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Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of Oh I got one. Goth parents (18ish) had a baby. They wanted to name this sweet baby girl Death. I could not stand for it. So I told them every time I went to type it into birth certificate it changed the form to a death certificate. They bought and that girl is now named Morticia

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Dest 3 years ago

Morticia is a epic name tho. Can be shortened to Morti for casual conversations.

208points

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My grandmother once put Virginia on a birth certificate when the parents had requested Vagina but didn’t know how to spell it.

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

Imagine the amount of teasing the poor child would have had to endure if the parents had known how to spell 'Vagina'.

121points

Choosing a perfect name for your little one can be totally nerve-wracking. One day, the one you carried in mind for the past 9 months just doesn’t feel right anymore, and you’re back to searching for a new one.

Of course, many parents bear a great deal of confidence in their baby name choice, but it’s totally normal to have second thoughts. A survey conducted by Mumsnet.com found that almost one-fifth of parents in the UK would opt for a different name for their child if they had a chance.

The reason according to the survey is 25% of regret because the name was “too common,” and 21% of regret was caused by a name which “just didn’t feel right.”

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My husband wanted to name our son Truck . Almost ended in divorce. Needless to say, none of our boys are named Truck and we are still married

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ume reid 3 years ago

phew!

70points

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

Elon Musk's son! LOL I heard that the name was not allowed and needed to be changed or at least modified.

117points

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My boss's friend named their kid 'Monster Galileo.' The nurse tried to talk them out it, but they insisted. The kid goes by 'Galileo.'"
"Honestly, I kind of like the sound of it for an adult or a performer's name, but being a kid named 'Monster' has to be rough in school

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

Magnifico!

39points

The best way to avoid such thoughts is to think about it in advance. So before registering your baby a name, do your homework. You can check whether a name’s popularity is trending up or down on sites like BabyNameWizard.com and Nameberry.com. Make sure the name you want is not super popular at the moment, because if it is, the chances are you’ll be hearing everywhere wherever you go!

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My classmate's mother was a maternity nurse, and she once had a couple who wanted to name their son 'Collin,' but wanted to give him a unique spelling. So they chose to spell it C-O-L-O-N. They tried to name their son Colon — as in, the organ attached to your anus. When my classmate's mother explained this to them, they were painfully embarrassed, and asked her to just use the usual spelling instead. I don't think they'll ever live it down

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

I have a collegue, she wanted to call her son Connor (rare name in Germany), but nearly wrote Connar in the documents...."Connard" is an insult in French....not very clever when you live 2 km from the french border...

66points

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of Back in 2000-2004 I worked at a hospital doing admin and an ol' battleaxe of a senior midwife stomped over with this angry-looking pregnant teenager in tow.

"Varvara!" Old Battleaxe roared. "Varvara, open up that internetty-thing on your computer!"

Old Battleaxe did not know computers, but she was well scary, so I agreed, and opened up the internetty-thing.

"Show this ridiculous child the first picture that appears when you type in the word Chanterelle!"

The angry pregnant teenager whined about how it was a pretty name and loads of girls were naming their little girl it, and then went stone-dead silent when she saw picture after picture of nasty sulphur-yellow mushrooms sprouting out of muddy forest floors.

"Told you! It's a [friggin] fungus!" Old Battleaxe roared, and stamped off to be Terrifying and Sensible at other pregnant teenagers, leaving me with the angry one.

Turned out that the name she had actually been thinking of was Chardonnay, which is both the name of very expensive wine and the name of a character in a UK soap opera called Footballers Wives, which was about as classy as it sounds.

The baby got that as a middle name later on, which was fine, the first name was Sophie or something along those lines.

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Kirsten Kerkhof 3 years ago

In primary school I was classmates with a girl who was named after a wine (as was her younger sister, their father was a pretty famous sommelier). That said, the name was as pretty as it was unknown to be a wine, so I don't think they ever suffered (and sadly I cannot remember the name).

43points

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My ex-husband didn't think it was fair that girls could be named 'Grace' or 'Hope,' and he seriously suggested 'Pestilence,' 'War,' or 'Plague.' And his choice for a girl was 'Tangerine.' Fortunately, we never had any children

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Nigel Rodgers 3 years ago

Tangerine's not nice but it's not that bad

105points

On the other hand, picking an extremely rare name is not an ideal way to go about it either. Make sure your child will be able to grow and socialize comfortably with the name you’ll give to them and it won't cause any unwanted attention.

#10

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My dad wanted to name me 'Sky' — but he thought replacing the 'y' with an 'i' would be cute. Thank God my mom didn't go along with it, or I may have been named 'Ski.'

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Arthur Waite 3 years ago

In my hometown, with a lot of German and Eastern European immigrant families, 'Ski' was a common name - every school class had a Stanislavski or a Dubrovski, etc. All shorten quickly to 'Ski'. Boys, anyway.

38points

#11

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I once had a student named 'Linoleum.' Some midwife definitely dropped the ball on that one.

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glowworm2 3 years ago

La La la linoleum!

28points

#12

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of Working as an ERT on overnights, I got called to OB to help out alot. One name will always stick with me because of how unfortunate it is for the kid and how ridiculous it all is. The mom was deep in meth and other substance abuse and she told us she wanted him named Zion. We were like oh cool no problem so we asked her to fill out the paperwork of everything for us to submit and put in the chart and she wrote down Vzyiion.....she looked us dead in the eyes and said, the V is silent..... She also gave him 5 middle names because she didn't know which one was the father so he got em all

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Javiera Gotelli 3 years ago

That kid should've been taken from her immediately.

177points

After all, we all learn to love names. You see, it’s usually not the name per se which bugs us, but a person we know who bears that particular name. If we don’t like the person, we’d probably have the same feeling about that name.

So, imagine that a child who you and your family adores to the moon and back will forever be precious no matter the name you give. In the end, some people just won't get that name you picked and that’s also fine.

#13

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of Ladies and Gentlemen, Adolph Hitler.

The parents then tried to claim they weren't Nazis.... At first

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

the real name is Adolf - they thought that they could fool you by writing it with ph?

86points

#14

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I worked at a registrar for a while, and some of the standout names on the birth certificates I got were 'Killer,' 'Syphilis,' and 'Sweet Prayer Sunrise'

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

Were these parents on drugs?

125points

#15

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I lived with a student midwife when I was a student, and the first set of twins she delivered were named 'Red' and 'Blue.'

