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Parents should work hard at choosing a name for their child. It can impact the baby's life well into adulthood, too.

"There is a reason why baby name books are extremely popular," said David Figlio, who at the time was the Orrington Lunt Professor and Dean of the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University.

"We're always trying to think about the first bit of a child's identity and so if we as a society pay a lot of attention to names it makes a lot of sense that people's names might influence how they think about themselves and the way in which people might think about them."

But things don't always go to plan. Researchers discovered that one in seven parents admit they made a "terrible mistake" with the name they chose for their child.

In an attempt to find out what they sound like, we discovered a thread on Reddit, started by a person who goes on the platform by the nickname PlsDontBanMe. They asked everyone "What name screams 'my parents don't like me?" and got over 4,000 answers.

#1

“My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard There was a girl in my high school named Chastity. She didn't even know why it was ironic when she got pregnant at 16.

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Me
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2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was once neighbour to a regilious youthgroup in a hostel in Nicaragua. I remember Chastity, Prudence and Charity... they partied like there is no tomorrow and gossiped nonstop when the leaders of the group where not around

Snazzy Smurf
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Like Catholic school kids or the preacher's or pastor's kids.

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Snazzy Smurf
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As long as her last name wasn't Belt, she was good.

Carlos
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In some spanish speaking countries in the caribbean the name Usnavi is used. The meaning of it ? Its what the parent's would read on the huge boats coming to their shores "U.S Navy"

T'Mar of Vulcan
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sonny & Cher's son's name was Chastity before he transitioned. Now his name is Chaz.

The Short Lady
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Around here.they keep naming kids Chasity. I think they're just too badly educated to spell chastity correctly.

Ese
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My cousin's name is also Chasity.

Amanda Rose
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I knew a girl who had that same name in high school. I also knew a girl who had the name Khaki, as in the color.

Boots
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ohhh and I thought I was the only one that remembered a "Chastity" in high school that got knocked up. :O

Bill Clinton
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can’t say her parents didn’t try

Grace Knowlton
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2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I knew a girl named Charity Cross her middle name was Carrie and her sister was Faith hope cross

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    #2

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Met a girl called Constance Paine. Really had to wonder what her parents were thinking.

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    Snazzy Smurf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like her mom was trying to tell her something.

    Kaye
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I worked at the DMV, an 18-year-old came in to have her name legally changed from Marijuana Cocaine. That poor child.

    Evolbeky
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Geeze. How was that even allowed to happen??

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    Jared Robinson
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Moms a bit bitter about the pregnancy I see.

    BoredPossum
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where I live, the name must be approved by some kind of office to make sure it is a real name and not a bad word or something. Plus, we can't name people words. I mean come on, where does it end? "Synchronised swimming team training Jackson?"

    Sans Serif (Sans)
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A former ex tried to change her name (Sandra ******) to Cruella Deville (wondering why she's an ex?). The court wouldn't allow it so, she went with Arizona Deville... 8-(

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    Shesa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact...Paine is "Pressure" in finnish :-D

    LizzieBoredom
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She has a brother named Perpetual Disappointment.

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    Elio
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a judge on The Simpsons named Constance Harm.

    Seadog
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Came across one this weekend. Shithead (pronounced shi theed)

    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard a story from Denmark where the parents wanter to call their daughter Gylle which in Denmark means manure (from pigs). They claimed it was a common name in the counrty they immigrated from, but imagine the poor girl living in Denmark. Luckily it was not allowed.

    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mom probably thought of it during a particularly grueling labor and delivery.

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    #3

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard XæA-12

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    Lydsylou
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Their other kids are Exa dark sidrael and techno mechanicus. Surprisingly, the kids musk has with other women have pretty average names

    tw 72
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All of those kids will be so messed up...

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    Snazzy Smurf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is straight up child abuse. I wouldn't be surprised if at 18 at 2 file to change their names. Those could have been cool nicknames, but nope....

    zububonsai
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, I already see myself cackling over the news that on his 18th birthday a rebellious XaeA-Xii walks into his local court house at 8a.m. sharp and demand his name changed to one like Michael/John/Ron.... Just to treat himself and Out. Of. Spite. and it will be driving his parents mad....

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    Nicole Weymann
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's pronounced "You there! Yes, you with the strange name!"

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    Multa Nocte
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell me your parents are trying to get attention.

    anthonycarey24
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    High school girlfriend...Della Ware. True story

    Lynn Gardenhire
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is on her stomach? That does.not look like stretch marks.

    xolitaire
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With the X as the first letter I always assumed it was pronounced "Shay" or something? But no, it's "ash". How do you get "Ash" from THAT?

    DC
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least, they won't have any problem in financing the transition to civilized names...

    featherytoad
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Another reason teachers need a raise.

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    #4

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Phelonie - that poor child.

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    megabeth
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew some kids in HS that named their kid Felonie. They thought it was funny bc she was born before the Mom was 18. Sweet kid too. Poor thing.

    Auntriarch
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thing is, if you didn't know the meaning, it's a pretty sounding name

    Marcellus II
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aw, that's Incestina's little sister.

    Kat Lyle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ok, so I first read that as fe-low-knee. Then wondered about pronunciation so came to the comments. Poor kid.

    Philly Bob Squires
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Propecia! Echinacea! get your asses over here!

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Careful there. If you name the next one Alopecia, Will Smith gonna slap you upside the head.

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    #5

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard I know several. Used to work in a jail and we had a regular inmate whose first and middle names, legally, were Baby Boy. Spring Green (first name, last name) also came in frequently. My mom worked with a doctor…Doctor First…Doctor Safety First. But don’t worry, his parents didn’t just hate him - his sister was named Ladies.

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    Trillian
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    a) how is that legal and b) why didn't they change that as soon as they were able?

    XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because sometimes people don't hate their names as much as you assume 🤷‍♀️ Just because you don't like it doesn't mean they won't. Don't get me wrong, I think some of these names are just silly, but my parents named me Xanthippe so who am I to judge. I also don't hate my name.

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    Me
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a joke it's fine.. as a name.. oh my

    Rilmar
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    Baby Boy and Baby Girl are the default names given to babies when parents fail or refuse to name them, I remember reading somewhere

    Vix Spiderthrust
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, that's what they'll put on the hospital file if a child isn't named when it's born. I saw one once where nobody had ever changed the middle name so the kid ws down as Pheobe Girl [Jones]. Not Phoebe. Pheobe.

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    JayhawkJoey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knew someone named Female (pronounced fee-mali). Her mom thought the hospital named her kid.

    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Her mum was to dumb to have kids

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    Spring is an alright man with their last name being green

    Jo Davies
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like South African names, we get a few....

    ॐBoyGanesh
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve said it here on BP for these name posts before, but I legitimately 100% know a Benjamin Dover. That he, too, is also a cis gay male has made for hilarity at his expense or utter incredulity that is his name.

    BPisaddictive
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A cousin of mine dated a guy named Cielo Stellato (italian here). Cielo means Sky and Stellato means Starry (Starry Sky because of different grammars)

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    #6

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard I had a neighbor with a little girl named Commodity. i dont think she disliked her kid, she was just really dumb.

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    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know someone whose middle name is Euthanasia.

