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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Nevaeh is the most obnoxious to me (please explain that it's heaven backward again, so clever)

However, I've met a baby named Felonee and that takes the cake.

Derp_State_Agent , Daiga Ellaby Report

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252points

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

Do those parents realise that Felonee will have to introduce herself a million times to other people during her life?

100points

We got an interview with baby name expert Emma Waterhouse and she graciously answered some questions for us. To start off, Emma shared some thoughts about whether it's important to have the 'perfect' baby name for your kids: "The 'perfect name' is really in the eye of the beholder! We all come to the naming process with different tastes and requirements, so what is perfect for one family won't necessarily work for another. But I do think it's important to consider how your chosen name will wear throughout a lifetime. Our name is generally the first thing new people learn about us, and whether we like it or not people do make assumptions based on names, often subconsciously. A name is the first gift you give your child as a parent, so of course you want it to serve them well no matter where life takes them."

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Got a student named “Yeyson”. The mom got pissed when I was saying “ Yay-son”. She yells at me “It’s Jason like English!” Well lady, maybe f*****g spell it like English then.

dopiestsalt , Kenny Eliason Report

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237points

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

Yey!

70points

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why When AL Gore was VP, I had a meeting with him. There was a lawyer speaking on the panel. Her name was Baby Girl Smith. She had not let a dumb name hold her back.

Cesum-Pec , Gabrielle Henderson Report

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209points

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MellonCollie 1 year ago

Good on her!!

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Emma W. shared her own favorite and least favorite names: "I have a longer surname and I come from a multicultural family, so my preferred names are generally quite short, simple, and easily pronounceable in multiple languages. I tend to prefer names that are known but not too common – a combination that so many parents are looking for! Some of my personal favorite names include Vita, Caro and Ines for girls; Felix, Caspar and Ivo for boys."

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Any of Nick Cannon's kids' names. They are all so over the top bad.

Moroccan, Monroe, Golden Sagon, Rise Messiah, Powerful Queen, Zion Mixolydian, Zillion Heir, Beautiful Zeppelin, Legendary Love, Onyx Ice Cole and Zen.

Why?

cinnamongreen , Loren Javier Report

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198points

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James016 1 year ago

Mixolydian is the fifth mode of a major scale in music. Let's face it, the guy needs a dictionary what with all the kids he is having

101points

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Worked at a hospital for many years. One of the obstetric nurses had to talk a new mom out of naming her child “Urethra”.

Farbeer , Jonathan Borba Report

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194points

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

Oh dear

80points

Bored Panda also asked the expert if it's better to have a common or unique name: "Unique or common is really a matter of personal preference, although you might want to take surname and/or sibling names into account. If you already have a Zephyr and an Artemis, name your third baby John and he might feel a little short-changed! Likewise, if your surname is simple and common, like Smith or Lopez, you can afford to go a little more adventurous in the first name spot. Arabella Smith feels more distinctive and memorable than Anne Smith."

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why My brother once had clients named Jerry and Mary Derryberry. We didn’t believe him so he took a picture of whatever account papers. (Don’t even remember what his job was at the time, who gives a s**t). But the series of events to have a married couple be named Jerry and Mary Derryberry is just so delicious.

Jibber_Fight , Dương Hữu Report

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190points

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Dan Bexell 1 year ago

The only way it could be better would be if they had a son and named him Perry.

121points

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Rednecks who name thier sons Gauge, Ryfle, Remington, Colt and any other hunting related stupid s**t.

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190points

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Con O Cuinn 1 year ago

Colt doesn't seem so bad. The gun was named after a person in the first place

115points

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Emma W. also shared what baby-naming trends she completely disagrees with: "Having worked with many families with a wide variety of naming styles over the years, I can honestly say that I can see the appeal in almost any name at this point, even those that I would never choose for myself. The trend that most confuses me is probably the respelling of very common names to make them more 'unique'. There are so many unusual and unconventional names out there – there's more variety than ever before in the American baby name pool right now – that it seems a shame to just respell one of the top names to achieve that. After all, when in the playground or at school, the name will still sound very popular, even if the spelling is different."

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Khaleesi.

You absolute morons

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181points

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MagicalUnicorn 1 year ago

oh yeah, i sadly know few

42points

We also wondered if parents should take the meaning of the name into consideration: "For me personally, meaning isn't a priority, but a really bad meaning might put me off. Think Cameron, which means 'crooked nose', or Gulliver, 'glutton'! But many of the families we work with as part of our name consulting service are looking for a specific meaning, which might be something with family or cultural significance, or perhaps something that gives a subtle nod to their journey to parenthood. An example might be the name Iris, meaning 'rainbow', which is often considered by parents who have experienced a previous loss, to represent hope and beauty after adversity."

And if you're not sure what to name your baby, consider visiting the website Emma works for the perfect baby names!

#10

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why I work in health care so looking at 40-70 charts everyday I see so many ridiculous a*s spellings for normal names.

You’re not creative you’re an idiot. If you’re creative pick a creative name don’t butcher the spelling of a normal name.

Example: Avery spelled Aevuhree

Chuggs400 , snowgloom Report

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174points

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Max 1 year ago

My old name was spelt similar with the igh at the end of **le. I put the first part in "*" because I don't want a bunch of randos to know my old name

36points

#11

Candida. Cool, you essentially named your child "yeast infection".

fattybuttz Report

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174points

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

What a romantic way to remember the night

83points

Swimming_Bowler6193 , Anne Nygård Report

#12

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Two little boys drew me a couple pictures while their mother was getting some dental work done. They had signed their names. The names were just so…odd. Even after repeating them and writing them I still couldn’t figure out what the names were.
When the mother came out and saw them, she ripped them down from where I had taped them, crumpled them up and put the papers in her purse. She told me that those names she gave them were invented by her and copyrighted.

I wish I were joking. Those little kids looked crushed.
Edit: spelling

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161points

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Yo-kai Pro 1 year ago

That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works

180points

Beneficial_Donut_998 , Andrew Stutesman Report

#13

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why When I was working at a motel, I took a phone reservation from a woman for her daughter: Sri Lanka, S R I space L A N K A... is the name of a woman. Me: Oh, like in the country! Woman: What do you mean, country?!

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160points

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Marcellus II 1 year ago

"I'll let you speak to the manager, Ms. Leone. That's Sierra Leone".

100points

#14

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Mike but short for Micycle.

BurningHuman , Dahiana Waszaj Report

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154points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

"I want to ride my Micycle!"

162points

#15

Renesmee. If you name your child that, I don't trust you.

Leather_Ad9457 Report

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154points

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august is mentally unstable 1 year ago

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN

47points

One-Butterscotch-786 , knowyourmeme.com Report

#16

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why I have seen the rise of Brinlee or Brynlee latelty.. ugh

ALSO DEN names

Hayden, Braiden, Kayden, Jayden, Zayden. etc.. The live Laugh Love type names

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149points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

My real name is Nathanielden.

119points

#17

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Any name as alcohol. Chardonnay, Tequila, etc. Saw those a lot as a teacher. Had a male student named Crash Danger. Not kidding.

Tanyaschmidt , Armands Brants Report

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148points

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Natalie Bohrteller 1 year ago

That's why I'm sometimes kind of glad my country has rules for names you can give your kids 😅

93points

#18

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Horribly misspelled to seem different. The irony is that my boyfriend's name is Krysteffor

quinnk1n , DontLookatmeNowbrah Report

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146points

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Serial pacifist 1 year ago

Krysteffor Kohlambus

162points

#19

Tom, but it’s short for Tomothy. And Tim, but it’s short for Thimas.

