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Worse name you EVER heard for a child

589 replies

xmasevebundle · 30/08/2012 01:26

Today i went out and was doing shopping heard this name been called i thought it was a nickname, then the dad and nan said it to him, but fuck me i feel for the kid.

His name was DENIM.

I thought about this all day and it cant be...

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Frontpaw · 30/08/2012 11:39

Ptolemy... Well I suppose the parents are aiming for highbrow. It was probably quite common at one stage in history

Funny how some 'old' names are still not too eyebrowraising (like Cleopatra) but some are.

Viviennemary · 30/08/2012 11:36

Ptolemy for a boy is totally dreadful. Can't think of any girls names that are too dire. There's a lot I don't like.

Frontpaw · 30/08/2012 11:35

Candida just makes me think of Candide (operetta).

I get confused when people take a name and change the spellings. Sometimes it can take a while to work out the pronunciation.

SoggySummer · 30/08/2012 11:32

There was a Britnay at our summer play scheme. I saw heard the name being called out and just thought someone was saying Britney a bit weirdly but then I saw her name badge and it was definately Britnay - said how it is spelt!

Frontpaw · 30/08/2012 11:32

Gilbert - never really liked that name.

I heard a mum shouting for little Tayzer/Taizer/Tazer. Never heard that before.

bronzeMedal · 30/08/2012 11:31

There's a candida in pulp

brandysoakedbitch · 30/08/2012 11:30

I know an Ozric and an Armaani Blu, also a Chrystal who's surname is Bone - born for (porn) stardom with a name like that! My children all have statistically unusual names but there is a difference between unusual and plain bloody awful. I also know a posh Candida but always makes me think of itchy fanjo!

usualsuspect · 30/08/2012 11:27

I went to school with a Levi, many years ago so it's by no means a new faddy type name.

chipmonkey · 30/08/2012 11:26

There were at least three Pocahontas's born in Dublin the year ds1 was born.

When I type that, I feel it should be Pocahonti, for some reason!Grin

Mostly it is just a matter of taste. There's nothing wrong with Ivy at all but it wouldn't be something I would pick.

bronzeMedal · 30/08/2012 11:18

I like the name Levi
It was on my list but the reaction from other people wasn't good
it would have fitted with my two other sons names which aren't the denim diesel type but two disciples names

thixotropic · 30/08/2012 11:15

I know a Nike.

Unfortunately his parents didn't check their Greek mythology.

thebeesnees79 · 30/08/2012 11:05

Felix

ScooseLooseAbootThisHoose · 30/08/2012 11:04

Lottie bluebell or Sheba ! Confused

usualsuspect · 30/08/2012 11:03

I need*

usualsuspect · 30/08/2012 11:03

If need to hire a lawyer and they were good at their job, I wouldn't give a toss what their names were.

thebeesnees79 · 30/08/2012 11:03

sorry typo nevaeh

usualsuspect · 30/08/2012 11:01

It makes me laugh that most mumsnetters think their children will grow up to be lawyers or high court judges.

alemci · 30/08/2012 11:00

Fergus

Raymond

bigredDi · 30/08/2012 11:00

Someone here in Scotland had apparently called their dd Pochahontas, which is bad enough but paired with a surnmane like McGinty it was ridiculous!! I'm surprised at the Ivy comment, it's a really old name after the climbing plant and I don't find it at all unusual, not anymore than all the floral names like Rose, Iris, Heather or Daisy.
It's a shame that names that started out as proper names now seem Chavvy because of the other things they are associated with such as Levi and Mercedes. I hate the trend just now for naming children after brands and people who seem to just invent names to be different!

People need to remember that these cute kids grow up to be 40 year old men and women who might want to be taken seriously at work - who would hire a lawyer called Lorry-Blue??? I think people think their children are all going to grow up to be celebrities!!! Hmm

usualsuspect · 30/08/2012 10:55

Chlamydia is always trotted out too,someones cousins friend always seems to know one.

LeChatteRouge · 30/08/2012 10:52

I called my ds ralph. His nearly 1. I always call him ralphie. People alway tell me they don't like his name.

pixiestix · 30/08/2012 10:51

I clicked on this just to see if La-a had been trotted out yet.
Every. Single. Time.

BoysBoysBoysAndMe · 30/08/2012 10:46

Cupcake
Yoshi
Peach
Nemesis

Ham69 · 30/08/2012 10:45

I like Finbar.

HoratiaWinwood · 30/08/2012 10:43

Nevaeh is bad enough, but Neveah is heaven spelt backwards wrong. Argh.

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