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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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.
I met a girl and her name was C’mon. She got pissed when I didn’t pronounce Simone right.
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.
I saw a girl on the news named Kim Wimberly.
Kimberly Wimberly.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Ryvar (pronounced River). I'll never understand unique names that come at the expense of atrocious spelling.
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.
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??"
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
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.
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.
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.
Product/brand names like Porsche, Chanel etc.
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?"
Guys, I was at Disneyland and would hear the most ridiculous children names. These were my favorite:
England and Scotland
Arrow and Quiver
My friend's sister has three children - one girl and two boys. They are called Maisie Moo, Ryder Rae and Brooklyn Blu.
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..
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.
Nevaeh.
They were also considering Esidarap, but they'll save that for the next one.
Chardonnay.
The parents named her for their favorite wine.
A girl applied at my work the other day with the name Precious.... My inner Phoebe thought, "ok I can't call you that."
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?!!!!!!
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.
Basically anything ending in 'ayden'. Things like Zayden and Rayden.
And not sure if it's real, but Traylor sound hilarious.
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.
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.)
Baeby
Jaden/Jayden/Jaydon/Jadyn/Jadynn/Jaiden/Jaydyn/Jaidyn/Jaidynn/Jaydynn/Jaedyn/Jaeden/Jaedon/Jaedynn/Jeydan/Jeydon/Jeydyn/Jeydynn/Jadon/Jaedan/Jeiden/Jeidan/Jeydon/Jeidyn/Jeidynn/Jeighden/Jeighdyn/Jeighdon/Jeidon/Jadin/Jaydin/Jaidin/Jaedin/Jeidin/Jaydn/Jadn/Jaidn/Jeidn/Jaedn/J'den/J'dan/J'dyn/J'dynn/J'dynne/Jadynne/Jaydynne/Jaidynne/Jaedynne etc.
I know people under 13 don't realise this name is a recent invention, but it is. It started the much-hated recent trend of making up a name by rhyming it with the old names Aiden and Hayden. If you love to hate that trend, place the blame where it belongs.
Now the names Aiden and Hayden are sneered at as "made-up trendy names" while "Jayden" has defensive 15-year-olds (named Jayden) arguing that it *is so* a traditional name! Eg. this thread
Anfernee.
I have a nephew named Anfernee, and I know how mad he gets when I call him Anthony. Almost as mad as I get when I think about the fact that my sister named him Anfernee.
So when I was pregnant, I think the hormones were messing up my judgement. I considered the name Saberwolf as a boy's name.
Anything that sounds like two normal names f****d and had a developmentally disabled offspring: MacKayleigh (f**k you for the spelling too), Jaxon (die and go to hell), BrennaLee (dafuq), etc.
My adult cousin is named Taylynn Reyye. She refuses to be called that and had her name legally changed to Taylor.
Jkmnop - pronounced "Noel"
I once met a woman named Vendetta. I'm pretty sure her parents had no idea what it meant.
Counterpoint: mom knew exactly what it meant, dad didn't. It was revenge for not putting down the toilet lid.
Friend of mine named her daughter Knoxleigh. They call her Knock Knock as a nickname. It’s atrocious.
My name's spelled Aeryn, put pronounced Erin. It basically just means my parents are sci-fi nerds. I'm named after Aeryn Sun, from Farscape.
I actually heard this from a book long ago it was some Indian's name in the book and I always thought it was really nice, too long ago for me to remember it {sorry short-term memory loss}
My ex's sister named her kids Hunter and Fisher. Really?
And if their kids ever turn vegetarian/vegan they rename themselves to "Berry Picker" and "Fruit Gatherer"?
My boyfriend went to a mostly black school and knew a girl named Velveasha. Cheesiest name I have heard.
I work at a restaurant and sometimes customers will bring in cakes for after their meal. A few weeks ago this mother gave me her daughters 16th birthday cake with instructions to light the candles and bring it out after the meal. The time comes, and I notice her name is Aslyng, kind of weird and I wasn't sure how to pronounce it. So the birthday party starts singing and her name is pronounced A*S-LING. Poor lil assling.
That's going to well in the schoolyard. She'll grow up hating everyone...
I know how fake this sounds, but I know a guy named Right Ball
His father's name is Left Ball, and his grandfather's name was Right Ball.
He's not the kind of guy you'd make fun of his name either, kind of a tough motorcycle biker kind guy, really nice if you're his buddy although a little psycho. Pretty sure he'd punch you in the teeth if you'd laugh about it, and seems proud of his name because it's his grandfather's name.
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I could actually provide proof, but that'd be really bad on a number of levels.
I used to work at a museum. There was a boy there, about ten years old, whose mom wanted him to stop climbing on stuff, so she started yelling at him. Here is his first and MIDDLE name: Cayson Corn.
My friend wants to name her soon-to-be son Ryatt. Riot but spelled differently.
I work for Santa taking holiday pictures, one year a mother looked me in the eye and told me her daughter's name was Princess.
She then looked embarrassed and repeated herself, "yes her name is really Princess".