HamilWhoTangled Report

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142points

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Crunchy Swiffer Wetjet 1 year ago

Jimothy

97points

#20

Personally…I’ll never understand how someone can look a baby in the eye and decide their name should be Larry

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140points

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Victor Trejo 1 year ago

I guess no one does. But some people like the name Lawrence.

88points

#21

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why All the names with X thrown in the middle or even two. Jaxxtley. Braxxton. Braxley. I hate them.

WorkRedditUsername69 , LadyMirkk Report

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133points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

My name is actually Nathaxxiel.

111points

Gullible_Eggplant_67 , Tanya Dusett Report

#22

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why When I were younger, I had a girl in my class named Cookie. Only to find out she had younger siblings named (I kid you not these are their real names) Candy, Honey and Skippy.

Final score:

132points

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Crunchy Swiffer Wetjet 1 year ago

I too confuse my grocery list with a birth certificate sometimes

155points

#23

Caillou. I hate that kid

BadAsianDriver Report

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125points

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OnAFreakingRollercoaster 1 year ago

It means "pebble" in French 🤷🏼‍♀️

63points

#24

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why I knew a girl just out of high school, her name was dymond, her daughter was safire (diamond and Sapphire for those playing along at home). This is the result of multiple generations of teen pregnancy, and non participation in spelling bees.

I respect the attempt, but maybe if daughters didn't become mothers until they were out of their teenage years they might've reconsidered their name choices.

Off subject, but my wife is friends with a teen mom who became a grandma at 33. 4 generations of teen moms with all daughters, no sons, no boyfriends, no brothers, or fathers living under one roof. Great great grandma was 67 at the time.

turningfoodintopoop , Emma Report

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125points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

Naming girls after stones. Here is my daughter, Coprolite.

130points

UnderwhelmingAF , Marina Abrosimova Report

#25

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Anything spelled unconventionally. My cousin named her kid Micaiah. It’s pronounced like Micah, but the kid’s going to have to spend his whole life telling people it’s not “Mike-ay-uh”. Or he could just go by Mike.

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123points

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Crunchy Swiffer Wetjet 1 year ago

When picking names, parents should always consider how it will sound in attendance at school or in a government office

91points

#26

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Reighfyl, pronounced "rifle"

KickNo2069 , Caroline Hernandez Report

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116points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

I have had an Eighfyl of bad names.

82points

#27

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why I used to be on tumblr back in the day of Supernaturals glory, and someone named their poor child "Destiel". I get it, you like the ship. But you have an actual child that is TOTALLY gonna be pissed you named your kid after a fictional relationship on a show about demons and other supernatural things. The lack of respect or forethought like???

Niburu-Illyria , vagueonthehow Report

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116points

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MellonCollie 1 year ago (edited)

Uhm well yeah, that's like the Mazikeens born today ... Edit: this turned out to be a fun conversation! The name Mazikeen was a bad example, I realise that now. She's definitely a cool and badass character, in fact, I liked her a lot!

36points

Themissrebecca103 , Silvana Carlos Report

#28

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Joaux (Joe) is a personal favorite 🤣

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114points

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Crunchy Swiffer Wetjet 1 year ago

I definitely read that as "wox"...it looks like the person tried for Joaquin and didn't quite get there

61points

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#29

Relatively benign names spelled like a cat puked on the keyboard and keys got stuck..

Sorry, Axchleeigha, I f*****g hate your parents..

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109points

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august is mentally unstable 1 year ago

the hell do you pronounce "axchleeigha"?? axeleeyuh?? ackzeeya??

28points

#30

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Anything that’s way off from a traditional spelling. I still hold a grudge about having been a child who was never able to find a souvenir with her name on it.

Ally_F , Anis Rahman Report

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106points

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T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago

Okay but the name Ayesha is an Arabic name popular with Muslims.

78points

#31

Anything having to do with royalty or religious hierarchy titles. Lord, King, Queen, Saint, etc...

cihojuda Report

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103points

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Laura Mende (Human) 1 year ago

Queen Latifah is cool though... And Nat King Cole!

45points

OneExhaustedFather_ Report

#32

Any name after a car or luxury brand.

I see a girl name Lexus and imagine IS300 tattooed on her lower back.

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103points

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Debbie 1 year ago

I used to be the other way around. Cars named after women, like Mercedes,

49points

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#33

I used to work data entry & once entered in a patient name J’Adore. My only thought is the parents were watching tv & the perfume commercial came on & they were like “oh that’s a fancy name for our daughter”

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99points

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OnAFreakingRollercoaster 1 year ago

Yeah fancy 🤩

26points

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why There's a kid who goes to a daycare near where I work named "Stone Blaze" but answers to "Hunter." The worst part is that he's a junior; his father has the same name.

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98points

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David Martin 1 year ago

If your name is Stone Jr, I reserve the right to nickname you Arkansas...because Little Rock

132points

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The quirky/cutesy spellings of names like Bryttanee, Mykayleigh. Or the names that will get their sons beat up during recess: Ryeful, Hemi, Leaf, Forrest.

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94points

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G R 1 year ago

Leaf and Forrest are lovely names. By the time those kids are in school, "weird" names will be so commonplace that kids named Matthew or James will be in the minority.

7points

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why My neighbors named their new baby, Master. They are white.

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88points

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Robert T 1 year ago

Just as long as their surname isn't Bates. ;-)

80points

Stabyouup666 , Caroline Hernandez Report

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why I know someone who named their kid Chozyn. The kid wasn’t adopted either.

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85points

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MellonCollie 1 year ago

Well, to me, 'Chozyn' would be in the same category of names like Desiree, Diletta, Dieudonné, and there are undoubtedly many more that have this kind of meaning. "Chozyn" is just a little too obvious for me, and with an obnoxious spelling. But names of that kind are definitely around, and not uncommon either.

19points

#38

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why A guy running for some office near me is named Rocky Rhodes.

How does one look at their tiny newborn and think…. “Rocky! Looks like a Rocky to me. And you know how much I love ice cream!”

nahteviro , Heidi Fin Report

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79points

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Misha Writer 1 year ago

The driver for a chartered bus taking high school seniors on the senior trip to NYC in 1992 was named Campbell Soup. We didn't believe him until he showed us his ID.

37points

Technicolor_Reindeer Report

#39

Any name that ryhmes with Tragedeigh

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76points

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TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago

♪With no-one to love you, you're goin' nowhere...♫

35points

#40

Gonna go against the grain here, the names that really irk me are the double names. Like “Susie-Ellen, or Martha-May” like middle names already exist, you don’t need a hyphenated first name. I used to work with a summer camp and so many girls had double names.

cobaltaureus Report

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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

My grandmother apparently had a name like that. The reason why I can't remember what it was is actually twofold: a) She died before I was born, and b) No-one ever called her by it because her parents changed their minds as soon as they got home from the hospital. They decided to just call her by the new name they had picked, and screw what it said on the birth certificate.

32points

Jill Hojnacki 1 year ago

School changed my grandmother’s name. She was named Lily, but her teachers insisted that must be a nickname. Nicknames weren’t allowed to be used at school, so they insisted she be Lillian, instead. So, Lillian it was throughout her lifetime. My father didn’t discover what his mother’s real name was until 7 years after her death.

9points

Headless Roach 1 year ago

"No-One" is also an odd combination 🙃

4points

Julia Ford 1 year ago

This was actually fairly common. Schools or priests could decide the name was a nickname (not allowed) or just a bad name, and change it. My grandpa was named Brunisla and the priest didn’t like it, and changed it to Bruno. In fairness, Brunisla is a terrible name for a boy.

