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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Poor little fee ma lay

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Clearly something more important in her life...

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when i was born, another mother wanted to name her baby something horrible (i've forgotten just what) and the state refused to register the birth certificate with the name. was that not quite legal back then or do they simply not do that any more?

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does anyone know how to pronounce the name eamon? long e, maybe? we have a new baby in our family, located about 2000 miles away, and none of is quite sure how to pronounce his name correctly.

dumb, huh? the parents got really offended when we all asked how to pronounce their first baby's name two years ago.

does anyone know how to pronounce the name eamon? long e, maybe? we have a new baby in our family, located about 2000 miles away, and none of is quite sure how to pronounce his name correctly.

dumb, huh? the parents got really offended when we all asked how to pronounce their first baby's name two years ago.

the irish pronunciation is "ay-mon." rhymes with damon. i've never heard it said any other way.

can't understand why anyone would be offended that you asked how to pronounce a not-so-common name. unless they were interpreting your inquiry as a dig for choosing it.

here is a link to a website about eamon de valera a prominent figure in irish politics for more than 50 years:

http://www.apostles.com/devalera.html

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The community pool I went to growing up was called Eamon Park, and it was pronounced EE-mon. But if I had to guess how to pronounce a boy's name, I'd go with the Irish pronunciation of the 'ea' sound. Eamon....Seamus....etc.

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the irish pronunciation is "ay-mon." rhymes with damon. i've never heard it said any other way.

can't understand why anyone would be offended that you asked how to pronounce a not-so-common name. unless they were interpreting your inquiry as a dig for choosing it.

here is a link to a website about eamon de valera a prominent figure in irish politics for more than 50 years:

http://www.apostles.com/devalera.html

the community pool i went to growing up was called eamon park, and it was pronounced ee-mon. but if i had to guess how to pronounce a boy's name, i'd go with the irish pronunciation of the 'ea' sound. eamon....seamus....etc.

thank you both so very much. their first baby is an adorable little redheaded toddler named nieve.

when her baby brother didn't come by his due date, she put her halloween costume on "because he'll want to see me in it and will come out." he didn't!

thanks for your help. i'll email the good word.

Is the little girl's name spelled Nieve? I ask because the Irish spelling for the name that sounds like that is, "Niamh." I kid you not. "Mh" in Irish Gaelic has a "v" sound.

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is the little girl's name spelled nieve? i ask because the irish spelling for the name that sounds like that is, "niamh." i kid you not. "mh" in irish gaelic has a "v" sound.

they pronounce her name as though it were spelled "neeve" but spell it nieve. modernized, maybe?

i was named for my great grandmother whose name used the dutch spelling katharine. my parents changed it to katherine, thinking they'd save me a lifetime of aggravation. maybe my goddaughter and her husband did that too. they met while on semesters abroad in ireland and both came home much more aware of their irish heritages.

Probably trying to save her some aggravation, as well.

Another popular name is, "Siobhan," pronounced "Sha-vawn." In Ireland, people wouldn't bat an eye, but over here it would be butchered for sure.

I named my son Collin, to give credit for my family's Irish history. I used the surname spelling though, to avoid him being called 'colon' like 'colin Powell'. (there are several that use the traditional c-o-l-i-n Irish spelling but pronounce it 'colon'.) But what do I get? People either still call him 'colon' or spell it Colin. Could be worse though, I guess! :)

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Probably trying to save her some aggravation, as well.

Another popular name is, "Siobhan," pronounced "Sha-vawn." In Ireland, people wouldn't bat an eye, but over here it would be butchered for sure.

hehehe... i work with someone named Siobhan, and I call her SiO-Ba-Han, as a joke of course, because thats how you do want to say it when first seeing her badge. She says to her parents credit, no one ever forgets her name once they learn the correct pronunciation.

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