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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perfect for a culture that features arranged marriages. Otherwise, quite misogynistic.

    Violet Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heard a story about a woman who was pregnant during the time of JFK's assassination and funeral. She watched (or listened to, not sure which) the funeral, which, being a Catholic service, was held in a cathedral. Apparently the phrase "cathedral rotunda" caught her ear, and she ended up naming her daughter that.

    Mint Sauce
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's what we all end up as so may as well give her a heads-up.

    LJ
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "a useful or valuable thing, such as water or time." -Websters dictionary

    Lee Justice
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a nice sounding word, if you don't think about the meaning

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    #7

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Abcde-supposedly pronounced Absidy. Some might remember that this made the news a few years back.

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The airline staff who thought it was an error on the ticket and the mother got offended that somone could make fun of her child’s ”name”

    Definitely a Human
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    You don't use quotation marks there. It's her actual name.

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    Kira Okah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Abcde is going up in popularity, there are quite a few kids with that name.

    Clueless Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I taught a little girl with this name in the early 2000's. I can only imagine how irritated she was when her name made the news with another kid!

    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good luck pronouncing the name of the.next younger sibling, Fghij

    Amy Manning
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a child in one of my classrooms with this name. I felt so bad for her. She had to constantly tell people how to pronounce it.

    Seadog
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sssst pronounced Forest (4 S -t)

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    #8

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard I once met a little girl named Tilapia. I swear I’m not making this up.

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    Mycroft1967
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Seems a bit fishy. Could've named her Gil-da.

    Barbara Schubert
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What were Paltrow and Martin thinking when they named their daughter Apple? Were they both high the night she was born?

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    #9

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard i knew three guys from school and their parents were a******s. parents had klan stuff up in their living room on display and everything. they gave all of their kids names that started with A, and middle names that started with S, so their full initials would be A.S.S. they thought it would be hilarious, and proudly commented on this often. needless to say i felt bad for those kids. who gives all three of their kids those initials, let alone one of them?

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you are mentally a child yourself you should not raise kids

    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    if you have klan stuff up in your living room you should have the child protective services called on you, too. Racist bigots who support that kinda thing should not be allowed to raise children to be the same as them.

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    Snazzy Smurf
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I see two parents residing at Paradise Hills Nursing Home for that stunt because I see payback in their futures.

    lonely miso
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well I mean my initals were accidentally ASL (don’t pronounce it like a word, sounds like a**hole)

    Jumping Jellyfishes
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Harry Potter named his son Albus Severus Potter, giving him the initials, ASP. Not sure JK thought that one through

    Seadog
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Due to things not being such an issue back then, a friend name their daughter. Her initials got worse once she made it to college S.T.D.

    Candy Sheppard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went for naming son after the father by way of initials A.R.S. Esquire Jerk wasn’t there for anyone but himself

    Laura Williams
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They were explaining what they were.

    Pollymere
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband went to school with people whose initials were NEW and BMW. They were twins...

    Brainmas
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is royally f'd up. Poor kids.

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    #10

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Thurman Murman

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    JB
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good name for a Murloc!

    NetworkMan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, so if I kill him, I can expect to find a simple dagger and 3 copper?

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's from the movie "Bad Santa". Not actually a name someone in the real world is lumbered with (we hope)

    Benita Valdez
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's definitely possible. Thurman Munson was a popular baseball baseball player

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    Jaya
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great name! For a fictional character, not for an actual human who has to live with it.

    Peter Ledoux
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It should be illegal to give kids stupid, odd, and what will be a life of name calling.

    Ozymandias73
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kid's name in the movie Bad Santa.

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    #11

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard If their first name is the same as their last name. William Williams, Michael Michaels, Daniel Daniels, Glen Glenn, John Johnson, etc.

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    Lydsylou
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know a Christopher Christy

    Tim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Everyone in New Jersey does too.

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    Jayne Brown
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Twins - Pearl and Sydney. Surname Harbour.

    Bridgett Haney
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom babysat kids when they were younger and their uncle was named Harvey Harvey Harvey.

    The Other Guest
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a sci-fi author named Thomas T. Thomas. His middle name isn't Thomas; it's Thurston, which is arguably worse. (Apologies to any Thurstons out there.)

    PolymathNecromancer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thurston isn't a bad name. I would choose Caractacus if I changed my name. I love it <3

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    Shannon Mallory
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My high school chemistry teacher was Rob Robb

    Mark Stewart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a well known Australian craniofacial surgeon called Dr David David.

    Firefly1617
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know a John Johnson. He's a teacher

    Biofish23
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know a John Johnson who is a doctor.

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    MaryHadaLittleLamb
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brother was friends with a kid named Harold Harold Harold. No lie.

    Carrie Laughs
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well known in literature... Humbert Humbert from Lolita.

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    #12

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Velveeta

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats cheesy 😉 (I’ll show myself out)

    Andy Cran
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not having that product here in UK (that I'm aware of).... I'd think that was toilet paper,if it wasn't for "calcium" and "slices" bit

    glowworm2
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not even good or "real" cheese in my opinion.

    ANTIVICTORIA
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was the name of one of the Fox News anchors in the hilarious film,"Idiocracy".

    Peter Ledoux
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just hope it was a girl. Huh, like the cheese?

    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup. A boy would be called Velveeto.

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    Rob Chapman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Were the sibling's names Colby, Swiss, and Cheddar? Those old enough to remember the classic Velveeta commercials will understand

    Philly Bob Squires
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please try a Ritz with Velveeta, it's not so Gouda... it tastes much sweeta!!

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    #13

    Anything ending in -aiden, using an "X" in place of "cks" (Jaxon vs Jackson), intentional misspelling of names, forcing the kid into a life of correcting the pronunciation of a name that is easy to pronounce when spelled normally, and really just anything stupid that they named a kid because it's "unique".

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    IvyWall
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I interviewed a young lady with Mle written as the first name. I was thinking Mm-leh Nope. It's pronounced M L. E (Emily).

    Nightshade1972
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's an older chat platform called IRC. Back in the day, there was a nine-character limit on the nickname you chose (they've since raised it to 12). When it was still only nine characters, a friend of mine lamented that he couldn't have the nickname PublicEnemy. I said, "Sure you can--PublicNME." He immediately changed his nickname, and kept using the new one for years. :-)

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    Jaya
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't see the problem, you can just introduce yourself as "Jackson with an X", easy enough. And it looks cool, without being a very weird name. Everyone keeping the same old boring names, is boring as hell. If everyone did that, we'd still have the same boring names 20 centuries later, how dull is that.

    Pamela Blue
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um. Yes we DO have some names from that far back, and they're lovely names. It might be a fun game to the parents, but they don't think about their child growing up, and having to spell out their name EVERY-SINGLE-TIME.

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    HardieBoysMama
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My name is a popular 80s girls name typically ending in -ey, where mine ends in -ee. Not a huge tragedeigh, but annoying that it's always, ALWAYS spelled incorrectly. Even worse? My married last name is commonly spelled ending in -y, and we spell ours -ie. Gotta spell both names now 🫠

    Marilyn Holt
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes---Ann is a good name but my friend's parents spelled her name :Ahhn". Just why?

