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“What Were Her Parents Thinking?”: People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names People Gave Their Kids
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“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” While that was a kind sentiment for Romeo to express about Juliet, I’m not quite sure he would have felt the same way if her name was Moronica or Sh’miracle...
One curious Reddit user recently asked others to share the dumbest names they have ever heard parents give their children, and people did not disappoint in the responses. Below, you’ll find a wide variety of names that prove that not everyone should become a parent, so enjoy scrolling through and counting your blessings if you have a common name!
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#1
North, Saint, Chicago, Psalm.
tw 72 2 years ago
TBH, it doesn't matter what the K's name their kids - those kids will never know what "normal" is. Their lives will be filled with makeup, plastic surgery, social medial, fashion shows, popularity contests, paparazzi and everything else that has nothing to do with reality.
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Kobe (she) 2 years ago
Same category as Paris, Brooklyn, Ireland, India, Chelsea, Madison, etc.... I don't hate North eighter
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Saint Tim the Godless 2 years ago
It goes to show that you can buy popularity. You can't buy common sense, decency or class.
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#2
In my career working at Public Schools I've had two separate children named Tequila Mockingbird. Absolutely unrelated, across the state from each other, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
Why not just name the child Harper, Lee, or Scout if you really love the book? Don't make your kid's name a pun.
David Jeffery 2 years ago
It's also the maguffin in a Get Smart episode, but you have to be old as me to remember that one
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To learn more about how this conversation started in the first place, we reached out to Reddit user Corollo_Bro_91, who posed the question, "What is the dumbest name you've ever heard someone give their child?" Lucky for us, he was happy to have a chat with Bored Panda.
"I decided to ask the question after hearing about some of the silly names my mother was telling me about that she heard from clients at her job," he shared. "My mother took a claim from a client who named her son and daughter King and Queen Majesty." But that's not the only silly name the OP has heard before. "My girlfriend told me her boss just had a baby and is going to name it Iam Magic," he added.
#3
I knew triplets named Cinnamon, Rosemary, and Paprika. People called them "the Spice Girls."
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
As I commented below, Cinnamon is a cute name while she's a child. Then she hits adulthood and people are going to ask her if that's her hooker/poledancer name :( It's a terrible name for an adult. Can you imagine looking at a lawyer's business card or a doctor's ID badge and it says "Cinnamon Smith"? I believe there's an adage that goes something like, "consider whether or not the name would sound all right if your little one happened to grow up to become a Supreme Court justice, or a congressman, or a judge." I don't think "Cinnamon" OR "Paprika" fit the bill for "adult" names. :( They're cute af, but I wouldn't give them to a human. Cat or dog, sure.
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Sonja 2 years ago
Paprika is bad. But Cinnamon is cute and Rosemary is a quite common name. I feel there must have been a better name than Paprika though. Why not Sage or Lavender?
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago (edited)
Cinnamon is a cute name while she's a child. Then she hits adulthood and people are going to ask her if that's her hooker/poledancer name :( It's a terrible name for an adult. Can you imagine looking at a lawyer's business card or a doctor's ID badge and it says "Cinnamon Smith"? I believe there's an adage that goes something like, "consider whether or not the name would sound all right if your little one happened to grow up to become a Supreme Court justice, or a congressman, or a judge." I don't think "Cinnamon" OR "Paprika" fit the bill for "adult" names. :( They're cute af, but I wouldn't give them to a human. Cat or dog, sure.
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#4
A motorcycle enthusiast named his son Harley, because that made him Harley, David’s son.
Nay Wilson 2 years ago
I think this one is kind of funny, actually. It’s not as bad as some of the other names on this list
Alexandra Davis 2 years ago
I think this is funny. Harley is a normal name and very few people are going to know his dad is named David and if they do, won't put the two together. It's clever
#5
Felonie. I’ve been downvoted a lot on Reddit for sharing this because people never believe it’s a real name someone would give a kid. But it is lol
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
So do I. But one of my mom's students... her name was pronounced "fuh-MAHL-ee". Spelled Female.
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Sara Wilson 2 years ago
Oh, I believe it! In NZ they had to pass a law about naming kids because it was getting out of control and so many kids were coming in to legally change their names. One girl was actually named "Lulla from Talulla likes to Hula". Her "FIRST" name
Robert Trebor 2 years ago
Pronounced: Shih - teed. Spelled: S.H.I.T.H.E.A.D (Really, Roosevelt Hospital in NYC back in the 80's.
As far as where these names come from, Corollo_Bro_91 says, "I think parents name their kids silly things because they want them to have 'unique' names to be different, but in the end, they just come across as dumb."
We also asked the OP what he advises parents think about before naming their children. "I think parents need to consider how naming their child could affect their social or school life. I've known some people who were bullied horrendously at school for having strange names," he shared.
#6
I do contract-based IT work. Implementation when hospitals buy each other out, stuff like that. Last week I was working with an office manager named MORONICA.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I've definitely worked with people I would've liked to call Moronica! :) I wonder if her parents just didn't know how to spell Monica? Poor woman.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Or maybe they heard "Veronica" and liked the sound of it and wanted to combine it with "Monica" D: or couldn't decide between Veronica and Monica XD either way, poor woman indeed!
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Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
I've had a number of bosses who were Moronicas. They just had a different name.
#7
Pubert.
GlamourGhoul 2 years ago
Gomez: "He has my father's eyes." Morticia: "Gomez take those out of his mouth."
PlatinumTheCat 2 years ago
Why is this on here? This is from Addams Family Values, unless you mean someone actually named their kid after Pubert
Mike_The_Nike (He They) 2 years ago
is it just me or does that baby look like hitler? also plz don’t downvote me it was just an observation
Tracy Wallick 2 years ago
This the name of the Addams' 3rd child in the 2nd movie. It's not a real name.
#8
Any time I see a young girl named Nevaeh, I immediately assume she’s the unintended product of a very young single mom barely making ends meet.
Natasha Arruda 2 years ago
My name backwards is AhSatan. Capitalized the S to show the word, it's not capitalized in my name obvo lol
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Delta Dawn 2 years ago
Hey, I was the unintended product of a very young single mom barely making ends meet, and I turned out fine.
cartoon.ghostss 2 years ago
I know someone named nevaeh and I've never gotten how pissed off people get. Like it sounds like a name, it looks mostly like a name, and it has a meaning. Calm down
BC 2 years ago
Hold on. Yes, I get that from an outsider’s perspective it could be cringy. However, I’ve taught a lot of kids from Pasifika backgrounds. This is a common name. If that’s an issue then maybe question how many kids are called Christian, Mohammed, Jesus, etc. Yes it’s backwards, but hey, my name means ‘White Hills’ in Welsh (Cymraeg) and literally means…something more literal… so fair play to them. :)
Blackstone 2 years ago (edited)
It's the "backwards" that bothers me. Just name your kid "Heaven". I think the Nevaeh sounds pretty, but a barely clever and extremely overdone pun gets old a lot faster that a kid does. The name should be about the child, not a way for parents to be "clever". Absolutely zero shade to anyone named Nevaeh. Like I said, i think the name is pretty. But for me the fact it's heaven backwards actually detracts from it.
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Bored Trash Panda 2 years ago
I knew a girl in high school that named her daughter that, but she wasn't single or struggling. Her and the dad were happily married with 3 kids until about 8 years ago when he died from cancer.
And when it comes to what Corollo_Bro_91 thought about the replies to his post, he told Bored Panda, "Some of the answers I got were extremely saddening. I really hope those kids can get through childhood without being made fun of."
#9
My partner is a midwife, she once looked after a couple who were intending to call their daughter “Urethra” - they didn’t know what it meant and just “liked how it sounds”. She had to politely, professionally, give them a quick anatomy lesson.
