Parents naming their kids weird names

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  1. bigred77

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    This is what I don't get
    None if these parents experienced childhood where kids are mean to each other over petty shit?
     
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  2. Butthead

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    It's not like it ruined my life, and at the risk of being corny, it helped me develop a sense of empathy for people dealing with shit that they didn't choose

    On the other hand, I still vividly remember a football coach saying "what kind of parents name their son [my name]?" in front of like 100 other kids and it sucked
     
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  3. Butthead

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    I've also worked with a Merlin

    Why, people

    Why
     
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    Is Herbert making a comeback?
     
  5. Butthead

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    Is your mom making a comeback
     
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  6. tylerdolphin

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    When my wife was pregnant we were discussing potential boys names before we found out we were having a daughter. My wife's first choice was Bexley and told her no way. She wanted to know why and I said that, in some cases, names hold destinies and Bexley is just fated to be a douche. She didn't think it was funny.
     
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  7. NP13

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    Bexley seems more like a girl's name, iyam.
     
  8. 20/20/20/20

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    Looking it up, it has been among the 1000 most popular girl's names in the United States since 2016.

    I've never heard of the name, though.
     
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  9. IV

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    sounds like a Targaryen
     
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  10. Daniel Ocean

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    fully realizing and acknowledging that all names are “made up” Bexley just seems like a total made up name after letters were just randomly thrown together. The gods looked down and saw that was the name you intended to give a boy thus blessed you with a daughter.
     
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  11. COVIDiskilingme79

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    It's not about the kids. It's about the Facebook reception and people telling the parents they're clever.
     
  12. Butthead

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    Bexley sounds like a porn name tbh
     
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  13. bigred77

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    Skyler is a stipper name
     
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  14. TC

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    Sup, Aleister
     
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  15. Butthead

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    Ya mama asked me sup, aleister as well
     
  16. ksu_funny33

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    Saoirse, pronounced Ser-shuh, is playing PreK soccer with my son
     
  17. wes tegg

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    That’s a popular Irish name.
     
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  18. steamengine

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    Always loved that name
     
  19. WhiskeyDelta

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    Name isn't weird. Name is excellent. And between Saoirse Ronan and Saoirse-Monica Jackson (of Derry Girls and The Flash) probably getting a lot more popular state-side. That said, Celtic names are impossible to spell or pronounce.
     
  20. Eathan Edwards

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    Saoirse Ronan definitely has multiple Oscar nominations. Great actress.

    She did two pretty huge films over a decade ago so wouldn't stun me if people ran with the name even if not due to the Irish attachment.
     
  21. WhiskeyDelta

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    If they're in Pre-K, so 4 years old, mighta been off Ladybird, Brooklyn, or Little Women.

    As an aside, she was amazing in See How They Run, if you haven't seen it.
     
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  22. wes tegg

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    Also very likely a family name.

    This comes up every few pages, but ethnic names don’t belong ITT.
     
  23. Hoss Bonaventure

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    Our son has a Celtic name and it gets mispronounced/spelled wrong all the time. Which is odd considering there are 2 other boys in his daycare with the same name.
     
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  24. El Tiburon

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    Ethnic names are the WORST!
     
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  25. Can I Spliff it

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  26. Hoss Bonaventure

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    That might be the winner.
     
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    I remember my first time on the internet
     
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  29. 20/20/20/20

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    Banjo :roll: and that’s not even the worst one
     
  30. Shinzon

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    Looks like someone mixed up their baby boy names with their male puppy names.
     
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  31. WhiskeyDelta

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    There's a joke in the UK that you can tell the really posh people because their dogs have kid names and their kids have dog names.
     
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  32. steamengine

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    If I ever had a twin boy and girl combo they’d be Loop and Lil after Townes Van Zandt’s parakeets he kept in his blazer.

    Do I qualify?
     
  33. NP13

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    Murder really should be legal iyam
     
  34. wes tegg

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    You should just give them real people names and those nicknames.
     
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  35. steamengine

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    Like banjo and mandolin?
     
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  36. El Tiburon

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    My daughter La-a found that tweet hilarious.
     
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  37. shawnoc

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    My cousin has a dog named Charlie and a kid named Lucky.
     
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  38. The.Barron.of.Miles

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    Naming your son Brixton is just downright evil
     
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    Mom and dad must have a favorite band

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    Saw an Izayah recently. Took a second then was like oh just sound it out oh my god
     
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  41. Butthead

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    Connord. Not Connor but Connord

    Now someone is gonna tell me this is a common Welsh name or some shit
     
  42. mb711

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    Charlie's the best dog name of all time. RIP Chuckster!
     
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  43. Detlef Schrempf

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    These are my sons Banjo, Guitar, and Bongo
     
  44. EagleDuck

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    My wife teaches first grade and their school has a lot of native Hawaiian families with some interesting names. One of her new kids this year is named Jone.

    She asked the mom, "is it pronounced like 'johnny'?"
    "No"
    "Is it like 'Joan'"?
    "No"
    "OK, how to you pronounce it?"
    "J-1"
     
  45. Redav

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    Just like it's spelled
     
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  46. WhiskeyDelta

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    That's waaaaay to close to the Key and Peele sketch for my comfort
     
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  47. Butthead

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    This reminded me of one of my old bffs, who did SUN school. For people who don't know what it it is, it's like extra school for kids who are too old for daycare or whatever.

    Anyway, there were a bunch of Chuukese kids where she was and they have... interesting naming conventions. One set of parents decided to name all of their kids after star wars characters. It's been years but I distinctly remember there being at least a Yoda and an Obi-Wan

    Also apparently the Russian kids constantly picked on the Ukrainian kids
     
  48. EagleDuck

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    It is exactly this. They're Chuuk, not Hawaiian. I'm showing my cultural ignorance.
     
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