To ask the worst names you have heard?

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In the super market today and heard a mum shout "beige" to her daughter...no joke! At first I thought I had misheard Paige...but no, definitely beige.

Got me thinking... what are the worst names you have come across?

I once met a person who rejoiced in the name 'John Thomas' Thomas wasn't even his last or middle name, it was all his given names so :John Thomas Smith. He was in y5 at primary when I met him and no one seemed to have noticed. I couldn't help but wonder how long into high school he would get before someone pointed out the inevitable.

Less on the nose than Jenna Taylor perhaps, but I imagine he will not be happy the day his peers work out he's basically called 'penis'.

I was born with a very normal name, highly popular in the 70s. Off to Uni at 18, I made up a nickname and insisted that it 'was' my nickname, and for 3 years everyone called me a sweet hippyish name that I utterly rejoiced in. So it works the other way too; not all children want to be a Tracey, some want be a Bluebell.

The weird thing is that is Greek mythology Hippolyte was a woman.

Nope. Hippolytus was definitely a man

But in French the translation Hippolyte is used for both the Hippolyta Amazon Queen and for her possible son Hippolytus.

Gay Mould
Red Hummingbird
Bridget Job
Jenny Taylor (relation)
Casper - child who is half white, half black (I think this is cruel)
Dick Bellringer
Wayne Kerr
Bernhard Wanko
Surnames: Honeybun, Dicker, Moody

I also know a Khaleesi. There must be a few around now although the mum I know has moved around a bit. Don't want to say too much but it fits in with the other children to be honest! TV character names. I quite like it as a name, don't think it's too bad, it sounds pretty even though it will become dated when GOT is but a distant memory.

Dick Bellringer is simultaneously the best name I have ever heard. Memorable...

Met a David Goodenough the other day, too.

Yes Hippolyta daughter of Ares was Queen of the Amazons and was possessed of a magic girdle. Hippolytus the son of Theseus, about whom Euripides wrote a play. Both names equally valid. Seriously though, you don't like a particular name, don't give it to your child. No need to go on about it.

Cohen and variations of

Yes. It's not a case of not liking it, as per this thread, but if I see it suggested (rarely, thankfully) as a forename, then my eyebrows shoot up a bit...

I've known it to cause some offence - who would want to give their child a name that might do that?

I find that fiction, especially SF and fantasy, is a great source of truly shit names.

DH and DS2 spend ages laughing about the names of obscure Star Wars characters. Elan Sleazebaggano is one of their favourite horrible names.

Laughing at "you can't just name a kid Cohen!"

Clearly you can. Even if some people dislike it. Get over yourself!

Ema-Leigh.

Confused the hell out of me.

To all the posters who are so offended. It's an Internet forum. If you don't like it, no-need to read the thread.

@SuperBeagle even though I know a few dogs called Mabel, it hardly sits with the rest of your list!

I would question the judgement of anyone who called their lovely newborn Jabba (the hutt) or Salacious (B. Crumb).

Clearly you can. Even if some people dislike it. Get over yourself!

But it's really not about disliking it. That's not what was being said.

Have we had any of Jamie Oliver's kids? e.g River Rocket and Buddy Bear. No self-respecting kid would want to be called after a river, a form of space transport, a slang term or a scary wild animal, surely?

Candida.....

miss it shows a glaring lack of cultural awareness. Obviously anyone is free to use Cohen as a name, as they're free to use Beezlebub, Malkom or whatever else.

I know of someone that changed their name to Wrestlemania (as in the WWE event)

I think I'd probably judge anyone who drew naming inspiration from the how to train your dragon books.

Snotface is not a great name.

19lottie82
Mercedes is an extremely common girl's name in Spain.
And whoever quoted Precious - it is a common name in some (English-speaking) African areas.
I can't be doing with parents spelling their kids' names with ridiculous punctuation or alternative spellings, but some of the names quoted on here are "normal" to other countries/cultures and so just serve to highlight the poster's lack of knowledge.

I'm always curious about people who have two first names. I don't mean names that go together like Anne-Marie or Jean-Louis, I mean names like Samantha Michelle and you have to call them Samantha Michelle or they get annoyed.

MrsF yes, I realise that, but unfortunately this wasn't in Spain, but the east end of glasgow. Doesn't quite have the same ring to it when screeched in a nasally Glaswegian accent!

I met a Spanish girl called Africa when I was living abroad. I thought it was a bit unusual, but then thought - only the same as India as a name, which isn't unheard of. I actually quite like it now.

I’m in a Central European country. Double barrelled boy’s names are usually after Popes.