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One of the first things you get to know when meeting a new person is their name. Although a name is just like a label that doesn’t actually mean anything or say much about them as a person, certain bad names for boys sound truly weird and have unpleasant connotations.

People can’t wrap their heads around parents still choosing those weird names for boys and girls. Of course, they want their child to be one of a kind, but in reality, unique, strange, and unusually spelled names may cause confusion and inconvenience to the name holder.

If you would like to know which strange boys’ names people would like to see forgotten, then this list is for you. They are the collection of worst names for boys from the thread created by SpiritualNut.

Along with strange names for boys, the list also contains a few R-rated bad boys’ names. So, ensure you don’t read this list in front of minors. Without further ado, let’s check out these awful names!

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Ld

man wearing blue shirt and glasses I have a great uncle who’s full name is LD. Those aren’t his initials. That’s his full name. When he was trying to get a social security card he wrote LD and they sent it back saying no initials. So he wrote “L Only, D Only.” They sent him a card that said “Lonly Donly.”

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

"LD" was not an uncommon boy's name in the early 20th century. My quick search found over 500 men with that name and several stories of receiving documents with their names as "Lonly Donly."

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Adolf

man standing on the balcony with the city view Well that one guy kinda ruined Adolf

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X Ae A-XII

Elon wearing black shirt X Ae A-Xii

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

Leave it to celebs to name their children weirdly. Shannyn Sossamon named her boy Audio science.

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Lartholomew

dog lying next to a toddlers Knew two twins, Barry and Larry, which was a bit too cliché already. However, after figuring out their full names were Bartholomew and f*****g *Lartholomew*, it was pretty clear the second one was a surprise and they really didn't have a name ready.

Honourable mention for a Dutch couple I knew, Richard and Willianne, who chose to go by D**k & W***y de C**k.

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

Bartholomew is a bad name already, but LARTHOLEMEW!?!?!?!? watch these parents then wonder why their children are getting bullied.

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Kevin

man wearing white t-shirt and sunglasses I gotta say Kevin.

Sorry to all Kevins, but as a German married to an Aussie, this name is tough. To my husband it's a completely normal boys' name, and when we discussed names for our firstborn, I had to explain to him that "Kevin" is completely off the charts because in Germany it's used as an insult.

I think I've heard of scientific studies that have proven that teachers expect less from a boy who's called Kevin, compared to other boys' names. Prejudice is strong about that one. There's a couple of others, but Kevin's like the "godfather of unusable names" in Germany.

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Michael Hunt

man wearing black suit and red tie I worked with a guy named Michael Hunt. He INSISTED we call him Michael. Entertained me to no end.

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

We told a new starter to ring up another department and ask for Mike Hunt. She fell for it.

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Jackson

man wearing blue hoodie Teacher here. Jacksons are a******s almost 90% of the time. Don’t get me started on Aiden, Ayden, Aden, Caiden and Brayden etc…

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Hardik

boy wearing orange t-shirt Here in India, kids are named Hardik. Now imagine he goes to an English speaking country and how his name will be pronounced

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

You can’t name a person just on what their name will sound like in a foreign country. You name someone for what their name sounds like in your own country.

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Lamie

man wearing brown pants Met a guy on a dating app named Lamie. Like Jamie but with an L.

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

My great-grandmother's name was Laime! She was the only person I had ever heard of with that name...until now.

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Trebor

man wearing green t-shirt Trebor. Not a typo. Apparently this kids dad n grandad where named Robert. So they decided to just name him Robert backwards 🤔

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Billiam

boy wearing school uniform I went to school with somebody named Billiam

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Bushrod And Balzer

boy wearing yellow t-shirt Two of the worst real names I've seen - Bushrod and Balzer

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

Those aren’t real names. They are random collections of letters. I think their parents may have been in possession of a dyslexic ouija board.

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Hampy

man wearing black shirt sitting on the roof Going through a family tree project, I found out my great great uncle was named Hampy.


So.... Hampy.

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

Haven’t found any particularly odd names in my fam tree. I kind of wish I would, as my dad ‘s family is impossible to trace thanks to more than 5 generations the same 12 names repeated over and over by every member of the family who had kids. I think at one point there had to be like 12 Williams, 6 Betty, at least 8 Edwards, and so on living at the same time. Bet those family reunions were great.

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

I had a great great aunts (twins) named Hortensia and Hamptonia

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

I have an ancestor named Kerenhappuch (biblical, I believe) but delightfully in all historical records apart from her birth she is named "Happy".

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

For over 100 years, it was tradition in my family to name the first born girl Selina. Grandma opted out of that, and my dad refused to do so. If I HAD gotten that name, I'd have been the 4th one alive at the time, and a second cousin would have become #5. By the time she was born, there were only 1 elderly one and her own mother. Glad my dad put his foot down!

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

Me picturing a family gathering where the young kids are calling him Grampy Hampy

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

Pity it wasn’t his grandfather. Grampy Hampy has a certain ring to it.

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

There was some poor little kid adopted from china and they changed his name to HUXLEY! They had 4 super blonde bio kids and then monetized their “Our journey through adoption” or some sh*t blog for approximately 4 years then the kid just vanished and they carried on their family blog like he never existe.Their followers had to push for days to find out where he went…..they REHOMED him! They claimed that while they were told he had autism his challenges were FAR greater and he became a “danger” to their other real kids. He was barely 4… they took him from his country, exploited him for profit and then dumped him in a foster home when he wasn’t as cute or easily managed. WORST f*ck*ng people.

