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People Shared 50 Ridiculous Baby Names Parents Thought Were Clever But They Weren’t At All
Parents nowadays are much more creative when it comes to picking names for their children than previous generations were. In fact, with name diversity being at an all-time high, the odds of sharing a name with a classmate are statistically very low. While this can be beneficial for those who want to stand out, some parents take their creativity way too far, which results in the most unfortunate baby names ever.In the list below, we gathered some of the worst ones in hopes they won’t see the light of day ever again. Scroll down to see them for yourself, and don’t forget to upvote those unconventional names that raise the question, ‘What were they thinking?’
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#1
Rip Chris
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#2
This Should Be Illegal
#3
My Sister Is Naming Her Kid "Aubrianna"
#4
Can’t Make This Stuff Up If I Wanted To
#5
This Is Beyond A Tragedeigh, It's A Murghdyrr
#6
I’m Speechless
#7
I Have No Wor'ds
Posted in a Facebook group I'm in. Sending thoughts and prayers to these kids because they're gonna need it.
#8
What The Hell
(Not my OC, I found it on threads and had to post it here lmfao) What is the appeal of these generally distasteful names? Is it some kind of desperate need to be quirky/different? I think the name is pronounced Blakely, but it also looks like the sound a horse would make so I'm clueless.
#9
Earth Is So Ghetto… The Eighleeynz Cannot Come Soon Enough
#10
Best Friend Is Having A Baby… I Googled It And Apparently A Few People Have That Name, But Is It Not Literally The Word “Ashtray”???
#11
Some Names I Saw At A School Event Tonight
Dezmin, Purdie, Ellzworth, Eethn, Nissee, Gauge, McCoy, and Zaeley. Pics to prove it.
#12
My First Tragedeigh?
Found this at the “sponsor a child’s education” board at my local church.
#13
I Never Thought That One Of My Friends Would Do This
#14
Courtesy Of A Chick I Went To High School With
#15
Funniest Thing I’ve Seen All Day
#16
My Sister Is Wack And Naming Her Baby After TV Shows. Help
So my sister is currently expecting and i asked her if she had any names in mind. One thing to know about my sister is that she is a huge movie buff, and is naming her baby after her favorite tv shows and book series (namely Naruto, Game of Thrones, and I am number four)
Please help. I genuinely wish I was joking. This kid will be bullied.
My sister won’t listen to me, since I’m 15 years younger than she is, and thinks I’m just being a judgmental teenager.
SheamusFanFrom1987 1 year ago
Hinata could mean "sunny place" or "facing the sun" in Japanese so I wouldn't be too opposed to it, but combining that with GOT and with a number in the name sounds like a recipe for bullying by her peers... -_-"
#17
Oof
#18
Spotted On Instagram: North Korea?
#19
Look
#20
Saw This And Ran Here
#21
Poor Girl. This Was One Of The Names At A Daycare I Visited For Work A Few Years Ago. Not Sure If It's Pronounced "Mistress" Or "My Stress"
Undercover 1 year ago (edited)
"Mom, was I a wild child" "Noooo, you were tame as a lamb, Stressica!"
#22
This Is Insane
#23
Quirt
Edda Kamphues 1 year ago
I'm just guessing how many cruel kids will draw an 'S' in front of the name. If I can think of it, they certainly can too.
#24
Pls Tell Me This Is A Traditional Name
#25
My Act Of Heroism Yesterday
#27
Newborn Son Named After Twilight Sparkle
#28
Woman On Instagram Named Her Daughter Lemon
People asked in the comments if she was joking / it was a pseudo name - it’s not. She’s also calling her daughter a baby influencer! So there’s that.
#29
Why… Just Why
#31
I Introduce To You: Sugar Lover Funk
Edda Kamphues 1 year ago
With the surname 'Funk', I would have preferred the first name to be "Uptown".
#32
Celebrities Think They Can Get Away With It
#33
Not Sure If It’s A Tragedeigh But It Sure Is Something. Oh The Wonders Of Instagram Reels
#34
Waffle?
#35
Saw This In My Pregnancy Due Date Group Today
Personally I won’t understand naming your children after comic and fantasy characters, but maybe that’s just me
#36
I Laughed So Hard
#37
Cadilynn
My best friend sent me this. Her niece will be called 'Cadilynn' or 'Caddie' for short. Is it a tragedy or a tragedeigh? Maybe, you like it?!
What do you think?
#38
I Dont Even Know How To Pronounce This
#39
No, No, No. I Refuse To Believe This Is Real
#40
Why Though?!
#41
Checked Facebook For The First Time In A While And
Edda Kamphues 1 year ago
How can you call your child something without a single vowel in the name????
#42
I Think We Can All Agree On This One
#43
Took A Minute To Realize They Were Referring To The Kids’ Names
#44
Just Gonna Leave This One Here
Luke Branwen 1 year ago
Idk but this is like... least bad from this list. "Gali" for short sounds nice.
#45
Birth Announcements With Some “Interesting” Names
#46
Industry
Vincent-Oliviér Desmet-Demeyer 1 year ago
Isn’t she part of that couple that keeps breeding their ‘perfect’ genes? (And get laughed at because they both wear glasses despite being ‘perfect’)?
#47
His Name Is What
Edda Kamphues 1 year ago
Could have been worse, could have been 'Tripper' (must know German to get this).
