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29 Worst Names For Boys That Shouldn’t Be Given As Pointed Out By People On This Forum

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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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#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

Final score:

337points

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#2

Adolf

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

donnyganger , Amir Hosseini Report

Final score:

291points

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#3

X Ae A-XII

Elon wearing black shirt X Ae A-Xii

CurlSagan , Daniel Oberhaus Report

Final score:

260points

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#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

Final score:

232points

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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

Final score:

189points

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#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

Final score:

188points

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#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

Final score:

186points

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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

Final score:

184points

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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

Final score:

180points

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#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

Final score:

176points

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#11

Billiam

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

compostabowl , Tinou Bao Report

Final score:

165points

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#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

Final score:

155points

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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.

The_Pooter Report

Final score:

150points

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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

Final score:

148points

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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

Final score:

144points

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#16

Harry Weiner

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

Sleepy_Chipmunk , Abby Savage Report

Final score:

143points

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#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

Final score:

136points

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#18

Caillou

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

BadAsianDriver , Tommaso Tinelli Report

Final score:

121points

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#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

Final score:

119points

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#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

Final score:

114points

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#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

Final score:

113points

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#22

Guy

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

stud01 , Martin Fisch Report

Final score:

107points

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#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

Final score:

97points

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#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

Final score:

93points

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#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

Final score:

87points

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#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

Final score:

86points

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#27

Hogarth

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

yursaman , Hermann Report

Final score:

80points

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#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

Final score:

71points

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#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

Final score:

58points

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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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Lakota Wolf 1 year ago (edited)

I was named after a chandelier. 100% true. I'm adopted and when my parents went to attend my birth, they didn't have a name ready. So they called my grandma to tell her and my sister that I was a girl, and to ask for suggestions (my sister, who was 6, was staying with my grandma). My grandma looked up at her bedroom ceiling at her crystal chandelier, and said, "Why not name her Crystal?" And lo and behold, an entire lifetime of hearing the phrase "Is that crystal clear, Crystal?" began. I loathed my name for most of my life (the kids called me "Crystal pistol" and my mom's nickname for me was "Cryssie"), but once I was old enough to actually legally change my name, I didn't care any more XD I do wish more people called me Crys, though. EDIT: My sister has a weird name too. My parents called her "Melanie". She's their biological child.

20points

sturmwesen 1 year ago

uhm Melanie is a perfectly normal name in Germany? Less so since 2000 but we had some in our school.

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Tinderella 1 year ago

Melanie is a cool name. Popular in the 80s

8points

Hey! 1 year ago

Crystal was really popular in the 1970's. I'm sure yours was chosen uniquely though.

6points

MouseyMouse 1 year ago

My youngest has always wanted to change her name to Crystal ever since she was a toddler and had one as a preschool teacher. And idk why you think Melanie is a weird name. Both of those are very common 80s American names.

4points

Noproblem 1 year ago

I worked with a girl named Crystal Snow. She married a guy surnamed White, and became Crystal Snow White.

3points

Crystal Ruiz 1 year ago (edited)

My name is Crystal and it's a pretty normal name in the US. In mexico, where I live its not super common. Here is where I got the Crystal means glass comments, but I moved here at 15 so it was just dumb. And I hate when people call me Crys, and I don't know why but i just hate how it sounds. Also, Melanie is a pretty normal name. In the states and in mexico.

3points

Seanette Blaylock 1 year ago

One of my more memorable cats as a kid was named Crystal. Very sweet girl, gorgeous Himalayan. Melanie seems like a perfectly ordinary name to me, really.

3points

Renegade 1 year ago

My college roommate's last name was Lear. Her grandparents wanted them to name her Crystal Shanda.

2points

Melaniedawn Pressler 1 year ago

My parents couldn't just stick with Melanie and named me Melaniedawn. Smh!

2points

Wondering Alice 1 year ago

My sister got to choose my name too. My mum wanted to call me Michelle, but when my dad went to do the paper work, he couldn't think how to spell it. My sister was hassling him about an Alice in wonderland doll she wanted - she was saying Alicein doll, so my dad thought Alison would do.

2points

Sage Bene 1 year ago

We called my cousin crystal pistol bc it's the name of a strip club in Amarillo TX lmao

0points

Stupid and Worthless 1 year ago

Went to school with a ton of "Crystal"s and "Melanie"s.... They were all hateful bullies but that was on them and not the fault of the names.

