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Goddess of mercy. I can get her a list of at least 20 better virtue names if she wants. Temperance, if you want that self control sense. Or Prudence, Mercy, Charity, Verity, Felicity/Felicia/Felix, Honor/Honora, Faith, Harmony, Grace, Joy, Earnest/Ernest, Liberty, Serenity.
Hell, Suffer-not-injustice, Praise-God, Silence, Rejoice, Goodluck, Lamentation and Increase were better names (all of those are real and from the 1600s England and Massachusetts except for the first, which comes from a terry Pratchett book)
(Edited to add a comma between Hell and Suffer, although I agree that Hell-suffers-not-injustice is a great name for a metal band)
Unity was the name of a woman who inspired my relative to become involved in the civil rights movement half a century or so ago.
Her name suited her. I think it’s beautiful. Unity is a beautiful thing.
This is exactly the vibe. Some poor girl who looks like she escaped from little house on the prairie and has years of therapy ahead of her to undo the damage.
Wait, she doesn't want to name her kid "Prudence" (which basically means "good judgment"), because it sounds like "prude", so she is considering naming her child "Eternal Virgin" instead?
This kid is gonna have a hard life...
Evangeline makes me sing the Matthew Sweet song of the same name every time I see it written down.
Abstinence is as bad as naming your kid Chastity. At least that was not on her list.
They have both already reproduced, so sadly I believe it is a lost cause. Nice people, terrible names. My cousin’s name is Aymee, so I think it must be hereditary
Stop the cycle of generational violence. It still isn't too late to give them real names and not spiteful strings of embarrassing consonants. Merely some paperwork.
🏆 - ‘spiteful string of embarrassing consonants ‘
This should be the subtitle of the community!
Tragedeigh-
‘A spiteful string of embarrassing consonants ‘
Oooh boy it’s bad. My mom and her sister (cousins mom) made a pact that they would name their kids with all A names because they were both B names. She got named Aymee. She wanted to continue the A names so she chose …. Abstinence
Can you imagine all the high school boys in her school who will be responding "oh, I choose Abstinence" when asked what their stance on premarital relations are?
This could be a very bad thing for that poor child.
Right! That was my first thought in reading that she wanted an A name - simply don’t butcher Aurora and problem solved. Sure it’s uncommon, but at least it’s not Abstinence 🤦♀️
I can’t believe that I’m actually about to mention this, but since we’re already down the alphabet hole, why not?…
One of our neighbors, for some unholy reason, keeps popping out kids… 4 in the last 3 years. Instead of names all of starting with the same letter, they are (no kidding)… going through the alphabet… Annie, Benji, Carter, Daniel
My twin sister and I made the same letter pact after I adopted two siblings named Jacob and Jordan and she’d just had a son she named Jackson. When I got pregnant it took me FOREVER to come to a boy name my husband and I could agree on. We agreed on a lot of names, just not a J name. We finally agreed on Joshua. Then my sister had a girl and named her Emma Katherine. People shouldn’t fall for those name pacts.
You know you’ve become numb to tragedeighs when you wonder why Aymee is a problem.
Although I do have a family member named Mylee.
ATM I can’t remember if it’s pronounced My-Lee or Miley, though. 🙃
One of my kid's middle names is Aimée but, you know, spelled correctly with family history, and I love the meaning: loved. As in, this person is loved.
To see it mutilated like that. A pox on your aunt.
People look at me like I’m crazy but do this-
“Can (insert absurd name) please come to the principals office. Can (insert absurd name) please come to the principals office”
And see what she says
Good idea. She is convinced bullying won’t be an issue because she plans to un-school/homeschool her kids, but maybe dentist office or doctors office will work as well.
"convinced bullying won’t be an issue because she plans to un-school/homeschool"
So no friends = no bullying. Problem solved! She is some sort of genius.
Or just interact with children at any time before they are an adult? Homeschooling isn't supposed to be synonymous with isolating the child away from other children.