The Jaylynns and Tydenn and Kamdenns and Erynns and Taylees and Maiylees.
In my experience, parents who choose these names are almost always the kind of white people who mock "black-sounding" names like Lakisha or Deshaun
All of Beyonce's kids names Blue-Ivy, Sir and Rumi
Same with Kanye, oh excuse me, Ye 🙄. Naming your child North just bc her last name is West. I thought he was a god. Shouldn't he be much more creative than that? Poor child.
I used to work in the sporting goods department of a Wal-Mart. A couple came up, dead of summer, dressed head to toe in full camp.
The names of their children, whom they were screaming at?
Remington, Winchester, and Marlin.
These Hicks named their kid Chevy...and no not like Chevy chase, like the f*****g truck. He was this fat obnoxious 3 year old who would have smudged food and juice all over his face and would cry and smash s**t. nothing like oblivious parents. Shirts all stained and fingers all nasty.
If you can’t tell I really love children
Anything that's difficult to pronounce and/or difficult to spell. It's just cruel to the kid, not to mention everyone that will interact with them throughout their life. You can choose a unique name that everyone can pronounce and spell.
I will admit my daughter has a difficult name, we did shorten it to make it easier but she decided she wants to be called by her full name. She really does have a pretty name, she often gets comments about how beautiful it is.
My friend's sister recently had a daughter and chose to name her Nevik. Reasoning was that the kid's paternal grandfather was named Kevin.
That kid is gonna grow up getting bullied and hating her parents.
Airwrecka
My personal pet peeves one is the recent slate of babies named "Khaleesi". Look, I know idiots will always name kids after pop culture stuff, but that isn't even her name! It's a freaking title!
I wanted to name a boy Tristan after the amusing character in the James Herriott books. My BIL suggested I just name him, "Push-me-down-on-the-ground-and-beat-the-s**t out-of-me."
Xoe: pronounced Zoe.
Sophfia: just stop it with your stupid letter combos.
Neveah: straight to the stripper pole.
The first two are perfectly lovely names, so leave their actual spelling along. The third is Heaven spelled backwards, like the rest of us are so stupid we’ll think you’re clever for thinking of it, when you’re actually a moron for giving it to your child. Another one who will be legally changing their name on their 18th birthday.
Anything with a f*****g “y” or “yn” combination or adding an extra “n” that shouldn’t be there.
Just saw on Facebook a Brynnleigh. Braydenn. Londyn. WHY PEOPLE. SPELL IT NORMALLY. YOU’RE NOT UNIQUE FOR CHANGING THE “O” or “I” TO A “Y.”
Idk what it is with f*****g “y”’s just appearing in everyone’s name lately but it’s awful and trashy looking.
Went to my younger brother's school play or whatever. In the program there was a kid with the name Kawaii.
One of my colleagues is named Spike...a name which I have only ever thought of as being a dogs name...
A couple of high school kids named their baby Sha'. They pronounced it sha-comma-to-the-top. I couldn't make this s**t up on my most creative day.
When some people take random English words to name their children ! I know a nurse named, not kidding, 'Gracefully' and she named her child 'Early born'
The horrible made up names. One of my Facebook friends just named her child TayLaighia.
My cousin just named their son Pyro Mykonos. I don't usually hate names but that is just so bad.
I know a kid named Arwen-Liv, her brothers name is Kevin-Anakin...
A co-workers cousin named her son Chaos and her daughter Hawk. Worst f*****g names ever.
Saw a young cashier the other day named Taelyr. Felt kind of bad for her.
Girl at Wal-Mart. Name tag: Aryan.
Me: Do you know what that means?
Girl: Eye roll.. yes.
She was also fair skinned and blonde hair.
My dumbshit cousin named her daughter Annastyn. I assume it’s “Anniston” but I read A-Nasty-N every time.
A girl I used to work with named her baby Khinzzly.
I watched a maury episode where they had a girl named "inasense" or some nonsense like that....which is another way to write "innocence" supposedly.
Saw a Maury episode where the baby was named secret....I mean of course he thinks u cheated when u name the baby secret
My teacher's son is named Zzyzx. He was named after a road in California.
I close friends aunt named their kid Atom. Like Adam but spelled atom. Also his middle name is literally danger.
Taser face
make sure the high priestess knows he is the one who gave her the coordinates of yondu's ship
**Quannovicci.**
What kind of f*****g name is that.
Kid in my daughter's preschool class was named Haakon (pronounced Hawken). It always reminded me of the sound made when you have extra phlegm in your throat.
"Hey, my name is Bretney."
"Hi, Britney."
"No, no. Not Britney; it is Brett, like the guy's name, then Neigh like the sound a horse makes."
"Ok, where are the towels, Britney?"
I may dislike a name but I don't think it's right to call someone by a different name just because you don't like their name.
Brook Lynn.
It sounds stupid. Nobody from New York City is going to think you're cool. It's about as dumb as naming your child Ella Noy.
But Brooklyn is a common name. The way they spaced it out is the weird thing.
Pretty much any of them. You're not doing your kid a favor. At least let them get to the job interview before I find out that they're an absolute f*****g idiot. Name your kid a normal name.
