Funny patient names by nurses

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Specializes in Peds ED, Peds Stem Cell Transplant, Peds.

This could be fun what are some of the funniest names you have heard out at triage?

I had a teenage mom that came in I asked what the newborns name was, she smiled and state "Sparkles". I kept a straight face and thought to myself what a loving mother to give her daughter a stripper name.

I have of Shithead Pronounced shathead, Asshole prounounced assouly

Lovie Butt

what are some good ones you have heard

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Specializes in Geriatrics, acute hospital care, rehab.

Im not sure if I believe this or not, but one of my nursing instructors said that she had worked as a PHN in Chicago many years back, on one of her post partum home visits she said the mother had named her baby girl....Placenta!!!! Uff da :roll

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Specializes in Nephrology, Cardiology, ER, ICU.

I live in downstate IL and we have Orange Jello pronounced Orangelo, Yellow Jello pronounced Yelangelo and those are only my top ones...oops almost forget...YourAPreciseAngle which (belive it or not) is prounced You are a precious angel - someone couldn't spell too well that day.

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Specializes in Emergency Room.

On the Today show this morning there was a little girl who was in the choir. The anchor asked her what her name was and she said, "I adore her". The anchor said, "your name is I adore her?" and the little girl said yes. When she says her name it would be like talking about yourself in the third person...lol

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Specializes in Inpatient Acute Rehab.

I went to high school with a kid named Chiquita Banana Smith.

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I once took care of a little boy named Neon. I see really unusual spellings more than I see really unusual names...Kgauge (Gage), Brytkneigh (Brittany), Dayvod (David), Meloni (Melanie), Tielor (Tyler)...just to name a few!

:)

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Once triaged a baby girl named "Precious Mahogany"......and the best was: a baby girl named: "Female Pajama" pronounced--fee-mah-lay pah-jah-may.

:smackingf

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There was a little boy down the street and his parents wanted to name him Harley with Davidson as his middle name. They settled on Dallas. The little brother was Austin. Were they from Texas? Nope, just thought it would be "a hoot."

Yep, that's just where I want to get my chuckles from, people's reactions to my children's names.

Oh, boy . . .

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma/Education.
There was a little boy down the street and his parents wanted to name him Harley with Davidson as his middle name. They settled on Dallas. The little brother was Austin. Were they from Texas? Nope, just thought it would be "a hoot."

Yep, that's just where I want to get my chuckles from, people's reactions to my children's names.

Oh, boy . . .

I triaged a pair of brothers (not twins) named Hunter and Fisher. Also took care of a 40-something year old named Baby Boy. (Swear to God, I saw his driver's license!)

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Just Curious is Baby Boy was from the US originally. It's a really common name in Liberia.

Along with the names which are (I think most are nice) Blessing, Comfort, Remember, Mamagirl, BigBoy, and a lovely tribal name that doesn't translate well- Fat-U (Pronounced Fahtu. )

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I live in downstate IL and we have Orange Jello pronounced Orangelo, Yellow Jello pronounced Yelangelo and those are only my top ones...oops almost forget...YourAPreciseAngle which (believe it or not) is prounced You are a precious angel - someone couldn't spell too well that day.

The Shi thead one is pretty funny. I read that name in the recent book, Freakonomics.

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Had an older lady in a few days ago: first name is Truelove.

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