Worst Name Suggestions

jennjilljo · September 2014

**DISCLAIMER** No one is hating on these names, they simply aren't the right names for us which makes suggesting them silly.

After yesterday's "Dad suggestions" talk, I had a long conversation with my mom in which my nieces and siblings all joined in to pick baby names. I thought it would be fun to talk about the strangest, weirdest, worst baby names that have been suggested to us.

For me:

Navi - the annoying fairy in the Zelda Games

Saila - my niece made it up

Ariella - All I heard was areola, it's a beautiful name if you remove the extra la IMO

Sequoya - I don't know why they think I would use a tree name, that's not me

Aloe - So that I can later apply my child to wicked burns

Selphie - pronounced just like selfie and a character from the Final Fantasy series

Febix - I don't think that's a real name and I'm not sure why the "L" needed to be changed

Athos and Porthos - because my brother is Aramis and we should stick with the Three Musketeers theme

Anyone else want to join in? I have a feeling some of you guys have gotten some crazy suggestions.

lizjennings81 · September 2014

Mine aren't that terrible or weird, but they did make me laugh:

Alejandrina: my brother insists on calling the baby this (guess what his name is)?
Xochipili: my dad's, as noted yesterday
Victoria: my mom's; my husband wants to know if my mom's stuck in the 70s.

(Note: I don't think Victoria's a horrible name. My mom wanted to name me Victoria, though, so my husband's question is valid.)

That's it so far.

chickyclg · September 2014

I have a friend named Ariella and she gets called areola all the time, now she just tells people to call her Ariel.

kefttsc · September 2014

Oh my......those are some winners!

I don't even have anything to add!

Cookie0875 · September 2014

Oh man...my brother suggested Ellie Mae. All I can think is Beverly Hillbillies, so that is so not happening! in his defense, our grandmother's name was Ellen Mae. Those names just aren't my taste.

Before we knew the sex, my dad suggested Franklin Scott or Scott Eugene. Mixing his name and my FIL. But I don't like Franklin or Eugene (neither does DH) so that wasn't happening. DH liked Bartholomew...I really hope he was kidding.

Like @jennhillhoite said, nothing wrong with these names, they just aren't for me.

jennjilljo · September 2014

@cookie0875, Eugene was one of the suggestions from my 9 year old brother. It's not a bad name but I'm not on board with it. Some of the other names that hit me as hard as these ones were Katrice, Anisia, Aleena, Lionel, Leon, Werner, Kenton and Robbie. All are good names but just NMS. I really feel like they weren't considering who the names were for at the time they started saying them.

smg2302 · September 2014

Navi was also recommended to me!

I have a poll on my office door that my students can recommend names, so I was probably asking for it:

Cyrus (all I can think of is Cyrus the Virus)
RarLynn (this is the name of one of my students and thinks I should name my child after her)
Jayden (not so bad, just not a fan of the -ayden trend)
Ivanna (Insert inappropriate last name here)

Sahara6971 · September 2014

My husband, for a while, was insisting if we had a boy this time it would be Herman.

MrsRoy07 · September 2014

My husband's first girl name suggestion was Hyacinth. *shudder* When I told my mom the girl name we had chosen, she didn't like it and suggested Melody instead. That just makes me think of the Babysitters Club.

crystalw88 · September 2014

Not that these are wacked out but my sister suggestion Easton and my brother suggested Ezekiel or Jackson...DH and I are really considering Jackson. I've been over to the BNB and I'll never go back! They must be sniffing glue or huffing paint other there.

edited: over not other

MammaWolf7 · September 2014

When my sister was pregnant, my brother in law suggested Sorn. That got shot down real soon. With my first child my husband suggested Were so out child's name would be Were Wolf

jennjilljo · September 2014

These are golden!

AshleySparkle720 · September 2014

We were recommended Elijah, Landon, Jasenia, Payton, and Eleanor. DH and I agreed and chose names as soon as we decided to have a baby so we really didn't need any ideas. Also, my dog's name is Payton so I thought that was weird someone even said that. Also, these names were not our style. They're lovely for other children, but we are doing family names

PeaceofKia · September 2014

I have nothing to add because we weren't open to suggestions, always had our list of names solidified and we're tight lipped about them to keep the suggestions from coming, lol. So for now, the girls are known as KJ and Lee to most people...but I can tell you guys in another thread one of these days. ;-)

But those are definitely winners!!

