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One of the benefits of having a kid is you get to name them. That way, you can honor your grandad, pay your respects to the artist who has inspired you, or... show the world you're a bit weird.
A month ago, Reddit user Hasden2007 asked other users on the platform, "What is the worst name you could give a child?" Turns out, there's no shortage of those.
So far, the post has received over 4.7K replies. From Strawberry Rain to Chastity, here are some of the most upvoted ones.
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#1
X Æ A-12
Mia 4 years ago
Totally. Look at the parents. They probably don't even raise him. The nannies do!
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
Sometimes I wonder if Elon Musk and Grimes are secretly alien face-huggers that have been sent here to study the human race.
Celeste Grant 4 years ago
Poor child. Clearly done for media interest without any thought for the child who has to live with this craziness. I pity any child who is named in such a vain and thoughtless way
Caroline 4 years ago
Imagine when he's at nursery trying to write his name for the first time. While sitting next to Leo and Kim.
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Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
Pronounced, "Steve." (Honestly, I have no idea how they pronounce it.)
Happy Daihatsu 4 years ago (edited)
I thought this was a list of baby names, not a list of gift card codes
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#2
Jack Cass, I know it’s bad because it’s my name
Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago
Jack: Good evening officer. Cop: What’s your name, son? Jack: Jack Cass. Officer: The f**k you just say to me? Jack: (aside) oh s**t, not again
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Allan Breum 4 years ago
Do you have a friend named Mike Hunt by chance..? But seriously, I am sorry your parents were dingbats.
Linda Cowley 4 years ago
My goodness, I berated my parents just for saddling me with the initials L E G. You poor chap....
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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
Someone downvote that guy's parents. OMG. Horrible thing to do to a kid.
Lance d'Boyle 4 years ago
I know of a Swedish guy named Nils Nopp. The problem is when you say it at normal speed in Swedish it sounds like Nils Snopp which means Nils' d**k. So when he introduces himself he says 'Hi I'm Nils......Nopp'. The awkward pause really only accentuates the problem.
#3
My coworker named her baby "Strawberry Rain", which would be a great name if she had given birth to a bottle of shampoo
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
No, he called his daughter "Poppy" like 50% of UK middleclass did that decade. Like "Cressida" or "Tarquin" earlier, a very reliable indicator of the parents' state.
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TheLazyPoki 4 years ago
If I ever thought about naming my child that, I would probably stick with just Rain- it's a cute name on it's own.
real._.izuku 4 years ago
i have an oc named Reygn. You pronounce it 'rain' but I wanted to spice it up with the spelling
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#4
I know a family with 4 kids: Prince, Princess, Precious, and Becca. The Becca at the end kills me lol
KamiKhan 4 years ago
Becca will probably grow up to be a villain with a dark background story.
Anna Banana 4 years ago
It could be that the parents came to their senses by the time she was born... Nah, your scenario is more likely!
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Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Or "Ring", but that's maybe Precious that made me think of that.
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Alethia Nyx 4 years ago
In Australia you can't legally name your kids Prince or Princess, thank goodness. The US really needs to put some more restrictions on names, to protect children.
Matheus Oliveira 4 years ago
If it had been Gollum or Sméagol, I'd have seen a connection there. Maybe they didn't have any Beccap plans, though.
Aragorn II Elessar 4 years ago
Goddammit that’s the best pun I’ve heard all week.
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Karl Leaning 4 years ago
You can't do that here in NZ. Names which are a title are not allowed!
Rens 4 years ago
I was working in a care home with Faith, Hope, Charity and Comfort. Lovely ladies they were.
SoozeeQ 4 years ago
Faith, Hope and Charity were quite common in the older generation. I haven'd heard of Comfort before. I was expecting Prudence!
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Princess. A girl in my high school was legally named princess but she went by her middle name. There was also a girl who’s name was Sunny Day and she was the emo kid
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
With a name like Sunny Day, you're doomed to be the emo kid.
joe Shmoe 4 years ago
There have been at least 2 porn stars that went by that name.
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Coleonema 4 years ago
By me it's most likely people who speak Xhosa, Zulu, Tswana etc. Who name their children this. It's not that weird in South Africa.
Jennifer .S 4 years ago
Yeah I've met people named Precious, Miracle and Excellent before
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Candace Fitzpatrick 4 years ago
Bono (from U2) has a daughter named Memphis Eve Sunny Day Iris Hewson. She’s an actress and goes by Eve Hewson. I don’t blame her.
