Funny,Parenting,Curiosities,FailsJUN 25, 2023

"What Were Her Parents Thinking?": People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names People Gave Their Kids

Dominyka Proškėnaitė and Adelaide May Ross

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“What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” While that was a kind sentiment for Romeo to express about Juliet, I’m not quite sure he would have felt the same way if her name was Moronica or Sh’miracle...

One curious Reddit user recently asked others to share the dumbest names they have ever heard parents give their children, and people did not disappoint in the responses. Below, you’ll find a wide variety of names that prove that not everyone should become a parent, so enjoy scrolling through and counting your blessings if you have a common name!

#1

North, Saint, Chicago, Psalm.

Dubee604

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#2

"What Were Her Parents Thinking?": People Share The Most Hilariously Unfortunate Names People Gave Their Kids

In my career working at Public Schools I've had two separate children named Tequila Mockingbird. Absolutely unrelated, across the state from each other, but it's weird that it happened twice.

mjn73178, Katerina Holmes

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To learn more about how this conversation started in the first place, we reached out to Reddit user Corollo_Bro_91, who posed the question, "What is the dumbest name you've ever heard someone give their child?" Lucky for us, he was happy to have a chat with Bored Panda.

"I decided to ask the question after hearing about some of the silly names my mother was telling me about that she heard from clients at her job," he shared. "My mother took a claim from a client who named her son and daughter King and Queen Majesty." But that's not the only silly name the OP has heard before. "My girlfriend told me her boss just had a baby and is going to name it Iam Magic," he added.

#3

I knew triplets named Cinnamon, Rosemary, and Paprika. People called them "the Spice Girls."

Upper-Job5130, rahmani KRESNA

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#4

A motorcycle enthusiast named his son Harley, because that made him Harley, David’s son.

Build68

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#5

Felonie. I’ve been downvoted a lot on Reddit for sharing this because people never believe it’s a real name someone would give a kid. But it is lol

FartAttack911, Annushka Ahuja

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As far as where these names come from, Corollo_Bro_91 says, "I think parents name their kids silly things because they want them to have 'unique' names to be different, but in the end, they just come across as dumb."

We also asked the OP what he advises parents think about before naming their children. "I think parents need to consider how naming their child could affect their social or school life. I've known some people who were bullied horrendously at school for having strange names," he shared.

#6

I do contract-based IT work. Implementation when hospitals buy each other out, stuff like that. Last week I was working with an office manager named MORONICA.

Ko_DaBomb, ThisIsEngineering

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#7

Pubert.

OrangeDied, Paramount pictures

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#8

Any time I see a young girl named Nevaeh, I immediately assume she’s the unintended product of a very young single mom barely making ends meet.

TheLastNoteOfFreedom

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And when it comes to what Corollo_Bro_91 thought about the replies to his post, he told Bored Panda, "Some of the answers I got were extremely saddening. I really hope those kids can get through childhood without being made fun of."

#9

My partner is a midwife, she once looked after a couple who were intending to call their daughter “Urethra” - they didn’t know what it meant and just “liked how it sounds”.

She had to politely, professionally, give them a quick anatomy lesson.

six44seven49

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#10

Wife worked in a bank. Had a regular customer named Dextrose. Always wondered if he had siblings Sucrose and Fructose.

akgt94

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#11

So checking ID, I hear the girls friends calling her Olivia. It was not spelt Olivia. It was spelt Ahliviyah. Why do this to people. You make them waste so much of their lives having to spell their names for people when it could have been a spelling everyone knows!

Fun_Macaron5597

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#12

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tommyfitzgerald

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#13

Slinky...the parents both loved slinky toys, could do all kinds of things with them, so that's what they named their little girl. It was her real name, my sister was her teacher. There should be a law against stupid parents like this.

Independent_Ad9195

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