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.
Any normal name that is misspelled to make it 'unique'
Thereby sentencing your child to a lifetime of having to spell it and explain it to people. I had enough trouble with an Eastern European maiden name, until I married a man with a much easier last name for most people to get. Had my first name also been “unique”, I probably would’ve taken the business end of a ballpeen hammer and applied it to my parents’ skulls when I was 15.
But on the flip side, you'll never be mistaken for the John Doe on the sex offender registry.
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Back in the 90s, a friend of a friend of the family tried to name her daughter Chlamydia. She thought it was a flower. Family friend quickly informed her so she thought she'd change it to the middle name. They eventually talked her out of it.
Yes, my late RN husband had to talk a very young mother out of naming her daughter "Vagina." She had heard the nurses say it and thought it was pretty.
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So many variants unfortunately - I know a Lin. My sister named her son Steven. Ordinary name but he spends all his time saying 'no, not S T E P H E N - with a V.
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Bro :/ I like my name and it does look bad . The normal spelling would be aracely and mine is Aricely.
This is always a classic. In their research there were a surprising number of not only how many babies were named “Unique” but the number of spellings, including “Uneek” https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-much-does-your-name-matter-ep-122-rebroadcast/
As someone with an unusual name that is being spelled wrong if it’s not being pronounced wrong, you are not doing your kid a favor by giving them a unique name, you are giving them a life long burden.
Dang... my name is Bryze (breeze) thanks for making feel like an idiot for loving my misspelled name
I would be the teacher who yelled out Bry-z instead of breeze....
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Friend worked local hospital where new parents would voice the baby's unique or cultural name for birth certificate making staff spell the moniker. Eventually, the staff would require parents to spell name. If they couldn't, they would have to choose new name.
This is one of my pet peeves is naming children. I am sure the others will be on this list, too. I have an inner English teacher that just screams at this trend.
As a newborn photographer on a maternity ward, I once had a four Landon day--and every one was spelled differently. Landon, Landan, Landun, Landyn. I told my kindergarten teacher neighbor and she almost burst into tears, having just lived through the Conner/Connor/Conor/Konner years.
Or really any normal name that has multiple spellings - like Sara and Sarah, Geoff and Jeff, Shawn,Sean and Shaun or Shane and Shayne - I have a friend who spends all her time explaining to people that her name is Sara but without the h, while I spend time trying to explain that I'm Shayne with a y.
I can’t stand the difficult spellings: I bet the parents who endowed them eventually get sick of spelling them out to people.
Knew a guy at worked named Jayson because his mom thought that's how it was spelled.
Let your kid be unique on their own, in their own time. They don't need to be burdened by the parents' ill-thought-out idea of uniqueness.
My names Moneek, not Monique. It's annoying when having to always spell it for people. Iv even had someone say to me 'are you sure that's how you spell it'
Anybody remember the Backyardigans? My son used to like that show. There was a character named Uniqua, lol. They were all animals, but she was the only one who wasn't any kind of real species. 😂
If the name is spelled that way in the culture from which it comes, that's not misspelled. I am of Irish decent, the name here in the states that is pronounced Kaylee is spelled Ceileigh in Irish. I would stick with the Irish spelling just like Aoife (Ava) and Siobhon (shivon). It's not misspelled, you just don't know enough about the world beyond yourself to appreciate t.
A name belongs to the person, not another. Diversity is beautiful.
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I saw a news article. 'We wanted to call her Kaitlyn, but it's such a common name, so we called he Kviiilyn.' Because ait sounds like eight. And viii is roman numerals for eight. 🤦
Over 30 years ago I worked with a gal whose name was Kim. She spelled it Ckym. We had to wear name tags. So stupid, every single person asked what her name was.
Not Cym, Cim, Kym, Qym, or Qim???? Or with Qu, maybe mn???
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We know a family whose children's names all start with C". One of them is unfortuately named "Cyle". They all pronounce it with a hard C, "Kyle". I maintain the name should be pronounced "Sile".
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I prefer the conventional spelling of my first and middle names--Jennifer Rebecca. Can't tell you how often I've seen both of them mangled, either because the parents literally didn't know how to spell it, or because they were actively trying to be "unique." No thanks!
Being a Sydney i see it all, Sydnee, cydnie, cidnee, Sidney, Sidni, sydni, sidnie, it kinda ridiculous
As a teacher, every year I see these on my roll sheets. Khryz = Chris. Sh'y'ah'ne= Cheyenne. Aydinne = Aidan. Preshus= Precious. Just to name a few. Some parents need their heads examined. There are plenty of beautiful ethnic names out there in a variety of languages - don't just spell something horribly wrong because you think it looks cool. 🙄
My daughter gets this a lot, but her name isn't actually "misspelled" or given to be "unique". She was named a word that references all things Keltic. Depending on the day, she either loves it as a tribute to her ancestors, or hates it because no one pronounces it right on the first try. Her older brother has an equally Kelt-based, but still used in modern era, name.
Mine is an ancient name that has been "simplified" over the centuries. My parents chose to use the old spelling.
Well, yes, some of them can be slightly ridiculous. But my son's name is Nikolaus, a Germanic variation of Nicholas, of which there are many spellings. It went well with his father's middle European last name, and interestingly, we discovered another boy named Nikolaus attending the same school.
Absolutely agree. My pet peeve is wrongly spelled normal names. It's REALLY cringey.
There is so many ways people spell my first name Sharon, it's annoying. It's in the Bible SHARON.
Personally, I think all these "unique" names are because the parents are, in fact, barely literate and *can't* spell.
My daughter's middle name is Suzan, not to be unique but because her father can't spell. She accepts it for what it is. BTW, it was supposed to be Suzanne.
Hey now! Unusual spellings are a great way to see who is ACTUALLY detail oriented!
Shawn, you hearing this? How about you Shaun? Shavaun? You listening? The "name police", Sean and Siobhan, are on their way to arrest your parents right now.
My family and I either all have traditional Gaelic or Swedish spelling of our names and it is a pain the the a**e sometimes. I have my name in my bloody signature at work and people still spell it wrong.
Load More Replies... There was a thread a couple of weeks ago about names and there actually was a child called 'younique!'
My name is spelled the traditional Swedish way (nothing unique) and it is amazing how people, including more distant family members, still get it wrong. So people will spell your name wrong irregardless...
I so want to correct this...more than any misspelled names.
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My daughter is named Caelyn. Which the spelling is based off my first and middle name. Linda --lyn Cae.from Mae. And once you read it you know what it is. Just not the first way one would think to spell it. But still not completely odd.
The sad thing is that my daughter's name is Reilly and, while it LOOKS like we were trying to be unique among a sea of Rileys and Rylees and Ryleighs and Reighleighs, we weren't! First off, I decided on the name LONG before it was popular. Secondly, it's my mom's maiden name and that's how it was spelled! Poor kid always has to spell it for people. THEN we went and named our son Declan, which used to be pretty unique, but we just chose it because we heard it in a movie and liked it. When you pair both of our kids' names with our very Irish last name, you pretty much expect leprechauns, but my husband is Native American, so they are both dark-skinned with dark hair and eyes!
My eldest is called Ameilia, not because I wanted to be different or anything. It's because when I registered the birth and was asked how it's spelt, I didn't know 🤦
Can't spell their own name... Even thought it's the parents fault...
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
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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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