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9/23/21: This thread is nearly ten years old and is a great example about how norms and social behavior have evolved on SA over the years. It started as a "bad names" thread and earlier entries reflect that. There are definitely microaggressions and straight-up ignorance in this thread. However, this is now a thread for INTERESTING! COOL! AND WEIRD NAMES! Names that you just think are awesome! Names that have unexpected meanings in other languages! Names that makes you laugh! Also, please remember the following rules: - DO NOT doxx people. Do not contact anyone named in this thread. Do not. It hasn't happened (to my knowledge) but if it does, there will be no more names thread. - We mock names. Not cultures. Not people. Not ethnic, sexual, or religious identities. Don't do it, please. - Gamertags, usernames, etc. do not count. ------------- ORIGINAL OP As I inch ever-so-slowly towards the grave, I've noticed a corresponding explosion of babies on the walls of my Facebook friends. Most of them are, as you might expect, in the "[consonant]+ Ayden" family, but some are...special. One girl, who I remember having told everyone in our sixth grade class that she'd recently lost her virginity to her step-brother, recently had her first kid. She named him Airyen. It is pronounced, as you might expect, "Aryan." Sieg heil! My friend's cousin also popped out a new one in the past year. She wanted to buck the Hayden/Jayden/Aiden trend, so she named him BLAYDEN. I suppose we should be grateful that she didn't go with Raiden. What other name abominations have you witnessed? Fleta Mcgurn has a new favorite as of 19:30 on Sep 23, 2021 |
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Aquatic Giraffe posted:Every so often I see a name pop up on my friend's Facebook that drives me batshit. This girl's name is spelled Aaricka. Why couldn't her parents just spell it Erica like normal people do? BECAUSE MY BABY IS SPECIAL!!!!!!!!!!!  Thought of another one- there was a girl I worked with one whose name was Velocitay.
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Sep 13, 2012 04:20
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A friend of mine back in Toronto who works with recently-immigrated children told me about this cute little girl from Singapore whose name was Rammit Deep.
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Sep 13, 2012 05:08
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Donkwich posted:hello, i am adolf hitler. Moxie Crimefighter is a wicked name. In theory, anyways.
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Sep 13, 2012 05:48
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My college roommate swears she went to school with two girls whose last names were Poon and Tang (standard SE Asian names, I think...?) and they were best friends.
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Sep 14, 2012 02:19
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Lotish posted:I believe that is in fact just an alternative spelling. Wednesday originates from Woden's Day. In Japanese, "oden" is the name for a bunch of boiled, nasty things: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oden. Sagebrush posted:Ah, yes. Reminds me of a sign I saw announcing the name of our airport shuttle bus driver: "your driver's name is Anass Rhammar" Seven? That's a Costanza-approved name! No Pun Intended posted:At one job I had; I was doing a mail out and found one addressed to a Mrs. Tribble This is my favourite thing ever.
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Sep 14, 2012 09:22
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Dienes posted:Didn't know about Malik, cool to know. Still sounds like an evil sorcerer name, though. Common name of Islamic origin, if I'm not mistaken. I have insomnia and am three years old, so I did some sleuthing on How Many of Me. - They have one listing for a "Seymour Butts," although whitepages.com says there are six. - There are 7,845 people in the U.S. with the last name Butt. (I know this is an Indian (?) name, but it's a great example of Does Not Translate.) - There are 5,722 people in the U.S. with the last name Finger. (Hopefully, they don't marry a Butt and become Mr. or Mrs. Butt-Finger.) - There are 14,147 people in the U.S. with the first name Fanny. (A good example of bad translation within English itself!) - There are 2,345 people in the U.S. with the last name Boner. - There are 2 people in the U.S. named Harry Bottom. - There is 1 person in the U.S. named Ivana Wang. - There is 1 person in the U.S. named Clarissa Darling.  All right all right! - There are 89 people in the U.S. named Edward Cullen. - There are 1,009 people in the U.S. named James Kirk. - There are 21 people in the U.S. named Anita Dick. I need a nap.
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Sep 15, 2012 14:03
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Deific Presence posted:I work with a girl named Chimera. Is it Tank?
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Sep 16, 2012 00:14
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spite house posted:My parents almost named me Myfanwy, which is a very traditional, ordinary, common name... in Wales. Not so much in southern California, and I'm glad they came to their senses. I love that name, and my dad is Welsh, so it wouldn't be too terrible if I named my kid that, but I cannot imagine a child named Mfanwy running around rural Montana, fighting bears and poo poo or whatever it is people do here.
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Sep 16, 2012 08:36
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Idiot Kicker posted:Along those lines, I've heard "Cherish" before. Cherith Cutestory? I just remembered these: Almondie Champagne, the last name pronounced "Sham-PINE." Ginger trailer trash, got kicked out of school for beating a girl's face against a sink. Kirai, a little kid in my friend's English class. It means "hate." Of course, it's written with different kanji, but STILL... Mark LaFramboise, a kid who went to my high school. It means "raspberry" in French. (I also think Shia LeBouef is a funny name, especially for such a skinny little dude. Not very beefy.)
