40 Of The Worst Baby Names Given By Parents

When it comes to the worst baby names in the world — we have to go to the internet to find them. After all, it is where all parents meet to discuss their cruel mistakes. However, don’t rush to judge these bad baby names. The intentions behind them were wholesome (in most cases), only they splashed straight down to the ground soon after.

Take Ohnasti, for example. It sounds exotic, but most importantly — it’s unique! It’s hard to find a person with such a name. You need to listen closely to find the problem with it. The name sounds like, “oh nasty.” While it might be one of the worst names to name your child, the fun does not stop here!

Today, we have the power of the internet to help us find these unfortunate (horrible) names. Luckily, people decided to share their terrible baby names on Reddit. Frasepalm asked an interesting question — “What baby name immediately makes you lose all respect for the parents and why?”

However, don’t rush to read the worst baby names just yet! Learn the reasoning behind some of the horrible names and what problems parents (and children) encounter.

What is a “Name Regret”?

You might not know it, but Name Regret is a serious thing. However, if the name you choose does not fall in the “terrible and life-ruining” zone — you’re safe from it. Name Regret affects parents who think they picked the wrong name for their baby. The best cure for it? Time or another name for their baby.

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Woman crossing teeth Ohnasti

Supposedly pronounced “Honesty” but all I’ll ever see is “Oh Nasty!”

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Lorrie Rothstein 2 years ago

Then why not spell it honesty

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Sad ginger girl sitting on stairs with her head down Back when I worked with children, I met a young lass named Younique. I felt sorry for her. She was only 4-5 at the time, and the moment she entered school, she began to hate it because the other children thought that it was silly and wouldn’t play with her. Eventually, the dad of another child said that it was a bad name *to her face.* Seriously. Don’t do things like this to your children. They aren’t pets. They’ll have to deal with the repercussions of your bad naming choices.

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Cadena Norton 2 years ago

Once got beat up by a pair of identical twins cause they didn't like my name

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Nurse holding a newborn baby in her hands So my Wife was giving birth to our first Son and the midwife asked if we’d chosen a name yet. We said yes and told her ‘Seth’. She replied “Oh thank goodness, a normal name! The last woman in here named her child Precious Bunny!”

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Barong 2 years ago

That’s my stripper name.

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Woman in black clothes working on computer and phone One time when I was working at a motel, I took a reservation over the phone from a woman for her daughter:

Woman: Her name is Sri Lanka, S R I space L A N K A...

Me: Oh, you mean like the country!

Woman: Whaddaya mean, country?!?

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Cadena Norton 2 years ago

Once met a guy named jam mica

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Dirty thermos on a ground Not so much a specific name, but gross butcherings of names. Ie. Kaightlynne instead of Caitlyn.

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

James instead of J'aighmez.

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Native tribe woman dancing with clothes from leaves One little girl got her name legally changed in court, because her parents named her Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.

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Edurne 2 years ago

in my country (Spain) this would never be accepted as a name, and no child would be registered with a similar name

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Brown cake with black decorations on a table I used to write on cakes, the worst name I ever saw was "Tuba Poo". I asked if it was a nickname, it was not. It's been like 6 years and it still haunts me. Her mother's name was Natalie, why Natalie? Why?

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Al B. Wright 2 years ago

I'm lost for words on this one (and that doesn't happen often)!

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Khaleesi from Game Of Thrones with dragon Any name based on a popular TV series or movie. Like, if I see your daughter is named Khaleesi, I think significantly less of you as a person.

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Al B. Wright 2 years ago

People that name their kids things like that are generally chavs/bogans/whatever the American equivalent is of those two words.

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I had a set of twins (I'm a teacher) a couple years ago named Heaven and Nevaeh.

I had four kids named Shaun in one class, all spelled differently, none spelled Shaun or Sean.

I had a girl named Jezebel and boys named Jesus and Messiah in one class. (Nothing really wrong with those names, but having all three in one class was odd.) I also had a kid named Ted that year. Not Theodore or Edward, just Ted. I saw his birth certificate, just Ted.

This year, one of the other teachers has a boy named M'Lord. I'm not even making that.

What's getting my goat this year is the random apostrophes. Your child's name is Elayna, a lovely name, IMO, but E'lay'na is ridiculous. I have three girls with random apostrophes in their names, its annoying.

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Nor 2 years ago

Nevaeh is just Heaven spelt backwards, how original.....NOT

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#10

I had a teacher in grade 1/2 whose last name was Dyck (sounds like d**k). Fortunately at that age I didn't think anything of it. Apparently her parents didn't think anything of it either...