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
At least she had a lot of choices for her stage-name.
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N G 4 years ago
I had a little girl in nursery whose FULL NAME was Princess Angela Sarah Louise Margaret [LastName]. Her little brother was called Simon.
James016 4 years ago
The parents just didn't care after all that for Simon
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Lily Mae Kitty 4 years ago
I used to have a guy friend friend named Sunny Apple. His parents were hippies in VT.
Gandalf the Pink 4 years ago
Sunny Day Real Estate is an awesome oldschool emo band for those who didn't know
Ayaan Pareek 4 years ago
My friend's friend's name is Princess so I am guessing it is somewhat common
#6
Mystic Pigeon? She was a client at my office.
Apparently it’s a real surname and her parents were hippies so named her “Mystic”. Like who’s ever going to take her seriously??
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
"Hey, there's some kind of s**t on my shoulder!" - "Oh no - Mystic Pigeon must be close - run!"
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Vicky Z 4 years ago
I don't know if she is into astrology but her parents are into something for sure🙄
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Matheus Oliveira 4 years ago
I've worked with a guy whose last name was Patinho Mansinho (portuguese for meek duckling). Those two could meet someday!
Bonniebluebutler 4 years ago
And, someday, she's going to be a 70++ woman with that name. Same with tattoos.
#7
How about not giving your child a name? There was a kid I went to high school with whose legal first name was "Unnamed Baby Boy". I don't know the story behind that though.
Enna S 4 years ago
My mom's name on her birth certificate was "Baby Girl Johnson." It was supposed to be a placeholder until her parents decided. Fast forward 40 years and she has her wallet and passport stolen in another country. It turns out that her birth certificate was somehow never changed & she had to go through the whole process to change her name and prove her identity. I still call her "Baby Girl" from time to time.
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third molar 4 years ago
US immigration puts FNU as first name. if u dont have a two name system. I have been calling a colleague "Fnu" for two years and he never corrected once. I fet stupid when I learned fnu stands for first name unknown :/
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
I knew a hippie couple that named their child 'placeholder' so the kid could choose his own name later. Guess what he's still called?
Courtney Christelle 4 years ago
My grandmother technically has no name. Born in the 30's, she was a home birth with her grandma delivering her and her parents had yet to pick a name. The birth certificate needed to be taken to the hospital so it just reads "baby girl". You wouldn't believe how difficult it was for her to get a passport. The desk lady actually asked my 74 year old grandmother if there was anyone who had been present at her birth who could vouch for her identity. Her reply was, "I'm 74 years old!"
I want cake 4 years ago
Sounds like he was abandoned and no one bothered to give him a proper name. I'm only guessing though
Anna Banana 4 years ago
It's not a Neil Gaiman novel, somebody had to bother to legally name him "Unknown Baby Boy", they might've as well gone with "Bob". No, I'm thinking pretencious parents are more likely.
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Temma Tainow 4 years ago
My birth certificate says "Baby Girl." My parents didn't change it for a while until they were sure they wanted to keep me
#8
Tequila. Sibling was Margarita
Mir Adwari 4 years ago
Margarita is quite a common name though. I know someone named that. Tequila? Well, the etymological roots of the word Tequila can have several meanings. For one, it can mean a place of tribute which is from the Aztec Empire. There are other uses.
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Giulia 4 years ago (edited)
margarita means daisy in spanish, it's very similar to the italian word for daisy, margherita (and here it was a common name for women years ago). i know it's also a drink, but at least it means a flower too. tequila, on the other hand.. just, no. oh, and here pizza margherita is the classical pizza with tomato sauce and mozzarella. the name was to honour Queen Margherita. That's why it was a common name, it was the name of a queen, but now it's almost only associated with the pizza. or the flower lmao
Miss Cris 4 years ago
Margarita as a cocktail comes also from a woman's name.
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Vasana Phong 4 years ago
Where I use to work at a Drs office,parents name their kids, Porsche-Mercedes-Altima-Bentley-Jaguar, one day one of them was in the ER, the attending Drs name was DR Mazda, I’m not making this up😂
Anna roberts 4 years ago
I locked up a Porsche and Mercedes, sisters last name started with a G. In Ohio, but if I remember right I believe they lived in Ky. Same family or are there two sets?