Names like “Destiny” or “Star”. No offense to anyone with those names. They just don’t sound like names.
Met a kid straight up named Skyhawk, I'm pretty sure his parents were hippies
Here in Brazil 9/10 people are naming their kids either Enzo or Valentina. Seriously.. stop
George Costanza's favorite name "Seven"
I had a cat called Seven. He was one of many and very cuddly so he was known as Seven of Nine. Resistance is futile.
I know a kid named Echo. It annoys me.
My brothers kids are named Nixon as in "Nicks son" and Bronx. They were gonna name Bronx, Braxton. Whyy?
Dont remember who but I know some celebrity named their child #...yep thats its name, #
It's easier to say than Xhdfwyyhuilbvg or whatever Elon Musk names his kids.
I know a Collynn (pronounced Colleen) and all those Ginnifers are annoying.
Always feel sorry for kids who go to get a souvenir on a family vacation and can't find their name spelled THEIR way. Poor kids😥
The kid is in college so it isn't new but my husband once taught a kid named Blamo Johnson.
I still love it and needed to share.
I can supply proof of a rear window sticker with a Titanilla, Franciska and a Zsombi on it. According to my sister Zsombi is not a dog but a little boy (source: her own son and Titanilla are kindergarten buddies)
I work in a hospital and I saw the name Richard Pritchard. I reckon they thought of that name subconsciously because something reminded them off it.
Combining two generic names to make one giant, ugly name.
Elizabella
Renesmee (yes, from that infuriating book trilogy)
Gracelynn
UGHHHHHHH.
Pupper and Doggo.
Unlikely to be names but I too hate those 'words'. As in really hate them.
There is a black girl in my sister's class named 'CinnamonPearl.'
Harley really grinds my gears
Grayson. Sounds like stillbirth
This is off topic, but there's a 9 year old kid at my son's school whose parents are very Christian and politically conservative. I know this because during the last presidential election he shared with me a lot of delightful opinions about Hillary and Obama that were clearly his parents'. So this kid's name is Brock, but I've been trolling him and telling him that I think it's awesome that his parents named him Barack. He keeps correcting me that it's BROCK, not BARACK, but I just act stupid and call him Barack all the time. I can only hope that this gets back to his parents.
So bullying a nine-year-old because of his parents. Yes, clearly, you are a good person.
I would like to submit Jamie Oliver´s kids´ names: Poppy Honey Rosie, Daisy Boo Pamela, Petal Blossom Rainbow, Buddy Bear Maurice, River Rocket.
I was about to mention him! Also, see Bob Geldoff and Paula Yates, the Beckhams, pretty much any celebrity really. Especially Frank Zappa!
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I knew a woman called Jeffifer. Like Jennifer and Jeff mixed together. Not only is it strange to read, it's so awkward to say out loud.
Parents probably said „Jennifer, with 2 f’s” when they went to register it.
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I work at a middle school. One student’s legal name was Little Carl. So when he was paged over the intercom the students snickered. Always felt badly for that kid. He hated his name. I’d like to think he’s going to change it some day
OMG!! I have a friend who calls her son Little Carl!!! I think it's just a nickname, but I never hear him called anything else.
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Once had a student named Creamy. That isn't the bad part though. Her last name was Passey.
Poor thing, sounds like a name you would find on p0rnh*b.
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worked in government job where parents had to list their kids on paperwork prior to interview. one family had pearl, ruby, sapphire, jade, diamond (all girls) and a son, onyx. dad said they were his family jewels.
Wait until some of those people find out about letters like ä, ö, ü, ê, å, Ø and so on and decide to get fancy with it
Or they start spelling their children's names based on traditional IPA: Hi, these are my kids Brændən, ɪˈlɪzəbəθ, and Zækəri. We're expecting little þeodore in June. My hubby's a linguist.
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My friend is a principal and she had a list of kid’s parents she had to call. She got to one that was basically Orange Jello. She said it she was corrected to it sounding like this : O’rangejello. The best last name I know of is Batman. Not sure why I’m being downvoted, but ok
I have an ancestor whose last name, honest to God, was Batman - Elizabeth Batman. My husband and I met through a Batman comic, so it seems that it was fate.
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Think of your kids as people having to live their entire lives with a unique name you choose. Consider the following with honesty when making your short list of names. 1. Imagine them introducing themselves to a prospective employer with this name that may sound cute when a child but not so cute when looking for a job. 2. Consider how often said child will have their name mispronounced, miss-spelled and ridiculed. Do you want to do that to your child? 3. How much do you want to be the butt of articles such as this and people talking behind your back about how silly your child's name is. Some unique names are ok, but all to many are just the but of a joke.
That's exactly what I thought when we named our daughter Maria Emilia. I wanted her to be proud of her name and be happy with it at 15 or at 80.
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I have an ex named Cherry Blossom; her cousin's name is Aurora Borealis. (Their parents were all flower children.) Neither Cherry Blossom nor Aurora Borealis seem outrageous, and when shortened to Cherry and Aurora they might be uncommon but not unheard of. This article makes those names seem downright boring.
used to work at a sign shop and had to keep replacing a sign for a doctor who's name was Richard Weiner. could never understand why his sign kept getting stolen
I knew a girl In high school.. her name was Tremble Hard.. poor girl.
