The Worst Names List

[Aurora Borealis]

In the article I linked to, the first two names had me going "WTF?!", I confess that the 5th one made me chuckle and the 10th one made me facepalm.

Seriously. Selling your name to get paid to change your name to that of a website or business? That's just desperate, and kinda scary. It reminds me of "Idiocracy", in which everyone in the 26th century is named after a food brand name or such.

For the record, an acquaintance of my family got a daughter, upon being asked what he thought the baby should be named, their 5-year old son proposed "Windows 98 Joystick"...

;088 ;088 ;088

In the end, she was named something normal and boring, but since WE got ear to it, the story's been going around ^^

Yeah! Don't let them live it down! Something like that is just too funny to forget!

Too bad about the normal name though.

[NejinOniwa]

Yeah, well, WE won't forget...and the 'net certainly isn't going to, either >:3

[Smokey]

Anonymous remembers looooooooong time... ;006

[NejinOniwa]

As long a time as Longcat is looooooooooooong...

[Aurora Borealis]

And on top of that, Anonymous is legion, with many people to spread the lulz around!

[Smokey]

And we have a new terrible name for our kiddies..... Anonymous...

[NejinOniwa]

That's not terrible, that's just the new millennium's John Doe.

[Aurora Borealis]

It'd be terrible because actually being named 'Anonymous' defeats the purpose of being Anonymous!

[NejinOniwa]

- State your name, please.
- I am Anonymous.
- BLATANT CENSORING please.
- No srsly, I am Anonymous! Anonymous James Johnson, it's my name!
- WTFLOL

Something like that, huh...
-.-;

[Aurora Borealis]

I had to edit your post, Nejin. You've been warned not to use THOSE kind of words.

Aside from that, your scenario accurately illustrates the danger of being named Anonymous!

[NejinOniwa]

While we're at it...

The Statistical Central Bureau of Sweden has this wonderful Name Search tool, with indexing on the entire populace. <3
http://www.scb.se/Pages/NameSearch____259432.aspx

Let's play with it a bit, and see what comes up.

No matches for Anonym or Anonymous, sadly, but well, that's to expect. HUNT ON ~

[Smokey]

Heh, LOL... see it's a nice name ;006

[NejinOniwa]

OH! Goldmine. Lists of the names of all newborn females and males between '98 and '08. GO GET

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Apparently there's 1 woman named Lol. Oh, lol!

[Smokey]

imma gonna name me kid "OMG"

[NejinOniwa]

Although the meaning's different, there are 24 people with the surname Fag.

No comments needed.

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And in addition to that, 1 poor guy who has Bög (slang for homo) as his first name. That's just scary.