But when in doubt, go for something classic. If you find yourself resorting to the name of your favorite Transformer or Pokémon, you might be better suited for having a pet, not a child.
Redditors have recently been sharing the worst names they’ve ever heard for children, so we’ve gathered some of the most atrocious ones below. Please don’t take any inspiration from this list when naming your own kids, pandas, and be sure to upvote the names that you hope aren’t actually on birth certificates!
Ok_Ice8840 , Priscilla Du Preez Report
GarethOfQuirm , Pixabay Report
SomeJerkAtWerk Report
She was kind enough to have a chat with Bored Panda and share that the thread was inspired by a conversation she had with her boyfriend about silly names. “He just moved from the US to Germany to live with me, and I explained how the law can intervene here if parents try to give their kids very outrageous or insulting/illegal names,” the OP explained.
“We read a list of silly names online, and I was curious to see if people on Reddit knew someone who gave such names to their kids IRL,” she continued. “I certainly didn’t expect the post to blow up the way it did!”
asselfoley , Timur Weber Report
chestofdrawers02 , Beard Kid Report
vectaur , Alexander Dummer Report
“And of course, certain names are stigmatized but legal; the female name Chantal (unfortunately my middle name, from before it became stigmatized) or the male name Kevin are examples of that here,” Inky-Skies added.
TransitTycoonDeznutz Report
Afraid-String , Ted McDonnell Report
RnbwSprklBtch , Terricks Noah Report
“I think a lot of parents want the name to be funny or unique when choosing such a name, or consider it witty - but they forget that they’re naming a person, not a character or pet,” the OP says. “That person will one day grow up and apply for jobs with their name, have their own social circle and personality. It’s unfair to burden someone with a name that will ridicule them or turn them into a social outcast. That should go above the parents’ need to express themselves.”
DrBlankslate Report
BlackWindBears , Hannah Nelson Report
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“One of the funniest I saw was ‘Mnop,’ pronounced Noël - because ’no L,’” she shared. “Another parent apparently named their child ‘Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze’ - the full name of the anime character - as a first name. A few more: ‘Sexybeth,’ ‘Placenta’ (‘because it sounds like a flower’), ‘Goldfish,’ and ‘WiFi.’”
zoeheriot , Vlada Karpovich Report
Hexagonsnsuch , Xeniya Kovaleva Report
moonandbaek Report
“Parents shouldn’t be given free reign if their goal is to dehumanize their children,” she says.
bensonprp Report
violetsunlight7 , Liza Summer Report
qdude1 , Matilda Wormwood Report
WSHIII Report
Lucky-Dentist5407 Report
presucestii , Ozgur Camurlu Report
znikki , Pavel Danilyuk Report
ShartBlasta Report
JuliaMowbray Report
NickFurious82 , Carlos Santiago Report
Vegetable_Burrito Report
creamandblack , William Fortunato Report
AliQuots Report
IdentifiesAsUrMom , Monstera Production Report
ItchyWay207 , Misha Feshchak Report
autumn-ember-7 , Carlos Santiago Report
fulthrottlejazzhands , Ketut Subiyanto Report
Laughacy Report
awesome_possum76 , Skitterphoto Report
Luder09 Report
Beginning_Poet_1954 Report
VarkYuPayMe , Ekaterina Belinskaya Report
OldOperaHouseMan , Tuhin Adhikary Report
Zealousideal-Law6075 Report
Soopercow Report
markydsade Report
kargyres , mohammad hosein MOSAYEBI Report
Capable-Ground8272 , Kindel Media Report
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T_raltixx , cottonbro studio Report
Dog-Addiction1105 Report
Character-Ad3534 , MART PRODUCTION Report
Bobafetished , RDNE Stock project Report
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darkmasterdrake Report
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