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angie but who cares 3 years ago

i think color names are cool and creative

25points

#16

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of As a med student, I had a patient who wanted to name her child 'Mudpiles.' The nurses silently protested and waited a few days. Mom eventually changed her mind

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Zaza 3 years ago

God I'm glad that I live in a country where the office where you have to register the baby can protest ridiculous names

100points

#17

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I know a teacher who has a elementary age student with a African name that unfortunately does not translate well into English North America, the kids name is Acock Ring, and yes I wish I was kidding

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Welcome Welcome 3 years ago

funny not funny

38points

#18

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My uncle wanted to name his daughter Raider God. I'm glad they settled on Jada

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Sista of the moon 3 years ago (edited)

I misread that Jabba. As in Jabba the hut.

32points

#19

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of Not a nurse or a midwife but I had to talk a friend out of naming their daughter jkmno

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

What happened to the L?

118points

#20

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My daughter named my grandchildren...Draven Tyrion Dexter Zaraphil Johnson, and Andromeda Nymphadora Jane Zaraphil Johnson....I'm not happy , but at least we convinced her to leave Lucifer out

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Javiera Gotelli 3 years ago

That's borderline child abuse

68points

#21

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I work in a music store that offers lessons and rents instruments. We have a list of the oddest child names.

~ Jamuary, Qwest, Sixte, She'Bra, Battle, ShyAnn are just a few on there.

~ The best one was Alivia (pronouned Ah-Lee-Vee-ah). When speaking with the grandmother she said that the mom wanted to name her Olivia but the father hated the name. Dad saw a bottle of Aleve on the counter so he and the mother compromised and came up with Alivia

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Zaza 3 years ago (edited)

January isn't that ridiculous, considered April, May, June and August are regular names. I wouldn't wish on any child to be named January, but nah, not stupid enough to make this list imo (fun fact: the month of July was named after Julius Ceasar and August was named after emperor Augustus) Edit: Thanks for pointing out that I misread the name. i see it now Oh the irony... All of you "correcting" me for misreading 1 letter, when I corrected it myself after only 2 comments. Something pot, something kettle?... God you all suck. I edited my comment almost immediately, no need to repeat that it's an M over and over again. And calling me out for misreading? How about you yourselves do some proper reading before commenting

41points

#22

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of Obligatory not a nurse or midwife.

Took a call at the call center once and this poor frazzled EMT told me that she was delivering a kid and the mom's bowels voided, which is normal and apparently that's called "miconium."

She told her partner "Oop we got some miconium here" and the mom yells "Oh my god that's such a beautiful name - you just named my baby!"

The caller said "Paul, I...I tried to tell her, but...there's a kid running around named Birth S**t and I just don't know how to handle being responsible for that"

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Mere Cat 3 years ago

Meconium is actually pooped by the baby. Can be dangerous if the baby inhales it.

96points

#23

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I'm neither of these, but I had a classmate in university whose name was Meganathan.

...To date I don't know why Nathan failed to suffice

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Jo Morris 3 years ago

Named after both parents: Megan and Nathan? I'd like to know if Meganathan is male or female.

60points

#24

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I tried to tell someone not to name their kid 'Tarmac.' They'd recently learned the word from NASCAR.

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Robert T 3 years ago

Oh please please tell me that they were considering Adam as a middle name. :D

4points

#25

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I used to work in labor and delivery. One of the very experienced nurses had two times she had to talk people out of naming their child Vagina... and explain why they were hearing that word they liked so much

KMoneySupreme Report

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Max 3 years ago

... Multiple vaginas?!

49points

#26

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of When I travelled around Africa, there were people named for qualities the parents wanted for the kid. So met Happiness, Joy, Loveness, Goodluck (very common), Leadership, Sunshine.

My favourite: Shoes.

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Zaza 3 years ago

Shoes? Really?

43points

#27

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of A baby here is named Covid Bryant... not even kidding. Look it up

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James016 3 years ago

*screams internally so I don’t wake up my family*

60points

Glory The Rainwing 3 years ago

*Literally screams*

3points

Sarah Simons 3 years ago

why were you up so late?

3points

Triv 3 years ago

I feel your pain, James.

1point

Karen Klinck 3 years ago

I hate to say it, but it was inevitable. Sigh.

2points

ThatOneCrazyFanGirl 3 years ago

Covid Bryant....i think some people in the Philippines named their kids that......

2points

Paul Budhram 3 years ago

covid?! Bryant to remember Kobe (RIP), BUT COVID?!?????!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!?!!??!?!

2points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

So a horrible disease shows up and some parents think oh wow what a great name for my kid!!!!

2points

Hello 3 years ago

Here's the article about the one human in the world with the most awful name: https://www.ibtimes.com/netizens-react-filipino-mom-naming-son-covid-bryant-amidst-coronavirus-outbreak-2942101

2points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

They don’t take their child seriously and never will. Unfit.

2points

Siddharthkrishna Kodathala 3 years ago

bruh...

1point

JACK SKELLINGTONNNN 3 years ago

it's true I just looked it up -_-

1point

Patricia Kasprowski 3 years ago

Poor child!

1point

Sharon Vaughn 3 years ago

That poor kid to be forever hated.

1point

Cybele Spanjaard 3 years ago

So the memorable disease pandemic needs a reminder? Crappy choice.

1point

D K 3 years ago

No fckn way...

1point

Marilyn Holt 3 years ago

I fear this might actually happen a lot this year.

1point

AzKhaleesi 3 years ago

Why would anyone want to do that to someone, we get it they're born in 2020 how about Hope or Joy or something, anything else???

1point

Karen Klinck 3 years ago

Some people just go with what they heard most often.

1point

Lorraine R 3 years ago

Which raises the question -- how many kids in 1920 were named "Influenza"?

0points

Judith Petree 3 years ago

Maybe they were going for Kobe Bryant but didn't know how to spell it.

0points

Lisa Tetlow 3 years ago

NO!!!!

0points

#28

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My coworker went to school with a girl named 'Fallopia.' I feel sorry for her when she's in biology class and they talk about Fallopian tubes.

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Sista of the moon 3 years ago

Oh no.

42points

#29

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My brother wanted to name our soon-to-be younger brother 'Corn Peas,' and our parents almost went with it because they felt bad for asking for his input and then rejecting it. Fortunately, they got over that.

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Max 3 years ago

Middle names. This is what middle names are for. Also for ensuring the fae can't use your name to cast spells on you.

40points

#30

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My mom wanted to name me Kirby. After her vacuum. Thankfully my dad talked her out if it.

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Raine Soo 3 years ago (edited)

I don't know. Kirby sounds kind of cute. And, the video game character is cute.

113points

#31

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My mother wanted to name my baby brother 'Ichabod Rusty.' Our surname is 'Ford,' and she was determined to call him 'Icky Rusty Ford.' She tickled herself sh*tless through her pregnancy, but eventually my dad said 'No,' and they settled on something much more appropriate.

