Bad Baby Names: Attack Of The Ys.


This week’s Bad Baby Names is rife with misspellings, push-togethers, and just plain bad names. It kicks off with this week’s winner of the A Man, A Plan, A Canal: Panama Award: Zaibiaz. It’s unique, it’s palindromic, and it’s bad.

Next up is Attack Of The Ys: Kiralyn and Shailyn are the soldiers on the ground, but commanding them all is Destinylyn, who has not only received a Medal of Dishonour for Unmerytoryous Conduct, but also received the Medal of Disdistinction for Hypenation Without Hyphens.

Madden was unfortunately named after John Madden, I’m sure. My wife tells me that Madden is one of those really bad late 90s names. I asked her why it didn’t stay in the late 90s. She said that there are a lot of really stupid parents out there still.

But winning this week’s Baddest Baby Name Award is Ryllei. Poor kid. Stupid parents.

  1. #1 by andy on 06 November 2006 - 5:05 pm

    I can think of only one possible response to the last name. Ia!

  2. #2 by Madden on 30 January 2007 - 1:44 pm

    Madden is the English version of the Irish Ó Madaidhín (meaning Male/Manly), derived from Gaelic maduinn meaning “Morning Wolf”; thus a great traditional Irish name , though I am not sure if it could catch on in the US

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