Baby Names According to Dr. Seuss

My daughter has recently become obsessed with what is probably Dr. Seuss' scariest story, "What Was I Scared Of?"  which is the eerie story of a pair of pants that moves around by itself.

The story that comes before this one in the collection "The Sneetches And Other Stories" is the short but brilliant "Too Many Daves"

For some reason, all of us like to read articles about current baby names or odd baby names. If you are looking for a baby name, why not pick one from the master - Dr. Seuss?

Too Many Daves

BY THEODOR GEISEL

Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave

Had twenty-three sons and she named them all Dave?

Well, she did.   And that wasn't a smart thing to do.

You see, when she wants one and calls out, "Yoo-Hoo!

Come into the house, Dave!" she doesn't get one.

All twenty-three Daves of hers come on the run!

This makes things quite difficult at the McCaves'

As you can imagine, with so many Daves.

And often she wishes that, when they were born,

She had named one of them Bodkin Van Horn

And one of them Hoos-Foos.   And one of them Snimm.

And one of them Hot-Shot.   And one Sunny Jim.

And one of them Shadrack.   And one of them Blinkey.

And one of them Stuffy.   And one of them Stinkey.

Another one Putt-Putt.   Another one Moon Face.

Another one Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face.

And one of them Ziggy.   And one Soggy Muff.

One Buffalo Bill.   And one Biffalo Buff.

And one of them Sneepy.   And one Weepy Weed.

And one Paris Garters.   And one Harris Tweed.

And one of them Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt

And one of them Oliver Boliver Butt

And one of them Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate ...

But she didn't do it.   And now it's too late.

 These names are all so hilarious that it is hard to pick a favorite. Once I do, another one jumps up at me. 

Now if you are hesitant to name your child one of these names… remember that the name Madison started out as a joke name in the movie "Splash" in 1984. Between 2000 and 2006 it was the 2nd and 3rd most popular female baby name and is currently the #9 name. Maybe we can break into the list of top baby names with one of these! How about Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face?