The Institute for Naming Children Humanely purports to provide parents (in the US, at least) with guidance toward providing their children with “humane” names.
A child’s name is the most important label he or she will ever receive. It will stay with the child throughout their whole lives. Parents who choose names poorly create misleading labels for their children. These labels can cause their children to be mocked, stereotyped, or ostracized. Mocked, stereotyped, and ostracized children grow to become demented adults.
I have to believe that this site is at least a bit tongue-in-cheek, since, as Doyce points out, the exceptions to the rule are legion.
And, of course, when you get to the list of name yeas/nays, it becomes, at best, a judgment in aesthetics. On the “no” list are Dean, Evan, Gabriel, Glen, Jason, and Joshua. At least one of those (Jason) is because the name is too common, which seems to fly in the face of the mission statement above.
Not that there aren’t parents who name their kids something godawful. I mean, yeesh-and-a-half. And the categories listed on the main page are fair (if sometimes crude) bits of good advice for would-be parents. But, still, if a joke, the page is poorly constructed one. If sincere, it’s even moreso.
(N.B. The page also seems to be doing some repeated attempts to go out to some IP addresses, which attempts fail. Caveat browsor.)