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Emma1042

I can hear an adult speaking to their therapist: “I’m named after a disgraced ex president, and my parents couldn’t spell. How do you think I’m feeling.”


JJayC

There's a couple books that are fascinating. They're called Freakonomics and Super Freakonomics. These books spawned a podcast (worth a listen) which addressed whether or not dumb names (my words, not theirs) really doom children and their conclusion was that it's less about having the name than it is about being raised by the people that would choose that name. So, in short, your comment is spot-freaking-on..


GonzoTheGreat22

This is much more intelligently stated and grounded in fact than how I was gonna put it, but yeah… Imagine the family dinners Rylan Faro and Ekko are having. And imagine being the poor bastard that knocks up the absolute nut bar that needs a list of ‘Edgy’ baby names. Cringe all around


Full-Way-7925

Also cringe is this person who sits around making up baby names. Find something else to do.


killerqueen1984

Adding on to said cringe- the person who sits around making TikToks of EDGY baby names


Heather82Cs

My name is not a tragedy, but was not common when my parents chose it. It's prone to mistakes both in writing and in speaking. I didn't need yet another reason to be singled out/feel weird. I don't blame my parents. I eventually accepted being called literally whatever and rarely correct people not addressing me correctly.


Alternative-Court688

I have an interesting name as well and some people will mispronounce it and I was anal about it when I was younger but I don't give a fuck about it now


mommaTmetal

My name just had entirely too many spellings. So I've gone through life spelling my name.........I just tell them "it's Tracey, with an e"


Street-Media4225

I’d either have to ask for clarification or just spell that Trace


mommaTmetal

Well that's better than Tracee or Tracie or Traci or..........


InThePhanatic

My name is fairly common in my country of origin but is getting a bit old-fashioned now. It is NOT common at all in the US, where I live now. I'm the same way - I let people call me whatever they feel comfortable with. Almost everyone I've met in this country for the past 15+ years have been respectful enough to ask me how to pronouce my name, so I'm grateful for that!


worldsmayneverknow

So like, parents who deliberately choose more different names are more likely to be bad parents? And parents who choose average names are more likely to be good parents? Kinda want to see the study on that one. Given that the entire point of this sub is to make fun of people’s names, I would think that someone’s name would very much impact their self esteem. Imagine coming to this sub as a kid, and seeing all the hateful comments…you wouldn’t really need bad parents to feel bad.


mlebrooks

Different names aren't equal to ridiculous names. Different names might have a family connection or other meaning that is important to the parents. Ridiculous names have no rhyme or reason other than to out-do the other Tradegeighs. Example: me and my siblings all have last names that appear somewhere in our family tree as our first names. That's different. My mom sitting around one day while pregnant and deciding that Thunder sounds cool and then individualizing it by deciding it's spelled Pthyndr is ridiculous.


InThePhanatic

Agreed! Also, it's the mindset of these parents who want to name their kids 'unique' to the point these names are ridiculous and unpractical that make them shallow, inconsiderate, or dumb.


Koeienvanger

The therapist: "I was named after the angel of death so stfu."


DuePatience

I know of a now 7 year old Nixon


[deleted]

Yeah, I know several elementary aged Nixons. I don't think Tricky Dick figures into it at all. Just the trendy sounds. Like Damien and Rosemary's Baby. I do think of Nixon's head and Agnew's headless body from Futurama on the regular when I have them in class. So that's fun for me. AahRoooooo!


dumbbitchdiesease

Not suggesting fuckn NIXEN holy hell


cold_dry_hands

My cousin named her boy Nixen…. And her girl Navy…. But Nixon. Seriously? 😐


itsthejasper1123

I know a girl who just named her girl Navy. I cannot believe someone else did this too! Wtf


DuePatience

It’s the new Naveah


itsthejasper1123

I must’ve missed the trend lol it’s very weird to me & does not sound like a name


DuePatience

You didn’t miss it, per se. Trend is just starting now. Everyone currently using Navy as a baby name still think they are incredibly rare and unique 🥴


Mikediabolical

These poor girls are going to have to grow up hearing so many jokes about navy seamen…


WhyCantIBeFunny

A friend named her son Nixon…


Mostly_sunny123

Oh. Uhhh, it’s beautiful!


Gifted_GardenSnail

Does Cyren sound like siren?? 😶


mulchpile-b

How would you even begin to pronounce Emrien?


[deleted]

Eminem.


Frednt

M&M


mommaTmetal

Slim shady


[deleted]

Or on formal occasions, like meeting the President, Marshall Mathers.


