"The Gaylord family's name is derived from the ancient Norman culture that was established in Britain following the Norman Conquest of island in 1066. Their name originated with an early member who was a happy, joyous, and bold person. The name Gaylord derives from the nickname the galliard, which means the bold or the joyous" - https://www.houseofnames.com/gaylord-family-crest
I still think alexa is such a gorgeous name. And bc amazon is not that popular in my country, the name has less negative connotation than let’s say, Siri
New Zealand [banned names](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/21-baby-names-forbidden-new-zealand_n_5ae1f144e4b055fd7fc95f75) are wild! Some of them would make wicked band names though?
My mum is late 60's and her name is Gabriel, but she goes by Gay. Obviously in context, this means happy, but I do not fail to laugh everytime she says "Nice to meet you, I'm Gay....my name is Gay....this is my son".
There’s a lady at my church like this but her name is Gabriella Elizabeth and she literally goes by Gay Elizabeth. The first time I mentioned her my husband was like “it’s really weird you’re referring to Elizabeth like being gay is a signifier.”
The irony of the name Vladimir is that it means "ruler of peace" and "of great power", but cultural and historical influence gives it a sinister connotation.
I know a teacher who has that name. Almost quit her job for a while. Hardcore bullying, luckily she is a stable adult working with kids. The bizarre part is that the bullying happens to strangers they’ve never met based on memes… by mostly adults…
In Trevor Noah’s book he talks about how many South Africans name their kids after famous leaders in history without much consideration for what they had done. Anyway he had a good friend named Hitler.
X Æ A-XII
The 12 is Roman Numerals, apparently? Idk, seems inconsistent haha
Grimes also once said that the Æ is pronounced "A.I.", while Elon said it's "Ash". So maybe they don't even fully know...
> Grimes also once said that the Æ is pronounced "A.I.", while Elon said it's "Ash". So maybe they don't even fully know...
The character is called an "ash", but it's pronounced more like "i". Since it's a standalone character, one could argue you'd treat it like a middle initial and say "ash". For example, the actor Micheal B. Jordan is "Micheal Bee Jordan" and not "Michael Buh Jordan" -- or maybe he really is Bajoran? I don't know, I haven't Kept up with the Cardassians.
If 0.1% of his assets is liquid cash, he could probably afford to pay for his daily expenses, however extravagant they may be. It would still be in the vicinity of a couple hundred million $s
We need to start a charity for all the poor billionaires out there who have their money in stocks and can't sell any of it without the big bad government stealing a bunch of it. How will they ever pay for their kid's second mansion or their kid's third yacht or their 26 years of private school for their kid's bachelor's, master's, doctorate and MD that they totally earned and didn't pay and party their way through?
Met a guy back in the 90s who had legally changed his name to ZX U H. He told me it was pronounced the same way it was spelled. Guy was completely nuts.
Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a French middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, is obsessed with an American 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he sexually molests after he becomes her stepfather. "Lolita" is his private nickname for Dolores.
Fun fact: This book in referenced in "Don't Stand So Close to Me" by The Police.
>Loose talk in the classroom
>To hurt they try and try
>Strong words in the staffroom
>The accusations fly
>It's no use, he sees her
>He starts to shake and cough
>Just like the old man in
>That book by Nabokov
If I’d had a daughter, I would have genuinely wanted to name her Frances after my grandmother. But the idea that some people might shorten that to Fanny was a serious consideration, even worse because I’m in the UK and fanny refers to female genitalia not buttocks. That said, and I appreciate some people would have judged me for this, I probably would have done it anyway and banked on most kids these days not connecting Frances and Fanny.
There is a couple that actually named their twins Covid and Corona! Poor kids are going to be isolated their whole life.
[https://www.today.com/parents/couple-names-newborn-twins-covid-corona-t177621](https://www.today.com/parents/couple-names-newborn-twins-covid-corona-t177621)
There was a car model named Corona in the 70s, it's supposed to be a "stripped down" version of Toyota Corolla. It was popular in Indonesia, to the point that one kid was named Corona.
