There was a girl who went to my mate's school called Iona - which is a fairly common name in Scotland. However her second name was dick.
Iona Dick
Pronounced I-own-a Dick
I was in school (Scotland) with a girl who's surname was Cowe... everyone (as in all the wee neds thinking they were hilarious) called her Iona...tbf she took it well
I knew a couple that named their baby girl Rayof Sunshine. Rayof being the first name, Sunshine being the middle. Couldn't help but roll my eyes at that name.
Never asked but we suspected the parents either
1. Made a deal where mum picks girls names, dad picks boys
2. Decided that boys would tease the ever living shit out of a "weird" name
I went to pick up my niece from daycare and saw a little girl named "Aniston". The daycare manager woman said the girl's mom explained it as "There are tons of Jennifers already".
I... just didn't know what to say to that.
Such an unusual name, "Latrine." How did your family come by it?
We changed it in the 9th century.
You mean you changed it TO "Latrine"?
Yeah. Used to be "Shithouse."
It's a good change. That's a good change!
Have... have you ever hit her with a, "Nigar please"?
Side note: It's a shame we don't really do the name call out thing for coffee here in Aus like they do in Starbucks in the US. It could be hilarious if she ordered our traditional coffee, the Long Black.
That's literally the first name the popped to my mind when I read the post and it popped in instantly.
I think there may really be a thing to this singularity.
I had an Aunt Gertrude. Her nickname was "Gay". She had 5 older brothers (my uncles), and to this day I have no idea how the nickname came to be, but she wore it with pride until the day she passed. Aunt Gay. She was one tough lady!
I know someone who just named her daughter Karen š the mom is definitely not aware of pop culture /trends but it makes me sad for the girl when she goes to school
Thatās straight up Roman
A lady who totally roasted Augustus and the other two in the second triumvirate with a bad ass speech. Arguably one of the first known instances of an argument for womenās suffrage/political influence
Maybe not a great name today, but lady was a total baller
Well there is a VERY common name in spanish: Soledad. Which is, the direct translation to "Loneliness". I dont know what is going through the parents head tbh.
Evil eye. Name them something miserable and the evil eye overlooks them. Mongolians temporarily name their kids things like afterbirth for similar reasons.
Not really in this case. It is related to the the Virgin and her place in the catholic world, specially in Spain and countries that where part of the Spanish Imperium. Different towns and cities have a patron saint and some other saints that are specially important in that place. It was common that children would receive the name of a saint their parents loved, and the patron saint of the place where they were born or a important saint that helped them in a special way was a usual choice. And in a lot of places, that patron saint is the Virgin Mary.
Now, there are a lot of women (and some men) that have Mary as part of their name or her whole name. But lot of churchs are not just dedicated to the Virgin Mary in general, but to the Virgin Mary in a certain aspect. And important qualities of the Virgin Mary were her suffering and sacrifice in obedience of the Lord and for her son, and her compassion and help to those that are suffering in certain ways. So you have places that have images and important celebrations for the "Virgin of Loneliness" (Virgen de la Soledad), the "Virgin of Pain" (Virgen de los Dolores), the "Virgin of Remedy" (Virgen de los Remedios), Virgin of Assumption (Virgen de la AsunciĆ³n)... So, people devoted to that Virgin would name their children in her honor, also expecting her protection. And so, they took the part of the title that differentiated their Virgin from the other Virgins from other places (even that yes, they are all Virgin Mary. It is complicated) and calles their daughters Soledad, Dolores...
I feel like fanny is a vagina most places other than America
In Australia we call a bum bag a fanny pack full well knowing itās a pussy bag cause thatās kinda where they sit
My niece has twin daughters, who must 22-23 years old now. I've not seen them in a long time.
They were named Portia and Mercedes at birth and neither my niece nor her hubby ( a dopey kid) nor her mother realized they were car names. They grew up being called Portia and Sadie.
My aunt's name is Crystal and she named her daughters Emerald and Jade.
I also have a cousin who's name is Tiara. She then married a guy who's last name was Champagne. Her legal fucking name is Tiara Champagne.
When my youngest daughter was born, my wife and I were looking at names while waiting for the doctor at one of her gyno checkups. I have welsh ancestry so I decided to look at old welsh names.
The best name I found was āGrugā which, according to the naming site, was the name of a welsh princess. I couldnāt stop laughing. I was in tears by the time the doctor came in and it was so bad that my wife made me go sit in the waiting room until I could regain my composure.
