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catbyte

(34,358 posts)
Mon Dec 9, 2013, 05:13 PM Dec 2013

Why?

http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/12/09/oh-have-you-met-my-kids-panda-phone-and-cheese-the-weirdest-baby-names-of-2013/
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Oh, Have You Met My Kids, Panda, Phone and Cheese? The Weirdest Baby Names of 2013

By Samantha Grossman @sam_grossmanDec. 09, 2013Add a Comment


So, we already know that people are naming their kids after characters on TV shows like Breaking Bad and Homeland. But then there are the parents who’ve decided to stray from the norm, get creative and just go for it.

Parenting website BabyCenter has released its annual baby name special report, which includes a roundup of the year’s most unusual monikers. Upon first glance, there are some clear standouts here. For girls: Blip, Fairy, Kiwi. And even more for boys: Ajax, Baobao, Cheese, Danish, Egypt, Jag, Panda, Rocket. Keep in mind: these kids are the future. In 50 years, we could have a president named Kiwi and an international fashion icon named Cheese...


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catbyte

(34,358 posts)
2. LOL, it's better than a poor girl I went to middle school with. Her first name was Mary, her last
Mon Dec 9, 2013, 05:20 PM
Dec 2013

name was Aloya.

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
6. How about the name Rich with
Tue Dec 10, 2013, 01:25 AM
Dec 2013

the last name Arab? One of my sons works with a guy named Rich Arab.

When I was a kid I knew the Winkler sisters, Twinkle and Star Baby.

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
8. Friend of a friend of my father had the name Jane Wannamaker...
Tue Dec 10, 2013, 05:05 AM
Dec 2013

Apparently she had a great sense of humour about it and made fun of the name herself a lot.

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