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40 Moments Fathers Had To Pick A Name For A Baby, But Failed Epically, As Shared Online
If you've seen the movies Warcraft or Moon, for example, you probably know that they were directed by Duncan Jones. The son of the legendary British rock musician David Bowie. And perhaps you didn’t know that at birth, dad gave the boy the name Zowie. Yes, that's right, Zowie Bowie.
When the boy grew up, he first began asking others to call him Joey, and then completely changed his name to Duncan (Jones, by the way, is his father’s real last name while Bowie is a pseudonym). Well, the participants of this viral thread on X in fact have had similar experiences, opening up about various weird names given to them by their own dads...
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bigoldthor 2 years ago
What a tremendous PITA this is going to be for you throughout your whole life, trying to correct people's spelling and pronunciations.
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bigoldthor 2 years ago
Tried to? So he went with something else, and this name is now just water under the bridge. (I know. I'll see myself out...again.)
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bigoldthor 2 years ago (edited)
I bet more than 50% of people who see her name for the first time pronounce it "Curtis". I honestly would pronounce it "Ker-'teece".
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bigoldthor 2 years ago
It's really hard to picture a cute, tiny baby boy named Horace. Sorry, Horace.
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Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
Marissa is a nice name; I assume Morrisa is pronounced very similarly, though getting people to spell it right is probably a pain.
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Victor Botha 2 years ago (edited)
Nothing wrong with Geraldine, pretty common girls name, unless the OP is a boy! Geraldine Chaplin was a pretty well known actress. Of German origin, female version of Gerald meaning spear ruler.
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bigoldthor 2 years ago
While different, I don't *hate* them. They sort of roll off the tongue.
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Angrykitten 2 years ago (edited)
I feel sometimes people name a baby forgetting they are naming a person
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Alias Fakename 2 years ago
Friend of a friend is named Bruno. I heard he punched someone for singing We Don't talk About Bruno... I'm not sure though. Might be made up.
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Apatheist Account2 2 years ago
I thought it was after the US national anthem...Oshay can you see, by the dawn's early light...
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SheamusFanFrom1987 2 years ago
Somehow, I am not sure how that would be a bad idea. Plus so many name variants she could go by: Pat, Patty, Andie etc.
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Victor Botha 2 years ago
Have these people never heard of female versions of male names?? Has this person never heard of Marie Antoinette?? French origin meaning highly praiseworthy.
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Victor Botha 2 years ago
Another relatively common girls name and pretty one at that.Brianna is a girl's name of Irish origin, meaning “high,” “noble,” and “exalted.”
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AtMostTheFabulist 2 years ago
I like Zelda. It makes me think of a badass woman with class and attitude.
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Svenne O'Lotta 2 years ago (edited)
Why are so many men so set on naming their children after themselves instead of letting them have their own identities? So weird.
SnackbarKaat 2 years ago
I asked my husband to put his name as a second name for our son. He returned the favor by giving our daughter my name as her second name <3
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Jasmijn 2 years ago
My brother is called Max, which is a pretty standard name, except that he was supposed to be named Bram (which is a regular Dutch name, derived from Abraham). My mum sent my dad to register my brother’s birth, and my dad somehow managed to forget the name when he was at the registry office, and so he put down the first male name he could think of, which was Max - the name of our dog.
Svenne O'Lotta 2 years ago (edited)
Why are so many men so set on naming their children after themselves instead of letting them have their own identities? So weird.
SnackbarKaat 2 years ago
I asked my husband to put his name as a second name for our son. He returned the favor by giving our daughter my name as her second name <3
Load More Replies... Jasmijn 2 years ago
My brother is called Max, which is a pretty standard name, except that he was supposed to be named Bram (which is a regular Dutch name, derived from Abraham). My mum sent my dad to register my brother’s birth, and my dad somehow managed to forget the name when he was at the registry office, and so he put down the first male name he could think of, which was Max - the name of our dog.
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