1point

Ralph Watkins 1 year ago

I used to think my grandmother had a sister named Viola. Her name was Eloise. It was only recently that I found out that when she married, she changed her name completely. I am on Ancestry it seems a bit confused. My MIL, her grandfather was tried for murder & it was a hung jury. So he took off & married a woman with the same name as his other wife & had kids which he named the same as his other marriage. Who did he murder? It was his uncle/father-in-law. Yeah, Ancestry gets really confused that one.

1point

Lee Kerr 1 year ago

My FiL is John, always known as Ian who married Mary Kathleen, or Kath.

1point

OnAFreakingRollercoaster 1 year ago

It's very common in France. And names are never shortened here. 🤷🏼‍♀️

9points

Robert T 1 year ago

These have been fairly common throughout history. And if they were't we wouldn't have such classics as Ba-ba-ba-barbara-ann. One that always puzzled me, as I never knew how it was spelt was the character Oda Mae Brown in Ghost, played by Whoopi Goldberg - I always thought it was Automay.

5points

cogadh 1 year ago

Peggy Sue, Mary Lou, Mary Jane, Billie Jean...

2points

Jason 1 year ago

Now the song is stuck in my head thanks!

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Hypoxia Smurf 1 year ago

Way back when, a popular novel named THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH (and its associated film) prompted many USA girls to be named Barbara, including a couple of my relatives. Probably more than were named for the Beach Boys song BARBARA ANN. Note that BARBARA WORTH featured a geophysical disaster. Oy.

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Christine Hill 1 year ago

Isn't a double first name a southern thing?

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Hypoxia Smurf 1 year ago

It extended up to Michigan in my family. My Southern relatives skipped the process.

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El Dee 1 year ago

In my country this is common as the middle name is a 'saint's name' that you give to your child and include when calling for them eg John Paul, Ann Marie etc etc

2points

Hypoxia Smurf 1 year ago

I wonder about the entanglement with local traditions. Are they based on religion (saints' name in the front or middle) or patrimony (named after grandfathers with saints' names) or something else?

0points

Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

Double names are actually looked down upon by many people I know. I‘m not sure, but I think they are common in lower income households here, like kevinismus was and that‘s maybe why so many look down upon those names. Not sure though.

2points

Hypoxia Smurf 1 year ago

Me middle-class mum was christened Norma Mae but older family always called her Normae. Go figure.

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GFSTaylor 1 year ago

I don't like those double names much either. Just pick one and go with it, damnit !

2points

RandomHumanBean 1 year ago

Ugh i have family friends (i kinda hate them, but oh well) all of their 4 kids have hyphenated names.

1point

Susan Jones 1 year ago

Ok so we did this😬 our daughter is Mia-Claire, it means my light. We adopted her from China & kept her Chinese name for her middle name. We love it, she loves it & that’s all that matters!😊

1point

Scarlett 1 year ago

I have that and I absolutely hate it. My parent spelled it Ann too instead of Anne

1point

chrissy goodman 1 year ago

my husband is john-patrick he hates that no one can get the name right. his debit card, social security card, mail, i.d, etc. wen we first met he introduced himself as jack. it was later that i found out he mashed the 2 names together

1point

D-m Keilman 1 year ago

YES! They told me I couldn't have a hyphen on my drivers license. Why? They told me they weren't allowed to issue them with one. All while I worked in a bank and saw plenty of drivers licenses with hyphenated last names. And the fact that my current license had my name with a hyphen. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Melissa 1 year ago

Why did Mary Kate get two names while Ashley only got one? Unfair!

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Shannon Mallory 1 year ago

I know a 12 year old SadieMae. I think I'd suicide.

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Jane Ellen 1 year ago

Like MaryKay??

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Karen Klinck Klinck 1 year ago

Trust me, they do it to boys, too--to honor both grandfathers, I'm told.

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Terri Rimmer 1 year ago

A friend of mine has a brother who's a teacher. Has a student named placenta.

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Poppy 1 year ago

There's a family near me that are adamant that any girls born in the family have to have Ann (or any variation of) in the name. It's resulted in Ellie-Ann, Kerry-Ann, Chloe-Ann etc

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Aaron Gilsdorf 1 year ago

I named mine xanndria terra. It sounds cool.

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Max Fox 1 year ago

That tradition is far far older than anybody here, and not limited to the USA. There were many Jewish names in The Pale like that, such and Hannah-Leah, Yehudah-Leib. These are from the late 18th Century. But I'd LOVE to hear how this sort of thing bothers the delicate sensibilities of that poster...

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Jess Martin 1 year ago

I used to know a girl with a double barrel first, middle, and last name… she never could write her full legal name of tests 😂😂

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2picklesinabun 1 year ago

Mary-Kate Olsen started a love of the double names.

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Aik 1 year ago

Mary- kate

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Jack Holt 1 year ago

Me too. I can hear the twang of banjos

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D-m Keilman 1 year ago

As a 53 yo woman with a hyphenated first name and no middle name know this, life is hell. Nobody calls you by your correct first name. And thank god for strangers who tell me that the second half of my first name is really my middle name....I'm glad they know my name better than I do. And %#£&$ there will never EVER be a personalized keychain with my name on it. I now mostly go by the name d-m. It's easier and fewer people get it wrong.

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I’m a sadist 1 year ago

theres a girl in my school called veronica-sia rebecca-may ellen-maria doris-melody russell-park. Im not even kidding.

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Robin Roper 1 year ago

As all my US southern female family and friends with double names would say 'You ain't from around here are you?" - family member of Betty Anne, Betty Lou, Mary Lou, Mary Lu, Ben Mary (a female), Mary Jo, Mary Alice, and friend of Mary Helen, Mary Ellen, Sarah Grace, Sara Grey, Norma Faye, and Bobbie Ann.

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Atreïdes 1 year ago

Ba ba ba, ba Barbra-Ann!

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Hypoxia Smurf 1 year ago

'Twas a tradition in parts of USA to co-name a child after an illustrious ancestor. My dad and uncle were given middle names to honor predecessors Jehosophat and Leviticus. My grandparents were kind enough to only use the leading initials, so Dad is Bob J and Uncle is Ray L. Modern folks, hey?

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Shawnna D 1 year ago

This seems to be much more standard (normal? accepted?) in the UK.

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Judy Stott 1 year ago

Aw, I have a double-first name. Mine isn't hyphenated though.

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David 1 year ago

My oldest granddaughter has SIX names. I tried to talk my daughter out of that. Most of them don't get used but gonna be fun on legal forms when she is older.

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Janice Ackeret 1 year ago

My sister dated a cop named Harry C*x, maybe the parent’s thought it would remain Harold and not be shortened to Harry.

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D-m Keilman 1 year ago

I had a friend named Harry Pitlick.

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the Return of Bruno 1 year ago (edited)

There are legitimate reasons for including a middle name in a common name, but I'll agree that it can be over-done. Fun fact: the reason so many different people in the New Testament are named, "Mary" (actually, "Maryam" or "Miriam") is because there was a prophecy from a few decades before Jesus' birth that the Messiah would be born of someone named, "Mary" (again, or Maryam or Miriam). So all the religious families named their child, "Mary." The name Mary was also popular in early America and elsewhere that middle names were used to distinguish among Marys: Mary Elizabeth, Mary Sue, etc.

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Elea Bell 1 year ago

Double names are useful in a society where there is a limited number of acceptable names, but you still need to differentiate between Mary-Louise and Mary-Jo, for example. However, Mary-Louise's full name might be Mary-Louise Blaylock Whittaker, where Blaylock was her mother's maiden name, and the family important enough to necessitate inclusion

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The Queen 1 year ago

The hyphen names are old school.