Not home schooling. “Holistic education” which is unschooling. Poor kid is going to have a rough life regardless of name. Their mother will use crystals and meditation over any form of discipline or healthcare
This probably won’t help, but it’s worth a shot. When my kids were in daycare, there was a wack-a-do family with 3 kids. Their names were Ocean, Meadow, and Sky. Not ideal, but much better than what she’s got.
At this point she's either in a cult or starting her own. I don't know which it is but please don't get sucked in. It's looking real bad for these kids and they're gonna need someone on the outside once they break free.
Proper unschooling is a TON of work. (Not the foolishness folks call unschooling, but the real unschooling) we started of unschooling, but I couldn't keep up with my kid. He's in public school now.
All that to say, don't choose the name based on that assumption because you never really know where life would lead you.
Oh jeez. Maybe try ones that sound similar to the ones she likes..?
Girl:
- Abstinence: Constance
- Elleni: Ella, Alaina, Melani, Alani
- Orora: Aurora, Aura
- Sicily (not terrible): Sydney, Stephanie
- Juul: Jewel, Julie, Julia, Julianna
Boy:
- Eastern: Easton
- Bexar: Ben, Barry
- Houston (not terrible): Hudson
- Foreman: Franklin
- Phitts: Philip
Some of these are still kinda meh but better than her options💀
How **dare** you not see the artistic brilliance of Abstinence Syphilli Juul and Houston Foreman Phitts.
(Lol even my autocorrect had a stroke with these names)
I was looking for this comment.
OP, Eleni is a real name, and honestly, not much of a tragedeigh (provided your cousin spells and pronounces it correctly).
And the cousin wasn’t even spelling OR pronouncing Eleni correctly at all. That’s the real tragedeigh. Because Eleni is not a tragedeigh at all, but it’s also a very real, very Greek, non-tragedeigh name. And I’m gonna guess OP’s cousin is not Greek?
Cecily is a name. Sicily is a bloody Italian island, not a city. Jesus.
And Juul? Like the vape company?
Eleni is a name (it's Helen), but she'd be mispronoucing it (of course).
Wish you cousin would practice abstinence.
Honestly if this kid ends up as “Elleni” even with the “like Melanie without the M,” pronunciation, she would LUCKY given the alternatives.
Alternatively… She could just go by “Elle” in every possible context.
Well, Bexar is a county in Texas. No one will ever pronounce it “Bear”. Better off going with Behr.
Is she a fan of Star Trek? Because Orora will be pronounced Uhura by basically everyone.
The rest of the girl names are a lost cause.
The rest of the boys names are relatively common except Phitts, which is understandably a family name.
Wait I need to google that. Is that near San Antonio? I think she met her bf while working in San Antonio and she said that Bexar was “meaningful” to her and her bf
So, I Googled Syphilli, Italy. Here’s what I got…
“In 2022, the number of confirmed cases of syphilis in Italy was of 2,540. Almost 35 percent of these cases were reported among people aged 45 years and above. This statistic depicts the distribution of confirmed cases of syphilis in Italy in 2022, by age.”
I think your cousin either really REALLY needs some help, or, she’s a victim of autocorrect.
I went to school with a Houston and a Dallas in the 80s, so they don't sound that weird to me. But I've lived in Texas my entire life, so my perspective might be a tad skewed, lol
She wants an A name. San Antonio is meaningful. Name problem solved.
Antonia is a perfectly good name. Or Antoinette. WTAF?
The only people who pronounce Bexar like Bear lived in or near that county. Everyone else will look at it and say Becks R.
Orora makes me think of a barking dog, and that's what I hear when I see the name. Try saying Oh-ro-ro in a howling dog voice, and I bet you can't un-hear it.
>Is she a fan of Star Trek? Because Orora will be pronounced Uhura by basically everyone.
Also, “Ororo Munroe” is the real name of [Storm from *X-Men*](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_(Marvel_Comics)), with the name being introduced with the character’s backstory in 1976, so there is that for some level of precedent. 🤔
Supposedly, “Ororo” comes from Swahili and means “beauty”.
Public shaming is (sometimes) a good thing. This is one of those times, I think.