Am I the only one who finds this thread extremely offensive? As a public school teacher, I used to get aggravated at names/spellings, until I took the time to realize that for some students, a name may be the one thing that makes them feel special. Take some time to research names and cultures. I am so over these lists of "funny" names posted online.
Yeah it's not funny any more. It's just making fun of people who are different. So what if people are making up names and spellings? All names are made up at one point.
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Before you name your child (or pet), open your front door, step outside, and yell the name at the top of your lungs 3 times as if calling the child home. Do the same at the backdoor. Do you sound ridiculous? Do the neighbors stare? Don't use that name.
My mom used to yell out the door for my sister Elise. Neighbors thought she was calling Police, Police!
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It's a common Dutch name, but the poor girl would recognise her name if she heard it pronounced the right way. Ie-von-ne
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We have fairly strict rules so you can't name your child something like Lucifer for example (but apparently "bumblebee" is fine, lol). That aside, with my first child I picked a pretty common and simple name (Casper). Realized that having short, easy names are better for everything (from a parents/teachers/friends perspective at least) Them learning to say their name, naming their stuff, shouting their name at the playground, when their teachers tell their name etc etc. I went even more simple and short with my second and third. Therefore I just don't get super complicated names - do you really want all that extra work? Imagine them having to stand there for every school project or work interview spelling out their name 5 times?
I was named after a season I wasn't born in. Birthday announcements are always a surprise to people just learning about me. Although I admit I like my name too much to change it.
Lol. I do agree that Spring, Autumn, and Summer are good names. IDK that much about Winter...
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When I was a carer I once worked with three ladies named Faith, Hope and Charity; I also met Comfort, Blossom, Sapphire Rose, Lavender, Blessing, Beauty and Divine.
I am fine with Hope, Charity, and Lavender, but the rest are just too much. I'm fine with Sapphire; also fine with Rose, but the two combined are just so bad.
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reminds me of a belgian family, nine kids, 4 letters. Alex (11), Axel (10), Xela (8), Lexa (7), Xael (6), Xeal (5), Exla (3) en Leax (2), Xale(0). They are aiming for 12 kids
I've known people with some interesting names. Somalia, Semaj (James backwards), Easter (Her middle name and last name started with G so her initials were E.G.G.), Princess, Apple, Jaykub (just why with that spelling?!)... I could go on
Ya know this kind of stuff is so trivial and really shows how shallow some folks can be. Much like language and words, names are unique and at times can sound odd or abnormal to us. Instead of being hateful to people and calling them stupid because you don't relate to something. Why not take a step back and realize that everything from language, words, names, accents, speech, and writing is going to be different and there's nothing wrong with that. No matter how strange something might be to you. It's not the names that are the problem, it's people's closed minds and narrow view of all the different ways of so many things we do as humans that is the real issue. But by all means keep thinking it's a word/name that is ignorant when it's really just you looking for a reason to be judgy and crappy towards another human. =(
Key and Peele, substitute teacher: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=key+peele+substitute+teacher
I knew a guy in high school whose last name was O'Boyle. His first name? Lance. Poor bastard.
I don't know why you're getting down voted; you're right.
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I knew someone who named her child Angel (bad enough in itself) ,but when she was messaging ,telling people what the name was, she kept writing "Angle', because she didn't know how to spell it. Her sister had to take her aside and correct it ,before they put it on the birth certificate.
It's scary how all these uneducated people reproduce so easily.
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Ok... no Lie here. Work as a nurse and I didn't even TRY to say this little girls name. It was Abcde (Phonetically pronounced Ab-see-dee). She was sweet and I just shook my head at the parent and tried to keep my mouth shut. Another woman got mad I didn't pronounce her name correctly... La-a, you pronounce the - (as in say dash)
I know a girl that named her daughters rylie, raelyn and ryan--- like three different versions of the same name.
My mom worked with two women (not at the same time) both named Aquanetta. Aquanet is/was a brand of hairspray.
My brother and his ex named there daughter Arian Rose! Yes I know what the meaning of Arian is. Poor babygirl died when she was 5 mo old. I have her name tattooed on my leg and I wear it proudly! She would have been 14 this year!
all those mispronounced word, how about different pronouncing altogether, like someone named Jaycee but insist to be called Bob
if anyone wants a laugh, I work with two little boys named Axl and Pace
I remember a story I read years and years ago about a guy who, when he was born, his parents hadn't thought of a name yet, so they let his older sister (who I think was about 4) choose his name. And since their last name was "Claus", she chose the obvious. When he was drafted for, I think, The Korean War, he was at his first day of bootcamp and the drill instructor was reading off the names until he got to the Cs and then went deathly quiet. Looked around and barked "All right! Which one of you jokers signed up as "Santa Claus"?
