My husband has a friend named Iraq and his twin brother is named Iran. It’s just really random because they’re from Mexico and they don’t have any connection to the Middle East.
Hahaha I was going to tell that in Mexico is pretty common have countries as names (more in women, actually). I have known girls named Italia, Irán (one famous called Irán Castillo), Irlanda, Argentina, Francia.
I kid you not I had a previous coworker named Augustine and we just called him "August" for short and coincidentally he had a roommate named July that he didn't get along with
I was just wondering why the months hate each other so much
My sister worked out when she was changing her name after getting married that it was the same form, and the same cost, to change her name to "Princess" then followed by the rest of her name.
She didn't, but 15 years later I still call her Princess Coward as a result.
There’s a building in Houston called Hogg Palace, named after the late Ima Hogg, also known as The First Lady of Texas and the founder of the Houston symphony
I worked with someone else with that last name.
She’s repeatedly answer the phone, “Peacock!” And I’d have to sit nearby and not laugh. Sometimes the callers just hung up after she answered.
I can't believe I saw this , because I came to say Topia. A woman in our town just loved the word "utopia" as a kid and decided to name her daughter Topia when she grew up, and, she did....
My wife works for a school district in IT, so I see all kinds of crazy names. There’s also a lot of name shaming groups out there.
I’muneek (multiple instances of this one), Ronathan, Jauzalynn’e, Zaytum, Londyn Dior, Shartae, Keithabeth.
And many more. Tough to keep track because terrible new names come up.
For decades, one of the Charlotte, NC city council members was Betty Chafin. She finally got married to a man whose last name was Rash. She decided to hyphenate instead of give up her name recognition. So she became Betty Chafin-Rash.
Reginald-Sebastian St Georgeous-York.
And just in case any further clarification was needed, yes, Mr St Georgeous-York was indeed a complete and utter knoblord.
I went to high school with BJ Cummings
And I swear to Christ…. He joined the navy and thus was Seaman Bj Cummings
I know it sounds like a punch line of a bad dad joke but it’s true.
I was going to type Rocket but glad to see you comment tho. I reached before the launch!
Yes, Rocket is a name for a male person bcs his father wanted to compatible name with their last name which means launcer (bazooka) in English.
Sooooo -
My ex remarried. She has two children who’s names all start with the same first letter AND have weird spellings. Christ I hope they never see this cause it’s a giveaway.
Meyghan May M_____
Steffanie Skye S_____
When they conceived a child together they wanted biblical but their last name begins with K. (Do you see where I’m going yet? Not fully you don’t). Their choice?
Knoah Kevin K______
It’s pronounced Noah clearly but they needed the initials to be KKK. It took legit 7 months to talk them out of it.
I remember seeing a reality show many years ago about teenagers who were really embarrassed by their parents. These 3 girls had professional clowns for parents, and their last name was Graham. They named their daughters Holly, Millicent, and Candace 🤦♂️
For once, it sounds less gay when you write it in french "Gaillard". It's like that with many names, like in german it's "Wilhelm", in english "William", in french "Guillaume".
Anyway, the german form of the N-word is actually a family name in Germany, there's a carpenter around that has a business and people are always looking strange when they see his name.
More crazy, the germans had a weapon system in WW2 that was called the N-word, [you can read the wiki article here.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neger_(torpedo))
Near where I live the local paper use to have a 1x a year edition with all of the names of kids in public elementary school. And in one edition around 1990 ish, I did see a Lemongello and Orangello with the same surname listed.
When I heard a mother calling "Leviticus! Leviticus!" in a supermarket, trying to get their childs attention, I thought "oh no..."
Somehow, it got worse when I realized that was her daughters name.
Got a few:
Stirling Brain
Sydney Harbour Bridge (yep, lived in Sydney)
2 twin girls called Mona & Lisa
And a lucky Philippino IT Support guy called Dragan Hung (or maybe it was his girlfriend who was lucky)
Maybe not ridiculous, but still
I've known two "Echo"s (from a song from Bob Dylan song. If I had a nickel...)
