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Names are given to us at birth and are with us for the rest of our lives, so a lot of people would probably agree they're quite important. Before naming their child, parents usually look into the meaning and origin of the name. Some even think about if it's easy to make fun of the name. However, some parents seem like they don't care at all about that stuff and have come up with the most ridiculous ideas.

A Redditor asked fellow internet users: "What baby name immediately makes you lose all respect for the parents and why?" And loads delivered interesting answers. It's hard to believe some parents actually gave their kids these names. From Golden Sagon to Chardonnay or even Tequila, their creativity doesn't cease to amaze us.

Scroll down to see some really interesting choices parents made! And if you want more articles like this, click here or here.

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Nevaeh is the most obnoxious to me (please explain that it's heaven backward again, so clever)

However, I've met a baby named Felonee and that takes the cake.

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

Do those parents realise that Felonee will have to introduce herself a million times to other people during her life?

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We got an interview with baby name expert Emma Waterhouse and she graciously answered some questions for us. To start off, Emma shared some thoughts about whether it's important to have the 'perfect' baby name for your kids: "The 'perfect name' is really in the eye of the beholder! We all come to the naming process with different tastes and requirements, so what is perfect for one family won't necessarily work for another. But I do think it's important to consider how your chosen name will wear throughout a lifetime. Our name is generally the first thing new people learn about us, and whether we like it or not people do make assumptions based on names, often subconsciously. A name is the first gift you give your child as a parent, so of course you want it to serve them well no matter where life takes them."

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Got a student named “Yeyson”. The mom got pissed when I was saying “ Yay-son”. She yells at me “It’s Jason like English!” Well lady, maybe f*****g spell it like English then.

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why When AL Gore was VP, I had a meeting with him. There was a lawyer speaking on the panel. Her name was Baby Girl Smith. She had not let a dumb name hold her back.

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Emma W. shared her own favorite and least favorite names: "I have a longer surname and I come from a multicultural family, so my preferred names are generally quite short, simple, and easily pronounceable in multiple languages. I tend to prefer names that are known but not too common – a combination that so many parents are looking for! Some of my personal favorite names include Vita, Caro and Ines for girls; Felix, Caspar and Ivo for boys."

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Any of Nick Cannon's kids' names. They are all so over the top bad.

Moroccan, Monroe, Golden Sagon, Rise Messiah, Powerful Queen, Zion Mixolydian, Zillion Heir, Beautiful Zeppelin, Legendary Love, Onyx Ice Cole and Zen.

Why?

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

Mixolydian is the fifth mode of a major scale in music. Let's face it, the guy needs a dictionary what with all the kids he is having

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Worked at a hospital for many years. One of the obstetric nurses had to talk a new mom out of naming her child “Urethra”.

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Bored Panda also asked the expert if it's better to have a common or unique name: "Unique or common is really a matter of personal preference, although you might want to take surname and/or sibling names into account. If you already have a Zephyr and an Artemis, name your third baby John and he might feel a little short-changed! Likewise, if your surname is simple and common, like Smith or Lopez, you can afford to go a little more adventurous in the first name spot. Arabella Smith feels more distinctive and memorable than Anne Smith."

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why My brother once had clients named Jerry and Mary Derryberry. We didn’t believe him so he took a picture of whatever account papers. (Don’t even remember what his job was at the time, who gives a s**t). But the series of events to have a married couple be named Jerry and Mary Derryberry is just so delicious.

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

The only way it could be better would be if they had a son and named him Perry.

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Rednecks who name thier sons Gauge, Ryfle, Remington, Colt and any other hunting related stupid s**t.

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

Colt doesn't seem so bad. The gun was named after a person in the first place

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Emma W. also shared what baby-naming trends she completely disagrees with: "Having worked with many families with a wide variety of naming styles over the years, I can honestly say that I can see the appeal in almost any name at this point, even those that I would never choose for myself. The trend that most confuses me is probably the respelling of very common names to make them more 'unique'. There are so many unusual and unconventional names out there – there's more variety than ever before in the American baby name pool right now – that it seems a shame to just respell one of the top names to achieve that. After all, when in the playground or at school, the name will still sound very popular, even if the spelling is different."

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We also wondered if parents should take the meaning of the name into consideration: "For me personally, meaning isn't a priority, but a really bad meaning might put me off. Think Cameron, which means 'crooked nose', or Gulliver, 'glutton'! But many of the families we work with as part of our name consulting service are looking for a specific meaning, which might be something with family or cultural significance, or perhaps something that gives a subtle nod to their journey to parenthood. An example might be the name Iris, meaning 'rainbow', which is often considered by parents who have experienced a previous loss, to represent hope and beauty after adversity."

And if you're not sure what to name your baby, consider visiting the website Emma works for the perfect baby names!

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why I work in health care so looking at 40-70 charts everyday I see so many ridiculous a*s spellings for normal names.

You’re not creative you’re an idiot. If you’re creative pick a creative name don’t butcher the spelling of a normal name.

Example: Avery spelled Aevuhree

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

My old name was spelt similar with the igh at the end of **le. I put the first part in "*" because I don't want a bunch of randos to know my old name

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Candida. Cool, you essentially named your child "yeast infection".

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Two little boys drew me a couple pictures while their mother was getting some dental work done. They had signed their names. The names were just so…odd. Even after repeating them and writing them I still couldn’t figure out what the names were.
When the mother came out and saw them, she ripped them down from where I had taped them, crumpled them up and put the papers in her purse. She told me that those names she gave them were invented by her and copyrighted.