Little girls name at my mums kindergarten she taught at was Heiny-Lee would've been Heineken if it were a boy poor girl
Also had twin girls at this kindergarten named indica and sativa
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My mom grew up with some kids, all with the last name Derryberry. They were Mary, Lary, and Bary. This parents must have hated their kids.
I always found it weird people naming their kids after days/months/seasons. It is funny to me only some of them are being used though - I heard of Monday, Friday and Tuesday, I heard of April, May and June and Summer and Autumn... Not so much the others. Weird, this would never happen in my language.
I am happy to live here where a list of approved names is available. Here you have it and choose one. So I am protected from parents brain exhalation like "Happy Hole" or "Porky Pig".
"How do you spell it?" "Ell, dash, Ay" "Ell, Dee, Ay, Ess ..." "No no! It's a dash" "Err"
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My daughter had a friend called Faily, ok we're Dutch but even the Dutch know that a fail is not a good thing..
There was a girl named Youpromiseme Baker in my school, a starquisha, a sparkle and a twinkle... a friend of a friend also named their baby Neji Sarutobi...
Imagine of if Brad Pitt was the father of Gwyneth Paltrow's child. Apple Pitt.
Imagine if Brad Pitt was the father of Gwyneth Paltrow's child. Apple Pitt.
Frank Zappa sorted this one out years ago with Dweezil and Moon Unit. Dweezil admittedly isn’t that bad and he’s a great guitarist but Moon Unit is far too hippy 😂
My kids' father wanted to name the son Tecumseh, and the daughter Sakagawea. We are not native Americans. All I could think about was the pain they would endure at school with these names. No disrespect to the greats who put these names in our history, but I flatly refused and we settled on traditional english names, e.g. Robert and Rachel.
I'm glad I live in Switzerland so the people with the "weirdest" names I know are Zeke, Jupiter and Atlas (all men). They seem to be pretty happy with their own names, but I bet they wouldn't be if they were called Jeoanthean or something like that.
People who name the girls after old dead white men: Madison, Taylor, Cameron, etc
In the US (southern states especially) these names are sometimes family names on the mother's side. Maternal names are generally lost when the woman takes her husband's last name. It can be a tribute to the past. Or they can just be "cute."
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Stuff like this is why my country has strict child naming rules, and I used to think they were far too strict, but then I started coming upon the things some people will actually name their children when they can get away with it.
A couple at my church camp had three kids: Sabre, Arrow, and Bow. Sabre is a girl. They were very sweet people and the kids seemed to like their names though… also one of my friends has a little brother named Ruger
I'm a journalist and sometimes make the parents write the kids' names in my notebook because I'm afraid of getting it wrong. Doing birth announcements and obituaries is also interesting.😂
Ok, funny how someone named Liucija Adomiate felt compelled to write an article about bad baby names lol
It's a Latvian name, isn't it? In this case I can laugh at all American common names, because they sound weird for me.
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As a teacher, I couldn't begin to say all the "uncommon", aka strange, names I heard. However, one was especially difficult for me... and I avoided calling on her as much as possible. Her name was "My Destiny".
Job names become names. FEMININE names, such as Taylor, Saylor, Mason, etc. Just why?
Maisie Moo, Ryder Rae and Brooklyn Blu sound like a Dr Seuss book. Allow me: Maisie Moo, Ryder Rae, and Brooklyn Blu were walking down the avenue. Down the avenue in one left shoe. Just the one? But why not two? But who would get the extra shoe? Ryder Rae or Maisie Moo? What a tragedy to ensue! We've forgotten Brooklyn Blu!
Also Sarah is a biblical name so I wonder if you pick the name knowing that it's in the Bible and you are religious to any degree if that has anything to do with the H or not
Knew a girl named Princess. She just gave birth to her first child, Heaven M'Angel.
My mom was talking to a teacher whose friend was also a teacher, with a student…named Latrine. Apparently they lived in an area with a lot of Latoya, etc. but still! Poor girl, her parents didn’t know.
Met a Kebin (Kevin). Thought something was wrong with my hearing at first
why do so many names now sound like surnames, not first names? especially American names.
I have friends that named their children, in order of birth, Brooke, Charlotte, Desmon, Edmund... Cannot wait to see what F word they come up with
Someone to me: "And how do you spell your name?" ____ Me: "Ell. Eee. Oh."_____ Someone: "That's it?" ____ I felt like I seriously disappointed them by not going for Llaiyo (to be said Leo)
Teaching Spanish in high school is a good way for students to get future baby names: "I really love the word 'Cincuenta'! It's so pretty!" "You know what sounds exotic? 'Sacapuntas'! That's like an Indian Princess!" (I kid you not).
I never liked my middle name, and there for a while I was considering changing it to 'F*****g'. Nobody you know in life ever has to know your middle name, but imagine if you became famous, or if someone was talking about you posthumously, and they said your first and last name with F*****g in between them. You'd sound like a rockstar
It’s articles like this that make me appreciate my parents' lack of creativity. Older sister’s names are just our parents' middle names, older brother's names were the two most popular choices for boys the year he was born (and also he shares a first name with our dad), and I’m named after one of my mom’s best friends (except mom used 'z' instead of 's' because, in her words, "z looked cooler").