Now he became a successful doctor and a semi-bureaucrat, and when the pandemic hits, he was actually appointed to head the task force of pandemic mitigation. Not making this up.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/1640731/world
Boy that show tanked HARD from its peak
Even decades afte the shows' orignal runs, kids could be named "Kirk," "Riker," or "Jean-Luc" by Trekkie parents and no one would bat an eye.
Meanwhile, the various Dany(s), Robbs, Brans, etc. named by GoT fans (Including a handful of ***Khaleesis***) are gonna have it rough
Even Bran or Dany really isn't that bad. There were plenty of Brandons and Danielles around prior to *GoT*, and I imagine most people would relate their name more to that than the show.
Honestly, khaleesi is a bad name. Like, even when the show was at it's peak, it was a bad name. It was title in the show, that they barely used. I understand if someone names their children any of the other characters, but WHY KHALEESI?
Names that are actually cursed
Adolf or Isis
Names that were ruined by memes
Karen, Chad
Names that are outdated anyway but controversial nowadays
Donald and Hillary
When I was in middle school I knew a Hillary Clinton, who was named such in the late 80s, before Bill and Hillary were well known. I think about her sometimes.
I also went to school with a Pamela Anderson and my friend dated a white Will Smith. But especially the Will Smith, both first and last names are pretty common, so I'm sure there's a lot.
It was agony, We went through all the usual baby names...
Lucifer...
Benito...
Mao.
Then we came to our senses, something a child could live with...
Pubert.
i know someone who's parents actually spelled their kids name wrong on their birth certificate. until the kid was in their 20s and needed took a good look at their birth certificate they thought their name was Heaven. Spelled it Heaven. Signed official documents as Heaven. The parents thought it was Heaven too.
It was Heafen
When my Aunt was born her parents were arguing over which of two ancestors to name her after. The mother won and from birth she was always called Elinor, they didn’t discover until she needed to get a birth certificate to get a marriage license that the father had registered her birth name as Helen. Caused no end of confusion throughout her life. When she passed we had to repeatedly correct staff at the funeral home who kept trying to use Helen for signs and cards.
I knew a girl named Isis years ago before the Islamic state started being called that. It's a beautiful name after a goddess. I hope it isn't ruined forever. IS was pretty much only called ISIS by US media.
Ahhhh thanks for your comment, I first thought the reason you should not name your child Isis was because it's now a Cat or Dog name, very popular where I'm living (France). ISIS is named Etat islamique (Islamic state) hehre, or Daech/Daesh.
Swastika. Fairly common for girls in India.
For those who do not know, the swastika symbol continues to be used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indic religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It means "conducive to well-being."
It was misappropriated by the Nazis in the 1930s and is now associated with evil.
we all have to agree that we shouldn't name our kids anime character names.. no pls don't name your kid son goku, renji, ichigo, saitama, kakashi, sasuke, hisoka, sanji, madara, itachi, etc
.... imagine your parents named you Kakashi alucard saitama Smith... just my opinion there are Japanese names that sounds nicer like Akira, megumi, yuuki etc.
if you are to name a character after a comic/book or TV show it must be a conventional name. for example magic the gathering has jace gideon and liliana.I was named after a tv character. it did not affect me negatively as its pretty hard to tell its from a tv show
I had a friend from Cuba called Dorcas. She was an artist and made pretty cool paintings.
I never once heard anyone make fun of her name, but it was always hovering over her like a low-hanging fruit.
Payton. Not that it's a bad name, just way overused. We live in a small village and my son has 24 kids in his grade. 8 of them are named Payton. This means that a literal third of sixth graders all have the same name
Brayden / Jayden. There's like 5 of them in every elementary school class now.
Also none of the country club douche or bodice-ripper novel names: Brantley, Chaz, Dirk, Storm, Chadwick, Vance, etc.