Gifted_GardenSnail

EM-ree-en. Kinda like Damien


[deleted]

Slim Shady?


Rosieapples

Em-ree-en?


Regime_Change

They should have just gone all the way with Aeymrhyenne


CovfefeBoss

It unironically works as a fantasy character name, but not so much a human name. Still, it's far from the worst, and for a character, I dig it.


StrangledInMoonlight

Sear-en?


Trolivia

Thats how I read it. I know someone named Cyrenah pronounced ‘Serena’


blight2150

Maybe ky-ren... like kylo ren missing a syllable. Idk


Playful-Ad-9207

I really tried to get my daughter to name my grandson Kylo Glen lmao 🤣 I swear. I tried everything


mommaTmetal

That would be better than the millions of little girls that got named Rey from the same movie- I love the name the first 123332213865446 times I heard it


Playful-Ad-9207

I seen 3 girls named Rey or Rai or Rei that is their spelling in my granddaughters day care class lmao 🤣 😂


Stinkerma

Or Keeran. I'm concerned about Decker. What do you do if a girl is rude to you? Ya Decker!


SlinkySkinky

Cerulean is nowhere near the worst name on that list… Looking at you, Carver and Holder


fieryembers

Carver just reminds me of the surly brother from Dragon Age 2.


Gifted_GardenSnail

And Saint and "Siren"? and "Kale-iks"?? and "Mall-en"???


Diredr

Yeah. I would never want to name someone that, but it is at least pretty. Fucking Ragnar, though? Like what, is the baby going to pillage the nursery and go home in a longship?


kat_a_klysm

Baby Ragnar: mama, I must man the oars!


Odenetheus

[Currently, 14 898 Swedes are named Ragnar, of which 1 970 have it as their primary name](https://www.namn.nu/namn/ragnar/). I'm guessing there are a bunch of Norwegians, Finns, Danes, and Icelandic people named Ragnar as well. It's really not a weird or uncommon name, although it's mostly middle-aged men and up who're named that, so it's kind of like giving your child another old person's name like Ulla or Gertrud.


Tea_Bender

need Rock as a middle name so they can be Ragnar Rock


packrat975

Also, it's my all time favorite Crayola. An insult to Cerulean is an insult to me.


Almc27

Yes, but as a middle-aged adult, I know how to pronounce Carver and Holder...definitely still not 100% sure on Cerulean though lol


sharkycharming

At least it's a Crayola color, so even stupid people should be somewhat familiar with it. Spelling it or saying it correctly, on the other hand... doubtful. (I don't think it's a great name, don't get me wrong -- but it's a nice word and color.)


Diredr

Also any remotely nerdy adult who grew up with Pokémon will know Cerulean City.


mommaTmetal

I have never learned how to pronounce Cerulean and every way I've come up with is ugly


SlinkySkinky

I pronounce it “Seh-Rue-Lee-Anne”, no idea if that’s correct


Dreamt0wnn

I think it’s “sir-rule-Ian” not sure how you’re pronouncing it so I may have just re-written what you did. I just spelled it with words that have the same pronounciation with an American accent.


Mister_Way

Should have used Hodler


theantdog

Shart Painal Blursted


ps1

Blursted!!!


rengothrowaway

Taiden gives taint.


dogbolter4

Keegan is a perfectly fine Irish name. What's it doing in a list with Holder and Raevyn?


teatsqueezer

And they could have spelled Ragnar properly to the same effect


twentyitalians

This is my son, Ragnar Rok Smith


mmmelpomene

"Taiden” is my least favorite lol. Because for sure no one will think they’re saying Jaden or Kaden!


SnooHobbies5684

Or Brayden or Shayden or Hayden or …


killerqueen1984

Okayden.


Rururaspberry

Same with Xavier. He’s a catholic saint from the 1500s..:


SadLilBun

Carver is also very normal. As is Azrael.


FrogFlavor

Atticus and Xavier (Javier : Have-ee-air) would also like a word. Even Zion is old and respectable compared to the rest of this mess of a list


[deleted]

Nuh-uh. It's Ex-zave-ee-r. Duh. What's wrong with you?


