Thanks to Jeff Meyerson for the link.
And the Worst Bad Name Is . . . - TierneyLab - Science - New York Times Blog: "We have a winner in the Worst Bad Name Contest. And after talking to the woman who has this name, I’m happy to report we have new anecdotal evidence to go with the psychological studies supporting the Boy Named Sue theory: good things can indeed come from a bad name.
It wasn’t easy picking a winner from more than 1,000 entries. Besides Charman Toilette, an early favorite of the judges, there was Chastity Beltz, Wrigley Fields, Justin Credible, Tiny Bimbo, and a girl whose father was an auto mechanic but somehow didn’t realize he was effectively giving her the name of a tire: Michele Lynn. There were girls named Chaos and Tutu, and boys named Clever, Cowboy, Crash, Felony, Furious and Zero. There was Unnamed Jones (pronounced you-NAH-med). There was Brook Traut and his daughter, Rainbow. There were more names involving genitalia than the judges cared to count. (Memo to parents: Carefully consider your surname before naming a boy Harry or Richard.)"
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My personal favourite bad name belongs to the son of the legendary voice artist Mel Blanc. He and his wife Estelle named their only child Noel Blanc, not realizing that the name Noel is of course the French for "Christmas". Their son therefore was named "Christmas White" or more accurately (because in French some adjectives come after the noun that they modify - for example Riviere Rouge is Red River) "White Christmas." The Blanc family is Jewish.
I didn't know that.
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