Names that make you go, "Your mother's epidural worked a little too well."

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I don’t know if the mother is to blame for this one but I knew a young woman from Uganda whose name was Euphagenia. They called her Eufa (pronounced “you-fa” for short. She married a man and refused to take his name because her name would have be Eufa Kerr (pronounced “cur”)
This is not a joke. Had I been kidding I would have splashed this comment with little computer smileys.
 
I love ‘Angus’ and other old celtic names-- I have nephews named Liam and Seamus. One of Seamus’s teachers actually thought is was pronounced ‘See, Moose?’ even though he lives in a pretty ‘Irish’ town.

But as to uncharitable, could be… but maybe we’re saving some poor child from being named something awful.
 
I have a step-daughter named ‘jamaica’ 😊

we also have an ‘ian’, and a ‘gavin’

i love the celtic names.
 
I am starting to agree with the comments that this is becoming uncharitable, obscene names are one thing (if you would have second thoughts about saying a word in front of a child why would you make that your child’s name?) but bashing names because they are popular or because you don’t happen to like them is completely different.
Personally I like timeless names rather than trendy names because a trendy name is forever going to mark you out as part of a certain generation (that’s how we get old lady names because 70 or 80 years ago a name was trendy and that’s what all the parents named their daughters) but that doesn’t mean that it’s right to categorise people who disagree with me as stupid or cruel to their children.
 
I went to university with a girl callled Olive Green. I still don’t know what her parents were thinking.

Gearoidin
 
Years ago we had parents name their son Clint Eastwood and 2 years later had a Lynda Carter. Now mostly we have what I call “alphabet names” I swear parents put letters in a hat and pick out names that way.
Kathy
 
sanctamaria17 said:
If I ever have kids, I’d love to name a boy Dante. My father is Florentine, my family is very literary, and I fell in love with Dante’s poetry over the summer. I also love that it means “enduring”. Of course, my mom’s like, “K, you can’t name an Italian American boy Dante! He’d grow up to be a stereotype!” I’m just like, “Seriously?” One thing I hate is the assumption that non-Anglo names are weird and if you name a kid an ethnic name, you’re sentencing them to a stereotype.

I like “weird” names and names that have meaning (even if it’s just after someone I really admire). Some I really like

Guys:
Armand
Dante
William
Sebastian
Matteo
Michel
Francis
Giuseppe
Antonio

Girls:
Maria
Christina
Caterina
Chiara
Melissa
Elaina
Gianna

According to my parents, my future kids are going to hate me.
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No your kids won’t hate you. I know two Dantes. I also like Beatrice, but the Italian pronunciation, If I lived in Italy, Beatrice would be a name I’d use.

If you do pick out an Italian name in the future, be sure that you correct others when they don’t pronounce it properly. I went to college with a Marcella (Mar che la) Her mom would correct people who would pronounce it Mar se la.
 
Forleasia. Her mom looked out the hospital window and saw a “For Lease” sign in the lot across the street :rolleyes:

One I don’t know is true for sure or not, I just heard about it (and it was supposed to be a real name, but you never know with these urban legends). The name is Le-a. Pronounced “Ledasha” :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
 
LilyM said:
It’s not the case in Australia, not sure about New Zealand but I believe in France and some of the Scandinavian countries it is. And I agree, giving a child an obscene name should certainly qualify as child abuse, so they at least should be illegal, but perhaps not merely unusual names, though something like ‘Trivial’ would be borderline at least.
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A few weeks ago there was an article on Yahoo News about a girl in Australia whose parents named her Tallulah Can Hula. She was about 9 years old and went to court to force a name change. I think that was an extreme example though, not run-of-the-mill procedure.

I’m not a fan of weird names. My kids are Tom and Mike. I don’t like calling a name and fifteen people yell “what” either. But that’s just me.
 
OSUbride0708 said:
I see nothing wrong with Atticus??
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I think my aversion is not to the name itself, but rather the potential nicknames. We could only come up with “Attie” and “Cus”. That’s why I prefer it as a middle name. 🤷
 
SeekerJen said:
I think my aversion is not to the name itself, but rather the potential nicknames. We could only come up with “Attie” and “Cus”. That’s why I prefer it as a middle name. 🤷
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Again, what’s wrong with Attie? I know a guy my age, very handsome and athletic. His name is Addelino, and he’s called Addy by all his friends. It’s actually very cute.