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My brother has a friend called Moët, you can probably guess who was present at her conception along with her parents. She gets called Mo.
Alonso Victoria 4 years ago
Tequila here in México is used as a name for a dog, so yes!! That's weird!!!
#9
My mum once worked at a school and there was a kid called "Thank God".
ThatOneCrazyFanGirl 4 years ago
That kid must be like "I don't thank God for giving me this name"
King Joffrey 4 years ago
This is fairly typical of African names, I worked with a lady called Blessing, the name of former Nigerian president is Goodluck Jonathan, etc.
My O My 4 years ago
Thank you for the information. A lot of names are only weird depending on context
Load More Replies... Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Lots of Islamic, Hindu and African Christian names like that. Say, "Shakira" is a Quranic name meaning "Thankful [to God]".
HooowlAtTheMoon 4 years ago
maybe they asked the woman what they want to name her kid and she said "Thank God it's out" and they were like "well alright then"
Elak Swindell 4 years ago
Is that a first and last name or just the first? Either way, that is really messed up.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Gross. I wouldn’t call the kid that even if that’s the official name. Nope.
#10
theres a british chef, jamie oliver, who named his children the following:
poppy honey rosie
petal blossom rainbow
buddy bear maurice
daisy boo pamela
river rocket blue dallas someone call childline
Meami 4 years ago
Yeah - just add Princess Rainbow Glitterpants and he'd have the whole set.
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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Hello, my name is Poppy Honey Rosie Oliver. Daughter of the famous F*ckface Cinnamon Jamie Oliver.
Yelena Yardeen 4 years ago
Where are the commas? You can't tell where one name ends and another begins
Marlowe Fitzpatrik 4 years ago
Every line is one kid (except the last one, that name ends after "dallas".)
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I thought the last kids name with someone call childline on the end was just part of the name for a moment😂😂
JennyLaRue 4 years ago
Bearing in mind nobody uses middle names after the birth announcements, I don't think these names are particularly bad - who cares if the middle name is a bit quirky, not like you use it at school or work.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
Hello, my name is Arwen Freya Save The Whales Saffron MoonChild the First.
Raine Soo 4 years ago
Those are even odder than Bob Geldof's daughters: Peaches, Pixie, Fifi Trixibelle, and Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily (whose father is the late Michael Hutchence). The common denominator is their mom, the late British television host, Paula Yates.
#11
I worked in Nigeria for a while and had a co-worker called Thank God Limejuice. It wasn’t a windup. That was his actual name
Alicia Butterfield 4 years ago
Some amazing names in Nigeria and they totally make them work and sound cool. Just think of the ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan..
Angela Turrall 4 years ago
Oh my god, I was making dinner one night so couldn’t quite hear the tv, and was sure I heard someone on the news refer to a leader of somewhere as good luck dolphin (as in I heard just the words leader, good luck dolphin), I looked everywhere for information because I was fascinated by this wonderful name, but I now realise it was Goodluck Jonathon. Still a wonderful name, but makes so much more sense!
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Paul Davis 4 years ago
I worked with a patient who was called Iridium Silver after a car paint color his parents had seen written somewhere.
Bakugo Katsuki 4 years ago
Hey, I'm from Nigeria and its actually true some people are named after streets,foods and so many other things, i am so glad; my name is not a bad
Jo Choto 4 years ago
There's a tradition in some parts of Africa to name children after experiences during pregnancy/marriage/childbirth. I knew/worked with people named Hatred, Shame, Mistake, Anxious, and many more. Then there were the parents who just really liked the sounds of some English words, so I also people called Elastic Banda, Number Seven, Juicy, etc. etc. All of these names go without so much of a blink in Africa.
Roxy Eastland 4 years ago
Yup, in many cultures giving babies names that are important concepts is a big deal. People should call their babies what they want and everyone else could try teaching their children not to be bullies.
Arenite 4 years ago
My mother worked in the 1940’s with a woman who named her kid Debris. She thought it sounded French and elegant.
Happi doggi 4 years ago
lol but debris is exactly what she was not looking for in a name 😂
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#12
When I worked at chick-fil-a way back in the day, I was taking this girl's order and it time time to ask for her name, she was being very hesitant. So I was just waiting for a reply until her mom says "Sorry she's shy!!" looks me in the eyes with a smile and tells me "Her name is Thankful!" ....poor child
Connie Martin 4 years ago
There's a doctor in Minnesota whose name is Happy Thanksgiving. Daughter of hippies. She likes it, she says
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
Maybe it wasn't that she was shy, but just that she was embarrassed to have to tell people her silly name.
