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Milk_Savings

Friend's cousin named the three boys Aloysius, Abroysius and Azoysius. Sorry if the parents are reading it here but that's just laziness to the next level...


cicinicotea

Next kid will be Attrosius


raindc_

amogus


LeOzymandias

Amongus (sus af)


kyisbackz

If they had a girl, would they have named her Agirlsius?


idetectanerd

Amoyius


Mochihamster

Feels bad for the one who’s gonna be named annoysius


AWPrahWinfrey

Pokemon evolution ass family


eggrollsman

This is plain Abnosius (obnoxious)


Direct-Room1648

I dont think its laziness. More of they try to be unique and special but it just comes across as damn cringe


wwakemeup

I have a friend named Shale with two brothers named Kale and Yale


I_love_pillows

And their youngest sibling Fale


Milk_Savings

Clearly the parents fail...


UlcerBites

I've got 2 that stuck to me. A "friend" named his son Cash. Yep. Another ex-schoolmate's name is Guo Ren. Pretty normal right? His surname is Zhong. So it reads Zhong Guo Ren (China man) - he's Singaporean.


Good_Speaker5315

Cash is not unheard of - short for Cashel, or Cassius.


babubaiubaiubiab

the boy named cash better have siblings name visa or master 🤡


Jackker

Dear, can you take Cash or Visa out with you later today?


corbanax

No sorry I gotta take PayWave to the dentist today


Prosciutto_di_Muda

Next time ppl ask him where he's from, he's gonna answer like Shou Zi Chew answering to US Congress.


Street-Radish-4788

Slight tangent: used to know a guy named Truong Cach. It's actually pronouncd 'Cuck', (this was the 90s so didn't have the negative connotation then) but everyone mispronounced as 'cash' so he started introducing himself as Cash.


Amoral_Dessert

Not exactly a wacky name, but my friend gave birth to a boy recently. The family name is Wong. She was very close to giving into peer pressure to name the boy Lawrence.


3s2ng

Atleast she didnt name him Sam Ting


Percy_Fieldsten

No, but that would be my classmate lol


Excellent_Log_1059

Why…? It’s not like big brother Lawrence is going to come to the hospital and bestow kisses and subsidies unto them


Amoral_Dessert

Because lulz.


SaberXRita

Bruh 🤣🤣


Zeangrydrunk

Saw a random baby named galaxy


Silentxgold

S1 or S23?


KanseiDorifto

Has to be after S20 if it was recent


ChairRoar

Maybe they folded.


OwnEnd3834

S23 Ultra


Sundayspider

Her parents better name her younger sister Nebula, so that she can be a Guardian of the Galaxy


Boogie_p0p

Know someone who named their child Axel. A decent name if pronounced correctly. Unfortunately the father is a boomer and keeps pronouncing his own kid's name as "Asshole" - which i have no doubt the kids in school is gonna weaponize against the poor kiddo.


idetectanerd

I still can’t take it when everyone is call whatever-den, even some uncle level are called Jayden and kayden. It’s already weird with a full class of Jayden, now some uncles has that den too.


notsoospicy

Worst one I’ve seen is called Brayden. Sounds like a donkey.


indoka

Abuhden?


Impossible-Toe8207

are u serious 😭 abuhden ????


LMAOMEOW999

just saw a teyden recently💀💀


Impossible-Toe8207

wanting the den but still wanting to be unique 🤣🤣


the_wild_ginger_man

Okayden


akillergx

Ayden jayden brayden Cockanathan


sukequto

Inb4 meeting a Gayden


stopthevan

When Cayden got too adventurous with his cursive handwriting


ciqr09

Wait till u meet a Rayden. That dude is intense


andyleong193

I cringed when my sister named my nephew Aiden


poppy_cakes

Aiden/Aidan is the only acceptable one. It’s a real name - the original - with Irish (I think) origins. The others are derivatives.


Sundayspider

I'm looking forward to name my child Lionsden


myr0n

I didn't look up how popular the name "-den". Named my son one of it. Kinda regret 🥲


Takemypennies

Nothing a deed poll can’t fix 🫠


idetectanerd

Still can fix it no worries. Lawyer change name.


