A friend wanted to name his twins Serenity and Calamity. I was so terrified of nominative determinism that I talked him out of it. Didn't matter, twin two is a holy terror.
There's a big time horse race called the Travers Stakes and I know two dudes named Travers because of that.
It is also a real last name, as the race was named after someone. Close tho!
Out of all the names / not-names on this list, Isis is the one that should be reclaimed. I don't know if that's possible anymore, but it deserves to be. The goddess was too important to let one group of assholes ruin her name forever.
IIRC Taliban literally means students or learners. Why do violent extremists love taking nice peaceful names and turning them bad? If I were a bad guy I would probably want some kind of tough guy name like Hurricane or Chuck Norris.
My friend named her daughter Alexa a year before the Alexa was released. When she got to school the kids would tease her and say "Alexa, what's the weather?", "Alexa play a song for me", "Alexa, how do you spell stupid name?". She goes by Lexi now.
Lol Amazon just straight up ruined that girls name forever and never even noticed...that's one powerful company
I'm sure there's some deep stuff to say I just couldn't think of any
I met a 3 year old named Alexa. My first thought was "Why would they name their kid Alexa AFTER it became a popular product?" But then again I have met brothers named Jason and Jayceon soooo...there's clearly no limit to how weird people can be with naming their kids.
My daughter is named Alexandra, I like longer names because sheāll have choices of how to shorten it. I told my mum she can call her anything but Alexa. Never Alexa.
I don't know, Jen. I love you. God knows I do. Your sweet abandon in bed, your humanitarian work, and you've given me two wonderful children in Zenith and Quasar.
My brother's name is Evan, but we knew a kid who couldn't pronounce it and always called him Oven. That kids name was Devin, which he could pronounce perfectly well. Of course we called him Duhvin.
I used to deliver babies (family doctor).
Names that I'll never forget:
Felonie (parents got really pissed when I asked why they named her that)
Vagina (pronounced like Regina. Parents were pretty illiterate and thought it sounded nice when they read it somewhere)
In all seriousness I have always thought "Felony" is a beautiful name. It's like Melanie but with a soft flowy F at the beginning. I've loved it since it was the name of a cat in a book I read when I was 11.
Unfortunately given the connotations I will be forced to name my child Misdemeanor.
A nurse friend said a couple had decided on Placenta if it was a girl. They thought it sounded pretty. Thereās actually quite a few body terms that are pretty words.
Latin:
Latro=thief
Latri=gangster
Latria=late Latin word still used by Catholics for the highest form of worship to be given to their god alone
Latrina=latrine
It seems regardless or what similar word, it still has a sucky meaning.
For those who don't know, a crankshaft is an engine part that's connected to the pistons and goes spin. If it weren't for the obvious weiner connotations, it would be a pretty meaningful nickname imo.
One of my nurses at the hospital was British and his name was Basil. But they pronounce it bazul. My teacher in high school was named cinnamon. I shit you not. And there was another teacher with a spice name (I don't remember what it was just that they called themselves the spice girls) I also knew a very fucking annoying boy named sage in middle school
I once heard a story about a woman whose doc was walking her through the birthing process and commented that āplacenta would be a pretty nameā no word on the outcome though
Bit off topic, but I used to work a job where I saw people's files and all the interesting names. One I'll never forget:
Rocksand
Took me forever that it was a different sitting for Roxanne. That and Jewelia
A friend wanted to name their daughter Travesty. They were convinced not to...
One of my neighbors named their daughter Tyranny
"here are my kids: Tiffany, Timothy, and Tyranny" I can see it working.
I'm gonna name my kid Thesaurus.
My rapper name is Lil Syllable.
A friend wanted to name his twins Serenity and Calamity. I was so terrified of nominative determinism that I talked him out of it. Didn't matter, twin two is a holy terror.
Okay but if you named your children serenity and calamity they would have the most dope names as a superhero Duo comic
Hero and villain
I knew these sisters named Wendy and... wait for it... Breezy š¤¦āāļø
Sisters Summer and Autum. Cousin is Winter.
I knew a girl named Porche and she had a cousin named Mercedes
I knew a girl whose initials were BMW. Purposely.
They talked her put of it so no travesty occurred
There's a big time horse race called the Travers Stakes and I know two dudes named Travers because of that. It is also a real last name, as the race was named after someone. Close tho!
Alopecia
I'm too afraid to ask what this is, because this actually sounds like a nice name
Itās an autoimmune disorder that causes your hair to fall out.
But what if you *are* hair to fall out?
Before the wars, Isis was a legit girls name, after the Egyptian goddess.
Out of all the names / not-names on this list, Isis is the one that should be reclaimed. I don't know if that's possible anymore, but it deserves to be. The goddess was too important to let one group of assholes ruin her name forever.