Shane S 4 years ago
I frequently lie about my name at drive thrus and coffee shops. My name is fine; I just find it fun using aliases.
A Random Panda 4 years ago
My mom usually uses my middle name when she orders. She doesn't't have a middle name, and her first name is Japanese.
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Jane Alexander 4 years ago
Kids, If you don't like the name just don't answer to it. Pick a different one or use the middle name. It works. They'll catch on eventually. By now very few relatives know what name they tried to hang on me.
#13
North West
Truth Monster 4 years ago
I'm waiting for her to put out a perfume called "North" just to hear the commercial, "North by Northwest"
DramaDoc 4 years ago
Only if the commercial involves her being chased by planes...
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Clara Knaub 4 years ago
Agreed but I the weird thing is, when she says them they don’t sound super weird. Not saying I think the names are good but they don’t sound weird when she says them.
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Memere 4 years ago
The one that got me was Chicago. Native American word for "stinky onion". For real.
Anna roberts 4 years ago
Well when you put it that way, it kinda works LOL
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Layla Blank 4 years ago
omg yes! pls don't downvote but honestly I felt Kim K. and Kanye West could have done better with the name..
#14
Peter File
Rhea 4 years ago
That name even got a whole scene dedicated to it in The IT-Crowd: https://youtu.be/fTaKDnSIb4c
Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
That one is very unfortunate, don't think the parents thought this one through.
Francesca Annoni 4 years ago
As a non native English speaker, I don't understand the joke..please someone can explain it to me?
Brîndușa 4 years ago (edited)
Just read it as pedophile...Hope this helped (i am non native English too).
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For any Americans: Brits pronounce pedophile with a long 'e' (so it sounds like 'peedophile').
Aly 4 years ago
This was supposed to be its own comment, why is it a reply?
Load More Replies... I want cake 4 years ago (edited)
Reminds me of the parents who very nearly named their twin boys Bertus and Ernest, until a family member pointed out the short forms of those names.
#15
Pridges Pancakes. He changed it to Richard Johnson.
But Olympic skier Anna Banana kept her name.
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
Richard Johnson... Aren't both of those words nicknames for, uh, the male organ?
Load More Replies... Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
Ummm, why did he choose to change his name to Richard Johnson, especially since Richard can be shortened to D**k and Johnson is another terminology for d**k as well lol.
Martin Kaine 4 years ago
.....wait......Pridges Pancakes changed his name to Richard Johnson? I don't know if that's an improvement. Especially if he goes by "D**k."
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
Another Olympic skier, Picabo (pronounced "Peekaboo") Street was named by an older sibling.
KC Lancaster 4 years ago
And she sponsored a child's intensive care unit, yes the "Peekaboo ICU"
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#16
I actually went to school with a guy named Richard Rash. To make it worse his mother was a teacher there
RaroaRaroa 4 years ago
I knew a guy called Justin D**k. Not a great name either.
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Linda Cowley 4 years ago
I knew an unfortunate boy named Richard Brain. Yes his parents called him D**k
Carrie Roettger 4 years ago
My husband worked with a girl who planned to name her son Nike...after the shoe brand not the mythological god.
noralin 4 years ago
For some weird reason the nickname for Richard is D**k. It makes no sense, but English is not my mother tongue. I have no idea how the name Richard changes to D**k. It should be Rich or Rick...
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#17
Baby
Just a Baby.
Vicky Z 4 years ago
I was thinking if i will look too old to write the same comment and then i saw yours😆😆😆😆
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TheReader19 4 years ago
If you can't give your child a real name; maybe you don't need a child
#18
A friend of a friend was named ‘Forsheeza Jolly Goodfellow’ before she had it changed. Can’t even imagine having to deal with that at school
I want cake 4 years ago
That's something you'd suggest as a joke, but following through is just cruel.
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
There was a man in Texas whose last name was Daub, and he named his son "Zippity Doo." Apparently he was the fourth or fifth kid, and his wife had just given up by then.