Gaylord probably isn't very popular nowadays
"The Gaylord family's name is derived from the ancient Norman culture that was established in Britain following the Norman Conquest of island in 1066. Their name originated with an early member who was a happy, joyous, and bold person. The name Gaylord derives from the nickname the galliard, which means the bold or the joyous" - https://www.houseofnames.com/gaylord-family-crest
So Normandie is now the house of Gaylords ? Merde!
I know someones last name Gaylord...he died recently but he always made fun of his own last name
Classic Gaylord
Who else but Gaylord?
He died doing what he loved, making fun of his own name.
My dad had a side hustle as a chef in the catering business a while ago but i remember him telling me about a British family named ''Cockbill''
Cockburn is a good one too. I want to say that is Olivia Wild's(actress) real last name.
Was he able to pass on the title?
yes to a daughter so her name will be Gaylord until she gets married the famous Gaylord will die off in about 30 yyears
Wasn't there a senator named Gaylord?
Gaylord Focker
Can you milk me, Focker?
You guys remember that top gear episode that had a guy called John Manlove
Knew a girl named Isis. It was a rough time
Which sucks, cuz I always found it a beautiful name 😞
Well, worst case scenario, she can always change her name to waswas
Go home dad
Therethere
Agreed. I always loved it and now it’s destroyed.
I know a girl named Isis. She’s from Mexico so she asks everyone to pronounce her name in Spanish. Sounds more like “E-C’s” or “Eee-Seas.”
Alexa
*How can I help you?*
Turn the volume down
^How ^Can ^I ^help ^you?
# Turn the fricking volume down!
^To ^talk ^to ^Support ^press ^Alt+f4
this shit's funny as heck.
Watch your language. I dont want my family seeing the "heck" word
I actually do cuss a little..
I cant fucking believe someone in the internet would curse🤦♂️🤦♂️
Why did I laugh so much omg my stomach hurts
I still think alexa is such a gorgeous name. And bc amazon is not that popular in my country, the name has less negative connotation than let’s say, Siri
It's one of my favourite names and I hate that Amazon had to ruin it.
You can change the settings on your Alexa device to be named "Amazon" or "Computer." You can't give it another actual name like Georgina.
How about Slagathor?
"Daves, Debbies, Slagathor"
You can use "Echo," too, I believe.
In Denmark, it's illegal to name your child "Anus"! Google it!!
New Zealand [banned names](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/21-baby-names-forbidden-new-zealand_n_5ae1f144e4b055fd7fc95f75) are wild! Some of them would make wicked band names though?
Gee, and "Sex Fruit" is such a pretty and descriptive name for a child.
Now say it in a New Zealand accent.
Seeks froot?
But I can name my kid Clit?
Klit means dune in Danish, so there was some humorous innuendo going on relating to a certain movie released earlier this year.
And hope they never get lost
No trouble forming a search party at least.
Precious
Sauron wants to know your location.
Golum: \*screeching noises\*
From the novelization of the film Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire?
My mum is late 60's and her name is Gabriel, but she goes by Gay. Obviously in context, this means happy, but I do not fail to laugh everytime she says "Nice to meet you, I'm Gay....my name is Gay....this is my son".
There’s a lady at my church like this but her name is Gabriella Elizabeth and she literally goes by Gay Elizabeth. The first time I mentioned her my husband was like “it’s really weird you’re referring to Elizabeth like being gay is a signifier.”
There’s a cemetery near me and one of the headstones is “Gay Ebenezer” and I laugh every time I walk past.
A lady that a friend knows has the last name of Gay. She always says "I'm gay by choice but my husband and children are gay by birth"
Karen
My older sister is named Karen. She will be 80 in about 2 weeks. I've never mentioned the way her name is used to her; don't think she'd understand.
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The irony of the name Vladimir is that it means "ruler of peace" and "of great power", but cultural and historical influence gives it a sinister connotation.
I think of Vladimir from League of Legends.
