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People Share 38 Baby Names That Give Them The Creeps, Despite Not Being That Unusual
The name a person's parents give them is an important part of who they are. Even if they change it at some point during their lives to something they like more, it still leaves a mark on their self-identity.
After all, your name is how other people see you, their first impression of you. And so, if it's extraordinary, it's bound to draw attention, both positive and negative, which impacts the way a person feels about themselves. So, today we're going to take a peek at odd names that some people think are pretty normal and decide which side we're on.
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#1
In my daughter's creative writing class, there were two girls named Unique.
They hated each other.
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#2
Names like Gunner, Blade, Remington, Colt etc.
Luke Branwen 5 months ago
Aka. the legendary girl named Reighfyl [rifle]. The impeccable combo of a "tragedeigh" name and a right-wing gun nut name.
#3
Names that are spelled differently so the kid can have a "unique" name.
Like Cloughie.
It’s no secret that naming your baby is an important step in becoming a parent. You can’t simply do it carelessly.
Some might say that a name can at least partially determine the child’s future. After all, it’s a “label” that they’ll be carrying at least until they’re old enough to change it. And even if they’re going to change it at some point in their life, it’s still going to be a part of their self-identity, a part of how people view them, and so on.
#4
Neveah. If you want to name your kid heaven just do it.
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 5 months ago
Personally, I think the name Neveah sounds really pretty, I get the eye roll over the "heaven spelled backwards" part though.
#5
As a teacher, any name with completely bananas spelling so the child and no one else can work out how to spell or say it. It makes for angry kids. I would love to say to the parents ‘if you must give your child a silly made up name could you at least follow the basic rules of phonics’ but I suspect that would not end well.
#6
I won’t even narrow it down, but if you’re naming your kid after a luxury brand or an object of some kind, you need help.
Others say that naming a baby has importance beyond its future. It also defines a baby's family and symbolizes the values and priorities of the world into which this baby is born.
Pamela Redmond from Nameberry listed several things that a baby’s name represents. Relationships to parents and family of origin; cultural, religious, and ethnic ties; and a preference for tradition or invention, just to mention a few. So, as you can see, baby names are principal in many ways.
#9
As a teacher, I really dislike kids being called pet names. I’ve taught Angels and Honeys in my time. Yes, they are acceptable baby names, but please know that I feel weird addressing your sixteen-year-old as “Honey” in my lessons.
That kind of suggests that a parent should strive to find a name that isn’t too "out there" so it doesn’t make a kid a target of bullying, doesn’t tarnish family reputations, and all things like that. So, the question of what a normal and not-so-normal baby name comes up.
For some, a name can seem completely normal and they wouldn’t bat an eye seeing it in the wild, while for others, the same name can seem out of the ordinary. That’s what today’s list is about – names that seem to be generally accepted, but still seem odd for some folks.
#10
In Sweden, you can name your son Bror. It literally means Brother. Syster is a girl's name that literally means Sister. Both names are old-fashioned, but yes, you can essentially name your children Brother and Sister. (Bror and Syster.).
#11
A few years too late for this but Khaleesi. Sooooo many kids out there hate their parents now. I guess it's a pretty cool sounding name but like who even cares about GOT anymore other than s******g on the last season.
Bill Swallow 5 months ago
Names like this just scream that the parents have no imagination and no culture other than TV or movies.
#12
Paxtyn. i see so so many paxtyn/paxton/paxtens nowadays and the name just sounds and feels bad to say.
In it, you’ll find a whole plethora of options, starting from a girl named Unique to a boy named Dude. You know, to each their own.
You might wonder, what leads parents to choose such odd names? After all, we already discussed what a big significance the name holds, so why pick something that might make things harder?
Well, back in the day, the choosing of a name was driven by the desire for conformity. Parents chose names that were not out of the ordinary to not stand out too much, and to adhere to their religious and ancestral ties.
#14
Guy, to me it makes as much sense as naming your son Dude.
arthbach 5 months ago
Guy was a popular name in Normandy, and then in England from 1066 onwards. It wasn't until quite recently that 'Guy' was used in the USA to mean an 'everyman'. It isn't the same as naming your son 'Dude'. It's the equivalent of calling him 'Joe'. 'He's just an ordinary Joe'.
#15
I recently had the thought that it’s a bit strange that we’ve been naming little white girls after Native American tribes. Cheyenne, Dakota, Cherokee, Sioux, Shawnee.
Then, in modern times, a desire for individualism came. Now, contrary to the past, people wanted to stand out. Annual rankings of popular names made people feel competitive, but now not for wanting to be at the top of the charts, but to be special and one of a kind.
Basically, a major change in culture happened, which resulted in kids ending up with names like Unique, Dude, and all the others listed in today’s piece.
Do you think these names are weird, or do they seem normal to you? What other generally accepted names do you think are odd? Share all of this with us in the comments!
#16
Pretty much everything that is regionally-popular. Southern Appalachian here, and we have more Aiden, Cayden, Brayden, and Haydens than you can shake a stick at. Also it’s going to be weird in 40 years when everyone’s mamaw is named some variation of Makayla, Kaylee, or Kayluh.