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

My grandma and hr twin were Ola and Ora. I haven’t went back far enough yet to find Nordic sounds

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

As you can see... My name is Garth... And I have heard it all over the years... Lord Garth of Izar (Star Trek).... Party On Garth ! (Wayne's World)... The World According to Garth (twist on the movie Garp)... And of course... Garth Vader...... Got any more ? Let me know.

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

My 3x great-grandfather was called Hamp - his name was Hampton, but he was recorded as Hamp by various census enumerators.

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

"Hampy" sounds like a name someone would have for their grandfather! Like, "I'm gonna go and visit Granny and Hampy!"

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

Hampy was short for Hans Peter. Sounds like p**s prove underwear...

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

In my family, my grandfather's name literally translates to "Squirrel"

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

We went through our family tree and found that the birth name for my grandfather was just “Baby Boy [LASTNAME]”. They didn’t name him until after the birth certificate had been filled out.

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

Sounds like a person who is great to hang out with ... Hey, going with Hampy out to eat. I don't see that name being used by a jerk for some reason.

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

I have an ancestor called Love Hart. And he named his daughter Sweet.

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

How about Onesiphorous? And then there is Love, Wrestling, Fear, Green Corn, Green Beadles, Humility, Waiting, Lady Anne Lestrange, Resolved and more. I have pages of strange family names.

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

We have a Peppin the Short and a Peppin the Fat in our family tree. They're pretty far back though

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

I actually kind of like this one.

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

Ya' but telling the gals that stuff went down with Hampy? Not too auspicious, me thinks. My name is bad enough. But it can be twisted.

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Elmo And Hardass

person dressed in elmos' costume I have two and I've encountered both in the wild.

Elmo - the guy's full name was "Elmo J. Faggins". His parents are ...I don't even want to think about it. This name was just - mean and cruel. I felt sorry for the guy. I could only imagine how much grief he got in school. Not sure if he is still alive or not. This was many years ago.

Hardass - a kid who was a victim of a mother who used drugs while pregnant with him. Thankfully the boy was removed from her care (if you want to call it care) and adopted by a wonderful couple who live near me. They had his name changed, new ssn and everything to prevent his mom from causing any more harm. That woman is a piece of work.

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

Well, Elmo was a regular name until that red kid was such a big star. Kinda ruined it.

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Ahmahndah

man wearing yellow hat Any normal name spelled in a "unique" way to help it stand out. Ahmahndah instead of Amanda comes to mind. Unless there's some places with a different culture where this is considered a normal spelling, but if both of your parents are Anglo in heritage, and they chose this as your name, I'm sorry, it doesn't make you seem "unique" and I feel like it will have ramifications when applying for jobs.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Eunikwe is what I shall name my first born. Furst-Bonn will be how I name my second child.

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Harry Weiner

man with the beard My mom knew a kid named Harry Weiner.

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

Oh god do these parents ever say these names out loud first????

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Jaxon Or Jaxson

man walking down the street wearing black shirt The name Jackson is fine but I hate when people spell it Jaxon or Jaxson. It makes me cringe so hard for some reason

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Caillou

person standing next to a fountain wearing yellow jacket Caillou. I hate that kid

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Nimrod

man playing with squirrel on the bench My late husband's great uncle's name was Nimrod. Literally on the mf's birth certificate any everything. So. Nimrod.

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

Nimrod was the name of a philosopher I’m pretty sure, and then Bugs Bunny used it sarcastically in Looney Tunes and so it became an insult

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Laberboi (Lover Boy)

person holding baby's feet My friend was a nurse, she said some parent named her kid Laberboi (Lover boy)

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Prince

man dresses as prince Prince, I dont know why, but they all think that they're actors or something

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

Even the dogs with this name think they are actors- sheesh.

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Guy

three man walking down the street ‘Guy’ just feels kinda lazy

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Blade And Chevy

man wearing green jacket Literally know a kid named Blade. Also, another couple named their son Chevy. Should have just named him Budweiser and gotten it over with if you ask me.

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Vanden And Brecken

boys wearing green t-shirts One of my cousin's named his kids Vanden and Brecken. I've always hated those names.

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

Maybe because they are always Brecken into a Venden buildings.

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Arminas

man wearing wooden bracelet There is a lithuanian name Arminas whey you say it it sounds like arm in a** yeh not a good name

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Ashley And Kaiser

man wearing blue shirt I grew up with a guy named Ashley. Whenever he’d get called out of class by the front office over the intercom, they’d give him female pronouns.

Also, I know someone who named their son Kaiser. I have a lot of questions about that choice, but I’ve never asked them because I probably don’t want to know the answers.

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

Names really shouldn't be gendered anyway. Just my unpopular opinion...

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Hogarth

man carrying a backpack Hogarth. It just feels gross to say.

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D**k

a statue of a person sitting with legs crossed D**k, I don't get how someone names their son d**k!

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Gary

man standing on the shore Apparently Gary is so bad that it’s a dying name, and no one has named their kid Gary in a few years.

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

Well; I thought this name would be revived since Spongebob has a cat named Gary.

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After going through this list, you are bound to feel whether you should laugh at these parents or feel bad for their kids. When we said this list has the worst names for boys; we meant it. Which was the worst name for you? Don’t forget to let us know in the comments! Also, share this with someone who (sadly) might have a name from this list!

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