Cookie0875 · September 2014

@jennhillhoite your family is coming up with some interesting ones!

@crystalw88 I really like Jackson for a boy even though it is becoming pretty popular, but DH nixed it because of Jax on Sons...a-hole...

@MrsRoy07 I so thought of Babysitters Club when I saw Melody too.

jennjilljo · September 2014

@cookie0875 the kids and kind-of-adults suggesting them are 4, 7, 9, 11, 19 and 23 and then my mom. They gave us a few good ones that we loved but the bad far outweighed the good.

Sahara6971 · September 2014

AshleySparkle720 I like Elijah and I LOVE Elanor!

AshleySparkle720 · September 2014

Sahara6971 said:
AshleySparkle720 I like Elijah and I LOVE Elanor!

I do too and I know some kids that are Elijahs and Eleanors. Just not a family name like DH and I want

krysmill · September 2014

My lil sister calls the baby Farquaar! Mind you she's 22 and not a child! It cracks me up cause she has my SIL believing that's what I'm naming the baby!

reneamac313 · September 2014

We are naming our baby after family names and if it's a boy he will get my grandfather's middle name. His first name was Nemour and even he never went by that, he was always called N.J. I guess you can trust some Cajuns to keep it interesting.

sweetdreamz6700 · September 2014

These are great! Haha!

My mom blasted me with names last month abd I can't remember them all. Most were either already cousins so we didn't want to double dip the name. The worst of the lot was Bristol.

SS's voted Maleficent or Cheeseburger.

HerHighness · September 2014

My 4 year old has suggested:

Carrot
Genevieve (after Madeline's doggie)
Corn
Sally

lulu4087 · September 2014

Cookie0875 said:
Oh man...my brother suggested Ellie Mae. All I can think is Beverly Hillbillies, so that is so not happening! in his defense, our grandmother's name was Ellen Mae.

Ahhh! When I see Ellie Mae that's all I can think of is this ancient Boston terrier that was a regular at our clinic. She was horribly blind from diabetic cataracts and she had this amazing "old lady" snarky, I'm the shit attitude. Loved that little old lady.

RedGiant · September 2014

I loved yesterday's dad suggestions of Barfolomew...I love Space Balls. My grand father calls my cousin Marmaduke (a family name) - her real name is Cameron, but all I can think of is the comic about the great dane when I hear it. Surprisingly we haven't gotten any crazy suggestions that come to mind.

@nomnomasaur0426 I like Garrett as a boy name, it's on our current list of possibilities.

thegoodpotato · September 2014

My MIL suggests every single pregnancy that we should name a girl either Lacy or Molly. And I want to barf all over those names.

She also suggested Michaela as a name (DH's name is Michael, and his older brother's daughter's name is Kayla.... so... NO).

She tries to take credit for Marnie's name (which she had nothing to do with), and she absolutely hates Amanda's name. Which puzzles me, because she seems to love names from the 80's.

The only name that Marnie has agreed to for this baby is Mabel. We were throwing names out (whatever came to mind), and that name elicited the only yes.

reneamac313 · September 2014

lulu4087 said:

Cookie0875 said:
Oh man...my brother suggested Ellie Mae. All I can think is Beverly Hillbillies, so that is so not happening! in his defense, our grandmother's name was Ellen Mae.
Ahhh! When I see Ellie Mae that's all I can think of is this ancient Boston terrier that was a regular at our clinic. She was horribly blind from diabetic cataracts and she had this amazing "old lady" snarky, I'm the shit attitude. Loved that little old lady.

If baby is a girl her name will be Aileen Mae, most likely Allie Mae for short so I can't hate on Ellie Mae. Although our name for a boy is pretty country, too. To each their own!

thegoodpotato · September 2014

@nomnomasaur0426 - If my sister was a boy, she would have been Gareth.

