Horrible baby names...

PedsIsHardcore · July 2015

SO and I have a girl name picked out. We are not sold on a boy name yet. However he was talking to his mom yesterday and she likes Riley for a boy or a girl.
Yeah...nope! Not a chance in hell.
I'm Jewish so I like to keep with more Jewish/Isreali names. My DD is named after a Jewish Isreali fashion designer because I fell in love with her name and the meaning behind it. It's not a common name. My family wanted something more common. I told them it was either the name I picked out or $hithead (pronounced Shhh thed and its a legit female name from a country that I forget) and then my family shut up.

Share your name frustration!

PaniaO · July 2015

My mom's dog's name was Riley. That is all.

sbegnaud93 · July 2015

I love boy names for girls and DH is just not having it! Boo!!

g0lightly8706 · July 2015

i feel like this could get ugly if someone lists a name someone else is thinking about or even named themselves lol..

but anyways, i had to deal with my in-laws trying to convince me to name our kid after DH if its a boy, who also happens to be named after his father my FIL. um no, two of you in one room is enough, no need to add to it the confusion. plus, they already have the last name to carry on their name, why must they all have the same name? i never understood that..

PaniaO · July 2015

g0lightly8706 said:

i feel like this could get ugly if someone lists a name someone else is thinking about or even named themselves lol..

Ah, good point. To play nicely... Steph Curry's daughter's name is Riley and she's super-cute and everyone loves the crap out of her.

g8trkim · July 2015

As a teacher, I'm a total name snob. I've heard some BAD ones over the years.

torrance127 · July 2015

I affectionately refer to DH as $hithead (pronounced "sha-theed") on a regular basis.

CuriousKiddosMama · July 2015

g8trkim said:
As a teacher, I'm a total name snob. I've heard some BAD ones over the years.

I'm with you. Please, please, please, spell your kids name right! Ok, so your way is cutie and different, but how is it going to look on a resume in 40 years?

moomee · July 2015

My mom suggested River, Tank, Kansas, and Murrey Trace. Wtf, mom? W.T.F.

HBirdie · July 2015

Yikes @moomee. Those are awful.

I have been side eyeing tons of the names on our name thread but I won't say anything. Haha.

I don't really see what's wrong with Riley, though. It isn't my style but it's not cringe-worthy.

MaybeMab · July 2015

I love my daughters name (Charlie), she is named after my gramps (he's my best friend) but if one more person asks me if she named after the Disney show or if it was short for Charlotte, I might scream.

With that said I work in a pharmacy and some of the people come in with their kids scripts and I can't help but feel bad for them.

g0lightly8706 · July 2015

moomee said:
My mom suggested River, Tank, Kansas, and Murrey Trace. Wtf, mom? W.T.F.

Tank?.. Bahahaha omfg that's hilarious

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erincjackson · July 2015

MaybeMab said:
I love my daughters name (Charlie), she is named after my gramps (he's my best friend) but if one more person asks me if she named after the Disney show or if it was short for Charlotte, I might scream.

With that said I work in a pharmacy and some of the people come in with their kids scripts and I can't help but feel bad for them.

I have a Charley too! We also named her after her Grandfather, my FIL passed away when I was 7 mos pregnant with her. I get asked the same thing all the time, its highly annoying.

camusoh2011 · July 2015

We have a boy Charlie, but didn't find out the sex and had planned on the name either way. He has a little girl in his daycare class named Charli.

DizzyMom1 · July 2015

I don't roll my eyes at many names, but I will totally roll my eyes at some spellings. There was a girl in my daughters daycare named Kla'rissa, poor child.

NoelBird · July 2015

I like traditional names, when I was naming my son I thought of what that mean would sound like on an adult male and if it didn't work then it was crossed off the list. Riley isn't my style either but it's not terrible. BTW my son was named John, so you can tell which way I go.

g8trkim · July 2015

Some of my faves over the years...
Lil'Michael (legal first name)
Sunamy (like Tsunami but... not)
Precious
Princess
Sta.rr Bim.bo (periods for search issues)

I'm forgetting so many.

wisco29 · July 2015

Any name with a bunch of unnecessary y's and h's are on my list of horrible names.

bookqueen · July 2015

Riley is our chosen girl name.

