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Worst 2 names you've EVER heard?

99 replies

mummyjanine · 20/01/2014 08:51

One boys name & one girls name that just makes you cringe!!

Mine:
Girl - Girtrude
Boy - Gaylord
Shock

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gruffalosfriend · 20/01/2014 13:18

I don't have any 'worst' names and no name has ever made me cringe. But there are people that I dislike and, by association, their names!
Equally, a lovely person can make any name beautiful in my mind!

What is your name op?

tammytoby · 20/01/2014 14:39

Would also like to know op's name!

My lovely gran was Gertrude and that's what I associate it with now.

Only1scoop · 20/01/2014 14:43

Op never seems to come back to her threads. Not even for a thank you Hmm

GoodnessIsThatTheTime · 20/01/2014 14:43

Urigeller. I think I know the same person. Didn't she originally think it sounded like a lovely Indian name :)

plainjanine · 20/01/2014 14:52

MaryQueenOfSpots, I like what you did there, but us Janine's are not all arseholes. ;-)

BronzeHorseman · 20/01/2014 14:56

Marmaduke (though I reckon that Gaylord is worse) and Hortense.

Alisvolatpropiis · 20/01/2014 19:28

Hebe.

All other names are fine.

ZingSweetApple · 20/01/2014 19:31

twin girls Vanilla and Cinnamon

boys: Hero, Snake, Fox

hattymattie · 20/01/2014 19:33

I met a German girl called Wiltrude once pronounced Viltrude.

blueemerald · 20/01/2014 19:33

Younger twin sisters of a boy I teach called Meek and Mild. Yes, there are religious connotations but imagine going through life introducing yourself as Mild. We have regular discussions at work about which twin has the worse deal.

monkeymamma · 20/01/2014 22:08

I luuuuuuurve the name Prudence (nn Pru)! So does my dh. We are both big Beatles fans. Lucky for any future dd of mine my mum has vetoed it (sensible).

UriGeller · 21/01/2014 08:39

Goodness, little Kal-El's parents (well, Dad) is biiig superman fan. Goes to Comic Con dressed up and everything !

Or do you mean Miley-Rae?

When i was pregnant i wanted to call our dd Atman, its a Hindu word that means The spiritual life principle of the universe, residing in the individual's real self, without ego. Its like the true soul.

But it was kindly pointed out by someone not subject to pregnancy hormones that it sounds a lot like "Batman". Grin

Lancelottie · 21/01/2014 08:43

I was genuinely struck dumb this week by Foxglove, but given how many Daisies, Poppies and Lilies we know, hey, why not?

tattychicken · 21/01/2014 09:14

Little girl with first name Chelsea, middle names Stamford Bridge. Sad

LinghamStyle · 21/01/2014 09:22

I don't like names. I think we should all just have numbers.

RayPurchase · 21/01/2014 09:28

Ooh... I know a Kal-El too! Maybe there's a few of them out there.

GoodnessIsThatTheTime · 21/01/2014 09:47

Uri - no, I know of a kalel with an Indian dad.... There's more than one! I love it, it really suits him.

peggylane · 21/01/2014 12:59

I love the ignorance of people on here saying things like: I live abroad and they have strange names over here, shock horror, as well as a strange sounding language and different culture- who would believe it??? As a foreigner myself living in the UK I can assure you that there are lots of English/ Scottish/ Welsh names that sounded strange or indeed foreign to me when I first arrived but I would have never dreamed of making fun of them as I understood that for everybody living here they were perfectly normal and part of the culture....
I totally agree with everybody that said that names are a very personal thing and it's simply rude to sneer at somebody's very personal choice and be childish about it.

mellicauli · 21/01/2014 13:14

Rapunzel?

whitepuddingsupper · 21/01/2014 16:50

There's a Kal-El at my DD's nursery, I never knew about the superman thing I thought it was middle eastern or something.

ZingSweetApple · 21/01/2014 18:09

Nicolas Cage named his son Kal-El too.

mummyjanine · 21/01/2014 18:12

How is that Kal-El pronounced??

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blueemerald · 21/01/2014 19:22

I totally agree that 'names are a very personal thing'. They are personal to the people they are given to not given by. This is why parents need to put their own egos aside when naming those children and think about the future ramifications. If you love Chelsea (to pick one example) so much change your name don't inflict that on a baby.

AngelsInWinter · 21/01/2014 19:27

K-Dan
Dante

GimmeDaBoobehz · 21/01/2014 19:43

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