another baby name gone bad

pumpkinpumpkin

A girl I know had a baby girl.

HeavenLeigh Dream Lastname.

And yes, it's HeavenLeigh (no dash, no space).

pirategal03

Yikes.

I've seen double first names without a dash or space before.  But not ones that also were phrases. 

crfische

That's not ok.

vallyhoo

I would call her Leigh

crfische

I would call her "you're going to be teased your whole life because your parents are weird freaks."

baystateapple

Poor kid.

Her parents obviously didn't try putting any sort of title in front of that name.  Like Senator HeavenLeigh Lastname.  Poetic.

WildRumpus

Yikes. A friend from high school had a baby over the weekend, and I've had to go the "if you can't say something nice..." route-the baby has a pretty name, but I swear she looks like a treasure troll.

FutureMrsFezz

Ouch.

mandapanda78

Why not just name your kid Schadenfreude? 

arbolita

Next thing you know, we'll start seeing kids named  HgielNeveah.

crfische

Arbs, I was SO going to make that joke, but I didn't htink anyone would get it.

So ovbviously, I think you're hilarious.

tldh

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[QUOTE]Poor kid. Her parents obviously didn't try putting any sort of title in front of that name.  Like Senator HeavenLeigh Lastname.  Poetic.
Posted by baystateapple[/QUOTE]

A friend of mine has a rule that you have to be able to put "United States Supreme Court Justice" infront of a name. 

tldh

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[QUOTE]Next thing you know, we'll start seeing kids named  HgielNeveah.
Posted by arbolita[/QUOTE]

argghhh!! you just gave some people a "unique" idea...

baystateapple

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[QUOTE]Naming your kid HeavenLeigh, Nevaeh, Angel or anything like that just seems like its asking for the irony of having a very un-angelic or heavenly child.
Posted by lovethebeach16[/QUOTE]

And Chastity who becomes a skank, and Hope who is depressed and suicidal.

georgia_bride09

Are her parents hippies? I mean, then I could sort of understand...

She's destined to be a stripper, thanks to her parents.

SparrowSong

Obviously she's going to go straight from being a cute little baby to being a stripper. No one else could possibly be taken seriously with that name. There's not a chance these parents think their daughter might want to be taken seriously in the business, law or medical world for example.

vsgal

This is why I have fish. 

pumpkinpumpkin

Nope, they're very religious.
In one of those cult-type churches.

SarahPLiz

If she had just named her Heavenly that wouldn't be as bad, IMO, as trying to make it look clever. I have a little cousin named Treasure and I think its cute.

Mrs.B6302007

Hmmm....not too late to change J's name on the birth certificate, is it?  I've been inspired.  ;-)

AmoroAgain

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[QUOTE]Yikes. A friend from high school had a baby over the weekend, and I've had to go the "if you can't say something nice..." route-the baby has a pretty name, but I swear she looks like a treasure troll.
Posted by Jill9288[/QUOTE]

HA!! 

strlzfan11

I think mom might have read too much old-school VC Andrews growing up.

noodle_oo

I've never seen 2 names squished together like that.  So are you supposed to have the capital L in the middle?  That is going to be SUCH a pain for her to explain over and over again... seriously, what makes people think these are good ideas?

strlzfan11

I once worked for a school district and one of the students was named Shithead (pronouced Shateed).

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

I can't even see how this could have been a good name to begin with.

At least it's all spelled right?

mandysmear

Oh sweet baby jesus.

wadingmoose

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[QUOTE]I think mom might have read too much old-school VC Andrews growing up.
Posted by strlzfan11[/QUOTE]


Yup.  This.  I'm not really sure what naming your child after a VC Andrews heroine means though.  Because I do hope she isn't wishing Heaven's life on her own child.  Ew.

Theresa626

Ha ha. That's awful.  My fiance once had a student come in who's name was spelled Le-ah.  So, he called her Leah and she goes, no my name is Ledasha.  You have to pronounce the dash.  Too bad it's a hyphen.  

SparrowSong

My mom's cousin's boyfriend's old teacher had students named Lemonjello and Orangello.

Sorry, just had to add that since every other urban name legend has been trotted out.

PiscesFish

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: another baby name gone bad : Yup.  This.  I'm not really sure what naming your child after a VC Andrews heroine means though.  Because I do hope she isn't wishing Heaven's life on her own child.  Ew.
Posted by wadingmoose[/QUOTE]

In a couple years, is HeavenLeigh's little sister Audrina going to debut?