“No Name Is Safe”: 40 Of The Funniest Posts About Unconventional Baby Names, As Shared In This Dedicated Online Group
Parenthood is very rewarding and quite adventurous. Your life gets turned upside down, and you're doing things you never thought you would: early mornings, late nights, constant stress and pressure, yet a tiny smile from your little human is quick to fix any of your worries.
You spend a few exciting months preparing for your baby's arrival, figuring out all the whys and hows. Probably constantly thinking about how you could make your child's life extra special and satisfying. One of the scariest and most vital decisions for new parents or parents-to-be is choosing your offspring's name. Some folks stick to fairly common ones – others take this assignment far too seriously.
"Poke fun at awful names and naming culture. No name is safe" – an online community with over 41K members that dedicates itself to "unique" names continues to entertain its members with odd examples, and BP collected a few of the best ones.
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A Funny Break From Our Regularly Scheduled Ridiculousness
Everyone has names, all 7.9 billion of us – and they all mean different things to people, even if it's something common. It's exciting to think that, at one point, our folks decided to sit together and go through all the possible options that they found appealing, before settling on the one that they thought would fit our story.
it's understandable that each parent wants the absolute best for their child. You want them to have a fulfilling life, filled with amazing memories and great success. Incidentally, some might think that the name will mysteriously affect their offspring's future, so they make it their top priority to come up with something meaningful and maybe even unusual.
Every generation had a certain set of names that was quite popular and up until a decade ago, it wasn't uncommon to encounter a few peers with the same one as yours. Whether it was a playground, a school or your workplace – there were always a few Davids and Sarahs around.
Who knows, maybe back then folks weren't bothered by the popularity of their baby's name and the only thing that mattered to them was that it wouldn't get their offspring in trouble with their mates. Mockery and bullying could seriously mess with a young person's mind, and who wants their child to go through all this trouble?
Don't Mess With Moonpie!
Oh my my! Here Kayl- Oh I mean Kaela, have some ointment for that....burn
Sadly, kids don't have any filter. Little ones will say everything that comes to their minds and they won't think twice about it. This type of behavior could be blamed on multiple things: a lack of discipline, a simple thought outburst that often happens at their age – whatever it might be, chances are your child will still get bullied. As we all know, looks play a crucial role when it comes to bullying since commenting on someone's appearance is considered to be a norm even when you hit 40, but having a wacky name also messes with the way your peers perceive you.
She Gets It
Having an odd name could lead to some unpleasant issues, for instance, offensive nicknames. And when a problem of a similar character occurs, it's extremely hard to get folks to view you as you, and not as the nickname you've been given. When you're young, you don't have the time to think about how uniqueness will conquer the world someday, all you care about is fitting in, and preferably with the popular folks.
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Though, this decade is all about celebrating the individuality of each person, and maybe this is exactly the reason why we've been stumbling upon so many over-complicated names. People are eager to be unique and special, they want to differ from others and to be their own special person. Back in the days, it was rewarding to name your child after a grandparent or a significant person in your life, but nowadays it's all about individual identity. Fitting in is not "cool" anymore, which is amazing and very freeing – however, some people take this celebration of individuality the wrong way.
Latrina
Prince John : Such an unusual name, "Latrine." How did your family come by it? Latrine : We changed it in the 9th century. Prince John : You mean you changed it TO "Latrine"? Latrine : Yeah. Used to be "Sh*thouse." Prince John : It's a good change. That's a good change!
By all means, naming your child something different is wonderful and empowering, but why would somebody want to call their baby that will eventually become a 50-year-old office worker Midnight or Calliope? It seems that in today's world, a name is more than what your friends or your teachers call you – it's an aesthetic that your parents made up in their minds, a social media handle, if you will.
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You either hate her or you have to resist the urge to say, "EuripiDES NU-"
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Omg if you want weird baby names, search up nick cannons kids. “Powerful queen cannon” being the worst one
Unique-Baby-Names
Heros Live Amongst Us
Guess what her nickname would be. Namers should always think about nicknames and what the initials spell. I went out with a guy whose initials were F. U. K. A woman in my office was named Ana Lyses. Worse, some applications used our first name and last initial, so she'd appear on the form as A**L.