    Melissa Powell
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom named me Melissa. Not only that name but left handed. I first day of school, teacher asks me what I was called I said Melissa. Teacher Tells my mom. Melisa is going to be right handed. My mom said “No she is not”. Big argument. I am still a lefty. I am 85. The name Melissa is now getting popular. I was about 47 when I met a little girl named Melisa.

    Negatoris Wrecks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate this so much. When I lived in a white conservative area near a military base, all the boys in my kids class had "en" names, the girls were all Reagan, Isabelle, or Nevaeh. 20 kids with the same names

    Bored something
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    C8lyn for Catelyn and Na-a instead of Natasha are ones I remember hearing of.

    Grace Knowlton
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My nephew is Xxaiden lmao 🤣 😂 😆 💙

    Jerry Mathers
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Deron (pronounced Darrin) Williams of the NBA. I detest people that spell a name wrong and then insist it is something else. I know how to pronounce words. Your dumb butt decided to ignore the rule of the language and sentenced your kid to a lifetime of correcting people all so you can be unique. Signed marque (pronounced Roger). See how dumb it is.

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    #14

    Elon Musk’s kids’ names are a joke.

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    Lydsylou
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Viviann, Nevada, Damian, Griffin, X æ a-xii, Exa Dark Sidræl, Techno Mechanicus, Saxon, Kai, Strider and Azure

    Danish Susanne
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are they actually names. They remind me of a shop I sometimes frequent where it says 365 on the sign above the door.

    Kira Okah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most are completely normal. The recent ones, well, I can't speak for Techno Mechanicus, but the other two were named by their mother, Grimes.

    Grace Knowlton
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard that they had to change a couple of names do people could actually pronounce it lol 😆

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    #15

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard I am the third of four boys My mother really wanted a girl and when she was pregnant with me she pinned all her hopes on me being a girl. This is before sonograms were common. When I came out a boy she named me Curt. Not Curtis or Kurt, Curt. Which means rude.

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    Multa Nocte
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have to stretch at this one being a bad name. I've known a number of Curt's over the years and none of them have ever had an issue with the name.

    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It the REASON behind why he was named that and not the name itself why its bad. Smh.

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry that your mother value her children only by if they stand or sit when they pee 😢

    DrBronxx
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Grasping at straws here. That's a normal name.

    Forrest Hobbs
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, yes, but also Curt is an alternate spelling of the name Kurt which began as a short form of Conrad.

    Kandice Heiple
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was in high school I dated a guy named Joe Ed. Not Joseph Edward

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    #16

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Gunner. Not Gunnar like the Scandinavian name, or Günther like the Germanic version, but Gunner like the English word for a person who is shooting at someone.

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    LOL somone saw the expendables and missunderstood the name

    WindySwede
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We also the name 'Gun'. Mainly a womens name.

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    Heather Talma
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew a Hunter with a little brother named Gunner and a baby sister named Bow. I am dead f*cking serious.

    Max Fox
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the British Royal Artillery, "Gunner" was (is?) the equivalent of "Private" in the infantry (Bombardier = Corporal). In the old bombers with multiple crew members, the ones that manned the guns also had titles which included "Gunner", along with where the position was (Ball Turret Gunner, etc).

    Kat Lyle
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did the parents support Arsenal?

    krysten Catlin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sons name is Gunnar. I spelled it that way after the Gunnar the infamous Viking. Unfortunately, some people (including his great grandmother) call him GOO-NAR. Lol

    Hokuloa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that is the “proper” pronunciation, no? Like the name!

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    StretcherBearer
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Little known sub clause of the 2nd Amendment: the right to saddle children with stupid names.

    Debby Keir
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's gunner hate it when he grows up.

    Paul Morris
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the Australian nickname Gunna, because he's gunna do this and he's gunna do that but he never gets around to doing anything.

    lonely miso
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m pretty sure the grade above my grade at my school has 2 Gunners because the board once said “Gunner C” and next to it “Riley” so that means they have to differentiate.

    LJ
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    wait... I know someone named Gunner

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    #17

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Nevaeh

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they always tell you it heaven spelled backwards

    Annymoose
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And when you ask them why they blue screen

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    Lydsylou
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a really sweet name I think I just don't like the fact that it's literally.heaven backwards.

    Mabelbabel
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's wrong with name Heaven? Why does spelling it backwards make it a better first name? Heaven as a first name is quite pretty, although Valhalla would be even better.

    GlitterPanda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's just as bad as a kid I met named Alucard (Dracula spelled backwards)

    caro
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    alucard is a character from the anime hellsing

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    Suby
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First time I heard it I thought it was Nivea. Who names their kid after lotion?

    Violet Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually met a woman named Nivea once. I had the same thought.

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    Midoribird Aoi
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Know a very nice girl with this name.

    Silre
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my god I hate that name so much!

    Alpacas_Are_Life
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know several Nevaehs. Could be a lot worse.

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    #18

    Newt Gingrich. Imagine having a baby, looking down into its precious face, and saying deadpan to the nurse, “Newt Gingrich. Put that on the birth certificate.”

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    Fred L.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, the original is using Newt but is named Newton. And using surnames for a second name is a perfectly normal tradition. That being said, the main problem here is not the name itself but being named after this sorry excuse of a human being.

    Jane Doe
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    but also that name being the same as a lizard.

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    DrBronxx
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree, it's not a very good name, but "Newt" is not his actual name. It's Newton. So this condescending post is a bit cringey.

    Babs McGurk
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Admit it, it's not the name you dislike (because his name is actually NEWTON), it's the man himself.

    Alpacas_Are_Life
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always think of a small lizard when I hear the name Newt.

    Paul Gerrard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Callum Murray. Ideal with chips and tartar sauce

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    #19

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Going with Chinese dialect of Hokkien here.. Someone named their child "Siew Kia" which isn't a bad name or anything in the language/dialect.. but the family name was Yao (and in Chinese names, the family name comes first) This made the poor sod "Yao Siew Kia" which meant "baby beast" (or small animal not in a good way and is used as a derogatory term and swear word in Hokkien) Poor guy

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    SheamusFanFrom1987
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I concur, because Hokkien is my mother tongue and the literal translation for Yao Siew Kia means "Demon child" aka naughty, nasty kid.

    Samantha Mannion
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank you for explaining why that's a bad name for those of us that don't speak the language

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    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I may be wrong, but I was once told that "ben" means "idiot" or "fool" in (I think) Mandarin? and when you put it together as "bendan" it can mean "stupid spawn" or something? Because I knew a guy who was Chinese, I do not remember his chinese name, but his english name was Benjamin Daniel. It was him who told me about the translation of ben/bendan so I do wonder if his parents did that on purpose, or if he was messing with me. xD

    Kira Okah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    笨蛋 - bèndàn, lit. stupid egg - is indeed an insult. Whether they were named Benjamin for that reason I don't know.

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    Xenia Harley
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have to also think, as a parent, which culture you are living in when you name your child, I think. Had a boy named Aswad, (I forget the spelling, exactly). Other kids were merciless! (This was in the USA, they were American.) Sweetest person I ever met, though!