SoozeeQ 4 years ago (edited)
I'd never heard of Robin Goodfellow, until I saw your post. https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Robin-Goodfellow/. (I've obviously never read Shakespeare!) Also, there's a bookie in the UK named Robin Goodfellow. His parent's obviously had a sense of humour. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/racing/article-9505891/Robin-Goodfellows-Racing-Tips-Best-bets-Saturday-April-24.html
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Carole Strawn 4 years ago
Growing up my next-door neighbor was named Birdie Lillicrap (last name). She was an older woman. And another man named Harry Khunt. What on earth were people thinking?
#19
I read a story once about triplets that were named Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Please dont do that
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
If they were, my kids would be named Athelstan, Ragnar, and Laegertha.
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QueerTheory 4 years ago
I understand fred ginny and ron. But why would you name two siblings hermione and ron??
PrincessTheSiameseKat 4 years ago
oh gosh I am a triplet and I have 2 brothers I am so glad my parent's liking of harry potter didn't do this to us lol
Fred L. 4 years ago
Why not? Seriously, why not? Harry and Ron were common names long before HP and Hermione existed as well. That all fit together in the context doesn´t make it bad.
Mir Adwari 4 years ago
I had a great aunt called Hermione. It's having all of them named seemingly from the same source. People are too quick to make fun and that isn't fair to the children.
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Susan Moore 4 years ago
Being a potter fan I like it but would also like Fred George and Ginny
karin s. 4 years ago
i have seen triplets born around 6th of january as caspar, melchior and balthasar - but that was in 1880s.
Alonso Victoria 4 years ago
Thats because people used to name their kids on honor of the saint of the day they were born. For example of you were born in february 14, your name would be Valentine (Valentino or Valentina could be used too) because of Saint Valentine
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FlitterBug 4 years ago
I'd only do that for pets, the pets won't mind if their names are Tonks, Snape, and Hagrid
HufflePuffleGothleGay 4 years ago
yeah well how are the parents a mix of dead, muggle, and the literal best f*****g entitys ever?
#20
Abcde (pronounce ab-city)
Marianne 4 years ago
That was the poor girl who caused an incident at an airport, because the employees could not believe this was her actual name. They laughed at the name and the mother shamed them for laughing at her poor child, when in truth in was her fault for giving her child a ridiculous name like that.
Oaklynn 4 years ago
I think I remember that from a Boredpanda post a few years ago. I’m still dumbfounded
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do parents consider the fact that their kid will have to apply for jobs, college etc? Abcde on an application just looks like a typo.
MyCatsTheRealPanda 4 years ago
Honestly when parents like this try to give their kids "unique"names and "different" spellings I don't think they give a thought about the child itself and their future. They just want to look like they are trendy and/or feel like they're superior because they came up with something other people haven't.
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Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
It's like Abyss-city. It sounds kinda pretty, but the spelling is just so lazy...
#21
Blanket
Easily Excitable Panda 4 years ago
Both of Michael Jackson's sons are named "Prince Michael." Blanket was a nickname.
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#22
Went to school with a girl named Candace Barbara Machine. Candy Bar Machine!
I want cake 4 years ago
It's not about the first name though, it's the combination of all three.
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Elak Swindell 4 years ago
How do you get the last name "machine"? It's not an occupational surname. That's just weird.
Candace Hurley 4 years ago
I love my maiden name! I was a definite stand out in school - red-haired and named Candy Bar Machine. Everyone knew who I was.
#23
Satan.
Well, unless of course you want them to be a lawyer when they grow up, in which case it might to a good marketing ploy.
MyCatsTheRealPanda 4 years ago
Correct me if I'm wrong but I always thought Jesus was pronounced Hey-Zeus? Except when of course talking about Jesus.
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Laura Green 4 years ago
There are rules about what you can name kids... Satan is probably not ok. Also, lawyers are not all bad. You'll call on one when you need one.
#24
Methaney
#25
Scooter. Hell no. I would not even name a dog that
PrincessTheSiameseKat 4 years ago
I know a guy named Scooter he is a very nice old man that name was popular for a bit but not anymore also it is the name of one of the muppets
Alexis Draskinis 4 years ago
I had a cat named Scooter as a kid. We named him after Muppet Babies
Elizabeth 4 years ago
Scooter was actually the nickname of my friend's little brother (not his legal name thankfully)
MyCatsTheRealPanda 4 years ago
I accidentally made a kid named scooter run into a telephone pole and break his nose. Just thought I'd put that out there lol.
somnomania 4 years ago
aw, but scooter's one of the best characters in the borderlands video game series!
