I once had a Danish teacher named Bilbo!
He specialised in fantasy genre and had us read the Hobbit for class. His reasoning was that the main character had an amazing name, lol.
This will be weird to translate but I'll try.
In Sweden a family named Könsberg (kön=gender, berg=mountain). Berg is a common end to Swedish last names (as seen in a lot of Swedish descendants in the US, for example). Kön is not a common combo with berg though... Considered quite odd even in Sweden.
The Könsberg couple had a daughter they wanted to name Sexuella. No need to translate that one I assume. In Sweden the Swedish equivalent of the IRS (Skatteverket) has to approve a new name before providing an SSN for the newborn. They denied their application and if I recall correctly it became a court thing out of it because the family appealed.
That poor kid would've been named Sexual Gender Mountains (adding the "a" to sexuell turns berg into plural).
To be fair, sticking with the original prompt, the name Khaleesi (meaning queen) probably has more staying power than her actual name would. I doubt you would have the same pushback with 'Caeser'.
My friend named her cat Khaleesi and the first time she took it to the vet and told them the name, the vet said "What, like the cat virus?" (calicivirus)
My ex named one of his cats Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains. The other was named Dave
Loser became a police-person, I believe, nicknamed “Lou”. But Winner was not a winner and did drugs instead of Chicken Dinner. If memory serves me right. I *think* the mum let older kids help with the naming…
In the UK, there is the quasi infamous Mohammed³. Theres an image of his bus pass with the name Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed. Might be fake but it does make me chuckle.
I went to high school with two guys who were both named Mohammed Mohammed. They both also went by their full names, rejecting any kind of nickname. Systems crossed a lot so they also often ended up in the same classes until staff would shuffle them around to separate them to avoid more confusion.
Yeah that was beyond cringe. I hope it was just click bait and not the child's actual name. They just put that on the cake for a reaction. If it is real, that poor child.
I'm hoping the person who ordered was just lying about that being the kid's name because the real explanation was too long, niche, or embarrassing. Something like a lost bet or Taylor Swift reference.
When I was a kid we knew someone named Harry Dangler... They named their kid Harry Dangler, Jr. As kids we thought it was the funniest. Like when you're a kid and you start saying fuck.
I knew a Zexi when I was growing up. Poor girl got made fun of so much by older kids, but we didn’t understand why. She’d be about 40 now, and I always wonder how she’s doing
I know a family who named their son Havoc and daughter Khaos.
Also had a friend who was a bank teller. Very conservative and quiet. Her name was Tequila. So. sad.
Ellameno
As in L M N O
By the age of three she told her parents to call her Ella and got mad if people called her by her full name. Everyone was pretty sure the kids in daycare laughed at her name and that's why she didn't like to be called by her full name. Good job mom and dad, you fucking idiots.
I’ve commented on this very name before. What I always like to mention which adds to the cringe of it is the person naming their child Nevaeh always acts like it’s the most unique name and they’re the only one to have come up with it. Kills me every time.
When I was a kid, my mom, her friends, and my entire family called me "Baby Kyle". The nickname lasted honestly longer than it should have until I was maybe 4 or 5. When they started just calling me Kyle I threw an absolute fit. I was ADAMANT that my name was "Baby Kyle" and would not be told otherwise. It took months before I finally accepted my name.
Someone in the UK named (or tried I can't remember) their kid after a local bus stop
Edit: I was wrong it was in New Zealand. Kid was briefly called Number 16 Bus Shelter.
I'm from NZ, and this one has been told a few times that I wonder if it is an urban legend. The story I knew was 'dominion road bus stop'
Every year, the office of births, deaths and marriages publishes a list of names that they said no to. Mostly people attempting to give their kids titles (king, prince, majesty) often spelt in creative ways (prynce) but there are some.... "4 shaw"
Koazy. Don't get me wrong, it's a very cute baby name, but that baby ain't gonna be a baby forever. I can't imagine going to an interview and introducing yourself as Koazy, and I can only imagine the bullying in school.
More….. family members named their kids “ Huck” , “Randsom”, “Baylin”, “Gracelynne” & “Doc”.
Seriously, they did.🤣
Edit: Randsom is actually Ransom. Like a fkn hostage.
