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!

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... then the irl driver named will power - but he's australian - you know those guys have a different sense of humor! :D

speaking of my neck of the woods, we have many vietnamese and i know a "hung lo" (he's a fella and ive seen his passport) .... and i had a boss a long time back called john cock who had a daughter called rosie ..... ??!!

Specializes in Med-Surg.

When I was in junior high, I had a teacher whose name was Milo Ball. No joke! You can find it in the phone book to this day. The joke in the school of course, was that his middle name was Harry.

Two weeks ago, the birth announcements in my town newspaper announced the birth of a little girl. Her parents named her "Abcde Isabella". I took that newspaper with me to Thanksgiving dinner because I knew no one would believe me.

Worked with a physician Dr. Sky Blue

When I first heard this over the hospital intercom I thought it was a joke.

One of the best physicians I have worked with in my career.

Yep, you can find him on Google! He's for real.

My dad had a procedure done earlier this week by a cardiologist named Dr. Hart. :redbeathe Really.

Specializes in Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty.

I have a friend whom I've known since elementary school. His last name is Patient, and he always joked that he wanted to become a doctor so they'd call for "Doctor Patient" over the intercom at the hospital. He became a professional comedian instead! LOL

We have a cardiologist in my town whose name is "Umakant Doctor".... yep, Dr. Doctor! 

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daquan...pronounced day kwon....i mean really?? i was seriously wondering if the mom threw a bunch of scrabble pieces into a hat a started pulling out letter.

shermika is another one. i mean don't get me wrong, i like to be different and unique, but some people definitely take it to another level.

Justin Thyme

My (chemist) bro insisted he would name his children Chlorine, Florine, Bromine and Iodine. He didn't (wife may have had something to do with that)

OH MY GOSH! My father always has teased me that I was going to be named Justin Thyme if I turned out to be a boy. I was born at 11:45 pm on my mother's birthday... so I was litterally "just in time"! lol

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My SIL was a nurse in an NICU, and they kept a notebook of the insane things people named their children. My favorites were "Cupcake" and "Meconium." Yep, meconium. I guess she heard it during the delivery and thought it was pretty.

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Insert standard Dave Barry Disclaimer™ = I'm not making this up

This name was in the phonebook but I don't know about now: Harry Dawg. Currently there is a Goofy Dawg in the phonebook.

There are so many pages to this thread, I don't know if this one has been said already, but these could be people who don't want their phone numbers listed. I had some friends who did this (list their phone number under a bogus name) rather than pay for an unlisted number... of course one has to be careful not to choose too "creative" a name or they will be the target of adolescent prank callers. :smokin:

My SIL was a nurse in an NICU, and they kept a notebook of the insane things people named their children. My favorites were "Cupcake" and "Meconium." Yep, meconium. I guess she heard it during the delivery and thought it was pretty.

The weirdest name I have ever heard was from a mom naming her baby BERRIES. It was kind of sweet though. No sooner did I learn that the mother had ORANGE and APPLE as names for her other kids too. Having read MECONIUM, however, sent me rolling on the floor. :lol2:

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I knew of a patient naming their baby girl Shithead pronuced as "Sha tead" ..... The patient came up with the spelling on their own of course.....I have heard the Meconium name also. A few months ago a patient said they wanted to name their baby "unique" and asked how they should spell it. Also, Nevaeh....alot of the teens were naming their daughters this one b/c its "heaven spelled backwards". It's always interesting!! LoL

at one point in my career I did occupational health screenings and the girls name was "uretha"--said her mother heard it and like the way it sounded-------

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this past summer i had a pt who was a teacher & we started talking about crazy names. she had one of the most original names i've heard yet....

"la-a" (pronounced la-dash-a)

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