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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!

#1

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.”

i_see_St4irs , yerling villalobos Report

#2

Adolf

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

donnyganger , Amir Hosseini Report

#3

X Ae A-XII

Elon wearing black shirt X Ae A-Xii

CurlSagan , Daniel Oberhaus Report

#4

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.

UnoriginalUse , Andrew Seaman Report

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#5

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.

You-Done , Brooke Cagle Report

#6

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.

Officer_Panther , Ali Morshedlou Report

#7

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…

Most-Candidate9277 , Christian Erfurt Report

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#8

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

IntrovertGeek1999 , Cheon Fong Liew Report

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#9

Lamie

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

declarationsoflove , rayul Report

#10

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 🤔

Tekkaa47 , Jeffrey Keenan Report

#11

Billiam

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

compostabowl , Tinou Bao Report

#12

Bushrod And Balzer

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

ppardee , Ed Garcia Report

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#13

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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#14

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.

_Volly , Alessandro Valli Report

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#15

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.

Ninjabanana420 , Florencia Potter Report

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Nathaniel
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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.

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

These poor kids will never find a personalized souvenir. Source: a kid named Destiny in the early 2000's.

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

How about a girls name, La—Sha? ( The dash don’t be silent.)

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

It does have ramifications while applying for jobs. Very few want their company to have an employee listed with a misspelled name.

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

I really don't know why it's such a huge pet peeve of mine, but I HATE stupid and weird spellings of normal names.

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

People need to just stop with these crazy spellings - it’s stupid.

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

I taught a girl in first grade whose name was Unique. Literally.

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

Just had a godkid name there boy Jonee Jeter. Obviously the kid will be known as JJ

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

I used to work as a substitute teacher. Pretentious alternate spellings of typical names are annoying to no end. Jaycen... "Jak--oh, Jason." And kids get angry when you can't read their names, as if it's your fault that their parents are idiots. I had another student whose name was "Jettison." Yeah, his parents literally named him "throw it out."

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

I pronounced it like "Amaden" or however you wanna spell it because my brain could not figure it out...

C. S. M
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These are the ones that drive me crazy. Spelling names like Jordan as j'Hord'ann, Michaela as Mik'Ae'La, Robert as Roe-bert, and what's with up with names like Shae-nae-nae!? I talked once with a nurse in the pre-natal ward when I worked IT in a healthcare system, who told me the story of the entire staff talking a new mother out of naming her baby 'Vagina', to be pronounced like Regina. Yes, they actually had to explain to the mother the definition of the name she had chosen, as spelled, complete with diagrams. Mom was poor and came from an uneducated background, but changed her name decision completely after the diagrams were presented.

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

But that's just lack of education. Poor mom wasn't deliberately trying to saddle the kid with a bad moniker. Once she understood it she dropped it at once.

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

There was an episode of I think it was In Living Color where Jaime Foxx played a school child. The teacher said, "you have a very unique name, how do you spell that?". Jaime Foxx replied, "Q-U-E-P-H-apostrophe-E-O-N-N-E" And the teacher asked, "and how do you pronounce that?" Jamie Foxx replied, "Kevin."

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

My brain read this as Ahman-Dah, not Amanda. I have a friend who's name is Amena. But it's pronounced like the end of phenomena (Ah-mon-Ah) rather than the Anglo pronunciation of Ah-Meen-Uh. Shes Bangladeshi.

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

I met a woman named Cahney - I asked if she chose the spelling her name, she said yes

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

Ahmahndah Do doo be-do-do / Ahmahndah Do do-do do / Ahmahnda Do doo de-do-do de-do-do de-do-do de-do-do-doodle do do do-doo do

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

Why do parents want to make their kid's lives more difficult? Can you imagine having to constantly spell that out for people? It's child abuse!

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

I have a different spelling of a semi common name, I have to spell it sometimes but everyone says it right, maybe adds a letter. I will not say my name but it does get annoying spelling it sometimes, and I never find stuff with my name on it. I love my name, and it's also not made up, my mom found it in a baby names book lol. With my name I don't think it's child abuse but like .. some of those other ones hah 😅

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

I first read this like I would read the name of an ancient Faraoh and thought it looked kinda cool, then I realized it was Amanda.

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

That spelling is stupid but the pronunciation is middle eastern way

crowspectre (he/they)
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why I chose to spell my name the anglicized way and not the 'regular' way when I transitioned

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

My name is spelled kind of differently than the norm, but I’m named after a book character so…

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

I always wanted to name my first girl Melinda, but spelled MyLinda, because my Mom's name is Linda. Then, with her middle name a mix between my niece that I raised and consider a daughter, and my Grandma's name. It would have been Alexibeth. All my children have already been named when I got them (raised my sister's kids, and now 2 kids from one of those original 3).

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#16

Harry Weiner

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

Sleepy_Chipmunk , Abby Savage Report

#17

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

bhawks1251 , Mahmood Al-Doori Report

#18

Caillou

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

BadAsianDriver , Tommaso Tinelli Report

#19

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.

DaisyLou1993 , Sergey Gabdurakhmanov Report

#20

Laberboi (Lover Boy)

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

Gre8g , Omar Lopez Report

#21

Prince

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

Wise_Pomelo3313 , Paweł Furman Report

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#22

Guy

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

stud01 , Martin Fisch Report

#23

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.

JezeeChrizee27 , Alex Perri Report

#24

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.

itsajillsandwich , Vitolda Klein Report

#25

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

NotSoSmartBoi69 , Jonathan Cosens Photography Report

#26

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.

AltSpRkBunny , nate Report

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#27

Hogarth

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

yursaman , Hermann Report

#28

D**k

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

gh0rard1m71 , Spencer Means Report

#29

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.

Tangboy50000 , Lukas_Rychvalsky Report

Unsure Whether To Laugh Or Not?

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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FAQs

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According to Yuval Noah Harari’s book “Sapiens,” Kushim is the first person in history whose name we know. It was found on a Sumerian clay tablet 3,100 years ago.