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Blame Hollywood A-listers or ingenuine parents willing to go far to make their kids stand out from the crowd, but unique baby names are getting more and more popular. Usually they are driven by a focus on individuality, with naming conventions thrown out of the window.

The result is Alchemy, Tansy, Kobe or Roch. Or Charmayanne and Antwohnette. What about Sincere and Precise? Yes, these are all baby names, for better or sometimes… worse.

So today we take a look at a couple of Reddit threads (this and this) where people share the most annoying baby names they have heard. Some sound somewhat strange, while others, they claim, they cannot stand at all. Let us know what’s your least favorite baby name in the comments!

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I was told when naming my daughter to say the following sentences out loud:
1) Please stand for the President of the United States, [insert name].
2) Gentlemen, dancing tonight on the main pole here at The Bunny Club, [insert name].

If #2 flows better. .pick another name.

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

I have known a couple strippers who were very intelligent and good honest people. Then we have many politicians who are not any of those.

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

True. I don’t know how old you are; if you happen to be old enough for “Asia Carrera” to ring a bell—she apparently has an IQ of 140, left a high-rated university for a career in “showbiz,” and went back to college at 45 or something!! [Aside: The stereotype of The Smart Asian just came to mind—I mean, what better example?]

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

What's the difference between a stripper and the President? One is a soulless tramp with no morals or values who'll do anything for the highest bidder. The other one is a stripper.

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

Crystal and Misty always make me think of trailer parks and strip clubs, so sorry to any Crystal or Misty that offends, I know it isn’t fair and you’re probably lovely people, I just can’t seem to retrain my brain to erase the connotation

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Mrs. Jan Glass
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It doesn't even have to be gender-based. Does it sound like a judge or the POTUS, or does it sound like a name on the back of a romance novel? "Bryson Brayden" or "Chayse Kylar" lacks a similar ring of authority, after all.

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Kathleen R.
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had an acquaintance who told me she was going to name her son Chase. I had to remind her her last name was C o x. --- I kid you not.

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

Strippers are just trying to make a living. Most politicians are a**holes.

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

Hey at least dancers are honest. They’re there to entertain you and make money doing so. Politicians will claim they’re working for the people, your average joe, but take bribes and kick backs and work for corporations and special interest lobbies.

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Lydia Owen the Bi-tch
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To be honest there's a lot of "normal names that still flow with #2. Heather, Stacy, Layla, Stephanie...I can keep going.

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

Cindy is another one and that’s the informal name of New Zealand’s super famous prime minister who got invited to fill Harvard graduates’ heads with dirty liberal ideas like banning guns, reducing covid deaths and leaving people who get abortions alone.

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

Yeah, I truly believe that a stripper is generally a better class of person than a politician.

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

Yeah, sorry but Brandi Lynn is never going to get elected. She’ll get pregnant, but not elected.

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

I read this tip and have used it when naming any being: Stand on your front step and yell it as if you are call them home. If it's embarrassing or difficult - don't use it.

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

Also think about nursery rhymes, he/she will have that nickname for the rest of his/her life.

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

i don’t think this is the best way to put it because there is nothing wrong with being a stripper, but i get the point. when i was younger my mom’s friend wanted to name her baby Dixie-Glimmer Brooke (last name) if it was a girl. Dixie-Glimmer as a legal first name sounds ridiculous for a child, but i think it would be a great stage name for a drag queen! thankfully she had a boy, but honestly his name wasn’t any less ridiculous. lol

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

As a cop years ago, I locked up two sisters, Mercedes and Porsche

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

My mother advised imagining the name with a royal title in front of it.

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

Or, just say the full name out loud. How does it sound? Amy Schumer had to change her son's name because, when said together, it sounded like genital.

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

I once heard from a lady I know there was a a little girl in her nursery class called Clemidia her parents thought it sounded exotic…. Yeah exotic venereal disease 😂 Another was Yvonne but they pronounced it “why-vone-knee” apparently they’ve only ever seen it written down in a magazine and I’ve never heard of anybody with that name when my friend mentioned to them how it was pronounced they looked horrified their daughter was 5 😂

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

A friend of mine said she was told to imagine yelling the name from the porch when you call the kid in for dinner.

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

My parents gave me an unusual name. I have spent 70 years either telling people how to spell it or how to pronounce it. All my life I wished for an ordinary name.

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

I have a fairly "normal" name and I've spent my life telling people how to spell or pronounce it. I didn't like my name growing up and thought it was unusual because it wasn't until high school that 2 other girls had my same name. I like it now though, but I still don't like having to spell/pronounce for people.

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

Your stripper name is combo of first pet and street you grew up on (sniggering)

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Kathleen R.
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My stripper name: Rovette Prairie Lake. --- My stripper name would work with ANY of my dog's names. My dog after Rovette was Candy, my next 3 dogs were Honey, Cocoa and Furby. My current dog is Lady. 👍😃

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

true story, when i was 5-8 i named all my betta fish names that sounded like stripper names

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

3) Go outside and yell the full 3-name "holler" and see if you still like it, because that's how you are going to be saying it until they are at LEAST 18.

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

Two days ago I ordered delivery food. The text before she arrived said the delivery person was named Heaven. When she got there I said "that's an awesome name Heaven" she replied "my middle name is Lee." 🤣🤣

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

I once met an attorney whose name on her birth certificate is Candy. Her business cards say Candace.

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

I always watch for the Senate. Senator Krysmayleigh-Dash Houston speaking.

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

My mom's rule is to imagine you need to shout "(potential name) get your little a*s over here, now!" in a crowded Walmart.

