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At this point, you already know that what parents name their baby is going to influence their life in major ways. From their social ties to identity, a name is a compelling aspect of who the person is in their life.
That’s why many parents tend to choose names for their babies that are not too out there. It doesn’t have to be something very traditional like Emma, Olivia, John, David, or something else along these lines. It can be any name that doesn’t sound too odd in the context of others, has a common spelling, doesn’t have odd connotations, and things like that.
At the same time, there are parents who seek to stand out while naming their children. And so, they come up with names that are so out of the ordinary, the ordinary seems like a faint line in the distance.
Quite often, celebrities are those people who like to stand out with their kids’ names. Let’s take the popular influencer, “trad wife” Nara Smith, as an example. From time to time, the internet comes back to discuss the names she has given her children. She and her husband, Lucky Blue, have 3 younglings, whose names are: Rumble Honey Smith, Slim Easy Smith, and Whimsy Lou Smith.
Yes, you read that right – those are names of their kids. Also, Nara is currently pregnant with their 4th child and has recently made a video discussing the baby names she loves, but won’t be using, which also included some unique choices like Moss, Champ, Silk, Twinkle, Button, to name a few. So, names that aren’t easy for everyone to digest.
The thing is that Nara and Lucky are far from the only ones who like to name their kids in a relatively weird manner. In fact, there’s a whole internet phenomenon called “tragedeigh” that kind of makes fun of names that are too odd. The title for it is a reference to common names like Kelsey being spelled in an unusual way (for instance, Kelseigh or something similar) to seem more unique.
Tragedeigh = a given name that has been deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more unique than it actually is.
This phenomenon has a whole subreddit, where people can post stories, experiences, and opinions about weird names. One day, we came across an interesting post there – it was about a teacher with 16 years of experience listing the weird names they had encountered over the years.
Their list included such interesting variations as Jazztopher, Olympicks, Happynetta, and many others. You can find them in the list we made today. Well, neither the OP nor we are name-judging, but still, it’s quite entertaining to see what people can come up with, isn’t it?
Bored Panda decided to get in touch with another teacher, Loreta Bulotienė, to talk a little bit more about the interesting names of kids.
She revealed that throughout her long career, she has seen quite a few names that seem out of the ordinary. After all, when she's responsible for teaching multiple classes that have around 30 people in each, it's natural to run into some students who have weirder names.
At the same time, she noted that "Over time, some of these weird names tend to become more and more common. Like one time I saw a kid with an odd name, but a few years down the road, a few more kids show up who are named the same."
She explained, "I think it just shows how evolving the subject of names is. Some of the names that we view as quite common nowadays were nowhere to be found 20 years or more ago. The same with the names that were popular back then – some of them you rarely hear in today's classrooms."
When asked why, in her opinion, some parents name their kids unconventionally, she revealed her theory: "I think it has a lot to do with wanting to be original, to stand out. Whether that's a good or a bad thing, it probably depends on the situation. And about the beauty of it... Well, the beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, so I can't really say anything about it."
Do you know any weird names? Don’t be shy – share them in the comments!