Your Name Might Be Bad, But It Will Never Be This Bad.
As Long As I Live, There Will Never Be A Worse Name Than This One.
This Is A New One..
Writing The 75th Khaytlynne Variant
I’m so glad my mum spelled my name Becki and not Bhekkeigh. She was even being bold giving me an “I” instead of a “y.”
Well O’kayden
So Sorry, My Dude
Really? All these examples of ostensibly loving parents giving kids names that guarantee they will be picked on in school and he's whining about "Chad"?
It’s Time To Burn Utah To The Ground. (Found On A Facebook Name Group)
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I Thought This Was A Baby Name Announcement At First... This Sub Has Ruined Me
My Current List Of Baby Names, Let Me Know What You Guys Think! 🥰🥰🥰
We Should Call Them Instanames Meme
As a Millennial, I would rather shoot myself in the head than name a child anything like that. Gender neutral, maybe, but "Oaklyn" and"Paisleigh" make me want to bash my head against a sharp object. Came across some kids named Lance, and Cypress the other day... I wanted to either laugh, or weep uncontrollably because of the names those poor children were stuck with.
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Years ago I heard that Iceland had a list of approved names to give to children, at the time I thought this was a bit harsh. Now, looking through this list? Every country needs a list of approved names.
I knew someone called Maximillion Maximillion.
I knew someone named Christopher Christopher. His parents had one job...
I knew someone named Carter Carter but it was because his mom gave him her maiden name as a first name and he changed his last name to his mom's maiden name after his mom got divorced and also changed her name back. I guess he was a really bad dude and he didn't want to keep his father's name either so it made sense...
The name of the character Ricky Ricardo, if translated into English, would be Richard Richards. Since Sasha is a Russian boy's name, if translated into English the actress Sasha Alexander is actually Alex Alexander. Don't you just hate clever parents?
BTW, the TV series name "La Femme Nikita," translated from French and Russian into English, means "The Woman Nicholas."
That hurts, my name is Nakita and people say all the time La femme Nikita. Lol
I knew a guy named Jimmy Jay James
My daughter's name is Danica and when she started school there were 2 in her class. She also has a Maximillion in her class
Several countries have lists with approved names...there are though names that are not on the list and that will be approved if the parents can prove it is a name of a family member,past or present ,These lists are made to protect the child from bullying or difficult,arkward situations,...I personally thought naming my youngest was easy peasy,but it turned out differently once he started at The American International School...He is named Jonas,a much used family name and Asger,a centuries old Nordic name and one of the names of my grandfather.Blew up in my face when the youngest pointed an accusing finger at me and said«only YOU would give me a name with TWO as´s in it! (sic)»...during his years at the school he called himself Joe....
It's the same in Germany in fact - interestingly, a certain name starting with "A" is still on the A-okay list (sorry ;), though you can still be forbidden to name your child like that, if your reasons are obviously right-winged.
And you have to name your child with a name, that you can figure out the gender - doesn't have to be the first name. But you can't go completly gender neutral.
same in Poland, you can't pick a name that's rude, degrading, of a "debatable" for whatever reasons figure (Adolf, Jesus), of the opposite gender, that doesn't follow polish language rules (e.g. with something you would normally consider a typo or an error), or that of a common noun (that last one with some exceptions, like Malina which means raspberry). a couple of years back they allowed for names with foreign spelling (e.g. Brian), so people would stop inventing polish versions of foreign names (e.g. Brajan instead of a Brian).
Portugal also haver a list os approved names. And they make fun of names Brazilians give their children.
Vienna Steiner was born in the city of Wien (Vienna), Austria. The name was not on the approved list, but since the family were foreigners (Americans), the official said why not and put the name on the birth certificate.
Can I like your post twice?
I'm not sure if it changed but in my country, you need to bring proof of "original" sounding/written name to registry office, it needs to be written in book or other literature.. not magazine or things like that... Some real literature or list with people who have this name already, to prove that it really is a name and not made up sh*t... I think it's a good thing, we don't have these crazy names in my country yet 😅
Nope, let people name their children what they want, and everyone else try teaching their children not to be bullies. We've no evidence that children with the sort of names in this list have any worse lives than anyone else, it's all just personal bigotry. People that can't stand names with spellings that make no sense to them, or they don't know how to pronounce, better make sure they spend their entire lives living somewhere where everyone else is all of the same background. The people I've known that hated their names have had very ordinary names in some cases, but were out of fashion at that moment. When I was born a neighbour called their baby girl 'Jessica' and that was sneered at because it was unfashionable. 'Samantha' was once an invented name that people turned their names up at. The misery that takes adults to therapy to discuss their childhood never stems from nothing else but having an unusual name with weird spelling.