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Fred L. 3 years ago

Ichabod is an old Hebrew and thus also English-language first name.

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#32

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of Girl in highschool was named yanique (pronounced unique)

She was certainly one of a kind

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QueerTheory 3 years ago

Yannick is a common German first name

47points

#33

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I was almost named Cinderall I have no idea what my dad was smoking at the time

313Lenox Report

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kjorn 3 years ago

at least put a "A" at the end

27points

#34

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I'm not a nurse or a midwife, but I was once paid to design birthday cards for a kid named 'Mileage,' pronounced My-Leige, like how you'd refer to a king

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Theo C 3 years ago

lolololol

17points

#35

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My kids have a friend in their class called Famous (male).

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RadiatorAnkleSpider 3 years ago

Famous Kardashian

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#36

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My boyfriend was nearly called 'Eggbert,' but 'Egg' for short. So glad they decided against it!

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Karl Baxter 3 years ago

Egbert was King of Wessex in the 8th century

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#37

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My sister's initials were almost PMS they swapped the first and middle names

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Dest 3 years ago

My initials are SAD.

66points

#38

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I currently work with someone who's first name is "Imunique". I don't think any midwives or nurses were involved with the naming

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kjorn 3 years ago

Hi Monique!

13points

#39

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I used to work with youth who needed mental health support. I worked with 2 girls who had the following first names: Nawja (pronounced like nausea), & Cinnamon. I felt terrible for them.

driven_under666 Report

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Rose the Cook 3 years ago

Cinnamon is not bad, there are many songs called Cinnamon. The first that comes to mind was by Tommy Roe circa 1969.

39points

#40

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My ex wanted to name my son Jager (pronounced either Jagger or Yager) or Shotenjäger. That was a no.

Everyone talked me out of naming my daughter Evelyn (and nickname Evie - it’s a family name but apparently it’s for old women only lol)

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Danieletc 3 years ago

My friend named her first girl Evelyn. Lovely name. I got her the Masters of the Universe villainess action figure, Evil-Lynn.

59points

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#41

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of As a Family Medicine Resident, I personally delivered two different girls named Khaleesi. This was around 2016, well before season 8. I imagine there might be some buyer's remorse on the parents part at this point

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Something 3 years ago

At least it's technically a title, not the name of a specific character.

11points

#42

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My brother talked my mother out of naming me 'Mulan', because he had a major crush on her and didn't think a 'sack of potatoes' deserved her name

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angie but who cares 3 years ago

why is mulan a bad name maybe it's just my opinion but it's a cool name

16points

#43

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My wife talked me out of naming our son Leviacus. She settled on Levi

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Paul Budhram 3 years ago

For those Jews-- does this sound like Levidicus?

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#44

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I once met a dude named Lovey. It was a family name. I think it was especially cute because he was such a big tough guy.

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Coleonema 3 years ago

No offense, but why do you name your kids weirdly on purpose America?

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#45

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of Not in the medical field but my fiance wants to name our first born son Murloc and I very much protest it.

haydenmutt Report

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Michael Gore 3 years ago (edited)

I have a Brazilian friend called Sirloin which I always assumed was some form of traditional Brazilian name. Anyway one day we're chatting over some drinks and my gf (now fiance) asks him about his name, it turns out his mother sent his dad to go sort out his birth certificate and on the way he stops for a few drinks and just names him after a steak. Best part..? Sirloin grew up to be a chef!

5points

#46

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My boyfriend's grandmother wanted to name her daughter Sunshine. The midwife said that wasn't allowed because "it wasn't a real name" and his grandmother had no other back up baby names. So, a few minutes later when she heard someone down the hall screaming "Tina", she named her daughter Tina because she couldn't think of anything else on the spot.

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angie but who cares 3 years ago

sunshine is an awesome name tho

40points

#47

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of Again, not quite what was being asked, but a friend of mine was almost called Apollo. To be fair, he was born on the day of the first moon landing in 1969, and his dad is Greek. His mom put her foot down, though, and he ended up Alexander, which is still a good Greek name (okay, technically Macedonian, but the Greeks claim him too).

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Raine Soo 3 years ago

Apollo isn't as far out there as some of the other entries. When my cousin had her son, her husband wanted to name him Rocky, because he was a fan of the movies. They asked for my opinion. I said that Rocky was fine as a nickname, but that they should probably choose something more conventional and less likely to be fodder for jokes. They settled on Andrew.

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#48

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of Not a nurse, but my mom had to talk my dad out of wanting to name me Prudence. I wouldn't have mind being called Prudence, but that's just me. Now I have an even weirder name that nobody knows how to pronounce because of a popular TV show

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Danieletc 3 years ago

What's the beef? Classic name, classic and beautiful Beatles song.

28points

#49

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of My dad loves Stevie Nicks and wanted to name all of us Rhiannon but my mom wouldn’t let him. So my oldest sisters name ended up being Stevie Nicole but now people always assume she’s a guy when they see the name Stevie

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Zaza 3 years ago

Rhiannon is not a bad name. It's Welsh and it's not uncommon. Had to look it up, but over 13k (women) in the US alone are named Rhiannon

46points

#50

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I have a false leg, and the midwife had to talk my parents out of naming me 'Peggy.'

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elStiJneriNO 3 years ago

but you didn't have a false leg at birth.

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#51

Nurses And Midwives Reveal 40 Baby Names That They Tried To Talk The Parents Out Of I was almost named Thaddeus

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Trying so hard thinking 3 years ago

It's a Greek male given name. It means a heart or courageous heart.

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What do you think ?

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

I am so happy that in my country there are laws prohibiting this kind of crap.

35points

Hans 3 years ago

100% agree. Bureocracy sometimes is over the top, and the state must not interere with what is private. I believe, however, that the state should protect all the members of societies – this includes children who have stupid, clueless, or selfish parents.

16points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

In mine too. You cannot name a kid anything that its offensive. Like "idiot' to put an example. But sometimes the clerk abuses his power to ban non insulting non traditional names. For example a couple wanted to call their son Lobo (wolf) and a clerk refused. Its such a cool name.

3points

NMN 3 years ago

Not only to stop shameful or ridiculous names, but many countries have laws where you have to use proper grammar of the language, you can't just say "it's pronounced this or that", cos it'd pronounced how it's written and thats it, no crazy pronunciations defying grammar

2points

Mere Cat 3 years ago

Me too!

