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!

I used to work for H and R block and saw a lot of names, I couldn't believe how many people name their children William Williamson, John Johnson, Mark Markson, etc Way to be creative!

Specializes in Labor/Delivery, Pediatrics, Peds ER.

I kid you not, "Royal Sweat!" The mom had always liked the name "Royal" so that's why she chose it. Usually not one to interfere with people's preferences by even commenting, I felt I had to ask, for the child's sake, if the mother had ever heard the expression "working up a royal sweat." She hadn't! But she had had her heart set on the name "Royal" since she was a teen, and Sweat is not the actual familial name, but that's the way it's pronounced.

Now, this may be the hospital version of an urban legend, but one of our attendings told this story:

The registrar asked the mother for the name of the new baby and the mom said, "Meconium." The registrar then asked why such a name, and the mom said, "Well, the doctor named her. When she was born, he said, 'Here comes meconium!' so I figured that should be her name if he thought so."

I also once knew a girl named Mescal - yep, for the mescaline plant.

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Actually, this [Candida] is a REAL name. I have seen it in a few baby name books. BUT, the authors of the last one I saw it in did not recommend it because of the infection by the same name.

Yep - real name -

CANDIDA

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Late Roman, English

Pronounced: KAN-di-də (English) [key]

Late Latin name derived from candidus meaning "white". This was the name of several early saints, including a woman healed by Saint Peter. As an English name, it came into use after George Bernard Shaw's play 'Candida' (1898).

"Candida Albicans" White becoming white, LOL

Stormy with the last name Weather

Lucifer

Teddy with the last name of Baer

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In my A & P class there was a Tiara and Champaine (NOT Champagne!!!). I also met a little girl named Wish at a coworker's house. I actually kind of like it.

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We had a Bonez in the NICU about a year or so ago...That was the strangest i've seen so far.

years ago doing pre employments screenings for a mfg. company female named " Uretha" said her mother heard it when she was born liked it named her

I used to work with a Candida, and know a Champagne and Chardonnay.

Specializes in Pediatrics/LTC.

la-a (you are probably thinking what I am thinking...la a??? nope...the mom quickly jumped on me and said the dash is pronounced....like I would have known this)

pronounced ladasha spelled la-a

totally weird.

Mahogany Love

The product of a teen pregnancy with a really mushy dramatic mom.

O.M.G! Thats better than sugar supreme washington.

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how about grover manfried _____?

ourlast dog was named grover cleveland and our current dog's name is manfried, or mannie for short, and this wingnut named her son for both dogs because she liked them...:eek:

Seen lots of names through the years that seem to be right out of a Scrabble Word Game. What ever letters pour out of the box and then you make up a name from those letters. Just saying. LOL

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