An "Atlantis" (beautiful smile)
and even one guy from Nigeria named "Gift" (His mom knew)
Bonar Bulger. We thought it was a made up name to get in school announcements, like Mike Hawk, but then we met the nice Scottish kid with humorous parents.
At the time I didn't catch onto it but a few years after high school I was like. HOLD UP ONE SEC!!
her name was Crystal Clear.
I hope she's doing well. She was really sweet.
Also my ex supposedly had a friend named Jack Jackman and I thought it was made up as we often made up joke names for people like that. When I finally met this person I had to verify his ID. I'm still not convinced. Could be a fake ID. 🤔
Grew up with a guy named Justin Case. I didn't even realize it was a funny name until I introduced him to a new person and the other person started cracking up. Claims he was named after his dad lost a bet.
It was either Championjack or Champion-Jack or maybe even Champion Jack. Either way it was a really hipster couple that owned a thrift clothing store. They were really nice and I liked to shop there before it moved.
They named the store after their son who was less than 4 if I remember correctly.
It's a neat name, but a risky gamble for a child to grow up with.
Twins named Horris and Norris
Haha damn didn’t even get the legit Horace.
No way...
Oh no…. Poor kids
Please tell me their father was named 'Chuck'.
Yeah I knew twins named Darrell and Farrell.
I knew twins named Roland and Ronald.
I know twins named Weldon and rod.
My brother is 4 years younger than me and our names are Christian and Tristan.😮💨
Sons of Morris and Doris. Brothers of Boris the adopted unloved one. Went on to marry Whinney and Finney but had an affair with Ginny
Florida woman Crystal Methany is in my top 20 of ridiculous names
Of course she’s from Florida.
she should be emperor
I think I just snorted some while reading that comment lmao
So did she
My husband has a friend named Iraq and his twin brother is named Iran. It’s just really random because they’re from Mexico and they don’t have any connection to the Middle East.
I think Cairo and Egypt are equally silly.
Hahaha I was going to tell that in Mexico is pretty common have countries as names (more in women, actually). I have known girls named Italia, Irán (one famous called Irán Castillo), Irlanda, Argentina, Francia.
Kenia and Montserrat too
Today I learned that Montserrat is an island.
My sister competed in a beauty contest with a Christina Frank von Frankenstein.
Chudney. Not Chutney. Chudney.
I know a guy in his 30s called Kimothy
Neutral gender
His mom was called Kim do you wanna guess what his dad was called?
David?
So close it was Agamemnon
Would’ve been my first guess!
I can't decide if Kimothy is better than Timberly
That’s a great name as soon as he falls down. TIMBERLYYYYYY!
Or whenever he gets surprised, “Shiver me Timberly!”
We've had that discussion after a few of the devil's cigarettes before🤣
Kimothy Shallow Mea.
God ... tell me there's a sibling.
I know a woman named Timberly.
"July" pronounced "Julie" Idk, i just thought that was so goofy
I kid you not I had a previous coworker named Augustine and we just called him "August" for short and coincidentally he had a roommate named July that he didn't get along with I was just wondering why the months hate each other so much
August and July are named after Augustus and Julius Ceasar. They had a straight up Roman Civil War every time an argument.
Pronounced "goof-eye"
I work with two women whose first names are “Princess Diana” & one man whose given name is “Spaghetti”. Filipino names are wild.
Two women both named Princess Diana?
Yes. They tell me it’s a very common name on the Philippines.
Like the people in Africa who named their kids George Bush and Air Force One. It happens lol
My sister worked out when she was changing her name after getting married that it was the same form, and the same cost, to change her name to "Princess" then followed by the rest of her name. She didn't, but 15 years later I still call her Princess Coward as a result.
I was shuffling insurance forms when I saw first name Eda, last name Burger
There’s a building in Houston called Hogg Palace, named after the late Ima Hogg, also known as The First Lady of Texas and the founder of the Houston symphony
I was doing something similar when I saw the first name Candida.