1point

Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)

I hate also when families keep naming everybody the same. I get using a middle name if you want to honour a relative. But having three generations under one roof that are called the same is simply stupid. In my family there are two couples of father/son and one mother/daughter that are called the same. Its maddening. One of them had a baby and at least had the common sense of giving him a proper name and then keep the dads name as a middle name. My greatgrandma, grandma and mum were also called the same. When I was born my grandma wanted me to be called like that as well. My mum refused. Sorry four women in a row with the same name is too much. The point of names is to have a sense of individuality.

24points

Michael Gore 3 years ago

Where I live it used to be traditional to name your oldest son John it used to get pretty confusing when my dad (John) , granddad (John), other granddad (John), uncle (John), and my dad's best man (John), Would get together. That said I kind of regret not being called John myself and really wanted to name my son John.

7points

MAL 3 years ago

I have a friend who's John VI and named his son John VII. He calls his kid Seven, which I really like. He told me that he wasn't going to continue the tradition, but his dad died days before Seven was born and he wanted to honor his father by continuing the tradition.

4points

Nela Rothenbach 3 years ago

I work at a school with only about 400 students....every class has at least two boys called Mohammed, Mohammad, Muhammed...and so on...to make matters worse they all have one of two last names which are sometimes spelled differently, sometimes not. We srarted to give them nicknames to avoid confusion 😂

3points

Javiera Gotelli 3 years ago

I hate that, too. It's like setting up the kid for identity issues. When the most basic thing about you is determined by others who came before you, you'll never be your own person....

3points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

My family had so many with the same first name that it was "So-and-so's Name", like they had no existence otherwise, but there were SIX of them!

2points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

That’s what I commented too. I think it’s very wrong to do this. Or to use names that are so common and everyone uses them. That’s not okay really.

2points

SoozeeQ 3 years ago

I hate it when people name their son the first part of their surname, eg. David Davidson, John Johnson, Robert Robertson. I mean, come on. Couldn't you be a bit more original?

1point

Karen Lyon 3 years ago

LOL, that sounds a little like my family. My late Dad's name was Bob, his sister's husband was a Bob, and my youngest brother's wife liked the name Robert, so that's what they named their eldest. I've had to explain that when I am talking about Bob, I don't mean my Dad to some extended family. Mom's youngest brother is John, one of my aunts married a Juan -- both went by Uncle Johnny. I also have a brother Jon, a cousin John! Then there's my aunt Susan and cousin Susie, uncle Frank, cousin Frank Jr, and his son Frank III. To to it off: my name is Karen, my sister is Sharon, and we have twin nephews named Carey and Perry. We get called by the sibling's name all the time -- once an aunt called my place wanting to talk to me but she asked for my sister instead. My then-roommate told her no one named Sharon was at that number, and was confused as hell when I almost grabbed the phone out of her hand. LOL. Not all of this name duplication was on purpose. We just learned to deal with it!

0points

Jay Weigel 3 years ago

My daughter's family has a raft of Jonathans....her husband, his oldest by his first marriage (called by his middle name, Zaccheus, in the family but Jonathan everywhere else), and her son by a previous relationship with a Jon, short for, you guessed it, Jonathan. And her father's name was John.

0points

Fact Perils 3 years ago

I definitely agree. i think names should be resonable (easy to spell and such) but not all the same boring name! id never name my kid john for example

0points

Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

People confuse the whole numbering of men with the exact same name. The oldest living person with the name is senior, the second oldest is Junior. When the oldest dies, junior becomes senior. There are exceptions, like royalty.

-1point

Al Jones 3 years ago (edited)

At some point, parents need to ask themselves who they're choosing the name for. Clearly most of these parents chose a name they would be happy with, ignoring the c**p the kids will have to put up with their entire lives.

16points

A.M. Pierre 3 years ago

My dad met someone who said his name was what sounded like "Piz-ulms." "...Piz-ulms?" my dad repeated. "Yes sir, Piz-ulms. Parents loved the Bible so they gave me a Bible name." His name was Psalms.

9points

SoozeeQ 3 years ago

They couldn't have named him David? (The writer of the Psalms).

1point

Karen Klinck 3 years ago

Leo Domitrix: Molly and Feh-molly are far too common, as are Baby B and Baby G. (We always wondered what these people would do if they had a third kid...) "It was so nice of the nurse at the hospital to name my child for me!"

0points

Saico Hipe 3 years ago

I don't even care whether or not this is true,

0points

shado 3 years ago

have to love the religious ... since T-rump is gone the religious are the only ones left to entertain!

-1point

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 3 years ago

My daughter is Dahlia, named after a Phish song. My oldest son is Asher. Not weird but different.

6points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

Those are nice names.

6points

Jimifan 3 years ago

I've got two... One was a young woman named Tequila, which she pronounced "Tech-will-uh" and would get upset when someone used the obvious pronunciation. Another was a Class-A idiot I used to work with who, after having seven daughters, finally got his poor wife to churn out a son. The name he put on the birth certificate? "My Son." His horrified wife protested loudly, so the words were put together and the kid's name became Myson.

5points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Yikes. Poor Myson.

1point

cybermerlin2000 3 years ago

My Aunty wanted to name her firstborn son Crud Logan. Her last name is Berry (by marriage). She changed her mind when 12-year-old me fell on the floor laughing "Crud Loganberry!" She looked a little embarrassed but found it funny too and changed her mind to Anthony Carl. When she gave birth, she had a girl. She decided Toni Charlotte would be best. I'm turning 50 tomorrow, and we all still get a chuckle out of it. Toni also jokes "Imagine my initials if I had been called Joanne!"

5points

Vicky Zar 3 years ago

Please explain. What is so funny about it?

0points

MAL 3 years ago

I work in a law office and I've seen some bad names. The worst was a woman named "Jenatul" and yes, it's pronounced "genital." She went by "Jen" fortunately.

3points

Ck Rau 3 years ago

My son wanted to name his sister ‘Silly’ and his brother ‘Fencepost’. We went with Joy and Nathan.

2points

Simon Murray 3 years ago

When I was born my dad wanted to call me Thor, my mother objected because it was a brand of washing machine at the time. It would have been an epic name by the mid 2010s but growing up in the 80s would have been rough with a name like that

2points

Death Metal Kitty 3 years ago

Ahem... some poor child in Singapore is named Abcde. Serious. Made the news.

2points

SoozeeQ 3 years ago

Apparently, it's pronounced "Ab-See-Dee", and the parents get upset if people pronounce it like the alphabet.

0points

Aragorn II Elessar 3 years ago

If my future SO gives birth to our male child in the vehicle on the way to the hospital he’s gonna be named Carson. No other option.

2points

Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

The name isn't offensive or weird. Sounds okay to me. Inside joke is funny, the kid might find humor in how he was named.