#26
Some girl I knew named her daughter Tru Love, I still can’t get over that bizarre combination
J. F. 4 years ago (edited)
"You are my only Tru Love" - "Make that pun one more time and you wake up without teeth!"
Load More Replies... Honorary Malfoy 4 years ago
Calling her name in attendance would be like: Love, Tru Love (princess bride reference lol)
Elizabeth Cumming 4 years ago
there is a person in my family tree, thankfully not direct, whose name was Love Paddock
#27
Chastity
Aj Grimes (he/him) 4 years ago
The person that cuts my hair is named Chasity!
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sofacushionfort 4 years ago
The Puritans would name their girls after cherished virtues. "Felicity, Hope, Charity" are still in use, but "Damn-Fornication" hasn't appeared on "1000 Names for Baby" in quite some time.
Arctic Fox Lover 4 years ago
Ok, a little off-topic, but isn't the child in the picture above just lovely??
Tina Hugh 4 years ago
She looks like she’s going to be President in 30 years. That’s probably a foreign policy briefing she’s reading.
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Yehudit Hannah Cohn 4 years ago (edited)
It doesn't resonate as well, these days, but Chastity, along with Prudence, Faith, Hope, and Charity (some of the Seven Virtues) were very popular in Christian/Catholic areas from the Middle Ages on forward. Frankly, it's better than when people misspell it as Chasity or Chasdity.
Fencat 4 years ago (edited)
Chastity is not one of the 7 virtues: faith, hope, charity are the theological virtues: justice, temperance, prudence and magnificence (strength) are the cardinal virtues. This said, chastity certainly was one of the Christian virtues, which were more than seven. Other abstract names of positive concepts were Verity, (truth) Felicity (happiness), Constance (steadfastness).
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My cousin dated a woman named Perpetual.
Ila Chakravarthy 4 years ago
good lord, that's horrible. "may i have a name for the order?" "oh, it'll be mango, thanks"
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Corona/Covid
N G 4 years ago
Corona could have been slightly acceptable - it just means crown, but it's not a great name for a child. Whoever names their kid Covid though is an out and out idiot.
Curry on... 4 years ago
So weird to name your children after a disease. Here, meet my daughter Smallpoxa and my son, Herpes.
DramaDoc 4 years ago
I have a friend who always swore she wanted to name her first born 'Subdermal Hematoma' - 'Dermie' fior short. Fortunately, she did not carry through (although she did give her kid an unusual name)
#30
There was a girl in high school with the last name Storms. She got knocked up at 14. She named the kid Sylva Winta. I always thought was really terrible.
tiari 4 years ago
Sylva is perfectly okay. Only the combination with Winta makes it quite horrible IMO. Poor child.
Spring Fisk 4 years ago
I love the name Storms, although it might be a cool name for a boy Storm
#31
I've always disliked the name "Guy"
Kristof De Smet 4 years ago
In Flanders, this is quite a common name, but is pronounced otherwise (like Gee)
King Joffrey 4 years ago
It has nothing to do with the English word 'guy', it's a popular French name (pronounced 'ghee') and as far as I remember it's a variation on 'Guido'.
Robin Childers 4 years ago
It has a totally different pronunciation in French than it does in America.
Lily Mae Kitty 4 years ago
it's a bland name and there's no good nickname for it. My husband's named Roy and so is his dad. I just thank god he's not a Jr.
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Daphne Williams 4 years ago
It's a very old French name, pronounced "Ghee." There's nothing wrong with it.
#32
I know someone who named their kid Khaleesi, yikes.
JennyLaRue 4 years ago
I'm sure there are a lot more examples of this name over the recent years
Paul Davis 4 years ago
I've heard there are a horde of Daenerys' and Khaleesis in schools already.
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I want cake 4 years ago
The name itself isn't bad, but the character turned out to be someone you don't necessarily want to name your child after.
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Laura Catania 4 years ago
I ran into a little boy named Tyrion which I thought was cute as heck (maybe 3 and he was a little imp)
Lily Mae Kitty 4 years ago
someone had a baby during GoT and had no idea Klahleesi would try to kill everyone at the end. don't name your kid after a tv show.
