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January 02, 2005

A Baby with any other name would smell as sweet.Humor

One of my most popular blog posts ever dealt with the…um…”unique” names that Malayalee parents bestow on their helpless offspring. Most bloggers get a large number of hits via Google searches for all sorts of random things; HERstory is visited daily by people who wish to marvel at the ad hoc list of contrived and tortured nomenclature I compiled during one ennui-laced jaunt through Friendster.

I think I might have to amend the list:

Tsunamis are associated with death and destruction. But that has not stopped a couple in Kerala’s Alappuzha district from naming their new-born baby girl after the killer waves.
Kutten and Priyanka of Valiyazheekal in the district, where several people have been killed by the disaster, named their child Tsunami following her miraculous escape from the killer waves.
Priyanka and her daughter were rescued by a relative.

I have no words.

Okay, that’s a lie. I have a few. I guess they can call her…”Tsu”? As a nickname?

Oh, it’s all so wrong…

Via Rediff.

:+:

Update!

Sepia Mutiny reader “JK” points us to an article where “Kutten”, Baby Tsunami’s father, states that he did nothing as foolish as naming his kid after the worst natural disaster in years. Apparently the kid is named “Nakshatra”. So Baby Nakshatra’s Daddy didn’t do it, got that? Yeah, me neither. ;)

anna on January 2, 2005 08:58 PM in Humor · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post



13 comments

 1 · JK on January 2, 2005 09:53 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Sorry to burst your bubble

http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=53889

Her name is Nakshatra not Tsunami.


 2 · A N N A on January 2, 2005 10:08 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

actually, you didn't burst anything. thanks for the update.


 3 · nik on January 3, 2005 07:38 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

now.. nakshatra... that's a gorgeous name, which means star. right? Pretty!


 4 · Manish Vij on January 3, 2005 08:59 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

It means constellation, I think.


 5 · deepa on January 8, 2005 01:51 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

I think Nakshatra is the Hindu (Vedic?)Zodiac.

I'm sensing a bad pick-up line in the works.

-D


 6 · ME NOT YOU on May 9, 2005 03:49 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I FILLED A PRESCRIPTION TODAY FOR A 4 MONTH OLD...NAMED TSUNAMI. (I WORK AT A PHARMACY)


 7 · Maitri on May 9, 2005 04:39 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Strictly speaking, Nakshatram is Sanskrit for "constellation" or "set of stars." However, in the modern parlance, or at least in response to the question of a baby's nakshatram, it means "start" or "star sign."

The American south is pretty ... uh ... creative with names as well. So far, I have come across Aquanet, Inkwizitana, Rockshell and, no jokes, Female.


 8 · Maitri on May 9, 2005 04:41 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Oops ... I mean "star" and not "start." Dur.


 9 · trish on June 6, 2005 07:13 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

talking about terrible celebrity names -hutchinson's (the famous guy who killed himself in sydney,australia) daughter's name- Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lilly...poor thing. but apprently she's quite rich now hoarding in on the the $$. and julia roberts twins- Hazel and Phinnaeus...:S


 10 · browngrlinwhite on February 26, 2006 09:45 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

i have a theory on how mallu christian parents name their children. i know someone whose parents named them reuben- sensible biblical name, right. then their second child came along, and becuz they felt the overwhelming need 2 make the 2 names rhyme, they names #2 juben- as all u intelligent people can guess that means absolutely nothing. so basically, mallu chris parents put two nice sounding syllables together and claim its a name. beat that, yo.

thankfully, my parents named me a sensible, sanskrit-based name


 11 · ms on February 26, 2006 10:26 PM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Well for a scientific take on Mallu Christian names, have a look! Still can't stop laughing about, Tittymol! ;)


 12 · sk on February 27, 2006 09:56 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

I went to school with a Starling Emerald and an Edelqueen Quincita.


 13 · shefali on November 26, 2007 07:19 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

YOUR WEBSITE IS TRASH YOU IDIOTS


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