What's the funniest most unusual baby name?

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Members are discussing the process of screening names on birth certificates, sharing unusual names they have encountered, and discussing the implications of changing names legally. Some members mention specific names they have encountered, while others talk about the history of certain names and the process of changing names legally. The discussion also touches on the publication of upcoming weddings in newspapers and the practice of announcing name changes for adoption and building variances.

As many of you know by now, Kim Kardashian had her baby. As if you couldn't miss all the annoying coverage over every single detail. They named that poor kid North West. What are some of the funniest/weirdest/most unusual baby names you have seen? Could be a patient or someone you know in your personal life. And if you are someone with one of those odd names did you just learn to live with it or would you change it.

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Zlatan. I've met a Zlatan. His name bugs me because I shiver and feel weird when two letters are placed together that are not usually placed together.

I have two friends who's boys are named Zeegan James and Kiian Kaze.

I had a class my first semester of college with a girl named Kenyatta.

Some high school acquaintances, Zarai (Zara-eee), Xiochilt (So-shee), and Maya-Lis (Pronounced Miley)... she usually went by Maya though.

Also, my youngest sister is named Saryn. My dad works with chemical munitions.

Where I live Xiochilt is a very common name, but I live in a town with a huge population of Latinos.

Oh, and a dear friend of mine named his youngest boy Fable Graves. I think it's a beautiful name and I told him so.

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PMFB-RN said:
*** I thought women could hyphenate their "maiden" names with their married names. I didn't know they would hyphenate two married names. That shouldn't be allowed.

Once knew a doctor Crapster who married Dr. Spitz (a dentist of course). We all assumed she would take the opportunity to dump Crapster, but no, she hyphenated it.

Crapster-Spitz? LOVE IT!

I know a doc whose hyphenated name is Shitta-Bey.

My middle school principal was Harvey Harvey. FOR THE LOVE!

NEWRNC said:
My friend is a teacher and had twin girls in her classroom named Daquiri and Margarita.

You're supposed to name your kids after where they were conceived, not after what you were drinking when you came up with their names.

amoLucia said:
One pt had the VERY BEST name, first & last. It should have been on a vaudeville marquee for a burlesque queen.

But because of that D@#$ HIPAA, I just can't reveal. It would be just my luck.... So sorry!

Yeah, I can beat any "urban legend" names with a set of siblings that I took care of, but it come close to revealing my identity.

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The mom's name was Leaf. The dad's name was Twig. They named the baby Sprout. I met this family years ago when I was in nursing school. They were vegetarians and wouldn't feed the baby anything but vegetables. I tried to explain the benefits of breast feeding but since milk wasn't a vegetable.....

Never mind the horrible name. That poor baby had a hard life ahead of him.

P.S. It took a week and help from social services to convince them that breast milk was really the best food for an infant.

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Yes reference to a superhero as the dad straight up told me that they named him after the super hero Thor.

PMFB-RN said:
*** Thor is not an uncommon name among the descendants of the Vikings who have settled here in the frozen north. I know several Thors and even a couple girls names Thora . No reference at all to a super hero.
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*** Thor is not an uncommon name among the descendants of the Vikings who have settled here in the frozen north. I know several Thors and even a couple girls names Thora . No reference at all to a super hero.

In this case, yes it was a reference to the superhero Thor. The dad told me. LOL.

I used to work with a girl who's legal first name was Twinkle. I thought her personality matched her name, she was so sweet!

Twins Lemonjello Orangjello

Girl pronounced Pa niece

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wooh said:
You're supposed to name your kids after where they were conceived, not after what you were drinking when you came up with their names.

I think this particular demographic of newborns is better using the latter, though. Do we really want a cohort of little "Honda Backseat" and "Burger King Parking Lot"s?

I went to high school with a girl named areola and a girl named lochia.

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I went to school with someone named Shanda. Her middle name? Leer. (Chandelier)

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amoLucia said:

Desi - you reminded me. Waaaay back, they had to publish/announce upcoming weddings in the newspapers. Something called 'bans' or 'bands'??? Like it was supp to provide an opp'ty for anyone to protest the wedding (name change) because the person was a 'bad' person

It's Banns.

banns" or "bans" /ˈbænz/ (from a Middle English word meaning "proclamation", rooted in Frankish and from there to Old French)

a notice read out on three successive Sundays in a parish church, announcing an intended marriage and giving the opportunity for objections.

In 1983, the Roman Catholic Church removed the requirement for banns and left it to individual national bishops' conferences to decide whether to continue this practice, but in most Catholic countries the banns are still published.

 Thanks Google!

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spotangel - TY for the info. There was a comment re 'banns' in the old Bing Crosby movie 'Going My Way' when the newly married heroine's husband chides his protesting father for not reading them because 'he never read  past the financial section'.

Even today, I believe there must be announcements in the paper for adoption name changes and building variances. Allows folk the chance to speak out if desired.

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