![]() ![]() If we can’t laugh at ourselves as a culture, we’re all going to act a lot more butthurt when other people laugh at us. >I genuinely dislike this naming trend and feel bad for some of these kids, and I get that this post is meant to be “in good fun” but the tone is a little bit hostile and a lot a bit elitist. This year appears to be about the same, but I’m not doing the tallying again on account of it took forever. Last year I did some number-crunching to see what percentage of babies in the insert had made-up and/or misspelled names a staggering 53% did.This installment taught me that if you failed to take a picture of your baby girl in a lacy romper or tutu, you are nothing. Last year taught me that cabbage-sized flower headbands are being phased out for pearl necklaces. ![]() ![]() I always learn so much about Mormon baby fashion trends from the accompanying baby photos.(Sentimental or not, they’re still bad names and deserve inclusion). I strongly suspect middle names LeRoy and LaMar are family names as well. The baby’s parents and grandparents are listed in each ad, and sure enough Elizabeth LuWynn is a proven namesake. Mormons have long loved their weird names, but in older generations it was a distinctly different style. This year more than ever, I noticed middle names that must be nods to older relatives.Those compounding misspellings, including that unnecessary Y thrown in for good measure, gave it the winning edge.Īnd a round of applause for the parents of these children. I considered them for three categories – Drivel, Celebs, and WTF. *Ask your doctor if Rexalyn™ is right for you Riglee (though very descriptive of a baby, I will concede) Thedore (Thedore is dressed as Yoda in his picture, and it is ovary-exploding cute)Īaaaaand the category you’ve been waiting for… Berkeley…Billings……….Barstow.)Īre you just looking at things in the room and naming your kid after them? (I spent 60 seconds thinking of names for their future children that could fit the theme. There’s a whole world of names out there beyond “Two-syllable US cities that start with the letter B,” you know “How come SHE got a real name and I got a made-up name?” I thought that was relevant.)ĭempsey (she will be ‘Dumpsey.’ To everyone.) (After years of doing this, I’m used to names like these, but that doesn’t make them good names. This is a historic category, best explained with the following chart: Got it? Ready to begin? Are you sitting down? …Lezzgo.įirst up, Mix-n-Match. There are plenty of real bad names to go around there’s no need to repeat urban legend! So unless you have a birth certificate to back up your claim, I don’t want to hear it. If you mention Le-a or the -jello twins in the comments, best case scenario is that I delete your comment, worst case scenario is that I mock you publicly.Don’t exclaim “Mormons aren’t the only ones that name their babies weird names, duh!!” because I’m not saying that.(A complex Venn diagram might be a better representation.)Īnd a couple of ground rules before we begin: Please note: Many of the names you are about to read were difficult to classify, as they span multiple categories. I cackle with glee as I first list, then categorize, the most egregious examples. This is my ninth consecutive year blogging about this newspaper insert (but my first time here at BCC!), and I still get giddy with anticipation, tearing open the envelope and flipping to the first page, pen poised and paper at the ready. “Why use vowels when ‘Y’ exists?” is actually the Idaho state motto.) (Mormons, as you may know, love made-up and/or misspelled baby names. This annual publication announces the births of babies born the previous year in Rexburg and Idaho Falls, and is a veritable treasure trove of delightfully bad baby names. It contained the “Born in 2015” insert from her local newspaper, the Post Register. On Monday my mom mailed me a Much Anticipated Envelope. ![]()
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