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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so far, two weeks on the PP unit in school and not a single lemonjello or oranjello. i'm very disappointed :lol2:

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I grew up with a girl named "anastarr" prounounced, On-a-star.

Apparently her mother wen to a traveling carnival while pregnant, and saw the carni gypsy. The gypsy told her not to name her baby "Milliani" as she was planning. The mom said, well what's your name?

Anastarr was the name of the traveling gypsy carni.

Wow.

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daisy (first) custard (middle name which had been mom's maiden name.)

How about Messiah. Not much to live up to there! :D

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so far, two weeks on the PP unit in school and not a single lemonjello or oranjello. i'm very disappointed :lol2:

But have you had a Meconium ( because it sounded pretty) or Female (because the hospital named the kid...see it's on her band). I hear they are all over the place!

Although it's not a contest I think I might have the winner. Last name Gas, first name Fartun! Not kidding here nor is it an urban myth. I took care of the kid in the ER. She was Somalian. Her first name was pronounced "fartoon" and last name "gah" but it looks REALLY bad on paper. Really pretty baby I might add.

And I almost forgot. Our Nigerian born housekeeper has 4 kids: Edith, Precious, Gift and Destiny. Two of them are boys. Guess which ones.

I work for a certain (ahem) state agency that deals with children. I have seen 'em all. I didn't get to witness this one personally, but per my co-worker we recently had a "L-da." My co-worker said when she asked the girl how to pronounce it she said, "La-dash-uh, b/c the dash isn't silent." (yeah.WOW.) 2nd runner up? Conception. Now that one, I saw.

Although it's not a contest I think I might have the winner. Last name Gas, first name Fartun! Not kidding here nor is it an urban myth. I took care of the kid in the ER. She was Somalian. Her first name was pronounced "fartoon" and last name "gah" but it looks REALLY bad on paper. Really pretty baby I might add.

Now, after hearing the explanation, this one I actually believe. In the English language, we probably have some name combos which sound like nothing out of the ordinary to us, but when translated, some are pretty funny to in a non-English language.

Now, after hearing the explanation, this one I actually believe. In the English language, we probably have some name combos which sound like nothing out of the ordinary to us, but when translated, some are pretty funny to in a non-English language.

When I was in college the first time, I took an anthropology class, and when the professor did his field work in South America, the indigenous people he studied asked him repeatedly what his name meant. He had a really hard time explaining that his name had no meaning beyond his parents liking the way it sounded, and that he had inherited his surname from his parents. They couldn't wrap their heads around that.

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Now, after hearing the explanation, this one I actually believe. In the English language, we probably have some name combos which sound like nothing out of the ordinary to us, but when translated, some are pretty funny to in a non-English language.

I read somewhere that Pinto cars didn't sell well in Brazil because there it means "small member"....lol.

I read somewhere that Pinto cars didn't sell well in Brazil because there it means "small member"....lol.

Nova cars never sold well in Spanish speaking areas because "no va" means "it doesn't go."

Fresca has another name in Mexico because that is a derogatory term for lesbians.

Jay Leno once displayed "Barf" laundry detergent in his "Headlines" segment. Don't remember where it was from.

Osco pharmacies were called Sav-On in areas with a significant Chinese population because "osco" is a Chinese slang term for vomiting, along the lines of "hurl" or "blow chunks". That, BTW, is what I thought of Osco when I worked there. :lol2:

Few weeks ago we had a family with the last name Bastardo. Lol "Baby Bastardo". Had a good laugh at that one. have been racking my brain but wasne there a movie where "Bastardo" was shouted over and over?

Titanic?=)

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La-a (La-dash-uh) is the new Nevaeh.

I just don't feel comfortable listing them, they are so specific. It just doesn't feel right putting them on the web.

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