What’s in a name – The second installment

As some of you may know, Wifey and I are expecting our second child. We figured we were getting too much sleep and our clothes weren’t quite stained enough with mashed Banana and Wheat Bix so another child was a fantastic way to solve this issue.

We have thought of a name, and no I’m not going to tell you because someone will steal it and we like the name. We also made it up so we think it’s kind of original (there were only about 36 results on Google when we typed in this name) During the journey of coming to a suitable name for our unborn child we borrowed many books from the library and went to many websites.

Let me tell you all there are some pretty weird and wonderful names out there. Names that make “Apple” and “Moon-unit” look like “John” and “Simon” Here are a few of my favorites. I took photos of a couple so you know I’m not making these up!

Gobnat – This one takes the cake. This kind of sounds like a sexual position “I want you to Gobnat me baby……yeah….right there”

Gool – Why not just call them gargoyle and be done with it

Goolcoola – This is obviously for people who live in cold regions

Gudrun – I can just imagine a Army Major saying “Well men, you’ve mastered the grenade course. You’ve done tank training and learnt how to kill a man in 18 different ways. Today men, you will prove yourselves as soldiers. You will have to take on the Gudrun”

Hikmat – This is obviously where rednecks do their washing

Lesbia – This is almost as bad as Cunzila

Lettice – Isn’t this what you put on a sandwich?

Krot – I’m pretty sure this comes from between your toes

Olien – An alien from “The Lord of the Rings” perhaps?

Seriol – I have this for breakfast in the morning

Seshat – We don’t need to discuss ladies and their bathroom habits

Tuulikki – ahhh. Tuulikki or not Tuulikki, that is the question

These are just a few of the more ‘alternative’ names I came across. What about you guys? Any far out names to share? Even better if it’s yours.

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