Her parents named her Rhoda. Rhoda Dyck. I have to assume they were sadistic assholes.

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Aisling Raye 2 years ago

Just changed all of my plans for today so I can re-watch every episode of Letterkenny lol

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How Do You Choose a Baby Name You Won’t Regret?

If you want to do something right — take as much time as you need. The best name doesn’t come in an instant. When avoiding the worst names for a child — you might want to have a few “guidelines” to help you. Make sure to avoid:

Names that don’t make sense.
Names you are pressured to use (or the opposite — pressured not to use by professionals).
Names that are easily misspelled.
Names that just don’t suit your baby.

Sometimes, even following these rules, mistakes are made (on purpose or accidentally). So, think with hindsight in mind.

#11

My cousin named her son named Lincoln, which isn't bad by itself.

At least until she had her daughter, Kennedy. She said she plans on naming her next kid Garfield.

She literally names her kids after the last names of *assassinated presidents.*

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James016 2 years ago

So not after the loveable cartoon cat

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#12

Man covering his face with his hands Kash. It isn't the worst name in the world but the fact his second name was 'Ransom', made it a whole lot worse.

Kash Ransom.

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Katie Rae 2 years ago

Well, that's going to make kidnappings much more convenient

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#13

Baseball team standing on the field I was on a little league baseball team with these two brothers named Doer and Achiever.

Talk about pressure to perform, those parents had expectations.

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Al B. Wright 2 years ago (edited)

Achiever sounds like someone sneezing if said quickly, which is bad enough, but Doer? That just seems lazy, like they thought of achiever then couldn't come up with anything else.

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#14

Two woman laying on grass covering each others hands A co-worker has a friend who named her daughters Vengeance and Violence.

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MrBallen Fan 2 years ago

Are they twins? Are they identical? Do they wear blue dresses? Do they live in a hotel?

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#15

White keys with letter on them Abcde (pronounced Ab-city).

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Adam Chang 2 years ago

I just don't get it...is it a joke or what?

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#16

A few years ago there was a guy in my area in the news. His first name was Justice. He's doing 100 years for stabbing 3 people.

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Boreddd🇺🇦 2 years ago

The irony

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#17

Chicago, North, True. Just to name a few. I’m no Kardashian hater, but I really can’t stand the names they give their kids.

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AzKhaleesi 2 years ago

Chicago is ok-ish only because growing up I had a friend named California we all called her Cali for short. But North and True is strange...and Apple.

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#18

Multiple yachts parked in water Strap in and prepare for rough seas!

My mom is a midwife and one day she came home with what she thought was the epitome of dumb names.

These parents had just gotten back from a trip to the states, where they had visited a dock to look at boats, and one of those beautiful boats had an even more beautiful and exotic name, they wanted to name their baby daughter after this boat.

Usnavy

My mom is a saint for not laughing.

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G 2 years ago

I mean it could be true but it's a little ripped from musical theatre: "Usnavi de la Vega is the central protagonist of In the Heights. Originally from the Dominican Republic, he arrived in Washington Heights with his parents when he was very young. His name is based on the boat they saw when they came in (US NAVY)."

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#19

I have a nephew named Anfernee, and I know how mad he gets when I call him Anthony. Almost as mad as I get when I think about the fact that my sister named him Anfernee.

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Kirsten St John Brown 2 years ago

Such a great movie. 😁

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#20

Crying baby in an incubator with nurse nearby Someone I know is a nurse in the ER so they've delivered quite a few babies. But one day they said that one set of parents decided to name their kid Ssss. You pronounce Ssss, Forest.

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Cadena Norton 2 years ago

They need to arrested

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Are There Banned Baby Names?

No one is safe from the ban hammer, names especially. Some countries decided to take the extra step to ban a couple of names. For example:

Nutella (the name) is banned in France. However, it is not because of any copyright laws. The judge ruled that such a name should be given to a child. Instead, the judge ruled to name the child Ella.
IKEA is banned in Sweden. You can’t disrespect the most important store in the country.
. (just a dot, nothing more) is banned in New Zealand. The laws prohibit the use of these kinds of symbols in the name.
Tom is not allowed in Portugal. However, you can call your child Tomás instead (a better choice in hindsight). In Portugal, Tom is considered a nickname. The laws in Portugal prohibit the use of nicknames as official names.
@ (like the Gmail) is banned in China. The reason is that it’s pronounced ai-ta, which sounds very similar to the phrase “love him.”

