Worse name you EVER heard for a child

[xmasevebundle]

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...

[Astr0naut]

There's a Delilah in our local primary. Do these people have no cultural references at all? If you don't know the bible story, there's always a danger of a lifetime pursued by: "My, my, My..."

I know of a Kc, although looking at the ONs thing, that's rising in popularity.

Dh has a bit of a penchant for the names of fallen women and barbarians: Tallulah and Jezebel, or Wolf Bloodaxe.


Luckily, he didn't have the deciding vote when we named our dcs.

[Rachog]

Our rather posh boss has a niece called.rainbow Lilly, and another colleague has a gd called lula, not short for tallulah or anything. I quite like it though.

I have soooo just outed myself if anyone from work is a mner.

[BumsyClugger]

Twins called Lucie-Mae and Gracie-Mae. Just found it a bit weird, like they'd never have their own separate identities.

I heard a father shout (in Poundland ) "Hurry up Galahad!" or however its spelt.

[laptopwieldingharpy]

In RL: Cyrano & Gichelle....
In tabloids: apple and Moroccan!

[HoratiaWinwood]

my niece treated her at A&E it's true.

Funny how it's never actually the person claiming it's true that encountered a real La-a. It's always their niece/aunt/colleague/neighbour. But then if you ask the neighbour it was actually their niece/cousin/boss/teacher ... and so on ad infinitum.

Which is how urban myths work.

[CatPower]

ErnestTheBavarian, not Gravesend sadly, but Glasgow. There are some amazing/horrific names up here, but I think Pocahontas (POKEEEEEY!) is my favourite.

[scentednappyhag]

I LOVE Ruby Marmalade!
I know a lot of Pixies, which works for a toddler, but not so much an adult in my opinion.

[stressedHEmum]

In our local paper, recently, amongst all the more sedate baby names was a tiny little baby boy called Tojo. I thought it must have been the name of a football player because his dad was wearing a team shirt, but I'm told not.

The child was not of Japanese heritage, either.

[TheonlyWayisGerard]

Kaycee-Mai. Im not sure where to start on what's wrong with it. Also know of someone who called their poor child Ralph Scoop. But I really hate Ralph anyway, sorry op.

[thebeesnees79]

Finbar, Zippy & Ignatious. Oh and Neveah, which is heaven spelt backwards lmao

[usualsuspect]

I like Neveah.

[NCForNow]

Rainbow and Moon. Heard in Adelaide.

[WantAnOrange]

I heard someone (a child) call over to an Addios (don't know if I've spelt that right). Doesn't that mean Goodbye?

[Ham69]

Slightly off topic as it was an adult, but I taught in Hong Kong once and at the back of my pupil's report book was his parents' names. His father was called Alan Wan King Mann. (A. Wan King Mann). Oh dear...

[HoratiaWinwood]

Nevaeh is bad enough, but Neveah is heaven spelt backwards wrong. Argh.

[Ham69]

I like Finbar.

[BoysBoysBoysAndMe]

Cupcake
Yoshi
Peach
Nemesis

[pixiestix]

I clicked on this just to see if La-a had been trotted out yet.
Every. Single. Time.

[LeChatteRouge]

I called my ds ralph. His nearly 1. I always call him ralphie. People alway tell me they don't like his name.

[usualsuspect]

Chlamydia is always trotted out too,someones cousins friend always seems to know one.

[bigredDi]

Someone here in Scotland had apparently called their dd Pochahontas, which is bad enough but paired with a surnmane like McGinty it was ridiculous!! I'm surprised at the Ivy comment, it's a really old name after the climbing plant and I don't find it at all unusual, not anymore than all the floral names like Rose, Iris, Heather or Daisy.
It's a shame that names that started out as proper names now seem Chavvy because of the other things they are associated with such as Levi and Mercedes. I hate the trend just now for naming children after brands and people who seem to just invent names to be different!

People need to remember that these cute kids grow up to be 40 year old men and women who might want to be taken seriously at work - who would hire a lawyer called Lorry-Blue??? I think people think their children are all going to grow up to be celebrities!!!

[alemci]

Fergus

Raymond

[usualsuspect]

It makes me laugh that most mumsnetters think their children will grow up to be lawyers or high court judges.

[thebeesnees79]

sorry typo nevaeh

[usualsuspect]

If need to hire a lawyer and they were good at their job, I wouldn't give a toss what their names were.