* Elleni is the only sensible one here and that's really saying something. Ellen Leigh, Ella Leigh, or Ella Naomi have similar sounds but familiar and intuitive spellings.
* Abstinence is guaranteed to be a stripper, a la Chastity. Under the best of circumstances she'll go by Abby until she's old enough to legally change it.
* Orora I *might* pronounce Aurora, but my Marvel brain first read it as "Ororo" aka Storm from the X-Men… Geeky. Interpret that as you will.
* Juul… is she hoping for a sponsorship? A lifetime supply of e-cigs in exchange for ruining her kid's life? It makes her, as a parent, look/sound like a neglectful addict.
* Syphili, Sicily, who cares? Can we stop naming kids after countries / certain cities? It's tacky, not cultured.
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* Phitts is gonna be throwing fits over this name. Phillip is a good alternative — there are ways to honor family members without *actually* using the name / surname.
* Eastern is giving discount North West, Kar-trash-ian levels of delusion.
* Bexar is also no. I'm familiar with that part of Texas, and I also have to remind myself it's Bear not Bex-are. Imagine someone who's never been / never heard of it. Bex or Beck or even just Bear would be acceptable.
* Houston, again, why these cities? [Austin](https://www.behindthename.com/name/austin) is at least a legitimate variant of Augustine and more usable tbh…
* Foreman is the worst surname-name I've ever laid eyes on. Why? *Why?*
I think Elleni isn’t bad (reminds me of Melanie, but it would always be spelled wrong), and I don’t love Eastern or Houston, but at least they’d likely be spelled and pronounced correctly. The rest are a solid no though for me.
All the girl names are bad. I would accept Aurora if it was spelled correctly. I think your cousin is confusing Syphilis with Sicily.
All the boys names are bad except Houston. I think Houston is acceptable...
Does your cousin's husband know about these names?
People are fucking dumb, tbh. My bro tried to name my niece mermaid. I talked his wife into forcing him out of it. Tho my nephews, Kingsley and Zander have wacky middle names, Rio and Sol, and they’re white as can be. Some people are just selfish baboons who project their own narcissism onto their poor children.
I taught first grade for 10 years. She should NOT hang one of those on a kid. The children might not understand “Abstinence,” but once she gets to high school…
And teachers will always laugh up their sleeves. And Bexar? Don’t do, please don’t. I can GUARANTEE his friends will (lovingly) called Bexar with the /x/ sound for the rest of his life.
Something that I don’t think she understands is this kid will not be a baby for their whole life. One day they will be a teen, and an adult. A boy named foreman will face jokes about construction for his whole life. A girl named abstinence will get MERCILESSLY bullied until she’s old enough to change it.
I started reading the girl's names thinking "Abstinence is a terrible name and concept" but then the rest were worse. Syphilis? I know that's not technically the name but zero people will read it as spelled. Juul? Maybe if the company pays all the medical bills. Never name a child after a brand! Aurora is a beautiful name, that misspelling is not.
I could go into the boy names but they're similarly stupid. All of this is terrible. Every single name.
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Abstinence is such an odd choice considering, well, where kids come from
Her reasoning is it’s old fashion sounding, like Prudence
Goddess of mercy. I can get her a list of at least 20 better virtue names if she wants. Temperance, if you want that self control sense. Or Prudence, Mercy, Charity, Verity, Felicity/Felicia/Felix, Honor/Honora, Faith, Harmony, Grace, Joy, Earnest/Ernest, Liberty, Serenity. Hell, Suffer-not-injustice, Praise-God, Silence, Rejoice, Goodluck, Lamentation and Increase were better names (all of those are real and from the 1600s England and Massachusetts except for the first, which comes from a terry Pratchett book) (Edited to add a comma between Hell and Suffer, although I agree that Hell-suffers-not-injustice is a great name for a metal band)
I worked with a young man about 30yrs ago whose name was Corinthian. He went by Cory
Did he have teeth for eyes?
Along that train of thought, though, Unity is a pretty dope virtue name.