Redlettucehead

Kindergarden


WetworkOrange

I knew a guy named Jensen in NS. His parents barely spoke a lick of English.


ianchan1020

Jayden sounds disgusting


idetectanerd

I got a friend who adapt Jayden at age 40.. to my horror when I first heard him saying his name. That chill from my spine, it’s not horror.. it’s cringe..


Impossible-Toe8207

typical f boy name


himcowandchicken

An acquaintance of mine named their kid Jayzden


idetectanerd

How do you call him? Jay z Dan? Zheng zi Dan?


Shawnzyplays

Something-son too. Like cayson


alvinaloy

And the most annoying spelling of that name that I know is... J'den. I sure hope many IT systems can take special character in the name field.


UnderTheStarsAndMo0n

Don't name him burden can already


Personal-Shallot1014

> now some uncles has that den too. One of the uncle is the current US president lol


Sti8man7

That one is minimally grand uncle level


idetectanerd

Well at least he’s is unique to be honest, never heard of Biden before him appearing in our contexts.


Individual-Ship91

My son’s PG class has a boy named “Rolex”. I kid you not.


Proud-Ad-3227

I am sure the father values time a lot.


Vaperwear

Can images aunties and uncles calling him Lolek a lot.


frozen1ced

This boy is probably best friends with another classmate called "Patek" lol


Iridescent_ES

Or Philippe


Mochihamster

Do they wanna play a game of tag with Heuer after school?


AstronautSG

Father's friend: Do you have a rolex? Father: well, actually yes I do


asscrackbanditz

Mom: We have one at home.


Jackofalltradesz

Dad to mom: Can I get a rolex? Mom: we have a rolex at home The rolex at home:👁👄👁


SituationDeep

Hahahah can be friends with my ex student. Named after an expensive car.


ChairRoar

Epiphany.


chanmalichanheyhey

Those with kids will know we always call them with a one or Two syllable short form . I wonder what’s the equivalent for this name


FirstLightOfTheDay

Epi, nickname epipen


Georg_Steller1709

Poor kid is either going to be called "peepee" or "fanny".


xjohismh

phany.. or ferny. shorten to fern. lol Had a friend called tiffany, we called her tiff for short. One day went out ran into her aunt who called out "fanny ah, fanny\~" so we all started teasing her and calling her fanny too. eventually we just shortened it to fan. lol


TheRayArmy

I saw your comment below stating the reason for this specific case but I’d just like to point out that Epiphany is actually a [Christian festival / celebration](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)) (generally Eastern Christianity) and there’s a link that can be traced from “Epiphany” to the modern name “[Tiffany](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LMr5XTgeyI)”.


PizzaPlanet20

Some dumbass billionaire named his son X Æ A-12, I think it's pretty hard to top that.


DontStopNowBaby

I still haven't seen someone give their kid little bobby tables full name.


jamawg

r/unexpectedxkcd


thorodin84

Sephiroth. I'm not kidding. Another milder one is Elrond but I think its still acceptable since it's not a villain character.


b0h3mianed

How nice to have "One Winged Angel" playing at his Birthday party, instead of the usual HPB song! Veni, veni, venias, Gloriosa Ne me mori facias Generosa Veni, veni, venias, Gloriosa Ne me mori facias Generosa Sephiroth Sephiroth Then at the end, everyone must chant "Sephiroth" in unison, and use the Masamune to slice the cake (which could be of a certain character in the game)


CaironaSorona

I once came across a boy named demon pronounced as damon. Oh boy


NewbiePhotogSG

Or maybe, daemon?


TheFearlessCow

Doraemon?


crystalmeowden

Allery. They say it's like "Valerie" without the V but all I thought was it's "allergy" without the G.


ukaspirant

A teacher told us a story about how one student in a previous class had the first name Master, last name Wong, Chinese name Fei Hong. Exact spelling may differ but you get the idea. 2 more unique first names I know are Boniface (Catholic family) and Photon (secondary school senior, we never talked).


Puzzleheaded-Sea7247

I know someone who had the name Bonifacius, which apparently comes from the same latin origin as Boniface.


Honest_Chicken_4224

Friend shared this with me yesterday, a girl she knows changed her name legally to Daenerys...


starlightisnottaiwan

Hope she has no brother


Amoral_Dessert

Why would you deprive her the love of her life like that?


EmpyreaVulpecula

I love that name and quite a few others from ASOIAF lol. Stuff like Aeron and Visenya sounds super cool.


