What's the weirdest baby name?

Hi, I was wondering about some of those weird names that you've probably encountered in L&D and PP. I remember when I had my maternity rotation a couple of weeks ago, one of the nurses said she remembers a patient that named her child Placenta. I couldn't believe it that some child has to live his life named after disgusting afterbirth!

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Just a comment...I spent a long time last night trying to find some guidelines, rules, or requirements on names on birth certificates. I did find some limitations in other countries, but could find nothing for the US. Considering that we tend to put everything on the 'net somewhere, I'd venture to guess there are no actual rules. I did find several places, however, that at least suggested that all names should be pronouncable.

It may not be for the US, but the state has the option of imposing stricter guidelines. The only way you would know is if you knew the state the poster was in and when the mentioned incidence occured.

I know here in Wisconsin, you cna't name a baby with just one letter. It has to be more than that. There may be other restictions I am not aware of, but that one I know for sure was the case about 5 years ago. We had a baby in the PICU that went by Z, but the parents had to name him something else as the state wouldn't let them name him just Z.

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I've heard some really strange names in my years as a pediatric medical assistant. We have had Myunique Angel, Crystal Chanda Lear, Bowe Bowler and we have a certain celebrity child with the middle name Crimefighter!

My son and his wife were going to name their daughter Analiese Rhiannon, and they heard about Penn (or was it Teller?) naming their child Moxie Crimefighter, and they were determined to name their child that!!!!!!!!

After a lot of talk from relatives on each side, they settled on Moxy Rhiannon. Moxy, I've gotten used to, and it fits her. That Crimefighter business was just too much!!!!!!

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Re: the name "Ricky" A woman I went to school with named her son "Ricky Lynn." Her mother had a fit--my friend was 5'11 and her husband was about 6'4 and her mom insisted that that name was going to be ridiculous when he was a "huge man"(her words)

I had a cousin (male) with the middle name of Lynn, but the family knew him by a nickname. I doubt many people knew his middle name.

Then I knew a guy in HS whose name was Lynn. His brother's name was Leslie. They were both about 6'5" and built to go with it so no teasing about the names. Oh, and their friend, about the same size, was named Lorrie.

We did have a heckuva basketball team for a couple of years there! :lol2:

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We had a talk last night at work about men's names. We have a male patient on our floor right now with the first name Opal. So we got to talking about men we knew with "girl's" names....Shirley, Opal, Leslie and more. Of course if you're a man and it's your name, it's no longer just a girl's name, is it?

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The seemingly "normal" Braden, unless you're a nurse.

MyKayla

Mela-Skye

Melena (could be "normal" unles you're a med professional and know this means "black tarry stool")

Blaze

Iffie

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I looked after a 3 year old in PICU who was called Bod, that is the strangest I have come across

My aunts were named Lelar, Essie, and Trilbie. I know a woman whose children are named Kismet, Calliope, and Atticus. Atticus is becoming popular.

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My aunts were named Lelar, Essie, and Trilbie. I know a woman whose children are named Kismet, Calliope, and Atticus. Atticus is becoming popular.

I wouldn't name my own child Atticus, but I kind of like it. 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is one of my favorite books.

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ok here goes

childhood:

ardis sprung (girl)

tygre pronounced Tiger (girl)

friend's mom Vicki Dickie

Crystal, Summer, Skye, Rainbow, Moon (siblings) I am in my 20's hippie-dom is long gone

At work:

Princess (woman in her 50's) ugh

keely (pronounced keel-ly)

Merry Christmas another nurse haha your parents are hilarious

Malena-I graduated with

Candida

Ceola see-o-la

Family:

Treva pronounced tree-va thought my great grandparents made it up found it in a baby book

Ibera pronounced eye-beer-a

Briley (from Brian and Bailey-get it?)

Jori- seen it 3 times 2 girls one boy

Doctors:

Dr. Tootla brothers in GI medicine

Dr. Payne opthamologist

I agree with the baby naming service

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oops forgot

girl named peaches

ex's grandma was a twin Zetta and Zella

"Candida" is a common Hispanic name. Remember the Tony Orlando song with that title?

The strangest prescription I've ever filled? http://www.caverject.com prescribed by a urologist named Dr. Wiener.:roll I was working at a mail order facility, so I could go around and show this to people without anyone getting suspicious. There was one pharmacist who was bald, and if he heard anyone say "Caverject", his head would turn red, and it was one of those things that never stopped being funny.

The second strangest? Again, at the mail order place: Dr. William Barry, a dermatologist from Athens, GA. Yes, I know the name isn't spelled the same way as R.E.M.'s drummer emeritus, but so what? ;)

As for Lynn and Leslie, do you watch "Antiques Roadshow"? Those twins are Leigh and Leslie (I still can't tell them apart) and most of us who watch that show believe that their parents knew they were having twins and chose two unisex names, since back then people didn't know what they were having until the baby was born.

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My daughter's bio dad had wanted our child (if it were a boy) to be named Blade.... after the movie >_> thankfully I had a girl so I avoided that whole arguement. However, his second child (by his next girlfriend after we broke up) he pushed to name Blade and the mother compromised by allowing him to use this as the child's Middle name. oy, what a mess lol. :uhoh3:

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