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Names that made you think wtf?

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CuppaTeaTeddy · 17/04/2017 18:21

My friends Mum recently had a baby and couldn't think of a middle name for her newborn girl. The Mum has a teenage sister, so whilst walking to the birth registration place, she let her pick the middle name just so her daughter had one. Turned out to be a normal name but what a way to pick a name.

There was a boy in my year who's middle name(s) were Ryan Giggs.

Anyone else come across strange reasons/funny names that made you wonder why the parents would want to put there child through it? Grin

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LiviaBC · 20/04/2017 14:47

Some of these are crazy! Actually make that most of them, I met abbey Horace last week, he was centuries too young for his name

Hushabyelullaby · 20/04/2017 14:40

Outing my old school here, but my English teacher was called Mr Penney. He met a girl in his early twenties and was told her name was Penny. He used the line 'I could never marry you, you'd be Penny Penney'. In actual fact they did marry, and she did change her surname. When he taught me they had been married for over 30 years.

Catherinebee85 · 20/04/2017 14:23

My DP announced a couple of days ago that he'd like to call our baby girl Arcadia.

His mum likes it too.

I thought I knew him well after 4 years together!

MrsMeeseeks · 20/04/2017 11:50

Someone told me their baby girl shortlist yesterday and it included Audreylonia.

SuperBeagle · 20/04/2017 11:41

Just came across this gem:

Names that made you think wtf?
steppemum · 20/04/2017 10:28

I once had a friend whose surname was Lightbottom. Which was midly amausing, but the thing was, my friend was very large, the opposite of 'light' which did make it slightly cringy.

user1492636556 · 20/04/2017 00:27

I had a teacher at secondary school who's name was Miss Carajuana. My extremely lovely naive drug oblivious friend thought it was funny because it 'sounded like Caravan' Hmm

ThighBrows · 20/04/2017 00:24

teaandkitkat I went to school with a Kylie Wylie too! And a Donna McDonagh. Did your school also have a ridiculous name? Wonder if it was the same one.

katiegoestoaldi · 20/04/2017 00:20

I know someone who named her children after an Italian designer and a high street fashion store

lisalisa · 20/04/2017 00:18

My primary school teacher was Mrs Topless. I kid you not . But we never thought it was funny until many years laterv

Emma2803 · 20/04/2017 00:04

Hannah Montana McDonagh. Also a family who when they had a baby girl and the hospital wrote female surname they decided that's what they would call her and pronounced it Fa-ma-lay

MiriAmmerman · 19/04/2017 15:30

dalmatianmad There was a Jenna Taylor in my year at school - maybe she is now your colleague. how many can there be?!

I once did work experience in a primary school, and the 3 EYFS teachers were called Miss Gay, Miss Large, and Mrs Mann. I wasn't surprised they'd all opted to work in primary rather than secondary schools...

FamilySpartan · 19/04/2017 15:22

Random Facebook search at work one day with a bored colleague brought up Fanny Pong.

numberseven · 19/04/2017 14:56

Dutch politician Tiny Cox.

Wafflenose · 19/04/2017 13:04

I know a Jack Daniels.

liadaintheirishpoetess · 19/04/2017 13:00

Dallas-Rae

rattieofcarcassone · 19/04/2017 12:36

Coming back to this, My school had a teacher named Gordon Bennet, I'd never heard the phrase before so didn't understand why everybody found it hilarious when they were telling me about the school (I joined late). I had a Tommy Thompson in my science class too.

Talcott2007 · 19/04/2017 07:35

@CuppaTeaTeddy - it wasn't her last name....

LauraMipsum · 18/04/2017 22:30

I knew a man called Blessing Salami. Not remarkable where he was born but sounds funny in the UK.

The only one I've really thought "wtf" was a woman whose son was called Braxton after she did antenatal classes and heard of Braxton Hicks. I get that Braxton is a real name of itself but she was quite clear that her son was named after contractions. WTF. Confused

lizzieoak · 18/04/2017 22:24

Ooh, no offence but I've mentally given Liverpudlian a go & it comes out as bingo. In Canadian it reads as two very separate words with no hard g said or inferred on bing.

Sorry! Lost in translation.

lizzieoak · 18/04/2017 22:21

Where I live Chinese names are completely normal - I've puzzled over the hilarity of Bing Ho & am wondering if it reminds people of bingo?

Some of the names I've had to say to myself in a variety of English accents before I see the joke Blush

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CuppaTeaTeddy · 18/04/2017 22:00

@Talcott2007 your whole post is hilarious. I definitely wouldn't have been able to keep the laugh in. That's not even a half normal last name! 😂😂

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CuppaTeaTeddy · 18/04/2017 21:59

@Awwlookatmybabyspider Bing Ho - that's a good one haha.

All of these are too funny! 😂

@CaoNiMartacus Justin Syder? Surely not. This has got to be one of the best 😂 what was the parents thinking lmao!

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CaoNiMartacus · 18/04/2017 21:38

I shed a small tear of laughter at Mr Bumhole/B'yew-mol-é!

Reminds me of a teacher I had named Mrs Trebilcock, pronounced Truh-BILL-coe, apparently.

I've also heard of a Justin Syder

kingfisherblue33 · 18/04/2017 21:32

Carol Singer

Lots of the ones on the baby names board here!

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