Xolani, Yo, Zelda, and Zestpoole

This is from What Not to Name Your Baby by Joe Borgenicht.

X

Xolani: African for "please forgive," which is undoubtedly what you'll be asking your child to do for you after a lifetime of having to spell this name for people ad nauseam.


Y

Yadid: The routine response to every mother's question beginning, "Have you... ?"

Yen: Japanese unit of currency. A female child with this name will, no doubt, take ironic joy every time some wisenheimer asks her how many of HER it would take to buy a candy bar.

Yo: A casual greeting. This name becomes extremely troublesome when paired with the greeting itself. "Yo, Yo! How's it going?"

Young'n: Hillbilly term meaning "small children." "I had four young'n until the twister done carried two of 'em off with the trailer house last summer."


Z

Zelda: A telepathic princess kidnapped by the king of evil. A female child with this name will be driven insane by the endlessly looping and incredibly annoying theme music running through her head. Mommy and Daddy will most likely wake up one evening to see little Zelda standing over their bed with a kitchen knife preparing to slay the "minions of Ganon."

Zelpha: A yellow staining gas with a foul egglike odor.

Zeruah (zehr-OO-wah) - No meaning. But, it spells "HA! U R E Z" backwards in vanity plate style.

Zestpoole: A puddle of filth remarkable for its fresh, minty scent.