Sarra R 2 years ago
I wonder if they were thinking of Aretha as in the singer Aretha Franklin? But just pronounced it wrong? When I was little, I pronounced her name that way also, stupid little kid me. (BUT .... stupid me right now, I felt something was way wrong in my reply here so I went to google..... ohhhhhh dear. Her name isn't spelled "Uretha". I changed it before posting, but this was so awful i HAD to share my shame. Public shame. SHAME. :( ISTG tho, I always thought it was spelled Uretha Franklin. My whole life has been a lie based on a single letter.
Raven Sheridan 2 years ago
Would've been funny if their last name was Franklin. (Urethra Franklin.) 😉
Lunar Rat 2 years ago
My mum knew a couple who wanted to call there daughter Vagina, fortunately they were talked out of it.
Sarra R 2 years ago
Oh lord....... I bet they were thinking something like Vah Geena (like how the name Gina is said). I'm sure no one in power would have let that go onto the birth cert anyway.
Load More Replies... Nay Wilson 2 years ago
And this is why anatomy and sex ed classes should be mandatory across the world!
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Thank God for that midwife...can you imagine the child's horror when they took sex ed and everyone started railing on her for her name?
#10
Wife worked in a bank. Had a regular customer named Dextrose. Always wondered if he had siblings Sucrose and Fructose.
Serial Kitten 1 year ago
"My name is Dextrose Maltose. I don't know what made me who I am, but it left a hollow place inside. People fake a lot of sweeteners, but i feel like I fake them all. And I fake them very well."
#11
So checking ID, I hear the girls friends calling her Olivia. It was not spelt Olivia. It was spelt Ahliviyah. Why do this to people. You make them waste so much of their lives having to spell their names for people when it could have been a spelling everyone knows!
Brenda 2 years ago
They make it impossible for people to pronounce correctly, then get mad when mispronounced it.n
Budcot 2 years ago
Stupid parents think spelling a name differently makes them unique and special to everyone. All it does is p**s off the child when they go "My name is Salli, spelt S A L L I, not with a y or and ie". That is now their name, they can't just say Salli. I know this because that is similar to my name, constantly say my name and then spell it, and further have to clarify not a y or ie because people don't listen to the spelling. It has been an issue since school when you start writing your name and have to re correct the teacher who thinks you've spelt your name wrong and carries on to emails at work where they spell your name wrong even though the correct spelling is in your email address.
SarahBee 2 years ago
Time to legally change your name. It will cause confusion, but probably less than you deal with on a daily basis.
Load More Replies... SarahBee 2 years ago
My daughter's nickname is Lexi. I originally spelled it Lexie, but everyone (I mean everyone) spelled it Lexi. I prefer my spelling, but didn't think that she needed to go through life correcting people. Unfortunately, her real name is Alexa, which is causing a different problem. Hey Alexa, what's the weather?
Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
Had two different kids with the spelling Joshuae. I pronounced it the way (despite the spelling) like the anglican biblical version of the same name (Joshua). He corrected me and said it was pronounced 'Joe-shway.' Next kid had the exact same spelling but pronouciation was as the typical English bible book name.
sassawrasse 2 years ago
I knew a dude who named his kid Jaykub. I hate looking at it spelled out.
John George 2 years ago
I remember a SNL sketch about a couple trying to name their child & really overthinking it. Turned out the man's name was "Asswipe" (pron. "oss-WEE-pay").
Neicie Pie 9 months ago
Oh my husbands first wife was Carole, with an E. And didn't she like to remind people about the E. When every he mentions her now, it's always "Carol with an E ....." 😂
#12
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Violet Bunny 2 years ago
Good for the daughter, you'd think ALL these mis-named kids would do that!
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
I ALMOST got my name changed, and my name is relatively normal XD ("Crystal". I was named after a chandelier, though.)
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soulless duck (she/her) 2 years ago
Poor girl, imagine having to write that name on the front of an exam paper, it would take forever.
Sarra R 2 years ago
I believe the kid actually SAID her entire name on the show also. That poor baby. ALTHOUGH. If she ever got into med school, she could easily say AND memorize all those long a*s crazy spelled diseases and s**t, because if she can memorize and spell that not-name her momma gave her, honey, she can memorize and spell annnnnnything.
John George 2 years ago
Then moved to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales.
Thomas Olsen 2 years ago
That made me think of a Monty Python sketch Why is it no one seems to remember the name of Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitzweimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm
Malfar 2 years ago
Isn't this the beginning of "I'm the Scatman" by Scatman John? If the Scatman can do it, than so can you!
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Nitka Tsar 2 years ago
I would have changed it to the shortest name I could find. Like Jo, or something.
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Slinky...the parents both loved slinky toys, could do all kinds of things with them, so that's what they named their little girl. It was her real name, my sister was her teacher. There should be a law against stupid parents like this.
Nina 2 years ago
There are in a lot of countries, let's hope it goes global
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liam newton-harding 2 years ago
I think a number of Countries do have laws in place. You have to submit the chosen name, and they can veto it. And most of these laws were out in place to stop the child being bullied, at school.
Glen Ellyn 2 years ago
My granddaughter named her (female) hamster "Captain Slinky."
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Roy Briggs 2 years ago
You're required to take a test and get a license to own and operate a motor cey, to own and possess a firearm, to run a business, to run a tax-free charity, but NOT to raise a child??????
Wysteria_Rose 2 years ago
I named a little girl this. She comes to my porch for any food I can spare her. She's a stray. Oh, and she's a cat.
Tweed Jefferson 2 years ago
That's my cat's name. Not so bad if their daughter likes to slink around the room.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
There should be a name database and Any other spellings need approval. A baby name book has almost a million names it wouldn't have to be limiting but it would prevent travesties like THIS. The kids probably sang the slinky song too this poor girl every time she came to class
#14
Jenna is not so bad, until your last name is Side.
Verena 2 years ago
Googled for all whose mothertongue isn't English (or less fluent): Pronounced properly it sounds like genocide
Book Nerd (she/her) 2 years ago
My first language is English, and I didn’t even get it until you said that, so thank you
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MadOrca99 2 years ago
Do the parents even know what that means? Did they even think that through?
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Probably not... they probably liked the name Jenna and didn't try it out with the last name 'Side'. Or they did and STILL didn't hear it. I can't imagine what awful human would do thar on purpose
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Jesse 2 years ago
One of my friends is named Jenna. Different last name though, she lucked out
DetongLhamo 2 years ago
Husband just told me a woman at a conference at his work was introduced as Jenna Taylor…
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Bit like naming your kid Michael when your last name is Hunt, Richard when your last name is Hertz or Callum when your last name is Murray (great ad btw).
Pamela Tupper 2 years ago
This one reminded me of the CSI character named "Sara Sidle" played by Jorja Fox. Still always think of 'Suicidal' when I hear that name!
Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago
oh that's bad. I remember there was someone on x factor or one of those sort of shows, whose surname was Lavery. I forget their first name, but it began with an S. I remember facepalming a bit at that. I think it was a black lady too, which only made it worse
#15
Recently saw the program from a relatives preschool graduation ceremony, all of the children’s names were listed. There was a child named Person.
Richard Head 2 years ago
Interesting: I have hear Donald Trump referred to as "Person 1" as well as "the Defendant."
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Larry Face 2 years ago
I'd this what happens when the parents don't give a name for the child???
Robin Mayhall 2 years ago
Well, the hospital would call the child "Baby Boy Smith"--but I'm not sure what happens if you just walk out with no name on your kid's birth certificate. Would be interesting to find out!
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Stéphanie G-k 2 years ago
Persson is a very common Scandinavian last name and could be spelt Person, although all *sson names are usually spelt with two s's.
