Bad Bad name

[Trillian]

That's a bloody dreadful name! Imagine being called Dunger. How is anyone ever going to take you seriously in life?

There was someone local that called their baby Brax yesterday. F***. How can people do that to kids. Now when I think of that kid I'm going to think of that try-hard bad boy stooge on home and away.

[Dollyroux]

When I was pregnant with the twins I was saying to my Mum they I was having Braxton Hicks. Miss 4 pipes up with " Are they the twins names?" LOL

[Floweryfields]

I know a Braxton - first thing I thought was he was named after the dude in Home and Away.

[Trillian]

When I was pregnant with the twins I was saying to my Mum they I was having Braxton Hicks. Miss 4 pipes up with " Are they the twins names?" LOL

That's cute!

[meow]

I don't think Brax and Braxton are really such terrible names. They're kind of on trend and it's more of a personal taste issue there I think

[wysiwyg]

I don't think Brax and Braxton are really such terrible names. They're kind of on trend and it's more of a personal taste issue there I think

Yes I agree, they are not in the same category as some others in this thread. I haven't heard of the character in home and away so doesn't bring up any negative connatations - unlike Dunger (maybe was named after the famous Brazilian footballer although should have been spelt Dunga). Even some normal lovely names can be associated with people or characters that are undesirable.

[LimeSlice]

Not so much a bad name, as stupid spelling... cam across a Haeli at work today. (Hayley)

[Floweryfields]

Yes I agree, they are not in the same category as some others in this thread. I haven't heard of the character in home and away so doesn't bring up any negative connatations - unlike Dunger (maybe was named after the famous Brazilian footballer although should have been spelt Dunga). Even some normal lovely names can be associated with people or characters that are undesirable.

I don't think its a bad name as such, more that people think you're naming it after some dufus on a tv show whether you actually are or not.

[Artechim]

In the newspaper today:

A Dunedin man has changed his name to the longest legally allowed, after apparently losing a bet five years ago.

The 22-year-old man from Normanby is now legally known as 'Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The Superheroes Combined With Frostnova' - just one character shy of Department of Internal Affairs' (DIA) 100 character limit.

Do you know this man? Email us here.

A message on an online body building forum, written by someone describing themselves as a friend of the man, said the name change was the result of a lost poker bet and the man realised his drunken consequences only when his passport expired.

DIA Births Deaths and Marriages spokesman Michael Mead said the change of name was registered in March 2010.

The name met the requirements of naming rules and the applicant paid the fee and completed the form correctly, he said.


Mr Frostnova could change his name again any time by completing the form correctly and paying the $127 fee, Mr Mead said. The process takes around eight days.

Under Birth Deaths and Marriages rules, new names must consist of one surname, and one or more other names, unless religious, philosophical beliefs or cultural traditions require the applicant to have only one name - in which case the applicant is required to provide a letter of explanation.

Names may not be accepted if they cause offence to a reasonable person, are unreasonably long, or without adequate justification include or resemble an official title or rank.

In 2008, Family Court Judge Rob Murfitt publicly criticised some parents' choice of names, after he ordered that a girl named Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii be taken into court custody so she could change her name.

Names can also not include numbers or symbols.

Rejected names in recent years include Majesty, King, Knight, Princess, Justice, Anal, V8, 89, Mafia No Fear, Lucifer, full stop and *.

In 2007, a New Zealand couple tried to name their child 4Real Superman but were turned down because it contained a digit.

They settled instead for just Superman and continued to call the child 4Real unofficially.

[Tinks]

Ooookaaay!

Someone actually called their baby Superman? OMG.

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

mind. officially. blown. Arte!

[meow]

Lucifer was rejected? I have met a little Lucifer and I think it's a great name. What happened to being a secular society?

[Tinks]

I bet the people who called their child superman got 1,000 likes for the name on Facebook first.

[Rouge]

Another interesting one I saw yesterday. K a h a l a at first I was like oooooh like in Hawaii. But it's pronounced K a y l a .

[AnyDream]

See, I don't mind if an adult chooses to change their name to something weird, especially if it brings their name into alignment with their inner reality.

Really, really object to parents saddling their kid with a name with connotations/themes that suggest a personality type. Like, if my parents had named me Princess Trixie. I would most definitely need to change it to Full Cream Ice Queen Trixie. Yannow, just so my outer matches my inner.

[Miss.September]

Anal? Someone wanted to call their child Anal? Omg.....

[Floweryfields]

Not exactly bad, but hard for the child when a parent spells a name differently to how it's pronounced for whatever reason (some I've known have been because it looks prettier).

I knew a Madeleine which they pronounced Madalyn (and I started pronouncing it initially like the like french cartoon character till they corrected me).

I also knew an Aisleen which the parent was seriously offended I pronounced it like 'I lean', when I should have realised it was the Irish pronounciation Ashleen - duh to me.

Fine if you want to do something a bit fancy pants/out of the ordinary, but don't expect people not to mispronounce it all of the child/adult's life and don't get offended when people do!

[Ca Plane Pour Moi]

See, I like Aisling pron Ash-lyn.

So much so, Reisling (pron Roslyn) has been on the list for Stormy's middle name for years.