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?

My friends colleague has a daughter named Prada.

It annoys me most when people don't consider the surname when naming their baby. For example, I know someone who has a daughter called Millie and she's pregnant and planning on calling it Mollie. It's made worse by the fact the surname is a common one very similar to Millie... Also know a Summer Summers .

@Tantpoke I also know chili pepper, box and scooter! Their eldest Ysanne got off lightly though

@Redredredrose I have a cousin whose daughter is a Bo who started high school in September. Wonder if it's the same one?!

I nearly started one of these threads earlier. I was at the craziest library I’ve ever been in and one Mum screamed across the room, “Imagine! Imagiiine!! Put the block down, honey!” And no, it wasn’t Imogen. It was Imagine.

Edgar Allan Poe probably helped to promote its popularity in "The Raven": "For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore". I think that's rather lovely.

Agreed. My grandmother had a sister named Lenore, after the poem.

I don't know if we have Lenor fabric softener here. We mostly have brands like Downy, Snuggle, Bounce. I buy Gain myself. I love the smell.

Jack-Daniel.

Which must either be a deliberate joke or alternatively show a tremendous lack of self-awareness.

I think southern Africans have the right idea re names: it's quite normal to give a person a name that doesn't require its meaning to be translated.

It's become normal in the West to choose a name for some seriously bad reasons.

Leonore and Leonora are fairly well accepted names elsewhere. There is a Princess Leonore of Sweden, who's only about 3 years old.

Never heard of Lenore fabric softener, but I'm in Australia.

TinyTemperamental, Concepcion is a very common name in Spanish-speaking countries.

@bananafish81 does your cousin have two younger children and live in a small market town beginning with F?

I thought Mungo was Scottish - a saint's name. Or have I imagined that?

Worst I ever knew of personally was Mortality - on a waiter's name badge in Lagos (Nigeria). No wonder he didn't look very cheerful.

I also know a Ferrari and I went to school with a Marvellous.

There's a St Mungos in Glasgow.

OK I could go on all day.
Star
Storm
Jenson
Kai
Mason
Skylar
Destiny
Chardonnay
Chantelle
Chanel

@Cakebaby123 That's hilarious....you've mentioned my DD's name and a future DD's name (if I have one!)

St Mungo's is also a homeless charity in London

@Redredredrose nope, there's obvs two of them who are the same age!

Footle, didn’t know about the Spanish connection.
This particular girl was in my college in India so everyone found it very unusual.

@bananafish81 Bo must have been popular 12 years ago!

St Mungo's the patron saint of Glasgow. He founded it and gave it it's name, which means "beloved green place". I have a Glaswegian XFIL.

I came across a baby patient called Jihad

I know a Scottish family with sons called Tavish, Mungo, and Sholto. Poshtastic.

Scottish people using Scottish names? Have you notified social services as this is surely a safeguarding matter?

Very unusual Scottish names that one rarely comes across. Especially in the same family

No need to get in a tizzy.

My husband and his brother have not one but four very, very Scottish names each. His family don't even have a Scottish connection; they are from Tunbridge Wells but think it makes them more interesting to say they are honorary Scots it would take something considerably more exotic than that to be honest .

My DSs have scottish names, but then we are in Scotland and Scottish :)

Murdo is one of the more unusual ones I've come across but I quite like it -I like it better than Mungo tbh

TinyT, all those señoritas called Conchita are really Concepcions.