SarahBee 2 years ago
I've heard of people naming their daughters Female (feh-MAH-leh). I guess that if they're trans they can switch to MAH-leh pretty easily!
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
Who the hell does preschool graduation? These stupid, special at every single grade ceremonies, in my opinion make the real landmarks less important. Hey, everyone gets to go to everything regardless of whether it really counts for something. Do high school. Do college. Do a trade school. That should be it. It's like a participation trophy, just show up and you're something special. You're not.
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
Preschool graduation? Like participation trophies, doesn't mean anything. High school graduation. College graduation. That should be ti.
#16
Galaxy Kitchen…..seriously it’s their daughter's name.
Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
Kitchen?! Did they use Ellen's celebrity name generator to come up with this like when Ellen called her fake TV show daughter Rafter Yellow?
#17
Kerosene. And she would always add “like the gas”. Mom was young and goth.
UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago
A long time ago I met a woman named Gasoline. She explained, “My parents are hicks and thought it sounded French. Like Josephine.” I met a charming couple named Mr. And Mrs. Sippy at the same job. He thought it was funny, she did not.
HF_Martini6 2 years ago
Kerosene isn't a gas, it's a Diesel-type fuel used in lamps, industrial engines and military vehicles (in a emergency)
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago (edited)
She probably meant "gas" (gasoline) as a synonym for "fuel". Still not entirely correct (although kerosene IS a fuel), but it makes more sense. Most people know kerosene isn't a gas even if they've never used it.
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#18
When my child was born, the people in the room next to us named their kid Pikachu.
You read that right.
Pikachu.
After the Pokemon.
Friendly neighborhood possum 2 years ago
Shouldn’t the first one be Bulbasaur tho?
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soulless duck (she/her) 2 years ago
"which kid is yours?" "Oh little Charmander over there, he's the one by the swing set."
Cheese Lover™ 2 years ago
"Come here Shiny Mega Gyarados! Remember to leave some food for your brother Shiny Alolan Marowak!"
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 2 years ago
Plot twist, they dressed the kid as Charazard for Halloween.
Cupcake Kitten 2 years ago (edited)
"Hello there, what a nice costume." "I'm Pikachu!" "You don't look like a Pikachu..." "Of course not, I'm a Charizard!" "What?" "I'm Pikachu the Charizard!" "..."
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Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
I really don't understand these parents who don't seem to know the difference between naming a child and naming a pet.
#20
I used to work in banking, and I kid you not, I helped a woman named “Chinesegirl” She was not, in fact, Chinese.
Nightshade1972 2 years ago
When I worked retail, I once took a check from someone named Hollie Day, whose birthday was Christmas. I asked her if her mother had done that (her first name) on purpose. She rolled her eyes and said, "Yes, she thinks it's hilarious. It's been the bane of my existence for years."
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Worked with a Sandra Beach years ago, and yes everyone called her Sandy. Went to school with a kid called Grant Harbour. Didn't think too much about it until I met his family one day; sister named Pearl and father named Sydney.
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and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
I heard of a “Chyna” (pronounces like China). Her parents went to China for their honeymoon and wanted to remember it or some such b******t. And yes, she was white.
Allison B 2 years ago
All I can think of is the 90s wrestler with that name. Little elementary school me had quite the crush on her. Hello early bisexual realization.
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Spring Gainer 2 years ago
This is going to sound like a lie, but when I worked for a HUGE insurance company, we had a policy holder's wife Name "Mi Suk C*x," swear to all that is holy. There was another woman who called in and had her boyfriend use his card to make a payment and his name was "Scott Shabot," I deadpanned "well, that's unfortunate" and had to mute the call because I couldn't stop laughing
SCamp 2 years ago
I taught two Thai girls one named Supaporn and the other Titiporn. Not making it up
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
That's not dumb names, that's names from a different language that you don't understand. Porn (or Phorn) means "Wish" in Thai. Supa means good or beauty or prosperity so something like blessed wish, beautiful wish or good wish. Titiporn means enduring blessing. Pretty sure my Dad worked with a Supaporn when he lived in Thailand but it was a guy (it's a unisex name).
Load More Replies... #21
I knew a pair of twin boys in elementary school named Freedom and Friendship.
Turnip and a Frog 2 years ago
Sounds like the names of those space shuttles they send to do science stuff in cosmos.
Rachel Reynolds 2 years ago
Thou-hadst-been-damned and If-Jesus-Christ-had-not-died-for-your-sins are also classic Puritan names.
Catharina Geerts 9 months ago
Wasn't there a cartoon movie about a dog and a fox with those names?
#22
Reality Winner.
Patrick McIntyre 2 years ago
When I first heard of that name I figured it was thoroughbred racehorse's name.
Catherine Graves 2 years ago
Years ago when working in the military, I met both Captain Canada and Sargeant Major.
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
In the book Catch-22, there was a character whose parents named him Major Major Major, so naturally when he got drafted and should have been a private, they made him Major Major Major Major instead
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Lola Rogers 2 years ago
I remember first seeing a headline about her, something like Reality Winner leaks NSA files, and I thought it meant that someone who won on a reality show had leaked NSA files.
Load More Replies... Jane Hower 2 years ago
My cousin is named Tommy - not Thomas, and so he had to deal with that at the Naval Academy.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
in reality, she was not a winner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reality_Winner
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Just watched Fools Paradise where the main character gets named "Latte Pronto" by accidental miscommunication.
#23
There was a woman who used to cut my hair named Secretia….like secretion.
Jane Cortez 2 years ago
There was also a woman who exposed her mother, ( a judge, years ago in the United States), named ‘secrete’ I believe? Evidently it was an ancient, (Greek?) perhaps?
#24
My wife is a teacher and she has siblings in class named Royalty and Majesty.
Upstaged75 2 years ago
A friend of mine who's a teacher once had a student named Majestic Fox. :)
Sleepy children love Moon 2 years ago
the poor child's parents must have gotten the idea from the Kahoot name randomizer
Load More Replies... UpQuarkDownQuark 2 years ago
It’s all fun and games until Majesty marries royalty (not Royalty) and becomes Her Royal Majesty, Queen Majesty.
Beck 2 years ago
Not an awful name in and of itself, just makes me think of the orange turd.
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David Brandel 2 years ago
I worked in an elementary school that had a classroom with three girls named Princess, Precious, and Blessings.
#25
Tyranny. The mother thought she had made it up. Said it sounded pretty. I think she spelled it Tiranni.
JP Purves 2 years ago
Don't worry, that will never happen, Lauren and Marjorie already have those jobs.
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PlatinumTheCat 2 years ago
There’s actually a kid in my school named that and I always think of exactly that when I hear her name
M Bow 2 years ago
Ryot, Annachi, and Liberty, thought Liberty is the only one who was given that name
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3 Trash Pandas (She/They) 2 years ago
I recently met someone named Tieranni. It’s actually not that awful of a name once you get used to it.
Kimberley Fisher 2 years ago
My daughter worked with a girl named, tearraneigh. Spelled just like that and pronounced tyranny. The girl’s parents claimed they named her that to, “get rid of the negative connotations of the word tyranny.” Because naming your child that changes the definition I guess? Also she was a bully who made fun of customers, refused to do her job and then threw a tantrum when she got fired after two weeks.
Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Let's make a blanket rule of NOT naming your kids words you "think you made up" aka urethra. Tyranny. ETC
#26
There is a dude in the Air Force named Dearly Beloved. S**t you not.
ShyWahine 2 years ago (edited)
We are gathered here today to get through this thing called life…
IrishGirl 2 years ago
Exactly what I was going to say! Even heard the organ and all!