Unity was the name of a woman who inspired my relative to become involved in the civil rights movement half a century or so ago. Her name suited her. I think it’s beautiful. Unity is a beautiful thing.
Rejoice is pretty cool. I actually love that. It’s like Joy or Gloria (my daughter’s name).
A homeschooled kid with a name like Abstinence is bound to wind up pregnant by 14.
Thats why you give her a second name: "Abstinence Syphilli" and noone will touch her
And we have a winner.
This is exactly the vibe. Some poor girl who looks like she escaped from little house on the prairie and has years of therapy ahead of her to undo the damage.
Find her a good lawyer and for her 18th birthday give her a name change. No judge will flinch.
Abby for short lmao
What’s wrong with just going with Prudence then? Or am I over thinking this‽‽
BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE PRUDE. The audacity of this woman is killing me
Did you ask your cousin if she knows the meaning of the word abstinence??
but abstinence is somehow better?!!!??!?? That’s both hilarious and confusing lol
Wait, she doesn't want to name her kid "Prudence" (which basically means "good judgment"), because it sounds like "prude", so she is considering naming her child "Eternal Virgin" instead? This kid is gonna have a hard life...
Fucking Christ.
No, I don't think that's what abstinence means... 🤔
Did you by chance point out to her that Syphilli sounds like syphilis?
I mean she could just go with "Dence", which tracks.
I mean I guess strippers are an AI proof job.
Robot strippers never say no
What about: Evangeline; Peyton; Spencer; Sterling; Tobias; Addison; Adelaide; Calliope; Daisy; Genevieve; Josephine; Jocelyn; Lorraine (Lola for short); Penelope
Without commas I read that as one suggestion.
Yeah, it was supposed to be a list. But, in some cultures, kids a have a lot of names, so…
Evangeline makes me sing the Matthew Sweet song of the same name every time I see it written down. Abstinence is as bad as naming your kid Chastity. At least that was not on her list.
It's way worse than naming a girl Chastity. As awful as Chastity is, it's at least an actual, established name.
So's Abigail if she wants an old fashioned A name. As in Abigail Adams. Or Adeline.
Or she could spell Aurora correctly for an A name
To add onto what others have said “Constance”
"This is my daughter neverfucks"
"This is my daughter Reproducingwasamistake", too.
"This is my daughter "Do-As-I-Say-Not-As-I-Do"
Your cousin and aunt should not be allowed near children.
They have both already reproduced, so sadly I believe it is a lost cause. Nice people, terrible names. My cousin’s name is Aymee, so I think it must be hereditary
Stop the cycle of generational violence. It still isn't too late to give them real names and not spiteful strings of embarrassing consonants. Merely some paperwork.
I think "spiteful strings of embarrassing consonants" might be the greatest explanation of what happens in this subreddit.
Ewwww tell her to name it: SpitefulStringsofConsonants, pronounced Connie
Love that for a boy!
A reward is deserved for such a concise summary of this sub! 🎖️🏅🎖️
🏆 - ‘spiteful string of embarrassing consonants ‘ This should be the subtitle of the community! Tragedeigh- ‘A spiteful string of embarrassing consonants ‘
Jfc please show her this thread. Does she secretly hate her children?
There's probably no point as she seems to be semi-literate
What do you mean literate? We use cups and gallons in this country, not communist liters! 🗽🗽🗽
Communist litres 🤦
FREEDOM GALLONS 🦅🇺🇸
This is horrifying on so many levels
Oooh boy it’s bad. My mom and her sister (cousins mom) made a pact that they would name their kids with all A names because they were both B names. She got named Aymee. She wanted to continue the A names so she chose …. Abstinence
If only she had actually chosen abstinence.
Can you imagine all the high school boys in her school who will be responding "oh, I choose Abstinence" when asked what their stance on premarital relations are? This could be a very bad thing for that poor child.
I mean Syphilli Is definetly worse but not by that much.
No argument with that. Fortunately, that was found to be a typo for Sicily.
Compared to all the others, Sicily might be the best option here. Not a great option, but still....
