April 2018 Moms

notd (name of the day)

Just for fun, tell us the worst baby/kid names you encounter.




(stole this idea from February)
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  • @lund, yikes!! I haven't encountered anything remotely that strange.
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  • MrsF1017 said:
    @lund, yikes!! I haven't encountered anything remotely that strange.
    To be fair, I live near a Native American reservation and, while I respect their culture, they never fail to impress with names. 
  • @lund I get what you are saying about cultural names. One of my close friends is greek and she named her son a traditional greek name, Panagiotis. Her intention is for him to go by Pete but I cringe a little at how his name will probably always be mispronounced. I totally respect her cultural decision though and I don't think people should feel like they have to pick a more "american" aka white name but at the same time judgement based on names is sadly a very real problem.  :/
  • I just saw a post on FB where a person named thier kid Brycin.  Wut?  If I were that kid when I grew up, I'd spell my name correctly on everything and not own up to phonetic ridiculousness.
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  • @JJMNO1616 Agreed. It's a little tough to watch these kids have to deal with their names - one is in 6th grade this year and is CLEARLY embarrassed by her name. We do our best to tell her to be proud of her name, but I feel parents should think about this kind of thing when picking a name. And, unfortunately, a good portion of the Native American parents who's kids go to the school in our town are really big drug addicts... which leads me to think that the name choice had more to do with the parents' impaired state of mind than culture. 


    @ngolimento oh how speshul. Names like that make me want to dig my eyes out with a spoon. 
  • @lund wowww.  Yuck.  I know someone who's kid is Meryssa.  And I recently read an article where the one daughter was Karraline.  
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  • Omg I came across a guy a couple weeks ago and his first name was Cowhick.  Not joking.  And he was a junior.
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  • Looks like 2 categories - bad/unique spelling and random words. Poor kids, no one wants the weird name everyone pronounces wrong  :/
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  • Fiendish - seriously a student name. 
  • I’m a teacher. My favorites have been Honesty and Bronze. 

    Bronze’s siblings are: Diamond, Golden, and Platinum. She really got the short end of the precious metals/gems lol. 
     :D  :D:D   At least they didn't name her Plutonium 

    And, teachers always have the best names to contribute to threads like this!
  • A girl I know named her daughter Isis.. poor child 
  • Well when I was pregnant with DD I have always loved the name Riley but my mom suggested I spell it Rylie.  I was like no, because no one will ever spell it that way when she gives anyone her name.  

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  • I haven't seen as many good ones lately.  Last one of note was Eythan, like why do you need the Y
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    Another teacher here. The best worst name I've EVER had the pleasure of encountering was La-a (pronounced Ladasha). Not kidding. 
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  • As a teacher, I actually haven't seen too many crazy names. We had a kid named Atrayu for a while. I mostly get a lot of misspelled names: Jazmin, Landyn, Tylar...
  • keeksie84 said:
    I feel like the La-a has to be urban legend, right?

    https://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp
    I was just thinking that...
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  • @growingournest I've seen that so much over the years across the internet as a joke because "the dash don't be silent!" I always thought it was fake, but I guess people adopted it, lol.  

    I forgot to say: I had a nurse or med. asst. at my Dr office and her name was Licorice.  I may have asked her if she was cherry flavor.
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  • A girl I know named her daughter Isis.. poor child 
    Isis really isn't that uncommon of a name in other parts of the world and it actually has a beautiful meaning. Sadly it's been ruined and a lot of innocent women have to live with the negative connotation now. 
  • Oh I know someone named Tequila and I also knew a girl named Twinkle when I was growing up. 
  • lindsye said:
    I can chime in on this one - my name is Lindsye, which has the usual pronunciation but variant spelling. When I asked my mom for the reason behind my name growing up, I *swear* she told me it was a family name. When I asked again when I was older (probably college-aged) and she was distracted, she said "your dad really liked it. Honestly I think it's because he had a thing at the time for Lindsay Wagner." She went on to say the variant spelling was just because she wanted it to be "different."

    Ok awesome, so I'm named after someone my dad used to masturbate to and in order to get Siri to recognize my name based on the spelling, I have to call myself Lind-SIGH. Sigh indeed.

    Weirdest name I've seen is "Chosen." His parents: not to give you a Christ complex or anything, but....
    @lindsye - err, so about that ... I definitely pronounce your name Linds-eye in my head. It's just the way I read it every. time. 
  • @kmalls it's ok, I've been getting it my whole life! Thanks, Mom and Dad.  :/
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  • @keeksie84 @sapphires-and-diamonds @psuxray07 I have never heard of that online before! I guess someone decided they liked it and went with it! 
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  • Brother and sister that used to cheer in our program - My’King and My’Queen. 

    Another gem from cheer - Assence. They pronounce it ASS-ence. 

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  • The La-a thing made me remember one I heard yesterday. JoL  pronounced Jo-Ell
  • I once coached a little girl named Michael, after her father. Not unusual, but for a girl?? I felt a bit bad for her. 

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  • The best one I have seen was Magneato. Possible name for my next kid. 
    This just makes me think of X-Men!
  • jwhokie said:
    DH knew someone growing up named Lasagna  
    I just about spit out a mouthful of my lunch when I read this. Funny thing - I was eating lasagna!
  • klburke88 said:
    I once coached a little girl named Michael, after her father. Not unusual, but for a girl?? I felt a bit bad for her. 
    I think male names are becoming a lot more popular for girls. Like James for example is one that comes to mind. So maybe it won't be that uncommon in a few years! My best friend's middle name is Jack named after her dad which is also a cultural tradition. She has a feminine first name though so I don't think it bothers her at all. 
  • I worked in a labor and delivery ward for a couple years and one of the names I saw was "KMNOP", pronounced "No L" or "Noel."
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