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𝖊𝖜𝖔𝛋 2 years ago
I Dearly Beloved have gathered all of you dearly beloved ones so that I Dearly Beloved may marry these two beloved ones in front of you all dearly beloved ones.
Load More Replies... Patrick McIntyre 2 years ago
Once upon a time in the Air Force there was a brigadier general named Richard G. Head, or General D**k Head. No wonder he preferred to be called RG.
Lester the Space Duck 2 years ago
let's go crazy Let's get nuts Let's look for the purple banana Until they put us in the truck, let's go!
Mike_The_Nike (He They) 2 years ago
i imagine at their funeral: “and we gather today for our dearly beloved (reads paper) umm… dearly beloved…”
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Having Dearly Beloved as your first and middle names would be pretty bad, but having "S**t you not" as a surname makes it awful ;)
#27
I taught ESL in China. We had a little girl whose American name was Hamburger, and a pair of Twins named Copy and Paste. To be clear, they had normal Chinese names, but these American names also appeared on their passports. Their American names were chosen because their parents like how they sounded.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
My boyfriend and his family are Chinese. My boyfriend's dad's American name is Steve. XD
WilburTheHusky 2 years ago
That's a normal name at least, I knew a guy named Anakin
Load More Replies... Bec 2 years ago (edited)
In high school they had us pick names to use in class from the language we were learning - I guess this silly thing is/was common practice. 20+ years post highschool I know someone who is commonly known and called by his fake highschool language class name that is somewhat close to his actual name why?
mommamarmar 2 years ago
We did the same thing! I took four years of Spanish. The first two years we had to choose "real" Spanish names from a list so I was just "Lola." Third year I was La Torta Pirata (The Pancake Pirate), and fourth year I was Yo Soy Una Lancha Pbpbpbpb (I Am a Motorboat then the motorboat sound). The last name evolved to just the sound, and when I run into her now, she just points at me and makes the motorboat noise. (And she said I could have the motorboat name, but I had to put the sound on every assignment.)
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Hugh Crawford 2 years ago
Been there, done that. Sometimes the English teachers are having a laugh and suggest unusual names.
BarBeeGirl 2 years ago
We had a Chinese student live with us one year and he said his English name was Harry because he was always in a harry. His ESL teacher gave him this name
Ken Beattie 2 years ago (edited)
I remember my father talking with a bunch of guys from Hong Kong years ago. I remember them having interesting names and they explained it as "we have two first names our regular name and an English name". I don't remember any of them having *weird* names but they were often "ye olde English" type names that no one has used for 50 or 100 years.
GenderGander 2 years ago
I knew a teddy when I was younger. Not sure if she still goes by it now but it’s not an awful name
#28
Dracula. The parents were young meth heads and thankfully the nurses said Drake sounds much better and it's a short version of Dracula after the boy was born. Drake is alive and well, now 18 years old, parents quit the meth years ago, kinda still a messed up family.
JL 2 years ago
If that's the association people would make, I'd rather be called Dracula.
Load More Replies... Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
Drake still means dragon....as does Dracula. Glad the parents quit riding the dragon though.
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
and I bet they pronounced it "Drak-you-la" instead of "Dra-koo-la" like it's supposed to be pronounced >.>
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Very nice judgmental head-up-your-heiny blanket statement there. Eugenics for addicts. Yes, that's totally NOT what the Nazis did. Oh wait, that IS what they did. BTW, not every addict is some kind of a-hole who is on drugs because they WANT to be. Addiction is a terrible thing, and addicts do not deserve your condemnation just because they're addicts.
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#29
Lice. Pronounced “lih-say.”
Norman Biegner 2 years ago
A patient was asked how she pronounced her name - "Vah-Ge-Na". It was spelled vagina.
Cathy Carey 2 years ago (edited)
Like in the show "Wisting", his daughter's name is Line - Lee nah. Good show by the way is you like catch the killer shows.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I have a cousin named Elise, she used to be called "Lihsee". Wonder if the OP misheard a name?
#30
Latrina. Like...why?
Bec 2 years ago
The poster probably is, this sounds like a racist trope where the kid's name is Shithead pronounced Shith-eed, no, that never happened
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#31
A woman at my old bank was named Coral Reef. She seemed fine with it but what were her parents thinking.
Sonja 2 years ago
I think Coral alone would be a pretty name though. But without the Reef please
Coralinea 2 years ago
I mean... What can my not too far from real name nick name say but agree.
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Otto Katz 2 years ago
Our neighbor named her daughter Coral Reef! Her sister's name is Misty Dawn!
Nightshade1972 2 years ago
I once dated a guy whose name was Rolin (prounounced like "rolling" without the G) Thunder Thomas. Apparently he was conceived during a storm.
PlatinumTheCat 2 years ago
Isn’t Coral a real name, or are both of those first name, at first I thought it was first and last name
#32
There was a tv show a couple years ago and the midwife was desperately trying to convince the about-to-be parents to not name their child Syphilis.
Natasha Arruda 2 years ago
I named one of my hermit crabs Syphilis. The other two are Chlamydia and Gonorrhea.
Moezzzz 2 years ago
An old doctor I worked with years ago told me a story about a home birth he attended. This was in a small rural area of Mississippi back in the 50s (he's long dead now, though). Said the woman was illiterate but desperately trying to learn to read and found a medical book and picked the name Clymadea (chlamydia). The doctor very quietly let her know that this means a sexually transmitted disease. She was set on that name too. Also, there was a manager at the Burger King across from Natchez Regional hospital (it's now Merit Health) named Placenta.
Lynn Morello 2 years ago
I work at a Hospital, A few years ago, the Ward Clerk talked a woman out of calling her new born daughter Syphilis.
Hollie Nielsen 2 years ago
I worked in a public health clinic and we had a lady who named her daughter Chlamydia. We asked her and she said she saw it on the bus and thought it was pretty. And yes she understood it was a std just liked the sound of it. Of all the weird names I've seen that was the wildest
Susan Teter 2 years ago
I had a friend that named his dog Stain. He would let him out to do his business, then he would walk outside and yell at the top of his lungs....COME STAIN!!!
#33
KVIIITLYN. Kaitlyn
Nay Wilson 2 years ago
I remember reading this name in a magazine once and thinking it was ridiculous. I still think it’s ridiculous now
Richienotsorich 9 months ago
"Oh wow, what an unusual spelling of a name. You're so clever." Said no one ever meeting that family.
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
So many normal names are spoiled by bizarre spellings. What is with some parents?
#34
My mom used to work in a day care. One of the kids' was named Surprise Joyous Knight.
Yes, this is true, Mrs. Knight named her kid Surprise Joyous.
Grudge-holding Treefrog 2 years ago
That’s one way to tell your kid that they were an accident
Thomas Ewing 2 years ago
I wonder if any of these kids are going to complain about the internet making fun of their names later on...
#35
I went to gradeschool with siblings named America, Liberty, and Glory. As I'm sure anyone could guess—yes, I live in the Midwest.
Catte West 2 years ago
Worked for a photographer who did Senior photos. Filling out form for new client, asked her first name. 'Indy,"she says.. Middle name, I asked. Parents are snickering behind her. She sighs, does an eye roll and replies, "Anna." Parents are guffawing. As the girl turns a brighter shade of pink, parents add, "Indy Anna!". Get it? "Indy Anna!" Parents, your child is not a joke. Want to use a funny name? Get a cat. I had one named Lucy Phurr. And yes, she was a demon.
Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
A few girls at the school I teach at are named America. I live in the Pacific North West.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Naming your kids Liberty or Glory aren't so bad. It's again, naming with "virtue" names. But I wouldn't name my kid after a country. Especially if I lived in that country.
Mojo Flizash 2 years ago
Followed by MAGA, NRA (pronounced En-Ara) Proud Boy, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Trump.