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deanna woods 1 year ago (edited)

My aunt's whole name was Jo Ann Knowles. We called her Jo Ann. My little cousin was going to be named Joe Lynn Demps. We would have just called him Joe.

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Jerry Mathers 1 year ago

The Animaniacs explained this in the Bubba-Bo-Bob-Brain episode.

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Tunk 1 year ago

Nah thats just bein'picky.

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#41

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why The only one I've witnessed in real life was some woman yelling at her daughter in the grocery store: "Starlet"

It makes me predict endless beauty pageants, forced auditions, and her mother living her dreams vicariously through her.

Symnestra , Senjuti Kundu Report

Final score:

39points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

Maybe because I am old and ruined but I have seen newcomers to a certain industry called Porn Starlets.

14points

#42

Jermaine Jackson named one of his sons "Jermajesty". Poor kid.

1491Sparrow Report

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39points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

Jerjoking?

33points

Inevitable_Bad1548 Report

#43

I know of a girl who named her baby Kevlar. And if I'm not mistaken she had the baby in prison where she was serving time for being the getaway driver in a robbery/shooting. Classy af

Final score:

38points

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Robert T 1 year ago

That one's pretty bulletproof.

19points

#44

I met a girl named Anita. The problem is that her last name was Bath. She got married as fast as she could.

TomoyoHoshijiro Report

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36points

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Alex Hamilakis 1 year ago

all i hear is Moe asking for someone in the tavern with that name

25points

#45

Adolf was okay before 1940. Now not so popular

Yeezsus2 Report

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36points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

Why? Did something happen?

33points

#46

Parents who essentially give their kids the same first name as their last name. Robert Roberts, William Williams, etc. (I know one of each in real life). It seems purposefully cruel.

bwilson525 Report

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35points

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Katie Lutesinger 1 year ago

One of my tattoos was done by a guy named Carl Carlson. I wonder if he knows he has the same name as one of Homer Simpson's coworkers?

17points

#47

I’m sorry but Chastity

oonei028 Report

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33points

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Lee Banks 1 year ago

Posted before, but my middle school friend group was Chastity, Precious, Princess, and Tequila.

21points

#48

Names of foreign countries. A guy at my school had three sisters. Named Russia, China and Montana and I wish I was joking. We are all from Canada.

TheC4bbageman Report

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32points

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Kimberly Erlinger 1 year ago

Montana is a state but point taken.

19points

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#49

Brantley, Bentley, Brittleigh, Braxton, Bella, Kayden, Xaden, Zayden... and any of these f*****g teen-mom names that abound now.

While I give OG "Aiden" a break, it was the precursor to a lot of the shite names we have now-a-days.

Oh, almost forgot... Keith.

Quixotegut Report

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32points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

Can I be first to use this comment on this entry? Okayden.

36points

Historical_Pie3534 Report

#50

Shadynasty (pronounced Shuh-dynasty). My brother and I had a real falling out in the sixties over her.

Final score:

31points

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David Martin 1 year ago

You can claim that's pronounced however you want, but I'm sorry, your name is Shady Nasty, period

61points

#51

My job is in ancestry and I saw that someone named their kid Burden once. Maybe they’re super religious. Feel bad for the kid.

tuivae Report

Final score:

31points

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august is mentally unstable 1 year ago

poor kid. needs a hug

12points

#52

The parents who named that poor kid "Gaylord"

Coastal_wolf Report

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31points

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GFSTaylor 1 year ago

Gaylord is a sound historic name, certainly in use in Victorian times. Maybe not suitable for use now, what with shifts in language.

24points

Mysterious-Region640 Report

#53

I know a woman who named her daughter She-Ra

Final score:

31points

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Ember 1 year ago

Oh FFS….what is wrong with these people?

10points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#54

Made up names or made up spellings of names.

JKMNOP (Pronounced “Noel”)

La-A (Ladasha)

The parents are setting these kids up to fail.

CarryTheFire2984 Report

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31points

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Ember 1 year ago

I never realised how normal my name was compared to some of these….I’ll never complain again about not being able to find souvenirs with my name on them…

15points

#55

Parents that name their children after their fandoms or favourite fictional characters. It’s obviously fine if they pick a ‘normal’ name like Luke or Ben, but please don’t call your kid Khaleesi or something that is going to literally rob them of their own identity.

miz_moon Report

Final score:

31points

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Raccoon 1 year ago (edited)

Yeah. I’d name my kid Sophie or maybe dex, but not hermione or anything

2points

#56

Personally, I can't stand names that represent some virtue, value, or state of being.

Chastity, Destiny, etc.

Also, Anna and Elsa trigger me in a post-frozen world.

FourHeffersAlone Report

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28points

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XenoMurph 1 year ago

Dude, let it go.

86points

#57

I found out today that the Kardashian babies are not just North, but also Chicago and Psalm. There's another one I forgot, but it's also just as dumb as the poor kid's parents.

Jypahttii Report

Final score:

28points

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OnAFreakingRollercoaster 1 year ago

Saint isn't it?

21points

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#58

My wife and I joke that, Sarah is short for Triceratop.

Tera is short for Pterodactyl.

OnePieceTwoPiece Report

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26points

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TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago (edited)

Isn't Sarah a hebrew name meaning princess? (could be mistaken here though)

8points

#59

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Frank Zappa named his daughter Moon Unit which probably sucked for her in school.

Radiowave2k , EddieBerman Report

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25points

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James016 1 year ago

His son is called Dweezil and Frank said that their surnames would cause them more problems than their first names.

11points

#60

Kash. The name of a car manufacturer/model are some for me

BeenjaminTampaBay Report

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25points

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Heather Rhoades 1 year ago

So, I was a foster parent, now a proud adoptive parent. We changed my son's name when the adoption finalized. Because his name was... Drumroll... Kashmonie. They probably thought long and hard about whether to use a 'y' or 'ie'. The nurses at the pediatrician said not to feel too bad about his birth name because they had another patient named Gr8ness. Another foster parent told me to not feel bad as a child she had was named 'Sh*t II'. She said the first time she had to attend a court date for the poor child, the judge asked the bio-mom why she named her kid that and the woman replied 'Because his father was a sh*t and he is too.' The kid was a week old. Judge changed his name right there in the court that day to Michael. Not making this up. If you want to see an absolutely eye watering list of awful baby names ask any foster care case worker. I haven't found one yet that does not keep a running list of awful, awful names removed children were given by their bioparents.

26points

#61

Pubert.

virgilreality Report

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24points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

This is from Addams Family Values. Their third child is called Pubert. Fun Fact Pubert grew up to be Jimmy Carr.

16points

Adventurous_Yak_9234 Report

#62

Any name that ends in ayden. It's just so tacky and overdone.

Final score:

24points

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Eva Kašu 1 year ago

Iron Mayden would be nice actually :D

29points

#63

Journee. I know a kid named that and all I can say is- the f**k?

DiscoBiXXch Report

Final score:

24points

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Headless Roach 1 year ago

Bonne Journée to you too

5points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#64

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why So I have a friend (American) who was born in Saudi because her dad and mom were there for work. Because they didn't let the mom do any of the paperwork and because the dad panicked when doing the paperwork, her name is Meggan. Because her dad legit didn't know how to spell Megan.

JL9berg18 , lilartsy Report

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23points

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Lily bloom 1 year ago

I knew a Megan. Pronounced Mee-gan. Spelled Megan.

9points

#65

Any "Junior". The child spends the rest of their life having to deal with bureaucracy confusing them with their father.

