for you, jesus.

Have some fun, play along. Everything does NOT have to be this serious.

[jobycom]

44. WOW! Grace is Jesus? I'd change the title for her, too, then!

[WeRQ4U]

47. My thoughts exactly.

:hi:

[grace0418]

52. Double huh?

[WeRQ4U]

56. I'm with you.

Huh?:shrug:

[jobycom]

71. Wha..?

Now I'm lost. What part lost you?

[grace0418]

50. Huh?

[I Know How To Do it]

36. Eddie

[BlueIris]

43. You forgot Will and Jada Pinkett Smith: Willow and Jadred.

Don't get me wrong, y'all, I LOVE future Preside and First Lady Smith, but those names? One of my favorite writers once said that she thought that if the two of them had a third child they might name it Ego.

[WeRQ4U]

45. Very Nice

[6th Borough]

49. Sexual Chocolate the 2nd.

That works, no? :shrug:

[WeRQ4U]

53. Wow, hell yes that works.

I'm writing that one down.

[nickgutierrez]

54. Jesus

You know, "Son of God" and all.

[WeRQ4U]

58. True

Naming your kid "Christ" would probably be better though huh

[RayOfHope]

85. Actually, my great great grandfather's name was Christ

but it was pronounced with a short i sound, like "Chris". He was Swedish.

[cheeseit]

55. Barbara and Jenna. n/t

[johnnie]

57. I would name them What

Then when people ask "Do you know what?" I can say, "Well of course, that's my kid...why?"

[WeRQ4U]

59. Nice

And your daughter could be named "That". So when people ask "Did you know that?" You can get really frightened and say, "Why has something happened to her?"

[johnnie]

73. Sweet

I'll try to remember that one. It's better than What.

[jobycom]

88. I don't know why

But that struck me as the funniest thing I've heard all week.

[ET Awful]

61. Hootie McBoob or Chesty Larue :) n/t

[I Know How To Do it]

64. 127.0.0.1

[TroubleMan]

93. "Hey, Loopback....get over here!!" ....LOL

nt

[grace0418]

66. Okay, I'll play. Boy: Nosmoking (pronounced NAH-zmok-king)

and girl Female (pronounced feh-MAH-lay).

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

69. Rushton Limbaugh IV

or George (insert anscestors last name) Bush.

[barb162]

70. Hunter

[jmm]

72. It's a shame Urhines Kendall Icy Eight Special K is already taken

because if I wanted my first born to suffer emotional scars this is how I'd start.

And no, I'm not making this up

[patcox2]

75. Lourdes

of course

[Tikki]

76. Zanzibar...that way you could call...

him/her... Zanzibar or Zan or Zi or Bar or Za or Zanz or Anz or Zib or Ziba or Ib or Iba or Ibar.



Tikki

[no name no slogan]

77. How about "ugly lisa pukeface"

Or better yet, "Blanket", "Prince Michael" and "Prince Michael II".

[no name no slogan]

78. Barbara and Jenna Bush (nt)

[Divameow77]

80. I knew a girl named Ulla

I kind of liked the name.

Sissy is not a very nice name.

I also don't think it was cool for George Foreman to name ALL his kids after him.

[Pool Hall Ace]

82. I once considered the name Orestes Ronald.

My mother was horrified. Ronald? Like Reagan?

Orestes' mother, incidentally, was Clytemnestra. That's a nice name, too.

[mr blur]

83. George Walker (nt)

[skygazer]

84. Smegma and Eucalyptus

I think those are lovely names. Smegma McGillicuddy and Eucalyptus Juicyfruit.

[Divameow77]

86. Someone help me remember

In the Ramona Quimby books her sister Beatrice named her doll a funny name, I think it was the name of a car, does anybody remember what it was?

[bloom]

87. Saturn and Neptune

or maybe I would anyway - but I'm not having any more kids - so I'll just have to name my pets that.

[EstimatedProphet]

90. Sofa King

[maveric]

92. My boss's first name is "Lovely". She was born with it.

And she is very "Lovely".

[TroubleMan]

94. Jesus Pimp for a boy, and Luscious Divine for a girl

nt

[Spider Jerusalem]

95. Achilles and Euphrosyne.

Or maybe Minerva and Vulcan. Plenty of names frm Greek and Roman mythology that fit the bill.

[REP]

96. Summer Eve and Wynter Agony

I got the last one from a Goth baby name site. It's oh so special.

[RevCheesehead]

97. "Brie" or "Camambert"

:shrug:

[spacelady]

98. the most worst name which I actually saw in the newspaper for a child

was Aryan Justice. Try carrying that around for life.

[TroubleMan]

99. Osiris Mandingo

nt

[WCGreen]

100. Shit head.....

Cause that's what my dad called me.....

[khashka]

101. Gotta go with Pilot Inspektor

Too fucking cool for words. Although Fifi Trixibelle is a damn good name.

Zappa was a master at naming his kid's dumb/cool stuff: Dweezil, Moon Unit, Ahmed.

I'm changing my name to Carnival or Rat. Haven't decided yet...

Khash.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

102. Strange names for kids are an old celebrity tradition

James Mason's daughter is named Portland.

Woody Allen and Mia Farrow named their adopted daughter Dylan and their biological son Satchel.

Barbara Hershey and David Carradine named their son Free.

And how can we forget Chastity Bono? And her half-brother Elijah Blue?

Abbie Hoffman named his son america.

Then there are Bruce Willis and Demi Moore with daughters Rumer and Scout.

Tatum O'Neal is a celebrity kid, the daughter of actor Ryan O'Neal.

[roguevalley]

103. I knew someone named Trucking Along Cedarhome and

Alcan Sunrise Brinkerhoff.