1point

Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

I wanted a daughter named Clover, but her last name would have been Rawles. Together it would have been Clover Rawles when said too quickly sounds like coveralls. We had a boy, problem avoided.

2points

Delgada 3 years ago

I like Clover!

3points

K Miller 3 years ago

These parents are why some countries have bans on names you can give babies...

2points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

What about the parents who tried to call their daughter "Tallulah does the hula in Hawaii"?! I'm gna look for a link

2points

Lauren Caswell 3 years ago (edited)

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/546018/Court-orders-name-change

1point

Siddharthkrishna Kodathala 3 years ago (edited)

I had a girl in my class who always put the word "poopy" before my name. Let me just say it was annoying and stupid. I also had to put up with this for three years... It. Was. HELL.

1point

John Bennick 3 years ago

In 1985 my wife gave birth to twin boys. I wanted to name them Hawkeye and Buffalo Chip. Sober heads prevailed.

1point

Suzanne Griscom 3 years ago

I had an immigrant high school student 20 years ago, whose first and last name together was pronounced TESTACLE, but with no stress on that first syllable [TES]. Not writing his name out because he has enough to deal with. Also had students named Diarrhea (it was the prettiest sounding English word her parents heard in the refugee camp), and kid who went by Tony Hue because his first name is Phuc.

1point

Kiss Army Premium 3 years ago

My MIL was in a shared hospital room when she had my husband and the lady in the next bed could not decide what to name her daughter. The nurses had provided several reference materials for new moms baby name lists, lists of items needed, etc... The lady was looking over the lists and said "That is the perfect name!" She was looking at the baby supply list and ended up naming her baby Pajama (pronounced pag- a- ma). No amount of talking to her would change her mind... poor kid...

1point

Gail 1 year ago

I worked with a lady who had to enter Pajama on a birth certificate too. She also had to enter Placenta, the mom thought it was so pretty!

0points

Little Ms. Quirky 3 years ago

A parent in china tried to name their child @ because they wanted their child to be unique

1point

Quinn Alexander 3 years ago

JFC before you ever name your baby, imagine every way they can be bullied and IDGAF IF YOU THINK "They would wear it with pride because it's unique" NO THEY F*****G WOULDN'T, THEY WILL DISTANCE THEMSELVES FROM YOU FOREVER.

1point

Anne-Sophie Dumetz 3 years ago

Knew someone who named their son SATCHEL

1point

Arenite 3 years ago

Woody Allen. Kid grew up and changed his name to Ronan. He’s a famous journalist now, Ronan Farrow.

1point

V Martinez 3 years ago

My sibling & I both have V D for initials. Thx mom. Her initials are B J. We joke that two cases of vd came from a bj. Lol!

1point

B Jones 3 years ago

This deserve a Terry Pratchett quote "The Carter parents were a quiet and respectable Lancre family who got into a bit of a mix-up when it came to naming their children. First, they had four daughters, who were christened Hope, Chastity, Prudence, and Charity, because naming girls after virtues is an ancient and unremarkable tradition. Then their first son was born and out of some misplaced idea about how this naming business was done he was called Anger Carter, followed later by Jealousy Carter, B********y Carter and Covetousness Carter. Life being what it is, Hope turned out to be a depressive, Chastity was enjoying life as a lady of negotiable affection in Ankh-Morpork, Prudence had thirteen children, and Charity expected to get a dollar’s change out of seventy-five pence–whereas the boys had grown into amiable, well-tempered men, and B********y Carter was, for example, very kind to animals. Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

1point

B Jones 3 years ago

Lol censored beasti.ality

0points

Paul Budhram 3 years ago

I have seriously no idea yet but I like gem/birthstone names.

1point

Tsunami The Bored Seawing 3 years ago

I am called prudence.

1point

Shiritoru 3 years ago

I'm ok with any weird name until it's not offensive for the baby.

1point

Emma London 3 years ago

In my country the parents have about two months to decide on the name. Also a official name authority has to approve new names, which prevents people from naming their children "Wolverine" or "Stone Cold".

1point

Doggo Froggo 3 years ago (edited)

I have never liked my name so much lol. And it's in a stupid song....

1point

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 3 years ago

Tell us the song..

1point

shaDoria 3 years ago

dafuq is wrong with these people?

1point

Mere Cat 3 years ago

Well, Melena is a pretty name, but it means bloody stool...

1point

JStar 1 year ago

0points

Joanne Hudson 2 years ago

When I was young, the name was often just for legal use. The kids were Buster, Buddy, Champ, Skeeziks, SuzyQ, Pattycake, etc. And the kids can always change it. There was a period of time when my brother (Leston Eugene) demanded to be called Number Seven.

0points

Anna Simpson 3 years ago

I know a couple who gave their son a Gaelic name without taking into consideration that it wouldn't be understood where we live. His name is Foalan. It's pronounced fwhay-lin but people (doctors, teachers etc) always initially pronounce it Fo-a-lan. Had they gone with the english spelling (the main language where we live) it would've been spelt Whalen, which is phoenetically a lot closer to the pronunciation.

0points

Tobias the Tiger 3 years ago

An instance with a completely harmless name occurred with me - one of the names my mom considered giving me was Simon. A relative refused to let her give me that name because of the SNL skit where Mike Myers played a character named Simon.

0points

Jay Weigel 3 years ago

When I worked in neonatal, we had a baby girl named Chivas Aspen. One of my co-workers quipped, "I guess we know how she was conceived!"

0points

Kate J 3 years ago

My sisters two daughters are named Shyre(like lord of the rings) and Alize (Al-Leez).

0points

Bex 3 years ago

I went to HS with a girl who's name was Emma. Her last name was Lee. Emma Lee.

0points

Kim Lorton 3 years ago

Yep, except for names like placenta, and other body part names!

0points

Marnie 3 years ago

Worst I knew in real life was a woman named "Clotee". Say it out loud. It sounds like a combination of clitoris and goatee. That's what I immediately thought.

0points

shado 3 years ago

a distant relatives married a nice Asian girl and they had a boy that they named 'Fender' ... and no, it was not after the iconic guitar (that alone would have made it kinda cool) and he may well wind up with a nickname like 'fender-bender'

0points

Meami 3 years ago

there was a list of bad baby names that circled the internet a few years ago. I don't know if it was real but my fav was La-a. It was pronounced La dash a.

0points

Kara Reid 3 years ago

Idk if anyone else got this with the name Jkmno but when I seen it I immediately seen noel as the name they were doin. Of course bc of the no l, I'm not sure that's what they were trying to do but it made sense to me so it's possible they were trying to name the kid noel & got creative with the way they spelled it to come to that conclusion. Not everyone would see that or get it but some ppl don't get that everybody doesn't think the same way. Poor kid was probably called no telling what growing up & unfortunately the parents don't think bout what they gotta deal with either. But thought in case no body had said that already it may be worth mentioning but I didn't have time to go thru comments to check so sry if they have said it.