#21

Nevaeh, although I think that has more to do with the fact that every parent I know who has named their baby this is a teenager who thinks they’re “soooo cool” for dropping out of school in 9th grade, who are about as deep as a puddle but think they’re Aristotle or Shakespeare because “it’s heaven spelled backwards since she’s my angel”

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Cadena Norton 2 years ago

My mother begged me to name my daughter this. I flat out refused

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#22

Naming your child Bear makes me think you’re a huge twat. Mostly because I’ve met a few gorgeous children called Bear and everyone of the parents were huge twats.

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James016 2 years ago

My son went to nursery with a boy called Bear. The mum was a very rude twat (dad was not in the picture)

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#23

Person typing on keyboard Saw a fun name on the attendance sheet (so this is official) of one of my classes: Daddyboi

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Edurne 2 years ago

that's just cruel, and again another name that wouldn't be legally accepted in Europe

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#24

Three guys laughing while siting on the ground The overly matchy names to the point of ridiculousness. My top example is a set of brothers named Romance, Romantic, and Romeo.

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

Then Rommel came along.

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#25

Starbucks cup on a table Renesmee

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Adam Chang 2 years ago

is this from twilight?

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#26

Dirty dancing music cover Baby. As in the Dirty Dancing lead female. Because nobody in the professional world is going to want their name to be Baby.

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Edurne 2 years ago

you can easily predict the mockery the kid will suffer with that name.. if they really like it so much a good solution would be calling her Barbara, and baby being her nickname at home

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#27

Massive lit up chandelier in a big room I went to high school with a one "Crystal Shanda Lear."

This was back before dumb names were the rage. She would have been named that in, say, 81-82. Poor girl. I don't know that I lost respect for the parents so much as felt bad for her to be saddled with that s**t.

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Cadena Norton 2 years ago

Knew a girl named Crystal dragon...thought it was pretty awesome

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#28

Any form of Aiden (Aidin, Ayden, Aidyn, Ayeden) and/or Ashley (Ashlee, Ashleigh, Ashlie, Ashli, Ash-Lee).

I am a teacher and have had students with all those variations. I actually had 3 Aidens and 4 Ashleys (none of which were spelled normally) in a class of 23 students.

Like come on parents, you aren't being original by making your kid's name ridiculous to spell.

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Random Anon 2 years ago

I dub thee "Fork", with a B.

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#29

Woman talking and scratching her head I lose respect for parents who give their kids first names that when added to their given last names become horrible. The parents don't even care that their kid has to live with it. Two real examples I've come across are Richard Sieman (The guy's name is D**k Semen, for f***s sake.) And even worse, Desire Cox.

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Hannah Hudson-Lee 2 years ago (edited)

I normally agree, but every now and then you come across one that is actually kind of cool, in a "You could be famous with a name like that" way. Three examples I have known, all of whom were born between 1900 and 1920 were, Joy Devine and the brother and sister Treble and Tenor Bell. Edit: Also, look at my name, remove the later addition of "Hudson" and then sing "Puff the Magic Dragon". Just the first couple of lines.

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Three girls laying on bed with their legs in the air I knew three sisters names -Autumn-Breeze, Summer-Skye and April-Rain.

Bonus addition one of them had a kid and named it Gidget.

Edit for those wondering: This is in Eastern Canada.

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Nathaniel 2 years ago

Named after fabric conditioners?

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What Names Are Losing Popularity?

Some names lose their popularity slowly, fading away into obscurity or, in some cases, becoming the bane of society overall. The best example of the ladder — Karen. The name was popular in the past and given to almost every girl. However, when baby boomers grew up, the internet together decided to make them the bud of jokes (ruining a whole haircut, too).

In the end, the internet won. Karen lost popularity and became the subject of multiple jokes. However, it’s not the only name to lose popularity. The reason behind the popularity loss varies between the names. However, the memes on the internet quicken the downfall of a name.

#31

I’ve taught:
- Precious
- Princess
- Righteousness
- Blessing
- Pious
- Destiny
*edit* forgot Sincere

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BannedFromABoatShow 2 years ago

I’ve taught an Annikin (yep, right after the prequel came out) Merlin, Wrigley (girl) Emmahleigh, and Aspen Forest.

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#32

I had a chemistry teacher who was an avid runner. He proudly told us his three children were named Miles, Lane, and Chase. How narcissistic do you have to be to name your children after your hobby?

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Boreddd🇺🇦 2 years ago

Ar least their names sound normal-ish, compared to other names. If I were to meet someone named Chase, I wouldn't think anything abt it

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Different pins on a chess board like material I was once checking in a customer for service.

EmoChanel

And she was very proud of it.

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Al B. Wright 2 years ago

Sounds more like a nickname she decided to adopt day to day.