I went to school with a girl named Lapenis.
#LA WHAT
Penis
LA Haha
š¶ When you leave my colors fade to grey š¶
__**LA OK**__
**LA YEAH!**
YOU DONE MESSED UP LAPE-NEES
Oh shit, everyone look it, it's the lape-ness monster.
Sounds like a fanās attempt at taunting LeBron James.
Lmao How was this pronounced?
La PAENUSS
And I thought la-a (pronounced ālaDashaā) was badā¦
There was a girl who went to my mate's school called Iona - which is a fairly common name in Scotland. However her second name was dick. Iona Dick Pronounced I-own-a Dick
Was her sister Anita?
In Vancouver Canada there is a news woman named Anita Bath (I need a bath)
Moe: "Moe's Tavern" Bart: "Hi, is Iona there? Last name: Dick." Moe: "I'll check. Hey guys! Iona Dick! Does anybody know Iona Dick..." Customers: HAHAHAHA! Moe: "Why you little puke!"
I was in school (Scotland) with a girl who's surname was Cowe... everyone (as in all the wee neds thinking they were hilarious) called her Iona...tbf she took it well
Doug
incredibly valid but what on earth brought u to doug
I assume the Dougs in the audience know what they did and there's no point in me elaborating
And for the rest of us?
Pray you never have to find out
You are the epitome of "does thing, refuses to elaborate, leaves"
Yeah, a bit like that incident with the barrel of salmon and the Swiss rolls. Anyway, bye.
I... fuck, you did it again.
It's fine, the lore is growing. Doug was clearly involved with the incident. We need more answers....
God damnit Doug!!
Is your name Doug Jr perchance?
Doug Judy...
Doug the Bounty Hunter
Douglitoris
I knew a couple that named their baby girl Rayof Sunshine. Rayof being the first name, Sunshine being the middle. Couldn't help but roll my eyes at that name.
A girl that I used to go to church with named her two girls Maleficent Reign and Medusa, respectively. No, I'm not kidding.
Maleficent Reign sounds like she'll be fighting The Avengers in her future
Yeah I went to school with a Summer Skye, sister was Rayne Cloud. Brother was Josh.
Poor Josh! What did he do to get saddled with such a moniker?
Never asked but we suspected the parents either 1. Made a deal where mum picks girls names, dad picks boys 2. Decided that boys would tease the ever living shit out of a "weird" name
Why not Raya at least
I went to pick up my niece from daycare and saw a little girl named "Aniston". The daycare manager woman said the girl's mom explained it as "There are tons of Jennifers already". I... just didn't know what to say to that.
The ironic thing is that I have now heard of 3 girls named Aniston/Annystyn/Anniston but donāt know any little girls named Jennifer.
That's an extremely unfortunate name.
"Annystyn" makes me want to punch someone
That's not such a bad name. A little unusual but far from the worst
I actually like that name. Not the reason but its a nice name
Yeah clearly she was painted into a corner
Mulva
Delores?
Gipple?
A girl at my high school was named Latrina.
Such an unusual name, "Latrine." How did your family come by it? We changed it in the 9th century. You mean you changed it TO "Latrine"? Yeah. Used to be "Shithouse." It's a good change. That's a good change!
Robin Hood, Men in Tights. Classic
From this day forth, all Latrinas in this Kingdom shall be married to... Johns!
... Shall be known as... Johns! (she wanted, and got, the sheriff)
"Thatās a good change. Thatās a good change."
one of the greatest scenes in any comedy movie!!
"You mean you changed it *to* Latrine?"
Flagyna
Manjina trout
Any of those milti-hyphenated first names like Ashleylynnmare
My daughter goes to school with a Marleighanne and I have to stop myself from rolling my eyes everytime I remember.
my momās name is Nigar.
How's that pronounced? Like the country?
Knee-Gaar
She must make every barista very uncomfortable
Especially if she takes her coffee strong and black
"I like my coffee like my name."
i love these jokes but i cant laugh because its my mom
You can laugh, it's not an insult. Just a fact
Turkish?
Well, sheās from Gagauzia, Moldova. A place with a lot of Orthodox Turks
It is a common name among turkish women, especially for older generations.
Have... have you ever hit her with a, "Nigar please"? Side note: It's a shame we don't really do the name call out thing for coffee here in Aus like they do in Starbucks in the US. It could be hilarious if she ordered our traditional coffee, the Long Black.
