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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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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered Jack Cass, I know it’s bad because it’s my name

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered My coworker named her baby "Strawberry Rain", which would be a great name if she had given birth to a bottle of shampoo

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered I know a family with 4 kids: Prince, Princess, Precious, and Becca. The Becca at the end kills me lol

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

Becca will probably grow up to be a villain with a dark background story.

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered I have heard of many bad names, but Sex Fruit is probably the worst I have seen.

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered 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

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered 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??

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered 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.

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered My mum once worked at a school and there was a kid called "Thank God".

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered 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

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered 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

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Alicia Butterfield
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Some amazing names in Nigeria and they totally make them work and sound cool. Just think of the ex-President, Goodluck Jonathan..

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered 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

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Vicky Z
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah right she is shy! How can't she see what they did to their poor child oh my God!

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North West

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

I'm waiting for her to put out a perfume called "North" just to hear the commercial, "North by Northwest"

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered Pridges Pancakes. He changed it to Richard Johnson.

But Olympic skier Anna Banana kept her name.

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered I actually went to school with a guy named Richard Rash. To make it worse his mother was a teacher there

LilPeaHen , Hunter Johnson Report

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered 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

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

That's something you'd suggest as a joke, but following through is just cruel.

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered I read a story once about triplets that were named Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Please dont do that

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered Abcde (pronounce ab-city)

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

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.

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered Seen it all. Met a woman named Anal. Pronounced "Ah-nuhl". I had a friend named Cleopatra. And had a relative named Sextus but he just was called "Uncle Sex". Even heard of one called Merlin!

Hella111 , Sharon McCutcheon Report

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered Went to school with a girl named Candace Barbara Machine. Candy Bar Machine!

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered 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.

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered gaylord (yes its an actual name)

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered Scooter. Hell no. I would not even name a dog that

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

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

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Alexis Draskinis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a cat named Scooter as a kid. We named him after Muppet Babies

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

Scooter was actually the nickname of my friend's little brother (not his legal name thankfully)

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

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.

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Elak Swindell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Perfect for a dog that like to wipe it's butt on the carpet. LOL

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Becky Moore
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think this is the worst name ever. Most people will probably think it's a nickname...hopefully :P

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

That's my uncle's nickname! lol His sister (my aunt) also calls him Scoots. He's in is 60's and is still called this by close friends and family. My grandmother gave him the name after a popular basketball player.

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

I had a dog named Scooter! He was a great dog. Always had too scoot him off the stair to use it

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

Scooter's is a really good hotdog place... https://www.scootersworldfamousdawghouse.com/

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

Well, there’s a rave musician from Germany who calls himself Scooter… “Hyper, hyper!” is one of his most common songs.

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Carrie Roettger
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I worked at a nightclub years ago and the GM when I started was named Scooter.

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Ryan Bitzer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a cousin named Craig but he's gone by "Scooter" since he was a kid. He's married now.

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Taleen Elcoate
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My best friends name was Scooter, he was a chihuahua, I was going to get a female and call her Bike, because he’d always be riding her!

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Haunting Spirit
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I would know someone named scooter I would ask them every day: "How much is the fish?" (google it).

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

Scooter just makes me think of Scooter in Borderlands... and yea, not exactly a good namesake

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a Minecraft girl
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow, It’s a scooter, for scooter, go on scooter, ride the scooter!

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J. F.
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I guess he's always hardcore... (Scooter is a german techno band for context)

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered Some girl I knew named her daughter Tru Love, I still can’t get over that bizarre combination

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"What Were The Parents Thinking:" 30 People Share The Dumbest Baby Names They've Encountered Chastity

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