Phillip Shepard 9 months ago
I once had patient who named her baby America Dawn, It turned out that was her grandmother's name. Practiced medicine in rural SW Virginia. There were men named Shirley and Beverly. The most odd was a hippie couple who named their girl Summer Poole Alger.
#36
Spatula. Edit to add: this was told to me by an ex-brother-in-law, who worked in a hospital. He overheard a woman chasing her child down the hallway, saying "Spatula! I have two words for you: Be have!" It was pronounced "bee hāve", as if behave were two words.
Andy Frobig 2 years ago
When my sister was little, my mother would tell her to behave, and she'd say "I'm being have!"
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
I'm not sure. The natural nickname would be "Spat" and that sounds horrible XD
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sassawrasse 2 years ago
Bee haive is def two words in the south. Also, you can be "bein' haive".
TiffChou28 2 years ago
I have heard about a kid being named Spatula too. I totally believe it's happened.
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
I have a stray cat that I adopted, that was named Spatula. IN THE SIMS.
#37
I once met a woman who named her sons Doral and Viceroy. I asked her, "like the cigarettes?" She said, "yes, those were my daddy's favorite smokes."
#38
My uncle went to school with a Rusty Mustard.
Bec 2 years ago
Went to school with a redhead named Rusty. I never thought much about it. Saw that his actual name on the course roster was Rusitn. Was the parents conversation, you can't name him Rusty, that's more of a nickname. Ok, but what if we name him Rustin like Dustin?
Kelly Hartle 2 years ago
I know a woman whose parents named her Ginger. Ginger's fine, but her last name was Snapp.
Rcktgirl05 2 years ago
I went to school with a Russell Potts who went by Rusty. I don’t remember thinking it was as tragic back then as some of these names are nowadays.
#39
Abcde…pronounced “ab-suh-dee.”
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Nope. https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/30/us/abcde-southwest-apologizes-scli-intl/index.html
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DM 2 years ago
I can’t say how I know these names, but I can 100% tell you due to my job I knew kids names given at birth and places on their birth certificates. ABCD was one, twins named Prince Blue and Princess Pink, Alukard (Drakula backwards), one kids was named after satan, lots of names with (-) in them like La-sha (pronounced ladasha), Labia (mother who had English as her second language but we told her what it meant in this country and she chose to keep it), soooooo many more just weird ones. So ABCDE I believe because I have seen ABCD with my own eyes in real life and not hearse.
Tiki Stanford 2 years ago
I have to spell my last name almost every single time I have an appointment or whatever. How many times these poor kids have to say their name, then spell it, only to have the clerk let out a chuckle, and say but no really, how do you spell it... over and over. So obnoxious, why would you want/do that to your kids?
John Legere 2 years ago
A b, cdb, l, mnob, osar (Hey Bea, see the bee, hell them am no bee, oh yes they are)
Clueless Panda 2 years ago
I tutored a little girl named Abcde years ago. Still blows me away 😄
Wick E. Scratch 2 years ago
My wife taught siblings a couple years apart - Orangejello (o-ron-jell-o) and Lemonjello (le-mawn-jell-o) .......
#40
I was grading state tests in nyc and graded an 8th grader who’s name was Daddy Yankee.
Jerusalem Cat Syndrome 2 years ago
You grade state tests and you don't know that it's "whose name"?
#41
Alucard. It’s “Dracula” backwards. No, I didn’t ask, but they were quick to tell me.
Sonja 2 years ago
It's used in at least one video game that I know of and the manga/anime Hellsing for respectively a vampire. And the Alucard in the manga/anime is meant to be the real Dracula
Zedrapazia 2 years ago
Probably someone who either likes Hellsing or Castlevania too much and had a child
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
'It’s one of the lesser-known failings of the vampire. No one knows why. It goes with having big windows and easily torn curtains. A sort of undeath-wish, you might say. However clever they are, they can’t resist thinking that no one will recognize their name if they spell it backwards.'
Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago
more frequent than you'd think, and they always think they're being so clever
Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago
I've seen it suggested as a name a lot for people looking for slightly spooky names for their children. they seem to think it's cleverer than it is.
#42
Pilot Inspektor.
Cydney Golden 2 years ago
Maybe inspired by Frank Zappa...Moon Unit, Dweezle and Diva.
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Jennifer Clayton 2 years ago
He might have well named him "my dad was on mushrooms when I was born...Lee."
#43
I knew a Christian family once who named their first two kids Blessed and Saved, then the rest had normal names.
Mary Peace 2 years ago
I've known ladies called Faith and Hope and Joy. It amused me to imagine them getting my surname, Peace (which I chose myself).
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Paula Pattison 2 years ago
Certain Christian sects often use this kind of name as do many African countries who adopted Christianity. I knew a family: Parents Blessed and Precious, children Sweetness and Beloved. It feels (to me) vaguely racist to make fun of these names.
Servali 2 years ago
I think the point was in the fact that the other kids didn't have names like that. How would you feel as a kid if your siblings were Sweetness and Beloved but you were Anne?
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Jane Hower 2 years ago
I've known families with Biblical names, Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, Sarah, etc
Elly Clifton 2 years ago
We knew a family who called their son 'God's gift son' - that was his first name. I wondered if their daughter was something like 'ordinary daughter' lol
Frank Hammer 2 years ago
If I had 3 kids, I'd call them Heyu, Youtoo, and Yaswell! It'd make calling them in for dinner easier
#44
I work at a civil war site. One of the Confederate generals was named States Rights Gist. That was his actual name. States Rights.
Lola Rogers 2 years ago
I thought he must have been a very young general, to have been named after a Confederate rallying cry at birth. I looked it up. He died in 1864 at the age of 33.
Christian Golden 2 years ago
He was one of a dozen Confederate generals killed in the Battle of Franklin, TN. Which made it a good day for the good guys.
Isaac Nemo 2 years ago
If he was old enough to be a general, the thing about states rights had to have been an issue 20-40 years before the Civil War then...? Wait, wiki rescue: "His name was based on the Southern states' rights doctrine of nullification politics of his father, Nathaniel Gist"
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Fun fact: Most people who think it's acceptable to fly the "Confederate flag" don't understand two things. (1) There was no Confederate flag. They're flying the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. (2) The "states' rights" they were fighting for was the mistaken idea that state laws only apply to residents. They wanted to be able to take their slaves into states that had laws against slavery, and have their ownership recognized.
OwenHasADHD 2 years ago
There actually was a confederate flag. Look it up, it looks a lot like the U.S. flag.
Load More Replies... UKGrandad 2 years ago
I thought this one may have been a nickname along the lines of 'Stonewall' Jackson, but, nope. He was named after his father's political beliefs. From Wiki: "His name was based on the Southern states' rights doctrine of nullification politics of his father, Nathaniel Gist. Nathaniel Gist was a disciple of John C. Calhoun and chose his son's name to reflect his own political sentiments."
#45
Scotthew. I worked in labor and delivery. We had a pair of stoners who couldn't decide between Scott or Matthew, so they just merged the two. Honestly, it's just one of many dumb ones I encountered.
Bec 2 years ago
It's not terrible. Worked with a Jennifred, named after her parents Jennifer and Fred.
Courtney 2 years ago
My older sister was almost named Sherika/Sherica/whatever after our mom and her dad's combined names.
Load More Replies... Nay Wilson 2 years ago
They couldn’t have named him Matthew Scott? First name and middle name?
#46
I work in a elementary school. Tesla, Success, Prosperity and Gospel (not related).
Tiffany Ducking B 2 years ago
We often call her Tes. I have never heard a negative comment and usually get compliments on her name!
