Worst first name you have come across

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For me, it has to be the name Jay-T

No I'm a pessimist and as for Chastity -well don't even go there !

once met a fella called EGNATIOUS , wtf

i really dont think there is anything wrong with the name Fanula Christadula.
or Fanu.

it sounds like a greek name to me.

surely the name 'Fannie' is worse.

a lot of the names on this thread are perfectly alright.

There's an urban legend round here that there's a girl who called her daughter, brace yourself,

Chlamydia.

A friend swore it was true.

i think your misunderstanding me. i actually like fanula chistadula. lights up my day actually. i think its lovley but it is unusual, it does make me smile though! i think its lovely!

What a horrible thread. So by certain other people's reckoning, you can post whatever offensive bollox you like, and the rest of us have to shut up and hide the thread?? I think not.

Newsflash: People will get offended by offensive things. Even if you say We Are Only Kidding.

JJ - not short for anything poor boys given name.
Twins Dolce and Gabbana (might be an urban myth but a friend was sure it was true)
Wendy House
I always thought Austin Healy was quite weird

On the whole it is rare that a name strikes me as odd. I cringe at very obviously badly spelt names, but really would be dull if we were all the same wouldn't it. Every name I came up for dd was critisied by someone and none of them were too 'out there' baffles me why people will ask you if what name you are thinking off then diss it. People are so rude and stuck up about names. Tolerance people.

i like Wendy House!
(the name, i dont actually know her!)

my sir name is Case.

make up your own jokes....go on i really dont mind. ive heard them all already!

my son is called justin. (not!)

let you off then pickyvic

thank you!

A friend taught brothers called Byron and Farley Valentine.

well said Stretch.

I'm just glad I never actually saw the post where someone asked what sort of name my DS1's name is (they didn't say FAQ's DS - they just his name).

Someone told me about it, and by the time I'd found the thread others had already reported the post and it had been deleted.

Just as well I didn't see the post in question as my mental health was tits up and I'm sure it would have done me the world of good .

splutters Jeremy and Kyle definately got me!

I've known loads of kids with strange names, but I don't remember them now. Mostly unique names that I liked I remember. Renu and Parastoo for instance. First girl was Indian and the second was Iranian (Parastoo means Dove, not Swallow, which is what my Dad translated it into for us in a moment of mistranslation which lead to a lot of giggles from 3 young-teen girls )

Meliae is an odd one, it means something about wood nymphs I think? I like that too though...

Katiestar - I agree with Fern and Basil (I love Basil haha!) But, a brother and sister pair... Some names are cool on their own, but should never be paired together!

I think the virtue names is a good point in this country really but I do like Temperance I must admit (Kathy Reichs fan, so sue me lol). They are very Christian names, so I would find them odd in non-Christian families (if that makes sense?) I would also find people using foreign names odd too. I just don't see the connection to the person there. It's like I love Celtic names, but I would rather use Persian names for my [future] children because it would be symbolic of their Persian blood, much like my name and my two sisters names are both English and Iranian, a show of both of our heritages.

On badly spelt names, I'm a Nikki, and last year I worked in a place with 250 people there in the middle of nowhere. Only one other person shared my name, very annoying girl too so people tended to get annoyed when they found out 'Nikki' would be about and it turned out to be me not her. To the point. Her name was spelt Nickie... Nikki is a masculine name anyway (imo, I have been saddled with it after all ), but that spelling makes it 100 times worse for a girl

What about 'olden day' names? The ones our grandparents have that are now making the rounds again? Some are very beautiful whilst others are a bit too olden day (for me anyway)! Edith and Ellis are two that I find it hard to get my head around (though there are roads with each of these names respectively at home, so doesn't seem human enough for me I s'pose), especially Ellis for a girl; is it traditionally a girls name? Because to me it seems more masculine? And Margaret, I've always found that one a bit of a mouthful, especially for a child (Mum's middle name, my names name and her mother's name too!) My Nan has been the nickname 'Gug', because her younger sister had difficulty with her name as a child lol

Wow. Long post is long. Like the cat.

Actually, you're right. Am suddenly feeling ashamed for having participated . My 3 DCs have names which are unusual by some people's standards. My MIL is horrified that they're not good old fashioned names. So what freedom of speech do I have?

*has had... Bad grammar

Malena (medical term for black poo caused by blood in the stools from internal bleeding)

Now its got me thinking about the ones I've come across over the years:

Tia Maria
Chardonnay
Lotus Elan
April-May (nice enough by themselves but not together!)

Rewind (why, oh why?)

Tresemme

Oo, on the April-May name, I've heard of sisters having all month names before I think they were June and April (or maybe a May? I don't remember), and had a '...ber' month as their middles names... They had a brother called Augustus too. So much for keeping to a theme!

how is heaven spelt backwards pronounced?
Nevaeh?

Lanesra - the mother only found out why her partner had insisted on it when one of his friends let it slip that it was arsenal backwards!!

Stretch -Come on you don't call your child Rewind or Dolce and Gabana if you don' want people to comment on threads like this!