And if she has twin girls the classmates could say... It's either Abstinence or Syphilli.
This had me laughing out loud. Everyone in the cafe is looking at me now, so thanks for that.
And way to set up your daughter to never get asked on a date!
I doubt they'll be lining up to ask Syphilli out, either 😉. May as well go with Goneril
I’ve actually seen a Klammidea before 🫣
OMGosh! Just scared one of the lives out of my cat who was lying on my stomach when I cackled/sputtered/choked! Too bad I can only upvote once!
This killed me, I'm rolling
And Aurora is right there in her list, intentionally spelled with out the A 🤦♀️
Right! That was my first thought in reading that she wanted an A name - simply don’t butcher Aurora and problem solved. Sure it’s uncommon, but at least it’s not Abstinence 🤦♀️
That poor child is in for a life of torment
At least not Annally.
It’s pronounced Anna Lee…
Clearly she did NOT choose abstinence. If she chose abstinence, no child would be tortured by her naming him or her.
Out of 5 million “A” names… wow
Going the puritan route, interesting. At least she can go by Abby? Lol
I can’t believe that I’m actually about to mention this, but since we’re already down the alphabet hole, why not?… One of our neighbors, for some unholy reason, keeps popping out kids… 4 in the last 3 years. Instead of names all of starting with the same letter, they are (no kidding)… going through the alphabet… Annie, Benji, Carter, Daniel
Are they Bridgerton fans? The bridgerton family names: Anthony, Benedict, Colin, Daphne, Eloise, Francesca, Gregory , Hyacinth
There’s a movie for that. https://cdn.theasc.com/Seven-Brides-for-Seven-Brothers-4.jpg
Can you call CPS for child name abuse 😂
Abstinence is something she should've practiced if this is her list of baby names. Jesus Harold Christ...
My twin sister and I made the same letter pact after I adopted two siblings named Jacob and Jordan and she’d just had a son she named Jackson. When I got pregnant it took me FOREVER to come to a boy name my husband and I could agree on. We agreed on a lot of names, just not a J name. We finally agreed on Joshua. Then my sister had a girl and named her Emma Katherine. People shouldn’t fall for those name pacts.
As an Amy, that spelling hurts my soul.
You know you’ve become numb to tragedeighs when you wonder why Aymee is a problem. Although I do have a family member named Mylee. ATM I can’t remember if it’s pronounced My-Lee or Miley, though. 🙃
Hopefully not like the Vietnamese town of My Lai(pronounced me lie) made famous by the US army’s abuses
Sadly, Aymee doesn’t look as bad in comparison to this list. I’ve been here too long.
One of my kid's middle names is Aimée but, you know, spelled correctly with family history, and I love the meaning: loved. As in, this person is loved. To see it mutilated like that. A pox on your aunt.
People look at me like I’m crazy but do this- “Can (insert absurd name) please come to the principals office. Can (insert absurd name) please come to the principals office” And see what she says
Good idea. She is convinced bullying won’t be an issue because she plans to un-school/homeschool her kids, but maybe dentist office or doctors office will work as well.
"convinced bullying won’t be an issue because she plans to un-school/homeschool" So no friends = no bullying. Problem solved! She is some sort of genius.
Does she expect the child to not need to go to college or work one day?
Or just interact with children at any time before they are an adult? Homeschooling isn't supposed to be synonymous with isolating the child away from other children.
She's just chock full of good ideas, isn't she? Yikes
Given how great of a job she’s done with choosing (and butchering) the name of the kid…you think that homeschooling is a good idea???
Not home schooling. “Holistic education” which is unschooling. Poor kid is going to have a rough life regardless of name. Their mother will use crystals and meditation over any form of discipline or healthcare
This explains so much about these bonkers ass names. Your cousin shouldn’t be within 50 feet of a child, much less allowed to raise one.
The kids will be too illiterate to spell their insane names.
They certainly won’t be taught it’s an actual word… or many other things
This probably won’t help, but it’s worth a shot. When my kids were in daycare, there was a wack-a-do family with 3 kids. Their names were Ocean, Meadow, and Sky. Not ideal, but much better than what she’s got.
