What Not to Name Your Baby

by Joe Borgenicht

They are hard to escape, these days, the names that will cause numerous hardships in the playground. From the pop star wannabees (Courtney, Kylie, Britney), through locations (China, Brooklyn), passing by the shops (Timberland, Armani), along the hippy trail (Leaf, Sunset, Pagan) to those heading for trouble (Romeo, Chastity) the inspirations for baby names are countless. Parents looking for novelty might turn to famous sidekicks (Tonto, Garfunkel) or indeed dictators (Saddam, Benito) before settling on a name that sounds normal but is damn tricky to spell (Kaycee, Genni, Jho). Joe Borgenicht offers nearly 1500 names which absolutely, positively, cannot be used for a child. With the help of WHAT NOT TO NAME YOUR BABY, readers are less likely to have their children resent them - well, okay, that's a stretch - but at least the parents can say they tried.

Genres: Humor, Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 25, 2005

About the author

Joe Borgenicht is an internationally recognized writer and entrepreneur who, at the age of 48, finally feels like he knows enough to say something of value.

Reviews

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

452 - 2017

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just plain funny

[Abby · Rating 5 out of 5]

that it is funney

[Stacey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Exactly what it sounds like.

Especially fun for looking up character names, like Mawk and I did.

[Sasha Strader · Rating 3 out of 5]

A perfect book for everyone having a child. Except they did leave out one thing: Thou shalt not give thy child a name with an apostrophe.

[Tori]

2011- Funny at times, but some of the less "unusual" names I liked!

[Kyleigh · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quite superficial and ... well, common sense. Worth a laugh or two at most.