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Worse name you EVER heard for a child

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xmasevebundle · 30/08/2012 01:26

Today i went out and was doing shopping heard this name been called i thought it was a nickname, then the dad and nan said it to him, but fuck me i feel for the kid.

His name was DENIM.

I thought about this all day and it cant be...

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bronzeMedal · 30/08/2012 14:56

Crabb I'm with you as I said earlier

I don't think many of the names on here are that bad at all. May not all be to my taste but then neither is Michael or Peter.

If I were to have a blaze though I would spell it blaise and claim my French ancestry

It's not the names that get me a lot of the time it's the fact that people very obviously don't do their research

drjohnsonscat · 30/08/2012 15:00

drseuss I also know a black child called Bianca. Obviously you don't have to actually look like your name (Rose, Lily) but perhaps better not to look like the complete opposite of your name.

Frontpaw · 30/08/2012 15:02

The Honorable Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. Imagine trying to fit that onto a Cash's label.

Arabellasmella · 30/08/2012 15:03

I once taught a Tyranny and a Krystal Maize.
Ruby Marmalade is now firmly on my list

LKirk · 30/08/2012 15:06

There's a girl at my son's nursery called Pebbles. Ridiculous name.

Frontpaw · 30/08/2012 15:08

Parents called Fred and Wilma?

nochipsthanks · 30/08/2012 15:09

sisters (not twins) called Harmony and Melody. Their older sister was Jane.

I heard tell on one of these threads of an Emporia and Euphoria.

As for Mnetters always thinking their kids are going to be high court judges or lawyers- for our family it would make a change if we were on that side of the bench for once! Grin

no, joke.

I have heard of a Liberty Belle too, and also of a Skye Blue. Cannot independently verify though.

If I had my way, one of ours would have been Isis. Love that name.

TunaPastaBake · 30/08/2012 15:10

''Levi is a Biblical name and long pre-dates the jeans brand'' - I still cringe at it Grin

CaptainHetty · 30/08/2012 15:10

I'm going to hazard a guess I'm not the first person to point this out, OP, but Ivy does not mean 'poison'. I don't think poison ivy is even related to the actual ivy plant, at all, is it? Hmm

My son went to nursery with sisters called Storm and Breeze. Also a girl called Precious, though I actually quite like that as a name, it really suited her.

LKirk · 30/08/2012 15:12

Oh and a baby boy at a baby group called Spike...surely a dog's name not a child's?!

TunaPastaBake · 30/08/2012 15:15

Spike ! well nowadays dogs have human names so vice versa each to their own

bronzeMedal · 30/08/2012 15:18

Spikes parents are buffy fans surely

mathanxiety · 30/08/2012 15:19

Bronze, I don't see a whole lot wrong with a good few names here either. Apart from Pebbles and a few other corkers.

drjohnsonscat · 30/08/2012 15:22

ok mathanxiety, I'm going to say it again:

Crutcher Grin

mathanxiety · 30/08/2012 15:23

Fair enough Grin.

That goes in the corker category.

PatFigeon · 30/08/2012 15:32

drjohnson

Seen Today in Mothercare, An approximately 5 yo little blonde girl By the name of Ebony. Didn't think anything of it at the time though.

My friend has a dark haired Rufus and I know a few girls called Grace who are anything but Grin

notmydog · 30/08/2012 15:39

ThisIsNotHoneyDragon Xander is a very common name in South Africa, I have several friends with Xanders. There is also a Xander/Zander in one of the popular soaps. Grin

There is a little boy named Denim in my street. Very odd.

CinnabarRed · 30/08/2012 15:41

I have friends of a religious bent, who have named both their children with words they've invented themselves and which are abbreviations of phrases along the lines of "God is Love".

So the little boy is called Gilo (pronounced to rhyme with Milo, with a hard G).

CinnabarRed · 30/08/2012 15:43

Xander is just a shortened form of Alexander, isn't it?

BlueSuedeStiletto · 30/08/2012 15:45

McKayz fair enough. But they were NOT French. They were very very VERY not French. I don't like to use the word chav but it's hanging heavy in the air.

Similar situation with the little girl called Monet..at least they spelled it correctly I suppose.

tara0202 · 30/08/2012 15:50

Luveyah. She is about 6 now and lives in my local area. I think I.win the thread.

candytuft63 · 30/08/2012 15:52

tara - Shock You do.

Badjudgeofcharacter · 30/08/2012 15:57

The name -'Thank god it's blessing'

RandomUsername · 30/08/2012 16:01

Felix - just reminds me of a cat.

shockers · 30/08/2012 16:02

Lkirk, maybe they were Spike Milligan fans.