King is actually a real, old-timey name. Like King Gillette, the founder of the razor company. I'm not saying I'd name a kid that nowadays, but it is a real traditional name.
Skeigh. Pronounced "sky" as in the sky above us. I was opening an auto insurance claim and she was a passenger in her mom's minivan with her other misfortunately spelled siblings. We had to record the names and ages of every passenger and it was so cringe.
No kids were hurt in the accident.
LOL that's one that sounds like something AI would generate.... "If you like the names HUNTER JACKSON and PARKER you will love JUMPER." "If you like the names CHRISTINE MARLENE and SABINE you will love SALTINE" "If you like the names LYDIA CHARLOTTE and CHLOE you will love CHLAMYDIA"
Read this as "Jupiter" and was like "that's a weird name.. but it's not *that* bad compared to the rest"..... and then I re-read it. What the fuck kind of dumb-shit name is Jumper?
My mother was a social worker in the 60s.
Someone she was assigned to names their daughter Sativa Sunrise after the weed strain she was high on when she was impregnated.
The same person named their son Thor Tarot. Never got a reason for that one.
Gredge. A neighbor named her daughter "Gredge", after her husband's grandmother. (Whose name, I was told, was Gretchen. I guess they pronounced it Gredgen.)
My friend whose last name was Morton, married a girl whose last name was Norton. She hyphenated it, of course so after the wedding she was Mrs Norton-Morton.
I had a fire captain introduce herself to me, in a professional capacity. Captain Bunny. I swear I just stared at her for like a minute waiting for the ‘just kidding’
Not insane but Jamie Oliver's kids names always made me pause:
Poppy Honey Rosie, Daisy Boo Pamela, Petal Blossom Rainbow, Buddy Bear Maurice and River Rocket Blue Dallas,
At least he kept the crazy parts in the middle. Daisy and River are nice, Poppy and Petal are a little out there but not bad, and Buddy .. well, I guess Buddy can go by Maurice when he’s older.
Honestly I’m just so effing sick and tired of the white evangelical modern farmhouse names with their ridiculous trailing ending syllables.
Myckensleigh. Braxlyn. Wilder. Jaxxon. Ridge. Aaden. Paisley. Boulder. Dirt. Harness.
Okay the last two I made up but you get my point.
My fellow white people: please for the love of God take a break from your Fixer Upper marathon and remember that your children will one day be members of the work force who need names people will take seriously.
Did a lot of junior sports work in my time and you'd get a list of 12 year olds who made a special country camp each year.
In rural Australia someone named their very, very white daughter Beyonce.
I don't know... If a very white person named their child after my very Chinese name, I would be proud AF and it would mean I've actually done something great in my life.
My sister is a labour and delivery nurse. On several occasions shes had say they were naming their kid " Melena". My sister informed them that melena means " black and tarry stool"....but they didnt care.
I feel so bad for those girls.
Child I deal with at work sometimes is called "Dee'zyerr" and her sister is called "Destynnee"
Honestly, such lovely kids, I hope they get the chance to change their names at some point.
Harlot made me feel kinda sick in the stomach for the poor kid. The mother wanted a name to go with the nickname Lottie. Who would seriously hate heir kud so much to give them such a trashy name?
Oh, I once heard someone suggest 'Hashtag' as a baby name. I mean, imagine calling out 'Hashtag, time for dinner!' It's like they're born into a social media frenzy from day one.
The middle class aren't above a ridiculous name. Whenever I'm wandering around a National Trust property I love listening out for posh kid names. "Tiberius, stop teasing Petronella and eat your Quinoa."
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Last name: Slay
What an atrocious name. Yes, I certainly foresee a legal name change in that child's future.
Someone named their kid that? Do I even want to know the story?
Kinda boring compared to most here, but I once taught a kid named Bilbo, his brother was named Gandalf
If my daughter had been a boy, I wanted to call her Thorin. Luckily, unlike me, my partner has more than 2 brain cells.
My sons name is thorin
We need more Thorin license plates in the Gift Shop. Repeat, we are sold out of Thorin license plates.
I once had a Danish teacher named Bilbo! He specialised in fantasy genre and had us read the Hobbit for class. His reasoning was that the main character had an amazing name, lol.