I see it all the time at my job. Tickets, accidents, collections calls, misapplied payments, bankruptcies all being put on the wrong person because they have the same name.

Ok-Cheetah-9125 Report

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23points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

If I was Nathaniel Jnr, I would name my child Nathaniel Snr.

12points

#66

Malibu Barbie

Touro_Leite Report

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23points

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Hex Gurls 1 year ago

i hâte trisha paytas that poor baby omg

9points

#67

A girl I know, her name is Baby Sasha. She said we can call her baby.. Her parents were clearly lazy to come up with a proper name.

saltyy_spitoon Report

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22points

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Pixie 1 year ago

Sascha is a male name here. Ever time I see Sasha as a female name I do a mental double-take. (same for Robin)

11points

Woman Refuses To Chip In For Babysitting Because She Doesn’t Even Have Kids, Asks If She’s A Jerk

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#68

40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Here in Brazil people like to name their kids with a portuguese version of common US names. For example, we can find a lot of Brians written as “Braian”. Or Jasons written as “Jeison” or “Jeisson”.

aa1997112 , Mateus Campos Felipe Report

Final score:

22points

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Ni Rosa ;) 1 year ago

Michael - Maicon it's my favorite. We also have Washington - Uashinton, and so much others. Usually mothers end up screwing up male names, we don't have many strange female names.

5points

#69

I hate when parents name a child a big long first name and then say "but we are going to call him bubba" why didn't you just name him that?

Helix1322 Report

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22points

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Jake B 1 year ago

I would call him “Shrimp” and hope he is 6’7 and footballer material

3points

#70

Princess, Queen, etc.

LittleWallFlowers Report

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21points

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T'Mar of Vulcan 1 year ago

I dare you to come to South Africa and tell Zulu people with spears they can't do that. I DARE you.

14points

#71

ABCDE

LucyVialli Report

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21points

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Delta Dawn 1 year ago

Absidee

16points

#72

LaTrina. I honestly saw that name somewhere.

Lowasasnakesbelly Report

Final score:

21points

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Sassawrasse 1 year ago

"Changed it in the 9th century. Used to be sh**house."

27points

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#73

Zealand.
Who names their child “sea land” when a) they have never been to New Zealand and b) didn’t even realize this was a country in the world. And c)they have nothing that relates to being a sea farer, boater, navy personnel, have not lived by the sea, nothing to connect them with the sea. “We just love how it sounds…” No.

Also. The name Razzabella….no explanation needed.

Ok-Income1556 Report

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20points

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Sassawrasse 1 year ago

So you have to legitimize your name meaning? Yikes.

13points

#74

Brynlee

HairyTackle3748 Report

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19points

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#75

Youandi. It stands for you and i :( horrible.

NathalieDV90 Report

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19points

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Sheena Leversedge Wood 1 year ago

that's pretty tame compared to most of these.

0points

#76

Kayden and they're usually chavs

Several_Show937 Report

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17points

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#77

Maverick. They always have Mohawks too.

AcadiaLow4488 Report

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17points

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august is mentally unstable 1 year ago

the second i see anyone named maverick i immediately want to mop the floor with them

5points

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#78

Ichigo, Naruto, Sasuke, Saitama or any popular anime character names

PrioryOfSion14 Report

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16points

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TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago (edited)

I think Rebecca would be a good work around (at least for fans of at least two animes)

2points

#79

Scooter.

CryingQuentinMain Report

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16points

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TotallyNOTaFox 1 year ago

I imagine the kid to be Hyper-Hyper activ and to like it loud (Scooter is a german techno band)

4points

#80

So much anxiety reading this comments and PRAYING my kid's names aren't listed by anyone.

But to answer the question, any name ending with -leigh. That's an immediate red flag that I don't want to be friends with those parents.

YELL0Wvj Report

Final score:

16points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

My real name is Nathanieleigh, what you saying about that?

3points

ISomehowThinkImEpic Report

#81

Anything -den/dan/don. Even worse: -dyn

Final score:

15points

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#82

Themed names.
My sister has run her list of baby names by me before. She's not pregnant, but intends to have children one day.
"River, Sailor, and Ocean"
No.
Absolutely f*****g not.
I will not let my sister's children get bullied relentlessly for being named after a theme.
It's up there with people who name multiple children of theirs after characters from the same franchise.
Alright you can name your kid after a character that meant a lot to you. But don't have three kids and name them after other characters in the same show, alright, thats just f****n weird.

Junior_Cress2828 Report

Final score:

15points

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Jan Rosier 1 year ago (edited)

Again, DUTCH speaking country... distant acquintances of mine have (in order birth) Rain, Storm and Cloud. Followed by a run-of-the-mill Flemish familyname...

6points

#83

Just wanted to say that my Uncle's dog's name is Eric

chipdoyle Report

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14points

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august is mentally unstable 1 year ago

why

6points

#84

In Sweden (and I’m guessing around scandinavia), we have a girl’s name called Barbro. Barbro. In English it’s weird, and in Swedish it’s always the name of an old lady. Don’t name your daughters Barbro, it’s just not cool.

KaffeMumrik Report

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14points

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OnAFreakingRollercoaster 1 year ago

Or Barbara for that matter.

3points

#85

Stormi
….
Just Why

Crakaman8E2 Report

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14points

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august is mentally unstable 1 year ago

as someone named stormy, im starting a rebellion against stormis.

11points

#86

Daenerys 😂 for OBVIOUS REASONS

BeeSupremacy Report

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14points

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Andrei Marentette 1 year ago

Dineris?

0points

#87

Skylar or Brooklyn.

Ghostman-TX Report

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10points

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…In Utero… 1 year ago

I know a Skylar and a Brooklyn 😭

2points

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

I do not know about you guys but I am really starting to hate the name Sarah Elizabeth. "I am making 90 US dollars an hour working from home...." Yeah of course you are. Twatbasket.

45points

Lucky2BAlive 1 year ago

T-basket made Orange Mtn Dew come out of my nose and mouth.

9points

Lily Mae Kitty 1 year ago

Twatbasket. I like it. It's up there with Twatwaffle.

5points

Sara Harvilla 1 year ago

Well, that's my name. I am a 62-year-old retired teacher. Sorry, but I am a grammar twatbasket, not a work-from-home twatbasket. Fortunately, for you, other than a few missed commas, your post did not upset the self-proclaimed Grammar Twatbasket. Congratulations. Go and sin no more (punctuation-wise).

1point

Zedrapazia 1 year ago

I can't believe that every ridiculous cat name I know is better than what these people called their poor children. Mr Snugglemuff IV is still ten times better

18points

Pixie 1 year ago

It should become popular for parents to use the chosen baby name for themself for a few weeks befor birth. Getting your Starbucks right, introducing themselves to strangers when making smalltalk... hey, for social media include the reaction when after a minute they proudly tell that's not their actual name but their future baby's name. Just live the reactions to the name.

17points

Auntriarch 1 year ago

That's genius Pixie

4points

Yeah, okay. 1 year ago

Wow, this. Especially those asshats who pick potentially offensive ones, like Saten ("it's pronounced Sateen!")

4points

Alex Boyd 1 year ago

That's a really good idea! Give it a test drive.

0points

Jods 1 year ago

This is why some countries have approved lists of baby names.

9points

Enlee Jones 1 year ago

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again—think twice before giving your kid an unusual name. My name is rather unusual and if people are pronouncing it wrong, they’re spelling it wrong, and correcting everyone gets old real damn quick. An unusual name is not a gift, it’s a burden.