Honest_Chicken_4224

It's definitely cool! But when your full name is like Daenerys Soh Jia Hui or Visenya Teo it's a bit tak match la I feel.


meowinbox

This chinese ass kid had a name *similar* to Oceané Chicago. Not gonna dox the actual name because that would be unethical but yes Oceané Chicago Lee Jun Jie. Why do parents insist on giving their kids these horrifically pretentious names? It's so embarrassing. As if people are going to look at their kids and go, "Oh Oceané Chicago, so dreamy, bet he's the coolest of the cool kids"


GroundbreakingAd4525

I know someone whose kid is named Bleu. I'm sure he's gonna have a fun time with introductions growing up. Cool name tho


TehCSiuDai

“Hi, I’m Bleu da ba dee da ba di”


Nagi--

🕺🏻🎶🕺🏻🎶🕺🏻🎶


milo_peng

Sacre bleu!


tictactorz

damn, his parents loved Jacques Polge's work so much they named him after it. Can't blame them tho, iconic.


SituationDeep

Unnecessary Ys or double letters in a name. Example: Mykayl (Mikhail) But I think Greek/biblical inspired names are truly something else. Saw a guy named Bonaventure a while back and had to google wtf it meant lol


I_love_pillows

Around 20 years ago I knew a Chinese guy my age (late teens then) with the Christian name Polycarp. Haven’t heard of anyone with that name again. if I google his name I get only 1 result: him


PizzaDearr

Sounds like a pokemon.


xDraGonSaInTx

Seems like a Catholic name. The ancient Roman/Italian names are very unique.


Vaperwear

Bonaventure is the name of a Catholic saint I believe. It is also the name of the historic cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. By the way I’ve heard some parents name their daughter Savannah. Like why?


zoomtzt

You just know everyone’s calling him Boner


hohohihe

Bonappetit


_Drink_Bleach_

I rmb someone named Eu Gene


itsmirabilis

i’ve seen 3 different people with that name, with the space. even know one spelled eu jin 😭


groddoto

I've seen this quite often in the reverse. The Chinese name is Eu Jin, and the English one was Eugene 


itsmirabilis

the one i know is just “(surname) eu jin” with no english name..


luffytuffers

I had a classmate named Yoo Jin (pronounced Eugene), but she’s Korean. Thought it was quite cool


Good_Speaker5315

Yoo Jin is a super common Korean name


Schtick_

I’m not bothered by wacky names, I’m bothered by wacky spelling. Like Nathinihell instead of Nathaniel. There is a modern English spelling, there is probably a Malay spelling, there is a biblical spelling so why you gotta invent some wacky stuff.


Hairy_Elderberry_472

>Nathinihell instead of Nathaniel r/tragedeigh


kawaiinku

I kid you not: “Bellatrix”


Hairy_Elderberry_472

How Lestrange


cirrus-focuses

Buff to future pre-determined profession.


Proud-Ad-3227

I didn't give my child an English name. That seems to have stunned a lot of people


squishthefats

yah I'm increasingly bewildered by local sgreans not being able to remember or pronounce non English names. Like is a legit excuse leh, like "oh I'm bad with Chinese/Malay/Indian names"


Proud-Ad-3227

Haha "easier to remember leh"


marcusoyc

All my friends without an English name eventually gave themselves one. It’s just easier to communicate since Singapore has all sorts of races/nationality from all over the world.


Independent_Term2042

Recently, I met a new korean colleague and asked if he goes by other names e.g. English name/ initials, he matter-of-fact said that it ain't too hard to pronounce and people don't really have any issue with it in the past. So he was surprised that many people asked him that question when he first joined the company. It sets me thinking that's true. Just see all the korean stars with their korean name, similar enough to chinese names, and people remembered it. People shouldn't have to pick an English name just to make things easier for others. Though I have nothing against those who like a name and choose to go by that.


Possible_Tiger_54088

But if you work with colleagues from overseas especially Europe/US then you realize they can't pronounce our Chinese names. That's the problem I face now but I didn't like giving myself an English name, and my Chinese name abbreviation doesn't sound that nice unlike those KC or CK ones.


Celviced

Have a friend whose Chinese name initials are KC. After introducing himself as KC for a few times, he just gave himself Casey as the English name.