    Pollymere
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our child's name came out as meaning aubergine. We changed the second part obviously 😂

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    #20

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard “First Name” Junior never felt right with me. Feels narcissistic to name your child the same as yourself. It’s like he’s never gonna carve his own identity he’s always gonna be known as an extension-sequel of you

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    Igor914624
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am the fifth generation with the same name. It caused confusion with creditors and such for years. But I wouldn't have it any other way. It was really funny when the Army tried to digitize all the BUPERS files while I was in. Suddenly I had stuff on my service record from the battle of Gettysburg.

    FaceTime Audio
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cousin is a “The third”. I think he HAS to keep up the streak. His name allows for many nicknames, though, so that’s good. My culture doesn’t do naming after the living (it’s taboo, some consider it akin to wishing the person death), so it’s strange to me, but also can be cool.

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    DrBronxx
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I disagree. Of all the people I know who have the same names as their parents, including my brother, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, etc., none of them have ever been thought of as an extension of their parents. They are/were all their own people.

    Lydsylou
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We've got a name that's been used for 5 generations of our family. Both my uncle and brother use it as a middle name but my great grandad is both junior and senior because his son and father use the same name

    Kobe (she)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get that - and I find it may be great to have a tradition like that - yet as a middle name. I knew a Leo sr and a Leo jr. While Leo jr. did not hate his name and had his own personality and so ... in the end, he would rather have had a different name.

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    DamnBecky
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Im the 9th in a direct line. My mom, her mother, her mother etc, we all have the first name. Its special, unique and it makes me feel connected with the women in my family when their names are so rarely passed down. Yes, there has been some pressure of "You have to have a daughter to pass the name down" which is kinda refreshing from the traditional "you have to have a son" convos you normally see but not enough for me to freak out. I see nothing naracissistic about the naming convention, we are all our own people.

    Stephanie Did It
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree! I am a sixth generation Josephine. I have a portrait of the first Josephine in our line, in the 1800s, a photo on porcelain.

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    Catharina Geerts
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And worse, *only* Junior as a first name. Gives the impression as if the bearer is still a child. Imagine being an old man with a load of grandkids - and still be called 'Junior'! Brrrrr

    Nightshade1972
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Years ago, I needed PT/OT for a broken elbow. The guy who was helping me introduced himself to me as David, but his business cards, and the hospital website, listed him as Firstname D. Lastname. Turned out that all the males in his family shared the identical first name and last name, only their middle names were different, so that's how they preferred to be addressed, to avoid confusion.

    Stephanie Did It
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live in an area where there is a cultural tendency to name a child after his dad and then the kid grows up known as "Junior." Not by his first name, just Junior. My granddaughter just became Mrs Junior and I had to ask what his real name was!

    Scary Laugh
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandparents gave my Dad the same name as his Dad and then realised it was a dumb idea, so before he was a few months old they started calling him something else, he only found out his real name when he was a teenager and was applying for his first passport. It did make it handy to cut off salespeople who called, "Hi, can I speak to [first name]" when he NEVER used that name.

    Shelby Moonheart
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have three older bothers, I'm a girl. My dad didn't want any of the boys named after him because he didn't want a Junior. When I was born my mom convinced him to name me after him. I have the feminine version of my father's name.

    Eva-Katherine Smith
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I new a lovely girl who was named Anna-Maria XXXXX Junior by her horribly abusive narcissistic mother. Happy ending though she got excepted into her dream university 6 hours away and changed her name to Daisy XXXXX after her hero of a grandmother.

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    #21

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Renesmee. Coworker’s granddaughter was named that.

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    xolitaire
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Noooo not the CG child kill it with fireeee

    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guessing the mum was 16

    meow point1
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It sounds like a cross between Renee and Esme.

    Sheena Leversedge Wood
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I genuinely saw this in a facebook local selling group. someone was selling something, like a childs bed or similar, and someone tagged their friend saying it would be good for Renesmees room. I mean, come on, surely we all laughed at the terrible name when we read it. SURELY people didn't think, oh, that;s a name I'll call a future child.

    lonely miso
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m reading twilight and I accidentally saw the spoiler. Stupid child name. Renee or esme and you name it Reneesme.

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    #22

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Mune

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    Rostit. .
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aita thread from yesterday

    FatKidShakeDown
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She was definitely the a*****e. Put it on a blanket and everything.

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    Multa Nocte
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What kid of stupid, pathetic, narcissistic moron would do something as stupid as . . . . Oh wait. I just remembered who.

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Frank Zappa named his daughter "Moon Unit". She goes by the nickname "Moon".

    New Everywhere
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just got the joke from Dr. Evil omg "Moon Unit Alpha and Moon Unit Zalpa"

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    Saturn The Furry S/T
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s actually a really good movie, maybe the parent liked it? I do understand it has different interpretations in other languages

    Bryn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    go back to yesterday on BP, there's a copied reddit post from AITA about it

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    #23

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Any name that's written using their syllabic pronunciation. I know of a kid whose name is Kahydiynn. Like what the f**k?

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    JB
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a new kind of tragedeigh!

    James016
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My brain can't even process that. How do you pronounce that name?

    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was that not on the list of tragedeigh a while back? Poor child.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My step-nephew Maesyn (Mason). Great kid. Mom's a f*cking moron.

    Kathy B
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine that poor kid trying to learn how to spell that and then having to constantly correct everyone!

    Brainmas
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I thought I had seen all the spellings for that one. Caden, Kayden, Caiden, and there was one more but ai don'trememberhow it was spelled, all in the same grade one year.

    Sooploosh MacSchnibble
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait how am I supposed to pronounce that I actually can't figure it out? EDIT: Caiden

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    #24

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Used to know a kid in school named Richard Ryder (Rider?) Not sure how the last name was spelled

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    Nadine Debard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can bet what the kid's nickname was...

    MaximumKarmaSaint
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need to stop applying dirty humor to myself, I solved this comment in under half a second.

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    User# 6
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So? Why would that be.....Oh.

    Hooked
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, not familiar with the ...oh... part. Why ...Oh... ?

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    TheNewJenBrady
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents know a guy named Mike Hawk. I don't think they have any clue that it's an unfortunate combination of first and last name and I'm certainly not going to explain it to them

    Hokuloa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Best. Porn. Name. EVER!!!

    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then his mom was apalled he became gay?

    Andy Cran
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    could be worse..... WAYNE KERR or KING

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    #25

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Brand names

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    glowworm2
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew a guy in college who was almost named Avis like the car company because his brother was allowed to pick the name. Thankfully, his parents chose Chris instead.

    MaximumKarmaSaint
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Avis would have been a cool name, forget the brand, there's nothing wrong with naming someone that?

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    Tracy Wallick
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like it really depends. Mercedes is the name of a car brand, but it was also a not-so-unusual girl's name in several countries first (IIRC it means Mercy).

    Fora Nakit
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mercedes got a name after Karl Benz's partner's daughter. So I don't really count that as a brand name. It's still often in Spanish-speaking countries. Ikea on the other hand...

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    Rob Williams
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to college with a guy called Harvey Nicholls...

    Kitty1019
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cousin graduated with a kid named Duncan Hines.