Vkrosa · July 2015

Names for boys spelt and pronounced as a girls name. Example. My DH Jean not said "John" but said "Gene!" He hates it and swears he will never make that mistake with his own kids.

twinmom1121 · July 2015

I really liked the name Kale when I was pregnant with my twins. My husband actually liked it too which was rare because we couldn't agree on any names. I heard the name on a movie before I even knew it was a type of lettuce. But when I told my mom I was liking that name she would not stop going on and on about how it's a lettuce and that if we named on twin kale we'd have to name the other arugula. Made me so mad and I obviously can't use that name now because I know she would make fun of it till the end of time. Made me pretty upset. Still does.

moomee · July 2015

@HBirdie @g0lightly8706 Lol, right? I told her that she was fired from baby names.

FreshBakedBrownies · July 2015

@marie8elise The arugula comment was unnecessary, but I do think poor little Kale would've gotten really tired of lettuce jokes.

Ps- I love the kale salad mix at Costco, but I cannot eat it right now. That stuff takes my bloating to a whole new level of horribleness!

twinmom1121 · July 2015

@ss456 Ya I'm sure he would have, and so would I! Still makes me mad though! I've never even had kale lettuce in my life ha. Like I said I didn't even know it was a lettuce! Ha

Aussiechicka · July 2015

We have a boy Charlie too, though his full name is Charles. He was also name after my Pop. My MIL tries to tell people it's a family name on her side, um no no it's not and if she ever says it in earshot of me I will rip her a new one. It's starting to feel super disrespectful that she's trying to lay claim to a name that has so much meaning to me.

brushesnbrunch · July 2015

Twins: lemonjello and orangejello..honest to God.

I've seen a lot of really bad names. I used to have a regular Facebook status post for stupid name of the day.

VannyBrown · July 2015

bookqueen said:
Riley is our chosen girl name.

Riley is also our chosen girl name. I think it's super cute. Haha I also liked Harper Avery but I don't think the DH is keen on us naming after Grey's Anatomy. Our dogs are already pop culture references, Dunder Mifflin and Regina George.

PaniaO · July 2015

DizzyMom1 said:

I don't roll my eyes at many names, but I will totally roll my eyes at some spellings. There was a girl in my daughters daycare named Kla'rissa, poor child.

This reminds me of the X# of ways researchers found the name "Unique" spelled in the segment from Freakonomics. Uneek, Uneqqee, etc.

I really really love the name Gemma, but I suggested it for one of my mom's dogs awhile back, so now it's ruined for me. (Same thing happened with Riley, as I noted above.)

Also, FWIW, I recall a thread in the Baby Names forum on TB wherein a member noted that names like "Happiness" are the norm in African culture: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/comment/87170671#Comment_87170671

(albeit spelled correctly. I knew a kid named Denym. Not the same, but hey...)

And, finally, while on the subject of spelling, this argument rocks and all should give it a glance-over at least, IMHO: https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12327146/why-name-spelling-matters/p1

Vkrosa · July 2015

In my DD's class. Real. yep and his last name started with a G so his folks call him the Real G.

C3Duffy · July 2015

g0lightly8706 said:
i feel like this could get ugly if someone lists a name someone else is thinking about or even named themselves

Nah, everyone has their own opinions and tastes. I despise certain names, doesn't mean I'll despise your kid or you... or does it... you'll never know.

Trapper, their kid... not their dog... Trapper?!
But the kid is flipping adorable, so there's that. It's a heck of a lot better than some I've heard.

My BFF looked at me like I had 3 heads when I mentioned liking Kealy/Keely. She then told me there was no way that was a real name (we went to school with 2, one of each spelling) and asked me if I meant Keel-E-uh. Uhhhh da fuq and I'm the one making up names?! (In retrospect it's actually not a terrible name, kind of pretty, but I was shocked that was her response.)

