Sunday, February 24, 2008

Canadians have bad taste, too!

Just so you don’t think that I only want to pick on U.S. Parents with terrible baby naming skills, here’s some evidence of moniker madness North of the border.

6,440 girl names and 5,134 boy names were bestowed in Alberta in 2007. Here are a few of the more unusual ones:

Girl Names
Aruba, Aunesty
Butterfly
Chaos, Charlemagne, Coltanna
DaKayDa
Eckoe, Ellexis, Emma-Star-Ulaniq
God’s
Halo
Jedhi, Jurnee
Kalifornia
Legacy, Lexxannah
Manning, Million, Morningstar
Nigma
Poet
Raynebow-Roze, RocRock
Saturday
Thistle, Tutu
Wes-Leigh, Whisper
Xyrhl
Zamber, Zamzam

Boy Names
Ambiious, Atlas
Bienvenito, Blue-Quill, Bluesky
Chancellor, Courage, Cowboy
Elilei, Ewuak
Felony, Frandon, Furious
Gix
Hush, Husky
Izic, Jackpine
Keeper
Little, Loyal
Manchester, Midnite, Milwaukee
Obsidian-Angel
Preetinder
Rainbow, Ripkin, Ryott
Slim, SyliceVirgil
Utah
Wrigley
Xnox
Zedric, Zero

The Dada Drummer feels a bit dizzy from this list. But I do have a few questions....

Do you think Jedhi and Ewauk are siblings? What about Manning and Ripkin?
How will babies Aunesty and Ambiious every learn to spell?
Can God's give self-esteem guidance to little Zero?
I guess I know how you decorate a nursery for baby Tutu, but what does baby Felony's room look like?

And this just in for the parents of Emma-Star-Ulaniq and Obsidian-Angel! The hypen called and it's PISSED!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

They drink a LOT of Labatts and Molson in the Great White North, Eh.