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Turns out, assigning certain names to your phone contacts is, in a way, a world of its own. There are unwritten rules that one should follow: for instance, it's completely unacceptable to have your spouse listed only as their name after years of being together. On the other hand, it's pretty funny if someone does have their significant other named that way. Even after years and years of marriage.

This whole thing has recently been proved by this short tweet in which a user @wrefinnej shared how she just found out that her husband has her number listed on his phone as "Jennifer Wortman." The post quickly went viral and it currently has over 300k likes. In addition, it inspired other people to share the most hilarious, quirky, and interesting ways someone has them or they have someone named on their contact list. With that being said, Bored Panda invites you to look through the best ones we managed to find!

Some users didn't quite understand why anyone would be mad if their number was listed like that on their significant other's phone.

"…how else am I supposed to have my husband in my phone???" one user commented. "I know! I’m feeling terribly insecure now because my husband is in my phone under his name. I’m not sure else how to do it," another one added.

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    In fact, some people even explained why they prefer to list people using their full names. "I use full names for general security purposes. If anyone gained access to my phone, familiar labels would be giftwrapping contact info for my entire family," one user commented.

    "Friend was thrown off his bike, hit his head and was only just about able to say his wife's name over and over. He was in no fit state to recite numbers. They were able to call her, thankfully. Definitely worth having in there," another user added.

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    Diddlybop
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually My mum used to be birthgiver on my phone lmao. Now she is DudeBro

    C D
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend and I were travelling to Ruanda (we are both from Austria) to meet her then fiance. She had his name listed as "Umugabu Wanye" (that means: My husband). Thinking that this might be his official name, I listed him under the same name, although we always called him "Ferdinand". At the airport we had to show them a contact number to the immigration officers. They were already having a lot of fun with my friend and joking around about her loving a Ruandan man ("Ruandan men must be good" or something like that), but then was my turn to give them the number too... yes, we had some explanation to do...

    Jona Thiessen
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd feel pretty good about that name. MY daughter has me as "HBIC" (Head Bitch in Charge)

    The Deez
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL! I'm in my daughter's phone as Life Giver! And her brother is Demon Spawn. (Ahhhh, sibling love!)

    Ryan Deschanel
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Technically true. Maybe some daughter-mother bounding would be recquired.

    Leslie Jensen
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Better than "cockblocker" which is what I am in my teenaged son's phone

    McSydney
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My kids have me in their phones as Molly Wheasley. Probs due to the red hair and/or general attitude

    K Miller
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had my Mum listed as this for a while. Then I changed it to 'Mammy' with a picture of Mrs Brown from Mrs Browns Boys :D

    Cynthia Kleppang
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s what my kid did. I put her in my phone as “Financial Drain”.

    Ashley Lynch
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm listed as the same on my son's phone. However, my daughter has my son saved under the demon's child. I'm like wait a min now lol

    Ross Keim
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Isn’t that from South Park when they send all the parents to jail for molesting them and they take over the town? Might wanna look into it further lol

    deanna woods
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have my mom as "Mama Lois". This is pretty much because if my family was on Family Guy, she would be Lois.

    D K
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have my daughter as “Tea Kettle 🫖💕” because her laugh sounds like one

    Sian Edwards
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My niece has this for her mum. Her father is apparently 'sperm donor'. Ahh to be 14 again!

    justme
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    Honestly I've only ever heard people use the term birthgiver as a means to be disrespectful... So I'd be very upset if i saw this in my kids phone.

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    A few users pointed out how it could be extremely helpful to list your significant other as ICE (In Case Of Emergencies). "EMT/Paramedics suggest all phones have a separate entry entitled ICE (in case of emergencies), even if you have your spouse/so/parent/child/etc. Fully listed in contacts. It saves minutes when seconds matter!" someone wrote.

    "My wife and I lust each other in our phones as ICE - In Case of Emergency. It was recommended by Emergency Services years ago to help them quickly locate the correct person to call if one was in an accident," explained another user.

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    Another user commented by giving an alternative to the ICE thing to iPhone users: "My husband is listed by his full name... but he has his own ring/text tone that is ONLY his... and I have him as my SOS contact coded to his contact via Apple so if something happened to me and the SOS function was activated it alerts him with a text to my location."

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    Turns out, many people have their loved ones listed with A letters in front of their name to make sure that they appear on the very top of the contact list.

    "My husband appears on my phone contacts as AA his name (Emergency Contact). The AA ensure he is the first one in the list of contacts in case I have an accident or I am dead and someone need to be reach in my behalf. Hahahahaha. I am practical and dramatic. Hahahaaha," a user shared.

    "I do the same thing for work contacts, but with ZZ so I never mistakingly send out inappropriate texts to them," another person added.

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    How do you prefer to name your loved ones on your phone? Have you got any funny examples to add? Let us know down in the comment section!

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    OpalTheRainwing
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine if ur drunk and u get a call from “ Ukrainian Private Investigator” I would be like “oh S**t What have I don’t now!!!” 😂😂😂

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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just recently changed my mom to something other than her full name XD. I don’t even know why I had her full name, especially when my dad was “Papa”. She was scandalized when she saw it.

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    3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Siri : "Calling Dama heart, shrinking purple hear, kiss stain, queen's guard, eyes, pork head, pork, diamond ring, party confetti, straight white couple, white man and woman kissing, straight white family with two sons, diamond ring, diamond ring, taco, hot dog, eggplant, peach, confetti, whish seem to fall from a coconut for some reason, pennyiwise baloon, Pull".

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    Pascale Pierloot
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    3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Clearly he tried cracking a joke once...but it didn't go as well as expected...🙃🙌

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