Comments on: This name rocks.

By: Thank God It’s Friday!

Thank God It’s Friday! — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:52:42 +0000

[...] the case of the parents who wanted to name their child “Metallica”? The Swedish National Tax Board originally turned them down. The ruling was overruled after a [...]

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:08:16 +0000

Chris fails to mention that his names were about as good as Metallica…

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:01:10 +0000

Hmm, taxgirl neglected that she allowed her son to be named “Casper,” although it’s a middle name and she did veto “Casper Faust”

Sadly, her name choices were even worse.

By: cara

cara — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:13:19 +0000

once heard of two children…again, classroom setting… named L’emonjello and O’rangejello (La-mon-gello & Oran-gello)

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:39:28 +0000

And at what point, as the teacher, do you pull that parent aside and say, “Listen, your child cannot be referred to as ’shithead’ for the rest of her life…”

By: Carol Fritz

Carol Fritz — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:07:14 +0000

A woman I met had been a teacher in Philadelphia. One of her students had a melodious name pronounced She-thee-ahd. The only problem was that the parents spelled it “Shithead.”

By: Robert D Flach

Robert D Flach — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:46:17 +0000

A couple in China recently attempted to name their new child “@” – commonly known as the “at” symbol. Apparently the symbol pronounced in English as ‘at’ sounds like the Chinese phrase “love him.” Oi vey!

TWTP

By: What’s in a name? « lawmummy

What’s in a name? « lawmummy — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:50:52 +0000

[...] at taxgirl.com, I have a post about the Swedish parents who named their daughter Metallica. Feel free to pop [...]

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:44:04 +0000

That’s funny, Scott!

The thing is, kids can be really cruel about names. My brother’s middle name is Wyman, named after the swimmer, Adam Wyman Smith, for whom my father had great affection.

But I used to tell people the real reason was because when he was born, my dad looked at him and asked the doctor, “Why man, why?”

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:50:37 +0000

This isn’t a “bad” baby name, I just found it… annoying. A couple of my extended family members are big Chicago Cubs fans. They’re SUCH loyal fans that they named their son Ryne Dawson, after two of their favorite Cubs players, Ryne Sandberg and Andre Dawson.

Secretly, I’m hoping he grows up to be a White Sox fan.