I once had a student named Toy. Cute little blond boy. He has to be mid 30's now....and I was getting a slew of foreign kids with weird initial names. I got where I would ask them quietly "Is this really how you say your name? How does your mom or dad say it?" Turned out not even close. I would let the class know the real pronunciations. It was the school Secretary when she registered them. Anything she had a hard time with she would give them Initials and tell them "Well here we will call you A.B." That is the actual name she gave Amoglavee. (African) and called a Tongan boy "Tata" (like the slang for boobs) whose real name was pronounced Tafu. And yes I live in Texas....sigh.. Don't even get me started on the Asian kid's names.. some kids had names with 27 letters but were very beautiful when you say them correctly. Or just Long, Dong, or Phat. I know we butchered them.
I defriended a guy I used to be in a band with when I found out his daughter was called Tiggy.
The name of a well known royal nanny, so not that unheard of and hardly a good reason to unfriend someone.
Load More Replies... I would like to submit Jamie Oliver´s kids´ names: Poppy Honey Rosie, Daisy Boo Pamela, Petal Blossom Rainbow, Buddy Bear Maurice, River Rocket.
I was about to mention him! Also, see Bob Geldoff and Paula Yates, the Beckhams, pretty much any celebrity really. Especially Frank Zappa!
Load More Replies... I knew a woman called Jeffifer. Like Jennifer and Jeff mixed together. Not only is it strange to read, it's so awkward to say out loud.
Parents probably said „Jennifer, with 2 f’s” when they went to register it.
Load More Replies... I work at a middle school. One student’s legal name was Little Carl. So when he was paged over the intercom the students snickered. Always felt badly for that kid. He hated his name. I’d like to think he’s going to change it some day
OMG!! I have a friend who calls her son Little Carl!!! I think it's just a nickname, but I never hear him called anything else.
Load More Replies... Once had a student named Creamy. That isn't the bad part though. Her last name was Passey.
Poor thing, sounds like a name you would find on p0rnh*b.
Load More Replies... worked in government job where parents had to list their kids on paperwork prior to interview. one family had pearl, ruby, sapphire, jade, diamond (all girls) and a son, onyx. dad said they were his family jewels.
Wait until some of those people find out about letters like ä, ö, ü, ê, å, Ø and so on and decide to get fancy with it
Or they start spelling their children's names based on traditional IPA: Hi, these are my kids Brændən, ɪˈlɪzəbəθ, and Zækəri. We're expecting little þeodore in June. My hubby's a linguist.
Load More Replies... My friend is a principal and she had a list of kid’s parents she had to call. She got to one that was basically Orange Jello. She said it she was corrected to it sounding like this : O’rangejello. The best last name I know of is Batman. Not sure why I’m being downvoted, but ok
I have an ancestor whose last name, honest to God, was Batman - Elizabeth Batman. My husband and I met through a Batman comic, so it seems that it was fate.
Load More Replies... Think of your kids as people having to live their entire lives with a unique name you choose. Consider the following with honesty when making your short list of names. 1. Imagine them introducing themselves to a prospective employer with this name that may sound cute when a child but not so cute when looking for a job. 2. Consider how often said child will have their name mispronounced, miss-spelled and ridiculed. Do you want to do that to your child? 3. How much do you want to be the butt of articles such as this and people talking behind your back about how silly your child's name is. Some unique names are ok, but all to many are just the but of a joke.
That's exactly what I thought when we named our daughter Maria Emilia. I wanted her to be proud of her name and be happy with it at 15 or at 80.
Load More Replies... I have an ex named Cherry Blossom; her cousin's name is Aurora Borealis. (Their parents were all flower children.) Neither Cherry Blossom nor Aurora Borealis seem outrageous, and when shortened to Cherry and Aurora they might be uncommon but not unheard of. This article makes those names seem downright boring.
used to work at a sign shop and had to keep replacing a sign for a doctor who's name was Richard Weiner. could never understand why his sign kept getting stolen
I knew a girl In high school.. her name was Tremble Hard.. poor girl.
Am I the only one who finds this thread extremely offensive? As a public school teacher, I used to get aggravated at names/spellings, until I took the time to realize that for some students, a name may be the one thing that makes them feel special. Take some time to research names and cultures. I am so over these lists of "funny" names posted online.
Yeah it's not funny any more. It's just making fun of people who are different. So what if people are making up names and spellings? All names are made up at one point.
Load More Replies... Before you name your child (or pet), open your front door, step outside, and yell the name at the top of your lungs 3 times as if calling the child home. Do the same at the backdoor. Do you sound ridiculous? Do the neighbors stare? Don't use that name.
My mom used to yell out the door for my sister Elise. Neighbors thought she was calling Police, Police!
Load More Replies... Met somebody called Whyvon. Spelled Yvonne. Her parents had never heard the name, so went with it.
