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2014 Worst US Baby names - what do we think ??

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BackforGood · 18/12/2015 21:26

This data is from the US department of social security. You'll find the list of strangest names in use in the US last year - as well as the unfortunate amount of babies who received them - below

Boys

  1. Lucky - 54
  1. Zeppelin - 42
  1. Alias - 28
  1. Captain - 26
  1. Styles - 19
  1. Harsh - 18
  1. Chief - 16
  1. Boss - 12
  1. Chaos - 9
  1. Awesome - 8

Girls

  1. Remedy - 27
  1. Savvy - 25
  1. Goddess - 24
  1. Apple - 19
  1. Kindle - 16
  1. Honest - 15
  1. Holy - 15
  1. Sham - 14
  1. Sway - 10
  1. Eliminate - 5
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Qwebec · 24/12/2015 02:37

In french Guy is pronounced Gee (G like gum and e like pee)

I also heard of american kids that get insult names by abusive parents. At least in anglophone countries it seems v easy to change your name.

VimFuego101 · 21/12/2015 20:50

I thought 'Gooey' was the french pronounciation for Guy. 'Chaos' would have been very appropriate for DS!

KERALA1 · 20/12/2015 23:31

Rather these than eve ben grace tedium

LumelaMme · 20/12/2015 22:28

Gold, that had never occurred to me.
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ExBallerina · 20/12/2015 20:25

I like Lucky! And Awesome is as awesome does.

Ughnotagain · 20/12/2015 20:22

Lizzie isn't the Guy one an urban legend? Either that or there's a lot of daft people around, I've heard that a few times...

Kindle, tho. Goodness me, poor kids!

Roomba · 20/12/2015 20:14

There was a child whose birthday card was on CBeebies this morning, named Tiara.

I think 'Orgasm' beats them all though!

BuildMoreHouses · 20/12/2015 20:12

Sarah Palin's family have odd names for the kids and grandkids. They have a Trig, a Track and a Tripp!

juneau · 20/12/2015 20:05

I had a tradesman come to the house (something for the phone I think), called Anal. Yes, really. He was Asian and it was pronounced Ann-al, but still that is a very unfortunate name to have in any English-speaking country! I'm guessing that wherever his family came from it was completely innocuous. As for 'Orgasm' Shock

alltouchedout · 20/12/2015 19:58

I knew a Clink. His parents were Clint Eastwood fans but had misheard the name, apparently.

GoldPlatedBacon · 20/12/2015 19:55

I expect Alias is just a different spelling and pronounced the same as Elias (El-lye-as) rather than as Aye-Lee-ass.

I quite like Styles though Grin (I assume parents loved Teen Wolf!)

Pigeonpost · 20/12/2015 19:08

I am re-naming DS3 Chaos forthwith. Never has a name been more apt...

LumelaMme · 20/12/2015 19:07

I come across Alias as a given name in Malaysia: I don't know if it's Arab or Malay but it's not uncommon.

TheWoodenSpoonOfMischief · 20/12/2015 19:02

I know an Indian girl with the nickname Sham so that doesn't seem too bad to me.

Lizziedripping1 · 20/12/2015 18:58

My mum taught a girl called Cardin....when mum asked her where she got her name from she replied...oh my mum got it off some scent bottle (Pierre Cardin)

A doctor friend also treated a family whose son was called 'Gooey' at least that's how they pronounced it, but when she asked them to spell it they said G-U-Y....they picked it out of a book but didn't realise how it was actually pronounced

RamblingRedRose · 20/12/2015 09:54

DS has a friend called Anon, she's a girl. She's from another culture though. At first I was Hmm but it's actually grown on me now.

mammmamia · 20/12/2015 09:45

There's no cultural reason for Eliminate though. Sorry. I will stand corrected if someone can provide one though!

mammmamia · 20/12/2015 09:43

Harsh is an Indian name. Girls are Harsha. It's pronounced slightly differently but I'd still be surprised at anyone in a western country using these names.

cigarsofthepharaoh · 20/12/2015 01:41

Tbh the "worst" names ever are pretty much white Puritan names. But they decided to convert because of their hiteness ages ag so they don't feature on these lists. I'adoreher could've easily been Ihatethisbitchforsinningsomuchfuckherthedevil if it was just a different culture. Yet one is worthy of mocking on the internet and one isn't.

cigarsofthepharaoh · 20/12/2015 01:39

The second post is also most likely to be cultural names. Names spelt as their sounds dictate are often from non-native speaker. Parents who move here and don't understand words like "genitals" which don't really come up in general conversation so might not be known. Or names like "Britney Shakira Beyonce" which mirror a culture known for naming kids after people high up in that tribe/culture. In America Beyonce might replace that person. It really isn't anything to mock.

You used to the word "worst" so MN isn't really to blame.

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BackforGood · 20/12/2015 00:16

Just a copy and paste.
One of those 'when I read it is made me think of all the comments on the baby names threads on MN' moments.

It's the names that are in the comments in the 2nd post that are the oddest, IMO.

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honeysucklejasmine · 19/12/2015 23:56

Why does the op sound like an article? Is it a copy paste, or is someone actually researching something?

Yy to cultural differences.

OddSocksHighHeels · 19/12/2015 23:53

Creature the Harsh I knew was Asian so I'm guessing it's a name with another meaning in his country.

Creatureofthenight · 19/12/2015 16:22

Does Harsh mean something else in another language?
I cannot fathom why anyone would name their baby that.

CherryPits · 19/12/2015 16:18

I agree with you Cigarsofthepharaoh. I live in the US and had a friend at school called Youngblood. No prizes for guessing his heritage and I would be horrified to see it mocked on here.

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