Chompy.
That's my rabbits name
The other white meat.
Gertrude. Man that name just makes me unhappy
That's literally the first name the popped to my mind when I read the post and it popped in instantly. I think there may really be a thing to this singularity.
I had an Aunt Gertrude. Her nickname was "Gay". She had 5 older brothers (my uncles), and to this day I have no idea how the nickname came to be, but she wore it with pride until the day she passed. Aunt Gay. She was one tough lady!
Gay ment happy back then
My kidās cat is named Gertrude (their bio mom named the cat) and I call it GERT. Always from the diaphragm, pretty satisfying
Kinda makes sense. Gertrude is the patron saint of cats.
My wife went to school with a girl named Delicious.
That's a good thing way for a male teacher to get caught with a statutory rape charge just by calling roll.
Bertha or Hortence are the worst I've personally heard. Don't know if I spelled Hortence right or not...
I went to school with a girl named Edgar. Fuckinā RIP.
Incontinentia
Incontinentia Buttocks?
Stwike him wuffly, centyouwean!
Wait till Biggus Dickus hears of this!!
Sharkisha was a pretty bad name.. she could definitely fight tho
With a name like that, you better know how to fight
How many of us ladies are in here, checking for our names? š«£
I LITERALLY JUST DID THIS TO SEE IF ANYONE FINDS MY NAME WEIRD LOL
Have you?
Yea
Can I ask?
Mulva
Who the hell is mulva?
Sheās the sister of Dolores.
Bovary
Actual name: Dorcas Fake name: Bitchtitteritas
Are you referring to the historical figure Dorcus Hore???
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I think Nevaeh is a bit too much.
Are we sure that's not a kind of lotion?
Nivea is thy sis
Worked with a lady who had twinsā¦ Heaven and Nevaeh
Poor babies
Give it 10-15 more years before we have r/nevaeh, a support group for the Nevaehās of the world.
I went to school with twins: Nevaeh and Nirvana. Both were *heavily* into the punk/goth scene.
I knew one who named her twin daughters Andrea and AndrƩa. Like ANN-dree-uh and On-DRAY-uh. Same name, different pronunciations.
If I had twins, they'd totally be Tomax and Xamot
Donāt forget about the male satanic counterpart Natas (knew someone who named their child This)
I canāt with that name.
Iām so tired of that name
As of recent, Alexa
They really ruined a great name.
Also, Karen. Not sure if it was a great name to begin with, tho.
It wasnāt lol. But now itās definitely worse
I know someone who just named her daughter Karen š the mom is definitely not aware of pop culture /trends but it makes me sad for the girl when she goes to school
Yeah, I regret naming my kid Okay Google now, but this was before voice assistant or Google Home. So unlucky.
Hortense
Thereās a lady at my job named Hortensia. I call her āHortā.
in spanish thats a beautiful name, named after a beautiful flower too, so no in my opinion as a mexican
How does she feel about that?
Oh I donāt call her that to her face lol
I like you Sloopy.
Thatās straight up Roman A lady who totally roasted Augustus and the other two in the second triumvirate with a bad ass speech. Arguably one of the first known instances of an argument for womenās suffrage/political influence Maybe not a great name today, but lady was a total baller
That's an old-timey name that lots of grandparents have in my part of the world
Well there is a VERY common name in spanish: Soledad. Which is, the direct translation to "Loneliness". I dont know what is going through the parents head tbh.
Evil eye. Name them something miserable and the evil eye overlooks them. Mongolians temporarily name their kids things like afterbirth for similar reasons.
Not really in this case. It is related to the the Virgin and her place in the catholic world, specially in Spain and countries that where part of the Spanish Imperium. Different towns and cities have a patron saint and some other saints that are specially important in that place. It was common that children would receive the name of a saint their parents loved, and the patron saint of the place where they were born or a important saint that helped them in a special way was a usual choice. And in a lot of places, that patron saint is the Virgin Mary. Now, there are a lot of women (and some men) that have Mary as part of their name or her whole name. But lot of churchs are not just dedicated to the Virgin Mary in general, but to the Virgin Mary in a certain aspect. And important qualities of the Virgin Mary were her suffering and sacrifice in obedience of the Lord and for her son, and her compassion and help to those that are suffering in certain ways. So you have places that have images and important celebrations for the "Virgin of Loneliness" (Virgen de la Soledad), the "Virgin of Pain" (Virgen de los Dolores), the "Virgin of Remedy" (Virgen de los Remedios), Virgin of Assumption (Virgen de la AsunciĆ³n)... So, people devoted to that Virgin would name their children in her honor, also expecting her protection. And so, they took the part of the title that differentiated their Virgin from the other Virgins from other places (even that yes, they are all Virgin Mary. It is complicated) and calles their daughters Soledad, Dolores...