But... Crystaleanor Dazzlequeen?
I understand that (my name is spelled kinda oddly) but at the same time... Caisle? Really?
It’s honestly bonkers though, they reject a lot of really beautiful names because of some arbitrary rules and also their own whim, after all, it’s just people on the naming committee.
Simpleigh Tareabelle Neighmes
Tarabelle, I don't hate it
Me neighter not gonna lie
Indeighd. Peighple neighd to take responsibiliteigh for their children's wellbeighing.
I knew a girl who had a number as part of her name. I'm not going to post it because she was a nice kid and google finds her quite easily so I won't be the one to blow her anonymity, but for the sake of example let's just say her name was "Tru2dy" and was pronounced 'tru-too-dy'. All her friends called her "Two" for short, but on her soccer team she wore the number 12. So when they'd call out to pass the ball to "Two", the opponents would sometimes converge on the player wearing number 2, and Tru2dy would get the ball instead. I asked her if her parents were hippies, and she sighed heavily and said, "Yeah, they were."
I had a boss who went by the name 'R0ML" (that's a zero, not an oh). It was more readable with a backslash in the zero. His initials were RML.
Years ago I heard that Iceland had a list of approved names to give to children, at the time I thought this was a bit harsh. Now, looking through this list? Every country needs a list of approved names.
I knew someone called Maximillion Maximillion.
I knew someone named Christopher Christopher. His parents had one job...
I knew someone named Carter Carter but it was because his mom gave him her maiden name as a first name and he changed his last name to his mom's maiden name after his mom got divorced and also changed her name back. I guess he was a really bad dude and he didn't want to keep his father's name either so it made sense...
The name of the character Ricky Ricardo, if translated into English, would be Richard Richards. Since Sasha is a Russian boy's name, if translated into English the actress Sasha Alexander is actually Alex Alexander. Don't you just hate clever parents?
BTW, the TV series name "La Femme Nikita," translated from French and Russian into English, means "The Woman Nicholas."
That hurts, my name is Nakita and people say all the time La femme Nikita. Lol
I knew a guy named Jimmy Jay James
My daughter's name is Danica and when she started school there were 2 in her class. She also has a Maximillion in her class
Several countries have lists with approved names...there are though names that are not on the list and that will be approved if the parents can prove it is a name of a family member,past or present ,These lists are made to protect the child from bullying or difficult,arkward situations,...I personally thought naming my youngest was easy peasy,but it turned out differently once he started at The American International School...He is named Jonas,a much used family name and Asger,a centuries old Nordic name and one of the names of my grandfather.Blew up in my face when the youngest pointed an accusing finger at me and said«only YOU would give me a name with TWO as´s in it! (sic)»...during his years at the school he called himself Joe....
It's the same in Germany in fact - interestingly, a certain name starting with "A" is still on the A-okay list (sorry ;), though you can still be forbidden to name your child like that, if your reasons are obviously right-winged.
And you have to name your child with a name, that you can figure out the gender - doesn't have to be the first name. But you can't go completly gender neutral.
same in Poland, you can't pick a name that's rude, degrading, of a "debatable" for whatever reasons figure (Adolf, Jesus), of the opposite gender, that doesn't follow polish language rules (e.g. with something you would normally consider a typo or an error), or that of a common noun (that last one with some exceptions, like Malina which means raspberry). a couple of years back they allowed for names with foreign spelling (e.g. Brian), so people would stop inventing polish versions of foreign names (e.g. Brajan instead of a Brian).
Portugal also haver a list os approved names. And they make fun of names Brazilians give their children.
Vienna Steiner was born in the city of Wien (Vienna), Austria. The name was not on the approved list, but since the family were foreigners (Americans), the official said why not and put the name on the birth certificate.
Can I like your post twice?