    Sue Underhill
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knew an inner city missionary who worked with boys named lemahnjelo and orahnjelo. Thought it was maybe tribal until he saw them spelled out: Lemonjello and Orangejello!

    Erin Van Atten
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    2 kinda famous Dutch men. One (racer) gave his twins Alfa and Romeo as second names. Other guy wasn't allowed to name his son Rolls Royce. So he named that kid Rolls and his next son was Royce 🙄

    Downunderdude
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Three year old son of a friend was asked what he would like to name his soon-to-be-born sister. 'Dirty football'. Disappointingly, the parents went with Jemima.

    Scary Laugh
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to work for Hertz, one of our UK branches had a member of staff called Avis, she was given written confirmation that she could ignore company policy of using your name when answering the phone.

    Duncan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read about someone once called Camry. Seriously, name them after a good car at least and help them not be associated with something so bland.

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    #26

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard A boy named Sue.

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    NetworkMan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooof Goth Demon, go digging around online for Johnny Cash, you might get the reference. 'And if I ever have a son, I think I'm gonna name him... Bill or George! Any-damn-thing but Sue! I still hate that name!'

    Papa
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "MY NAME IS SUE. HOW DO YOU DO?"

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    Mr. Nurse Man
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Well, he must've thought that it was quite a joke, and I got a lot of laughs from a lots of folk. Seems I had to fight my whole life through. Some gal would giggle and I'd turn red, and some guy'd laugh and I'd bust his head. I tell you, life ain't easy for a boy named Sue."

    Anon822209
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shel Silverstein wrote that song. One more reason to like it, IMO

    T J R
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wow, I didn't know that (or I forgot, I feel like my Dad would've told me many years ago). That makes the song even better now!

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    Androgyny Lunacy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Whatevs man any name can be gender neutral. Gender names are societal constructs. Vivian and Vivienne are female spellings of the name. In French it is Vivien as a male name. And my daughter is Vivien. Because I emphasize the EN not AN or her last name would rhyme with her first. And no. Rhyming names are way worse.

    Mary Kelly
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    song actually written by shel silverstein...that shel silverstein...

    LastButNotLeast
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    Cjay
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Put that fire in your belly and that spirit in your eye…

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    Phillip Shepard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I delivered a baby girl whose mom was Dawn Browning (nickname Big Red). My nurse, Dreama Dawn, thought the baby's name America Dawn was odd , however, we found out that was her grandmother's name too. Another girl was named Summer Poole Alger. The thought of something green and slimy comes to mind. Another was named after the song "Delta Dawn". Rural Virginia was also full of boys named Billy Joe and Billy Jack.

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    #27

    “My Parents Don’t Like Me”: 35 People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names They’ve Heard Satan, Beelzebub, Judas

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    Me
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I appreciate that you are not allowed to use names like this in germany. Poor children.

    Anna Drever
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In NZ they’re pretty strict about names so they’d be rejected here too.

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    Definitely a Human
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why not Judas? He's the hero in the bible. According to the myth, Jesus was sent to earth to die for our sins. Judas is the only disciple that helped make that happen. Judas is the good guy.

    Mycroft1967
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Has a friend as a child that was named Damien- immediately before all the Omen movies came out.

    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So? Damien is a common name. Just like Jason and Michael.

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    That Goth Demon (zey/zem)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Were they cats? I'm gonna name some cats after the seven princes of hell at some point

    Silre
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm know a child named Abbadon

    White Sauce Hot Sauce
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew someone whose middle name is Lucifer.

    Iridian
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Judas and Jezebel would be really cute twin names, though, aside from the awful biblical references...

    (っ◔◡◔)っ blush
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    On one hand that's metal as hell....on the other hand....No?

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    #28

    When the firstname/lastname combination does not work for a name. Prime example-- North West (Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter). She's either named after a direction on a map or a defunct airline (as if Kimye would fly commercial).

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Rob Morrow named his kid ”Tu” do the name is Tu Morrow. Tomorrow. Why not just go to the school and pay the bullies.

    Meldred Jay
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And his wife's last name is Ayer, which happens to mean "Yesterday" in Spanish. So her name is "To-yesterday-morrow."

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    Tucker Cahooter
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She could become a celebrity and bring out a designer perfume called "North". Then it can be advertised as "North by North West"

    White Sauce Hot Sauce
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only cool one would've been if Jessica Biel named her kid Batmo

    Jane Doe
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jessica is quoted saying, "If I had a dollar from everyone who suggested Batmo, my kid could pay for the therapy he'd need for being named Batmo."

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    Lydsylou
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bill Lear founder of Learjet named his daughter Shanda Lear.

    Barbara Schubert
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Used to work with a lady named Iona Poole

    Pigeon (they/them)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve heard both “Paige Turner” and “Treasure Hunt” before

    Melissa Harris
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Treasure Hunt sounds like a bond girl from the 70s

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    Philly Bob Squires
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mr. Tickle wanted to marry the girl of his dreams. However, Tess was reluctant to take on his surname.

    cadena kuhn
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knew a kid in middle school named Adam bomb

    Shannon Mallory
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or when the first/last name combo work _too_ well: I knew a guy years ago whose name was Randy Raper. His parents must have hated him.

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    #29

    Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Scooby dooby dooo!

    Marissa Voleta
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably why he's drowing his sorrows at Moe's Tavern.

    RAM31280
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even Adam Sandler didn't name his kids Shabadoo, and I've never heard anyone else say anything like that.

    Cjay
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    John Jacob Jingleheimer Shmidt

    Lotekguy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Great name for a career in the circus.

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    #30

    Mine. My first name has an "r" in it. Both of my patents needed speech therapy to say that letter. I COULDN'T SAY MY OWN F*****G NAME UNTIL F*****G HIGH SCHOOL!!! There's a reason I use my middle name. I genuinely think it was spite because I was an oopsie baby. Bullied relentlessly for years, including by my first ex and a famous comedian's nephew.

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    Rostit. .
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There is a lot to unpack here. I suspect there's far more to this story

    Elizabeth Brown
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Afaik English is the only language with a hard r sound, instead of it being soft or rolled. My guess is they are either from a non English speaking country with an English name, or vice versa

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a teacher who had a speech impedament for the letter R and her name was Maria so she just went by Mia.

    Clown fish
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fun fact the name for the speech impediment is Rhotacism

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    Rachel
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents didn't know I was tongue tied and wouldn't be able to pronounce "r" correctly, in 1st grade i had my tongue clipped to correct the problem but took until 5th grade to get the sound right.

    venintherogue
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lmao I had trouble enunciating constanants when I was younger so I was in speech therapy for five years and my name still has the two letters that are hardest to pronounce. I try to pronounce it slower and clearer and just f**k it up more

    Nikole
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Give yourself a nickname! Hell, naming yourself sounds awesome.

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    BPisaddictive
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just learned that a telegram pal of mine's real name is Lorenzo Carrara and he has a speech impediment (rhotacism) with the letter R

    Skelly
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And they would know you would have a speech impediment how??

    Jane Doe
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think she's saying that she pronounced her name the way her parents did, so she was unknowingly saying it wrong until she reached high school and someone said, "isn't your name X" and she realized.

