Choosing a name for your child is serious business and unfortunately lots of parents seem to have failed at the task. A thread in “Ask Reddit” wants to know, “What is the worst name you’ve ever heard.” And these are some of the weirdest and most unfortunate names people responded with.
- “I once met a girl named Cliché. 😭”
- “An 80+-year-old lady called Gremlin.”
- “Keithesia, because her Dad's name was Keith, and because her mom was on anesthesia when she was born. Not kidding. She seemed embarrassed to explain it to me. Poor girl.”
- “In elementary school, there was a boy named Famous. His younger sister was Fashion.”
- “In the military, there was this guy called Richard (Dick) Sergeant. Who was a Staff Sergeant. So his name was Staff Sergeant Dick Sergeant. He owned it though, so good for him.”
- “I’m in healthcare, and the worst name I’ve seen on a kid is Meatball.”
- “Eye'n, pronounced Ian. It was 'to be different,' per his mom.”
- “Messiahiscoming is by far the worse I've heard. It's beyond ridiculous.”
- “My mom had a coworker who named her child Tequila.”
- “Found someone's name tag, and the name was Nevah Petty.”
- “I knew a girl in school — poor thing was named Cheyfatte. Everyone pronounced it as 'she fat.’”
- “Xerox. Poor kid will be bullied for the rest of their life.”
- “Myferson (not sure if that’s how it was spelled). It was a compacted version of ‘my first son.’”
- “Girth has gotta be the worst name I've heard.”
- “I knew a student named Baby. Her sister was Princess. So Princess and Baby.”
- “Clerp. I don't know how it's spelled, but that's how it sounded.”
- “My dad's coworker is named Chris Cross.”
- “I taught a kid whose real name is Ricky Rock n’ Roll Smith.”
Source: Reddit