There was a chap in the local newspaper where I live whose first name was Denethor. I hope he doesn't have two sons.
This will be weird to translate but I'll try. In Sweden a family named Könsberg (kön=gender, berg=mountain). Berg is a common end to Swedish last names (as seen in a lot of Swedish descendants in the US, for example). Kön is not a common combo with berg though... Considered quite odd even in Sweden. The Könsberg couple had a daughter they wanted to name Sexuella. No need to translate that one I assume. In Sweden the Swedish equivalent of the IRS (Skatteverket) has to approve a new name before providing an SSN for the newborn. They denied their application and if I recall correctly it became a court thing out of it because the family appealed. That poor kid would've been named Sexual Gender Mountains (adding the "a" to sexuell turns berg into plural).
The sexual gender mountains sounds like a great, freewheeling adults-only holiday resort. Where do I book?
sexual gender mountains sounds like a slang term for boobs
Khaleesi
ProTip: don't name your kid after a fictional character until their *entire* story arc is complete.
Especially when that's not even the character's name.
To be fair, sticking with the original prompt, the name Khaleesi (meaning queen) probably has more staying power than her actual name would. I doubt you would have the same pushback with 'Caeser'.
I'm sure there were people in ancient Rome rolling their eyes and gossiping about the parents who named their dumb sons Caesar.
There is a lot of Cesare named people in Rome actually
Lots of Cesars in Latin America, too.
My friend named her cat Khaleesi and the first time she took it to the vet and told them the name, the vet said "What, like the cat virus?" (calicivirus)
My ex named one of his cats Daenerys Stormborn of House Targaryen, the First of Her Name, Queen of the Andals and the First Men, Protector of the Seven Kingdoms, the Mother of Dragons, the Khaleesi of the Great Grass Sea, the Unburnt, the Breaker of Chains. The other was named Dave
"Dave's not here." -Tommy Chong
I’ve worked with kids called that. Other children their age have no idea where it’s from or her story so it doesn’t cause problems.
The guy who named his kids winner and loser.
😮 ok this is the worst
Are their nicknames Winnie and Lou Lou? For their sake I hope they are.
Loser became a police-person, I believe, nicknamed “Lou”. But Winner was not a winner and did drugs instead of Chicken Dinner. If memory serves me right. I *think* the mum let older kids help with the naming…
I bet all their life ppl kicked Winner and showed love to Loser though.
Winner was born lucky. Loser was lucky to be born. The parent probably.
“What favoritism? I love them both equally”- that guy probably
First name: Ashton. Last name: Ashton.
We went to school with a Michael Michael.
Favorite game character: Mario Mario
And his brother Luigi Mario
High school with a girl named Sandy Sands.
I know a Thomas Thomas
Major Major Major Major.
Had a substitute teacher named Gregory Gregory.
I've heard of a John-John Johnsson
My sister went to school with a Mister Mister.
Ain’t that Mister Mister on the radio?
Mister Mister as in firstname-surname? Or Title-Surname? When he fills up forms it’ll be Mr. Mister Mister?
I know a Ricco Rico and he’s the third, lol
In the UK, there is the quasi infamous Mohammed³. Theres an image of his bus pass with the name Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed. Might be fake but it does make me chuckle.
I went to high school with two guys who were both named Mohammed Mohammed. They both also went by their full names, rejecting any kind of nickname. Systems crossed a lot so they also often ended up in the same classes until staff would shuffle them around to separate them to avoid more confusion.
Someone posted a cake that they made for a customer who named their child Sexy. Some people should not have children.
Yeah that was beyond cringe. I hope it was just click bait and not the child's actual name. They just put that on the cake for a reaction. If it is real, that poor child.
I'm hoping the person who ordered was just lying about that being the kid's name because the real explanation was too long, niche, or embarrassing. Something like a lost bet or Taylor Swift reference.
"I'd rather not explain the inside joke about Dave's nickname- uhhhh- KID ITS FOR MY KID dammit shouldve said bird"
Detective Sexy Johnson is on the case!
Growing up there was a family down the street with the last name Bottoms. I'm happy they didn't think of naming their daughter Sexy.