I see nothing wrong with Angus. I have a 2 yr old nephew named Gus.

Same with Gavin…what’s wrong with that?
All legitimate names with correct spellings. Now, I’d much rather have that than something made up or spelling butchered.
 
I hate it when celebs give their kids names that sound more like a publicity stunt. Why would anyone think a child would want to go through life being called Apple or Pilot Inspector?

I have to say there have been some uncommon celebrity baby names I’ve loved. I think the names Harlow and August are adorable,
 
Galnextdoor said:
My dad’s name is Leon, he was called Leon the peon as he was growing up. Needless to say, he doesn’t like his name.
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A friend of mine was Perina Farina all her life. She goes by Peri now. I’ve worked with people with unfortunate names like Rose **** and yes, her husband’s name was Harry, and some people whose names all rhymed…not only their first names rhymed with each other, but the last name was – I’m trying to keep the name private – it was like a compound word that rhymed. This isn’t it, but it was like cookielookie. Then each of their first names, kids included, all rhymes…for example Bookie Cookielookie. If your last name is already funny, why would you give your kid a name that makes it funnier?

My name is Debby, which was very common in the 1950s. My class of 115 girls had 5 Debbies. Everyone else was named Mary Something.
 
Mary_Gail_36 said:
No your kids won’t hate you. I know two Dantes. I also like Beatrice, but the Italian pronunciation, If I lived in Italy, Beatrice would be a name I’d use.

If you do pick out an Italian name in the future, be sure that you correct others when they don’t pronounce it properly. I went to college with a Marcella (Mar che la) Her mom would correct people who would pronounce it Mar se la.
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What’s the Italian pronounciation of Beatrice? Usually I hear it as BEE-a-tris, but once in a while you hear be-AT-ric. I had a nun in grade school who called herself Sister Beat Rice, but that was a joke.
 
OSUbride0708 said:
Again, what’s wrong with Attie? I know a guy my age, very handsome and athletic. His name is Addelino, and he’s called Addy by all his friends. It’s actually very cute.

I see nothing wrong with Angus. I have a 2 yr old nephew named Gus.

Same with Gavin…what’s wrong with that?
All legitimate names with correct spellings. Now, I’d much rather have that than something made up or spelling butchered.
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🤷 There’s nothing wrong with it. I’ve always heard “Addie” as a girls’ nickname. Difference of opinion, I guess.
 
I used to work for the school district and it amazes me how parents pick names that are TOTALLY OPPOSITE of how the child behaves.

Examples: Gentle Giant and St. Hugh, neither of which were gentle or saintly.

My brother went to school with a Cinnamon Sunshine (I have always loved that name).
 
daeve said:
What’s the Italian pronounciation of Beatrice? Usually I hear it as BEE-a-tris, but once in a while you hear be-AT-ric. I had a nun in grade school who called herself Sister Beat Rice, but that was a joke.
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Oh…Be-ah-tri-che, but softer. It’s pretty in Italian
 
My beloved mother-in-law had a perfectly normal name—Jean. She got tired of people saying, “Hi Jean” (hygiene) to her and laughing uproariously. My husband is a “George,” and he got sick of “Curious George, the cutest little monkey” when he was a child. I’m a Kathleen (Kathy for short,) and I got called “Chatty-Kathy” in school (Yes, it fit.) There was a doll by the same name in the sixties. I guess some wag can always find something clever to do with our names–but it’s inexcusable when a parent decides to exercise a sick sense of humor when he/she names a child.

When we lived in Tennessee, there was a college football player named, “Peerless Price.” I always thought that was a splendid name. His mother had high expectations for him!

However, I think traditional names are by far the best. I just bought a book mark with my name on it. It says “Kathleen” (Pure.) I am trying to live up to it…🙂
 
kage_ar said:
Urban legend. You can verify at the Snopes web site.
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Actually I was working at a Hospital in 1990 as a Child Life Specialist and those names were on our list of newborns. Now could the parents have heard the urban legend and put them on? possibly but this was 18 years ago before the Internet (well the web really) etc… I was in charge of the 3rd floor at the time but my friend had 4th and they were on his nursing report…

Joe
 
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