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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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JellyMould · 30/08/2012 02:03

Met a girl called Mystic once.

Moominsarescary · 30/08/2012 02:03

Don't! My sister loves the name Ivy

iheartmycat · 30/08/2012 02:03

Real, awful, names I know of ..

Comet (boy)
Aqua (girl)
Tequila (girl)
Babe (girl)
Gauge (girl)

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xmasevebundle · 30/08/2012 02:02

Are you joking with the tu? Poor children of this earth. I don't hate Ivy its just the meaning of it.

I have picked ralph for my son people said its slang for sick? I did google it and its correct made me abit put off but its 'slang' and slang isn't really real so to speak.

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RagingDull · 30/08/2012 01:56

nope. i checked. it was simply the letter J.

Mothership4two · 30/08/2012 01:55

might have been Jay/Jaye

Mothership4two · 30/08/2012 01:53

my grandmother was called Ivy! Blush

Mothership4two · 30/08/2012 01:52

Actor Jason Lee called his son Pilot Inspektor!!! And Rob Morrow (from Numbers and Northern Exposure) called his daughter Tu (get it?!) Hmm

RagingDull · 30/08/2012 01:47

worst name i have ever come across was "J" - just the letter "j".

i did not know whether to say he or she, and i never found out.

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xmasevebundle · 30/08/2012 01:46

I just looked, i am stunned. I have heard really unusual names, but denim?

Poor child, he looked very sweet.

Oh my i think id tell her to shut up! I dont no why celebs call their children horrid names. Ivy?????? Do people no it means poison.

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Mothership4two · 30/08/2012 01:40

On babynames.com it does list Denim as a boys and girls name. It is mainly used in the US (it would be wouldnt it). There is also the name Denham which is an old English name.

Mothership4two · 30/08/2012 01:36

At my son's swim lesson there is a mum who continually yells Oceana to her daughter as though to let everyone know what an unusual name her daughter has (she does this every week - as you might tell it is getting on my nerves somewhat). I loathe the name. I think it is really pretentious. But Denim is pretty awful. I wonder if anyone else named their kid after 1980s aftershaves? Hai Karate? Tabac? Aramis?

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xmasevebundle · 30/08/2012 01:33

Im sure, 100% denim. I was standing next to his mother!!

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Blu · 30/08/2012 01:31

Are you sure it wasn't Denholm? After the famous actor?