It's a common Dutch name, but the poor girl would recognise her name if she heard it pronounced the right way. Ie-von-ne
Load More Replies... We have fairly strict rules so you can't name your child something like Lucifer for example (but apparently "bumblebee" is fine, lol). That aside, with my first child I picked a pretty common and simple name (Casper). Realized that having short, easy names are better for everything (from a parents/teachers/friends perspective at least) Them learning to say their name, naming their stuff, shouting their name at the playground, when their teachers tell their name etc etc. I went even more simple and short with my second and third. Therefore I just don't get super complicated names - do you really want all that extra work? Imagine them having to stand there for every school project or work interview spelling out their name 5 times?
I was named after a season I wasn't born in. Birthday announcements are always a surprise to people just learning about me. Although I admit I like my name too much to change it.
Lol. I do agree that Spring, Autumn, and Summer are good names. IDK that much about Winter...
Load More Replies... When I was a carer I once worked with three ladies named Faith, Hope and Charity; I also met Comfort, Blossom, Sapphire Rose, Lavender, Blessing, Beauty and Divine.
I am fine with Hope, Charity, and Lavender, but the rest are just too much. I'm fine with Sapphire; also fine with Rose, but the two combined are just so bad.
Load More Replies... reminds me of a belgian family, nine kids, 4 letters. Alex (11), Axel (10), Xela (8), Lexa (7), Xael (6), Xeal (5), Exla (3) en Leax (2), Xale(0). They are aiming for 12 kids
I've known people with some interesting names. Somalia, Semaj (James backwards), Easter (Her middle name and last name started with G so her initials were E.G.G.), Princess, Apple, Jaykub (just why with that spelling?!)... I could go on
Ya know this kind of stuff is so trivial and really shows how shallow some folks can be. Much like language and words, names are unique and at times can sound odd or abnormal to us. Instead of being hateful to people and calling them stupid because you don't relate to something. Why not take a step back and realize that everything from language, words, names, accents, speech, and writing is going to be different and there's nothing wrong with that. No matter how strange something might be to you. It's not the names that are the problem, it's people's closed minds and narrow view of all the different ways of so many things we do as humans that is the real issue. But by all means keep thinking it's a word/name that is ignorant when it's really just you looking for a reason to be judgy and crappy towards another human. =(
Key and Peele, substitute teacher: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=key+peele+substitute+teacher
I knew a guy in high school whose last name was O'Boyle. His first name? Lance. Poor bastard.
I don't know why you're getting down voted; you're right.
Load More Replies... I knew someone who named her child Angel (bad enough in itself) ,but when she was messaging ,telling people what the name was, she kept writing "Angle', because she didn't know how to spell it. Her sister had to take her aside and correct it ,before they put it on the birth certificate.
It's scary how all these uneducated people reproduce so easily.
Load More Replies... Ok... no Lie here. Work as a nurse and I didn't even TRY to say this little girls name. It was Abcde (Phonetically pronounced Ab-see-dee). She was sweet and I just shook my head at the parent and tried to keep my mouth shut. Another woman got mad I didn't pronounce her name correctly... La-a, you pronounce the - (as in say dash)
I know a girl that named her daughters rylie, raelyn and ryan--- like three different versions of the same name.
My mom worked with two women (not at the same time) both named Aquanetta. Aquanet is/was a brand of hairspray.
My brother and his ex named there daughter Arian Rose! Yes I know what the meaning of Arian is. Poor babygirl died when she was 5 mo old. I have her name tattooed on my leg and I wear it proudly! She would have been 14 this year!
all those mispronounced word, how about different pronouncing altogether, like someone named Jaycee but insist to be called Bob
if anyone wants a laugh, I work with two little boys named Axl and Pace
I remember a story I read years and years ago about a guy who, when he was born, his parents hadn't thought of a name yet, so they let his older sister (who I think was about 4) choose his name. And since their last name was "Claus", she chose the obvious. When he was drafted for, I think, The Korean War, he was at his first day of bootcamp and the drill instructor was reading off the names until he got to the Cs and then went deathly quiet. Looked around and barked "All right! Which one of you jokers signed up as "Santa Claus"?
Little girls name at my mums kindergarten she taught at was Heiny-Lee would've been Heineken if it were a boy poor girl
Also had twin girls at this kindergarten named indica and sativa
Load More Replies... My mom grew up with some kids, all with the last name Derryberry. They were Mary, Lary, and Bary. This parents must have hated their kids.
I always found it weird people naming their kids after days/months/seasons. It is funny to me only some of them are being used though - I heard of Monday, Friday and Tuesday, I heard of April, May and June and Summer and Autumn... Not so much the others. Weird, this would never happen in my language.
I am happy to live here where a list of approved names is available. Here you have it and choose one. So I am protected from parents brain exhalation like "Happy Hole" or "Porky Pig".
"How do you spell it?" "Ell, dash, Ay" "Ell, Dee, Ay, Ess ..." "No no! It's a dash" "Err"
Load More Replies... My daughter had a friend called Faily, ok we're Dutch but even the Dutch know that a fail is not a good thing..
There was a girl named Youpromiseme Baker in my school, a starquisha, a sparkle and a twinkle... a friend of a friend also named their baby Neji Sarutobi...
