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!

[rn/writer, RN]

i know this one guy named alfredo, i'm sure he has gotten over all the jokes by now. lol

is it only me that doesn't understand why every one is putting red a's in their posts??? please enlighten the *slow* one...lol!

alfredo is an old, old name in spanish and italian (and probably a few other languages, as well) that we translate as alfred. if you're thinking of fettucine alfredo, that was named after alfredo all'augusteo, a restaurant in rome where it was first served.

sometimes i'm amazed the these older names are looked at as something new and bizarre when they have been around for decades, if not longer. margarita was another example of this. just because there is a more modern connection, that doesn't erase the history of these classic names.

[Private Peds Nurse, LPN]

:no::no:the weirdests names i have ever heard was a set of twins, and the babie's names were spelled orangejello (pronounced ar-mon-jalo) and lemonjello (pronounced la-mon-jalo), the only thing i could imagine was the mother must have been on a jello craze when she named these poor kids!!!!

can you imagine being called the jello kids????? gosh what on earth was this person thinking????

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

First names that have come though our homecares intake department recently

WUBET

GENIECE

ILERKA

HOA

POTEHBOE

TUMULY

ASATTA

KORPO

MODESTY

INTOSOSONISIA

GIRL

Most popular name past month: Crystal

We've repeatedly toyed with idea of writing a modern day baby name book...sure it would be a best sellar!

[ernursen]

True story: They call her BG for Baby Girl. :icon_roll

[rn4lyfe08]

I knew an adorable girl names "Pretty"...glad that worked out. :)

[33-weeker]

We have a boy named by his 4-year-old brother, 'Davian'. (Not Damian, 'Davian'. Hmmmm)

We also have twin girls of a young teenage mom: 'Angela' & 'Angelina'.

Guess the twins will have to fight over who gets to use the nickname 'Angie'.

I wish I could be a fly on the wall when the twin are preschoolers and the mom is calling out to them when they both are acting up. Heck, I say the wrong name enough with my twins as it is, and they are 'Caleb' & 'Cameron'.

[christine_chapel]

:no::no:the weirdests names i have ever heard was a set of twins, and the babie's names were spelled orangejello (pronounced ar-mon-jalo) and lemonjello (pronounced la-mon-jalo), the only thing i could imagine was the mother must have been on a jello craze when she named these poor kids!!!!

can you imagine being called the jello kids????? gosh what on earth was this person thinking????

actually, looking back on this thread, these are actually very common names, i'm surprised you've never heard of them.

[psalm, RN]

I see some strange names and/or initials when i read the obituaries.

Had a dear male patient whose initials were COK.

Saw in the obits a gentleman named Harold Cox.

Richard Long.

My husband went to school with a Richard Stuck, nickname Dick.

Sometimes it's not so much the given name, but the combination of given and surname.

And my little grandson is Xavier :heartbeat born 12-31-08.

[luvmylife2]

I had a nurse that help deliver my baby and her name was dorcus

[Daywalker]

Dorcus...wow, now THERE'S an old-fashioned name for ya!

[rn/writer, RN]

Dorcas (usual spelling) is an ancient Greek girl's name. Not to be confused with Dorkus, often paired with Doofus in naming loony twins.

[corky1272RN]

Boy some people can really be "creative" with names, huh?????

I knew a boy named Harry DeCock, he started homeschooling because he was teased mercilessly

My daughter goes to school with a little girl named Reality

Weird!!!!!

:onbch:

----Jennifer