#48
Her Name's Not So Bad. Her Brother's, On The Other Hand
#50
Oh Neaux
#51
Influencer Shared Her Baby’s Names
#52
And Boy Does She Need Some
#53
I Found This In The Wild
#54
Twin Group Asking For Girl Names
Like the bug?
I know places don’t technically have genders but Denver sounds so masculine? And Bennett? Come on
I don’t even know how to pronounce these 4 & 5. Rhyming twin names. Ugh
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Suuuuuch a subtle difference in the pronunciation, it will be so annoying when you’re calling for one or the other.
#55
Absolutely Incredible
Motivated sloth 1 year ago
Hopefully this was long before mental breakdowns and his weird and inexcusable self titled black n**i era.
#56
Noticed Some "Yooneek" Names At A Place I Volunteered At
#57
Guns Or Glitter?
#58
Pubert
Queen Boudicca 1 year ago
Not even puberty...nick name "Pubie"...sounds like a mysterious curly hair found 'twixt the sheets...
#59
Colleague's Proud Grandpa Facebook Post
#60
So We’re Naming Babies After Grocery Stores Now?
#61
Imma Just Leave This Here
#63
Praying This Is Satire
#64
Birthdeigh Parteigh
#65
Why
#66
What?
Lily bloom 1 year ago
I knew a guy that claimed to have named his daughter Alexis because hed never be able to afford a Lexus
#67
Real Post In A Pregnancy Group. Poor Child
#68
Ladies And Gentlemen: My Wife. Crisis Averted, Hopefully?
#69
The Name Is Shoah. As In The H*******t. A Literal Tragedy
#70
A Mom On TikTok Who Gave Her Kids These Names
#71
The Parents Were Confused By All The Comments. I Mean Silver And Fox Are Wild Names But Together
#72
What's Wrong With The Name Sven? Sevyn Is A Nonsense Word
#73
Whalen?
#74
A Tragedy, In Two Parts
#75
This Is Not A Troll
#76
They Didn't Consult A Dictionary Before Choosing This One. Welp... I See A Legal Name Change When This Baby Grows Up
#77
Found In A Facebook Group
David Morgan 1 year ago
"I'm not worried about school system issues, potential future childhood bullyies etc". Yeah, because YOU don't have to put up with it, you a*****e. Parents, BEAR THOSE ISSUES IN MIND. IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU.
#78
Tragedeigh Or Cute?
#79
Why Would You Name Your Child This?
#81
I First Read It As Corn
#82
I Refuse To Believe This Is Real
#83
Hi My Name Is Etcnveelin
#84
Saga Blade Fox-Baker
#85
Peaches Ivy Snow
#86
“Uncommon Baby Name” Posts In Pregnancy Groups Never Disappoint
#87
I Snorted
#88
Some Gems At My Son's Elementary
#89
What Will Baby Boy #2 End Up Becoming?
Will he end up joining a motorcycle group, wearing a long black robe while holding a sickle, or being a fan of 1980s cologne? Is it Kyler? Skyler? Who knows? ‘Lil Clinton seemed to have dodged a bullet here.
#90
All One Family
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
If you have to put an accent mark on the pronunciation guide to your child's name ("Kō-vi-lee"), you're doing it wrong. Stop. Get some help.
#91
This Did Not Give Me Dohp Amin (Dopamine)
#92
A Girl I Went To Hs With Is Pregnant.... This Is The Name They're Going With
Stephanie Did It 1 year ago
Hecate is a Greek goddess associated with magic, witchcraft, crossroads, the moon, and the underworld. Goth as heck.
#93
Oh My God. A Girl I Know Just Named Her Kid This
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Broccoli 1 year ago
What’s with the random apostrophes, the obsession with the “eigh” ending, and the replacement of i with y?
Tams21 1 year ago
I have to wonder what motivates parents to give their children names like these, why they would knowingly take a decision which will make their child's life harder. It's difficult not to think that they're prioritising attention for themselves, clicks or likes over the welfare of their own child. Or am I being cynical?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
No, you're not being cynical. That is exactly what they are doing. They aren't thinking about the child or its potential future or its life at all. They're only thinking about themselves and how wonderfully clever they are for giving their baby such a special, unique name. NO ONE ELSE ever thought of this name except for THEM. They ARE the main character. They don't care about their child's future or what they'll go through at all. I got the mildest version of this possible - I got named after a chandelier (Crystal) and I got mocked for THAT name in the 80s, so I can't imagine what some of these kids are going to go through these days.
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Broccoli 1 year ago
What’s with the random apostrophes, the obsession with the “eigh” ending, and the replacement of i with y?
Tams21 1 year ago
I have to wonder what motivates parents to give their children names like these, why they would knowingly take a decision which will make their child's life harder. It's difficult not to think that they're prioritising attention for themselves, clicks or likes over the welfare of their own child. Or am I being cynical?
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
No, you're not being cynical. That is exactly what they are doing. They aren't thinking about the child or its potential future or its life at all. They're only thinking about themselves and how wonderfully clever they are for giving their baby such a special, unique name. NO ONE ELSE ever thought of this name except for THEM. They ARE the main character. They don't care about their child's future or what they'll go through at all. I got the mildest version of this possible - I got named after a chandelier (Crystal) and I got mocked for THAT name in the 80s, so I can't imagine what some of these kids are going to go through these days.
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