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!

Specializes in Labor and Delivery.

wow i cant believe that there are 2 babies in this world named placenta. i thought the one i saw was the only one. thats so nasty! lol.

we also had a tennis instructor name his twin girls venus and serena. thougth that was too funny

my hubby went to school with a Krista Shanda (Guess the last name!) I had to check the year book because I totally didn't believe them!

Side story from my past... My mother loves the band Bread and the song they did "Aubrey". My name was supposed to be "Aubrey Lee".

She couldn't remember how to spell Aubrey after 45 minutes of labor and the nurse wanted my name 'Right this minute' for the paperwork.

My dad named me Jennifer Audrey.

My mom gets reminded of the fact she is a blonde ALOT. LOL

My second day in L&D clinicals my patient named her baby Jeopardy! Now I ask you, how is a nursing student supposed to respond to that? I tried my hardest to not look shocked, but i'm sure I didn't do a very good job!

Specializes in Acute post op ortho.

Vaseline Love had to be the best.

Emergancy pronounced (EM-ER-jan-C) She wanted to name her child after the hospital that she went to & that was what she read on the sign outside.

Twins lemonjello & orangejello (le-mon-JA-lo) (or-lan-JA-lo)

Fellow student in middle school > *eatherly *igglesworth

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Montserrat, for a girl.

Nice, I suppose, but she was in the NICU and someone made her a cute name sign. At first glance it looked like "Monster rat"

Hey I always thought Montserrat was a wonderful name especially since that opera star has the same. But, OH my, it is close to monster rat, too close for americans.

Here's a comment made by a school teacher I know after hearing about this...

"That will be just wonderful for everyone that has to call her name out loud. I get some of these half/baked, 'creatively spelled' names when I have to do attendance. I also get A LOT of attitude from the child(ren) when I mispronounce it because I have read it as it is written. I hate the attitude! If they have been 'blessed' with the dumb name; they need to take it in stride or give the attitude to the ones that named them that.

"I have finally just taken to so saying, 'No, I didn't mispronounce it, someone misspelled it.' leaving the child to wonder if it was computer error on my page - when what I really mean is your dumb butt parents did this to you, so just deal with it." :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2: :lol2:

Did a teacher really do that? So sorry to hear she was punishing the child for having dumb butt parents.

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'.

i remember twin girls in California, Gwendolyn and Gwenevere. I think they also will have a tough day deciding who get the nickname "Gwen"

A friend of mine works with children in a social service agency and has come across some weird names. One family had four boys: John Jr., Jonathan, Johnny, and John-John. These were the actual names on the birth certificates. Guess what dad's name was? Guess how big dad's ego was?

Another one: Bayarea, perhaps not so bad except that they lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, locally referred to as the Bay Area.

Remember what George Foreman the boxer named his sons? All of them are named George. Why, he knew his name was big and wanted all of his sons a chance to use it.

Specializes in Critical Care.

REcently had a female patient named Cornilius.

I have just remembered another, a sweet little baby girl called Holly. Mothers last name - Wood. (Mum explained that Holly was going to be known by dad's last name

The nursing program I am currently in has not one, but TWO women named Holly Wood. Maybe it is not so uncommon!

Specializes in L&D,postpartum nursery.

Justin Case (Just in case!!!!)

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