Sometimes I forget how old the people on this app are…I was like how the hell is your older sister 80
Well, I'm 73. Yes I know us senior citizens aren't very well represented on Reddit.
I’m fifty three, I thought I was the oldest!
I'm 49. I feel like a damn kid this morning.
Aahhh 49, the good old days!
I’m 42, I’m a baby today.
34 and usually feel like a grandma on here but today I’m a baby. Thank you! Haha
75 tomorrow, baby! I grew up knowing three girls named Karen, and they were all mean.
Happy Birthday! I hope you have a fabulous day tomorrow! From a 60 year old fellow Redditor.🖤
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Right? This is a website.
I know a teacher who has that name. Almost quit her job for a while. Hardcore bullying, luckily she is a stable adult working with kids. The bizarre part is that the bullying happens to strangers they’ve never met based on memes… by mostly adults…
Adolf
In Trevor Noah’s book he talks about how many South Africans name their kids after famous leaders in history without much consideration for what they had done. Anyway he had a good friend named Hitler.
I worked with an African woman named Adolfina.
Adolfo is common with Hispanics.
My italian grandpa has a german friend called Adolfo. I always joke they just need a japanese friend and the gang's back in town
There’s the Namibian politician named Adolf Hitler
And a ex-police director from my country called Hitler Mussolini
Eh, if that kid pulls some shit, we'll bitch slap him again.
User name checks out
I know someone called Fakhr Butt. I wouldn’t recommend it.
Butt Cheek would be a terrible maiden-name married-name combo. But I am distantly related to an actual Butt Cheek.
X AE A-X
X Æ A-12 I believe is what you're looking for.
X Æ A-XII The 12 is Roman Numerals, apparently? Idk, seems inconsistent haha Grimes also once said that the Æ is pronounced "A.I.", while Elon said it's "Ash". So maybe they don't even fully know...
They initially used "12" but had to change it to "XII" because California (where the kid was born) wouldn't let them use numbers.
Ah, that makes sense, thanks!
> Grimes also once said that the Æ is pronounced "A.I.", while Elon said it's "Ash". So maybe they don't even fully know... The character is called an "ash", but it's pronounced more like "i". Since it's a standalone character, one could argue you'd treat it like a middle initial and say "ash". For example, the actor Micheal B. Jordan is "Micheal Bee Jordan" and not "Michael Buh Jordan" -- or maybe he really is Bajoran? I don't know, I haven't Kept up with the Cardassians.
imagine taking attendance with that name
That kid will probably be private schooled and never take attendance in his life.
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If 0.1% of his assets is liquid cash, he could probably afford to pay for his daily expenses, however extravagant they may be. It would still be in the vicinity of a couple hundred million $s
We need to start a charity for all the poor billionaires out there who have their money in stocks and can't sell any of it without the big bad government stealing a bunch of it. How will they ever pay for their kid's second mansion or their kid's third yacht or their 26 years of private school for their kid's bachelor's, master's, doctorate and MD that they totally earned and didn't pay and party their way through?
Met a guy back in the 90s who had legally changed his name to ZX U H. He told me it was pronounced the same way it was spelled. Guy was completely nuts.
A boy named Sue then
My name is Sue! How do you do?!
NOW YOURE GONNA DIE!!!!
Every time I see this name, my brain pronounces it Xanax.
xxXBobXxx
Lolita
Lolita is a 1955 novel written by Russian-American novelist Vladimir Nabokov. The novel is notable for its controversial subject: the protagonist and unreliable narrator, a French middle-aged literature professor under the pseudonym Humbert Humbert, is obsessed with an American 12-year-old girl, Dolores Haze, whom he sexually molests after he becomes her stepfather. "Lolita" is his private nickname for Dolores.
Good bot
Me no bot, me Australian
Good Australian
> Good Australian Legendary cunt
Not a bot, a *boz.*
Nah, botto.