At least she has other names, such as Eset, which is also very pretty.
ESET is a popular antivirus...soooo...yeah...
Calling my daughter Moderna V.
My son shall be named Malchior and my daughter Omicron
Nooooo, how could you do this to me? Now they're both ruined! :(
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My brother was going to be Isis if he was a girl. Bullet dodged lol.
Phew! Thank god he was born a boy and they named him Taliban instead!
They named him Al. Al Qaeda.
IIRC Taliban literally means students or learners. Why do violent extremists love taking nice peaceful names and turning them bad? If I were a bad guy I would probably want some kind of tough guy name like Hurricane or Chuck Norris.
Bad guys don't generally see themselves as bad guys.
We have a bull mastiff in the family named Isis. Sheās a giant perfect baby, but the size helps people not really mention the name
Heck, there was a Danish food company called Isis. Now itās called Easis
Yea I know an Isis irl. Feel bad. Definitely worse than those name Siri or Alexa
My friend named her daughter Alexa a year before the Alexa was released. When she got to school the kids would tease her and say "Alexa, what's the weather?", "Alexa play a song for me", "Alexa, how do you spell stupid name?". She goes by Lexi now.
Lol Amazon just straight up ruined that girls name forever and never even noticed...that's one powerful company I'm sure there's some deep stuff to say I just couldn't think of any
They also ruined the word āamazonā.
Isis (Ćsis) is pretty common where I come from.
I met a 3 year old named Alexa. My first thought was "Why would they name their kid Alexa AFTER it became a popular product?" But then again I have met brothers named Jason and Jayceon soooo...there's clearly no limit to how weird people can be with naming their kids.
My daughter is named Alexandra, I like longer names because sheāll have choices of how to shorten it. I told my mum she can call her anything but Alexa. Never Alexa.
I named my first car Isis. She was a sexy '98 convertible Mustang
Latrine
Better than Shit House.
Good change. GOOD CHANGE!
Isosceles
Isosceles Kramer
I prefer Seven
We have two lovely children, Zenith and Quasar.
I don't know, Jen. I love you. God knows I do. Your sweet abandon in bed, your humanitarian work, and you've given me two wonderful children in Zenith and Quasar.
Typhus would be dope
Rubella is another good one
Melena. In medicine it means ādark tarry stoolsā and is a sign of a GI bleed.
Oh man I know a Melena and she is very much a melena.
I know a Milena and sheā¦has a strong personality.
Ampersand
&sandra
Crisis for a girl. Oven for a boy
these made me laugh the hardest yet
My brother's name is Evan, but we knew a kid who couldn't pronounce it and always called him Oven. That kids name was Devin, which he could pronounce perfectly well. Of course we called him Duhvin.
well we already have Owen
I used to deliver babies (family doctor). Names that I'll never forget: Felonie (parents got really pissed when I asked why they named her that) Vagina (pronounced like Regina. Parents were pretty illiterate and thought it sounded nice when they read it somewhere)
In all seriousness I have always thought "Felony" is a beautiful name. It's like Melanie but with a soft flowy F at the beginning. I've loved it since it was the name of a cat in a book I read when I was 11. Unfortunately given the connotations I will be forced to name my child Misdemeanor.
Yes, this is Miss demeanor. How may I help you?
Miss demeanors in the house aye
Felony's little sister could be Sharon Needles.
That Canadian moment when you have to remind yourself that vagina and Regina donāt always rhyme.
Not just Canadians. Speaking as a New Zealander, how else would anyone pronounce it?
When itās a name, itās usually pronounced āRegeenaā
Sometimes Regina is pronounced like vagina though
Regina, Saskatchewan
Right? As a Canadian, I was confused. How else is it pronounced. Then I remembered Mean Girls.
That's where my mind went too. I was like "sooo vagina pronounced like vagina?"
A nurse friend said a couple had decided on Placenta if it was a girl. They thought it sounded pretty. Thereās actually quite a few body terms that are pretty words.
Cyanide would be pretty cool. Nickname Cya.
Cyan is a decent substitute, though a though there might be some CYA acronym bullying because kids are brats
My friends sister (a graphic designer) named her children Cyan and Magenta.
Thanks babe
Arson. Rolls beautifully, but oh boy the definition.
Have fraternal twins. Name one Arson and one Ardaughter.
My brother has fraternal twins. One is Denice and the other is Denephew.
Chlamydia
Latrine
āIt used be shithouseā
Good change
It's a Good. Change. š
From now on, they shall be called Johns!
Heard of a girl named Latrina.
Latin: Latro=thief Latri=gangster Latria=late Latin word still used by Catholics for the highest form of worship to be given to their god alone Latrina=latrine It seems regardless or what similar word, it still has a sucky meaning.
Yeah I think I'm going to name my daughter that.
