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Worse name you EVER heard for a child

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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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CatPower · 30/08/2012 04:43

By aisle I mean supermarket aisle, not church. Grin

CatPower · 30/08/2012 04:42

A friend of mine once heard a scary-looking woman yelling for her barely-more-than-a-toddler daughter who was racing up and down the aisle...

"POCAHONTAS! POOOCAHONTAAAAS! C'MERE NOW POKEY!"

NurseBernard · 30/08/2012 04:26

Teenage boys would, if they have sisters. Or, um, mothers...?

Why would she make it up? Confused

ThePigOnTheWall · 30/08/2012 04:07

Still not convinced Brizzmus. Not convinced any age of boy would know that was a brand of "women's necessities" whatever the hell that means

CheerfulYank · 30/08/2012 03:56

Toni Braxton has two sons, Denim and Diesel.

mathanxiety · 30/08/2012 03:54

Want to join the chorus of Hmm about 'Ivy means poison'.

Symphony. NN Symi. Not Phony..
And DD3 knows a girl named Tieranny, pronounced tyranny.

Bryleigh, Bristol, Trig, Tripp, and Brayden

NurseBernard · 30/08/2012 03:42

Dd you actually ask the Mum to spell the child's name? I mean, it might have been Denholm, or Denham. They're pronounced the same.

And where are you getting your learning from, if you think Ivy means 'poison'?! Grin

There is a type of ivy (is it even a real ivy?) that is poisonous; is that what's confusing you? Otherwise - ivy is the name of a plant.

Brizzmus · 30/08/2012 03:39

thepigonthewall I taught him. And didn't say he was 5yo??

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ThePigOnTheWall · 30/08/2012 03:06

Thanks hairy. Ivy no more means poison than Rose means thorny and Holly means prickly. Ridiculous.

HairyToedHobbit · 30/08/2012 03:01

ThePigOnTheWall is correct. "Poison ivy" (a North American plant) is not a true ivy. Ivy is not poisonous, is a beautiful plant (imo) and gave rise to a popular name in my grandmother's generation.

ThePigOnTheWall · 30/08/2012 02:55

And Brizzmus that's bullshit too. What 5yo boy knows the names of sanitary products?!?! You know this first hand? Or you've just "heard of" it?

NellyJob · 30/08/2012 02:54

Zed
Zarkon

ThePigOnTheWall · 30/08/2012 02:53

Ivy doesn't mean poison ffs. It's a very old name. Like Holly Rose

Naoko · 30/08/2012 02:49

Many years ago, my local newspaper had a birth announcement for a particularly unfortunate little girl called Doremi. Who does that to a child?!

BlueSuedeStiletto · 30/08/2012 02:45

Looooads at work.

MJ (full name, just initials)
Tekeela (yep, spelled just like that)
Angel Gabriel (first name Angel, surname Gabriel)
Shoosh
Cloud (baby boy. Not registered when I met him so fingers crossed they changed their mind!)
Baby
Renault
Li'lo (with apostrophe)
Lorry-blue (girl)
Hash (boy)
Melina/Meleena (for god's sake STOP CALLING CHILDREN THIS!)

Tis often hard to keep a straight face!

Brizzmus · 30/08/2012 02:38

Libra for a boy. Unfortunately his classmates didn't think first of the horoscope sign but of certain ladies' necessities...

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xmasevebundle · 30/08/2012 02:37

Thank you Smile Im only 19 so i have no idea who it was neither my mum when i asked. Shes an avid reader!

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Badgerina · 30/08/2012 02:32

Jonty.

Leporche.

JustSpiro · 30/08/2012 02:32

I think Ralph is quite sweet xmas, but I'm the wrong generation and will never be able to get that out of my head!

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xmasevebundle · 30/08/2012 02:29

No! I but i did a thread on here and i found out. The people who i have told said Like ralph lauren [hhm]. Its an old fashioned name which i love!!

crabb that made me laugh.

There is a rapper called gucci manne. Wtf? LOL

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crabb · 30/08/2012 02:20

In our local paper recently was Detroit , brother to Diesel and Axle.
Also Braxton, which made me laugh. At least not a twin of Hicks.

crazy8 · 30/08/2012 02:19

Also heard a boy called Armani.

JustSpiro · 30/08/2012 02:15

OP - have you not read 'Forever' by Judy Blume?

As far as the worst names I have heard - at one end of the scale Ptolemy, at the other Tia Maria...

crazy8 · 30/08/2012 02:14

Was shopping in Next and another customer started calling her toddler as he kept wandering off - Gucci. I kid you not!!