Creative Names = Social Handicap?

If a child is brought into the world and given a name like: Orangejello, Scientific, Apple, Sex Fruit, Loser Lane, or Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii... is it doomed for life, or at least made socially handicapped at birth??? A court system in Australia says YES, being given a name like Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii is a social handicap and I TOTALLY agree.

What are parents thinking when they name their children "exotic", better yet stupid and careless names like Depressed Cupboard Cheesecake??? Clearly they are NOT thinking about the trauma they will experience on their child's first day of school when roll is called and the teasing begins. Not only are they not considering the torment through their childhood but they're most certainly not thinking about their future or their future careers. Really, who wants to hire someone named Sex Fruit Smith unless they're in the porn industry?

These "unique" names can socially handicap children and make their lives super difficult. What do you do when your name is Orangejello? Just because you put a hyphen between the two words, or say it with an accent on the a, the two words still spell orange jello and everyone knows it. These kids will either need to come up with really plain nicknames like Jane or Tom, or grow a really thick skin.

As much as these names, and names like them can prove to be difficult, I do think people can overcome their names and are not doomed to have horrible lives because their parents are morons.

On the flip side of this, I don't feel like we should all stick to naming our children Robert, John, Susan, and Mary because they're already commonly accepted, traditional and standard. We have enough people on this planet named John, Chris, or Elizabeth to fill an entire country. We shouldn't be afraid to step a bit outside of the box BUT there is a way to be unique without going overboard, traumatizing your children, making your offspring hate you and making everyone else think that you do, or did a heavy amount of drugs when your child was born.

Of the most popular names given around the world within the last year, these are my top 10 favorite boy and girl names in no particular order:

Boys
1. Cooper
2. Riley
3. Zahid
4. Emil
5. Jonas
6. Rhys
7. Aidan
8. Joaquín
9. Caden
10. Itai

Girls
1. Lakshmi
2. Aya
3. Yarin
4. Zahra
5. Noa
6. Nahia
7. Giada
8. Noémie
9. Brooklyn
10.Madison


** +Any names you can think of of people you know that have ridiculous names, or any thoughts about whether or not parents should be limited on the names they can give their children or whether or not they should have their children taken away if they name their children certain names that are deemed social handicaps