Now I've heard it all - worst name ever?

[PiratePanda]

On the weekend I met a perfectly ordinary Englishwoman whose name was....

Calamity.

No joke.

Definitely not a nickname?

Calamity Jane is my face film ever but still no.

although having seen the new year 7 list today at my school....We have a Beckham

Maybe after Calamity Jane - although I think that was a nickname.

No, it was her actual name, on her official name badge and everything. When we were informed that the manager on duty was called Calamity there was a sharp intake of breath all round, and the owner of the establishment said "no, that really is her name"!

What were her parents thinking?

It does sound like a name.
An unfortunate meaning however.

I once met a comfort, which sounds less like a name but has a better meaning.

I quite like it tbh!

I know it's a bit out there but at least it's a change from the usual Sarah/Rebecca/Emma you hear constantly.

Calamity is pretty bad, but how about this for placing a burden on a child; Karma? I might add that life has not yet smiled on this child.

I like it.

I quite like it too. Better than Adelaide Adams.

My ds had a son in his nursery class!

I think Karma would be ace with the middle name Chameleon.

Harold - you could start a career as a baby namer with that sense of humour! I'm guessing your middle names are Purple and Crayon.

For those of you who like it, do you not realise that calamity means "an absolutely dreadful event"??? I know names like Faith, Hope and Mercy and Blessing, Precious and Gift are common in certain communities, but they're all good things. Why on earth would you give birth to a child and call it Calamity unless you were devastated and didn't want her?

Some pretty bad ones I've heard recently:

Peechez (yes, spelt like that)
Diesel
Trojan
Priesthood

So this has got me thinking....maybe we could think of some new horrible names just for a laugh. How about Burden, Curse, Omen, Evil, Banana, Melon, Horsehair, Tealeaf.....

That name was on wife swap a while ago - I actually think its ace! Then I wanted to call dd Serendipity

Accident

I once knew of sisters called Faith, Hope, Charity & Rebecca

Also 3 brothers (may have been American iirc) called Rudy, Randy & Jody

I think I would like to have Calamity, Burden & Curse

No-one would ever be able to out-parenthood-misery the mum of those three

Could have named two of mine that!

Just recently I saw someone with a tattoo for 'Emmer-Leigh'.

Loving Calamity, Burden & Curse! (Almost sounds like a dreadful solicitors' outfit)

How about the twins my sil taught last year (in Canada), favourite and fortunate. The boy was favourite and the girl was fortunate.

I know a grown up Yorick, a grown up Nelson and a child Serece-Pink. poor girl.