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

That is great! I chose names that they would like as an adult, would have several variations they could choose from and I could make cute baby nicknames. All three kids like their names, so I succeeded.

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

Some day we might have a President Kandi Kane. you never know.

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#2

30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Any normal name that is misspelled to make it 'unique'

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I met a girl and her name was C’mon. She got pissed when I didn’t pronounce Simone right.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Before my nephew was born, my sister sent me a text asking if I liked the name "Rylar". I sent her a list of questions to ask herself, and if she answered yes to any of them then Rylar would be a fantastic name for her child. The questions were:

1) Is he destined to be a lion tamer and/or magician?
2) Will he not have a last name, like Seal or Prince?
3) Is he going to have an ominous title like "The Terrible" after his name?
4) Is he a character in an RPG?

She named him Lucas.

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

I actually like the name rylar, it's very uncommon and doesn't sound offensive or ridiculous at all

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I saw a girl on the news named Kim Wimberly.

Kimberly Wimberly.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid My cousin has 5 children (all in State Custody) their names are: Akevion, Jazaraye, Dametreon, Chelcee, and Kerionnya

Elizreonna Kay is on the way.

PS: We're white.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid One of the girls in my daughter kindergarten class is named Quinsy. It’s a disease. There are two Dyxins with the same “unique” spelling and a Chacha, which is what I used to call my vagina growing up.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I worked at a summer camp and this family had 5 kids and 1 on the way but the 3 at my camp were named Integrity, Honesty and Rage. Ironically Rage was the sweet one. But we would always joke about what they would name the next kid. I liked the name Punctual.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid There was a girl in my class in Montreal named 'Asthma'. I s**t you not. I was 6 years old and that is my earliest memory of being baffled by humans.

Like, why not call your kid f*****g lymphoma? Hell, why not call your kid meningococcal meningitis?

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Ryvar (pronounced River). I'll never understand unique names that come at the expense of atrocious spelling.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I understand there are a lot of different ways to spell Kaitlin, but the spellings that are like Ckaetlyin or KVIIIlyn or some c**p.

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

They can't come up with an original name so they screw up the spelling to make it 'special'.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I was assisting a photographer during my son's picture day at his elementary school a couple years ago and there was a girl named Areola. All I could think was "why do the parents of this adorable little girl HATE HER??"

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I was volunteering at a middle school and a kid comes running up to me and says "My name is King" I thought ok but his middle name was Lucifer. I was speaking with King Lucifer.

Also my wife is a teacher and had students named Mi'Queen and Mi"king. What a time to be alive

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid There is no such thing as a baby name; the name you give your baby is also going to be their adult professional name. Some parents forget to name their child accordingly.

But to answer your question, I dislike most names that involve some kind of universal virtue. Joy and Hope are acceptable, but Love is pushing it.

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

Imparting names with significance regarding the character and traits you hope you child will grow into as they get older is a tradition in many cultures that goes back thousands of years. Truth, Wisdom, Temperance, Courage, Noble, Justice, Charity, Constance, Patience, Verity... This is not some stupid new passing fad.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I know someone who is about to name their baby Londyn. Why would you name them a word everybody knows, but not spell it that way? She'll spend her whole life correcting people.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Product/brand names like Porsche, Chanel etc.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid The same first letter for all of the sisters and brothers. It's cute when it's two siblings, but if it's three it just seems like a gimmick.

Imagine being the youngest kid, knowing your parents didn't look at you and feel inspired to pick the best name, but were more like "gee, what starts with K that we haven't used up?"

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Guys, I was at Disneyland and would hear the most ridiculous children names. These were my favorite:

England and Scotland

Arrow and Quiver

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

Did England and Scotland hate each other? Have a history of always fighting each other?

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid My friend's sister has three children - one girl and two boys. They are called Maisie Moo, Ryder Rae and Brooklyn Blu.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Girl at the gas station was explaining her daughters name to the clerk. She named her daughter "Anesthesia". Spelled exactly like the doctory drug, but pronounced Anastasia like the movie..

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

I once read a document named for a woman named anaemia. At first I thought the mistake happened at our office. No! All IDs were in the name of Anaemia.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Nevaeh.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Chardonnay.

The parents named her for their favorite wine.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid A girl applied at my work the other day with the name Precious.... My inner Phoebe thought, "ok I can't call you that."

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

I believe Precious is quite a common name in the Philippines. I think it is a lovely name.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I s**t you not I know a co-worker that named her daughter Elizabreth. Its just.....sigh.....I don't know man, yes it is a name but ....but....but...but why? Just why?!!!!!!

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I know a couple who named their daughter Khaleesi Danyris (that's how they spell it), but only the wife watches GOT. Guy has no idea.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Basically anything ending in 'ayden'. Things like Zayden and Rayden.

And not sure if it's real, but Traylor sound hilarious.

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid I saw on Facebook one of the girls that went to my High School named her daughter Danyell. That's how she thought it was spelled apparently. I also live in a province where they don't fail kids anymore and you can get to grade 10 without being literate.

Edit: I guess the education system in Canada just sucks overall.

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

And people are wondering why Dan at the back is going Aaaahhhhhh!!

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Recently they made it legal in Poland to name your child whatever you want. So people are coming up with these appalling Polish-spelled versions of English names they know from the movies. The "Brajan" and "Dżesika" generation in coming. (That's Brian and Jessica. It's as if an American named their son "Stanni'suave", I guess.)

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

Fun Fact: In Poland, practically every female name ends with an "a"

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30 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Think The Parents Are Stupid Baeby

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