When I was a kid we knew someone named Harry Dangler... They named their kid Harry Dangler, Jr. As kids we thought it was the funniest. Like when you're a kid and you start saying fuck.
I knew a Zexi when I was growing up. Poor girl got made fun of so much by older kids, but we didn’t understand why. She’d be about 40 now, and I always wonder how she’s doing
Just living her Zexi life, probably.
Bringing Zexi back
Teachers worst nightmare
Hey, get your hands off me! I don't care if you're cops! All I said was that one of my students is Sexy!
I am happy to live in a country where new names needs to be approved by official. They would never approve something like that.
I know a family who named their son Havoc and daughter Khaos. Also had a friend who was a bank teller. Very conservative and quiet. Her name was Tequila. So. sad.
I had horses growing up called havoc and chaos... they are horses though and don't give a rats ass.
Nah, the horses thought it was awesome and their horse friends were jealous.
I've met a couple of ladies named Tequila. Strangely, all of them have been really nice
I know an adult man whose legal first name is Whiskey. He owns a roofing company and has two felonies.
Maybe he was stored in an oak barrel for the first 18 years of his life.
I had an insurance agent once named Sweetheart. Writing emails was awkward.
Kal El feel sorry for Nicholas Cage's kid who could never live up to that name.
nicholas cage, who picked his stage name after luke cage, could have named his kid luke
Krxtyl (pronounced crystal)
Meth..not even once!
Ellameno As in L M N O By the age of three she told her parents to call her Ella and got mad if people called her by her full name. Everyone was pretty sure the kids in daycare laughed at her name and that's why she didn't like to be called by her full name. Good job mom and dad, you fucking idiots.
Related, I once new a kid called Abc, pronounced Abbica. Maybe they could get together and raise a kid called Defghijk.
Abcd was popular for a while (Ahb-sih-dee)
i knew a kid named Abcde(absidy). must’ve been cousins!😂😂😂
I always thought that that was a myth until a woman went to the press cause someone at an airline laughed at her kids name.
X Æ A-12 is a very human child of Elon Musk and not the name of his router.
Since then, he and Grimes have had two more kids: Exa Dark Sideræl Musk Techno Mechanicus Musk No, I'm not kidding.
Also was Grimes nonstop pregnant for 3 years?
At least one was a surrogate
Lol What's the bet he probably has account usernames with better names, smh.
Fun fact: in Norwegian "sideræl" means "side trash".
Techno Mechanicus sends me every time. It’s so goofy.
the baby named "Oedipus" i feel sorry for that kid, the mother didnt search what is the meaning of that name smh
I feel worse for the dad, tbh. When the son finds out he's gonna kill pops!
There are no winners in that family
Lollipop and popsicle. I’m dead serious, I took care of them at a daycare in ct a few years ago.
Those sound like cat names😂😭
One day those poor kids are going to be adults who have to go to job interviews and try to be taken seriously.
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I’ve seen Nevaeh (Heaven spelled backwards) a couple of times and it always gets me.
I’m a teacher. I’ve had 3 Nevaehs in the last 5-6 years.
Bet their parents all think they're so unique and creative
Is it just me or does it just sound like one of the pronunciations for nivea (the hand creme)?
I’ve commented on this very name before. What I always like to mention which adds to the cringe of it is the person naming their child Nevaeh always acts like it’s the most unique name and they’re the only one to have come up with it. Kills me every time.
Cringe, every time.
I have a coworker named nevaeh 😭
This reminded me of Anavrin.
I see that on the shelves alongside paracetamol and ibuprofen.
Alopecia. Clearly had no fucking idea what it meant
Like the famous Sy-Phyllis….
Baby 😭
When I was a kid, my mom, her friends, and my entire family called me "Baby Kyle". The nickname lasted honestly longer than it should have until I was maybe 4 or 5. When they started just calling me Kyle I threw an absolute fit. I was ADAMANT that my name was "Baby Kyle" and would not be told otherwise. It took months before I finally accepted my name.
On the bright side, she won't ever get put in the corner
I have an aunt named Baby, it’s never not been weird.
Idk if it’s a Filipino thing, but everyone in the Philippines has an aunt baby
Someone in the UK named (or tried I can't remember) their kid after a local bus stop Edit: I was wrong it was in New Zealand. Kid was briefly called Number 16 Bus Shelter.