#17
Bunny, Dolly, Baby, Princess, Barbie.
Bored Sailor 5 months ago
I had a doctor, female larger stature, tall, broad shoulders and large hands. Nice woman but I felt off calling her Princess it felt unprofessional but it is not like she chose so not like I judged her by that it just felt weird. I kept her as my doctor until I moved.
#18
Christian. Nobody is named Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, etc.
PeepPeep the duck 5 months ago
Yeah but he was an actual dude not a name for a religious sector
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Luke Branwen 5 months ago
Islam is a name, tho. I remember seeing a post about a guy getting riled up about someone named "Islam" while his name was... Christian.
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 5 months ago
At this point the name and religion are two separate things in my head
Grace Sssssss 5 months ago
Lots of people named Jesus; in India, lots of people named for gods...Krishna, Laxmi, like that.
Bill Swallow 5 months ago
"Jesus, we thank you for this food." "De nada."
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Elisabet Larsen 5 months ago
In Denmark it is a common name. So common that half our kings is called Christian. The other half Frederik.
Vanessa Steis 5 months ago
In Germany "Christian" is totally normal name. But there is a difference,in englisch the name and being a christian is the same spelling, in German it's the Name "Christian" and being "christlich", so it doesn't have the same meaning.
T'Mar of Vulcan 5 months ago
I know quite a few children named Shalom (to be fair, they are all Ethiopian immigrants - don't panic, ICE, I live in South Africa, so eff off). I also taught a child named Jihad.
Marnie 5 months ago
I love the name Christian. I don't really think about the religious meaning.
Mike F 5 months ago
I went to school with a bunch of guys named Christian (Chris). OP just has an axe to grind.
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Melanie Filmer 5 months ago
I have a brother named Christian, what makes it worse is that we also have a brother named Christopher 🙄
#21
The Egyptian goddess name “Isis” has aged horribly.
Sarah 5 months ago (edited)
There was a story in UK press . A lady got questioned . She had written on the blurb for her bank transfer. Funds for Isis . The bank made necessary flags- I think interpol was involved , Isis was her horse and she paying an invoice! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9524923/amp/Bolton-mother-flagged-potential-terrorist-transaction-called-funds-Isis-rejected.html
#22
Location names - Paris, Brooklyn, Asia, not my cup of tea.
Apatheist Account2 5 months ago
Sometimes it's based on where they were conceived, according to my friend Cortina...
#23
Maverick... I don't know why it just doesn't hit for me. Although as I say that I remember a little girl Maverick I met once and I kind of loved that. So what do I know?
#24
Girls with a Mc at the beginning of their name. It traditionally means "son of" and often the following part of the name is not the father's name.
#25
Adonis. Putting a lot of pressure on your kid to not be ugly!
Lee Gilliland 5 months ago
In Greece it is pronounced Atoni, which is our Anthony, and is still a common name there.
#26
As a Jewish person, Cohen. It’s a last name, and it’s for a priestly class. So it’s WEIRD and a bit uncomfortable for me, whenever I see it as a first name.
#28
I started substitute teaching this year, and the thing that weirds me out about the name Greyson is how f*****g many of them there are.
I have multiple Greysons at every single job I take, and I have one teacher who I subbed for a few times that had 3 in just one class period. I've probably met 100 students named Greyson.
I just cannot understand how so many parents came to the same decision simultaneously. It really makes me dread the idea that these parents named their child after whatever the trendiest boy name of that year was. Makes me worry about how little thought they put into other aspects of their children.
And I don't know if it's a coincidence, but most of the time students named Greyson are some of the worst behaved kids in every class. Same with Brayden. There has to be some correlation between parents who just picked that years most popular boy name and how the kid is going to behave.
Nicole Weymann 5 months ago (edited)
We had a wave of Kevins in Germany, roughly 20 or 25 years ago. The had a similar reputation among teachers - so much so that "Kevinismus" ("kevinism") became a phenomenon as "a German term for the practice of giving children trendy, exotic-sounding names as opposed to traditional German ones. It is often considered to be an indicator of low social class."(Wikipedia) For girls it's Chantalismus, and it took years to acknowledge how much these clichés harmed pupils/student, because teachers were liable to see what they expected to see in a Chantal/Kevin.
#29
Don't come for me but Sloane. I'm sorry I just hate the sound of it.
#30
Friday/Wednesday
Why name your kid after a weekday?
Apatheist Account2 5 months ago
Tuesday Weld was an actress in the 1960s. There was also an actor in the thirties called Fredric March - hence the line that if they married and had a daughter called Tuesday, she'd be known as Tuesday March II (ie the second).
#31
Ralph.
No explanation or justification... I just think it's weird.
Glen Ellyn 5 months ago
It's also sometimes used as a euphemism for vomiting. "Frank just ralphed his lunch."
#32
Malina. Mostly because melena in health care is black tarry bloody poop. I’ve met a couple Malina/Melinas and always feel bad.
#33
Channing never sounded right to me.
Nota Robot 5 months ago
Stockard as a first name mustn't have been a picnic in high-school either.
#34
Why is D**k not in this list yet????
