| Bad Baby Names: The Worst True Names Parents Saddled Their Kids With, and You Can Too! | 
 enlarge | Authors: Michael Sherrod, Matthew Rayback
Creator: Joey Gates
Publisher: Ancestry.com
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 223123
Format: Illustrated
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 122
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 5 x 0.5
ISBN: 1593313144
Dewey Decimal Number: 929.44
EAN: 9781593313142
ASIN: 1593313144
Publication Date: March 1, 2008
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Product Description
Throughout history, people have named their children truly terrible things, and this book has the proof. Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback combed through U.S. federal census records to find the absolute worst names parents have given their children. The result is this hysterical new take on the baby name book. Here are some samples of the hilarious names inside: Fanny Pack, Fanny Whiffer, Post Office, Warren Peace, Rubella Graves, Nice Carr, and Hell Hellickson. And then there are the names we thought Bart Simpson was making up as he prank called Moe's Tavern: Hugh Jass, Al Caholic, Anita Bath, Amanda Hugginkiss, and Maya Buttreeks. This book is also filled with original illustrations and great photos that take a stab at what some of these babies may have looked like. Bad Baby Names is truly a one-of-a-kind book that makes a great gift for a friend, family member, or just yourself. Either way, Bad Baby Names is sure to make you laugh.
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 Needs Format Change September 1, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a small book, about 5 x7, which allows it to be 122 pages. Each section had a little history of some of the names, research and sources for information.
Even though this book is sometimes repetitive and boring, I still liked it enough to recommend you check it out of the library. Hopefully you won't be naming your child any of the more unusual names in the book like Gravy Cooks, Late Knight, Super Mann or Brown Rice. I found my eyes glazing and rolling back in my head reading list after list after list of names. I'm not sure how to make the format more interesting. The page layout was okay, but maybe a bigger book with a little more history between shorter lists of the names.
 Bad Bad Baby Names March 19, 2008
7 out of 14 found this review helpful
When I read reviews of Bad Baby Names, I could hardly wait to pick it up. I've know a few people with clever or ludicrous names, and I expected that this book would present many more than my small collection had to offer. Wrong.
When I got it, I read it straight through but only out of a sense of duty to the review I knew I would have to write. I really couldn't wait to put the book down. The authors gathered together from a universe that is filled with wonderfully bad names a bunch that are only dull. After a couple of pages, you recognize that some parents are pretty unimaginative. Going on for the whole hundred and twenty or so pages simply confirms that first impression. Sure enough, some parents are pretty unimaginative.
I was looking for humor. I found boredom. My sense of honor won't even let me give the book to Goodwill. Some financially-strapped bargain-hunting reader might buy it.
 This is seriously funny! March 16, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've read books over the years about what to name the baby, but have never seen a book that is factual and reviews some of the worst names in the U.S. Census. I find it difficult to believe that parents could look at their beautiful baby and name them Wrath or Sloth, but it seems they did. Surely the mothers were not awake when these names were bestowed! A great book and one that will make you laugh when you reflect on someone else's misery!
Hilarious - and a great gift for a baby shower! March 11, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
What a hilarious book! A friend gave it to me, and I was howling not only about the names but over the great pictures in the book, too. And if you think you have a reason to hate your parents, you'll think again after seeing names such as Hunter Fisher, Acne Fountain, Lotta Bull, and Nighten Day.
A perfect baby shower gift!
A hilarious and astounding piece of history March 6, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I've read a number of baby name books, but it never occurred to me that among them would be one dedicated to the WORST names possible.
Some of the names in here defy description. It's amazing to think of people actually being named things like Evil Blessing! And they're all from the U.S. Census!
I had a great time reading this with my kids on a recent roadtrip. Highly recommended to all parents: think of the names you could have saddled your kids with!
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