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Sep 17, 2012 18:47
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Bonster posted:
1. What the hell kind of political motivations are at work here? 2. Nothing says "Mommy loves you!" like naming your kid Whale Barf. 3. "This is my baby. I named it MEAT." Fleta Mcgurn has a new favorite as of 13:50 on Apr 10, 2016 |
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Sep 18, 2012 02:37
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hyperhazard posted:It could be creepier. I had neighbors that named their children after the places they were conceived. Paris or Sydney may not be so bad, but what happens if the condom breaks in Wagga Wagga? poo poo, my name would be Grandma's House.
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Sep 18, 2012 04:25
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Bonster posted:Puritans are awesome Bonster, your posts are amazing. Please keep it up!!! I got one more, fellas: my freshman year suitemate has a cousin named Star of Peace Quinn. She's a professional snowboarder!
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Sep 19, 2012 22:42
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GOO PUNCH!! posted:Dorkus is some obscure biblical name. One of my great-aunts had that name. I think Dorcas is the more usual spelling, meaning deer-like, or something similar...?
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Sep 20, 2012 04:35
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Ham Pants posted:Someone I know, a few years younger than I, named their newborn son Szavret. Duhhhh, it's OBVIOUSLY a small Szav!
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Sep 24, 2012 05:06
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Bonster posted:Some strange spellings. I don't really get weird spellings - they're pronounced exactly the same, so your kid's going to still be Aidan S. regardless of whether it's spelled Aidan or Ay'Daghn. The only thing the parents have ensured is that their child will be spelling their name over and over and over for the entirety of their life. Fess up, you are Diana from NWMH, aren't you?
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Sep 25, 2012 02:55
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Uncle Salty posted:I'm so sad now that I have learned from the thread that you can list yourself any old way you want in a phone book. When I was a kid (and I'd like to blame this on the fact that I grew up in the 80s but really we were just dumb kids) my siblings and I found the name 'Obediah Wheatfish' in the phone book. We were so delighted with the name that we would call the number, ask for 'Obediah Wheatfish', scream with hysterical laughter and hang up. Poor old Obediah. We even decided that this lanky, awkward kid who ran the cash register in the pro shop of our rec/tennis center was in fact the fabled Obediah Wheatfish (the kid's name turned out to be Alex). I laughed so hard at this that I'm making little hiccup noises and my cat is scared. Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod. Mods, requesting name change to OBEDIAH WHEATFISH
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Oct 5, 2012 10:37
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Uncle Salty posted:Well, I scared my cat and dog both laughing at your insane roommate/her mom stories in the other thread, so we're even. I just did a people search for Obediah Wheatfish and I can find no record of his existence. He's real,I swear (or was real). I don't want to live in a world where he's NOT real! Burning Sensation posted:He also had two sisters named Tammy and Tammi. He claimed they called them Tammy one and Tammi two 
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Oct 6, 2012 19:11
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I went to school with the Grosak brothers, Mike and Matt. Mike Grosak Matt Grosak Say them out loud.
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Oct 9, 2012 01:43
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Syllables posted:I knew some girl named "Iuesalt" or something similar. I always thought it was some Irish name. Iseult? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iseult It's a real name, but still weird. Unless you're a bewitched Celtic queen, of course.
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Oct 13, 2012 03:33
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b0nes posted:Topasuri female This cannot be real. please say it isn't real.
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Oct 16, 2012 08:08
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Oh, my god, I can't believe I'm still remembering these: When I lived in Tokyo, one of my coworkers was named Sarin. Yes, pronounced like sarin, just like the deadly gas. Yes, the same deadly gas that Aum Shinrikyo members planted throughout the Tokyo subway, back in the nineties. The one that killed more than ten people and blinded almost a thousand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarin_gas_attack_on_the_Tokyo_subway#Attack
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Nov 2, 2012 08:46
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safety dan posted:Four years ago I saw signs to "Elect Bonner Gaylord" and I'm pretty sure he won. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7O29d8GKz0 (Probably NSFW)
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Nov 24, 2012 04:11
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Tigntink posted:Just saw on my facebook that one of my old classmates named their baby daughter "Poppy Prairie Moon (last name)". This is infinitely funnier if you're from somewhere with no prairie.
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Nov 26, 2012 02:25
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ms_hyena posted:Just did calendars with custom family birthdays for a customer. One name on there: Hilanate Natery. I desperately hope that by "family" you mean "passel of spoilt cats owned by a weirdo." I can't deal with Littlepants. It sounds like a character in a Game of Thrones-themed parody porno.