(Sorry, but I never liked that name)

Cookie0875 · September 2014

@nomnomasaur0426 a good friend named her daughter Claire and I LOVE it. Definitely traditional, but not overused.

csjsmom · September 2014

I haven't had any yet this time (other than my boys picking superhero names). But with my second my son wanted chief Bruno. We had read a bearenstein bear book with the police chief in it. He was convinced that would be his brothers name right up until he met him at the hospital.

Hernsy · September 2014

Let's see...this is Dad's favorite game:

Markabelle (his name is Mark)

Alaina Mae (apparently this was supposed to be my brother's name if he was a girl. Alaina is nice, but Mae?)

Frank or Flana

Artimaus or Anika

Sirius or Sienna

If only I had written them all down. When we weren't sure what it was he was (obviously) on a matching first letter trend. Now he just likes to come up with craziness.

HerHighness · September 2014

I love the name Claire. Love love it. However its number 10 on the list of popular names for this year so far. Just making a note since you were steering away from popular names.

I also love traditional yet unpopular names. My name is Sarah and since i was born in the late 70s when apparently everyone else loved the name i am trying to steer away from something popular. I had 3 Sarah's in my highschool home room alone.

jennypolkadots · September 2014

Everyone has different tastes in names. I love names and have always been sort of obsessed with baby names. DH and I are very very picky and we now have a short list of names that we like. Pretty much we have considered every conceivable, not made up, name on the planet. So sometimes is strikes me as odd that someone texts me some great epiphany they had...

My aunt text me out of the blue "Alyssa Lastname". That was the whole text like literally she was sitting there and thought "that's it!" I have read baby name books and am so into names, of course I would know if I were interested in Alyssa. It is not a bad name at all, just nothing at all that we want.

I also have family members who love trendy names. Things like Brayden, Kadence, Layla, etc. and they scrunch their faces and bite their tongues at our traditional choices. Oh wells, you can't please 'em all!

jennypolkadots · September 2014

Oh realized I was cryptic with our choices in case anyone is interested. About 90% sure a boy will be August James or Elliott Sylvan. A girl will be Iris Faye or Ellen Sylvia. All middles are family names we really want to honor. The lead right now is August or Iris, but we are still looking and want to have a few options for boys and girls at the birth (team green!)

CGOODPAS · September 2014

I love names that have special meaning! We are naming our baby after my father who passed away last fall. We aren't finding out the sex and my father's name was Ernest so we get some strange looks. But there are some girl alternatives to Ernest.

And it has always been a running joke in my family that my name should be Ernestine because I look and act just like my father.

psychobutthead · September 2014

Im lucky no one has suggested names to me at all!

Well thats partially true. When we were choosing bamea and choose Ripley for a girl we couldnt agree on,a middle name and DHs mom through out Jean which is her middle name. But we liked it.

Dani_Love · September 2014

Sedona for a girl

Herman for a boy

Sienna

Rupert

....two of them remind me of cars and the other two remind me of older men haha they just aren't my style. I haven't gotten any suggestions this go around because we are using the name we had picked if my last LO was a boy.

SNail312` · September 2014

My favorites have come from kids in my preschool class: Watermelon Patch two, Charla, and my all time favorite- lipstick. Of course my family just suggests their names and DH is still adamant that if this is a boy it will be David Lee the 3rd.
No thank you.

WanderingA · September 2014

My sisters and nieces recommendations...they're smartasses:

Cornelius
Esteban
Juan Carlos
Stevie Joe Bob

Our actual name, which we aren't announcing until birth, is Milo Timothy.

MrsTucker2011 · September 2014

My brothers have suggested Megatron or Optimus Prime if its a boy. :-q

I once texted my mom something about my husband, and it auto corrected to Harris for some weird reason. We were keeping DS's name to ourselves until he was born, and she thought I slipped up on the secret. She was relieved to hear that wasn't the name. But after that, my family kept referring to DS as Harris as a joke. Haha.

biaher16 · September 2014

My sister suggested Phoenix I've only heard it once and the guy was 6'4 and 200 lbs so I don't know if I could name my tiny little daughter that.

TexasMamma0809 · September 2014

I really haven't gotten suggestions either.

I'm a teacher and had 2 suggestions from students - both were Kinsler. Like the ex TX Rangers baseball player! Weird.

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