What's the weirdest baby name?

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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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I live out here in the Western Pacific right now, and many of the mothers and mothers-to-be out this way have an interesting tradition of naming their baby after the first object/person they see following delivery--hence I have had students with names like Placentia, Cathetera, and the like. Some folk even have names like J7 or B4 and were named after winning Bingo call outs! And no, I'm not kidding! I did know a gal back in the States whose name was Aquanet--I guess her mother really liked the hairspray.

I had my baby 2 weeks ago and I named her Ruby Abigail. I know it is not commonplace- but it seemed such a sweet name and it fit her so well.

Your daughter's name is beautiful. Not weird at all.

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A child at preschool with my older daughter was named Precious Angel _____. The mom finally had a girl after several boys. My daughter is 26 now, I have often wondered what happened to Precious.

Weirdest name- Greenjello and Orangejello- twins at my kids middle school.

Next weirdest- Mario and Luweege Twins again. Guess mom couldn't spell it.

Funniest spelling of a weird name. Ponsa Delayon (First and middle names)Last name left out to protect the just plain stupid. You will just have to guess who he was named after. Think explorer of the world.

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Ruby reminded me that I had a friend whose mother was Opal. Opal had two sisters, Ruby and Pearl.

I thought it was nice that their parents thought they were "Jewels."

I had to go back and check the Family Tree list to make sure I remembered these names correctly. I left out the family (last) name to keep the relatives from being mad at me. These kids were from a very large family and I guess the parents just go tired of coming up with names. Child 14 was named "Fivemoregirls" and child 16 was named "Twomoreboys". Honest! It's there in the family record.

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A baby I was taking care of yesterday was named "Diamond"

I know of another mother who named her baby "Meconium" -I'm totally serious!

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I just thought of another. A child who attends my daughters daycare is named Golden.

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I know of a family that has named their children...you ready for this....

Rainbow, Sunshine and Raindrop.

Me thinks that the parents were possibly hippies...

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Oops!

My initials get me in trouble/teased on paperwork all the time (you would think we are in junior high still). We are supposed to use only our two letters as you do ........making yours appear as a time meaning but I refuse to put BM on all of my charting (lifelong scars I guess), so I add my middle initial to everything. Instructors would get mad at me during nursing school but I explained that my whole life I have been BSM and I am not changing it.

My brother almost had the initals of DAM (middle name Allen) but my dad caught it in time and his middle name is Kevin instead. I just wish he would have realized what the two initial version did to me.

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Ruby reminded me that I had a friend whose mother was Opal. Opal had two sisters, Ruby and Pearl.

I thought it was nice that their parents thought they were "Jewels."

That's a lot better than the family I knew growing up who named their daugters Brandy and Sherry.

Everybody thought the parents had a drinking problem.

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We transported an NICU team from their hospital to another to pick up a micropreemie. While passing by the nursery I saw the name "Winnie the Pooh" at the head of a crib. I chuckled, thinking it was a joke. The nurse looked at me dead seriously and said "No, that's for real. Mom's only 14."

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