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    Janet Sparrow
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always recommend giving them a nice normal name as their middle name so instead being "Yardstick James Smith) they could be "Y. James Smith."

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    #31

    Any name that is an alternative spelling or fake-Gaelic name. Like “Jaxon” or “Graclyn.”

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    Kobe (she)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As long as it is not Jhackxsonn or Ghraeclynn , I don't have a big problem with that. Names and spelling evolve naturally. Image we would still spell our names like they did 500 or even 200 years ago...

    Phoenix(or nix)they/them
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my school, there's 2 kids named Ayva and Jrake. Like wtf? I wanna make fun of those kids just for that. I don't tho because that's mean.

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    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the amount of times I've heard people say "I wanna name my kid *insert Irish/Gaelic name here*, its so unique/its my heritage because my great great great great great great great great aunts cat caught an irish mouse once" and THEY FECKING MISPRONOUNCE IT.. if you're going to use an Irish name because you feel a connection with it even if you aren't really all that Irish, fair enough,, Irish names are beautiful, but for the love of the gods, please learn how to pronounce it.

    Kobe (she)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like said elsewhere, names do change over time. Same for pronunciation, due to time, distance and language. That is why we don't say Moshe, but Moses. Or Jacov, but Jacob.... and many more old Hebrew, Greek, Roman and other names are changed to a more western or modern equivalent....

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    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm waiting to see Caitlyn spelled Q8ln.

    Kobe (she)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That already happened, I read somewhere ... well at least with the 8 part...

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    Trista JW
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “Graclyn" is somethink I always read as Grack-lin

    ._.
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know lol, Shawn and Shaun are so dumb 😭. I'm a Sean, but I still think it should be Seán

    Definitely a Human
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've seen Neve, Shawn, Neil, Shavawn. I'll add Sharlet too

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    #32

    Last name was Hunt, and they still named him Michael. The poor kid.

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    Multa Nocte
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sounds more like a Simpson's joke than something that really happened.

    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a student named Michael Hunt, so it's for real.

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And his brothe Hugh Janus Hunt.

    That Goth Demon (zey/zem)
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Huh? Edit: thanks to everyone for explaining:)

    StrangePenguin
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    shorted its mike hunt… say it out loud you get… my c*nt

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    Rostit. .
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked with a Michael Hunt. This name exists.

    Brainmas
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah back in the days of the big phone book, Mike Hunt and poor Benjamin Dover should not have had their numbers listed.

    Boopertrooperbette
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Could have been worse..could have been Isaac Hunt ...

    Brenda White
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe from the old movie "Porkies". phone call at the popular diner, waitress answers and calls out several times. "anyone seen Mike Hunt"?

    Paul Gerrard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This and Richard Head remain in use. You must ask why

    NerdyMom
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My geometry teacher in HS did this to her son... except she wasn't kind enough to go with Micheal, just Mike.

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    #33

    My aunt swears that at the hospital a woman named her child A*****e pronounced A-sho-lee

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    Max Fox
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is an urban legend which I've heard from multiple sources from different places, always with this particular pronunciation.

    Ima Manimal
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Shithead….. pronounced Sha Thead

    XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's like the people who name their kids shithead but try to say it's pronounced "Shi thead." I'm pretty ambivalent about the "odd" name thing, but I can definitely say I don't like this one.

    Printerman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Worst one I ever heard was a nurse talking a new (Spanish-only speaking) mother out of naming her baby "Placenta". The woman had heard the word and thought it sounded like a beautiful name.

    Laura Williams
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My aunt knows someone named beercan.

    Linda Hultman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never believe these stories that someone hears second hand.

    LissyPoo
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like Shithead. Pronounced Shi-theed.

    Amber_Moon
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard this so many times over my forty years on this planet. This one, and "Female," pronounced Fuh-MAL-ee. I'm quite sure neither of those ever happened.

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    #34

    Any name intentionally given by parents that's a character from entertainment. Your kid is not a pet, car, boat, or bong.

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    Tracy Wallick
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Very much depends on the name. That AITA a couple weeks ago about someone whose sister/SIL wanted to name their kid Luffy? Definitely not. People who named their kid Harry, Ron or Hermione after the Harry Potter books/movies? Not nearly as bad.

    JB
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "And this is my son Poonsleyer6969..."

    Biofish23
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this depends on whether it's a "real" name or not. Or to put it another way, if the name would sound reasonable to someone with no knowledge of the fandom go ahead and use it. You can name your kid Luke but not C3PO; James but not Spock., Sam but not Frodo.

    Kira Okah
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If it's a real name, go for it, nothing wrong with that. What does anyone know that your kid is called William because you like Star Trek.

    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly, that is just cute. But naming your kid Spock is just weird. Leonard however is a cute name.

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    DippityDooDerp
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ha. My daughter was named after a character from my favorite book and everyone loves her name.

    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same here, but it’s a real name. I would not have picked it if it was ”Adorabella” or ”Wingspan” or some dumb sh*t

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    YTK
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad tricked my mom into naming me after the dwarf king from lotr, jokes on him though I’m taller then him and only 14

    CG
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My "dad" was clearly an a-hole when it came to this. He gave me a double whammy name from pop-culture. Highlander and The Terminator (my middle name is John, btw).

    Vix Spiderthrust
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Friend of mine and his older brother were named after their dad's favourite poets. Older brother: Dylan, after Bob Dylan. Fine and dandy. Younger brother: Shelley, after Percy Bysshe Shelley. Ouch.

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    megabeth
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Up vote kid is not a bong.

    Lee Banks
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My niece and nephew are Kimber and Case. After the gun and the knife.

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    #35

    A first name that rhymes with your last name.

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    NetworkMan
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll have you know I have a very great friend in Rome named Biggus Dickus.

    Morgen Stern
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He has a wife, you know. You know what she's called?

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    Autistic Dragon (they/any)
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My math teacher last year is kaylee dahley (like daily)

    Multa Nocte
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is a miniature, lifelong cruelty.

    Catharina Geerts
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I doubt if that's so bad. Depends on the name, but could as well be nice

    Bethan Coleman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    After she married, my grandmother's name was Doris Morris.

    Claire Bear
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ex father in law has a rhyming name- when I was first told I thought it was a joke

    Nikole
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My parents almost named me Marina. Tis a fine name, but far too close to my last name.

    Marina Molina
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My name is Marina Molina, middle name Valois lol

    Robin Roper
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked with a guy named Ted Tinkey.

    DebK2tog
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some girls unfortunately end up with that at marriage. Know two girls that have rhyming names.

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    #36

    From the time I was a kid up until his death my grandpa always SWORE up and down that he used to know a man named Harry A. Hole. I still never figured out if he was f*****g with us or not.

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    Snorky The Pig
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We have a Harry Brown in our town. He's not hairy and he's blonde.

    Upstaged75
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a local Gynecologist named Harold Beavers. I'm not kidding either!

    Ole Peder Amrud Hagen
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    'Hole' is a common Norwegian surname. I have a neighbor called 'W. Anker'.

    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was joking with you.