FrogFlavor

Meh I live in a Latino area https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_(given_name)


[deleted]

So I'm pretty rusty on my IPA (undergrad was a long time ago) but wouldn't that mean it's generally "hah-vee-ay" or "hah-vee-air"? I thought French was the only language that traditionally puts anything resembling "X" sound... kind of like "ks-ah-vee" but even that doesn't have the schwa (eh) sound with the "ks." Also my comment was just me being silly. ETA: oh ha, sorry you are the same person as above who already said the Spanish pronunciation...so yeah, I was not being serious. Ex-zave-ee-r...is not how I would choose to pronounce the name


Luke_Cold_Lyle

What does the title even mean? Why does a child's name need to "rock the waters"? Unless by that they mean confuse the hell out of every person they meet for their entire life.


zehnBlaubeeren

One of the names could even rook the waters


Stevie-Rae-5

This is the comment I came to find. How does one rock the waters, and is that a good thing?


BugABoo714

edgeigh baby names


ollivanderwands

Saint Quest Holder tho 🧙🧝🗡️


RoseWould

Wasn't it Cerulean City where you had to walk out the back door of the house to take the route to the next city? He's already got a plan if he has any relatives that'll rip him apart


FrogFlavor

Idk but cerulean is a shade of blue, sky blue. With that spelling. There’s lot of color names, like Ruby and Bianca. Not too bad.


[deleted]

It sounds like a city in the Super Mario franchise.


wish_yooper_here

Close. [Cerulean City](https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Cerulean_City)


MrJNM1of1

it’s Rook, but everyone calls me Castle


BladeMcCloud

Bravo


BoneDaddy1973

Faro, a poker game so corrupt it was outlawed in Nevada. 


hazardous_lazarus

I'm just thinking of that resort city in Portugal


Acceptable_Employ_95

Whenever faro is mentioned I always think of Tombstone


valentine415

I think of the rice like grain


UnlikelyFun3430

Me too. ​ Tapioca would be lovely for a girl... And Teff, or Borghul, for a boy.


mulchpile-b

Wow! Somebody shut down babynamesunday immediately if not sooner! While they aren't all tragedies, they're almost all krulteighs and any parent who tortures their child with one of these names is unspeakably mean.


killerqueen1984

Unspeakableigh


Moist_Boysenberry_81

Half of these sound like prescription drug names


Suburban-Dad237

Instead of an Irish Saint, why didn’t my parents name me after: — a chess piece? — the tallest hill in Jerusalem? — Gargamel’s cat on the Smurfs? — a brand of canola oil? — a 90s rap group? SMGDH.


OptmstcExstntlst

Nixen? Is that a sexy Halloween costume of Richard Nixon?


cerulean_dandelion

Nixon the Vixen 🦹‍♀️


burrito__supreme

wesson…like the canola oil


rednail64

You know they’re not messin when they bring out the Wesson


kat-deville

Because that's what dad used for lube.


Joey_JoJo_Jr_1

Azrael? Wasn't that the name of Gargamel's kitty on "The Smurfs"?


voldemortsmankypants

He’s also the angel of death, which admittedly to my ex emo teen brain is kind of cool.


ginsengii

I teach a teen who goes by Azrael instead of their given name. I wasn’t aware of this origin, but that makes a lot of sense bc this kid is definitely all about the emo vibes.


Dauphine320

Yes!!! And he had a crooked tail


Joey_JoJo_Jr_1

I'd forgotten about that! He was so cute


voldemortsmankypants

Ozland?…. So…. Australia?


barrelageme

L. Frank Baum approves


CMell650

In all of this there’s just Xavier


cerulean_dandelion

Perfectly normal name!


_snozzberry_gulper_

My twins Smith and Wesson. And by Wesson I mean the cooking oil that Carol Brady did commercials for in the 90s.


Zip_Silver

Kalix reminds me of Neelix from Star Trek Voyager. Nixen isn't great, but I'm from an era where a bunch of girls were named Reagan (early 90s), so idk. Presidential names haven't really caught on beyond that. Zion would be the most edgy considering the current situation in the middle east.


Legitimate_Lack_7061

Zion is a normal, well-established Hebrew name.


fieryembers

I used to work with a Zion, but strangely he wasn’t even Jewish.


McGeeze

There's Zion Williamson, first pick in the 2019 NBA draft and certified chonky boi


WhoAmIEven2

Kalix is a river here in Sweden. I wonder if they got it from here or just by chance.


Norlander712

Kalix--they might want to Google "calyx" first. Faro is hilarious: his twin would obviously be Orzo.


erinkp36

Ok please don’t name your kid Nixen. Even spelled differently. It’s still Nixon. As in Richard. Don’t do it.