Load More Replies... Tiffany Ducking B 2 years ago
My daughter is named Tesla. Definitely not after the band or car! Nikola Tesla was an amazing I center and genius.
Randy Klefbeck 2 years ago
I have a Syran (pronounced Siren). A few Ophelias but not going to tell them about the Shakespeare play nor the original Addams family relative (sister.....also played by the actress Carolyn Jones) of Mortica.
A.E.P. Face The muddy professor 2 years ago
You work in "a" elementary school??... please lmk "witch won" so that I don't send my kid there I wouldn't want him to get "an" bad grade for good grammar
meow point1 2 years ago
Maybe they were thinking of the scientist, but I think Newton, Nikola, or Albert for a boy or Marie for a girl would be better.
Rebecca Byers 2 years ago
That's why no one asked you. I also have a kid named Tesla. We chose the name because it is iconic and honors the strange and beautiful brain behind it. Nikola is a common name, as is Albert and Marie. Einstein and Curie would have been more obvious nods to the sources of inspiration. Years ago when we named her, Elon had not yet descended into full douchery. Guess we didn't see that coming.
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Dafinest.
Melfunction 1 year ago
Someone probably named their kid that, too. Le sigh.
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Ann Coffman 2 years ago
Pronounced "dah-vorst". Yeah, I kinda like it! Especially with a little sauerkraut and mustard.
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#48
I was entering in the name of a newborn for a customer, when looking at the list of all the other children, I saw one child with a first name of Boy. I had to look twice, but sure enough, the child’s first name was Boy. 😖
Kirsten Kerkhof 2 years ago
I had a student whose name was Boy. TBH the language here isn’t English so he kinda got away with it. That said, the name Femke or Famke (like the actress) means nothing more than ‘girl’ and is quite common here.
Richard Graham 2 years ago
I knew Boy. Tarzan and Jane found him in the jungle. Tarzan named him.
Neicie Pie 9 months ago
Can't remember the movie but the street Walker said her name was Famali. When asked about it she said her mother was a druggie with about 8 kids and when she filled in the birth certificate she put Female as the baby's first name.
Evelien Stijger Martens 10 months ago
I know a Boy and he is an adult. No problem, never heard anybody make fun of that.
#49
Handsome Stranger. . . Seriously. The kids legal first name was Handsome Stranger. He was named after his father.
#50
Coworker couldn't decide between Sarah and Cassandra so they named the baby Casarah. Also worked with a girl named Kahlua.
and_a_touch_of_the_’tism 2 years ago
Cassara doesn’t actually sound too bad
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Ok, I actually don't mind the sound of Casarah. Sure it's "made up" (but all names are) but it hits some key criteria, not hard to spell, clean identifiable sound and it rolls off the tongue. And more importantly doesn't have a dumb alternate meaning.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago
I don't know if that was the spelling, but I used to know someone with that name. it's not so bad.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago (edited)
No. Kailua is an area in Hawaii. There is a liquor called Kahlua. It is a rum-based coffee liqueur.
Load More Replies... A.E.P. Face The muddy professor 2 years ago
What's with these coworkers? Do you work in a strip club?
Names often carry a significant meaning, but some parents opt for ones that can be sources of ridicule. While discussing unusual children’s names on Reddit, the theme of nickname-related embarrassment naturally arises.
It is quite similar to situations where individuals have to endure awkward labels given by peers, making it essential to consider the long-term impacts of these decisions.
#51
Shy Ann; Tarantula.
barn owls ️ 2 years ago
I know someone named Shi-ann but she has a twin named Bri-ann so at least they match?
Marie Dahme 2 years ago
Being from Wyoming and seeing Shy Ann spelled this way is annoying. It’s spelled Cheyenne. A very large city for Wyoming.
#52
I rode the bus in high school with boy/girl twins named Clark and Candy Barr. On the same bus were four sisters: Mary Ann, Mary Catherine, Mary Patricia, and Mary Louise.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
My family owns a small business. For many years, we had two twin employees who were BOTH named "Santa Maria". That was their first name. Literally. They did not even have different middle names. Their parents had named both girls "Santa Maria". One of them went by "Santa" and the other went by "Mari". It was BATSHIT to me that their parents named them the SAME name XD Years later, Santa ended up naming her first daughter after my sister, which added an extra layer on the crazy.
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Kaylee. Spelled Kaiiylleeiygh.
Nay Wilson 2 years ago
Woah 😳 they’ve taken a nice name and made it a tragedeigh. 13 letters when it should have 6.
John Baker 2 years ago
A woman who used to work at my local Kroger was named K'la - pronounced 'Kayla.'
Maggie Fulton 2 years ago
That kid will be in college before she can manage to spell her own name.
Jude Corrigan 2 years ago
It's like they are ordering at a bar and say, 'Just chuck in a double of everything '😂😂
Sleepy Panda 2 years ago
Reminds me of Charlottes Webb when the goose is trying to spell a word and doubles each letter.
#54
"Moon unit" seems pretty out there.
John Baker 2 years ago
I don't know about Moon Unit, but Dweezil's real name is Ian. "Dweezil" is a nickname he gave himself when he was four, according to his mother, and that's what he's been called ever since.
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Chewie Baron 2 years ago
David Bowie’s son was originally named Zowie Bowie. Now he goes by Dylan Jones. Jones being Bowie’s original surname.
#55
Dijonaise.
#56
My brother played on a basketball team with a kid named Braxton Hicks. I wish I was joking 🫠
Upstaged75 2 years ago
I wonder if he would pretend he was going to shoot the basketball but then not actually do it for another few weeks? :)
René Sauer 2 years ago
Uhm, okay? Is there are a joke in here I don´t get? sounds pretty tame to me.
#57
I knew two kids named Wizdom and Knowledge.
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
Parents didn't have knowledge of the proper spelling of wisdom, perhaps?
#58
Danceless. Really!
Lynn Morello 2 years ago
A kid named Brain, mum sent the paperwork in it should have been Breian.
#59
Vyolence.
#60
Friend of a friend named his kids Indica and Sativa.
René Sauer 2 years ago
Well, If you don´t know that they are variants of weed (I didn´t know until I read the comments)... then Indica kinda works. Sativa still sounds pretty weird, though
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Well... better than Grape Kush or Alaska Thunderfuck, I guess.
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Jessa Duggar named her first kid Spurgeon (sic).
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
Right? I just watched "Happy Shiny People" documentary recently. Crazy stuff.
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Renegade 2 years ago
That doesn't make it ok to saddle your kid with cuch an awful name. They could have just gone with Charles.
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Me, Myself, & I 2 years ago
There is a character in one of the Anne of Green Gables books called Spurgeon.
#62
My bff from high school (who is a huge hippie) named her girl tyger jellybean Jardine.
#63
Cashley.
#64
Trivia for a girl. Nice girl. Terrible name.
gotham-panda 2 years ago (edited)
Trivia was a Roman Goddess actually. And crossroads were sacred to her, hence her name. Her Greek counterpart is Hekate. Parents could be mythology buffs, or Pagans. It's also pronounced Tre-vee-ah, not triv-ee-ah.
René Sauer 2 years ago
And how many people would actually know this stuff? 😂
Load More Replies... Michael Largey 2 years ago
"And what's your first name?" "Oh, don't worry about it. It's just Trivia."
#65
Shakalakah… my mom taught her back in like the 1st grade…. Then I had an ex drill instructor who was one of my coaches and they named their first son Sergeant Major… I f*****g cried for that boy
Steven 2 years ago
I went to basic training with a guy (sur)named Major. He was Private Major. I also knew an officer named Captain D**k. Yes, he got promoted and much mirth arose from his phone calls to our company.