7points

Mario Strada 1 year ago

Yeah, "Mario" is not my real name. I use it to avoid the endless spelling, explanation, corrections, etc. I didn't even have a middle name, but the IRS got confused with my wife's middle name and gave me a "FirstName M. Strada" name in official letters, so I decided "Mario!" that should be easier. I have used it ever since.

1point

Raine Soo 1 year ago

All of those names are contrived and pretentious. Some parents will name their children anything to try to be original.

5points

Ban-One 1 year ago

Max Power ftw... 250px-Home...046e7a.png

5points

Imaginary Friend 1 year ago

Keith. The most sexually unattractive name in the universe.

4points

Westernro 1 year ago

I’d vote Trevor and Nigel as slightly worse

1point

Carol Emory 1 year ago

Where I went to High School, we had a kid that was a few years below us that was named Oscar Mayer...which I thought was weird....until we found out he was the grandkid of the founder of Oscar Mayer.

4points

Jay Weigel 1 year ago

I actually knew him. He was in my high school until his parents sent him to boarding school. He was a nice guy and you would not know he came from money.

1point

the Return of Bruno 1 year ago

Inventing deliberately obtuse spellings is usually annoying. If you tell me your child's name is "Lucy," I am under no obligation to listen to you tell me that it's spelled, "Looesseigh." Ethnic variants are cool, and should be respected, but if your family is filled with Michaels, Patricks, Shawns and Marys, you can name your own kid, "Ashley." (Personally, I prefer Sean to Shawn, for instance.) Please don't name your kid after fantasy characters. In fact, if you're a fantasy writer, keep your names phonetic, so we don't have to figure out how to pronounce, "Renesmee" and "Daenerys." Please make sure you know what a word means, including all its connotations; "Siphyllis" may remind you of your aunt Phyllis, but please. No.

3points

Karen Klinck Klinck 1 year ago

For a while, in the local black community, it became popular to use a Swahili word as a name for your child. This was an actual conversation: Client: My baby's name is [Gargle]. Me: Spell it, please. Client: [G-A-R-G-L-E]. (proudly) It's Swahili. Me: That's cool! What does it mean? Client: How the f--k should I know? Me: You just heard a word at random and decided to use it? You do know you may have just named your child 'Stinking Pile Of Dung', don't you? Story moral, know the meaning of a foreign word before you saddle your kid with it.

0points

DJBenne 1 year ago

I once worked with a woman whose name is Candy Kane. It didn't click for me for years.

3points

Frankthetank 1 year ago

How in the world did: AMERICA, FREEDOM, LIBERTY, ETC. not make this list!!!

3points

Jay Weigel 1 year ago

I know a woman whose birth name was Justis. Her legal name is Liberty Ann. I know for a fact her dad chose it. If I were her mother I'd have exercised veto power!

0points

Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago

I wanted to name my son Jeremiah, but my MIL said "Oh, we can call him Jerry". Um, no - you can't. She went ahead and ordered things with Jeremiah printed on them. I named him Joshua.

2points

John 1 year ago

All I'm thinking reading this was Homer was right. When he heard Bart's name, he made actual check on possible jokes with the name before agreeing.

2points

Sara Harvilla 1 year ago

Students get very upset when a new teacher mispronounces their "unique" name. I finally came up with a first-day speech. "If I mispronounce your name tell me politely, and I'll do my best. Don't blame me though; my children are named Anna and Joseph. If you have an unusual name that people can't say correctly, blame your parents."

2points

Fred L. 1 year ago

Thank the gods for sensible naming laws here in Germany. Of course those wouldn´t be needed if we only had sensible parents.

2points

blah blah blah 1 year ago

Saw a criminal on the news named D'alcapone. No surprise he's a criminal.

2points

Donkeywheel 1 year ago

The “baby name expert” selection for 2023: Wilde, Tru, Sunday, Sayer, Marigold, Luxury, Halston, Everest, Breland, Vita… They are worst than most names on the article. I mean… Luxury, Everest or Vita. Seriously.

2points

Bipolarbear. 1 year ago

Marigold is a nice name though... what am I missing there?

0points

RockSteady 1 year ago

I also know someone whose daughters are Marigold (Goldie) and Sunflower (Sunny)

0points

RockSteady 1 year ago

A friend from HS just named their daughter Sunday.

0points

Lara M 1 year ago

This makes me appreciate the Jewish tradition of naming children after dead relatives.

1point

sebs_12 1 year ago

I know someone named Cymantha but she goes by Cym, pronounced Sam. She named her son Cybastian. Just to make it worse.

1point

Dan Flo 1 year ago (edited)

Agatha-Gunn would be a pretty bad name for a woman to have if being pulled over by the police in USA

1point

Mario Strada 1 year ago

There are some old-fashioned italian Catholic names that sound weird in Italian if one stops to think about their meaning and certainly do not translate very well at all: "Annunziata" = Announced (by god/angels, etc), "Addolorata" = Full of pain/Pained (the Spanish version is "Dolores" which is common enough), "Concetta" = Conceived, meaning "Immaculate Conception", "Rosaria" = Rosary. There are many more, some that are ever worse, but I can't remember them. "Addolorata" has always stuck in my mind as a cruel name for a baby. At least "Dolores" is not immediately connected in italian (or in Spanish, due to how common it is), but the meaning is the same.

1point

PissedOffProfessor 1 year ago

Had a student named Terrestrial once and I'm NOT lying.

1point

Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago

My last name is Rose and I really love flower names or nature themes but that will just haunt my child. I LOVE the name Poppy for a girl, and Poppy Rose is super cute! But my mother brought up, "What if she wants to be a judge or supreme court justice? It'll be too cute for then." I saw her point. I think it'll just be a nickname.

1point

Epona 1 year ago

My cousin and his wife named their youngest son Newin. Because he was “the new one”. This is a direct quote from his Nana (who does not want to be referred to as Grandma). My cousin’s wife almost died giving birth to both of her sons and I believe my cousin has had a vasectomy so they don’t put her through that again (understandable decision!) but I could not help but wonder, before I knew that she’d almost died birthing my second cousins (I always forget what the right term for what a person’s cousin’s kids are to them) and that my cousin is “snipped”, what they would name the newer one. I wonder if his mom was high on the epidural when she came up with the name. Or high on endorphins of just having given birth and loving her son. He’s an okay kid (he’s 10 and his older brother is 11) but I’m not really a fan of kids so I’m glad they live in a different province and I only see them every other year.

1point

Ada Hunter 1 year ago

i’m from utah, the home of awful weird names. allow me to bless you with some names of my current or past friends, or just people i go to school with. karmindi and carmindy, (the same just spelled different), dak, kwincee, lauyrn, xandan, v (literally the letter v), rakkel (raquel), stratton, venus (with her sisters saturn and jupiter), brynlee, kambree, kalyana, and so so so many more. my personal favorites are these sisters i knew in elementary school, named cleopatra, aphrodite, athena, and nefertiti

1point

Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

Some pretty names I wish were more popular, but as it stands now Venus and Aphrodite will be screwed if they are not beautiful. (By the way: Aphrodite is a normal name in Greece as far as I know. My husband new a girl named that. She was born around 1970)

1point

Jus Frpn 1 year ago

I loathe the name Gary. Who looks at a baby and thinks yeah....Gary. Also knew a Verlin (Vern) who changed his name as soon as he could. Personally hate my name.

1point

the Return of Bruno 1 year ago

Beats "Edna Valungis."

0points

GB 1 year ago

Ralph

1point

ADHORTATOR 1 year ago

"Madlen", german Version of "Madelaine"....