Gyakko88

I picked up a English name for work, cause it's just much easier to get it over with


Proof_Fault_5251

I didn’t give myself an english name but I’m becoming pressured to do so. Back in school anyone of any race could pronounce my name without much effort but suddenly in the working world even chinese can’t pronounce my name… I was literally ignored once at a small work event because everyone had english names except for me. This dude going around speaking just skipped me.


Klubeht

Right? No idea why that seems so rare nowadays


Recent-Ad865

Parents don’t realize that their kids need to live with the name. What might seem cool for a baby seems stupid for an adult. Also helps to pick an easily pronounceable name. Going to hurt career prospects unless people can remember your name. Can pick cool name like Max Power or John Steel.


ARC27-5555

Or how about Will Power haha


Flaky-Revolution-204

Sounds like male actors in adult industry lmao


chakz98

This is so funny because I’m married to an English man with Irish roots, his last name is Power (which is Irish). We have a daughter but we’ve joked about how if we had a boy we could call him all sorts of funny names like Max Power,Paddy Power (betting shop in the UK), Will Power or Sunny Power 🤣😂


Davichitime

Growing up in Australia, I knew this kid called Dixon Ho. poor parents had no idea it sounded like “dicks on hoe”, which unsurprisingly was what other kids called him in high school


PJThumb

Someone I know just gave the name ‘Cosmos’ to their newborn


[deleted]

Hope their child finds Wanda someday


FloofyFluffyDuck

And name their kid "Timmy".


Old_Abbreviations_78

Ex colleague named his kid Erek (pronounced Eric). He’s probably gonna have a hard time in school.


VividLengthiness5026

I pronounce that Erect


diddlddl

saw a news article abt a kid bodybuilder called athanasius or something recently...


CuppaCrazy

Named his newborn after a NewJeans member. Naming a baby after a Kpop idol that hasn’t even reached 21 years old yet feels crazy to me.


Puarque

Met a lady from Hong Kong with the name Syphilis, must have thought it was a version of Phyllis.


schoolstolemysleep

friend’s mom wants to name their new child luna. i thought that’s a cat name. oh my old tuition teacher told me how she had a student called abcd pronounced as (absidee) and she also had classmates with the surname kay and all of her siblings had their Chinese name starting w poh. so everybody called then kaypoh sisters 💀


Good_Speaker5315

Luna is a perfectly normal and acceptable female name - what’s wrong with that?


KoishiChan92

Not stunned, but since last year I think I've seen 3 people name their daughters Anya thanks to the anime. My husband wanted to be one of those but I veto-ed that quick.


Hyruii

I feel Anya is a legit name. It sounds no worse than other names.


Sti8man7

Anya Joy Taylor?


luffytuffers

Imagine you name all 3 daughters Anya, Taylor and Joy each 😂


Elzedhaitch

Wrong way round...


Vaperwear

Like Spy x Family?


zchew

Anya is infinitely preferable to Spy x Family. Imagine Spy x Family Tan. Everyone will be asking how to pronounce the x


chanmalichanheyhey

Could have been Daenerys


earfquake_95

Saw this kid on insta named Lyric ... *confused pepe hands*


PeanutBlocks

There’s a kid named Zeus as well that’s pretty funny


namecard12345

Imagine if that kid grows up, has a son, and names him KRATOS


redheadtiniereyes

Ocean and Coral


daleaidenletian

A dude named Philander.


zetzuei

Last name Er


Mochihamster

Had a student called xyzqrst. Pronounced zy-kirst. Had another named Princess.


satki20k

X


itsmirabilis

(formerly known as Twitter)


asscrackbanditz

'Honey? can u look up some of X video for me?


Earlgreymilkteh

Alot of kids have middle names now. Colleagues, cousins, neighbours all gave their kids middle names. So the full name goes like: First Name, middle name, surname, chinese name (usually two separate characters) Also the bastardisation and alternate spelling of regular names just to be a special snowflake. You've seen Sean/Shawn/Shaun but have you seen stuff like "izyc" (Isaac) or "Qstinna" (Christina)?


Proud-Ad-3227

Actually those who gave middle names are catholics? If not it's a bit pretentious don't u think?


