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[-] Toneswirly@lemmy.world 154 points 9 months ago

I will never understand obtuse alternate spellings that are just homophones. Like Trinity spelled Triniteigh accomplishes nothing.

[-] Orbituary@lemmy.world 120 points 9 months ago
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[-] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 76 points 9 months ago

You're just sentencing your child to forever have to spell out their name to strangers

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[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 38 points 9 months ago

Trying to be Irish without setting foot in the old country for 5 generations

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago

I worked under someone at an old job who named his son Jaxon. And kept pictures Jaxon drew and signed on the wall of his office. So every time I needed something from him, I would have to see Jaxon's name in his office. And I hated it.

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[-] AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 117 points 9 months ago

Fuck you Wolfgang Atreides is money. I'd follow that baby into battle.

[-] AngryishHumanoid@lemmy.world 50 points 9 months ago

Also, Leviathan? 100%. And my only problem with Dusti Rose is the "I".

[-] TheEEEdiot@sh.itjust.works 26 points 9 months ago

Dusti Rose sounds like a matricidal professional wrestler.

[-] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 9 months ago

Definitely a stripper name.

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[-] deafboy@lemmy.world 70 points 9 months ago

I'm all for unique and clear identifiers for everything, including people, but jesus christ, imagine yourself in elementary school having a weird name. Why would parents choose a hard mode for their progeny?

[-] Fonderthud@lemm.ee 65 points 9 months ago

I'm a big proponent of normal/semi obscure normal first name, weird middle name. John W Smith if you work in sales, J Wolfgang Smith if you're an author. Perfect compromise.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

We gave our daughter a somewhat disused but normal and formerly not uncommon name which was the name of a plant. We just wanted a name that wasn't religious but still normal enough that she wouldn't get bullied for it (she got bullied anyway). We realized later that it actually made sense in terms of her ancestry because her mother has a plant name, her grandmother has a plant name and her great-grandmother had a plant name. One long lineage of plant names.

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[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 56 points 9 months ago

Ok but Sigurd Felix Wolfgang Atreides goes pretty hard.

[-] beefbot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 9 months ago

Well, it TRIES pretty hard 😜

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[-] AdmiralShat@programming.dev 53 points 9 months ago

I heard so much racism/making fun about black names growing up, but like, white people names are some of the absolute goofiest shit I've ever heard.

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[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 53 points 9 months ago

I'm not one to judge parents baby names, but Merricka??

[-] darkdemize@sh.itjust.works 41 points 9 months ago
[-] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 51 points 9 months ago

Triniteigh

This one makes Jesus cry.

[-] morhp@lemmynsfw.com 42 points 9 months ago
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[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 45 points 9 months ago

i'm so fucking happy sweden has laws preventing this stuff, names here have to be approved as not causing undue harm to the child

[-] bestagon@lemmy.world 48 points 9 months ago

I could see a system like that being used to racist ends in America. “Please select from the pre-approved list of biblical names”

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[-] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago

Personally, I prefer names that are forbidden, like Username, Null, Admin, 'SELECT * FROM Users;-- , example@contoso.com, Error, ,

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[-] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 43 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Do these parents not realise that they are naming real humans that will also be adults one day? Like, just imagine a grown-ass woman named "Brexleigh".

[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 26 points 9 months ago

If I was a primary school kid with a classmate named brexliegh you can bet your ass I'd be calling them brexit

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[-] Hikermick@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago

It's a child not a vanity plate

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[-] imbezil@feddit.de 42 points 9 months ago

Some of these names sound like those brands you only ever find on Amazon

[-] jettrscga@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago

Amazon barely even does brand names now.

A baby name from Amazon would be like "BABY CHILD YOUTH LIL ADULT 6LB 7LB 8LB DOCTOR OLYMPICS ATHLETE FAMOUS TALL INDOOR OUTDOOR EASY TO CLEAN CUTE COLLECTIBLE FAMILY 3-PACK"

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[-] MagnyusG@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

What irks me the most is the effort these idiot parents will go to give their baby as basic a name as "Allison" or "Ashley"

  • Ashlie
  • Ashlee
  • Ashly
  • Ashleigh
  • Ashlea
  • Ashli
  • Ashely
  • Ashlei
  • Ashleah
  • Asheleigh
  • Ashelie
  • Ahshlee
  • the list goes on and on and on

No amount of vowels is going to make your kid's name stand out when at the end of the day it's the same pronunciation as the most common, basic form of it.

Mötley might be weird but it's at least unique.

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[-] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Sigurd. Felix. Wolfgang. Atreides. No one can mess with that mf.

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[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 37 points 9 months ago

There was a missing child report near me whose name was Mill'ionaire.

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[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago

Well some of these will not require your daughter to think of her stripper name.

[-] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 36 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've always felt like the names we pick for ourselves ought to be more valid than the ones others choose for us. We should choose names for ourselves at different stages of life, and just tack them on in whatever order we like. You want something more fun than mummy and daddy gave you? Knock yourself out. Were your idiot parents drunk when they signed the papers? Well you can fix that at 12 if you like. We are who we choose to be and this the goddamn future.

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[-] Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago

My daughter has a friend named Hayley. She is not amused when I spell it heighleigh

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[-] poshKibosh@sh.itjust.works 33 points 9 months ago

You’re gonna look me in the eyes and tell me Raddix isn’t straight fire?

[-] AWistfulNihilist@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Raddix Zephyr is def the name of the protagonist in a JRPG.

Sigurd Felix Wolfgang Atreides is for sure the Prince in an Isekai anime.

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[-] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If I had been named Triniteigh I would have legally changed my name as soon as I was old enough. That's an atrocity of a name. Some are so funny they circle back around to something that would at least be interesting to have as a name (Raddix Zephyr is dumb but in more of a fun way, and I would genuinely not mind being named Leviathan), but Triniteigh is just so, so bad.

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[-] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

Leviathan is awesome. I'd trade that for my common but bad name.

[-] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

Many people dislike their own names, but I think SomeGuy69 is an awesome name, too. Cheer up!

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[-] CrowAirbrush@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

People really took "video game name genrator" to the real world.

[-] febra@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

Dusti Rose sounds like a 40 year old chain smoker that looks 65

Why would you name your kid that

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[-] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago

To be fair, Leviathan is a banger middle name. Plus you can be called Levi for short :)

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[-] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 28 points 9 months ago

Madden Raige.

Lmao. Accidentally named your kid into a contract with Khorne.

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[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 28 points 9 months ago

Agreed. Mötley can stay.

As someone whose name is an odd spelling that is close to something more conventional, life can be taxing. I'm not saying that there isn't room for creativity or fun/romantic name choices here. But Triniteigh's Parents are setting their kid up for a lifetime of bullying and inconvenience, followed by the shock of their kid going to the courthouse at 30 to undo things.

[-] novibe@lemmy.ml 25 points 9 months ago

Coyote Bao just sounds like a health code violation lmao

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[-] ArcaneGadget@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

I give it about a 98,5% chance, that the ones wanting to name their kid "Mötley", have no clue how "ö" is actually pronounced.

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[-] Turun@feddit.de 24 points 9 months ago

Whenever I read Mötley Crüe I have to think of this:

When we finally went to Germany, the crowds were chanting, “Mutley Cruh! Mutley Cruh! “ We couldn’t figure out why the fuck they were doing that.

Source

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