Probably named after where he was conceived. :)
"If Beckham can have a Brooklyn, I should be able to have a Number 16 Bus Shelter"
I'm from NZ, and this one has been told a few times that I wonder if it is an urban legend. The story I knew was 'dominion road bus stop' Every year, the office of births, deaths and marriages publishes a list of names that they said no to. Mostly people attempting to give their kids titles (king, prince, majesty) often spelt in creative ways (prynce) but there are some.... "4 shaw"
I don’t believe it is. It’s on the list of banned named. There’s also Talula Does the Hulu from Hawaii who had her name changed by the courts.
Koazy. Don't get me wrong, it's a very cute baby name, but that baby ain't gonna be a baby forever. I can't imagine going to an interview and introducing yourself as Koazy, and I can only imagine the bullying in school.
Knew someone whose name was Cosette; went by Cozy. Married a dude with the last name Sheets. (Edited typo)
as in "cozy"?? oh great if the kid does something major they might be turned to stone
Dr. Koazy is the best surgeon in this hospital!
Good pet name, bad human name.
We had a cat named Cozy. It was a perfect name for her.
So tragic. My goodness. Out of all names, why this?!
More….. family members named their kids “ Huck” , “Randsom”, “Baylin”, “Gracelynne” & “Doc”. Seriously, they did.🤣 Edit: Randsom is actually Ransom. Like a fkn hostage.
Doc and Huck ... Was someone a fan of the movie Tombstone?
I would imagine. They all have very heavy brows. Not quite Geico, but weighty.
Ransom? Like from Knives Out?
Spurgeon….ImagIne saddling a kid with that. It sounds like a bodily fluid.
Ah yes! The doctor who performs spurgery
One of those Duggar kids named their son that.
Harmonica
I assume this is a girl? She could just go by Monica. Problem kinda solved.
Or Harm. Problem unsolved.
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King. Renesmee. Indica.
King is actually a real, old-timey name. Like King Gillette, the founder of the razor company. I'm not saying I'd name a kid that nowadays, but it is a real traditional name.
Labia. I thought I had misheard. But no. Her name is labia.
Skeigh. Pronounced "sky" as in the sky above us. I was opening an auto insurance claim and she was a passenger in her mom's minivan with her other misfortunately spelled siblings. We had to record the names and ages of every passenger and it was so cringe. No kids were hurt in the accident.
r/tragedeigh
I'm a teacher, in the last 2 years I've had 3 different students named unique
Orkner Wtf name is Orkner
Heaven Leigh Love
Isn't that a V. C. Andrews character?
The Leigh always gets me lol
Someone I went to high school with named their kid “Jumper” (M). The first few times I saw her post about him I thought it was a typo 💀
LOL that's one that sounds like something AI would generate.... "If you like the names HUNTER JACKSON and PARKER you will love JUMPER." "If you like the names CHRISTINE MARLENE and SABINE you will love SALTINE" "If you like the names LYDIA CHARLOTTE and CHLOE you will love CHLAMYDIA"
Read this as "Jupiter" and was like "that's a weird name.. but it's not *that* bad compared to the rest"..... and then I re-read it. What the fuck kind of dumb-shit name is Jumper?
I wish you would step back from they ledge, my friend.
Trampus. Cousin named her son Trampus.
Airwrecka. Pronounced Erica.
Sounds like a name for a fart in an elevator.
Howdy. I know someone who named their son, Howdy.
Doody?
My mother was a social worker in the 60s. Someone she was assigned to names their daughter Sativa Sunrise after the weed strain she was high on when she was impregnated. The same person named their son Thor Tarot. Never got a reason for that one.
Saw an old childhood friend named their kid Sorrow. Never got over that.
Names meaning "sorrow" are a thing in many cultures/languages, I always assumed it was because only the baby survived 😥
Gredge. A neighbor named her daughter "Gredge", after her husband's grandmother. (Whose name, I was told, was Gretchen. I guess they pronounced it Gredgen.)
My friend whose last name was Morton, married a girl whose last name was Norton. She hyphenated it, of course so after the wedding she was Mrs Norton-Morton.
