Parents naming their kids weird names

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  1. IV

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    Sylvan seems like a Druidic throwback name
     
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  2. The Blackfish

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    I’m naming my next kid Siodhachan
     
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  3. racer

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  4. Buster Mahomes

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    Awful town and even worse name for a child. 2:1 odds the kid ends up doing meth at some point.
     
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  5. Where Eagles Dare

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    Jeff is a weird name?
     
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  6. Butthead

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    it's typically spelled jeffrey, not jeffery
     
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  7. Shawn Hunter

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    Check the spelling
     
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  9. wes tegg

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    It’s commonly spelled Jeffery, too.
     
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  10. Where Eagles Dare

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    It's not one the dumb spelling names, it's kinda common
     
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  11. TC

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    Thread is now parents naming names
     
  12. CF3234

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    or Ree en
     
  13. tylerdolphin

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    My wife just mentioned Evelyn as a possibility for the girl we have on the way. I kinda like it and immediately thought of this thread's Evelyn tangent.
     
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    exactly how it looks

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  15. Clown Baby

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    I have just learned that Liam is short for William and I am not happy about it. What the fuck
     
  16. bigred77

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    Then who is Bill?
     
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  17. Clown Baby

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    A normal William. Whereas Liam is the Xander of Williams.
     
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    I think that’s more of a British thing. I don’t think I’ve ever met a Liam. My mom wanted to have me go by that but my dad quickly shut that down
     
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  22. tylerdolphin

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    I know a Liam but that's his actual name, not short for William
     
  23. TC

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    I know a Lee M.
     
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  24. Cabs

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    This made me think of this-

    Is it weird when parents name their kids shortened versions of names? Like Mike instead of Michael, Alex instead of Alexander, etc.
     
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  25. wes tegg

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    Do you mean name them that rather than just calling them that? If so, yes. A grown man with “Bobby” or “Billy” on his driver’s license probably has it on his work shirt, too.
     
  26. Cabs

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    Lol yes. Like on their birth certificate
     
  27. The Blackfish

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    Have a friend whose name is Drew and his brother’s name is Matt. Not short for anything. Just Drew and Matt.
     
  28. IV

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    There’s something very 1920’s about people doing this, definitely better than some of these modern make em up names though
     
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  29. Cabs

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    Def weird imo
     
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  31. Tex

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    This sounds like my moms side of the family. Pam, her twin brother, Pat. Older brothers: Dick, Bob, and Bill.
     
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    I knew a guy a few years older than me in HS legally first named Billy. Middle name Gene.
     
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    The kid is not my son
     
  34. steamengine

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    Local weather person named Brhe

     
  35. NP13

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    short for Brheanna, naturally
     
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  36. wes tegg

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    How does one even pronounce that?
     
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    Bree? But dumber?
     
  38. racer

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    Brhe is obviously code for Bree is a he.
     
  39. Biship

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  40. Pile Driving Miss Daisy

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    Just like you said, Bree?
     
  42. Butthead

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  43. Shawn Hunter

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    Was her last name Moon?
     
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  44. Tex

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    Teven lol
     
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    Just saw somebody on IG naming their kid Ayvah
     
  47. Bo Pelinis

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    There have been a metric fuckton of Liams born over the last 10 years. Last year I could find is 2018 but it was the most common U.S. baby boy name that year. Liam is the new Aiden.
     
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  48. spagett

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    How many times has he been arrested
     
  49. Baron

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    We are having our 4th later this year and this thread is giving me anxiety now.
     
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  50. Butthead

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    Braedyn it is!
     
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