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]

Ow, ow, ow. I think I've just had my credulity strained.

[Spidey's mom, ADN, BSN, RN]

Ow, ow, ow. I think I've just had my credulity strained.

Owie . . . me too. There is no smilie available for an owie.

Actually - truthfully - when I first moved here, 23 years ago, there was a young'un the same age as my oldest (and only, then) son whose name was "Shaddon". It sounded like .. well, you know.

I was complaining to my mom about this in a local restaurant and the couple who were in the booth next to me leaned over and said "How do you think we feel? We're the grandparents".

steph

[mommie2bodie]

let's see there was vinita (name of the town where the state hospital was located), then there was polaris (mom saw it on a sign), the twins named sunny and hunny(note the spelling), many many heavens, heaven leighs, miracle (which is usually an oxymoron), precious angel, and lovely.

i have formulated a set of rules i wish we could get legislated.

#1 if the child will never be able to say or spell the name.

#2 if the child will never be able to pronounce the name.

#3 if it will get them beat up at school.

#4 if it is just plain stupid.

then we will assign you a name for your baby.

i thought this was funny, my sister had a daughter when she was 16 and named her myracle charmyne. i tried my best to talk her out of it, i said it sounded like a really good toilet paper... i have called her mia since the day she was born, she is almost 4 now.

[Elvish, BSN, DNP, RN, NP]

Orangejello (pronounced Oron-jelo) and Shithead (pronounced Shi-taid). I'm completely serious, the spellings and pronounciations are accurate.

Stop, stop stop!!!! :trout::trout:

[queenjean]

It is a bit depressing, the low opinion and assumptions some of these stories perpetuate about non-english speaking and illiterate people. I mean, I've been illiterate before -- as in, I lived in a foreign country and did not read or write the language much in the beginning, actually I couldn't speak it much, either at first -- and I would not have named my baby after the first sign or word that I saw. I can't believe that most people would. I think stories like this are just silly and unbelievable. I'm sure a few people out of millions and millions name their babies something completely irrational, but I just have a hard time believing there are that many. More likely urban legends that subtly make us feel superior to those most-likely illegal, definately sub-intelligent immigrants.

And yes, I worked L&D for 6 years and before that worked in a group home for pregnant and parenting teens. So I've seen (and appreciate, and can enjoy a good laugh at) some funky names. My own youngest has a completely made up name -- well, we thought so at the time, but it appears to reinforce that idea that there are no new ideas, as there turn out to be thousands of people with her name, just not in the US. I like to hear the wierd names, and I admire the guts and independence it takes to do something truly strange. I don't have a problem with the good natured laugh, even the shake your head, *** type of giggle--but the complete distain is a bit off-putting.

The live-and-let-live applies nicely when it's you and yours, but not so much when it is someone else. A curious contradiction in the American culture, and this thread has really illustrated it.

[Duckyaryj]

My cousins' names are Colt and Wesson (their dad is a big gun fan) my sister's name is Shonilea (pronounced shawna-lea)

[ink10300]

Anita Shower- No lie... And she got very offended if you said anything about it

[IrisZ]

Anita Shower

[vandermom]

How about Jet Spider!!

A new name this year and used several times is Nevaeh. Then add to that Angel for a middle name. (for those not familiar with this new name read the first name backwards)

[aander2]

Few weeks ago had a baby boy who's parents named Kaos, pronounced like chaos. Parents were caucasian so there wasn't a possible cultural explanation.

What's with everybody naming their baby boys Jackson with an "x", Jaxson?

[Jme1970]

We had a set of twins in our Nicu named Polly and Ester, each named after a grandmother. The parents truely didn't realize when they would say their names together they got " Polly, Ester!" until after the girls were named.

[vandermom]

Story first child Thruth for the second child.