Imagine of if Brad Pitt was the father of Gwyneth Paltrow's child. Apple Pitt.
Imagine if Brad Pitt was the father of Gwyneth Paltrow's child. Apple Pitt.
Frank Zappa sorted this one out years ago with Dweezil and Moon Unit. Dweezil admittedly isn’t that bad and he’s a great guitarist but Moon Unit is far too hippy 😂
My kids' father wanted to name the son Tecumseh, and the daughter Sakagawea. We are not native Americans. All I could think about was the pain they would endure at school with these names. No disrespect to the greats who put these names in our history, but I flatly refused and we settled on traditional english names, e.g. Robert and Rachel.
I'm glad I live in Switzerland so the people with the "weirdest" names I know are Zeke, Jupiter and Atlas (all men). They seem to be pretty happy with their own names, but I bet they wouldn't be if they were called Jeoanthean or something like that.
People who name the girls after old dead white men: Madison, Taylor, Cameron, etc
In the US (southern states especially) these names are sometimes family names on the mother's side. Maternal names are generally lost when the woman takes her husband's last name. It can be a tribute to the past. Or they can just be "cute."
Load More Replies... Stuff like this is why my country has strict child naming rules, and I used to think they were far too strict, but then I started coming upon the things some people will actually name their children when they can get away with it.
A couple at my church camp had three kids: Sabre, Arrow, and Bow. Sabre is a girl. They were very sweet people and the kids seemed to like their names though… also one of my friends has a little brother named Ruger
I'm a journalist and sometimes make the parents write the kids' names in my notebook because I'm afraid of getting it wrong. Doing birth announcements and obituaries is also interesting.😂
Ok, funny how someone named Liucija Adomiate felt compelled to write an article about bad baby names lol
It's a Latvian name, isn't it? In this case I can laugh at all American common names, because they sound weird for me.
Load More Replies... As a teacher, I couldn't begin to say all the "uncommon", aka strange, names I heard. However, one was especially difficult for me... and I avoided calling on her as much as possible. Her name was "My Destiny".
Job names become names. FEMININE names, such as Taylor, Saylor, Mason, etc. Just why?
Maisie Moo, Ryder Rae and Brooklyn Blu sound like a Dr Seuss book. Allow me: Maisie Moo, Ryder Rae, and Brooklyn Blu were walking down the avenue. Down the avenue in one left shoe. Just the one? But why not two? But who would get the extra shoe? Ryder Rae or Maisie Moo? What a tragedy to ensue! We've forgotten Brooklyn Blu!
Also Sarah is a biblical name so I wonder if you pick the name knowing that it's in the Bible and you are religious to any degree if that has anything to do with the H or not
Knew a girl named Princess. She just gave birth to her first child, Heaven M'Angel.
My mom was talking to a teacher whose friend was also a teacher, with a student…named Latrine. Apparently they lived in an area with a lot of Latoya, etc. but still! Poor girl, her parents didn’t know.
Met a Kebin (Kevin). Thought something was wrong with my hearing at first
why do so many names now sound like surnames, not first names? especially American names.
I have friends that named their children, in order of birth, Brooke, Charlotte, Desmon, Edmund... Cannot wait to see what F word they come up with
Someone to me: "And how do you spell your name?" ____ Me: "Ell. Eee. Oh."_____ Someone: "That's it?" ____ I felt like I seriously disappointed them by not going for Llaiyo (to be said Leo)
Teaching Spanish in high school is a good way for students to get future baby names: "I really love the word 'Cincuenta'! It's so pretty!" "You know what sounds exotic? 'Sacapuntas'! That's like an Indian Princess!" (I kid you not).
I never liked my middle name, and there for a while I was considering changing it to 'F*****g'. Nobody you know in life ever has to know your middle name, but imagine if you became famous, or if someone was talking about you posthumously, and they said your first and last name with F*****g in between them. You'd sound like a rockstar
It’s articles like this that make me appreciate my parents' lack of creativity. Older sister’s names are just our parents' middle names, older brother's names were the two most popular choices for boys the year he was born (and also he shares a first name with our dad), and I’m named after one of my mom’s best friends (except mom used 'z' instead of 's' because, in her words, "z looked cooler").
I once had a student named Toy. Cute little blond boy. He has to be mid 30's now....and I was getting a slew of foreign kids with weird initial names. I got where I would ask them quietly "Is this really how you say your name? How does your mom or dad say it?" Turned out not even close. I would let the class know the real pronunciations. It was the school Secretary when she registered them. Anything she had a hard time with she would give them Initials and tell them "Well here we will call you A.B." That is the actual name she gave Amoglavee. (African) and called a Tongan boy "Tata" (like the slang for boobs) whose real name was pronounced Tafu. And yes I live in Texas....sigh.. Don't even get me started on the Asian kid's names.. some kids had names with 27 letters but were very beautiful when you say them correctly. Or just Long, Dong, or Phat. I know we butchered them.
I defriended a guy I used to be in a band with when I found out his daughter was called Tiggy.
The name of a well known royal nanny, so not that unheard of and hardly a good reason to unfriend someone.
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