I wish I were joking. Those little kids looked crushed.
Edit: spelling

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why When I was working at a motel, I took a phone reservation from a woman for her daughter: Sri Lanka, S R I space L A N K A... is the name of a woman. Me: Oh, like in the country! Woman: What do you mean, country?!

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why I have seen the rise of Brinlee or Brynlee latelty.. ugh

ALSO DEN names

Hayden, Braiden, Kayden, Jayden, Zayden. etc.. The live Laugh Love type names

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Any name as alcohol. Chardonnay, Tequila, etc. Saw those a lot as a teacher. Had a male student named Crash Danger. Not kidding.

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

That's why I'm sometimes kind of glad my country has rules for names you can give your kids 😅

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Horribly misspelled to seem different. The irony is that my boyfriend's name is Krysteffor

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Tom, but it’s short for Tomothy. And Tim, but it’s short for Thimas.

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Personally…I’ll never understand how someone can look a baby in the eye and decide their name should be Larry

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why All the names with X thrown in the middle or even two. Jaxxtley. Braxxton. Braxley. I hate them.

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why When I were younger, I had a girl in my class named Cookie. Only to find out she had younger siblings named (I kid you not these are their real names) Candy, Honey and Skippy.

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why I knew a girl just out of high school, her name was dymond, her daughter was safire (diamond and Sapphire for those playing along at home). This is the result of multiple generations of teen pregnancy, and non participation in spelling bees.

I respect the attempt, but maybe if daughters didn't become mothers until they were out of their teenage years they might've reconsidered their name choices.

Off subject, but my wife is friends with a teen mom who became a grandma at 33. 4 generations of teen moms with all daughters, no sons, no boyfriends, no brothers, or fathers living under one roof. Great great grandma was 67 at the time.

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Anything spelled unconventionally. My cousin named her kid Micaiah. It’s pronounced like Micah, but the kid’s going to have to spend his whole life telling people it’s not “Mike-ay-uh”. Or he could just go by Mike.

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

When picking names, parents should always consider how it will sound in attendance at school or in a government office

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why I used to be on tumblr back in the day of Supernaturals glory, and someone named their poor child "Destiel". I get it, you like the ship. But you have an actual child that is TOTALLY gonna be pissed you named your kid after a fictional relationship on a show about demons and other supernatural things. The lack of respect or forethought like???

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

Uhm well yeah, that's like the Mazikeens born today ... Edit: this turned out to be a fun conversation! The name Mazikeen was a bad example, I realise that now. She's definitely a cool and badass character, in fact, I liked her a lot!

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Joaux (Joe) is a personal favorite 🤣

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

I definitely read that as "wox"...it looks like the person tried for Joaquin and didn't quite get there

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Relatively benign names spelled like a cat puked on the keyboard and keys got stuck..



Sorry, Axchleeigha, I f*****g hate your parents..

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why Anything that’s way off from a traditional spelling. I still hold a grudge about having been a child who was never able to find a souvenir with her name on it.

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Anything having to do with royalty or religious hierarchy titles. Lord, King, Queen, Saint, etc...

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Any name after a car or luxury brand.

I see a girl name Lexus and imagine IS300 tattooed on her lower back.

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

I used to be the other way around. Cars named after women, like Mercedes,

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I used to work data entry & once entered in a patient name J’Adore. My only thought is the parents were watching tv & the perfume commercial came on & they were like “oh that’s a fancy name for our daughter”

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why There's a kid who goes to a daycare near where I work named "Stone Blaze" but answers to "Hunter." The worst part is that he's a junior; his father has the same name.

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

If your name is Stone Jr, I reserve the right to nickname you Arkansas...because Little Rock

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The quirky/cutesy spellings of names like Bryttanee, Mykayleigh. Or the names that will get their sons beat up during recess: Ryeful, Hemi, Leaf, Forrest.

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

Leaf and Forrest are lovely names. By the time those kids are in school, "weird" names will be so commonplace that kids named Matthew or James will be in the minority.

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why My neighbors named their new baby, Master. They are white.

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why I know someone who named their kid Chozyn. The kid wasn’t adopted either.

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

Well, to me, 'Chozyn' would be in the same category of names like Desiree, Diletta, Dieudonné, and there are undoubtedly many more that have this kind of meaning. "Chozyn" is just a little too obvious for me, and with an obnoxious spelling. But names of that kind are definitely around, and not uncommon either.

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40 People Share What Baby Name Immediately Makes Them Lose All Respect For The Parents And Why A guy running for some office near me is named Rocky Rhodes.

How does one look at their tiny newborn and think…. “Rocky! Looks like a Rocky to me. And you know how much I love ice cream!”

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

The driver for a chartered bus taking high school seniors on the senior trip to NYC in 1992 was named Campbell Soup. We didn't believe him until he showed us his ID.

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Any name that ryhmes with Tragedeigh

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Gonna go against the grain here, the names that really irk me are the double names. Like “Susie-Ellen, or Martha-May” like middle names already exist, you don’t need a hyphenated first name. I used to work with a summer camp and so many girls had double names.

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

My grandmother apparently had a name like that. The reason why I can't remember what it was is actually twofold: a) She died before I was born, and b) No-one ever called her by it because her parents changed their minds as soon as they got home from the hospital. They decided to just call her by the new name they had picked, and screw what it said on the birth certificate.

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