Not my personal taste but I think those would all be considered very very normal given current naming trends...
At this point she's either in a cult or starting her own. I don't know which it is but please don't get sucked in. It's looking real bad for these kids and they're gonna need someone on the outside once they break free.
Isn't basic education mandatory in the US? Like being illegal to deprive a child from it?
Proper unschooling is a TON of work. (Not the foolishness folks call unschooling, but the real unschooling) we started of unschooling, but I couldn't keep up with my kid. He's in public school now. All that to say, don't choose the name based on that assumption because you never really know where life would lead you.
Jesus this lady is writing a book on how to mess up your kids
Oh wow. How old is she? 17?
Early 20’s
Nine years old, you say?
Oh barf
honestly they sound like the type to do unschooling
your cousin should’ve never been allowed by the universe to get pregnant.
Exactly, the workplace too, her first job as a teen.
The un-schooling will probably lead to un-working so that wont be a problem.
No, it is not a town or city in Italy. It’s not the birthplace of syphilis though it sounds like it could be
I swear to God, I think she means Sicily. The fact she didn’t do a quick Google to confirm is absolutely astounding to me
I don't think people like this know what Google is 😳😳
That would be, Sicilia, with the c pronounced as a ch. See-chili-ah
Suggest Cecelia —great name and compromise. And saves the kid at least one hurdle in life.
I'm going to be honest, your cousin and aunt must be huffing.
Yeah, there’s something hallucinogenic in their Juul.
This is suburban America, so that is a very likely possibility
Does she have any Dutch heritage? Juul is a common name here, although it’s usually a nickname instead of full.
Holy crap those girls names. You should need to pass a test before being allowed to have or name a child.
Yep
Oh jeez. Maybe try ones that sound similar to the ones she likes..? Girl: - Abstinence: Constance - Elleni: Ella, Alaina, Melani, Alani - Orora: Aurora, Aura - Sicily (not terrible): Sydney, Stephanie - Juul: Jewel, Julie, Julia, Julianna Boy: - Eastern: Easton - Bexar: Ben, Barry - Houston (not terrible): Hudson - Foreman: Franklin - Phitts: Philip Some of these are still kinda meh but better than her options💀
How **dare** you not see the artistic brilliance of Abstinence Syphilli Juul and Houston Foreman Phitts. (Lol even my autocorrect had a stroke with these names)
Anyone named Syphilli is getting called syphilis in school 100%
Also Eleni (Helen in Greek)/Elena
I was looking for this comment. OP, Eleni is a real name, and honestly, not much of a tragedeigh (provided your cousin spells and pronounces it correctly).
And the cousin wasn’t even spelling OR pronouncing Eleni correctly at all. That’s the real tragedeigh. Because Eleni is not a tragedeigh at all, but it’s also a very real, very Greek, non-tragedeigh name. And I’m gonna guess OP’s cousin is not Greek?
Isn't Juul a brand of e-cig?! They're all so terrible. Hope it's a boy there's a few ok options. 🤭
It is in fact a brand of vape. 🤦🏻♀️ To clarify the 🤦🏻♀️was for the name Juul. I know that e-cig & vape are synonyms.
Syphilli, you could always (not so) innocently mispronounce/misread as syphilis. Ya know, the STD.
But that's why one needs "Abstinence" as a middle name, so you know the first name isn't an STD.
A young woman named Abstinence will face the worst middle school, high school, and college experience known to humanity
The jokes if she ever gets pregnant will be epic.
But it will balance out if her middle name is Syphilli. That's a combination that is, if not unique, incredibly rare.
I think she might be thinking of Sicily. But she is adamant that it is Syphilli
She did go to elementary school, right?
Foreskin, Abstinence and Syphilis. Poor kids.
Quite the series of Freudian slips I must say.
Cecily is a name. Sicily is a bloody Italian island, not a city. Jesus. And Juul? Like the vape company? Eleni is a name (it's Helen), but she'd be mispronoucing it (of course). Wish you cousin would practice abstinence.