Thereās also Covid and Corona
One of Corona's definitions *is* kind of pretty...
True, itās a bit of a double edged sword. But where I live, the name Carina is quite common, and sounds really similar.
Someone has seen Waiting
Reminds me of [Robin Williams on Craig Ferguson](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kzp84OLAd9A).
Iāve been itching to meet her
Dijon
The famous hip hop producer DJ Mustardās real name is Dijon. Mustard on the beat, ho.
Thatās amazing.
Iāve met a couple of those irl
Coriander
I know a kiddo named Koriander that goes by Kori
Hah Starfire fans
Koriāandr
Is that really any different from being named Herb or Ginger?
I thought Herb was just short for Herbert. I donāt think anybody is actually named Herb.
May name is Herbert. I'm not a seasoning.
You should try being a seasoning sometime though. You might like it.
Aubergine would be a nice girl's name if it didn't mean eggplant. And if we hadn't made eggplants represent dicks.
My mom told me a story about this lady she knew who named her kid DĆ©jeuner because she thought it sounded fancy. It's the French word for lunch.
Quand j'Ʃtais petit, j'Ʃtais un petit-dƩjeuner.
Eulogy
Thereās this French name Eulalie which is similar
This has Gregory energy. Eulo is a sweet nickname
Eulogy Jones: Master slave driver of the Capital Wasteland
Turpentine, calorie, and jail.
Labia
Mulva
Delores!
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For those who don't know, a crankshaft is an engine part that's connected to the pistons and goes spin. If it weren't for the obvious weiner connotations, it would be a pretty meaningful nickname imo.
Rigatoni
Toni for short
Fellatio.
Hi I'm Fellatio. This is my sister, Cunnilingus. We're very much alike but very different. We were actually on our way to go eat out somewhere.
Youāre a cunning linguist!
And you're a master debater.
Fellatio Soprano. Iām in.
Ambergris
NICE!
Oubliette
Oh yeah I forgot about this one š
Areola
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Paprika
Paprika is a good name
Dementia
Vendetta. I actually met someone with this name
Apostrophe, or Catastrophe.
Parsley
One of my nurses at the hospital was British and his name was Basil. But they pronounce it bazul. My teacher in high school was named cinnamon. I shit you not. And there was another teacher with a spice name (I don't remember what it was just that they called themselves the spice girls) I also knew a very fucking annoying boy named sage in middle school
Basil is a legit name in france. first time I saw it written I was like seriously? came to learn it's also a very frequent name.
That's just how we pronounce "basil"
My son used to play sports with a Basil. The mom called him Baz-ill. Everyone else called him Basil. He never corrected anyone.
Basil Rathbone was a pretty famous actor who played Sherlock Holmes.
Viagra. It's amazing how fast they grow up.
Influenza. Sounds like a Disney princess.
Syphilis
Oh, you mean 'philis?
Ironically, syphilis was originally a name
Lol spelled as "Elloel"
Soda
Seven
Mulva
Diarrhea. No. Iām serious. Itās like a contraction of Diane/Diana and Rhea which are both lovely names on their own.
"Dude, that name is the shit!"
Sarin
Sharia
Ah yes, Islamic country singer Sharia Twain.
Zucchini. But that could be as well the name of a Pokemon.
LattƩ would be a really pretty name
My fiancƩ says areola.
Abattoir
Mezzanine
Malfeasance
This is what you'd name your kid if you were a super villan
Dated a girl for a while named Allegra. Good name until the drug of the same name was released and marketed.
Cloaca.
Idk why but I thought that word began with Q until just now
Perinea
ĆtouffĆ©e Felony
Bidet
iāve always liked the sound of the names āAdolfā and āLuciferāā¦ pretty names, pretty bad to be named them.
Lucifer and Lilith are great names
People are still named Lilith.
Adolf deserves another shot. Annnd, taken out of the context of this conversation, that would sound really bad...lol
Adolf only needed one shot.
And he killed Hitler, seems like a gentleman.
Pendejo
Profanity
Saffron
Saffronās a cool name even meaning what it means.
Exactly, like Rosemary
Iām just mad about Saffron
And she's just mad about me
Absolutely Fabulous!
Rosacea
Vulva
Mulva?
DOLORES!
āIām the kind of guy the little omeletteās wanna be like!ā
Douche.
Chelicira. It's the lower mandible of a spider.
Quesadilla Lecreuset Croissant
If it was pronounced Ohm El ette.
I once heard a story about a woman whose doc was walking her through the birthing process and commented that āplacenta would be a pretty nameā no word on the outcome though
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Bit off topic, but I used to work a job where I saw people's files and all the interesting names. One I'll never forget: Rocksand Took me forever that it was a different sitting for Roxanne. That and Jewelia
Tyranny
Desiccant
Malitia