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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Margarita is a normal spanish name.

Yes, I've known a couple girls/women with that name. Most likely, the drink was inspired by a woman with that name many years ago.

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a newborn GIRL - "Seven Jett" first/middle names

a boy "Alucard" it's Dracula spelled backward

sisters Baby Love and Baby Lola

baby boy Race Car

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Local kid named Harley Davidson "Smith".

Two of my kids have a half brother named Jack Daniels "Brown". His mother drank Jack and coke daily but denies naming him for the beverage. Whatever.

Daughter's friend named her son "Talon". As in eagle claws??

Another dd friend's kid named "Rylan", pronounced Rye-lynn.

Son in law's brother named his first son Anakin. He is a big Star Wars freak, Anakin was Darth Vader's real first name before he turned to the Dark Side. WHY his wife agreed to this is beyond me.

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Well I am named after star wars too. Leia....hmmm what were my parents thinking!!! LOL!!! I am so used to it now and it does not bother me!! I do not work L&D but in my local paper I saw an announcement for a baby boy...named Bush...on election day...so I figure it was after the president...and they had a bad last name to go with it!!!!

My friend and her dh named their son Luke after Skywalker.

She comes from a Catholic Cuban/Irish family. One her aunts reponded, "Oh, like the Gospel writer?" She drew a blank for a minutes and said something along the lines of, "Oh yeah! That too."

I am afraid they will have a girl next time and name her Leia. They are both nice, normal names but, uhm, not together! :lol:

Here in NH we used to have a senator named RIchard "Dick" Sweatt!!! And don't forget the race car driver- Dick Trickle!!!!

And my sister in law is dating Elwood, whose younger brother is........Jake!!! Born in the early 80's and they actually do a blues brothers skit that is pretty funny- no resemblance though!!

My husband, while working his L&D rotation, assisted in the delivery of a baby girl that was named Labya (pronounced la-by-ah with the emphasis on by). The nurses questioned the mother as to the origins of the name and the reply was that it was a family name. I can only imagine the pronunciation blunders that occured when that child entered school.

I went to school with a brother and a sister whose last name was Butte (pronounced with a long "u" sound). The brother's name was Harold, but the kids at school shortened it to Harry and pronounced the last name as butt. His sister was equally unfortunate in the fact that as a small child she was chubby and her father called her Juicy and the name stuck.

I babysat a child named Walter Salter. I never understood what that couple had against that child...

My daughter has a child in her class named Chiquita Dole. The kids call her Tutti Frutti.

At a recent function with my husband a man walked up to our table and introduced himself as Major Beavers. We later found out his first name was Dixon but he went by Don. I can understand why. Major Beavers was bad enough but Dixon Beavers?! His parents either had a warped sense of humor, did drugs or were just to stupid to think about what they were doing.

I know a guy named Yrral (I-rahl). His dad's name is Larry, his brother is Larry, Jr, so his name is Larry backwards. Seriously!

My aunt's daughter-in-law named her 2 girls Stormie and Rainie! We told her to name the 3rd one Wendy and the'd have an entire weather forecast!

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My ex's name is Richard Rich Jr.

One day at the clinic; business as usual, UNTIL..... We came across the next chart, and proceeded to call out the last name of the patient. (It was in a naval hospital, and the patient was a few ranks lower than me, therefore I could ask her the following question without worry of trouble). This black girl came back for vitals and I asked her "Is this name right on the chart. Is your first name pronounced -- Shithead??" and she replied passionatly "NO!!! MY NAME IS CHITHEAD!" (pronounced chi'-thead'). :angryfire

Some patients and non-patients I've cross paths with...

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