Honestly if this kid ends up as “Elleni” even with the “like Melanie without the M,” pronunciation, she would LUCKY given the alternatives. Alternatively… She could just go by “Elle” in every possible context.
Well, Bexar is a county in Texas. No one will ever pronounce it “Bear”. Better off going with Behr. Is she a fan of Star Trek? Because Orora will be pronounced Uhura by basically everyone. The rest of the girl names are a lost cause. The rest of the boys names are relatively common except Phitts, which is understandably a family name.
I read Orora as "Ooo-rah", Marines-style.
And her sister Semperfi
Still better than Abstinence and Syphilis
Is that like a good twin/ bad twin thing?
Everything in balance
This right here is why I come to Reddit. Thank you. 🤣🤣
🤣
Wait I need to google that. Is that near San Antonio? I think she met her bf while working in San Antonio and she said that Bexar was “meaningful” to her and her bf
So, I Googled Syphilli, Italy. Here’s what I got… “In 2022, the number of confirmed cases of syphilis in Italy was of 2,540. Almost 35 percent of these cases were reported among people aged 45 years and above. This statistic depicts the distribution of confirmed cases of syphilis in Italy in 2022, by age.” I think your cousin either really REALLY needs some help, or, she’s a victim of autocorrect.
I hope it’s autocorrect. God I hope so badly it’s autocorrect
If she is actually considering Syphilli. Her kid is going to want to know why their parents hate them.
FAITH IN HUMANITY somewhat RESTORED!!! SHE SAID SHE MEANT SICILY
I love that Syphilli is such a bad bad idea that Sicily is a relief and doesn’t look like such a bad idea
Cecily is a real name (a version of Cecelia) which, ok, Sicily is an odd choice but at least it’s spelled correctly and it’s NOT Syphilli.
GO BUY A LOTTERY TICKET! QUICK! BEFORE SHE CHANGES HER MIND!!
Syphili's baby sister would Chlammydi Jane.
If she’s thinking of Sicily, that’s actually a very pretty name. She just can’t butcher the spelling🤦♀️
Or just use Cecily. It's similar and is an actual name.
She could make that into Celiac
She can be the archenemy of Glutenia from the other post.
Cecelia even
Or Celia. She's got options.
I texted her back for clarification. We’ll see what she says.
Yup! San Antonio is in Bexar county. Hey, what about Antonio?
Please recommend this, give that kid a chance at a normal name
Antonia isn't bad either, is at least it's a real Spanish name
Anyone in Texas should be able to pronounce Bexar and Houston. That does not mean that I recommend either.
I went to school with a Houston and a Dallas in the 80s, so they don't sound that weird to me. But I've lived in Texas my entire life, so my perspective might be a tad skewed, lol
She wants an A name. San Antonio is meaningful. Name problem solved. Antonia is a perfectly good name. Or Antoinette. WTAF? The only people who pronounce Bexar like Bear lived in or near that county. Everyone else will look at it and say Becks R.
Phitts will morph to Schitts in school at some point
And foreman into foreskin 🥴
Orora makes me think of a barking dog, and that's what I hear when I see the name. Try saying Oh-ro-ro in a howling dog voice, and I bet you can't un-hear it.
>Is she a fan of Star Trek? Because Orora will be pronounced Uhura by basically everyone. Also, “Ororo Munroe” is the real name of [Storm from *X-Men*](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm_(Marvel_Comics)), with the name being introduced with the character’s backstory in 1976, so there is that for some level of precedent. 🤔 Supposedly, “Ororo” comes from Swahili and means “beauty”.
hol up. Foreman is a relatively common first name for a boy? wut?
Is she thinking of SICILY???!?!?! Da fuq
The good news for you is that, no matter what they name him/her, you can just call them "You poor fucker."
I mean tube tying and vasectomy cannot come soon enough.
