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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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NotGeoffVader · 04/09/2012 21:16

When I was pregnant we told lots of people we liked the names 'Phoneix Humbucker' and 'Murgatroyd'... everyone made encouraging noises at them too!

thebeesnees79 · 04/09/2012 21:16

totally random and a tad mean?

crackcrackcrak · 04/09/2012 21:11

So random! There's an idea for a name......

Frontpaw · 04/09/2012 21:05

Why do your friends call you pirate?
Because a arrrrrrr

Almost works as a joke!

thebeesnees79 · 04/09/2012 21:03

yup I know a little boy called pirate

crackcrackcrak · 04/09/2012 20:51

Ohhhh I never thought of coby as a diminutive.

Pirate?

I think blakely, chanelle's baby is pretty bad

thebeesnees79 · 04/09/2012 20:27

Colby & Pirate! eeekkk

CheerfulYank · 04/09/2012 18:20

I know quite a few Coby's. Robin on How I Met Your Mother is named Cobie in RL but I think it's short for Jacoba.

Strawhatpirate · 04/09/2012 17:49

Not sure what she changed it to

Strawhatpirate · 04/09/2012 17:48

I heard about a 7 year old girl in nz who put herself in care because she could no longer cope with having a crap name and wanted to change it without parental meddling. Her parents called her tuladoesthehulainhawai

NotGeoffVader · 04/09/2012 16:35

Spelled Coby but yes, essentially the same.

Frontpaw · 04/09/2012 15:57

Kobe - As in the city in Japan? Not a pretty name.

NotGeoffVader · 04/09/2012 15:54

Another gem from the birthday cards on CBeebies - Coby. (pronounced Koh-bie). Horrible.

QOD · 03/09/2012 22:13

Whe my sister had her oldest DD, the cot had Baby QODSDSSURNAME Keiland on it

The lady opposite had Baby Keiland LADYOPPOSITESSURNAME

She thought my sister had called her DD Keiland and loved the name .... It's the forceps used to yank her out

thedoublek · 03/09/2012 20:06

Ok I see your Satins, Denims and Suedes and I raise you Dre and Jay-Z! Two young brothers from Ballymena, Co Antrim. Their 'rap mad' dad Philip Dunlop named them after his idols. Was all over the newspapers here a while back. Jay Z Dunlop - nice! Also my cousin reckons she has met a girl called Pocohontas Murphy - I quite like it!!

kerala · 03/09/2012 19:51

My friend had to dissuade a patient (she was on the gynae ward whilst a medical student) from calling her baby Placenta. Was quite sad actually as English wasnt her first language and she had heard people saying it and thought it was a pretty name.

iGaveUpTeaToControlCats · 03/09/2012 19:48

I know a girl called Velvet...not quite as bad as Denim...but yeah.

elah11 · 03/09/2012 19:39

I saw the name Libra mentioned a few times on here and someone might already have said this but Libera is an Italian saints name. I worked with a girl years ago and thought her name was Libra, but she explained it was actually Libera and was Italian (her family were from Italy). I quite liked it then!

CheerfulYank · 02/09/2012 17:18

I also knew a girl called Pepsi, but she was really Penelope.

Crazyfatmamma · 02/09/2012 17:15

Huxley!!!!! And he was a rather large child too, Casey spelt KC and I also knew a girl called Pepsi!!!

squoosh · 02/09/2012 17:09

Percy Priddle! So cute.

CandiceMariePratt · 02/09/2012 17:01

My gran was at school with a Percy Priddle

squoosh · 02/09/2012 16:55

I know two sisters with the surname Kuentz, pronounced Cunts. That's pretty bad.

EdithWeston · 02/09/2012 15:14

It's not "my" meaning, I'm not the only one who mentioned it on this thread, but I suppose I do know quite a lot of nurses and some care home workers.

MrsDmitriTippensKrushnic · 02/09/2012 14:41

I don't think your meaning is well known though Edith, unless you're a medical bod. I've never heard of it before this thread and I doubt if anyone I know would either.