I’m at the stage in life where my friends seem to be having babies in bunches, and so the topic of baby names is quite in vogue. Today I checked a book out of the library called Bad Baby Names by Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback which details the highs and (mostly) lows of names found in the U.S. Census records. I’ve chosen some of my favorites as a sample. The following are all actual names of American citizens, dating back to the late 19th century.
Warren Peace
Ima Bumm (Is that better or worse than her fellow Ima, Ima Butt? I’m(a) not sure.)
Hades Fryher (surely a darling little girl)
Jump Jump
Doctor Love
Ura Scholar
God Brown (not a lot to live up to there)
Mahershalahashbaz Sturgeon
Good Dog
Hell Hess (who’s name is bad enough, but get this – her hubby’s first name was Christian. As the authors stated, “That’s marital irony for you”).
Parents, I implore you. Think twice before naming your child a cutsie name. They’ll thank you for it. Post Office, Cholera Peace, and White Bread would all agree with me. Really.
Made for Eternity 
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