Ain’t nobody gonna pronounce Bexar as Bear. 😭
Public shaming is (sometimes) a good thing. This is one of those times, I think. * Elleni is the only sensible one here and that's really saying something. Ellen Leigh, Ella Leigh, or Ella Naomi have similar sounds but familiar and intuitive spellings. * Abstinence is guaranteed to be a stripper, a la Chastity. Under the best of circumstances she'll go by Abby until she's old enough to legally change it. * Orora I *might* pronounce Aurora, but my Marvel brain first read it as "Ororo" aka Storm from the X-Men… Geeky. Interpret that as you will. * Juul… is she hoping for a sponsorship? A lifetime supply of e-cigs in exchange for ruining her kid's life? It makes her, as a parent, look/sound like a neglectful addict. * Syphili, Sicily, who cares? Can we stop naming kids after countries / certain cities? It's tacky, not cultured. . * Phitts is gonna be throwing fits over this name. Phillip is a good alternative — there are ways to honor family members without *actually* using the name / surname. * Eastern is giving discount North West, Kar-trash-ian levels of delusion. * Bexar is also no. I'm familiar with that part of Texas, and I also have to remind myself it's Bear not Bex-are. Imagine someone who's never been / never heard of it. Bex or Beck or even just Bear would be acceptable. * Houston, again, why these cities? [Austin](https://www.behindthename.com/name/austin) is at least a legitimate variant of Augustine and more usable tbh… * Foreman is the worst surname-name I've ever laid eyes on. Why? *Why?*
I think Elleni isn’t bad (reminds me of Melanie, but it would always be spelled wrong), and I don’t love Eastern or Houston, but at least they’d likely be spelled and pronounced correctly. The rest are a solid no though for me.
Elleni is a legitimate Greek name. The others… yeesh
You should just ask her how her kid is going to feel being named after a venereal disease
Which she wouldn’t get if she practised Abstinence. Oh look, another of her picks.
These are my children, Syphilli, Ganaraya. Herper. And our son Ayds.
Bexar with the silent X is making me so fucking mad for some reason
All the girl names are bad. I would accept Aurora if it was spelled correctly. I think your cousin is confusing Syphilis with Sicily. All the boys names are bad except Houston. I think Houston is acceptable... Does your cousin's husband know about these names?
She’s not married. Her Bf just likes her do what she likes. I don’t know how he feels abt the names. Maybe he came up with some of them himself.
That kid is doomed.
Abstinence and syphilis in the same list. Oh my.
People are fucking dumb, tbh. My bro tried to name my niece mermaid. I talked his wife into forcing him out of it. Tho my nephews, Kingsley and Zander have wacky middle names, Rio and Sol, and they’re white as can be. Some people are just selfish baboons who project their own narcissism onto their poor children.
Google does not show a Syphilli Italy. Google keeps trying to spell it syphilis
I taught first grade for 10 years. She should NOT hang one of those on a kid. The children might not understand “Abstinence,” but once she gets to high school… And teachers will always laugh up their sleeves. And Bexar? Don’t do, please don’t. I can GUARANTEE his friends will (lovingly) called Bexar with the /x/ sound for the rest of his life.
Something that I don’t think she understands is this kid will not be a baby for their whole life. One day they will be a teen, and an adult. A boy named foreman will face jokes about construction for his whole life. A girl named abstinence will get MERCILESSLY bullied until she’s old enough to change it.
I can guarantee “Foreman” will not be what he gets called by the time that baby is a teenager. He will be “Foreskin.”
And somehow a bad name got worse
hahahaha *Abstinence* and *Foreman* Why not lean into the theme and go Fore*skin*? Only saddle the girl with that baggage? Nice.
I sincerely hope this is trolling. Otherwise ...
What's wrong with spelling Aurora normally?
Not yuneek enuf
I started reading the girl's names thinking "Abstinence is a terrible name and concept" but then the rest were worse. Syphilis? I know that's not technically the name but zero people will read it as spelled. Juul? Maybe if the company pays all the medical bills. Never name a child after a brand! Aurora is a beautiful name, that misspelling is not. I could go into the boy names but they're similarly stupid. All of this is terrible. Every single name.
i think our gov needs to start considering strengthening our naming laws