0points

Colin Matthews 3 years ago

I genuinely despise the traditional names ruined by dreadful spelling... And look who hasnt seen some poor kid lumbered with a terrible name by useless adults who struggles. My daughters class has a boy called "onyx". Ffs..

0points

Arenite 3 years ago

Onyx is not a bad name. Just another gemstone name, like Amber, Jade, or Pearl. I knew someone who named his daughter Ruby and went to high school with an Amber.

0points

Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

That's the reason many countries forbid such names... Why would anyone be so wicked they purposely ruin their child's entire life from birth ? Seriously, freedom is bad.

0points

Uhulifant 3 years ago

My last name is Bose, i figured out the worst name i could give a son would be Throm. Thankfully i don't want kids.

0points

Elizabeth 3 years ago

Had my paternal grandfather been alive when I was born, my mom was prepared to name me "Georgia May" in order to mess with him, as it was the most southern sounding name she could think of. He was from the north and she came from the south, and apparently this was some kind of running joke/point of contention between them.

0points

Susan Bosse 3 years ago

I worked in Medical Records at a regional medical center years ago. A baby was named Timber Ree. I could just hear the parents calling her to come in the house. "TIMBERRRRRR!!!!" She was shot and killed in a drug deal when she was 21. Front page of the newspaper. Strange as that's always been the only name I remember from my time there even though we had a big list going. I read where she was born (birth record) and then I read where she died (front page).

0points

BonnyDK 3 years ago

I had a student in K or 1st that was named Toy. Cute little blond guy.

0points

Logic and Reason 3 years ago

Reminds me of this Olympian, her parents let her choose her own name. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picabo_Street

0points

Dagnirath 3 years ago

My mom loves to tell a story of someone she knew who's parents almost named her Ima. Doesn't sound so bad, right? Family name is Wolf. Apparently her mom put her foot down after letting Dad name their boys Timber and Gray.

0points

Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago

Not sure why we needed the same photo over and over. LOL

0points

Pavlina G 3 years ago

There is no hope for humanity. We are dead.

0points

Gwen 3 years ago

My dad is from the south, growing up I would tell my brother that if dad had married someone else, his name would have been Cleadus! We all laughed except him. I still call him that ever once in awhile just to mess with him!

0points

Batwench Premium 3 years ago

Some of those are actually quite nice. Maybe a tad old fashioned for today but still nice.

0points

Fluffy Griffin 3 years ago

I know someone who named their kid Solanus. It's supposedly not super unusual... Anyway, I call him Sunny and she says I'm being childish.

0points

Dest 3 years ago

I have a very common name, Anna. Extremely common in Russia. Usually for every ten girls there's like 2 Anna's. Rather annoying when someone calls the other person. So I pronounce my name as 'ayna'

0points

Seabeast 3 years ago

I wonder if epidurals increase the likelihood of this sort of name?

0points

Duchess Raven Waves 3 years ago

Honestly I like some of these names. And dont know why they would be included. Some are dreadful of course but I nearly named my son Judas. Because its beautiful but it has stigma because of the Jesus thing.

0points

Christine 3 years ago

"The Jesus thing" - I've had a long day and I appreciate the laugh! Thanks!

0points

Mikel 3 years ago

Believe it or not, I once worked in an office with a lady whose name was Rapunzel.

0points

GlassHalfWay 3 years ago

My friend went to high school with a girl named Marijuana Pepsicola (unknown lastname). She was in sports and had awards in the hallway with her name.

0points

Amanda Panda 3 years ago

Oh how I could contribute to this one. I used to manage a photography company that did Cheer Competitions. I kept a running list of all the ridiculous names I cam across. Twinkle, Sparkle, Bossy, Sassy, Tigre (yes re not er), Karmikazaye topped the list. And yes, I went to dire lengths to confirm each time that they were not nicknames before I added them to my list. These were on the birth certificate.

0points

Amanda Panda 3 years ago

Lastly, I lived near a small Rominichal community in Oklahoma. Sapphire, Diamond, Krystal Chandalier, Emerald, Princess, Precious, Pajama and the like were very common.

1point

Ray Heap 3 years ago

In civilized countries there are thankfully laws that prevent this kind of thing happening.

0points

Ayia Grace 3 years ago (edited)

My uncle wanted to name my aunt and his first daughter. Nelia, or Alien spelled backwards. He wanted to name his first child Alien. My aunt managed to talk him out of it, her name is Falen. If you seem someone on Facebook with a daughter name Nelia in 2029ish it's me.

0points

Vicky Z 3 years ago

Especially nowadays that we know the effects of bullying I find it really unthoughtful to give your child a weird name that might make their life difficult in the future!

0points

Melissa TO 3 years ago

My friend's sister was a labor and delivery nurse. She told me once she had a mom that wanted to name the baby "Placenta".

0points

Karen Klinck 3 years ago

Placenta is all too common. It ends in 'A'. This will make it a girl's name. I'm not kidding; I wish I was! Any body part or disease that ends in an 'A' is fair game. Another favorite is Cyphillus, which is (I kid you not) onsidered to be a flower name.

0points

N G 3 years ago

A couple of these are perfectly normal names.

0points

vogonpoet 3 years ago

My son was ALMOST Frederick Ulysses. Or Charles Oliver. Our combined last names spell the initials C-K. Thankfully we were only toying with the idea as a joke.

0points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

True story: My great uncle was named, on his birth certificate, Junior. That was his legal name. First name. Junior. Flash forward 80 years, and I meet my husgband's great-uncle... whose legal first name was Junior. Not X Whatever Junior. Junior Surname. Both times. And not related. (We checked!)

0points

Lsai Aeon 3 years ago

There's twins, Brick and Stone last name Wall; Sunny Dayann and her sister Misty last name Night, The Hogg children (yes those are real). I've heard of at least one Spanish only speaking mother in America naming her daughter Placenta. There are several others that I can't remember at the moment...

0points

W. 5 3 years ago

Some of those parents should not be allowed to even name a pet....

0points

Susan Stead 3 years ago

When I was doing some ancestry research, I found out that I had a way-back relative named Zebulon. I thought he must be a time traveler or a superhero.

0points

Hufflepuff 3 years ago

My dad always jokes that he wanted to name me refrigerator, lol

0points

Hannah Edwards 3 years ago

I was going to let my daughter (2 and a half) choose her baby sister’s name . She chose “Parents Lemon” needless to say I didn’t go with it.