0points

Lori T Wisconsin 1 year ago

I like the name Crystal. 🥰. Be proud of who you are and tell haters to *iss off 😉

0points

Ben Stubbs 1 year ago

True story..... when Star Wars Episode 1 came out, the DJ on our national radio (Radio 1) commented how popular culture influenced parents choice of names, as in after Titanic was released, Jack and Rose became very popular, similarly in 1977, Luke became a popular choice. Later on in the broadcast, he received a fax (yes that long ago) saying "I wish I was called Luke. From Jabba the Smith"

20points

Monika 1 year ago

There's a girl at my school named "Paighttonn" and honestly i feel so bad for her

18points

Potato 1 year ago

I'm beginning to wonder if these spellings are used to disrupt google searches. Hard to cyber stalk someone when you can't spell their name?

12points

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Angeline Shalyn 1 year ago

I know a woman who named her daughter "mayghynn" lmao, like Megan except the spelling is obnoxious

4points

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Lakota Wolf 1 year ago (edited)

I was named after a chandelier. 100% true. I'm adopted and when my parents went to attend my birth, they didn't have a name ready. So they called my grandma to tell her and my sister that I was a girl, and to ask for suggestions (my sister, who was 6, was staying with my grandma). My grandma looked up at her bedroom ceiling at her crystal chandelier, and said, "Why not name her Crystal?" And lo and behold, an entire lifetime of hearing the phrase "Is that crystal clear, Crystal?" began. I loathed my name for most of my life (the kids called me "Crystal pistol" and my mom's nickname for me was "Cryssie"), but once I was old enough to actually legally change my name, I didn't care any more XD I do wish more people called me Crys, though. EDIT: My sister has a weird name too. My parents called her "Melanie". She's their biological child.

20points

sturmwesen 1 year ago

uhm Melanie is a perfectly normal name in Germany? Less so since 2000 but we had some in our school.

22points

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Tinderella 1 year ago

Melanie is a cool name. Popular in the 80s

8points

Hey! 1 year ago

Crystal was really popular in the 1970's. I'm sure yours was chosen uniquely though.

6points

MouseyMouse 1 year ago

My youngest has always wanted to change her name to Crystal ever since she was a toddler and had one as a preschool teacher. And idk why you think Melanie is a weird name. Both of those are very common 80s American names.

4points

Noproblem 1 year ago

I worked with a girl named Crystal Snow. She married a guy surnamed White, and became Crystal Snow White.

3points

Crystal Ruiz 1 year ago (edited)

My name is Crystal and it's a pretty normal name in the US. In mexico, where I live its not super common. Here is where I got the Crystal means glass comments, but I moved here at 15 so it was just dumb. And I hate when people call me Crys, and I don't know why but i just hate how it sounds. Also, Melanie is a pretty normal name. In the states and in mexico.

3points

Seanette Blaylock 1 year ago

One of my more memorable cats as a kid was named Crystal. Very sweet girl, gorgeous Himalayan. Melanie seems like a perfectly ordinary name to me, really.

3points

Renegade 1 year ago

My college roommate's last name was Lear. Her grandparents wanted them to name her Crystal Shanda.

2points

Melaniedawn Pressler 1 year ago

My parents couldn't just stick with Melanie and named me Melaniedawn. Smh!

2points

Wondering Alice 1 year ago

My sister got to choose my name too. My mum wanted to call me Michelle, but when my dad went to do the paper work, he couldn't think how to spell it. My sister was hassling him about an Alice in wonderland doll she wanted - she was saying Alicein doll, so my dad thought Alison would do.

2points

Sage Bene 1 year ago

We called my cousin crystal pistol bc it's the name of a strip club in Amarillo TX lmao

0points

Stupid and Worthless 1 year ago

Went to school with a ton of "Crystal"s and "Melanie"s.... They were all hateful bullies but that was on them and not the fault of the names.

0points

Lori T Wisconsin 1 year ago

I like the name Crystal. 🥰. Be proud of who you are and tell haters to *iss off 😉

0points

Ben Stubbs 1 year ago

True story..... when Star Wars Episode 1 came out, the DJ on our national radio (Radio 1) commented how popular culture influenced parents choice of names, as in after Titanic was released, Jack and Rose became very popular, similarly in 1977, Luke became a popular choice. Later on in the broadcast, he received a fax (yes that long ago) saying "I wish I was called Luke. From Jabba the Smith"

20points

Monika 1 year ago

There's a girl at my school named "Paighttonn" and honestly i feel so bad for her

18points

Potato 1 year ago

I'm beginning to wonder if these spellings are used to disrupt google searches. Hard to cyber stalk someone when you can't spell their name?

12points

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Angeline Shalyn 1 year ago

I know a woman who named her daughter "mayghynn" lmao, like Megan except the spelling is obnoxious

4points

Dexter Moncrieff 1 year ago

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