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?

Mabel / Brogan / Oceane / Twig/ Taylor / Kayleigh / Daytona /Ashleigh / Chelsea / Chelci are my least favourite names. I think as more and more people look for an unusual name to make their child stand out, the result is that those who actually stand out are the tried and tested old fashioned type names.

So to laugh at the 'stupid' name Precious ( for example) isn't racist? I'm genuinely asking.. its a common African name ( and that of my eldest very good friend). People mock IRL all the time, are they not being racist them?

Oh and I've known a few Virginia's....I know it's a valid name, but just can't get my head round someone being called that.

Why? It was originally a roman name.

Names like Precious, Princess, Heaven, Favour, Comfort etc. are very normal East African names. I appreciate if you don't know that you might find them amusing as they sound strange at first, but once you are aware then it does seem racist.

I mean west African. They may be common in other parts of Africa too but I don't know.

I don't think it's racist.

I know a woman whose name means 'poo wee' in a certain language, and obviously causes a fair bit of amusement. It's not racist to find a name - a foreign name - odd or amusing.

Diamanté and Merlin.

Merlin - that's a wizard name!

Thank you Fekko. I was genuinely asking. Not being goady so thank you. Qumquat, thank you as well, glad it's not just my mind it's crossed.

Thanks for the back up ThankYoutellmeImbonkers.

I am quite irritated that DaemonPantalaemon has said I'm a liar. I've been on this site for 14 years (since DD was born) and nobody's said that to me before.

What I said was an absolute truth - not funny but surely interesting in the context of this thread. I've worked all over the world and have worked with a Hong Kong based company for 20+ years. Many of the people I work with have unusual names. The two girls I mentioned before came over to England in July and I get to spend a week with them. They realise that their English names are a bit weird to us but they like them and that's all that matters !

Fekko...Virgin-ia

I don't think I am being sneery or nasty in thinking this is the worst name I have ever heard. My friend went to a posh local girls' school with a girl called...

Hitler.

She went by the nickname Hilly.

There’s a fair few names I’m pocketing for if we have another baby thanks to this thread

Elowen
Magnus
Artemis

GORGEOUS names!!

I've heard:
Astra
Beyonce, while out shopping
Oakley

Merlin

I know an 80-odd year old, v posh female Merlin.

Was served in a chain restaurant in the U.K. by a lady called Obi-Wan. I was rude enough to ask her if that was her real name. Her reply was "you have to love your parents. You don't have to like them"

Someone on the news just now, called Caryl. Presume it's a trendier version of Carol.

I agree it is unkind to express dislike of a child's name, because it is 'chavvy' or you do not like the sound of it.

However, some names will inevitably cause comment and parents are wise to take account of that before naming their child.

For example, my son had a brief romance with a girl named Salome. A beautiful name, (and a lovely girl) but its unfortunate connotations would make most parents understandably reluctant to use it.

I know a little girl called Vanilla.
Also a boy called Maximus.

Tabby Caryl is a perfectly fine name that's been around a long time, for example the brilliant playwright Caryl Churchill, b. 1938.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryl_Churchill

I know someone called Heaven-Leigh

I've head someone calling for Renesmee on a bus!

Caryl churchills top girls was pretty seminal for m!

We have a khaleesi down here she's quite little.

We have a few Neveahs too - could be worse

Dd2 has just made friends with a Bo. I'm not sure yet if it's spelled like Bo derek or like Beau - I love it though and she's a lovely kid