0points

Aubrey Baird 3 years ago

My mom is a teacher, and she was telling me how she had a student named, wait for it, "E-Money"!

0points

Celeste Grant 3 years ago

Slightly different but I taught children called cystitis and chlamydia. Bet they grew up wishing the midwife had stepped in and persuaded their parents to choose something else!

0points

Jessica Nametz 3 years ago

I used to collect medical records for insurance companies and the name of a patient/claimant that stood out the most for me: Shasta Orange. It was on all of their legal documents and everything... I still laugh whenever I see that soda....

0points

Coli Erasmus 3 years ago

Used to work in a doctor's reception. One of our regular patients called her baby Euthanasia. When I asked how she came about it, she said she saw the name in a newspaper headline and thought it sounded nice. I didn't have the heart to tell her.

0points

Vicky Zar 3 years ago

Thank god Germany has one important rule for name giving. The name may not be harmfull to the child. In general this means names of famous bad people like Hitler are absolutely forbidden. Then names that seam derogative to the child will not be allowed (like Stupid, Pig, Barbie...). Neither can you name your child like a brand, surname or City. Exception are names that were already used as child names (like Paris, Mercedes, Nike...)

0points

DuchessDegu 3 years ago

I used to work with a lady called Butterfly. Parents had good intentions but it's a weird name for a person

0points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

I think it’s lovely.

0points

cup1d1ty 3 years ago

I was half expecting to be scrolling through the comments and have somebody comment that there name is on the list!!

0points

opinionated biatch 3 years ago

work at a school: Uniquewa, Rosevelte, Deaglan, Syanco, Caitilighn, Dynastee, Shannondoa, Zuzanna, Brithny, Nokaphia, Jefurcin, Pocahontas, Royalty

0points

Vicky Zar 3 years ago

Zuzanna is a normal polish name. Its the polish version of Susan (Susanne in German by the way)

0points

Lorelai Purvis 3 years ago

i'm thinking about naming my future child (if i have one) miri rhea for a girl, and beckham james for a boy. miri is from the book princess academy and rhea is my mom's middle name, and beckham is a family name and james is my dad's first name and my dad's dad's first name and one of my brother's middle names

0points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

Those aren’t too bad! Reasonable choices.

0points

Chelsea Bates 3 years ago

My grandpa wanted to name me edwina mural

0points

Javiera Gotelli 3 years ago (edited)

In my country we have laws preventing idiot parents from using names that may ridicule their child. It amazes me how "da gReAaTeSt cOuNtrY iN dA wOrlD" is full of people with ridiculous names (and the way some are spelled, csm!). What's with the apostrophes on names? It's fckn moronic, among other things... Funny story though: in my city, a few years ago, some parents wanted to name her daughter "Chañaña". The doctor asked, and they replied something along the lines of "like the singer, you know, Chañaña (Shania) Twain" ... They spelled it phonetically, and wrong because the name doesn't sound like that AT ALL

-1point

Logic and Reason 3 years ago

Jesus Christ your hatred of America is beginning to border on straight-up xenophobia. Find something more original to complain about, you don’t even live in America and thus don’t have to deal with the majority of its problems.

2points

Roxy Eastland 3 years ago

You know what: call your baby whatever you damn well want. I hate this judgemental nonsense. The rest of us can be responsible for teaching our own children not to be playground bullies. And we can all be respectful enough to learn how to pronounce people's names correctly and treat them as whole people with value. F. u. cking hell.

-2points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

I think Roxy is a nice name and I see your point, except for when the name disrespects the baby.

1point

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago (edited)

I like weird names. I think names like John, Sam, Bill and Jenny are as bad as names on this list, and almost as abusive. It isn’t right to give your kid a name everyone else has that has no identity and no thought. As long as you don’t name your kid something insulting or negative or super common, I think it’s all fine.

-3points

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ADHORTATOR 3 years ago

I am so happy that in my country there are laws prohibiting this kind of crap.

35points

Hans 3 years ago

16points

Ozacoter 3 years ago

3points

NMN 3 years ago

2points

Mere Cat 3 years ago

Me too!

1point

Ozacoter 3 years ago (edited)

24points

Michael Gore 3 years ago

7points

MAL 3 years ago

4points

Nela Rothenbach 3 years ago

3points

Javiera Gotelli 3 years ago

I hate that, too. It's like setting up the kid for identity issues. When the most basic thing about you is determined by others who came before you, you'll never be your own person....

3points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

My family had so many with the same first name that it was "So-and-so's Name", like they had no existence otherwise, but there were SIX of them!

2points

Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

That’s what I commented too. I think it’s very wrong to do this. Or to use names that are so common and everyone uses them. That’s not okay really.

2points

SoozeeQ 3 years ago

I hate it when people name their son the first part of their surname, eg. David Davidson, John Johnson, Robert Robertson. I mean, come on. Couldn't you be a bit more original?

1point

Karen Lyon 3 years ago

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Jay Weigel 3 years ago

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Fact Perils 3 years ago

I definitely agree. i think names should be resonable (easy to spell and such) but not all the same boring name! id never name my kid john for example

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Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

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Al Jones 3 years ago (edited)

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A.M. Pierre 3 years ago

My dad met someone who said his name was what sounded like "Piz-ulms." "...Piz-ulms?" my dad repeated. "Yes sir, Piz-ulms. Parents loved the Bible so they gave me a Bible name." His name was Psalms.

9points

SoozeeQ 3 years ago

They couldn't have named him David? (The writer of the Psalms).

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Karen Klinck 3 years ago

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Saico Hipe 3 years ago

I don't even care whether or not this is true,

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shado 3 years ago

have to love the religious ... since T-rump is gone the religious are the only ones left to entertain!

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Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 3 years ago

My daughter is Dahlia, named after a Phish song. My oldest son is Asher. Not weird but different.

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Mewton’s Third Paw 3 years ago

Those are nice names.

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Jimifan 3 years ago

5points

Leo Domitrix 3 years ago

Yikes. Poor Myson.

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cybermerlin2000 3 years ago

5points

Vicky Zar 3 years ago

Please explain. What is so funny about it?

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MAL 3 years ago

I work in a law office and I've seen some bad names. The worst was a woman named "Jenatul" and yes, it's pronounced "genital." She went by "Jen" fortunately.

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Ck Rau 3 years ago

My son wanted to name his sister ‘Silly’ and his brother ‘Fencepost’. We went with Joy and Nathan.

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Simon Murray 3 years ago

2points

Death Metal Kitty 3 years ago

Ahem... some poor child in Singapore is named Abcde. Serious. Made the news.

