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Whats the worst baby name?

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Whats the worst baby name?

Maven (famous)@piefed.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 days ago
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  • oni ᓚᘏᗢ@lemmy.world
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    X Æ A-12

    • SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world
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      Clearly you’ve never done ketamine.

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      I have never, but I would buy a sex implement with that name. Not to attack musk realtives, but to devalue his brand.

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      sidareal, techno mechanius or slider.

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      The tears in her eyes… she knows already lol

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        That’s the look of a child who knows they are facing a lifetime of fixing up shit in the wake of very dumb parents.

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      Never seen a 1000 yard stare PRE traumatic event. That daughter is special in more ways than one.

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      Poor kid will be called Qui-Gon in school.

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    Standard names spelled with far too many letters. JeighSynn and Kryssteighnah are not people names they are scientific nomenclature or some shit

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      Sounds like real tragedeighs right there.

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      its always white midwesterners, trying to sound clever. at least its not ABCDE and the mom said it was "Absidy

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    • MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
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      People in 1990: maybe enough time has passed that - nooope.

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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler_Uunona

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      I’m curious about the resurgence in the 50/60s

      • nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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        Jim Crow and the KKK maybe. There’s always a backlash when civil rights are gained.

        We’re living through one right now. I hope we make it.

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      Looks like Adolf’s signature with a bit Parkinson’s disease.

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    No, there’s probably worse baby names than “whats”

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      Who’s on first?

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        Whats on second?

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        Third base!

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          I don’t know?!

    • ollie the otter ~ 🦦 (they/them)@pawb.social
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      happy cake day you silly individual 🙃

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    I was doing payroll recently for my work, and came across Harsh Harsh. I had to ask our HR lady, really? His last name was Harsh and his parents named him Harsh?

    Well, no. She said his name was simply Harsh but our system required a last name so she repeated it.

    Still, pretty harsh I think.

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      It means joy in Indian languages

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        That actually makes it funnier lol

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      My grandfather in law only had one name. When they immigrated, they made his first name “XXX”.

      One time someone asked him “like the movie?”

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        I met a soldier who’s last name was too long to fit on a nametape. They asked if he could shorten it and he chose X instead. iirc he was Indonesian or Thai…

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          That’s actually against regs in the US military. The correct way is to keep spelling until the name tape runs out of space.

          However, who’s going to correct the man about his own name? In his case, X literally pronounces as KingFaldTheBeeswaxBeeblebrox and I’ll be damned if you think it’s anything else, you silly gate guard!

          What happened? I blacked out.

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            What happened? I blacked out.

            typical gate guards :D

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          I worked with a lady whose married name was Xu, she’d kept it when she divorced him. She was Laotian. (Really cool lady, grew up in refugee camp, married high roller Chinese guy, got t educated, when they divorced she moved to the US and was successful on her own). One day i forwarded her an email from a vendor, his name long and unpronounceable, and she looked at it and said, oh! That is the same as my maiden name! I could see why she kept the last name of the Chinese husband :)

          • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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            heh, easy decision to cut a lot of time signing shit out of her life.

            I feel bad for the kid in first grade who’s like “I’m Bobby, Bobby Laxwhanxijontongsilvalessbronchongamonson”

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      Woulda made them set my first name as “Just” so it’d be “Just Harsh” and it should make for some who’s on first fun.

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      That’s an interesting thing, in many countries such as the UK, it is perfectly legal to just not have a surname. Probably the best example is our own King, Charles.

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        But Charles does have a surname. Mountbatten-Windsor? Or does that not count? I’m foggy on what the rules are for the royal family.

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          That’s not his actual surname. Mountbatten-Windsor is a surname given to descendants of royals who aren’t working members (or ex royals in Andrew’s case). While Charles still doesn’t have a surname, generally if you faced a situation where you had a database which absolutely must take a surname, he’d likely simply put down “Windsor” as the Mountbatten thing was a compromise made between the late Queen Elizabeth II and the family of the late Prince Philip.

          It kind of applies to working royals as well.

          However even then, I believe that would probably only be used by Princess Anne. As the children of the Prince and Princess of Wales will probably use the word “Wales” in place of a surname, and previously would have likely used “Cambridge” in terms of school records. I don’t know how this works out for the rest of the family as Princess Beatrice and Eugenie’s father (formerly York) lost his title and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh’s children aren’t working royals/prince/princess despite the fact they are normally perfectly entitled to the title, as they are a grandchild of the monarch. (Although with Harry and Andrew gone, some are speculating that Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor might step up).