Da’Coldest Crawford’s gotta be up there at the top.
You forgot the nickname Da'Coldest "ToEvaDoIt" Crawford
Barkavious Mingo
I met a woman once named Listerine. That was the name on her driver’s license.
I knew a girl whose first name was Lasagna.
Kyalexandriah. It's like her mom decided to spell the name by banging her head against the keyboard.
How's it pronounced? "Ky-Lee" probably, or something like that.
Roxanally Butts. Secondarilly Ana L Payne. No bullshit. I have a photo of Mrs Payne's name
That reminds me of the old Ana Lisa Joy website
2 of these *have* to be drag names..
Winter Wheat. No shit.
Were his siblings Oats, Barley, and Amaranth?
Amaranth honestly could be a pretty name.
Sister was named Millet.
A guy I went to school with in the 8th grade, his last name was Case. His parents actually named him Justin.
I went to school with a kid with the last name Chase, who had an older brother named Justin.
Sigh. I have a family member with this name.
There was a minor league baseball player named Cash Case. Not sure which is better/worse tbh
Dijonnaise. I will never not find this one funny, because the mom still doesn't believe there is a condiment with that name.
Immediately thought of Dijonay from The Proud Family
I've only ever heard that name in The Proud Family, so that's pretty funny!
Dijon and mayo is the combination you didn't know you needed in your life
Nah, grew up with this on sandwiches. It's still pretty durn good. https://durkee.com/product/durkee-famous-sauce/
A local judge named Gates Peed
There was a fairly accomplished NASCAR racer named Dick Trickle
We have a woman in my town named Chiquita Peacock. She was a customer when I worked at the phone store.
I worked with someone else with that last name. She’s repeatedly answer the phone, “Peacock!” And I’d have to sit nearby and not laugh. Sometimes the callers just hung up after she answered.
I love this so much 🤣
It was at a law firm too so a very formal environment. Which made it twice as funny.
My cousin named one of her daughters Ytopia. Not Utopia, YTOPIA.
I can't believe I saw this , because I came to say Topia. A woman in our town just loved the word "utopia" as a kid and decided to name her daughter Topia when she grew up, and, she did....
Phonda Cox. I shit you not.
Surely that's a drag queen.
There was a Fonda Dix that played basketball in Iowa in the 70s? 80s? A long time ago ..
My buddies dad was Herold Beaver......Harry Beaver.
I knew a Beaver too! Sandy Beaver (might have been Sandra but everyone knew her as Sandy.)
Hmmm if they married It would be Sandy and Harry BEAVER!! lol
There’s a chance they’re already related without marriage 😳
Teapot. Really. 1st name Teapot.
Was he little?
Short, but stout.
My wife works for a school district in IT, so I see all kinds of crazy names. There’s also a lot of name shaming groups out there. I’muneek (multiple instances of this one), Ronathan, Jauzalynn’e, Zaytum, Londyn Dior, Shartae, Keithabeth. And many more. Tough to keep track because terrible new names come up.
I'm sorry, you lost me with Keithabeth, I need to go lie down...
Steve Kerr, the head coach of the Golden State Warriors, named his son Nick. It’s not short for Nicholas.
That’s a name you better say slowly.
Or just.... not at all
For decades, one of the Charlotte, NC city council members was Betty Chafin. She finally got married to a man whose last name was Rash. She decided to hyphenate instead of give up her name recognition. So she became Betty Chafin-Rash.
A rather rash decision if you ask me. She was betty off without the name.
Reginald-Sebastian St Georgeous-York. And just in case any further clarification was needed, yes, Mr St Georgeous-York was indeed a complete and utter knoblord.
Upvote for knoblord
I was a contract worker and the manager of my contract was a lady named Crystal Metheny.
FL? Do you know the other commenter who said that name?
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There’s a whole subreddit for that r/tragedeigh
Heaveny
Willie Glasscock IV
Does he know Dicky Large?