2points

SoozeeQ 3 years ago

Apparently, it's pronounced "Ab-See-Dee", and the parents get upset if people pronounce it like the alphabet.

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Aragorn II Elessar 3 years ago

If my future SO gives birth to our male child in the vehicle on the way to the hospital he’s gonna be named Carson. No other option.

2points

Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

The name isn't offensive or weird. Sounds okay to me. Inside joke is funny, the kid might find humor in how he was named.

1point

Uncommon Boston Premium 3 years ago

I wanted a daughter named Clover, but her last name would have been Rawles. Together it would have been Clover Rawles when said too quickly sounds like coveralls. We had a boy, problem avoided.

2points

Delgada 3 years ago

I like Clover!

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K Miller 3 years ago

These parents are why some countries have bans on names you can give babies...

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago

What about the parents who tried to call their daughter "Tallulah does the hula in Hawaii"?! I'm gna look for a link

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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago (edited)

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/546018/Court-orders-name-change

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Siddharthkrishna Kodathala 3 years ago (edited)

I had a girl in my class who always put the word "poopy" before my name. Let me just say it was annoying and stupid. I also had to put up with this for three years... It. Was. HELL.

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John Bennick 3 years ago

In 1985 my wife gave birth to twin boys. I wanted to name them Hawkeye and Buffalo Chip. Sober heads prevailed.

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Suzanne Griscom 3 years ago

1point

Kiss Army Premium 3 years ago

1point

Gail 1 year ago

I worked with a lady who had to enter Pajama on a birth certificate too. She also had to enter Placenta, the mom thought it was so pretty!

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Little Ms. Quirky 3 years ago

A parent in china tried to name their child @ because they wanted their child to be unique

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Quinn Alexander 3 years ago

1point

Anne-Sophie Dumetz 3 years ago

Knew someone who named their son SATCHEL

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Arenite 3 years ago

Woody Allen. Kid grew up and changed his name to Ronan. He’s a famous journalist now, Ronan Farrow.

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V Martinez 3 years ago

My sibling & I both have V D for initials. Thx mom. Her initials are B J. We joke that two cases of vd came from a bj. Lol!

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B Jones 3 years ago

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B Jones 3 years ago

Lol censored beasti.ality

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Paul Budhram 3 years ago

I have seriously no idea yet but I like gem/birthstone names.

1point

Tsunami The Bored Seawing 3 years ago

I am called prudence.

1point

Shiritoru 3 years ago

I'm ok with any weird name until it's not offensive for the baby.

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Emma London 3 years ago

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Doggo Froggo 3 years ago (edited)

I have never liked my name so much lol. And it's in a stupid song....

1point

Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 3 years ago

Tell us the song..

1point

shaDoria 3 years ago

dafuq is wrong with these people?

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Mere Cat 3 years ago

Well, Melena is a pretty name, but it means bloody stool...

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JStar 1 year ago

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Joanne Hudson 2 years ago

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Anna Simpson 3 years ago

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Tobias the Tiger 3 years ago

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Jay Weigel 3 years ago

When I worked in neonatal, we had a baby girl named Chivas Aspen. One of my co-workers quipped, "I guess we know how she was conceived!"

0points

Kate J 3 years ago

My sisters two daughters are named Shyre(like lord of the rings) and Alize (Al-Leez).

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Bex 3 years ago

I went to HS with a girl who's name was Emma. Her last name was Lee. Emma Lee.

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Kim Lorton 3 years ago

Yep, except for names like placenta, and other body part names!

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Marnie 3 years ago

Worst I knew in real life was a woman named "Clotee". Say it out loud. It sounds like a combination of clitoris and goatee. That's what I immediately thought.

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shado 3 years ago

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Meami 3 years ago

there was a list of bad baby names that circled the internet a few years ago. I don't know if it was real but my fav was La-a. It was pronounced La dash a.

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Kara Reid 3 years ago

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Colin Matthews 3 years ago

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Arenite 3 years ago

Onyx is not a bad name. Just another gemstone name, like Amber, Jade, or Pearl. I knew someone who named his daughter Ruby and went to high school with an Amber.

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Ryan Deschanel 3 years ago

That's the reason many countries forbid such names... Why would anyone be so wicked they purposely ruin their child's entire life from birth ? Seriously, freedom is bad.

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Uhulifant 3 years ago

My last name is Bose, i figured out the worst name i could give a son would be Throm. Thankfully i don't want kids.

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Elizabeth 3 years ago

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Susan Bosse 3 years ago

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BonnyDK 3 years ago

I had a student in K or 1st that was named Toy. Cute little blond guy.

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Logic and Reason 3 years ago

Reminds me of this Olympian, her parents let her choose her own name. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picabo_Street

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Dagnirath 3 years ago

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Kristin Ingersoll 3 years ago

Not sure why we needed the same photo over and over. LOL

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Pavlina G 3 years ago

There is no hope for humanity. We are dead.

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Gwen 3 years ago

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Batwench Premium 3 years ago

Some of those are actually quite nice. Maybe a tad old fashioned for today but still nice.

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Fluffy Griffin 3 years ago

I know someone who named their kid Solanus. It's supposedly not super unusual... Anyway, I call him Sunny and she says I'm being childish.

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Dest 3 years ago

I have a very common name, Anna. Extremely common in Russia. Usually for every ten girls there's like 2 Anna's. Rather annoying when someone calls the other person. So I pronounce my name as 'ayna'

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Seabeast 3 years ago

I wonder if epidurals increase the likelihood of this sort of name?

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Duchess Raven Waves 3 years ago

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Christine 3 years ago

"The Jesus thing" - I've had a long day and I appreciate the laugh! Thanks!

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Mikel 3 years ago

Believe it or not, I once worked in an office with a lady whose name was Rapunzel.

0points

GlassHalfWay 3 years ago

My friend went to high school with a girl named Marijuana Pepsicola (unknown lastname). She was in sports and had awards in the hallway with her name.

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Amanda Panda 3 years ago

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Amanda Panda 3 years ago

Lastly, I lived near a small Rominichal community in Oklahoma. Sapphire, Diamond, Krystal Chandalier, Emerald, Princess, Precious, Pajama and the like were very common.

1point

Ray Heap 3 years ago

In civilized countries there are thankfully laws that prevent this kind of thing happening.

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Ayia Grace 3 years ago (edited)

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Vicky Z 3 years ago

Especially nowadays that we know the effects of bullying I find it really unthoughtful to give your child a weird name that might make their life difficult in the future!

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Melissa TO 3 years ago

My friend's sister was a labor and delivery nurse. She told me once she had a mom that wanted to name the baby "Placenta".

0points

Karen Klinck 3 years ago

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