What's the weirdest baby name?

Specialties Ob/Gyn Nursing Q/A

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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My cousin named her first son O'rion.. i think she ended up dropping the O and is now just Rion.

My stepmom worked in childsupport for the prosecuting attorney here in Missouri.. and there was a lady who named her twins.. LemonJello and LimeJello. :rolleyes:

I work on a postpartum unit in a large urban hospital. The trend I see (and cringe at) is the increased use of apostrophes and hyphens in names that are difficult enough to begin with. Examples; Ke'mareion, A'nillayah, De-quarius, and X'avierion. I'm all for self-expression, but I grew up with an odd name that I hated so much that I ended up getting it legally changed. That's not to say every kid with an unusual name will dislike it, but I'll bet the odds go way up if the name is prone to misspelling and mispronunciation. Sometimes it seems like the parents pulled out a handful of scrabble tiles (using the blanks for punctuation), tossed them up in the air, and named the kid whatever combination came down on the table. I have noticed that the younger the mother is, the more "creative" the name she comes up with. And it does seem to be the women naming the wee ones.

I'm glad we've moved beyond Joshua and Jennifer, but I wonder if there's such a thing as going too far. Twenty years from now, might we see a rebound generation named Robert and Thomas and Lisa and Annemarie?

Years ago, my neighbor was an elderly man names Precious Dahl.

My mom showed me two classmates in her H.S. year book named Nugget Stone and Pearl Ruby Diamond, respectively.

My neighbor's son's name is Javen. I once had a land-lord who named her son Garrick.

A friend of mine shared some funny baby names which came his way:

Formica Dinette

Shanae and Shanaenae (fraternal twins)

Fuquwan and Fuquwanella (fraternal twins)

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Don't work OB, work at a jail...here are some funny names I have encountered...

Sunshine Meadows

Flavy Dick and his wife Emma Dick

Harry Rizer

Funny last names...James Pizza...Charles Pancake...

Pathetic names...Roger Rogers...John Johnson...Tom Thompson....Come on...you couldn't come up with anything else???

Also know some people that named their first son Traven...second Briar Hawk...intersting...

My aunt was friends with some people who named their daughter Turna...last name...you guessed it....Rounds! Hello!!??!!

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My friend, Randy Storms, has a father and uncle

North and South they are music teachers and also play in a trio with a cousin... "Stormy Weather" of course

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Cliff Moa who adopted his step son Lonnie...goes by Lon

So thats Lon Moa

I was in a wedding once with a Sharon Peters. It was her married name, but I think if I were her, I would've just kept my maiden name! I didn't "get it" until my brother pointed it out to me.

I knew a Dr. Love once, and very handsome he was...

Liberty Dawn

There's a whole generation of Danes with names like Hans Hansen, Jens Jensen, Lars Lorificen......

My Nana named her kids: Donna, Diana, Don and Peggy. I guess she ran out of D-names.

I got to observe the delivery of a baby boy named Justis.

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I met a little boy the other day that goes to school with my girls. His name is Hunter Farmer.

My ex-husband's step-father was Richard Peter. Yes, they called him Dick. I also used to work with a man whose daughter was named Summer Hayes.

Kelly

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