Huddo's sister 2 years ago
There was a character in the tv series Catch 22 called Major Major, who then became Major Major Major
Load More Replies... Phil Green 2 years ago
Ex-military myself, I knew a Sergeant Sergeant, Harry Christmas and a chap called Balls, whose nickname was Harry.
#66
I know of a pair of twins in the Marshall Islands named "Rocket Brain" and "Lindborg Brain" Also another kid named "Cinderella Silk".
#67
Orange. It's not a translation or a nickname, but after the fruit itself. People keep thinking his name is George and he's just too young to pronounce it correctly but nope, his parents got their inspiration from the produce department.
Khall Khall 2 years ago
Kumquat is such a great word. Like they made a list of all the words to use for swearing and that one was left over so they repurposed it. Think about it, if you didn't know what it meant it would be an instant fight starter to get called that. 😂
Load More Replies... Matt Ronald Slater 2 years ago
One of the characters in one of my webcomics is named Orange I also have another character that I named Green. Why? They're eccentric characters. Why not give them eccentric names?
Chris D'Asta 2 years ago
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong is the name of an executive producer on Family Guy as well.
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Phil Green 2 years ago
His brother Pineapple, sister Potato and their new addition, baby Sanitary Pad.... I'll get my coat......
#68
A friend worked in medical records in a hospital and a couple named their daughter Velveeta Cheese Scott.
#69
I used to work in daycares and I’ve seen so many. The 2 that stand out are Master and Beaujanerous.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
I went to high school with someone everyone called "Master". His last name was Bates.
#70
One of the worst that comes to mind in recent times. Jizzelle The person's name was, honest to god, Jizzelle.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
It sure is. But when you spell it with the first four letters j-i-z-z, you're setting the kid up for tragedy, starting in grade school.
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#71
I knew a guy in elementary school named Piano.
#72
Venison. (Possibly spelled differently since I neglected to ask the woman screaming "Get over here Venison!" in a Big Lots.)
#73
Starberry.
soulless duck (she/her) 2 years ago
Sounds kind of pretty, for a colour or a fruit or something
#74
Riot…..should look good on the resume..
#75
Anyone remember Picabo Street?
Steven 2 years ago
She actually chose her own name when she was 3 and selected the name of a village near her hometown in Idaho. It means "shining waters" in a native American language.
Kim Kermes 2 years ago
I think her younger sibling couldn't pronounce her actual name, which I forget.
Igor914624 2 years ago
She is a ICU nurse now. She is not allowed to answer the phone at work... "Picabo, ICU"
#76
Quetzalcoatl after the Mayan snake god. He said his friends called him Q. Twin boys in elementary school named Knox and Knoll. Overhead someone named their daughter Willow because the dad caught a salmon at Willow beach the day before her birth.
Cupcake Kitten 2 years ago (edited)
I agree, I think the point was that it's a weird reason to have chosen the name.
Load More Replies... Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
Willow is a perfectly fine name. Knox and Knoll.. I think I can just about let pass, JUST, but.. Quetzalcoatl?! WTF?! was his family even Mexican/Guatemalan etc?
Lola Rogers 2 years ago
These names all sound fine to me. Certainly not as weird as all the others here.
Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago
Its funny because there's a Kaiju movie about Quetzalcoatl called "Q the flying serpent"
#77
Kar’tel
SheamusFanFrom1987 2 years ago
The Godfather is looking for you, Kar'tel. On the double, capeesh??!!!
#78
I grew up with a boy whose name was Tater Pitts.
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
Don't understand your downvote. Here's an upvote. 🙂
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Messiah. But spelled Ma'Syah.
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
Only the true Messiah denies His divinity!
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I knew a girl who’s first name was Summer and her last name was Summer.
Violet Bunny 2 years ago
I had a very good friend named Summer (now deceased), but her last name was different.
#81
Girl I was in HS with named Sparkle. Kid in my daughter's kindergarten class was named Legend.
#82
I work as a pizza driver and I have a regular named LaSonya. Lasagna.
shawn mckinney 2 years ago
Used to drive a school bus. Little girl told me her name was Laguana. I asked "Iguana"? She said "No! LUH-guana".
#83
Kal-El.
Cerridwn d'Wyse 2 years ago
I knew one of these two or a friend's son although they spelled it a little differently they spelled it like it was one word
#84
I met a kid named Nimrod once. I felt so bad for him.
Steven 2 years ago
In Genesis 10:8, Nimrod is noted to be a mighty hunter and a great man before God. I never understood how it came to be seen as an insult.
Sonja 2 years ago
Later extra-biblical traditions identified Nimrod as the ruler who commissioned the construction of the Tower of Babel, which led to his reputation as a king who was rebellious against God.In modern North American English, the term "nimrod" is often used to mean a dimwitted or a stupid person, most likely in relation to the biblical Nimrod building the Tower of Babel
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Girl I know named her kid Troxel.
#86
My dad told me once he interviewed a lady named Tinyneesha. Thought he was f*****g with me until I saw her working at food-4-less several months later.
#87
My first year of teaching I had a student with the last name Mahal. First name? Taj. Correct. Taj Mahal.
#88
my sister works as an obstetrician in Switzerland. Before moving abroad, she did an internship here in Italy, where we were both born. A couple was undecided wether naming their son "Domenico" or "Antonio". In the end, they decided to call him "Domenicantonio".
Daft Mosquito 2 years ago
Isn't it quite common in Italy to merge two names? At different times I've worked with Pierluigi, Giambattista, and Giansimone.
#89
townslee, yep. I heard someone scream “ TOWNSLEE GET OVER HERE!!! “ as I was sitting down eating at universal studios in Orlando florida in the summer of 2021.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
I'm betting that there are plenty of g's and h's in the parent's spelling of that name.
#90
Hold my beer! In Russia, they once tried to register the name "BOTCH rVF 260602" (A Human Biological Object of the Voronin-Frolov family, born on June 26, 2002)
#91
Dweezil.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
It's not his real name, though. His real name is Ian Donald Calvin Euclid Zappa.
#92
I was at an amusement park the other day and heard a mother calling for her daughter… J’precious… or maybe Japrecious… I don’t know the specifics, but that is what I heard.
#93
Worst names of people I know or their kids’ names-Sparkle, Princess, Justus.
#94
Cuthbert... I mean, who the f**k is called Cuthbert anymore?
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
Well at least it's a "legit" name, if old-fashioned. There is a St Cuthbert.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
One of Roland's childhood best friends, when Roland was still a young boy growing up in Gilead ;)
HoRace 2 years ago
…and his other friend Alain. They were quite the trio.
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#95
Seven.
SheamusFanFrom1987 2 years ago
Only way I am accepting this is if there is a Trent in front...
Natasha Arruda 2 years ago
Had a twin in the womb named nine but seven eight nine. I don't know why but I love the Barenaked Ladies song Seven Eight Nine. Lol.
#96
female orangejello lemonjello loser winner
Ansi 2 years ago
Maybe it was the second born twin? 😉 The first born was Winner.
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Blarrg 2 years ago
Read the rest of the list and tell me that the jello twins seem unlikely. Even if it started as an urban legend, it wouldn't surprise me if someone on hearing the legend said, "Hey..."
Load More Replies... SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
I've personally encountered the first two, so I'm in no position to doubt the rest.
#97
Khaleesi.
Kioh81 2 years ago
"The Khaleesi's are coming..." Just give it time... I've heard a whole slew of parents named their daughters that from my friends that work L&D.
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K W 2 years ago
Yes. And I'm pretty sure there are thousands of them in the US. Honestly it's a pretty name. I've known a few kiddos with it.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
In the TV show Game of Thrones, it was pronounced "call-lease-ee"/"khal-leece-ee", more or less.
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#98
Wayne Train. If you're out there Wayne, I think of you often.