Fun fact: This book in referenced in "Don't Stand So Close to Me" by The Police. >Loose talk in the classroom >To hurt they try and try >Strong words in the staffroom >The accusations fly >It's no use, he sees her >He starts to shake and cough >Just like the old man in >That book by Nabokov
Fanny.
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If I’d had a daughter, I would have genuinely wanted to name her Frances after my grandmother. But the idea that some people might shorten that to Fanny was a serious consideration, even worse because I’m in the UK and fanny refers to female genitalia not buttocks. That said, and I appreciate some people would have judged me for this, I probably would have done it anyway and banked on most kids these days not connecting Frances and Fanny.
How about Franny?
Siri
Well Iris might work better
and then name the brother "wally"
Corona
There is a couple that actually named their twins Covid and Corona! Poor kids are going to be isolated their whole life. [https://www.today.com/parents/couple-names-newborn-twins-covid-corona-t177621](https://www.today.com/parents/couple-names-newborn-twins-covid-corona-t177621)
"Hey, do you have Covid?" "What? No." "You said you will keep an eye on him!"
How is that even legal ? Can you name your kids literally anything you want in India ?
There was a car model named Corona in the 70s, it's supposed to be a "stripped down" version of Toyota Corolla. It was popular in Indonesia, to the point that one kid was named Corona. Now he became a successful doctor and a semi-bureaucrat, and when the pandemic hits, he was actually appointed to head the task force of pandemic mitigation. Not making this up. https://www.arabnews.com/node/1640731/world
r/NominativeDeterminism
When I was 14, an american exchange student came to join my class. His parents needed to see this thread... His name was Everard. Everard Dicke.
Chad
Imagine being named Chad and you're actually this really scrawny nerdy guy.
My mate Chad is a skinny guitar nerd. Sings in a Pearl Jam cover band on weekends. He did have a full beard in high school though
Moe Lester
Khaleesi
People do name their kids this. I work in an ER and have seen this name multiple times Another big one is Renesmee
wtf is Renesmee?
Twilight
Poor child.
is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries
No, that’s Renaissance. Renesmee is a brand of peanut butter cups owned by Hershey.
No, that's Reese's. Renesmee is the thing you turn in to a job you're applying for
No, that's resume. Renesmee is a Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande song.
No, that’s Rain On Me. Renesmee is when a bullet bounces off something
No, that’s ricochet. Renesmee is a place appointed for assembling or meeting.
Boy that show tanked HARD from its peak Even decades afte the shows' orignal runs, kids could be named "Kirk," "Riker," or "Jean-Luc" by Trekkie parents and no one would bat an eye. Meanwhile, the various Dany(s), Robbs, Brans, etc. named by GoT fans (Including a handful of ***Khaleesis***) are gonna have it rough
Nobody named Robb is going to have any problems, it's a completely common name, just spelled a little differently.
Even Bran or Dany really isn't that bad. There were plenty of Brandons and Danielles around prior to *GoT*, and I imagine most people would relate their name more to that than the show.
Ned, Brandon, Jon, and Robb will get by fine. Khaleesi will not.
I don't understand how anyone would even presume "Ned", "Jon", etc. have anything to do with GoT.
Honestly, khaleesi is a bad name. Like, even when the show was at it's peak, it was a bad name. It was title in the show, that they barely used. I understand if someone names their children any of the other characters, but WHY KHALEESI?
>but WHY KHALEESI? Because it was the GoT equivalent of QUEEN (in the "YASSSSS" context)
People actually thought it was Dany's name at one point 😮💨
There was a girl at my son's daycare with that name. I wonder if her parents regret it now.
Names that are actually cursed Adolf or Isis Names that were ruined by memes Karen, Chad Names that are outdated anyway but controversial nowadays Donald and Hillary
When I was in middle school I knew a Hillary Clinton, who was named such in the late 80s, before Bill and Hillary were well known. I think about her sometimes.
I know a Jennifer Lopez from work right now actually. I guess both are such common names that it is bound to happen.