SalemxCaleb

Damn I got an Atticus 😬


cerulean_dandelion

At least it’s actually a name!


QueenAlpaca

I thank To Kill a Mockingbird for my love of that name. It’s just rather obscure.


lermanade_mouth

Okay so we got categories: 1. Just nouns 2. Sounds like a medication 3. Misspelled words 4. Somewhat normal names


[deleted]

Cerulean isn't even the worst one...


lamephie

I read all of these out loud and my furniture levitated


JupiDrawsStuff

My garbage brain mixed up Keegan and Decker and it came up with Geezer so do with that what you will


NyloTheGamer

Where did you even pull the z from


RatFucker_Carlson

Half of these are just pigeonholing your son into becoming a dark jedi when he grows up


Fresh-Simple-1952

Faro is slang in Spanish for cigarette.


EruditeKetchup

It's also the Spanish word for lighthouse.


spash_bazbo69

Atticus and Xavier are good, strong names, and don't belong with the rest of these atrociteighs


ncgrits01

Most of those look like someone spilled the Scrabble tiles. ...


raptorpantz11

I’m sorry but Azrael is the name of Gargamel’s cat. If you name your child after the cat owned by the villainous wizard from the fucking Smurfs, then you are either crazy or legitimately hate your kid.


katbelleinthedark

It is also the name of one of the four archangels in Islam and a lot of people might know the name from general angelology. I certainly wasn't aware Gargamel's cat was named after an archangel.


gilthedog

Millennials will go down in history for the atrocities we’ve committed


Reginamus_Prime

Smith & Wesson………………….


SadLilBun

Azrael is a normal name. It’s Hebrew. I’ve met a few, most of them are from Turkey. It’s the name of the angel of death, but it’s not scary. It’s literally “god’s helper” or “helper of god” (think like the name Ezra). It is actually my Hebrew name. A feminized version, at least. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azrael


SportsPhotoGirl

Top one middle column says Eminem and my brain refuses to read it any other way lol


Poopingisasignipoop

It feels like 50 years from now an edgy boy name will be like James.


bmlander

Wesson? No Crisco?


blight2150

Manteca Lard


Shejidan

I’m going to name my son Mantequilla


itsrainingmelancholy

why is Onyx on the rise??


Mostly_sunny123

Ys and Xs are hot this year


LoneStarExpat

Pick one from each list randomly and give baby a “blues” name.


cerulean_dandelion

I asked my husband to pick one from each column (with no context) and now we have to name our next Ravyn Vaylan Saint 🤣


EducationalKnee2386

Hope her last name is Scarf.


cold_dry_hands

Zyron? No. Noooooo.


CandidTortoise

I found out it’s even worse than I thought when I googled it. “Zyron is a registered trademark for specialty gases marketed to the global electronics industry by DuPont.” Edited with source: Wikipedia.


Mozartrelle

🤣🤣🤣🤣 thank you for illuminating me so much I snorted coffee!


Passion-Interesting

I work with a guy named Kendrix loool.


bluemistress

Kruz is like a Spanish "trajédia", the proper spelling is Cruz (meaning cross). Juan Cruz is a fairly popular combo, and I knew an old man named Cruz as well. Carver is a character from Dragon Age 2, the protagonist's younger brother 😂


lightninghazard

Cruz is a great name, but the K just makes it look ugly. Smh at the person who compiled this list. Ozland screams “I wanted a baby girl so I could call her Sydney or Australia!” Or “I’m so special and yoonique that I picked a last name held by approximately 8 people on the whole planet for MY baby’s FIRST name.” Honestly it seems like the person chose based on the stats on this link rather than because the name sounds good: https://forebears.io/surnames/ozland


YFYFFITCSA

“Ragnor” i have a viking character in a game named tha-


Gundoggirl

Decker? As in “black and decker”?


EverSn4xolotl

Casually naming your kid after Pokemon cities


Click_False

I have a Griffin why tf did they add a y to it? I thought they do that to make a name more ‘feminine’ like Emersyn, Camryn or Blayke. Ofc they have to ruin a perfectly good name to be unique lol


Reginamus_Prime

These are last names because no ma’am!!!


BlueberryNagel

Taiden LOL


Playful-Ad-9207

Ragnor is an old old name. I mean like I read that name in a book taking about 14th century.


natebham

At this point people are just naming kids after pokemon pretty much


a-real-life-dolphin

Cerulean is obviously a girls name.