#35
Maddox just really rubs me the wrong way.
#37
Roger. Idk why but it feels weird to call a baby that.
#38
Mohammed
It's weird because bruh you know how many Mohammads I know? S**tttt .
What do you think ?
Shelley Keenan 5 months ago
My daughter (Audrey) her friends are - Cali, Kaylee, Kelly, and Kyleigh. My son (Garrett) - Jackson, Jaxon, and Jaxson. Ugh
UKGrandad 5 months ago
You're criticising your kids' friends' names yet your son's name means 'attic room'.
Load More Replies... Kit Black 5 months ago
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores," meaning "Our Lady of Sorrows," which refers to the Virgin Mary.
Load More Replies... T'Mar of Vulcan 5 months ago
I had two kids in my class a few years back named Thato. (Names in South African indigenous languages are usually for boys and girls.) I used to call them Thatotheboy and Thatothegirl. Even after they left my class, I'd see one of them and yell, "Thatothegirl!! How are you?!!" :D
Uncle Schmickle 5 months ago
Bloody silly parents shackling poor kids with bloody silly names. At least when they legally become adults, these " kids " can change their name.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
My uncle's name is Donald. As a kid I called him Donald Duck, because he did a pretty good impression of him, but he has just been called Don for decades. I often forget his name is actually Donald.
Load More Replies... cugel. 5 months ago
One of my relos has an Irish name, she doesn't use it because people can't pronounce it.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I love Irish names. Generally I hear them pronounced before seeing them written, so it's easy to learn. I had a friend in primary school called Grainne though that I couldn't help pronouncing Grannie in my head if I had to write it down.
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Just_for_this 5 months ago (edited)
I cant stand 'Jodie'... and it's what my wife's family call her!😣(Nothing like her real name either)
Philly Bob 5 months ago
My wife is Jody. I always thought the Jody was a boy and Jodi or Jodie was the girl. But wife is adamant that her name is Jody with a "Y!"
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QuincyForrest 5 months ago
Forrest. "Forry-fire, forry-fire." "Fatty Forry." "Hey, Trees!" "Yo, Woodchip." Forry was a horrid nickname and I despised it and in my early teens I insisted on being called by my full name and I didn't like it much even then. Kids can be so cruel. As an adult, it's not bad and it is memorable, but for a kid, DON'T NAME YOUR KID FORREST. He won't still be railing at you when you're dead and he's seventy.
The Other Guest 5 months ago
Do you mean English names given an Irish spelling, or are you referring to actual Irish names? Because if it's the latter, I don't know how to break it to you but the Irish language has its own phonetic rules & no reason to follow English ones.
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Shelley Keenan 5 months ago
My daughter (Audrey) her friends are - Cali, Kaylee, Kelly, and Kyleigh. My son (Garrett) - Jackson, Jaxon, and Jaxson. Ugh
UKGrandad 5 months ago
You're criticising your kids' friends' names yet your son's name means 'attic room'.
Load More Replies... Kit Black 5 months ago
Nuestra Señora de los Dolores," meaning "Our Lady of Sorrows," which refers to the Virgin Mary.
Load More Replies... T'Mar of Vulcan 5 months ago
I had two kids in my class a few years back named Thato. (Names in South African indigenous languages are usually for boys and girls.) I used to call them Thatotheboy and Thatothegirl. Even after they left my class, I'd see one of them and yell, "Thatothegirl!! How are you?!!" :D
Uncle Schmickle 5 months ago
Bloody silly parents shackling poor kids with bloody silly names. At least when they legally become adults, these " kids " can change their name.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
My uncle's name is Donald. As a kid I called him Donald Duck, because he did a pretty good impression of him, but he has just been called Don for decades. I often forget his name is actually Donald.
Load More Replies... cugel. 5 months ago
One of my relos has an Irish name, she doesn't use it because people can't pronounce it.
Huddo's sister 5 months ago
I love Irish names. Generally I hear them pronounced before seeing them written, so it's easy to learn. I had a friend in primary school called Grainne though that I couldn't help pronouncing Grannie in my head if I had to write it down.
Load More Replies... Just_for_this 5 months ago (edited)
I cant stand 'Jodie'... and it's what my wife's family call her!😣(Nothing like her real name either)
Philly Bob 5 months ago
My wife is Jody. I always thought the Jody was a boy and Jodi or Jodie was the girl. But wife is adamant that her name is Jody with a "Y!"
Load More Replies... QuincyForrest 5 months ago
Forrest. "Forry-fire, forry-fire." "Fatty Forry." "Hey, Trees!" "Yo, Woodchip." Forry was a horrid nickname and I despised it and in my early teens I insisted on being called by my full name and I didn't like it much even then. Kids can be so cruel. As an adult, it's not bad and it is memorable, but for a kid, DON'T NAME YOUR KID FORREST. He won't still be railing at you when you're dead and he's seventy.
The Other Guest 5 months ago
Do you mean English names given an Irish spelling, or are you referring to actual Irish names? Because if it's the latter, I don't know how to break it to you but the Irish language has its own phonetic rules & no reason to follow English ones.
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