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!

Specializes in FNP, Peds, Epilepsy, Mgt., Occ. Ed.
Just had a patient name her baby

Rowdy

Hope this kid doesn't take his name to seriously or she'll have her hands full;)

:lol2: That does seem to be tempting fate, doesn't it?? :lol2:

Specializes in L&D/Antepartum, Neuro.

I had a patient name her little girl Naturale Destiny. The story behind the name was that the patient was a scheduled c/s for breech presentation and the baby had turned at the last minute and so she delivered "naturally". We always wonder what her name would have been had she been a c/section/:idea:

I also once had a patient named Shayde. He had siblings named Shakayde, Shailyce and Shailynn. We have a patient in our office now named Hennessey. Luckily she is a foster child and her foster family is adopting her. They call her Hannah.

Specializes in CMSRN.

I love hearing all the names. Some very famous people have very not so common names. But once we hear them enough we do not think anything of it. Like these famous first names. Newt, Blythe,Uma (at least uncommon in america) Tiger, etc.

Many names I saw listed may not be uncommon in other parts of the world.

20 Years ago we had a German exchange student visit us and her name was Silke .

My mom's name is Jutta. In German it sounds like the state Utah. So everyone calls her Utah. And to make it easy sometimes she spells it that way.

I love hearing all the names. Some very famous people have very not so common names. But once we hear them enough we do not think anything of it. Like these famous first names. Newt, Blythe,Uma (at least uncommon in america) Tiger, etc.

Many names I saw listed may not be uncommon in other parts of the world.

20 Years ago we had a German exchange student visit us and her name was Silke .

My mom's name is Jutta. In German it sounds like the state Utah. So everyone calls her Utah. And to make it easy sometimes she spells it that way.

Newt Gingrich's real name is Newton and Blythe is not a common name but it's more than a wide spot in the California desert. And Uma is a fairly common Swedish name.

I'm pretty sure Tiger Woods is a Jr. and they gave him the nickname just so they would know which Eldrick they were talking about.

I work with a man whose legal name is Ricky but we all call him Rick, but his badge has his real name on it and someone once told him, "What kind of a name is that? That's a little kid's name!" :uhoh3: Which it once was, but it's his name and his parents gave it to him on the day he was born.

I have a somewhat wacky name. My name is Jeannie. I am named after I dream of Jeannie (my sister named me, she's 10 years older.) and NO one ever pronounces it right, nor spells it correctly.

My neice's nickname is KiKi and she wont answer to anything else(her real name is Kristina Richelle but my dad called her Wookie from the day she was born and when she started talkiing Kiki came out and that is what she is, even registered in school as KiKi)

My Sister Krissy(passed away) and my Neice KiKi have the middle name of Richelle that my mother made up it is pronounced Rich- L for my father whose name is Richard.

I went to school with a Flower Pollen Stem and a Bird Flying Cloud and a Flaming Albino Chicken (and was as dark as can be, dark italian skiin and black hair and eyes) first two are sisters and the 3rd is their brother but none had the parents last name :uhoh3:

Specializes in L&D.
Whoa, wait a minute--you told someone they couldn't name their baby a certain name, because it had too many apostrophes and "s" in it?

No, not S's. It had -, ', and `. I told her she couldn't name her baby that on the birth certificate. Then, I just wanted to know why she chose that kind of name, so I asked. No ethical problems, here. So long as it fits on the birth certificate, I don't care what they name the baby. I don't know what the woman ended up putting on the certificate, but I just know that a previous patient had her packet returned for "invalid" name or something and was told by another nurse that it was because of the non-letter characters.

Well, that seems reasonable-though I do know names that have dashes, apostrophes and the like. So what *are* the approved vs unapproved characters? Anyone?

Specializes in CMSRN.

It is funny you mentioned the name Ricky. My husband's name is Ricky and people at work call him Rick.

He is a junior and and when he was little he was called little Ricky.

He even married a Lucy.

Newt Gingrich's real name is Newton and Blythe is not a common name but it's more than a wide spot in the California desert. And Uma is a fairly common Swedish name.

I'm pretty sure Tiger Woods is a Jr. and they gave him the nickname just so they would know which Eldrick they were talking about.

I work with a man whose legal name is Ricky but we all call him Rick, but his badge has his real name on it and someone once told him, "What kind of a name is that? That's a little kid's name!" :uhoh3: Which it once was, but it's his name and his parents gave it to him on the day he was born.

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Specializes in Women's health & post-partum.

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)

No, not S's. It had -, ', and `. I told her she couldn't name her baby that on the birth certificate. Then, I just wanted to know why she chose that kind of name, so I asked. No ethical problems, here. So long as it fits on the birth certificate, I don't care what they name the baby. I don't know what the woman ended up putting on the certificate, but I just know that a previous patient had her packet returned for "invalid" name or something and was told by another nurse that it was because of the non-letter characters.

I'm surprised that there are restrictions on the characters that can be used. Are you sure? It would probably be worthwhile to see what the rules are rather than telling people that without knowing. I would never name my child something really off that wall but I sure would be p#$%ed off to chose a name and be told I couldn't have it.

Specializes in urology, pediatrics, med-surg.

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.

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