Bad, Hilarious, Or Just Absurd Baby Names

One of my mom's best friends from high school was named Thor. Apparently, he was in the habit of introducing himself with, "Hi, I'm Thor. Yes, my name's really Thor."

 

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:| Alright, I don't particularly appreciate the implication that my family members are nazis, when they absolutely aren't.

 

Err, Norse people, for one? Norwegians etc. Norse names sometimes show up here in Germany as well, though not often.
My original first name is a derivative of Thor.

Also the Norse gods do not belong to the Nazi or NeoNazis.

 

A quick look at wikipedia shows it being used as a given name at least back to some Anglo-Saxon guy in the 12th century, and BehindTheName says it was the 43rd most popular name in Denmark in 2015. That's the same rank as Nathan in the US last year.

 

Alright, I apologize. Deleting the post. @Saro ny apologies to you especially, that was uncalled for and callous.

 

There is somewhere in the same city a kid almost the exact same age as Eris who's named Loki, and at the same time we knew a couple with a baby a couple months older named Freya. We joked about deity themed play dates for the kiddos.

 

@tickingnectarine I really appreciate that. Thank you, no hard feelings.

 

I feel like unfortunate initial acronyms aren't discussed enough. One of my close friends has a lovely first name, but her initials are MLP.

 

It's a good show! The fans are just disgusting sometimes.

 

There are a couple mentions further back in the thread of kids with the initials KKK.

 

Also worth noting: names where the first name is perfectly lovely, but don't work with the surname for various reasons.

My parents VERY BRIEFLY considered the name Nicole for me. That's a nice name! The problem is that my surname is Nickel, and my parents very quickly went "okay yeah, Nicole Nickel would just be cruel."

(Interesting bonus fact: Nicole is my girlfriend's middle name. We plan to hyphenate our surnames when we get married despite this. :P)

Another thankfully averted example: I have a close friend who married his long-time girlfriend a few years back (they're still together and are now expecting a kid, btw--Lyra for a girl, Jonas for a boy, since we're discussing names and I fucking love their choices). His wife's name is Robyn, which is quite a pretty name...and which also means that I'm very glad she kept her maiden name when they wed, because his surname is Robinson. (Notably, though, there's a vegan cookbook author my parents swear by whose name is almost as bad--Robin Robertson. Which was apparently also the name of a poet, which means multiple people thought this was a good name combo.)

 

I'm sure the show itself is fine, and I wasn't trying to imply otherwise. :)

 

i knew a kid at one of my sports things when i was like 11, he was always referred to with a three part name until he dropped the middle bit as a teen, idk why specifically but maybe because it spelled A.S.S? The middle one could have been either a first or last name so im not sure if he had a two part first name or a two part last name. Probably the second one.

 

Dick Flood

there is a dude named "dick flood" somewhere out in the world

 

Some relatives of mine from way back:

• Huse and Duce (twins)
• Bershuba
• Earnest
• Royal (often misspelled Roil)
• Grethel
• Jerema
• Barthenia
• Mourning
• Tennessee
• Byrl

 

Are you by chance from a family of fairy-tale characters? Those names are amazing.

 

From a list of boytype names:
Chubs (???)

Chadd (d o u b l e c h a d)

Caydnn (this is only funny for the spelling and the fact that cayden/aiden/etc is a stereotypical trans guy name somehow now. It makes me think of a guy whos been told "sorry that username is already taken" uhhh shit, turn one of the vowels into an N)

Candido (is this the boy version of the yeast infection name)

Edit:
Dumbledore (no)
Doodlebop (no??? Please imagine your child applying for jobs. "Doodlebop Smith, nice to meet you")
Dickie (as a full name? Why)

Dagon (please name your child after the great old ones)

 

I'm gonna wait until people start naming their kids Cthulhu.

 

Aaand the most popular girl's name on nameberry today is...