Society & Culture Terrible baby names

[Bunk Moreland]

I’ve met sisters called Dior and Chanel.

They’re in their late 20s too, parents clearly way ahead of their bogan time.

 

[SNIPER_]

I know a bloke who has three boys, I shit you not... Tom, Dick and Harry.

 

[blueboy25]

My Wellingham name is

Royle or Gager

 

[Hawks1523]

Wellingham name

Miccey... or Traael... wut?

 

[The_Todd07]

What is your Wellingham name?

Doren here.

Trater
Would only be more bogan if there was a Y after the A

 

[Roobs321]

stumbled across one at work today
Jorja, as in georgia...

Jorja sounds familiar though, it could be an unrelated eastern-european/russian name?

This thread is classic! God, there are some awful names out there.

Recently I transitioned gender, so had to get a name change. However, choosing a name for yourself as an adult is obviously different to choosing baby names. You have prior life experience, and also have passed the stage where cutesy child names work best. It helps that I liked my nicknames, and they were unisex nicks. You really just want something that is practical and works, plus suits your age group. On the other hand, other trans people may have had horrible childhoods, and want nothing to do with their old name. And a 60 something trans person using a very distinctly new name just looks dodgy as all hell.

However adult name changes can be just as guilty, or even worse, than parent offenders. There are some real shockers out there.

I knew a family who had children named Rayne, Cade, Daylan, (no clue) nicknamed Late, and Arie (pronounced R-E). Just aggresively different, screw spelling Didnt help that the surname was long, ethnic and hard to spell too.
I've actually known a Trenton

 

[prankmonkey]

Jorja sounds familiar though, it could be an unrelated eastern-european/russian name?

i looked at it as a spanish name and thought it was Jorge (hor-hay)
completely off the mark...

 

[Roobs321]

i looked at it as a spanish name and thought it was Jorge (hor-hay)
completely off the mark...

You were right. Just looked it up and it's a modern take on Georgia
I think Jorja Fox the CSI actress is what threw me off. Look it up on Behind the Name, in the comments section. Oh so much hate lol.

However, Georgia has that male-name-turned-female look about it, so Jorja will appeal more to some people as a more feminine-looking option.

 

[MrNatural]

Saw some baby name on Facebook feed just before.
Mahlia

What sort of name is that!

 

[Roobs321]

Saw some baby name on Facebook feed just before.
Mahlia

What sort of name is that!

Might be a play on Amalia.

 

[Gough]

A dyslexic Mahalia Jackson fan.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

I’m gonna spoil everyone’s fun... have heard that before about Wellingham and pretty sure it’s a joke. Still funny.

 

[PiePerfection]

What is your Wellingham name?

Doren here.

Robley or Shiert.

 

[THRILLHO]

Recently I transitioned gender, so had to get a name change.

Tell me more.

Normally, I only ever use that image in a sarcastic way, but I'm seriously fascinated by someone who has changed gender.

 

[Roobs321]

Tell me more.

Normally, I only ever use that image in a sarcastic way, but I'm seriously fascinated by someone who has changed gender.

Really it's no biggie. It's made out to be something bigger than it is by non-trans folk, but the myths and misconceptions about it are quite uniformly widespread in society. Just have to have patience, because it takes years, but its entirely worth it, its just a matter of survival and trying to correct the incongruency between the differing sex of the brain and body. You get the odd redneck comment, but it's usually a product of their upbringing.

Some links that could be useful;

http://skepchick.org/2012/01/13-myths-and-misconceptions-about-trans-women-part-one/

http://queereka.com/2012/01/02/13-myths-and-misconceptions-about-trans-women-part-two/

http://transsexual.org/What.html

http://itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2011/11/list-of-cisgender-privileges/

Thats just a basic understanding of how it works, and how it doesnt work. It's okay, occasionally someone has asked me because they themselves have actually been wondering if they were transgender themselves and material like this helped them to decide if they were or not.

 

[quin_stick]

Was Googling the subject and Rob Morrow (whoever the hell that is) named his kid "Tu"

People like this sicken me, making their kid's lives considerably harder just for an attention grab that no one really cares about

 

[DrVanNostrand]

I've played cricket with a guy called Kent.

 

[the fly]

Worst ones I've seen recently are Abcde (pronounced Absidee) and La-a (pronounced Ladasha).

Unsurprisingly, both pretty common in the US.

The mention of La-a made me remember Nadasha.
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/posts/22237655/

 

[Wallaby]

Patrart. Sufficiently bogan.

Or Stewcia, take your pick.

I've got a Patricia to work with, too - not easy. Geof-ricia? (Guaranteed emo in teen years). Patfrey? (pronounced 'Pat Free'.) 'Hey kid, what's your name?' 'Patfrey'. 'Ok, I will! (Thump) Har! Har!'.

 

[zimma]

Some pf these wellingham names sound more fitting for a pokemon than a person.... Personally would be either carry or garrol lol.

 

[Marlowe]

Who in their right mind would call their kid Steele Sidebottom?

Pornography casting directors?

My Wellingham name: Anthina or Edony.

 

[JolyV]

Diarrea

 

[Simple Jack]

Some pf these wellingham names sound more fitting for a pokemon than a person.... Personally would be either carry or garrol lol.

A wild garrol appears...

 

[ClarkeM]

Ginger Spice named her kid Bluebell Madonna

 

[j0rdy1]

My wellingham name.
Chridence

Worst one if heard about his Shithead pronounced Shi-thead. Funniest I've seen was on a TV interview a few years back with a Tom Morrow the parents obviously didn't think that through.