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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Ok this is from working in a peds/family practice office and daycare for two years.

Raina Hope (first and middle name).

Brothers named Remington Guage and Forest Hunter (Dad was a hunter)

Every imaginable spelling for Caleb, Emily, Michaela, Jacob, and Mariah.

Same woman who named her daughter Raina Hope named her other daughter "Shiktrika" which is an old gothic word for "female vampire".

A girl named Katwanna.

The irish boy name of Declan.

Charianna for a girl.

A friend almost named her girl "Stormy Nicole" (bleah, white trash soap opera name:imbar).

My husband named his pet bird Chester Polyester as a child.

A little girl named Harley Davidson.

But one name I did happen to like was the old gaelic way to spell Patrick:

Padraig. Hated the gaelic name "Moarag", for a little girl.

But to each his own. Kids will make fun of any name for any reason if they can. If they don't make fun of their name it will be something else they will find.

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Oh I also went to school with a girl whose name was Stormy and had sisters named: Misty, Summer, and Winter.

I had a friend named Autumn Day (day her last name) Her sister's name was Summer day who named her child Winter Snow Day. Then Autumn named her child Liberty Bell (bell being her last name).

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Had a doctor years ago tell me that he had delivered twin girls to a mrs. hogg; named them Ima and Ura. He thought it was hilarious!

There was an Ima Hogg who was the daughter of a governor of Texas (Around 1900, I think). Ima was quite a philanthropist, and her name is probably still found in Texas. No sister Ura, tho--she only had brothers. I wonder if the doctor's patient was a Texan?

Ryker. My cousin actually named his son this. Everytime I see Ryker I want to call him 'Numer One.' My ex-husband(a huge Star Trek fan and yes I know the spelling is different) laughed himself silly when I told him what my cousin was going to name his son.

Taryn

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Maverick

Specializes in LDRP.

Tuesday.

(not born on a Tuesday, though)

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I've worked postpartum/nursey and NICU... I've seen so many crazy names that we can't even pronounce, but I've forgotten them now.... HOWEVER, the most recent weird name we've seen is LAKE..... We're assuming that's where he was conceived ;)

Oh yeah, and my dad's middle name is A..... just the letter... doesn't stand for anything at all.. I always tell him it stands for A**hole lol (as a joke)

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How about the people who add De Le on to the first name to make something new. How would you like to go through life as a Deshawn or Detom or Lesue or Lelisa.

The most unusal name I've seen so far was..Bacardi (like the rum). I've also seen the middle name of Seamus....

That's just wrong!

Seamus is pronounced SHAYmus, maybe that makes it more familiar

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Icicle

Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

I am not a OB/GYN nurse but I have had some crazy names.

A couple at my grandmother's church had daughters named Sundae (Sunday sp?) and Sparkle.

Sundae named her daughter Blue Azlyn Phillip and then last name

Had a patient named Kassim Kassim (male)

There is a Dr.Nutting (urologist)

Cinnamon the ER nurse

Beautiful the lab tech (Hi This is Beautiful calling from the lab to report a abnormal result. The first time I heard that I almost fell over in a dead faint and had to try hard not to laugh so hard that i would cry)

I have also heard of the names like meconium, placenta,lady parts, etc

Next door to my grandma named their son Cooper last name Brown

Destiny, a co workers daughter

DeJanes (De Jan Ey) not sure how to spell it.

Secretary named Karen Kiss om wanted to name her Kandy

I know that there are more, but I can't think of any.

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I saw this one recently- not on a child!

First name Hurry (not Harry, but Hurry)

Middle Name Kane.

I also know a married couple: Joe Bob and Jo Carole.

Growing up I knew sisters named Bobbie Jean and Jo Earle. I heard one of them say that they frequently got mail addressed to "Mr."

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