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Personnel Name Game #1
Personals
SWho is Who?
Contributed by Sherissa and Kingsley David Hicks o which of the two people
(you’ll have to figure that
one out for yourselves) do
we think is Sherissa Hicks,
and which one do we think is
Kingsley David Hicks. (clue: Sher-
issa has longer hair).
Congratulations again Sherissa!
We think you’ve come up with a
grand name for your son!
Kingsley David Hicks?
Mention baby names at a party and some-
one invariably brings up the name urban
legends: the twins named Oranjello and
Lemonjello, the baby girl called Female, pro-
nounced fe-MAHL-ee.
We’re not sure those stories were ever true, but if you
look at the very bottom of the Social Security baby
name records, you can find plenty of other ill-advised
names that people actually gave their babies, and really,
really shouldn’t have.
The names that follows are so rare that each was
given to only five babies in 2012. (To protect pri-
vacy, the government only records names used
for five or more babies each year, so chances are
there are even worse choices out there that didn’t make
the official statistics.) Yes, some truly terrible names
were given to more than five children last year -- seven
little girls were named Anally, for instance, and nine
boys were named Havoc -- but focusing just on the very
bottom of the government list, here’s what NOT to name
your baby, and why . . . . . . (continued on page 7)
KingT sley David Hicks?
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Personals
SWho is Who?
Contributed by Sherissa and Kingsley David Hicks o which of the two people
(you’ll have to figure that
one out for yourselves) do
we think is Sherissa Hicks,
and which one do we think is
Kingsley David Hicks. (clue: Sher-
issa has longer hair).
Congratulations again Sherissa!
We think you’ve come up with a
grand name for your son!
Kingsley David Hicks?
Mention baby names at a party and some-
one invariably brings up the name urban
legends: the twins named Oranjello and
Lemonjello, the baby girl called Female, pro-
nounced fe-MAHL-ee.
We’re not sure those stories were ever true, but if you
look at the very bottom of the Social Security baby
name records, you can find plenty of other ill-advised
names that people actually gave their babies, and really,
really shouldn’t have.
The names that follows are so rare that each was
given to only five babies in 2012. (To protect pri-
vacy, the government only records names used
for five or more babies each year, so chances are
there are even worse choices out there that didn’t make
the official statistics.) Yes, some truly terrible names
were given to more than five children last year -- seven
little girls were named Anally, for instance, and nine
boys were named Havoc -- but focusing just on the very
bottom of the government list, here’s what NOT to name
your baby, and why . . . . . . (continued on page 7)
KingT sley David Hicks?
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