What Not To Call Your Baby: 1001 Extraordinary But True Names to Avoid

The perfect gift book for expectant parents, WHAT NOT TO CALL YOUR BABY is a helpful guide to the sorts of names, or name combinations, to avoid at all costs. Parents not thinking things through, linguistic changes, ghastly mistakes and numerous other factors have spawned a raft of unfortunate names through the ages, many of which are chronicled for the first time in this mind-boggling survey: how could Mr and Mrs Peacock call their son Drew? And what possessed the Looneys to christen their child Ima? These and many more examples of strange but true names are presented here, in a thematic catalogue, by name collector extraodinaire Russell Ash, who guides you through the minefield of name-choosing in this hilarious compilation. If only Roger Mee's mum and dad had owned such a book...