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I'm curious about the resurgence in the 50/60s
No, there's probably worse baby names than "whats"
I was doing payroll recently for my work, and came across Harsh Harsh. I had to ask our HR lady, really? His last name was Harsh and his parents named him Harsh?
Well, no. She said his name was simply Harsh but our system required a last name so she repeated it.
Still, pretty harsh I think.
It means joy in Indian languages
My grandfather in law only had one name. When they immigrated, they made his first name "XXX".
One time someone asked him "like the movie?"
I met a soldier who's last name was too long to fit on a nametape. They asked if he could shorten it and he chose X instead. iirc he was Indonesian or Thai...
That’s actually against regs in the US military. The correct way is to keep spelling until the name tape runs out of space.
However, who’s going to correct the man about his own name? In his case, X literally pronounces as KingFaldTheBeeswaxBeeblebrox and I’ll be damned if you think it’s anything else, you silly gate guard!
What happened? I blacked out.
I worked with a lady whose married name was Xu, she'd kept it when she divorced him. She was Laotian. (Really cool lady, grew up in refugee camp, married high roller Chinese guy, got t educated, when they divorced she moved to the US and was successful on her own). One day i forwarded her an email from a vendor, his name long and unpronounceable, and she looked at it and said, oh! That is the same as my maiden name! I could see why she kept the last name of the Chinese husband :)
Woulda made them set my first name as "Just" so it'd be "Just Harsh" and it should make for some who's on first fun.
Sounds like some refugees coming from the african/middle east.
I have one colleague with an "official" and an actual birthdate.
I believe some also don't have the given/sur name system.
Bona Petite
Holy shit. Where to start with this one...
- Regardless of whether it's a boy or a girl, this name will lead to merciless teasing at school.
- What a random phrase to name a child after (even if the father is a chef).
- It's not spelled correctly (it should be Bon Appétit). But even with the correct spelling it would be a bad choice.
- This spelling is like something Ricky from Trailer Park Boys would name his kid.
- Related to the above point, they may add well just name their kid 'Bone Apple Tea'.
I imagine myself when someone says:"These are my twins, their names are Karke Kristian kale and Karkea Kristiana Kalea!" and i get a cramp all over my head because my face doesn't know if it should show rage, laughter or sadness and does all at once
Brexet (pronounced “Bridget”)
😐
"Pimpley" is fairly impressive.
Dudeson would be fine. He'd just go by Dude.
Abcde - pronounced Abceedee
And yes it's a real fucking name.
Standard names spelled with far too many letters. JeighSynn and Kryssteighnah are not people names they are scientific nomenclature or some shit
Not specifically baby name, but I went to high school with a guy whose last name was Bohnert (pronounced like boner). Guess what his nickname was.
It was funny whenever we had a substitute teacher and they would do roll call:
"...Bahnert?"
"It's boner"
Many years ago I lost the naming rights of my firstborn in a bet. If I have a boy I have to name him Dongshaun. If I have a girl she has to be Clydia.
Just look at the offspring of the rich and famous. That covers it quite well
I once worked with a guy named Tad. Not Todd nor Thad.
I also know a Tad. It's not some cringe 2000s kid, either, this guy has to be 70 or thereabouts.
Maybe it is an oldtimey name.
Short for Thaddeus, but you're right, the "Tad" spelling is apparently for the over-forty crowd. I don't personally remember seeing "Thad" before the 90s, and then it left me wondering how to pronounce it when I did.
I have a distant uncle Tad. Short for Thadeus. Dudes pushing 70 and still an absolute party animal.
Went to school with a guy who was baptised Davo. Not Dave, but Davo. Typical Australians to put an o at the end.
I looked up my name, David, once and it is almost unchanged and easily recognizable in most languages - even the Welsh couldn't fuck it up beyond recognition (Dafydd). Them damn biblical names have staying power, what with all the bullshit they've contaminated the world with.
There was a case in Japan. An application was handed in to name a boy akuma, which means "devil". That may sound funny or cute or whatever, but it really isn't. The application was denied.
+5 chaos zweihander.
Excellent Choice. May I interest you in an ä instead of an a? >:)
Yes please, I was just lazy haha.
For a boy? Sue.
There's a song about that.
That was the joke.
No but seriously Johnny Cash has quite a popular song about this exact thing
I know, that was why I made the comment!
Just in case you haven't heard it before, it's available here:.
Almost certainly people are naming their kids Trump now.




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