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!

DIG??? What the......???

I read in the local paper a couple of weeks ago of (I think) a boy named 'Noname'.

Honestly, this should be illegal..............

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i decided, since the 2nd "strange baby names" thread was getting so long, let's start another.

ready.....set.....go!

twins from last night - gypsy and cinnamon. (what a great start to their Media/stripper careers)

orion - (baby boy) - ok, this one did have a romantic, constellation engagement story behind it, so it's not so bad, but still a strange, out-there name.

orzio - another baby boy - poor kid

and, drumroll please.....................

happy birthday to the winner of the year:

queen messiah jesus christ :balloons: :balloons:

oh yes, that was the baby's full, legal name for the birth certificate. oh how wonderful.

give me a few more births to attend at work, and i'm sure to have more to add. i have definitely noticed a trend towards the unusual/unique names lately. some of them sound and look just like random letters thrown together, that i can't even recall them once i get home.

the poor, poor kids........

jen

l&d rn :rolleyes:

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Orion - (baby boy)

A good start on a career as an Elvis impersonator! :p

I worked with a nurse years ago who kept a notebook on unusual names. We read over the earliest entries and realized that some are now considered "mainstream". I do not think Queen Messiah Jesus Christ will ever become mainstream, but who knows. Wonder how these kids feel years later or how the parents feel when they sober up. Some names I have seen look like they originated from alphabet soup---whatever floats to the top becomes a name.

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I remember some years ago that David Bowie named his son Zowie Bowie. He later changed it to Duncan.

I remember some years ago that David Bowie named his son Zowie Bowie. He later changed it to Duncan.

He's cute, too. Here's a pic:

duncan.jpg

He sort of reminds me of a young Kiefer Sutherland. You can definitely see David's cheekbones there!

I love David Bowie.

My uncle, who is a pharmacist, also has kept a notebook of strange baby names. Among his are... Placenta AND Uterus, and he's had those MORE THAN ONCE!

My girlfriend's husband wanted to name their third child Elec Tricity (as in the power source). Thank goodness she convinced him to shorten is just to Trisitea (which is still pretty strange if you ask me!)

Okay, here's one. lady parts. I'm not kidding. Mom saw the word "lady parts" and thought that was just a beautiful name, pronounced it "va - Jeena". I wasn't in L&D when she did it, but all I could think was , why didn't someone explain it to her??? It's amazing, but there are so many women in socioeconomically depressed areas who really just do not know very much. At least the daughter can later shorten it to just Gina if she so chooses.

lady parts.... oh dear. Poor girl...

I heard of another one, once again from an illiterate woman who thought that

SyPhyllis was a nice sounding name.

poor kids.

My parents named me an unusual name, and I would MUCH rather been named Jane or Michelle. Oh well.

If anyone post about Lemonjello and Orangejello again, I will make you eat your keyboard! :rolleyes:

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I helped care for preemie twins the other night; Ginger and Cinnamon (we thought the same thing a previous poster did about how soon can they start their Mediao career). Not that those names are all that odd really, just odd together.

Some hispanic names seem odd to some of us though they are very average within their culture. We've had an Alfredo (as in sauce) and a Margarita. Difference being that as I said these are absolutely normal average names in hispanic cultures.

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