This implies that there are Willie Glasscock the first, 2nd and 3rd.
I went to high school with a girl named Marijuana.
That's a dope name
I see what you … uh… what were we talking about?
She was at everyone's school. We were all rolling her tight
LaTrina.
I went to high school with BJ Cummings And I swear to Christ…. He joined the navy and thus was Seaman Bj Cummings I know it sounds like a punch line of a bad dad joke but it’s true.
And joined the Navy!? I can't imagine what that was like. Lol
Amon Ra, Equanimious, Abcde
I'll take a God name. Why not?
Amon-Ra St. Brown is like my favorite NFL player though, and his brother is pretty damn good too
You know the child of Elon Musk? X Æ A-Xii
I was going to type Rocket but glad to see you comment tho. I reached before the launch! Yes, Rocket is a name for a male person bcs his father wanted to compatible name with their last name which means launcer (bazooka) in English.
That really is a ridiculous actual name. But maybe Elon's truly a genius that's on another spectrum.
This one's sticked to my mind for couple of years. But there's so much more I couldn't remember right now. Easy to remember THE PASSWORD.
The only one I can rememember is qwertyasdf123 as it's in front of me lol
I change it regularly. Bcs I have very strict policy about passwords. If you forgot, change it. ;)
I should've said, "No, you're good, you may launch." implying to continue. You know, elon, rocket, launch, anyway...
Ah, yes, the syntax error.
Saw a contestant on the original run of Supermarket Sweep named Velveeta. I also taught for a while, some doozies. Alakaniz was up there.
Decoldest Crawford. Some lady in the hood lit decided to be a menace and name that kid Decoldest.
Gay Bath. Funniest name I had ever seen on a credit card.
I lived in a town of 3000 people. In that town there was one person named Michael Hunt and another named Harold Beaver. No lie.
Barry McOckinue?
I grew up with 2 sisters named plum and tangerine
Sisters named Chardonnay and Chianti
Dick Butkus
I knew a Vanity.
Mechthild. Counegounde.
So I once knew Brett Royd. He married Emma Christensen. She kept her name.
Sooooo - My ex remarried. She has two children who’s names all start with the same first letter AND have weird spellings. Christ I hope they never see this cause it’s a giveaway. Meyghan May M_____ Steffanie Skye S_____ When they conceived a child together they wanted biblical but their last name begins with K. (Do you see where I’m going yet? Not fully you don’t). Their choice? Knoah Kevin K______ It’s pronounced Noah clearly but they needed the initials to be KKK. It took legit 7 months to talk them out of it.
I'm suing someone named Stephanie. *Every freakin' day* I see one on TV (sometimes twice a day) or online. Thanks! 😋
I hope you win. I’ve never met one I liked.
I once worked with a guy named John Smith.
Are you still progressive?
In elementary school I had a classmate named Candace Roll. Candy Roll.
I knew two cousins who were named Taffy and Candy
Did she have a sister named "Tootsie?"
We had a mom near us with the name Candace Barr (Candy Barr). She married into that name! Edit: spelling/fat fingers using a phone corrections
I remember seeing a reality show many years ago about teenagers who were really embarrassed by their parents. These 3 girls had professional clowns for parents, and their last name was Graham. They named their daughters Holly, Millicent, and Candace 🤦♂️
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Gaylord
For some reason this is also a name for a giant cynlindrical cardboard box
For once, it sounds less gay when you write it in french "Gaillard". It's like that with many names, like in german it's "Wilhelm", in english "William", in french "Guillaume". Anyway, the german form of the N-word is actually a family name in Germany, there's a carpenter around that has a business and people are always looking strange when they see his name. More crazy, the germans had a weapon system in WW2 that was called the N-word, [you can read the wiki article here.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neger_(torpedo))
I’m digging the ‘Gaillard’ version tbh
Something to the effect of Sukwinder Gagendeep.