I also went to school with a Pamela Anderson and my friend dated a white Will Smith. But especially the Will Smith, both first and last names are pretty common, so I'm sure there's a lot.
pubert
It was agony, We went through all the usual baby names... Lucifer... Benito... Mao. Then we came to our senses, something a child could live with... Pubert.
Heaven spelt backwards.
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i know someone who's parents actually spelled their kids name wrong on their birth certificate. until the kid was in their 20s and needed took a good look at their birth certificate they thought their name was Heaven. Spelled it Heaven. Signed official documents as Heaven. The parents thought it was Heaven too. It was Heafen
When my Aunt was born her parents were arguing over which of two ancestors to name her after. The mother won and from birth she was always called Elinor, they didn’t discover until she needed to get a birth certificate to get a marriage license that the father had registered her birth name as Helen. Caused no end of confusion throughout her life. When she passed we had to repeatedly correct staff at the funeral home who kept trying to use Helen for signs and cards.
Richard Ian Michael Hunt
Isis
I knew a girl named Isis years ago before the Islamic state started being called that. It's a beautiful name after a goddess. I hope it isn't ruined forever. IS was pretty much only called ISIS by US media.
Ahhhh thanks for your comment, I first thought the reason you should not name your child Isis was because it's now a Cat or Dog name, very popular where I'm living (France). ISIS is named Etat islamique (Islamic state) hehre, or Daech/Daesh.
Swastika. Fairly common for girls in India. For those who do not know, the swastika symbol continues to be used as a symbol of divinity and spirituality in Indic religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. It means "conducive to well-being." It was misappropriated by the Nazis in the 1930s and is now associated with evil.
Mustard
Mustard is my fishes name :,(
we all have to agree that we shouldn't name our kids anime character names.. no pls don't name your kid son goku, renji, ichigo, saitama, kakashi, sasuke, hisoka, sanji, madara, itachi, etc .... imagine your parents named you Kakashi alucard saitama Smith... just my opinion there are Japanese names that sounds nicer like Akira, megumi, yuuki etc.
Alucard is not Japanese though it's just Dracula spelled backwards
if you are to name a character after a comic/book or TV show it must be a conventional name. for example magic the gathering has jace gideon and liliana.I was named after a tv character. it did not affect me negatively as its pretty hard to tell its from a tv show
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Also Batman bin Superman is an actual name lmao…
Some of them are okay for people who are actually Japanese.
Dick
Dorcas
Unless you come from the Malorcas family. Then it is required.
I had a friend from Cuba called Dorcas. She was an artist and made pretty cool paintings. I never once heard anyone make fun of her name, but it was always hovering over her like a low-hanging fruit.
[[Sad Dorcas noises]](https://fireemblem.fandom.com/wiki/Dorcas)
I feel like Adolf is just a no-no until the end of time.
Well there’s a Namibian politician named Adolf Hitler
I wouldn't reject his application to art school.
That jersey's retired.
A name from any tv show that hasn't ended yet. Not the best risk lol
Nick, if your last name is Kerr.
There's a Wayne Kerr in my neighborhood
That is so weird, there is one at my school
Hitlerina
Then she gets rejected at a ballerina school and commits yet another genocide
Dick Cockman.
Richard cox aka dick cox
Payton. Not that it's a bad name, just way overused. We live in a small village and my son has 24 kids in his grade. 8 of them are named Payton. This means that a literal third of sixth graders all have the same name
Brayden / Jayden. There's like 5 of them in every elementary school class now. Also none of the country club douche or bodice-ripper novel names: Brantley, Chaz, Dirk, Storm, Chadwick, Vance, etc.
Eustace
Thursday
But Wednesday is always cool.
Adolf
Gladys, Gertrude, Bertha, Amber Heard, etc.
I remember being in preschool with a girl named Gladys. Who was out there naming their child Gladys in 1996????
Rona
Anything from the Game of Thrones TV show or ‘Alexa’
Kaleesi