Some are silly. Some are funny. Some sound like diseases. And some are just downright cruel. And all beg the question: What were those parents thinking?
Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback, co-authors of Bad Baby Names: The Worst True Names Parents Saddled Their Kids With and You Can Too! shared with MSNBC some of the worst baby names ever. Read these and you'll be tempted to think they're a joke, but these are real names culled from U.S. Census Bureau records.
Warning: Don't try this at home!
Names that sound like a disease:
Fever Bender (born 1856)
Leper Priest (born 1929)
Cholera Priest (born 1830 during the second cholera pandemic)
Rubella Graves (born 1814)
Typhus Black (born 1897)
Hysteria Johnson (born 1881)
Emma Royd (born 1850)
Kathryn E. Coli (born 1894)
Mumps Sykes (born 1891)
Names that sound like a job:
Cook Cook
Governor Bush
Lawyer Low
Doctor Love
Teacher Blackbear
Judge Savage
Editor Honeycutt
Mayor Bland
Sales O. Justice
Gamble Moore
Names that sound like a sin:
Lust Garten
Greed Sister Mancini
Avarice Sullivan
Sloth Washton
Wrath Gordon
Envy Burger
Pride Saint
Greed McGrew
Lust T. Castle
Names that sound lucky:
Lucky Green
Lucky Jewell
Lucky O'Brien
Lucky Pleasant
Luck Fortune
Shamrock Hardeman of Illinois
Shamrock Dates of Mississippi
Shamrock Holland of Texas
Names that sound religious:
Saint Patrick Blan
Saint Patrick Forrest
Saint Patrick
Names that sound whimsical:
Rainbow Green
Emerald Jewel
Clover Field
Clover B. Green
Names that sound good enough to eat:
Lunch Magee
Dinner Ware
Bread White
Hero Brat
Mayo Head
Mustard M. Mustard
Pickle Parker
Plum Sellers
Banana Bowdy
Cherry Grant
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