Doug the Special one 2 years ago
Not much worse than Paul Hole. P.Hole , he had a difficult time at school.
Natasha Arruda 2 years ago (edited)
Had a friend named Kelly Hoff. Found out her dad was called Jack.
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I had twins in my first year of teaching and they were Alizé and Hennessy. Those poor kids!
Annik Perrot 2 years ago
Alizée is kind of common in France, ever since à famous navigator called his daughter so. It's the name of a wind. Here a name can be refused by the state "in the child's interest" if it's ridiculous or has bad connotations... or goes badly with the family name. There was a trial to decide if people called Renault could call their daughter Megane, like the brand's most popular car at the time.
#101
Gaylord.
Upstaged75 2 years ago (edited)
That's an old fashioned but very traditional name. From before the word gay had the connotation it does now. My mom has a childhood (1950's) friend named Gay. Unfortunately for her, her last name was Bender. ;) Although I think that was her maiden name, so she probably changed it after getting married. A Gay Bender could be someone's idea of a fabulous weekend. LOL!
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
It's probably an incredibly bad idea to name your child this now, but a long time ago, it wasn't all that uncommon, because gay simply meant "happy", so it was actually quite a cute name for a child. Basically "happy lord" but as time went on, gay, of course, began to have different connotations. (not that there's anything wrong with being gay of course, but there's always troglodytes in the world that will hate on us e_e )
#102
Candida 🤦🏽♀️😬
Lola Rogers 2 years ago
Well, yes, but Candida is a very common first name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candida_(given_name)
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
I was wondering if someone was old enough to remember this
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it's been a name for a long time, but it always makes me cringe, since it basically, is associated with a thrush infection by most people
smugdruggler 2 years ago
Seen this name a few times but it just makes me think of Candida albicans. That's the fungus that causes thrush infections.
#103
I know a girl who named her son "Cash".
Roan The Demon Kitty 2 years ago
I've known of a few people named Cash. (not personally, but I know that people have been named this)
Michael Largey 2 years ago
There was a book and movie named "Cash McCall", the name of the main character.
Isaac Nemo 2 years ago
I know at least two grown men, in 2023, with this first name. Doesn't even seem weird anymore.
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
My cousin and his wife named their son Cash. Both are musical and like johnny Cash's music. He is a teen and loves his name fortunately.
#104
Theres this kid named "LA World" at my job.
SheamusFanFrom1987 2 years ago
I think the only time LA is acceptable in a name is if the surname is Knight. Yeah!!!
#105
Chevelle and wouldn’t you believe it they got made fun of. Honorable mention Comfort.
John Baker 2 years ago
Names like Comfort, Prudence, Chastity and Patience were popular in colonial times.
RabidChild 2 years ago
Have great great great great aunts named Silence, Patience & Temperance. Yes, my ancestors were Quakers.
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AshTheArtist 1 year ago
I have a friend named Chevelle. She's actually really nice and funny, and her name has never been made fun of.
#106
Apple
#107
Omega.
#108
Stetson. Guess we’ve just resorted to naming kids after clothes.
John Baker 2 years ago
Stetson is a legitimate name, but it's a last name, not a first name. Of course, using surnames as given names isn't exactly a new thing.
#110
I was on a beach in Cyprus when I heard a mother call out to her kid in a think northern accent “Mozart, nooo” who’d call their kid Mozart 🙈
#111
Anakin.
#112
Aragon. She didn’t even spell it right.
SkyBlueandBlack 2 years ago
Probably the region of Spain. It's where Henry VIII's first wife was from.
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Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
My name is Crystal. I was named after a chandelier. (Parents couldn't think of a name for me when they were adopting me at birth, so they called my grandma, who looked up at her bedroom chandelier and suggested "Crystal".) I got teased relentlessly about my name by other kids in grade school and middle school. If kids teased ME for "Crystal", they're going to be BRUTAL to some of these other poor kids :/
Tee Rat 2 years ago (edited)
What weird kids make fun of Crystal? If your last name was meth I could understand.
Load More Replies... John Baker 2 years ago
This one might be hard to believe, but, unfortunately for the poor girls in question (who are now adults), it's true. I went to high school back in the late '60s with a guy with the last name Sweet. He and his girlfriend were very straight-laced and conservative, the kind of teens that just don't exist anymore. They were forty when they were sixteen, if that makes sense. Anyway, after graduation, they got married, as we all knew they would, and over the course of the next several years, had three daughters. Their names? Really, Truly and Always.
Unnamed Hooman 2 years ago (edited)
I know a guy named Mike Miketon. Greatest name ever. EDIT: I also knew a girl whose first name was Shy Angel.
Lord of the laserprinter. 2 years ago
Giving kids stupid names is not allowed here, thankfully. Having said that there was a guy I knew called „Adolf Schidler“
Ben Stubbs 2 years ago
True story, This was on Radio 1 (most popular radio station in the UK). Star Wars 1 (Phantom Menace) had just been released. The DJ was talking about the influence of pop culture and childrens names. He gave the examples of how "Jack" and "Rose" had become very popular since the release of Titanic, and how in 1977 following the release of Star Wars, "Luke" became popular. During the show, he received a fax ... "I wish I was called Luke. From Jabba the Smith" x
liam newton-harding 2 years ago
Capt. Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fradatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache (1884-1917). The first Tollemache is not pronounced the same way, as the second, and the third is not pronounced the same way as the fourth.
The Doom Song 2 years ago
Those poor kids. I dunno but alot of them sound like stripper or porn names
Marinasongs1432 2 years ago
Elizabeth Holme’s daughter- Invicta. Latin for victory, but what is with celebrities and these names?
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
My name is Crystal. I was named after a chandelier. (Parents couldn't think of a name for me when they were adopting me at birth, so they called my grandma, who looked up at her bedroom chandelier and suggested "Crystal".) I got teased relentlessly about my name by other kids in grade school and middle school. If kids teased ME for "Crystal", they're going to be BRUTAL to some of these other poor kids :/
Tee Rat 2 years ago (edited)
What weird kids make fun of Crystal? If your last name was meth I could understand.
Load More Replies... John Baker 2 years ago
This one might be hard to believe, but, unfortunately for the poor girls in question (who are now adults), it's true. I went to high school back in the late '60s with a guy with the last name Sweet. He and his girlfriend were very straight-laced and conservative, the kind of teens that just don't exist anymore. They were forty when they were sixteen, if that makes sense. Anyway, after graduation, they got married, as we all knew they would, and over the course of the next several years, had three daughters. Their names? Really, Truly and Always.
Unnamed Hooman 2 years ago (edited)
I know a guy named Mike Miketon. Greatest name ever. EDIT: I also knew a girl whose first name was Shy Angel.
Lord of the laserprinter. 2 years ago
Giving kids stupid names is not allowed here, thankfully. Having said that there was a guy I knew called „Adolf Schidler“
Ben Stubbs 2 years ago
True story, This was on Radio 1 (most popular radio station in the UK). Star Wars 1 (Phantom Menace) had just been released. The DJ was talking about the influence of pop culture and childrens names. He gave the examples of how "Jack" and "Rose" had become very popular since the release of Titanic, and how in 1977 following the release of Star Wars, "Luke" became popular. During the show, he received a fax ... "I wish I was called Luke. From Jabba the Smith" x
liam newton-harding 2 years ago
Capt. Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fradatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache (1884-1917). The first Tollemache is not pronounced the same way, as the second, and the third is not pronounced the same way as the fourth.
The Doom Song 2 years ago
Those poor kids. I dunno but alot of them sound like stripper or porn names
Marinasongs1432 2 years ago
Elizabeth Holme’s daughter- Invicta. Latin for victory, but what is with celebrities and these names?
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