    Blyss Blyssylb
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom would tell me about this girl she went to school with in Texas. The girl's parents must have really hated her. With a last name of "Horr" they named her "Ima. "Ima Horr"...a few years ago, I found my mom's old year book from 1963. Remembering the story of Ima, I decided to see if Ima was in the year book and OMFG! There she was, Ima Horr. Ima could have been Anne Frank's twin sister. That poor girl. Ssmh

    Ozymandias73
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Went to school with a dude named Harry Knuckles. I s**t ya'll not.

    A menDez
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Author Jo Nesbo's main character is Harry Hole

    T J R
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was a teacher at my high-school named Harry Cooch.

    Boopertrooperbette
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There used to be a cowboy boot store on The King's Road in Chelsea, London called R. Soles

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    #37

    “There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubbs, and he almost deserved it.”

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    The Other Guest
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone once said, those were bold words coming from a man named Clive Staples.

    Upstaged75
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's a well known Broadway actor named Norbert Leo Butz. Not sure what his parents were thinking. He's fantastic though!

    xolitaire
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the poet Wystan Hugh Auden. Poor sod deserves an award for going through life with that name

    Forrest Hobbs
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Master Scrubbs first appeared in C.S. Lewis's Voyage of the Dawn Treader. He got better.

    JB
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    2 years ago

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    Useless? Of course he's useless! He's a boy, isn't he!

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    #38

    Barry McCockiner

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure. And his girlfriend Ivana Sukitof

    Peppy
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard her name was Alotta, Alotta Fagina ; )

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    Roan The Demon Kitty
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Stacey Rekt, Jack Inhoff (a real name I've seen oof) ....

    Upstaged75
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Phil Lasheo and Connie Lingus. We thought those were hilarious back when I was in college.

    #39

    Pubert

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The youngest baby from Addams Family Values movie

    Nadine Debard
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh mon dieu... Pubert like puberty. Poor kid

    Florence O'Grady
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    From the movie "Addams Family Values". The new baby's name.

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    #40

    Nixon for a girl. I have taught two, and yikes...

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    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What did they name the boys? Capone?

    #41

    I know a Seven. That isn't his nickname, that's his legal name. I also know a (cis) man named Claire whose parents named him that. 

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Clair (without the French feminine ending) used to be primarily a male name. Don't forget John Wayne's real first name was Marion.

    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Barbara and Hillary were male names before

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    Ian Reynolds
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my daughter was born in Spain (my wife and I are Welsh), you have to name your child, there and then, my daughter has a Spanish first name, and a Welsh middle name (Seren = means Star), when my wife told the nurse the name she thought my wife had said Seven, but my wife was lucid enough to correct the nurse, so her name is Seren. Since then I have called my daughter Seven as a nickname, I mix it up, by calling her Seven, in English, Welsh and Spanish., she loves it as a nickname.

    Lex <3 (they/them)
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to know someone named seren. I love the name.

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    Lydsylou
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read on the knees about a family with I think 8 sons who dance and they named their 6th son 'six' because they couldn't think of any other name

    Kobe (she)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know An eleven... girl is about 6

    Sooploosh MacSchnibble
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thats around the same time Stranger Things came out. I really hope they didn't name her after that.

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    xolitaire
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I know a japanese girl called Nana. It's basically the same: Seven.

    Kim
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Barbara and Hillary were male names before

    Blyss Blyssylb
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    1 week ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to know a gal who has 4 daughters; Ashley, Brittany, Seven and Nine. Like, really?

    Ozymandias73
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kim for a male's name. Tripped me out when I was younger (14 or so) when our new neighbor's moved in and the guy's name was Kim. However, my wife has a niece named Michael soooooo.....

    Papa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was his last name "of Nine"?

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    #42

    It's pronounced Oz wee pay.

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    Dirk Daring
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of the best SNL sketches ever.

    YTK
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They better pay, naming their kid that

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    #43

    Boomquifa

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    Kim
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That one is messed up, you can’t even make a nickname that sounds better. They actually just sound worse.

    XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm a lemons into lemonade kinda gal, so I'd have people calling me quiqui fo' sho'! 😆

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    #44

    Any of that Home Depot brand s**t: Kingsley, Kingston, Brixton, Brickley, Broccoli.

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    Forrest Hobbs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kingsley Amis the author was born long before Home Depot was created.

    Multa Nocte
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have no problem with the first three names, but I have never heard of anyone naming their child Broccoli.

    Forrest Hobbs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Broccolee was an, ahem, exotic dancer, in Thud by Terry Pratchett who changed her name from Candi because broccoli's better for you.

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Broccoli does not seem to belong in Home Depot, more a Whole Foods thing.

    Kangaroo Ratz
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ive got a friend named Braxton. he always seemed a bit odd.

    #45

    Candy, Desire...etc.

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    bas moelard
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude, you really should cut down visiting strip clubs

    Kobe (she)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Candy is common here, Desiree as well.... I get what you mean though...

    Maartje
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Friend of mine was named Candee. She jokes that she does not need a secret stripper name.

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    #46

    I've encountered a kid called Hades Azazel

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    Shelli Aderman
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As long as they don’t own any goats… 😉

    Sami-Jo Ross
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad wanted to have a son to name Craven Alexander.

    Kim
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Guessing daddy was like 16

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    #47

    Gaylord

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've long wondered about that one. Wikipedia says that: Gaylord is a name of Norman French origin, from the Old French gaillard meaning "joyful" or "high-spirited". It might have still worked out well in the 19th century.

    Ace
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ...and most of the 20th century actually. 'Gay' was only adopted, as a non-derogatory alternative to 'queer' from the 1980s. Odd how the usage of these has now turned almost full circle.

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its an old name buy naming your kid that today is just cruel

    Shannon Mallory
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had an uncle Gaylord who used to sign his letters "Gay." Different times....

    Debby Keir
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a very 'old fashioned' name, but 'gay' only became synonymous for something else around the 70's, and didn't really come in to common usage till the 80's.

    Florence O'Grady
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Google: Gaylord box OR What is a Gaylord box? OR Where does the term "Gaylord Box" originate?

    #48

    I used to work with someone named Kyler. I was waiting for another coworker when he walked passed with a friend, friend goes “dude I have to ask, why didn’t your parents choose Kyle or Tyler?” Couldn’t help but chuckle

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    Kim
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps this was a compromise between the two. Kyler was still an ok name and far from the other terrible things on this list.

    Matt
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somebody watched too much Beavis and Butthead

    Carlos
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    His parents friend had already named their son Kyle so to one up them, they went with Kyler

    T'Mar of Vulcan
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a child in my chess class whose name is Kyler (she's a Black child with a 'regular' indigenous first name but goes by Kyler. WHYYYY).

    MaximumKarmaSaint
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Kyler Baljera is stuck in the car." -I forget who said it.

    Cesium
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a friend who knows not one but THREE Kylers, all in the same grade. I had literally never heard of that name in my life until then

    Phoenix(or nix)they/them
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My cousin is named Kyler. He is so sweet and for a 6y/o he is strong af.

    Tucker Cahooter
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's not so bad compared with many others.

    #49

    Giselle - I know someone with this name. Her parents call her Gis/Jizz.

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    SheamusFanFrom1987
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All things considered, Giselle is actually a sweet name. Gisele Bundchen and my personal favourite, Gisele Shaw.