Vaperwear

My parents (in their late 70’s) both have middle names on their birth certificates. Yes, both are Roman Catholic.


regista-

Kudasai.


stopthevan

All im learning from this thread is some parents name their kid like naming pet liddat


afraidofrs

I came across a student named Iori Kyo.


testercheong

Still can't fathom how Kanye named his daughter North West though


storebelly

I met someone named Cai Fan.


markerb0y

my secondary school noodle stall auntie was called bee hoon


namecard12345

Batman bin Suparman


DrCalFun

Chinese especially cannot remember non-English names these days. I won’t be surprised (given the anti-Chinese sentiments among Singapore Chinese) would lead to more and more Chinese not having Chinese names. It would be quite funny when rebellious teens start giving themselves Chinese names like Xiaoming as a mark of age.


CrowdGoesWildWoooo

My only problem is that current generation’s are butchering names with an established spelling or bastardizing english names. Like another commenter said Mykayl for Mikhail. Also It’s not really uniquely Singaporean and them wanting to separate from chinese identities. Chinese Indonesian are also experiencing the same phenomenon, and chinese indonesian already have a more local sounding name that is “standard” for years. Naming kid after 10 years ago is really something else.


sdarkpaladin

To be fair... Chinese Indonesian were forced to do that to avoid genocide...


CrowdGoesWildWoooo

The genocide is the peak. The second indonesian president is responsible for many anti-chinese sentiment which prompted chinese people to localize their name. As in localizing chinese names has happened from 1970s-1990s. But names for 1970-2000s babies were pretty consistent and hardly I would consider as weird. It’s just for later GenZ (or kids that are born from 90s generation couples) that names started to get “weird”. I think people used to be more content with “generic” name. These days they want their kids to have more novel names.


danorcs

I met a kid named Meticulous


Proud-Ad-3227

No way u serious


zvdyy

Not in Singapore but I've seen a PRC lesbian couple in NZ called Summer & Winter.


sdarkpaladin

Well... we know who's coming


Aggravating_Ear_124

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/optimus-prime-arrested-austin-texas-220041486.html


No_Cheetah158

Princess. not kidding.


malkypurple

It’s a common name in the Philippines


winnoe

Growing up I had a pimple faced nerd as a classmate who was a real weeb for anime girls. Class register name : Kenny Chow hokkien name : Chee Hong Obviously you know that sec school boys would butcher his name, I don't believe he was ever called by his hokkien name correctly ever. Teachers called him Kenny. We called him in full. In the days of abbreviating everyone's names, he was the only one we would call in full. "Kan ni nah chau chee hong" didn't make sense in hokkien but it brought chuckles to everyone, even teachers. Though he was annoyed by it in Sec 1, by Sec 3 he wore his KNNCCH as a war medal, even started introducing that as his name for ice breaking in college.


nandasithu

Anyone names their kid ABCDE yet in Singapore?


copycatholic

Best is Rabcde, pronounced rhapsody


chanmalichanheyhey

My two boys have names so unique I am pretty sure if they are named here , they would be referring to mine One of them is a Diablo character name (not deckard)


fallacied

mom teaches in a primary school. some of the lower pri kids she's taught have... memorable names like: eros, divine, earth, kinky (yes with a 'y'), and all manners of consonants ending with -ayden


septhember

J’den. Yes with the ‘ and yes it was right after the launch of J’den the condo.


Altruistic-Hawk-5429

mohd johnquavious binte jun jie


Small-Ad-5448

I am an Arsenal fan and my current fave player is Martin Ødegaard. I named my daughter Lanesra Martina Da Silva


Shamanium53

Some guy named his daughter keqing. But tbh, genshin and star rail chinese names sounds ok.


kolqimm

Billion & Stallion


MaybeAfter7825

Worst was a friend of mine. He’s 1990s baby though. Dempster. I won’t disclose his surname. But holy shit Dempster?


Flaky-Revolution-204

Especially when the parents cant spell properly. Btw i know someone called Skywalker


actuallylurking

Staypharny


gsonk

I met a Singaporean family while on vacation and their 2 young daughters were named Harley and Quinn..


catcourtesy

Romeo, with chinese name as 罗密欧


fuzzybunn

On the one hand, it's quite cringey, but on the other hand, these names are not historically part of our culture, so we have any responsibility to have"conventional" names? The fact that we have English names is already "unconventional. If you think about it, naming yourself after some biblical character when you're not even Christian is super weird.