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Worst name you have ever come across.

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Lemondrizzle4A · 11/02/2026 09:15

Someone who loved Judge Dread was going to call child Dread. Thankfully was persuaded otherwise.

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Slyolfox · 12/02/2026 19:45

Tigerbalmshark · 12/02/2026 19:22

That is where the nickname “Nazi” comes from. “Nazi” short for “Ignatius” was a stereotypical nickname for a thick racist Bavarian peasant. Kind of like calling somebody “a bit of a Darren”, or “a total Kev”.

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It’s short for national socialist with national being pronounced with a Z in German which is where nazi came from.
what I heard anyway

stample · 12/02/2026 19:45

Cultural differences though… some people more likely kids would laugh at someone of Pakistani origin called pooja or hardik.
A name is a name as long as it’s not television or armchair!

SuziQuinto · 12/02/2026 19:43

I think some urban myths are being repeated on here!

TankFlyBoss · 12/02/2026 19:42

I once met a Titus

Pebbles16 · 12/02/2026 19:40

mummymeister · 12/02/2026 14:36

i feel most sorry for all those women called Alexa...

You are not wrong. I have a friend named Alexa - she got stick for it in the 80s after the Joan Collins character in Dynasty and then had to put up with devices going off every time someone said her name. She has now decided "you can call me Al" - the reference to the song is intentional!

Theonewhogotthecake · 12/02/2026 19:40

I met a Hawk the other day.

Needmorelego · 12/02/2026 19:37

Tigerbalmshark · 12/02/2026 19:22

That is where the nickname “Nazi” comes from. “Nazi” short for “Ignatius” was a stereotypical nickname for a thick racist Bavarian peasant. Kind of like calling somebody “a bit of a Darren”, or “a total Kev”.

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I thought it was a shortened of the German "National Socialist Party" (obviously the German spelling - which I am not going to attempt)

Nichebitch · 12/02/2026 19:34

Additup · 12/02/2026 12:41

Malena.
For those not in the know Melena (pronounced the same( means black, tarry poo which indicate intestinal bleeding).

Malena is a very common Hispanic name. Melena, apart from what you described, means main or a person’s long hair.

venus7 · 12/02/2026 19:33

Pasta4Dinner · 12/02/2026 19:32

Twins called Bacardi and Breeze

Oh. Poor kids.

venus7 · 12/02/2026 19:32

Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 19:28

Do you like your own name. I love mine. Popular in the fifties much less so now. Never taught one in 30+ years. Four letters. J**e.

Jane? Good if your surname is Eyre.

Pasta4Dinner · 12/02/2026 19:32

And a Scarlet O’Hara

Pasta4Dinner · 12/02/2026 19:32

Twins called Bacardi and Breeze

Poshjock · 12/02/2026 19:32

TimeForATerf · 12/02/2026 19:18

Princess, Junior, Jet & Bunny. 🙃 The mother has another child called Harvey, which was a fine name.

Of course there’s also Buddy Bear and Rocket River, their sister Petal has an alternative name but their other sisters have normal first names, pity about their middle names.

And let’s not forget Honey Kinney and Betty Kitten.

If the celebs can call their children shit names, then I guess it’s ok for us mere mortals to call our kids shit names too.

Moon unit and Dweezil ?

LemonAndGingerMarmalade · 12/02/2026 19:30

I taught a class that had a Brawn and an Adonis. And both boys looked like their names.

SirQuintus · 12/02/2026 19:29

AmyDudley · 12/02/2026 19:25

No - he was born on a ship SS Diogenes !

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That is the coolest name and the coolest reason to be be called Diogenes.

Starburst360 · 12/02/2026 19:29

A few years ago when we were looking around nurseries for our DC we say the name Fury next to one of the pegs. Can’t say I was keen!

Favouritefruits · 12/02/2026 19:29

i think it’s pregnancy hormones that make you like ridiculous names, when I was pregnant I liked Finbar and Adonis luckily I saw sense I mean wtf was I thinking???

my youngest sons initials are BS I literally didn’t even click until he was a year old 😑

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Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 19:28

Do you like your own name. I love mine. Popular in the fifties much less so now. Never taught one in 30+ years. Four letters. J**e.

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YourSassyPanda · 12/02/2026 19:27

bevelino · 12/02/2026 19:24

Valentina is a beautiful name and popular in Italy.

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I used to work with a beautiful Italian girl named Valentina. Some people in the office didn’t like her so would refer to her as “Val” behind her back, doubt she cared mind .

bevelino · 12/02/2026 19:26

Valentina is a beautiful name and popular in Italy.

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Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 19:26

SuziQuinto · 12/02/2026 19:19

It's Welsh, isn't it? Like the joke, I'm wondering if his first name was Dai...

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De’ath. I’d change my name.

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SirQuintus · 12/02/2026 19:26

A man called Donk.
It was short for donkey. The claim was he was hung like a donkey.
It was one of those stupid nicknames that public school boys have for each other that was still being used in adult hood.

Tigerbalmshark · 12/02/2026 19:25

LindorDoubleChoc · 12/02/2026 18:50

Nevaeh

Oh we have one of those in DS’s class, it’s actually fairly pretty once you overlook the fact it is Heaven spelled backwards. Nevayah.

AmyDudley · 12/02/2026 19:25

SuziQuinto · 12/02/2026 19:09

Parents were fans of PG Wodehouse?

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No - he was born on a ship SS Diogenes !

bevelino · 12/02/2026 19:24

AquaticWarbler · 12/02/2026 12:16

My mum was due on Valentine's Day so her parents planned to call her Valentina! I think that would have been pretty bad. Luckily she was late.

Valentina is a beautiful name and popular in Italy.