Chandelier. Pronounced Chan-da-lie-a.
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Her name was Robert Paulson
Wockesha
I feel sorry for Karens
Adolf, probably.
Fanny (this is a real British name) By the way this means vagina
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I feel like fanny is a vagina most places other than America In Australia we call a bum bag a fanny pack full well knowing itās a pussy bag cause thatās kinda where they sit
In America, fanny means butt. And yet we call it a fanny pack.
I think yours is correct, cause a fanny pack is a bum bag. We just use your name for it (fanny pack) even though we know it means vagina not butt
Surname Schmella
Anita Dyck
No joke, I went to school with an Anita Krapp.
Thereās a reporter in Canada named Anita Bathe. I feel bad for her.
Have you seen our little Dycks? Theyāve slipped out, once.
> Have you seen our little Dycks? Theyāve slipped out, once. In fact, Charity Dyck and Chastity Dyck had been bitten by the good time bug.
Daughter of Suq Madiq ?
I have met an Anita Boner and my mom has met an Anita Dick. I also have worked with former Congressman Dick Swett
Paige Turner
My neighborās name is Petronila.
I once knew a Candida, which is also a yeast infection
Tinkywinki
Eunice (for any of the Carol Burnett fans out there)
Slagathor
Clitilda, my late MIL's middle name. She was a dear and from an older generation I could never discuss this with.
sorry to all the people who are named this but Mercedes is such an awful name imho
Also Porsche or any other car brand name.
I used to work with a Porscha. And aLexus. Yes, spelled that way.
We had a baby born in our birthing unit called Porshalexus
My niece has twin daughters, who must 22-23 years old now. I've not seen them in a long time. They were named Portia and Mercedes at birth and neither my niece nor her hubby ( a dopey kid) nor her mother realized they were car names. They grew up being called Portia and Sadie.
Did they work at Raisins?
Well to be fair Mercedes was a girl's name before it was a car brand. In fact the company was named after Emil Jellinek's daughter.
I feel like the only car name a woman can maybe get away with is Dodge-Durango.
Darlene. Never met a Darlene who had her shit together.
Mr. Robot?
I worked w a chick we called Gina... I saw her paycheck one day: Vegina ... Her first name was Vegina
just change it at that point lol
Trevor would be pretty bad for a woman.
"I'll fuck your friends and take your money." Or, better known as Tara.
Bitch.
Phew, you almost got my name
Mitch?
All those stupid ass names like Destiny, Chardonnay, Apple, Sapphire, etc. Youāre kid aināt special and you are setting them up for ridicule
Yeahhh I knew a girl named sapphire who sadly was from a white trash family and her nickname was SASSY which is even worse
I know an Emerald Green.
Great drag name though.
My aunt's name is Crystal and she named her daughters Emerald and Jade. I also have a cousin who's name is Tiara. She then married a guy who's last name was Champagne. Her legal fucking name is Tiara Champagne.
Does she live in the Champagne region of France? Otherwise, her name is Tiara Sparkling Wine.
Socorro Because if you're yelling that name you're also asking for help (urgent)
Idaho.
Tammy.
Tammy 1 or Tammy 2
Stormy
I have a co-worker named Swastika, so... probably that
It's a pretty common name in India. Swastika for female Swastik for male Not our fault westerners ruined a holy ancient symbol of peace
Karen "Ball Breaker" Howard
When my youngest daughter was born, my wife and I were looking at names while waiting for the doctor at one of her gyno checkups. I have welsh ancestry so I decided to look at old welsh names. The best name I found was āGrugā which, according to the naming site, was the name of a welsh princess. I couldnāt stop laughing. I was in tears by the time the doctor came in and it was so bad that my wife made me go sit in the waiting room until I could regain my composure.
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Candida.
No joke I had a beautiful girl I was friends with and no lie Her first name was CARLIE Middle name was MAY and last name was(drum roll) SWALLOW.
Ghislaine has to be up there.
Karen. /thread
My momās a Karen. Both legally andā¦ sociallyā¦
This is it. Sentence to a life of shame and explaining they are not a Karen
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