1point

Lucky2BAlive 1 year ago

People need only think. This child has to live with that name (at least until they are old enough to make a legal change if so desired, though most don’t because they become accustomed to answering to the name). They should take a moment to see how it will appear on a business card.

1point

Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

Why? Just, why? I hope some of these kids will change their name as soon as they're old enough to do so.

0points

Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago

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Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago (edited)

Worked with a young woman who named her sons "Stone" and "River." Sister-in-law of a friend named her kid "Ocean." I know a woman whose actual name is D'Juana, pronounced "Didjawanna?" as in when her sperm donor asked her (young teen) mother "Did you want to (have sex)?" Father has never been in the picture. It was Detroit. My SIL's daughter named her first kid "Mackaiah," but it's spelled so weirdly, I'm not sure I got it straight. He knew how to spell it by the time he was 4. He's now 27, and stuck with always having to spell it out for everyone. Took his wife some time to learn it, poor girl.

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Eva Muller 1 year ago

I have a friend who named two of her sons "special" names and one of her sons a "normal" name (the oldest has the normal name). Nyaylan and Floki. No. I like the name Nyaylan now, because I knew the kid and I really loved him like a little brother. But in the beginning I though "poor kid". We always called him "Aylan" instead. Never met Floki though, as me and the mom grew apart.

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Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago

I've always, and I mean from young childhood, hated the names Ina, Ida, Ila, Erma, Bertha, Berniece, Betty, Bettina, Gertrude (who in their right mind would name a tiny newborn "Gertrude, especially Gertrude Berniece???), Gladys, Wanda...just can't stand those names, among a bunch of others. My daughter died at birth, but I still named her---Jennifer Elizabeth Rose (Rose after my own beloved mother)---and my son's name was Jayson (not by my choice). Ordinary names, but I've sure heard some bizarre ones, including my SIL's first grandson. To this day, I can't spell it, and he's 26 now!

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tamèreestchaude 1 year ago

There are plenty of good biblical names, but I met a child named Nebuchadnezzar. You could have named him Joseph, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, you could have even named him Paul. But no we went with Nebuchadnezzar.

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René Sauer 1 year ago

Using names from other countries can become a bit weird. It is okay when it is from country that´s relatively close to yours geographically/culturally (like me being a german with a french name), but if my parents had chosen an asian name for example...

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Poppy 1 year ago

I personally know someone called Maverick

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AK to LV 1 year ago

The actor who played Earl on the tv show 'My Name Is Earl'. He named his kid, Copsandrobbers.🤦🏻‍♀️😳😭

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supertall 1 year ago

I went to school with a Shandel Lear and a Candle Light. Siblings.

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Imjust jim 1 year ago

A little bit of a tangent, but I noticed a long time ago how many couples have the same number of letters in their first names (and in those days accordingly, their last names) from having to hand type mortgage documents. Yeah, 1980s.

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Rose Dawson 1 year ago

D'Myrakle

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Judith 1 year ago

I know someone who named her daughters Oakleigh, Skyleigh, and Raeleigh (ray-lee) 🤮

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l bee 1 year ago

I know a Liliey. It might be Lilliey. I can never remember if it's one or two L's.

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Alphabet Soupy 1 year ago

Just met a lady with two daughters, Harmony and Korine. I don’t know if she named them after the writer/director, but what are the odds? And just whyyyyyyyyyyyy??? I appreciate the movie KIDS for what it was, I myself partied a lot in my youth and learned tough lessons, but that choice is v questionable.

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An Unpopular Opinion. 1 year ago

I like the names Iris, Avery, and Trixe. Are any of those super weird? OH and I met a little girl named Avery the other day, she's the cutest little thing

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Barbara Forshee 1 year ago

My husband worked as a jailer and there were a couple of guys in jail that were brothers. They were named Lemongello and Orangello.

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Random Panda 1 year ago

I don't get the hate for some of these names, some of them are not bad and culture evolves along with names. It's inevitable.

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Bluetoyou 1 year ago

Toy. I had a student named Toy.

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Kristi Wozniak 1 year ago

Any name with an apostrophe. Ugh! I was at the doctor the other day- a woman was making an appt for her daughter- said the name- can't recall it exactly- and the reception lady attempts to spell it. This woman got all angry and said: there's an apostrophe after the A! I made a face- and the reception lady and I were in stitches laughing.... sorry to that woman- as she left mad and without an appt after all- and sorry to her daughter as well for being subjected to this her whole life forward.

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Jay Weigel 1 year ago

I have known middle aged and senior women named Pebbles, Gidget, Dimple, and Cheerful, just for starters. Given names.

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Karen Sandness 1 year ago

The first two are the result of 1960s television: Pebbles from "The Flintstones" and Gidget from, well, "Gidget."

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Jay Weigel 1 year ago

Names that are phonetically obnoxious, like the football player Cooper Kupp. Why, Kupp parents?

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Tracy 1 year ago

A girl I went to elementary school with had a baby several months ago. She named the baby Cozy. Why?

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Terrie Leitshuh 1 year ago (edited)

My daughter had a kid in her class with his name spelled Shithead but pronounced “Sha-thead” I wonder what became of him….

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the Return of Bruno 1 year ago

"Wait, you changed your name TO Madame Latrine? What did it used to be?" "Madame Shithouse."

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Debs Bee 1 year ago

Off topic, but I knew of TWO women who were sisters-in-law. Both were Shirley Wehrle ( pronounced whirly). Also knew a Doris Morris.

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Emie N. 1 year ago

My cousin and his wife named their daughter Kynzleigh. Suppose to be pronounced Kinsley. 🙄

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the Return of Bruno 1 year ago

I wouldn't want my daughter's name coming up on Google whenever someone researched Kinsley.

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ami 1 year ago

There was one that I kind of knew called silver

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Screaming Pumpkin guts 1 year ago

I know some people woth weird names Cash, Mercedes, and justice (sorry for terrible wording)

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Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

Mercedes is a normal girls name. The car was named after Mercédès Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek

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Yugan Talovich 1 year ago

In Taiwan we get some real odd names people take as English names. I had a student who proudly named herself Sandía as a variety of Sandy. She didn't know it's Spanish for watermelon, and didn't believe me when I suggested she change her name.

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madbakes 1 year ago

My old boss named her daughter Kyrie, after Kyrie Irving. This was right after the Cavs won the championship. Kyrie Irving is an antivax flat earther.

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Lucky2BAlive 1 year ago

A few years ago while standing in line, two little boys stuck up a conversation with my sister and I. We finally asked “so what are your names?” (And to this day we are still shocked), and their mother answered “this is Trigger” (wait for it) “and this is Shooter”. And nope she wasn’t kidding. Ahhhh only in Texas. (And now my grand nieces Violet “Vi for short” and they have chosen Scarlet for the new baby … and how will that be shortened .. Scar?” ).

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Pixie 1 year ago (edited)

A small hope: Vi could have been short for the beautiful name Violence - - - Edit: I know a girl named Arlet, called Letti

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Vinny G 1 year ago

No one mentioned names that ends with 'Ella' or 'Bella'. You can always spot a twilight fan by the names of their kids.

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Will Cable 1 year ago

My given name (no not listing it) was picked because my mother saw it in the newspaper as someone was getting married. No relation to them at all and I checked they lived about 10 miles away.

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Damon 1 year ago

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Nathaniel 1 year ago

I do not know about you guys but I am really starting to hate the name Sarah Elizabeth. "I am making 90 US dollars an hour working from home...." Yeah of course you are. Twatbasket.

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Lucky2BAlive 1 year ago

T-basket made Orange Mtn Dew come out of my nose and mouth.