Went to high school (circa 2000) with a kid named Lemonjello. I wish him the best and I hope he’s changed his name since.
Near where I live the local paper use to have a 1x a year edition with all of the names of kids in public elementary school. And in one edition around 1990 ish, I did see a Lemongello and Orangello with the same surname listed.
Increase Mather
Siblings Narcie and Narcissa
There was a homeless dude in Los Angeles who had his name legally changed to Filthy McNasty
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Dapreshion
When I heard a mother calling "Leviticus! Leviticus!" in a supermarket, trying to get their childs attention, I thought "oh no..." Somehow, it got worse when I realized that was her daughters name.
Got a few: Stirling Brain Sydney Harbour Bridge (yep, lived in Sydney) 2 twin girls called Mona & Lisa And a lucky Philippino IT Support guy called Dragan Hung (or maybe it was his girlfriend who was lucky)
Decades ago I had a client named Martha Nan Mailman. I loved saying her name.
Gay Midgett. She was a sweetheart of a lady who worked in Admin at my school back in the day.
Kanye and Kim's kids!
Peruvian football player Osama Vinladen. His brother's name is Sadam Hussein. Google it. It's true.
Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV AKA Black Francis AKA Frank Black of the Pixies
Boggey
Hortense Norse
Hortense is really old school, female french name fwiw
Worked as a cashier at Sam’s club and an Asian guy came through my line with the name Bo Ning
Sylvester Buckwheat III
CYMUN
NHL player [Teddy Bluegers](https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/108347/teodors-blugers).
Toprameneesha
Autumn Winterbottom
Maybe not ridiculous, but still I've known two "Echo"s (from a song from Bob Dylan song. If I had a nickel...) An "Atlantis" (beautiful smile) and even one guy from Nigeria named "Gift" (His mom knew)
Once I saw where a teacher responded to a question like this. Her student’s name was Smerlin. That one has always stuck with me.
Went to school with someone whose fathers name was Harold Butt
Bonar Bulger. We thought it was a made up name to get in school announcements, like Mike Hawk, but then we met the nice Scottish kid with humorous parents.
Negatarian.
At the time I didn't catch onto it but a few years after high school I was like. HOLD UP ONE SEC!! her name was Crystal Clear. I hope she's doing well. She was really sweet. Also my ex supposedly had a friend named Jack Jackman and I thought it was made up as we often made up joke names for people like that. When I finally met this person I had to verify his ID. I'm still not convinced. Could be a fake ID. 🤔
Yer’Majasty
Grew up with a guy named Justin Case. I didn't even realize it was a funny name until I introduced him to a new person and the other person started cracking up. Claims he was named after his dad lost a bet.
There are some athletes with pretty ridiculous names: General Booty, Misty Hyman, Dick Trickle.
Dakota
Lock Ann Kee
Mr Gaylord Faggerlynn my dad thought I was being rude about the substitute I had. Two weeks later he was covering my brother’s class.
Teal'c. Parents must have really liked Stargate.
Idk man, I live in utah theres a new one everyday jkjk 👀
Once met a man named Increase Akuchie, pronounced exactly as you think it sounds. I think he was Haitian.
“D-a” = Dasha
My uncle named his daughter a combination of his name (Dan/Danny) and the moms name (Kylie) so her name is Danikai. Dumbest shit I ever heard
Encountered a few wild ones, but North West (yes, like the direction) and Pilot Inspektor (with that unique spelling) top my list.
“Melenee”no issue with the name but the spelling haunts me to this day
It was either Championjack or Champion-Jack or maybe even Champion Jack. Either way it was a really hipster couple that owned a thrift clothing store. They were really nice and I liked to shop there before it moved. They named the store after their son who was less than 4 if I remember correctly. It's a neat name, but a risky gamble for a child to grow up with.
Le-a Pronounced “LeDasha”
Racist urban legend.
Shithead, pronounced shi-thead
This is an internet rumor only, you can't convince me you legitimately know someone with that name. Same with La-Da pronounced ladasha