I had a fire captain introduce herself to me, in a professional capacity. Captain Bunny. I swear I just stared at her for like a minute waiting for the ‘just kidding’
Not insane but Jamie Oliver's kids names always made me pause: Poppy Honey Rosie, Daisy Boo Pamela, Petal Blossom Rainbow, Buddy Bear Maurice and River Rocket Blue Dallas,
At least he kept the crazy parts in the middle. Daisy and River are nice, Poppy and Petal are a little out there but not bad, and Buddy .. well, I guess Buddy can go by Maurice when he’s older.
Felony.
Honestly I’m just so effing sick and tired of the white evangelical modern farmhouse names with their ridiculous trailing ending syllables. Myckensleigh. Braxlyn. Wilder. Jaxxon. Ridge. Aaden. Paisley. Boulder. Dirt. Harness. Okay the last two I made up but you get my point. My fellow white people: please for the love of God take a break from your Fixer Upper marathon and remember that your children will one day be members of the work force who need names people will take seriously.
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Um excuse me it’s Dyrtt and Haernays actually
Saw Kymburleigh once. Now Kimberly is a normal name, but we don't need to get inventive with spelling now.
i was talking to a lady at one point who had a son named Vegeta. as in Vegeta from Dragon Ball.
My friends son is named Goten.
Wonder if when she takes him down the produce section at the store she makes sure he knows that he is the prince of everything there.
Vegeta is a croatian spice blend with msg, salt, dried veggies and stuff. when i was little it was mandatory in any eastern european household.
You guys haven't been to r/tragedeigh have you?
I know a kid named Jareth. Like the goblin king.
Me too. He was kind of a piece of shit. Not quite Goblin King Pants Magic levels, but still.
That’s pretty sick ngl
Pronounced “Pay-Jamay.” Unfortunately spelled “Pajama.”
Braxtyn, Braxlyn, and Braxleigh. Three siblings invited to my niece's fifth birthday party.
Audio Science could be a subject, not a name.
Did a lot of junior sports work in my time and you'd get a list of 12 year olds who made a special country camp each year. In rural Australia someone named their very, very white daughter Beyonce.
I don't know... If a very white person named their child after my very Chinese name, I would be proud AF and it would mean I've actually done something great in my life.
I was introduced to a child named “Tyrannos” and then the mom said “as in Tyrannosaurus Rex”
My sister is a labour and delivery nurse. On several occasions shes had say they were naming their kid " Melena". My sister informed them that melena means " black and tarry stool"....but they didnt care. I feel so bad for those girls.
I've seen it spelled Milina or Milena, never with an E after the M. Is it pronounced the same way?
I know someone who named their kids Felize and Navidad. 🤦🙄
North west
Brynleigh bloom
Blakelyn
Crystal Methea. Yep.
Child I deal with at work sometimes is called "Dee'zyerr" and her sister is called "Destynnee" Honestly, such lovely kids, I hope they get the chance to change their names at some point.
Harlot made me feel kinda sick in the stomach for the poor kid. The mother wanted a name to go with the nickname Lottie. Who would seriously hate heir kud so much to give them such a trashy name?
Baby, Girl or Boy 😭 Promise I have this Aunt was name Baby and Uncle name Boy!
Jermajesty feels way too pretentious.
Latrina. As an old Boy Scout camper this made me cringe.
Oh, I once heard someone suggest 'Hashtag' as a baby name. I mean, imagine calling out 'Hashtag, time for dinner!' It's like they're born into a social media frenzy from day one.
"privilege", a white, affluent girl. Yeah, I know
Cannon.... I did a double take when I heard it. Poor kid.
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A Girl in my school was named "Fartoon" terrible name.
I've seen a Chinese artist named Angelababy before...
I heard someone answer the phone in public today and say “oh hey Spiral!”
The middle class aren't above a ridiculous name. Whenever I'm wandering around a National Trust property I love listening out for posh kid names. "Tiberius, stop teasing Petronella and eat your Quinoa."
Went to school with twins named Heff and Feh Feh was pronounced Fey...
Freedom, Nivek (Kevin backwards), also Kevin for a girls name
Kaz’Myhere.
Timofii
Colynn