          Queen Elizabeth II still has some living cousins such as HRH The Duke of Kent and HRH The Duke of Gloucester. They aren’t really well known but are still carrying out royal duties quite diligently (well, that would also depend on your viewpoint on royal duties, etc)

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      Sounds like some refugees coming from the african/middle east.
      I have one colleague with an “official” and an actual birthdate.
      I believe some also don’t have the given/sur name system.

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      Bona Petite

      Holy shit. Where to start with this one…

      • Regardless of whether it’s a boy or a girl, this name will lead to merciless teasing at school.
      • What a random phrase to name a child after (even if the father is a chef).
      • It’s not spelled correctly (it should be Bon Appétit). But even with the correct spelling it would be a bad choice.
      • This spelling is like something Ricky from Trailer Park Boys would name his kid.
      • Related to the above point, they may add well just name their kid ‘Bone Apple Tea’.
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        Unironically a fantastic drag name though.

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        Great porn star name though

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          dallas is another one.

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      I imagine myself when someone says:“These are my twins, their names are Karke Kristian kale and Karkea Kristiana Kalea!” and i get a cramp all over my head because my face doesn’t know if it should show rage, laughter or sadness and does all at once

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      Brexet (pronounced “Bridget”)

      😐

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        “Pimpley” is fairly impressive.

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          The inclusion of Pimpley is what gives away that is satire.

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            As well as Dudeson and KKK. But Pimpley is where I figured it out.

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      Dudeson would be fine. He’d just go by Dude.

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        Or “His Dudeness” or “Duder” or “El Duderino” if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.

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        Dudeson, and Dudesona for the girl

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          Dudesona sounds like a male alter ego

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            Used when animals dress up like people. Smoothies.

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          Well, that’s better than Dudedaughter. Still about the most survivable name on the list.

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    Abcde - pronounced Abceedee

    And yes it’s a real fucking name.

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      AVICII?

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        Isn’t that “a 108” in roman numerals?

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          it’s the name of a tech DJ that offed himself

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      so is crystal methvin and methany.

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    Ask Elon, he tries to come up with a worse one for each child.

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      Speaking of which: Elon

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    Not specifically baby name, but I went to high school with a guy whose last name was Bohnert (pronounced like boner). Guess what his nickname was.

    It was funny whenever we had a substitute teacher and they would do roll call:

    “…Bahnert?”

    “It’s boner”

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      If his actual name is pronounced “boner” than I have no idea what nickname could possibly be more nicknamey than his actual name.

      Vadge maybe? Depending on how long ago this was

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    Moistopher

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    Just look at the offspring of the rich and famous. That covers it quite well

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      I remember a rich kid named Choate (like the school) and laughing every time I saw it because that shit’s just way too close to chode.

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    Many years ago I lost the naming rights of my firstborn in a bet. If I have a boy I have to name him Dongshaun. If I have a girl she has to be Clydia.

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      So, not Chalupa Batman? At least Taco didn’t get to name your kid.

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      her last name isnt cluadia is it.

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    Isis was a great name, then it got ruined.

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      Great song too. And a pretty decent spy agency. On their day.

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        You beat me to it.

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      next best one, OSIRIS.

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      So you had the Shazam! TV show based on the Captain Marvel comic book character…

      https://youtu.be/9NLuRZ3A76U

      Which spun off the Isis TV show…

      https://youtu.be/FdBRLV6PGro

      Which then turned into a new comic character…

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        And don’t forget Archer.

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    I once worked with a guy named Tad. Not Todd nor Thad.

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      Tad, short for Tadalafil.

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        That’s perfect.

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        “TADA!” for short…

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        better than techno mechanius, or tau, siderael or AEX.

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      I also know a Tad. It’s not some cringe 2000s kid, either, this guy has to be 70 or thereabouts.

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        Maybe it is an oldtimey name.

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          Short for Thaddeus, but you’re right, the “Tad” spelling is apparently for the over-forty crowd. I don’t personally remember seeing “Thad” before the 90s, and then it left me wondering how to pronounce it when I did.

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            shouldnt it be THAD and tad.

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              probably same reason “Bill” is short for “William”

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        I have a distant uncle Tad. Short for Thadeus. Dudes pushing 70 and still an absolute party animal.

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