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Old-school painting of a mess in a house You know the Duggar family (19 Kids and Counting)? One of their daughters named their son Spurgeon. SPURGEON.

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Hannah Hudson-Lee 2 years ago

Is No. 20 going to be called Spaviar?

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#35

Names with uneccessary letters or the rarely-seen, lack of necessary letters:

Jaiymes

Jaxn

Khaydence

Aayden

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BannedFromABoatShow 2 years ago

Emmahleigh. Raihleigh.

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How Companies Impact the Naming Process?

Marketing is a powerful tool. If done correctly, people will buy your products. However, if you are a true marketing master (Don Draper-like) — people will name their children after your company and products. However, those names will quickly land on the list of the worst baby names ever.

Cool-named brands already have some babies named after them. For example, the leading car brands (Audi, Benz, Ford, and Kia) inspired parents to name their children. In 1987, for example, 182 girls were named after Porsche. However, there is no real reason to use brand names.

However, some companies decide to sweeten the deal. Several companies directly encourage parents to use brand names for their babies. Their offer? Free products (or a discount) for a lifetime. Subway, for example, announced they would give free sandwiches to people named like the company. In 96 hours, ten thousand people changed their names.

#36

I once worked for Build-a-Bear Workshop. In one of their new hire training videos there was an employee taking to the camera about who the f**k knows because all I could focus on was her name tag. It said "Om'unique". Like, I'm Unique, except worse. I still have no idea what she was taking about.

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S 2 years ago

Went on a road trip with my family last year and we stopped at a gas station that had a subway inside, the subway employee's name was "Timberly" It was not a typo... we asked lol

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#37

I met the adult child of parents who named their daughter Morticia Addams, after the TV Show. I made her show me her driver's license and there was the proof. Her own parents had a different last name.

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Madeleine Flowers 2 years ago

Welp. I don't know what else to say about that.

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#38

Woman Taking picture of her newborn baby in a cute outfit Prancer and Vixen for babies born during the Christmas season.

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James016 2 years ago

People should have a full mental health check before being allowed to name their kids

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#39

Felony Meth.

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AzKhaleesi 2 years ago

What in the actual.... please tell me this is a joke.

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Boy collecting black LEGO's MyLuv (yes, I have met a kid named this). That poor kid is probably not going to be successful, unless they change their name later on.

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AP 2 years ago (edited)

I already posted this in another BP place, but I knew a guy named Happy. He definitely was not.

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What do you think ?

K. Lange 2 years ago

In am so happy about the regulation of names in Germany. They have to be gender specific and have to be normal enough that the kid don't have to suffer.

31points

Ellen Ranks 2 years ago

It's good that only normal names are allowed. The gender specific part I am not too sure about. Fr example, I know a person who was born with male and female genitals and was named Robin. Because that way they could sort out later if male or female. Robin decided not to choose and the name still fits.

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Kitty Lane 2 years ago

You could never do that here in the States, everyone would start screaming about civil liberties.

5points

RafCo 2 years ago

Gender specific gets iffy. I have a friend named Sasha (Alexander), a man from Russia. And another friend named Sasha, a woman in the US. Michele is a man's name in France, and Michelle is a woman's name in the US. Then there are great names that can be either gender.

3points

Manuela Langer 2 years ago

And still you get people with the last name Schläger try to name their kid Dennis (Dennis Schläger, sounds like the German word for tennis racket) or people with the last name Grube try to name their daughter Kläre (As in "Klärgrube" - "Septic Tank" in English).

1point

Terka Červeňáková 2 years ago

Very similar in czech republic, we even have a set of names parents can choose from. If you want something more unique, it's up to the person who officiate the birth certificate if they agree to that name.... And thanks to our language odities, our names Are mostly gendered, like Jiří (male)/Jiřina (female)- the same name but slightly different for each gender. Jan (m)/Jana (f); Alexandr/Alexandra; Jindřich/Jindřiška And so on... There Is couple of names that doesn't have their opposite gender version, and just a few that are typically gender neutral (like Robin)...

0points

Fearhunter 2 years ago

One of the moments I cheer for our bureaucracy.

MAL 2 years ago

I worked with a woman who's first name was Jenatul. Yes, it's pronounced exactly as you think it is. No, she didn't go by Jen. Used that full name and was proud of it.

19points

seedogg 2 years ago

"Dr Tull, Dr Jenna Tull, please report to Urology"

12points

zozi 2 years ago

"Dokhtar bas" was a common name in my country and still is in some less developed areas. If I want to translate it in english it says, "enough daughters". Just imagine your name shows that you are not wanted just because of your gender.

10points

Terrible. Which country is this?

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