    Forrest Hobbs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Giselle's a perfectly respectable name. Just because you can turn it into something rude sounding in English is more of a comment on the English language and the minds of some of its users. Why not shorten Giselle to "Gis"? Nothing wrong with that. There are so many rude words and rude-sounding words out there. You could do worse than to explore the works of the noted folk singer Rambling Syd Rumpo who absolutely wasn't a comic creation played on the radio by Kenneth Williams. https://www.johnbarber.com/rambling-sid-rumpo/

    Me
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a native speaker- what is wrong with this one? It's a pretty common name here

    Kim
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Giselle is an old name and really pretty, but the nickname is usually ”elle”

    Upstaged75
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Giselle is a beautiful name! Jizz is not very attractive though....

    René Sauer
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What´s bad about it? That´s just a normal name.

    Sheena Leversedge Wood
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the name itself is fine. shortening it to a slang term for semen, not so great.

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    Stardust she/her
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I knew a Giselle and it isn’t a weird name

    Sheena Leversedge Wood
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nothing wrong with the actual name, but calling her Jizz is ....grim.

    Nosirrow
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My teacher was called Gizella. Had weird last name.

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    #50

    Little Jerry

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    Marissa Voleta
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just because Big Jerry is a has-been, don't make Little Jerry a never-was.

    #51

    Can’t believe some people are living breathing human beings with the name D**k

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    Shelli Aderman
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My dad’s name is Richard, and he goes by Dïck. It was very common in the 40s and 50s.

    Forrest Hobbs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once knew someone whose first two names were "Richard Edward". He used to laugh any time he got called a "D*ck 'ead" - yep, that's my name, he'd say.

    Pixie
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    D**k, is a nickname for Richard.

    Snorky The Pig
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, I can't believe there is a sporting goods chain with the same name in huge letters...with BALLS in the logo.

    Karen Krause
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was a nickname for Richard. Part of the English rhyming--Richard-Rick-D**k.

    RAM31280
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was named after my grandfather who went by D**k. And my favorite DC Comics character is D**k Grayson who is Robin/Nightwing.

    Kobe (she)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the Netherlands a common name. Old fashioned, yet common.

    Kobe (she)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Edit : We also don't Shorten Richard to D**k ? How is that a thing ? Richard may be shortened to Rich ( pronounced like Reach - without a t sound) or maybe Ritchie. But D**k makes no sense. D**k is a name in it own here. Without the association to a certain body part

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    Sheena Leversedge Wood
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my husband is a Richie, but his sisters often call him Dikdik. like the tiny antelope species.

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    #52

    Richard, or a name that makes a joke with their last name like Harry D***s (I met one)

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    Forrest Hobbs
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard that on the first day of training for anyone in the UK worked on radio/TV call-in programmes, you are specifically told never to put anyone through if they give their name as "Mike Hunt" and a short list of other names. On the subject of Mike Hunt: http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/radioactive.htm

    Vix Spiderthrust
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Radio Active is the source of the myth that Paul McCartney once said "Ringo isn't even the best drummer in The Beatles". As Mike Fenton-Stevens later said, McCartney wouldn't actually say that. Lennon might have said it, but not McCartney.

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    User# 6
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mike Hunt being a particular favourite.

    Cousin Vinny
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My very dear friend's first name is middle eastern "Real" (pronounced re-ahl). His middle name is Richard. So he is the "Real D!ck"

    Mike D
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked with someone father was named Richard Head and he went D**k as short for Richard and thought it was hilarious. Most everyone else was just embarrassed by the guy.

    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had a Chief Constable surnamed Brain. He named his son Richard. And called him Dïck. He was a bastard though

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    Spittnimage
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to school with a Richard who was known as D!ck - and he was one.

    Andy Cran
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    my neighbour is called Richard Wright (top bloke btw)... everyone calls him D**k,not out of any malice

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    #53

    Ophelia. She died heartbroken and an orphan. I think it’s too intentional to pick this name of all the many names of Shakespeare’s leading ladies. (but Ophelia is very pretty name, still.)

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    Kim
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The name existed before Shakespeare and the parents might not have ever read the play so why would they conect the name to the story. Like saying that if you name your child Rachel she will be unable to have children.

    XanthippeⓐWulf🇨🇦️️🇬🇧
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So true. My name is sometimes associated with the wife of Socrates who was said to be a "shrew," but in other societies it means "Golden" or "Yellow," which is why my parents chose the name. They wanted something similar to my brother's name and had a few things picked out. When I popped out, I was blonde, so they went with it.

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    Michael Largey
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If we stopped using the names of fictional characters who did not fare well, we would have to start going by our driver's license numbers.

    Andy Cran
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ophelia lovibond.... actual actress

    Kobe (she)
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So did a lot of other people, fictional or not. Had an unfortunate fate or did really stupid things... whether in literature or in real life.( Eva/ Eve / Salome / Delilah / Juliet, etc...) A beautiful name is a beautiful name. I would only not choose it when it has a bad meaning or if it is too fantasy-like.

    The Other Guest
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dunno about it being pretty. It always sounds like "Oh, feel ya!" to my ear.

    Spittnimage
    Community Member
    2 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe from the original Addams Family in '60s, Morticia's older sister.

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    #54

    KAREN

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    Multa Nocte
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a number of friends named Karen and this has been a source of pain and embarrassment for them. BP has a habit of using this trope too often. I wish people would come up with something new.

    xolitaire
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Same thing happened to Kevin. A former colleague of mine only went by Vin and we never asked what it stood for, since we assumed it was Vincent? ... It was Kevin.

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    Snorky The Pig
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now this is a thing, but just 5 years ago it wasn't really, remember that.

    Elio
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, the negative stereotype associated with the name is a recent thing. Karen was decreasing in popularity for newborns, but it wouldn't have raised any notice until recently.

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    wowbagger
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a friend named Karen. She's a very funny, down to earth person. She collects Karen memes because she finds the whole thing hilarious.

    Mrs. Kay
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 19 year old daughter is named Karen. One of my biggest regrets for sure. I've never met a Karen who isn't lovely and now this name is ruined.

    Kim
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No one named their kid Karen last year in the US

    Papa
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went to school with a girl named Karen. She was the nicest, sweetest person I knew.

    Seadog
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to Stats Canada, there have been no babies there named Karen since late 2019

    Philly Bob Squires
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The name of my EX wife but at the time she was the most beautiful woman I ever knew. Now it's a euphamisim for a b***h!

    Jaya
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's only been this way for a few years and it will probably be forgotten in a few years too.

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    #55

    Bartholemew

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    Forrest Hobbs
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a bit old fashioned, but why not?

    White Sauce Hot Sauce
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The worst part is, he can never find a vanity license plate with his name at the theme park gift shop.

    Kim
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing wrong with that name.

    Nosirrow
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My pupil's name is Bartlomiej, the Polish version.

    not your average weirdo
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My sister pronounces it like “Bart Hole Moo”

    Xitxarel•lo Panda
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    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bart Simpson for God sake . It s a cool name

    Andy Cran
    Community Member
    2 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    st.bartholemew patron saint of butchers (amongst others) , bizarrely a London hospital named after him (I was a patient in said hospital many moons ago)

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