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

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

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

#1

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

If #2 flows better. .pick another name.

tsinitia , Forja2 Mx Report

#2

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

barra333 , Aaron Burden Report

#3

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

BruceVFL , Lucia Macedo Report

#4

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

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

She named him Lucas.

HCDannyboy , Plings Report

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

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

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#5

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

Kimberly Wimberly.

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#6

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

Elizreonna Kay is on the way.

PS: We're white.

anon , Tyler Nix Report

#7

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

IntrudingAlligator , BBC Creative Report

#8

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

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#9

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

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

xIcarusLives , elmimmo Report

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#10

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

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#11

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

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

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

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#12

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

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

Why didn't they just use the name Aurora?! Sounds similar but its prettier and not strange

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Huddo's sister
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe they thought Aurora was too popular (it is at the moment) but why Areola?

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

Reminds me of the couple who thought "Chlamydia" was a pretty name til someone told them what it was.

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

Maybe they just don't know the proper names of body parts. I would have thought friends and family would have pointed this out.

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

If they'd know.. I somehow am not too sure about that.. Hope the kid doesn't try to google her name in school.. may be blocked for p0rn..

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

I sincerely believe that every human being at the age of 18 should be offered the chance to change their birth name once for free.

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

We have a customer where I work named Candida. I cringe every time I see here name

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

I've always thought that "Areola" would make a nice drag queen name. Anyway, it is apparently a valid last name, there's a French professional footballer named Alphonse Areola.

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

I bet everybody laughed every time she said her name. As an adult I can handle it. That kid is going to need therapy.

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

My granddaughter had a friend whose name was Notion flower and her brother's name was Buck wheat

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

Don't Registrars have the option to reject a name for a baby if it is too ridiculous? I mean, some of these parents need to be pistol whipped for some the names they're handing out.

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

God, that’s gonna get painful when she’s a teen.

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

WE HAVE A WINNER DRUMROLL "NIP' PED GOT THE MOST VOTES FOR BABY NAMES 2022. @Devon E I B bet you didn't even know you were entered.

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

My friend is a labor nurse. She told two of her many stories of baby naming. One set of parents was to name their daughter gonorhea (sic) and the other parents were going to name theirs vagina. These were non-English speakers. When an interpreter was brought in, they chose other names.

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O.M.Miki
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

she wont have to change to have a strpper name now though ;)

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

That's the many urbanmyths of a girl named vagina. Vagina.

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

It depends on her heritage. In Nigeria, among the Yorubas, Areola( pronounced as Arre oo la not Aree o luh) means chief of wealth.

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

Maybe they heard the word but not in its proper context and thought it was pretty.

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

I know of a lass named Auriole. Her dumb mother still doesn’t know what it means.

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

So wrong! Do they also have a son named Testicle? Perhaps an Auntie Hemerroid?

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

Lol! I'd heard there was a little girl in the US called Chlamydia! Apparently chlamydia is called something else in the US and the parents had heard the word not knowing what it meant..

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#13

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

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

MisterMiracle23 , nrd Report

#14

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

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

anon , Thomas Altfather Good Report

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

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

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#15

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

ImSomebodyNow , Marianna Report

#16

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

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#17

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

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

anon , Ben Wicks Report

#18

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

England and Scotland

Arrow and Quiver

peanutbuter_smoothie , Sogol Salehi Report

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

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

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

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#20

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

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

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

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#21

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

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#22

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

The parents named her for their favorite wine.

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#23

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

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

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

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#24

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

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#25

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

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#27

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

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

gratedCheeseOnToast , Brooke Cagle Report

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

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

matt95110 , Shubham Sharan Report

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

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

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

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

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

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

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