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Dec 12, 2012 04:19
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ms_hyena posted:Unfortunately, I saw the baby pictures that made up 75% of this calendar. And upon reviewing it today, I realized that almost all of these babies were white, making me wonder just how likely it is that little Ayame and Mayumi are the children of weeaboos. Which would explain Azazel (but not Littlepants, seriously, what? at least keep to a theme when you name your children horribly!). Oh, god, and what if Littlepants gets fat? Then it's just mean, like when the two fattest kids in my entire middle school had the last names of "Butts" and "Wadler."
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Dec 13, 2012 09:31
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Harvey isn't my favourite name.
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Dec 14, 2012 11:58
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Uncle Salty posted:This is a list of baby names which the site calls, kindly, 'unusual'. Who named their kid Mango? I hope he grows up to be a good dancer of ambiguous sexual preference.
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Dec 22, 2012 21:42
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Carnaticum posted:My cousin gave his daughter the middle name of Ripley after the heroine from the Alien films. Kind of cool I guess. But what to do when the tyke asks where her name comes from? Show her the movie? Show her the movie and thank your lucky stars she isn't one of the many, many kids born over the past few years named after a Twilight character.
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Dec 23, 2012 12:10
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Carnaticum posted:And for something less personal, Dave Mustaine, the Megadeth guy named his son Justis. Speaking of celebrity baby names, the one I can't really get over is what Shannyn Sossamon named her kid: Audioscience. I mean, Apple whatever Pilot Inspektor blah, but friggin' Audioscience!!!!
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Dec 24, 2012 01:38
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Scam Newton posted:Heavy Wang Nakamoto isn't exactly Chinese. I agree, though, that "Heavy Wang" is a great name.
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Dec 29, 2012 02:32
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Mushmouth posted:Boyfriend once encountered at a callcenter job one "Velvet Teat". Well, I certainly hope he made it up to you. 
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Dec 29, 2012 05:49
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HOLY poo poo MEGAZONE IS IN MY THREAD Megazone, in case you haven't checked the Awkward and Ugly thread, there is a man with snake eyes for nipples that I really want you to fight. PLEASE FIGHT HIM, MEGAZONE. I think you could win! Also, could you tell me what a Megazone is? I am curious. I processed a credit card application for a girl named Morgana LeFaye [redacted] yesterday. Spelled just like that.
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Jan 2, 2013 17:38
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Parallel Paraplegic posted:He explained earlier (or maybe in the Awkward thread, I don't remember), it's an animu that he chose for his UNIX username, which then became his nickname, which then became his normal name, and here we are. Oh... That's...yeah, maybe he does belong in the Awkward thread. Shoot. I was sort of hoping it wasn't an anime thing.
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Jan 2, 2013 22:27
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Insensative_Asshole posted:I was very close to becoming Handsome Belvedere, as suggested by my 5 year old brother at the time. My parents decided on something slightly less awesome. I wanted to name my little brother Flower, after the skunk in Bambi.
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Jan 3, 2013 06:15
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Guys, Backyard Blacksmith has already made it against the rules to post "Ledasha" and other stupid, obviously-fake names with racist implications in this thread. So please stop, okay? I don't want to see anyone get probated.
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Jan 3, 2013 19:17
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Psychobabble! posted:My bad, a coworker of mine sad she talked to a client with that name or something, and she didn't seem the racist name joke type No, you're okay. I've had plenty of people pass on the Chlamydia or Lemonjello and Orangello rumours to me before. I just noticed there were two similar posts kind of close together and wanted to reiterate the warning so no one would get in trouble.
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. Maybe it was one of those she heard it from a friend of a friend bs things (read: the most likely), I dont know, my memory is a little fuzzy when people tell me things before 6am. Sorry guys, I dont normally follow this thread and actually came here to post Doctor and remembered that. Egg on my face. 
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eating only apples posted:Oh you mean the legit and common (if old-fashioned) name? Or the monstrous queen of the Negaverse!!! My best friend's first boyfriend was named Guy. He (Guy) pronounced it like "there's that guy over there," which drove my friend crazy because he is French and wanted to pronounce it properly.
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Jan 4, 2013 22:12
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QuickbreathFinisher posted:Nimrod is actually the biblical name of a great warrior, but in the 30s, Bugs Bunny used it ironically in reference to Elmer Fudd's lovely hunting skills. It became synonymous with a dumbass because so few people got that reference and didn't realize that it was a sarcastic comment and not just a nonsense word for buffoon. Or, according to Christopher Moore, it's the name of an ancient king who wondered aloud in front of his guards what the inside of his rear end looked like. But that is obviously a joke. I didn't know the use of nimrod as a pejorative came from Bugs Bunny, though, that is awesome!
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I am thinking of that Mad About You episode. "Deuteronomy!" (that is the only episode I have ever seen, and I only watched it because of Mel Brooks)
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