Jojo Dancer 4 years ago
That was one of the most popular girl names during the last couple of years of GofT, right up until the Dragon Queen went nutso and started killing everyone lol
#33
I read a post a few months back asking if Huckleberry was a good name for her son
Robin Childers 4 years ago
Wouldn't be my first choice, but there are worse names on this list.
Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
You shouldn't have used photos of all these innocent children, who don't even have those names. We can cope with reading.
#34
I have a friend named Johnson. That’s no big deal, but his last name is Smalls.
Jessica Cifelli 4 years ago
I once knew a Richard Smalls. Of course he got a lot of D**k jokes.
#35
I've seen a few little boys named Riot. That name seems pretty bad to me
I want cake 4 years ago
My brother met a girl called Scandal. As expected, she wasn't on the best terms with her parents.
#36
“Miracle”. I work in a PICU and kids named this never seem to have a good outcome
Laura Be 4 years ago
In Spanish Milagros is a common girl name, and it is often used for babies with difficulties in their conception/pregnancy/birth
Allan Breum 4 years ago
...Sooo, name your kids Massacre, or Disaster would be a safeguard then. :P
I want cake 4 years ago
So much pressure! I would hate to grow up knowing I'm the miracle child, feeling the expectation to live for all the siblings who never could.
Dodo 4 years ago
I was that child (without the name). It does indeed suck
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i know a woman named "Sweet Kisses"
#38
Soup, apparently
sofacushionfort 4 years ago
Perhaps their first child? Then their last will be, unfortunately, named "Nuts."
#39
I went to elementary school with a girl named Percyphanie, no bs. Kids used to clown her and call her PerSyphilis lol
Raine Soo 4 years ago
You can see that the name was a take on Persephone, the bride of Hades in Greek mythology.
lenka 4 years ago (edited)
I saw the connection but poor kids named with Cre8tiv3 spelling. If you like the name Persephone just use it and spell it properly. Your precious little petal is not more "unique" because you spell her name wrong.
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Robin Childers 4 years ago
If that's the way it was spelled no wonder. The Greeks spelled it 'Persephone'.
Marcellus the Third 4 years ago
Not a real name, a totally butchered version of a literary Classical Greek name unused in the intervening centuries except by occasional parents striving to stand out, while wanting to stress something about the duties of women to be faithful and demure.
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Mir Adwari 4 years ago
You sure? How is it pronounced? Percy-Fanni? It isn't Persephone.
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Marianne 4 years ago
Here in Germany, there a rules for giving your child a name. Most importantly, the name must not be ridiculous, because that causes emotional damages. So when you go to the registry office, they can forbid you to use certain names. Those people saved a lot of children from a very bad childhood!
Cupcake168 4 years ago
Sometimes I think: why are there so many regulations in my country? And than I see this and see: because.
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
My test for baby names was always to put titles in front of them, like Doctor, Judge, Ambassador, Senator, President. (Yeah, very ambitious about offspring.) If the name fits and doesn’t clash with such respected titles, it went on the list. If it sounded ridiculous, it was tossed out right away.
Honu 4 years ago
Same here. I've always referred to this as the "Chief Justice" test. So many people give their kid names that are cutesy as a small child, but they're only children for a small part of their lives. Then they're a 40 year old district manager named Princess.
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Eslamala 4 years ago (edited)
My country doesn't allow names that ridicule the person, BUT being a spanish speaking country, the amount of poorly spelled foreign names is astonishing. Sad thing is one of the worse things this country excells at is being snobbish, so if you have a name that's considered ridiculous or "low class", you're instantly discriminated against. Thankfully that's changing with newer generations, but it's still a thing. Also, there's a big difference between being original and creative, and not being able to understand your kid might be scarred for life if you choose a name that will get them bullied and ridiculed. On a side note: who TF names their kid SEX FRUIT? It's wrong on SO many levels!
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
We have this in Germany too. If you name your child Kevin or Chantalle, everyone will think they come from a trashy family and that they are stupid.
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Truth Monster 4 years ago
I would name my kid Evil Genius. Its a good indicator that I probably shouldn't have kids.
Anna Banana 4 years ago
I don't know, might work nicely with the last name "Monster" at least.
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Jennifer .S 4 years ago
This is so stupid. Children are not your dolls, they're real living people who are going to be adults one day and live whole lives just like you. I believe don't name your kid something you wouldn't want to be called yourself.
