Top ten worst baby names of 2007.
My mom showed me this. I have to say... were these parents high?
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Ptolemy
The only other one we know of is an ancient Greek astronomer, mathematician, and man extraordinaire. Actress Gretchen Mol reached a little too far back in history for this Mediterranean-inspired choice. No one will be able to pronounce it, and what happens when the kid studies his namesake in school?
Ashby
If a name's going to start with "Ash" and end in a "y", there's just no question -- the middle's got to be "le." If you must mess with Ashley -– or any common name, for that matter -- please pick something that doesn't sound like a mispronunciation of the real thing. Come kindergarten, Nancy O'Dell's daughter is going to have a lot of correcting to do.
E-
E...what? You'd think if you had to name your kid after a letter, Jay would be much better than this one, which was selected by parents in Washington. And while we're (grudgingly) willing to accept the use of apostrophes in baby names, we can't say the same for the hyphen. At least not when there isn't any more name to follow it.
Story
Actress Jenna Elfman's pick. It just doesn't make sense and certainly won't start a literary trend. Article, Essay, or Narrative, anyone? Every baby has a tale to tell, just not this way.
Ever
This is an adverb, not even an adjective or a noun, which do okay as names if you're in a pinch. It's going to get confusing when actress mom Milla Jovovich scolds the kid, "Ever, don't ever do that again!"
Heaven Rain
The only good news here: Brooke Burke's two older daughters are named Neriah and Sierra Sky. Though little Heaven's got a pretty lofty title to live up to, she'll fit right in at home.
Alabama
The trend of naming kids after locations obviously appealed to actress Drea De Matteo, but she's not even from the Southern state. We do hope she's going to be called Allie for short and turns out to be good at geography.
Princess
Every little girl is a princess to her parents, but it's a secret nickname. It's also a good name for a little fluffy white dog. Prince pulls off the male version because he's a rock star, but this baby, daughter of model Jordan, is set to be spoiled. (Don't get us started on Tiaamii, her middle name,...)
Evan
Don't go ballistic: Evan is a great name...for a boy. We know many wonderful Evans. But in this case, Napoleon Dynamite star Jon Heder bestowed it on his baby girl. Sorry, it's so not unisex.
Superman
No explanation necessary for why this New Zealand name made the list, but how about the story behind it? The parents' first choice was 4Real (as in, "when we saw him on the ultrasound, we realized he was for real" wink , but government officials didn't go for it. Mom and dad settled on Superman but insist they'll still refer to him as 4Real. Way to get the last word in.
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'Kay, so there's two on here that don't bother me that much.
Ashby and Story.
Ashby isn't bad. I like it, actually.
It's not way OUT THERE, as far as names go.
(Not like freaking SUPERMAN...).
Story isn't that horrible either.
The only time I've seen the actual word "story" used as a name,
was in Lady In The Water.
Believe it or not, it is an actual name. Except the only time I've seen it as an actual name was as a surname, and it was spelled "stori". Still, there it is.
And, I don't really mind the name Ptolemy either.
The only reason it's really a bad name in my book, is there isn't many people out there who would know how the HELL to pronounce that. >_>
I'd feel sorry for that kid. I know how freaking annoying it is to have people constantly screwing your name up
(Although Jessica shouldn't be rocket science...).
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