Parents naming their kids weird names

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  1. Smittys

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    I went to elementary school with a girl whose first and middle names were Raleigh Durham.
     
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  2. Boo MFer!

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    Maybe it’s for Oakland, Mississippi or the county of Oakland, Michigan.
     
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  3. Joe_Pesci

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    Siap: I had class with a dude named Random. Apparently he is named after a character named Prince Random in some sci fi novel series
     
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  4. Shawn Hunter

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    Her sister should be publicly flogged for an indefinite period of time
     
  5. Shawn Hunter

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    A couple of my friends named their daughter Mabel. I thought it was a joke when they told me that.
     
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  6. DelapThrows

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    that’s a real name, dork
     
  7. Shawn Hunter

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    I know. It’s a name that’s basically been out of fashion since our grandmothers were born though.
     
  8. Boo MFer!

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    Very trendy these days. I know an Eloise and a Helen.
     
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  9. Shawn Hunter

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    Congrats on knowing the cool kids
     
  10. racer

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    Amelia. I think that one is about to disappear, though.
     
  11. Boo MFer!

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    I meant people I know have named their kids that, Shawn.
     
  12. Shawn Hunter

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    I know, but the parents were doing what is trendy
     
  13. Bo Pelinis

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    Old names often come back around. I don’t think that’s weird. Weird is naming kids names that aren’t real and are usually an amalgamation of some other trendy bullshit made up names.
     
  14. IV

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    Names tend to be cyclical
     
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  15. IV

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    Or naming your kid Anakin, I find that shit weird as hell.
     
  16. Bo Pelinis

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    White trash is naming your kids after a movie and enlightened white trash is naming your kids after a book.
     
  17. OhioHoo

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    Couple I went to high school with named their two daughters Upton and Crew. Shouldn’t be surprised though, dad’s name is River and he has a brother named Canyon
     
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  18. mb711

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    I'm trying to picture what "enlightened white trash" is. Seems kind of oxymoronic, unless white trash is purely used in a socioeconomic way.
     
  19. Daniel Ocean

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    I have. daughter named after a Shakespearian character.
     
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  20. Bo Pelinis

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    Shakespeare gets a pass. I’m talking about people naming their kid something like Holden.


    It’s people who are educated enough to have read a few classic novels but dumb enough to think naming your kid after one of the characters makes them interesting.
     
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  21. racer

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    My former roommate who I know is obsessed with Top Gun named his kid Maverick.
     
  22. TheBabyShrimp

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    Baby girl named Summit
     
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  23. Festus McBadass

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    A Canadian competing in the summer Olympics?
     
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  24. Lucky24Seven

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    My cousin was dating a girl whose son was named Riot. I'm sure it was spelled some dumb ass way, too.
     
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    I had a hard time figuring out when the name started and ended
     
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  26. bigred77

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    I grew up with a guy named Dallas Houston Taylor

    :texassmug:
     
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  27. ashy larry

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    went to middle school with a Gregory “Greg” Gregory. no middle name
     
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  28. BellottiBold

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    Sure hope you warned her parents!
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  29. tylerdolphin

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    I know a Robert Roberts
     
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  30. ashy larry

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    ole bob roberts

    bobert
     
  31. Barves2125

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    Know a Rob Roberts. And a Phillip Philips (not the singer). Hard for me to understand what the fuck your parents were thinking giving you the name Phillip when their last name is Phillips.
     
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  32. Corky Bucek

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    Know somebody (they are white) that gave their kids a second middle name which isn't that weird, but it's an Indian name. Indian as in Indian subcontinent for clarification sake.
     
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  33. Daniel Ocean

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    this could be really cool depending on the people. I love Hawaiian names and named two of my kids with Hawaiian names. I never saw it as something wrong.
     
  34. Voodoo

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    Saw a Kaleo on Facebook
     
  35. mb711

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  36. duc15

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    I coached a kid with this name
     
  37. Corky Bucek

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    Hawaiian or a fan of the Icelandic band?
     
  38. Bruce Bowen

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    Saw someone name their kids first/middle David Beckham. :facepalm:
     
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  39. DUCKMOUTH

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    take it to the random thoughts thread.
     
  40. Hoss Bonaventure

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    Know a Simon Simon.
     
  41. Hoss Bonaventure

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    Named ours a traditional Irish name and people here in Texas keep pronouncing it wrong. No idea how they see his name and pronounce it wrong.
     
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  42. El Tiburon

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    Does she catch a lot of shit for being named Gildenstern?
     
  43. Where Eagles Dare

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    Just stay with me here... They just liked the name?
     
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  44. Pasta88

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    Shakespeare characters is such a wide range that it could be ok or could be wtf e.g. Juliet vs. Hamlet.

    Another pet peeve is naming your kid something that doesn’t flow with the last name. Like relatively exotic first name + Irish last name.
     
  45. BIGASSTITTIES

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  46. Daniel Ocean

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    not really. Less than you’d think but she lucked out having a friend named Guildenstern.
     
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  47. ashy larry

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    hi these are my children Lysander and Desdemona. their mother and I met in English class freshman year.
     
  48. PJP3

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    I went to elementary school with a kid named Brighton Early and high school with a kid named Rico Rico.
     
  49. Champ

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    Ok, Thunder Bay
     
  50. houtex716

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    one of the kids at my wife's clinic is named Rickyrob. they had to call the parents to make sure that was all one name, and sure enough it was