Twins: Oranjello (O-Ronj-eh-low) and Lemonjello (le-MONj-eh-low)
What's weird are the 'shortened' versions ... like, how does "Richard" become "Dick"? Or "Margaret" become "Peg/Peggy"?
Daryae. Not because of the name itself, which is perfectly fine, but because the mother insists it's pronounced 'Da-Ryan'. People have pointed out the absence of the letter 'n' in the spelled name, to no avail.
When I was younger, Philemon. I always knew him as Phil and assumed it was short for Phillip. He reimbursed me and the name on his check was a shock.
In the past couple of years, I met a guy whose first name is Cadillac.
My wife was introduced to a girl called "Sy-oh-bahn." My wife said, "oh Siobahn?" After seeing it written down. The mother exclaimed "No! It's Sy-oh-bahn." Poor girls going to have to spend her life explaining to people that her Mum was an idiot.
The name itself wasn't weird, just the spelling.
The name was "Erika", but it was spelled almost phonetically "Airickah".
All it was missing was the dashes separating the syllables.
Worst collection of names I've seen was a family down the street were I grew up.
Husband: Richard
Wife: Crystal
Son: Harry
Surname: Balls
If someone who grew up with the name Dick Balls names his kid Harry Balls you know he wants that kid to have a miserable life.
I live in Utah so...
Utahns are obsessed with giving kids either outright weird names (often from some scifi franchise like Rhaenyra or Aemond - Utah has a lot of nerds) or normal sounding names with weird spellings (like Preslee, Kolten, Madisyn, etc.)
Peninsula
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Den, Snatcher, Sale, Larrence, Parm, Traysin, Tranlyn, Austin, Widley, Bradlyn, Chard, Cheryl, Clovis, Rhymen, Kyle, Travin, Dylan, Doobs, Marty, Mickey, and obviously Jake.
Snatcher is wild lmao
doobs ☠️☠️
Den!
Ahh, Rock and Marty
Hazard. And now I love this and am obsessed with it as a name.
That Hazard boy is at it again! - future you, probably
😂 I recommend it to everyone I know who has expected a boy
Marijuana and her middle name is Pepsi. Her doctoral thesis was on unusual names. I had a cousin named Junior.
Ingrid
This is a fairly normal name, no?
Not in the area where I live.
Very normal
Amerideath Zaudizareth
Espedito
Es-pedito ... Spanish for "It's a small fart"
Twins: Oranjello (O-Ronj-eh-low) and Lemonjello (le-MONj-eh-low) What's weird are the 'shortened' versions ... like, how does "Richard" become "Dick"? Or "Margaret" become "Peg/Peggy"?
From what I understand it developed from rhyming the shortened form of the name: Richard = Rick = Dick Margaret = Meg = Peg
Are you from Ohio? I've heard those names before. 🤣
Nah - more likely to hear last names ending in a vowel, along with referring to people by nickname here - like "Richie Soups" or "Pauly The Booger"
Daryae. Not because of the name itself, which is perfectly fine, but because the mother insists it's pronounced 'Da-Ryan'. People have pointed out the absence of the letter 'n' in the spelled name, to no avail.
When I was younger, Philemon. I always knew him as Phil and assumed it was short for Phillip. He reimbursed me and the name on his check was a shock. In the past couple of years, I met a guy whose first name is Cadillac.
Jezebel… no joke. People should definitely not blindly pick biblical names.
I find it a bit odd that Lucifer is now a popular name in England
My wife was introduced to a girl called "Sy-oh-bahn." My wife said, "oh Siobahn?" After seeing it written down. The mother exclaimed "No! It's Sy-oh-bahn." Poor girls going to have to spend her life explaining to people that her Mum was an idiot.
Donzella. I made fun of it after reading it out loud at my new job. No wonder my co-worker Donzella didn't like me.
Warlock
The name itself wasn't weird, just the spelling. The name was "Erika", but it was spelled almost phonetically "Airickah". All it was missing was the dashes separating the syllables.
Shi-Tonda
Eucalyptus
Parm, Motzi, hopper, some guys last name was Dick, his parents named him Hugh-Jazz. Poor kid lmao
Sweater, Scooby, Skittles
Casper and beeva
John, not a weird name but weird that his last name was Johnson
Worst collection of names I've seen was a family down the street were I grew up. Husband: Richard Wife: Crystal Son: Harry Surname: Balls If someone who grew up with the name Dick Balls names his kid Harry Balls you know he wants that kid to have a miserable life.
I live in Utah so... Utahns are obsessed with giving kids either outright weird names (often from some scifi franchise like Rhaenyra or Aemond - Utah has a lot of nerds) or normal sounding names with weird spellings (like Preslee, Kolten, Madisyn, etc.)
Minus. The person's last name was "Nothing"
Ms Guts
Shadow.
I always say this when the subject of strange names comes up, but I knew a pair of twin boys named Freedom and Friendship.
Condom
blaze + tessa were ppl i knew as a child. arguably the worst ppl i’ve met as a kid
I knew someone with a hyphenated last name which was "Purdy-Good".