RatherLoopy 4 years ago (edited)
My submissions: Moon Unit Zappa and a kid I went to school with, Richard Head. He did NOT go by the nickname "D**k."
troufaki13 4 years ago
Ιs this ridiculous thing happening anywhere else besides the US? Also, why would they deliberately give their children psychological issues? I get they want to stand out but c'mon... Normalize being normal!!
ThatOneCrazyFanGirl 4 years ago
What goes through these people's minds when they think of a baby name?? Like, you could name your child "Noelle" but you want something unique so you'd choose "jkmno" WHY??
Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
I lived in Portugal for 6 years. Almost every girl has Maria in her name somewhere. Many names are still so ultra-Catholic. Things like Maria de Deus (Mary of God), Maria da Luz (Mary from Heaven) Conceição (Conception, FFS), Maria José for girls and José Maria for boys. Portugal, let it go, please.
Corina Elia 4 years ago
The top 2 I know are a woman named Blanca, last name Pintado (white painted), she happened to marry a man with the last name Amarillo, so she was Blanca Pintado de Amarillo (white, painted yellow). The other case is about a set of twins, one named Mara and the other Dona... Can you gess what country they're from? ;)
Marianne 4 years ago
Here in Germany, there a rules for giving your child a name. Most importantly, the name must not be ridiculous, because that causes emotional damages. So when you go to the registry office, they can forbid you to use certain names. Those people saved a lot of children from a very bad childhood!
Cupcake168 4 years ago
Sometimes I think: why are there so many regulations in my country? And than I see this and see: because.
Load More Replies... Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
My test for baby names was always to put titles in front of them, like Doctor, Judge, Ambassador, Senator, President. (Yeah, very ambitious about offspring.) If the name fits and doesn’t clash with such respected titles, it went on the list. If it sounded ridiculous, it was tossed out right away.
Honu 4 years ago
Same here. I've always referred to this as the "Chief Justice" test. So many people give their kid names that are cutesy as a small child, but they're only children for a small part of their lives. Then they're a 40 year old district manager named Princess.
Load More Replies... Eslamala 4 years ago (edited)
My country doesn't allow names that ridicule the person, BUT being a spanish speaking country, the amount of poorly spelled foreign names is astonishing. Sad thing is one of the worse things this country excells at is being snobbish, so if you have a name that's considered ridiculous or "low class", you're instantly discriminated against. Thankfully that's changing with newer generations, but it's still a thing. Also, there's a big difference between being original and creative, and not being able to understand your kid might be scarred for life if you choose a name that will get them bullied and ridiculed. On a side note: who TF names their kid SEX FRUIT? It's wrong on SO many levels!
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
We have this in Germany too. If you name your child Kevin or Chantalle, everyone will think they come from a trashy family and that they are stupid.
Load More Replies... Truth Monster 4 years ago
I would name my kid Evil Genius. Its a good indicator that I probably shouldn't have kids.
Anna Banana 4 years ago
I don't know, might work nicely with the last name "Monster" at least.
Load More Replies... Jennifer .S 4 years ago
This is so stupid. Children are not your dolls, they're real living people who are going to be adults one day and live whole lives just like you. I believe don't name your kid something you wouldn't want to be called yourself.
RatherLoopy 4 years ago (edited)
My submissions: Moon Unit Zappa and a kid I went to school with, Richard Head. He did NOT go by the nickname "D**k."
troufaki13 4 years ago
Ιs this ridiculous thing happening anywhere else besides the US? Also, why would they deliberately give their children psychological issues? I get they want to stand out but c'mon... Normalize being normal!!
ThatOneCrazyFanGirl 4 years ago
What goes through these people's minds when they think of a baby name?? Like, you could name your child "Noelle" but you want something unique so you'd choose "jkmno" WHY??
Tiny Dynamine 4 years ago
I lived in Portugal for 6 years. Almost every girl has Maria in her name somewhere. Many names are still so ultra-Catholic. Things like Maria de Deus (Mary of God), Maria da Luz (Mary from Heaven) Conceição (Conception, FFS), Maria José for girls and José Maria for boys. Portugal, let it go, please.
Corina Elia 4 years ago
The top 2 I know are a woman named Blanca, last name Pintado (white painted), she happened to marry a man with the last name Amarillo, so she was Blanca Pintado de Amarillo (white, painted yellow). The other case is about a set of twins, one named Mara and the other Dona... Can you gess what country they're from? ;)
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