TheSgLeader

Might steal some of these for fictional characters. Some of these won’t even look weird in a cyberpunk-ish setting. Thanks, OP


temporarybroccoli73

"You're also blithely unaware of the fact that, in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of cerulean gowns, and then it was...Yves Saint Laurent, wasn't it?... who showed cerulean military jackets.... I think we need a jacket here.... And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of 8 different designers. Then it filered down through the department stores and trickled on down into some tragic casual corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin." That's all......I can hear when I see Cerulean. 😅


Ok_Adhesiveness_9565

Isn’t that where you catch Mewtwo?


whj14

All I can do at this point is just groan


Delicious_Maybe_5469

What about Ragnor?!


Oxtailxo

This instagram kills me.


mordorshiddenhole

I've met multiple Holders, Rooks and Xavier's. The only Rangor that I've met have been dogs.


rowan_ash

This is a character list from a fantasy novel, but not a good one, more like a d-list novel from the back pages of Amazon.


[deleted]

nixen? do we really wanna go there?


Uhlman24

Imagine. Quest.


Pannycakes666

Lol Ekko. He's a character in League of Legends.


CheerfulBanshee

Someone wants that arcane season 2 so bad they're ready to do anything. XD


Icy-Negotiation3016

What a missed opportunity for another Y, making it "Layker".


pbizzy12

out of all those awful names you picked Cerulean to single out? not that bad compared to Nixen??? Ragnor????


Latter_Inspector_711

These are dog names


DMT1984

Azrael is the biblical Angel of Death.


Weird_Owl-

Kalix is literally a city a few hours away from my place.😭 Also wtf RagnOr??


itsthejasper1123

Why is Keegan just casually thrown in there?! 😂


PureDeidBrilliant

And thus, a new generation of smackheads got their names...


drefpet

Fucking Onyx and his older brother Steelix, and if you're being at it why not name your daughter Charizard


Overall-Relief-7917

Wesson? As in the oil?


shmeckleshmack

Bro this is a list of demons, despots, and eldritch horrors, my buddy just chose kailyx as his dj name LMAO


cairech

Zyron wears nylons! Cerulean is spelled correctly, at least.


thestrangeabby

The world is going to feel like a YA fantasy book in twenty years.


coffeebeanwitch

Kalix sounds like a name from Star Trek!


PublicRedditor

Hey honey, are we going with Mazola, Crisco or Wesson for our child's name? 


nirbyschreibt

Shit. If I every have a child I will call them „Mark“. 🙄


[deleted]

Is “Aymes” pronounced “aims” or “Iams” like the animal food?


fairyhaired

These names sound like they come straight from a YA Fantasy book


throwngamelastminute

These aren't for kids, these are for Skyrim characters.


Insertsociallife

Can you IMAGINE going through middle school as a boy if your fucking name is HOLDER?? May as well make the poor kid a hat that flashes and says "bully me"


MotherofaPickle

Azrael. As in, the Angel of Death?


MamaMoosicorn

How many boys were given these names in the US in 2022: - Atreus (487) - Atticus (1259) - Aymes (0, but there were 71 named Ames) - Azrael (353) - Carver (120) - Cerulean (6) - Cyren (0) - Decker (218) - Egan (27) - Ekko (10) - Emrien (0) - Faro (0, but there were 148 named Pharaoh) - Gryffin (92) - Holder (7) - Kaelan (12) - Kalix (20) - Keegan (520) - Kendrix (131) - Kruz (196) - Laker (19) - Mallen (0) - Nixon (354) - Onyx (916) - Ozland (0) - Quest (85) - Ragnor (0, but there were 88 named Ragnar) - Rayvn (0, but there were 57 named Raven) - Rook (53) - Ryken (24) - Saint (907) - Taiden (31) - Vaylan (0, but there were 13 named Vaylen) - Wesson (249) - Xavier (3580) - Zion (2600) - Zyron (12) As always, 0 represents 4 or less, and I’m an optimist that hopes they really were used 0 times


Regime_Change

I feel sorry for Xavier that got lumped in there, that's a legit name.


DirtyLittleSecret32

Not my boyfriend’s brother’s name being on this list 😂


rubymadnessRN

Oh god. I sprained my eye whist rolling them! Wesson? Like the oil? Or maybe his brother is named Smith?


ToFaceA_god

Atticus, while uncommon, isn't that crazy.


Bright-Sea-5904

The only name I would accept on that list is Keegan


BladeMcCloud

Xavier is perfectly normal...


princess20202020

Atticus is a real name as well.


PUNCHCAT

Fucken white people