C3Duffy · July 2015

@VannyBrown
Riley is also our chosen girl name. I think it's super cute. Haha I also liked Harper Avery but I don't think the DH is keen on us naming after Grey's Anatomy. Our dogs are already pop culture references, Dunder Mifflin and Regina George.

Regina George?! You're my new best friend.

DizzyMom1 · July 2015

@marie8elise - Same thing happened with us! Before we knew our daughter was a girl, we loved the name Kale for a boy, then the big kale chip craze came up and it was suddenly off the table. I ended up being very glad she was a girl since that was the only boy name we ever fully agreed upon. I would've been really mad if my mom had gone on and on like that too, it was hard enough letting the name go without someone doing that!

ayokay516 · July 2015

My girls are Kaya (pronounced Kay-uh) and Acea (pronounced Ace-uh). I thought it was pretty straight forward but I get people calling them Kee-yah or Ky-yah and Uh-see-Yah. Really?

Are my kids names that hard? They are said EXACTLY how they are spelled. I don't get it...

bookqueen · July 2015

ayokay516 said:
My girls are Kaya (pronounced Kay-uh) and Acea (pronounced Ace-uh). I thought it was pretty straight forward but I get people calling them Kee-yah or Ky-yah and Uh-see-Yah. Really?

Are my kids names that hard? They are said EXACTLY how they are spelled. I don't get it...

To be honest, if you didn't say what they were supposed to be pronounced like, I would have thought they were pronounced Ky-yah and Uh-see-uh..

AmadorRose · July 2015

@ayokay516 I never would have pronounced those names that way, either. So I guess those are off my name list!

inomniaparatus · July 2015

bookqueen said:

ayokay516 said:
My girls are Kaya (pronounced Kay-uh) and Acea (pronounced Ace-uh). I thought it was pretty straight forward but I get people calling them Kee-yah or Ky-yah and Uh-see-Yah. Really?

Are my kids names that hard? They are said EXACTLY how they are spelled. I don't get it...
To be honest, if you didn't say what they were supposed to be pronounced like, I would have thought they were pronounced Ky-yah and Uh-see-uh..

Kaya is traditionally pronounced ky-uh I believe, so I'd butcher it too. Sorry

Liane28 · July 2015

@Vkrosa Réal is a very common french name, actually. It's pronounced "Ray-al" and was pretty popular in the '40's, especially in French Canada. Lots of people's grandfathers carry that name over here lol

but I agree that itms a tough name to pronounce in English and becomes real, like fo real. Haha

Quazel · July 2015

I have a good friend who named her son Kale. He is seven now and the name is perfect. I'm not a huge fan of Riley either but definitely not a name I would side eye.

I'm a teacher and some of the names I see are, uh, interesting. I have no problem with ethnic names, it's made up names I find surprising. Anything with an apostrophe or multiple capital letters is cause for trouble. I hade one a few years ago N'Dia. To me it would be Nnn-d-ee-uh. Nope, India, like the country. One of the best kids I've ever had the pleasure of teaching. That one isn't too far off, I'm not comfortable posting others that may be searchable due to uniqueness. And yes, I've had tons of variations of Unique, Precious, Heaven, Nevaeh, etc.

missmaura410 · July 2015

We had an Awesome in my class. That was his name. Guys, please don't name your kid Awesome.

Ladyfly828@aol.com · July 2015

Our daughters name is kiley and everyone likes it but my dad and brother. They asked if this time we could go more traditional, but if it's a boy my husband loves chase (still up in the air how I feel about it). and we have nothing if it's another girl. Hopefully in the next 34 weeks we come up with something.

Good luck

jeannebean82 · July 2015

My grandfather is a pastor and baptized a Polly Esther Sheets. My husband's high school friend is Candy Loving Angel. I'm a high school teacher and have seen some what I perceive to be seriously ridiculous names (case in point: Messiah), and super crazy spellings. Poor kids. Freakonomics, the book and documentary, have a whole segment on how names can make or break someone's future successes.

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