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Lily Mae Kitty 1 year ago

Twatbasket. I like it. It's up there with Twatwaffle.

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Sara Harvilla 1 year ago

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Zedrapazia 1 year ago

I can't believe that every ridiculous cat name I know is better than what these people called their poor children. Mr Snugglemuff IV is still ten times better

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Pixie 1 year ago

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Auntriarch 1 year ago

That's genius Pixie

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Yeah, okay. 1 year ago

Wow, this. Especially those asshats who pick potentially offensive ones, like Saten ("it's pronounced Sateen!")

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Alex Boyd 1 year ago

That's a really good idea! Give it a test drive.

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Jods 1 year ago

This is why some countries have approved lists of baby names.

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Enlee Jones 1 year ago

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Mario Strada 1 year ago

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Raine Soo 1 year ago

All of those names are contrived and pretentious. Some parents will name their children anything to try to be original.

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Ban-One 1 year ago

Max Power ftw... 250px-Home...046e7a.png

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Imaginary Friend 1 year ago

Keith. The most sexually unattractive name in the universe.

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Westernro 1 year ago

I’d vote Trevor and Nigel as slightly worse

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Carol Emory 1 year ago

Where I went to High School, we had a kid that was a few years below us that was named Oscar Mayer...which I thought was weird....until we found out he was the grandkid of the founder of Oscar Mayer.

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Jay Weigel 1 year ago

I actually knew him. He was in my high school until his parents sent him to boarding school. He was a nice guy and you would not know he came from money.

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the Return of Bruno 1 year ago

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Karen Klinck Klinck 1 year ago

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DJBenne 1 year ago

I once worked with a woman whose name is Candy Kane. It didn't click for me for years.

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Frankthetank 1 year ago

How in the world did: AMERICA, FREEDOM, LIBERTY, ETC. not make this list!!!

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Jay Weigel 1 year ago

I know a woman whose birth name was Justis. Her legal name is Liberty Ann. I know for a fact her dad chose it. If I were her mother I'd have exercised veto power!

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Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago

I wanted to name my son Jeremiah, but my MIL said "Oh, we can call him Jerry". Um, no - you can't. She went ahead and ordered things with Jeremiah printed on them. I named him Joshua.

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John 1 year ago

All I'm thinking reading this was Homer was right. When he heard Bart's name, he made actual check on possible jokes with the name before agreeing.

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Sara Harvilla 1 year ago

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Fred L. 1 year ago

Thank the gods for sensible naming laws here in Germany. Of course those wouldn´t be needed if we only had sensible parents.

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blah blah blah 1 year ago

Saw a criminal on the news named D'alcapone. No surprise he's a criminal.

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Donkeywheel 1 year ago

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Bipolarbear. 1 year ago

Marigold is a nice name though... what am I missing there?

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RockSteady 1 year ago

I also know someone whose daughters are Marigold (Goldie) and Sunflower (Sunny)

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RockSteady 1 year ago

A friend from HS just named their daughter Sunday.

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Lara M 1 year ago

This makes me appreciate the Jewish tradition of naming children after dead relatives.

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sebs_12 1 year ago

I know someone named Cymantha but she goes by Cym, pronounced Sam. She named her son Cybastian. Just to make it worse.

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Dan Flo 1 year ago (edited)

Agatha-Gunn would be a pretty bad name for a woman to have if being pulled over by the police in USA

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Mario Strada 1 year ago

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PissedOffProfessor 1 year ago

Had a student named Terrestrial once and I'm NOT lying.

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Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago

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Epona 1 year ago

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Ada Hunter 1 year ago

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Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

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Jus Frpn 1 year ago

I loathe the name Gary. Who looks at a baby and thinks yeah....Gary. Also knew a Verlin (Vern) who changed his name as soon as he could. Personally hate my name.

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the Return of Bruno 1 year ago

Beats "Edna Valungis."

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GB 1 year ago

Ralph

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ADHORTATOR 1 year ago

"Madlen", german Version of "Madelaine"....

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Lucky2BAlive 1 year ago

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Deborah Rubin 1 year ago

Why? Just, why? I hope some of these kids will change their name as soon as they're old enough to do so.

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Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago

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Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago (edited)

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Eva Muller 1 year ago

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Joyce Blodgett 1 year ago

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tamèreestchaude 1 year ago

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René Sauer 1 year ago

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Poppy 1 year ago

I personally know someone called Maverick

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AK to LV 1 year ago

The actor who played Earl on the tv show 'My Name Is Earl'. He named his kid, Copsandrobbers.🤦🏻‍♀️😳😭

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supertall 1 year ago

I went to school with a Shandel Lear and a Candle Light. Siblings.

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Imjust jim 1 year ago

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Rose Dawson 1 year ago

D'Myrakle

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Judith 1 year ago

I know someone who named her daughters Oakleigh, Skyleigh, and Raeleigh (ray-lee) 🤮

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l bee 1 year ago

I know a Liliey. It might be Lilliey. I can never remember if it's one or two L's.

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Alphabet Soupy 1 year ago

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An Unpopular Opinion. 1 year ago

I like the names Iris, Avery, and Trixe. Are any of those super weird? OH and I met a little girl named Avery the other day, she's the cutest little thing

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Barbara Forshee 1 year ago

My husband worked as a jailer and there were a couple of guys in jail that were brothers. They were named Lemongello and Orangello.

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Random Panda 1 year ago

I don't get the hate for some of these names, some of them are not bad and culture evolves along with names. It's inevitable.

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Bluetoyou 1 year ago

Toy. I had a student named Toy.

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Kristi Wozniak 1 year ago

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Jay Weigel 1 year ago

I have known middle aged and senior women named Pebbles, Gidget, Dimple, and Cheerful, just for starters. Given names.

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Karen Sandness 1 year ago

The first two are the result of 1960s television: Pebbles from "The Flintstones" and Gidget from, well, "Gidget."

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Jay Weigel 1 year ago

Names that are phonetically obnoxious, like the football player Cooper Kupp. Why, Kupp parents?

0points

Tracy 1 year ago

A girl I went to elementary school with had a baby several months ago. She named the baby Cozy. Why?

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Terrie Leitshuh 1 year ago (edited)

My daughter had a kid in her class with his name spelled Shithead but pronounced “Sha-thead” I wonder what became of him….

0points

the Return of Bruno 1 year ago

"Wait, you changed your name TO Madame Latrine? What did it used to be?" "Madame Shithouse."

6points

Debs Bee 1 year ago

Off topic, but I knew of TWO women who were sisters-in-law. Both were Shirley Wehrle ( pronounced whirly). Also knew a Doris Morris.

0points

Emie N. 1 year ago

My cousin and his wife named their daughter Kynzleigh. Suppose to be pronounced Kinsley. 🙄

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the Return of Bruno 1 year ago

I wouldn't want my daughter's name coming up on Google whenever someone researched Kinsley.

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ami 1 year ago

There was one that I kind of knew called silver

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Screaming Pumpkin guts 1 year ago

I know some people woth weird names Cash, Mercedes, and justice (sorry for terrible wording)

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Nitka Tsar 1 year ago

Mercedes is a normal girls name. The car was named after Mercédès Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek

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Yugan Talovich 1 year ago

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madbakes 1 year ago

My old boss named her daughter Kyrie, after Kyrie Irving. This was right after the Cavs won the championship. Kyrie Irving is an antivax flat earther.

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Lucky2BAlive 1 year ago

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Pixie 1 year ago (edited)

A small hope: Vi could have been short for the beautiful name Violence - - - Edit: I know a girl named Arlet, called Letti

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