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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I can't believe someone would be so cruel as to name their kid "The" :angryfire

That's ridiculous! These parents need to realize that these babies are human beings who will grow up and need normal names. It's like they're picking cutsie things like you would for a doll or a dog...

My husband's (deceased) grandmother always told the family that when naming a baby, you should first imagine what it would look like on a name plate sitting on the desk of a banker or some-such occupation and take it from there - I think if I ever went to get a loan from someone who had a name plate with "The Other" on it, I might think twice!!!!!!

BTW, even though she was long gone before we had our kids, we like to think that Grandma was nodding in approval when we named our kids - tee hee!

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Our pharmacy actually keeps a notebook with the best names written in it. Recently, we had a new entry- Dalailama. No joke, spelled just like the real guy. (Most of us couldn't help referring to him with a respectful "the" before his name.) When the pharmacy girls went to enter his name in the book, they found he was the next one under Socrates. Good company!

When I was doing clinics in villages in the bush in Zambia, I actually kept a list of the good names. Some of my favourites? Organ, Stew, Emergency, Obvious, Marble (one of the babies I delivered!), and the twins: Steve and Stevious. I miss Africa...

Perhaps that's where they were conceived. Does she travel a lot? Nelly Furtado named her child Nevis after the island. Makes me think of belly buttons.

No, she doesnt travel. Havent been outside of Kansas City, MO let alone the country in about 10 years. She just did this to try to be "different".

My husband's (deceased) grandmother always told the family that when naming a baby, you should first imagine what it would look like on a name plate sitting on the desk of a banker or some-such occupation and take it from there - I think if I ever went to get a loan from someone who had a name plate with "The Other" on it, I might think twice!!!!!!

A long time ago, I read that there are a number of tests for a name to pass.

Imagine yelling out the back door for the child to come in for supper.

Picture a wedding invitation with the name.

And, as you mentioned, think of how the name would look on the office door or the desk nameplate.

Some of the names mentioned in this thread would raise eyebrows at every test.

A long time ago, I read that there are a number of tests for a name to pass.

Imagine yelling out the back door for the child to come in for supper.

Picture a wedding invitation with the name.

And, as you mentioned, think of how the name would look on the office door or the desk nameplate.

Some of the names mentioned in this thread would raise eyebrows at every test.

This is all very good advice when it comes to naming a baby. Some names might be "cute" when the kid is little, but, kids to grow up. I wish that we could take rn/writer's suggestions and mail them out to teenage moms to be, or heck, anyone in general.

I think that earlier in the thread, babynurselsa had some good suggestions as well, such as if you are trying to make a statement, the kid can't spell it before he's in 3rd grade, or it's the name of a local state hospital ("Vinita" was the name she mentioned), maybe you should think twice about strapping such a moniker on your kid.

I know that this is a sad story, it comes from the mom who threw her kids off a bridge in St. Paul, MN, but she named her twins "Supreme Knowledge Allah" and "Sincere Understanding Allah". She and one of the twins survived, and yes, she did have major depression with psychotic features.

I heard of two kids named Lemonjello (La-mon-gelo)and Orangejello (O-ron-gelo). On Jay Leno, I heard Matthew McConaughey's brother is named Rooster and he named his son Miller Lite.

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A long time ago, I read that there are a number of tests for a name to pass.

Imagine yelling out the back door for the child to come in for supper.

Picture a wedding invitation with the name.

And, as you mentioned, think of how the name would look on the office door or the desk nameplate.

Some of the names mentioned in this thread would raise eyebrows at every test.

When I was selecting my son's names, I put titles in front of them. Like President, Judge, Senator ,Reverend, and Doctor.

I can't imagine any of those in front of "Cupcake." :roll

Not that either of my sons has to have any of those titles, I did not want to use a name that wouldn't suit, just in case!! :D

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I heard of two kids named Lemonjello (La-mon-gelo)and Orangejello (O-ron-gelo).

Oh did you? Let me guess--they were in your kindergarten class. Or were they the cute twins that lived down the block?

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Oh did you? Let me guess--they were in your kindergarten class. Or were they the cute twins that lived down the block?

I worked with a gal who swore up and down that her husband had met these "Jello" kids.

Not wanting to embarrass her in front of a group of co-workers, I refrained from telling her that I had first heard these "names" over twenty years ago, when she was probably still in elementary school, and on the other side of the country.

I had a friend who named their son Zachiriah Exavier ... and yes that is the correct spelling.

Knew another guy that was kinda mental, tone deaf and wore a hearing aid (not sure what the specific medical condition is called ) but he spoke tonelessly too. Anyway, he had a cat and every night he'd go to the door and start yelling for it...."Jailbait, c'mere Jailbait..."

Well, I have a personal story. My niece had a girl two days and she and her husband have been going around and around about the names he had picked out. They are all odd.

He wants "Keelyn" as his first pick . . . . we are hoping he backs down. :o

steph

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