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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It is amazing to me that with the overwhelming number of people here who have seen La-a, Shithead, Lemonjello, Orangejello, Nosmoking, and Gonorrhea (and others), that I have never heard or seen anyone with these names. Admittedly, I do live in a very minority sporifice population, but still......

It is amazing to me that with the overwhelming number of people here who have seen La-a, Shithead, Lemonjello, Orangejello, Nosmoking, and Gonorrhea (and others), that I have never heard or seen anyone with these names. Admittedly, I do live in a very minority sporifice population, but still......

Most often when people post about these legendary names, it's a second- or third-hand account (or more). They know someone who knew someone who had a co-worker who took care of the unfortunate child (or children, in the case of the Jello twins). Only occasionally does a member say they witnessed any of these names personally.

At the same time, these names have been making the rounds for so long that I wouldn't be surprised if some silly person thought it would be a cool idea to saddle their baby with one of them because they didn't understand the difference between famous and infamous.

I'm guess that at least 95% of the accounts mentioning L-a, Nosmoking, Chlamydia, and all their little pals are either outright lies or misinformed mistakes.

My mom had an Lemonjello at the bank she used to work at, but as i recall he didnt have a twin or brother that she knew about. That is a first hand account, I've personally seen the L-a and the Candida and the Shithead working in pharmacy. The mother of L-a actually told us "The dash isn't silent." I didn't know dashes had a sound, but anywho my 3 names are first hand accounts. I've had some orther strange ones, but none are coming to mind at the moment. There was an Irish name that wasn't spelled anything like it sounded, but I can't recall what it was. I have it written down somewhere (the way it was spelled and phonetically). When I was working in hospital pharmacy a post partum nurse told me they had a patient on the floor wanting to name her daughter Placenta. The girls mother was trying to talk her out of it, I hope she was successful.

... There was an Irish name that wasn't spelled anything like it sounded, but I can't recall what it was. I have it written down somewhere (the way it was spelled and phonetically)....

siobhan ? Pronounced "shiv/awn"

Or Aisling? Pronounced Ash-leen

No it was Caoimhe pronounced Kee-vuh, I was trying to pronounce it Cam-ee. It was bugging me so I went and found where I had written it down.

Like Niamh, pronounced Neeve. She was an activities coordinator I used to know.

It got to be second nature to say her name correctly, but her name tripped me up for a while, especially when I looked at her name tag as I was talking to her.

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I personally would not choose the name Messiah for my child. Messiah is the Hebrew word meaning "anointed one" Just as I wouldn't name my child Christ as it is the Greek word meaning "anointed one." However, I do like the name Christian, Christopher, Christine, etc. So I'm not sure what the big deal is with Messiah. I do think that if Celebrities can name their kids Apple, Pilot, Rumor, North, etc. that this woman has every right to name her child Messiah. It is better than Panther, and yes Panther was a pediatric patients name in our hospital.

I do think the judge trampled on this families rights and freedoms.

As I understood it, the child's father did NOT want to name the child "Messiah" and that's how the case made it to court in the first place. If that is indeed true, I don't think anyone's rights were trampled upon. It's a dispute that the parents could not work out between themselves, and once you involve lawyers and judges, someone is going to lose.

Here's one for you....

Meconium.

They liked the way it sounds.

As I understood it, the child's father did NOT want to name the child "Messiah" and that's how the case made it to court in the first place. If that is indeed true, I don't think anyone's rights were trampled upon. It's a dispute that the parents could not work out between themselves, and once you involve lawyers and judges, someone is going to lose.

I wasn't aware the father didn't want the name. I live in the area where these people live and on the local news here (WSMV-4) the father (maybe step-father, I assume father because the journalist called him the father) was saying that it wasn't right the judge changed his name. I do remember them saying they were going to court to change the LAST name and the judge turned around and changed the first name.

The news get things wrong all of the time though. I was basing my opinion on the news story I saw. I also feel that it is the mother's right to name the child. I'm not sure what the law is, BUT when I had my children I was the one to fill out AND sign the birth certificate information.

Like Niamh, pronounced Neeve. She was an activities coordinator I used to know.

It got to be second nature to say her name correctly, but her name tripped me up for a while, especially when I looked at her name tag as I was talking to her.

I've seen Niamh before and knew that one. I went to high school with a girl named Niamh. I actually thought of naming my own daughter this.

I've seen some unusual spellings. Such as Xachary for Zachary.

I had a classmate who named her son -- Dinette -- like the table in your kitchen.

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