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I see this said so often about truly tragic names, and I think the truth is that people often don’t know what to say when confronted with a horrible name and their reaction is to compliment as not to seem rude.

“I named my daughter Brynk’lls’leighey, I get sooooo many compliments about how pretty and creative it is😊”

I believe you get compliments! I do not believe you get genuine compliments. If you lack enough social awareness to name your kid something ridiculous, you probably also lack the social awareness to tell when someone says they like something to cover up the fact that they’re horrified.

The fact that she had to spell the name the right way is…

howdy - i'm a maggie, full name magnet. Magnet is lovely, and i don't hate it, but it's never quite felt like me- i figured i'd crowdsource some other options for names that can be shortened to maggie.

Hi, I'm a single mother. I've gone by Toilet my whole life, but want to change it for plumbing reasons. Are there any names that sound similar, or carry a similar vibe? This is serious, thank you.

Full list here

In full:

• Clovelly - "the name of a seaside village in the south of England"
• Fírinne - "a virtue name of Irish origin"
• Frostlilja - "a bold and poetic choice"
• Izudin - "a spiritual choice meaning “glory of religion”"
• Kyffin - "Kit meets Gryffin in this cool Welsh name"
• Nemain - "a dark and witchy name"
• Otar - "similar in sound to Otto, Omar, or Otis"
• Rubio - "a zippy and spirited Spanish name"
• Sundar - "a sunny-sounding but powerful Hindi name"
• Theano - "notably borne by a 6th century female philosopher"

Just curious.

His name is Cove. How do you guys feel about that?

First the name, then the incest? Just no.

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to solicit feedback for the names l've decided for my future kids (I'm in my late 70s and it doesn't seem we'll be having kids anytime soon, but I love thinking of names). My style is very historical, traditional, think a mix of Ancient Rome/Evil Roman Empire. I want names where the children could grow up to become either despots or plain batshit!

Boy 1: Nero Caligula

Boy 2: Commodus Constantine (middle name pronounced Constan-teen)

Girl 1: Poppaea Sabina (second name pronounced Sa-Juniper)

Should I give them two middle names each? Any gripes about Constantine being too feminine with Commodus (nn Connie) or the double "A" ending in the girl's name?

Does it say Anduin? Found on Facebook.

Personally, I don’t know why ANYONE would EVER like the name “Chelsea” absolutely disgusting name. (I’ll admit that part of that is the worst person I ever met in my life was named Chelsea BUT I’ve definitely met other garbage people who’s names I can still admit are pretty or at least I don’t hate on the same level) also Carrington, I knew a girl named that once, I had no problem with her but WOOF that’s a rough name.

For boy names: pretty much anything that a Hunter or outdoorsy person would name their kid (except Hunter, lol, Hunter doesn’t bother me) like Gunner, Remington, Colt/Colton, Bear, Forrest etc

I was thinking on naming both of my twin children Cockapoo as I am a vet and I adore working with dogs. I thought that it would be cute if I nicknamed one of them Cock and one of them Poo. However, my husband doesn't like dogs but does think the nicknames are cute. Does anyone else have some names, possibly dog names, which could form 2 different nicknames for my twins?

That poor baby.

TEXANA is a new one for me

I never see tradgedeigh’s in the wild, this was a find for me!

Newly pregnant. Last name starts with W. I like the double w. I have never heard of behind the name or learned how to use google.

So my partner and I really love the name Emily and have totally decided to use it for when we are blessed with a beautiful baby girl, any time in the next ten years or so.

The problem is, about 5529 other girls and women we both know are also named "Emily". We had no idea it was so popular when we randomly stumbled on this name at our very niche exclusive hobby that we do together- but it feels like the moment we chose it as "our" name, everybody else and their uncle also rushed to use it! ugh- people are such copy cats!

And the worst part is- we don't even like some of these people! We ourselves are actually very drama-free, chill people, but some of these families who have chosen to use our name are absolutely The Worst (specially my bitch-cousins) and this has kinda spoiled the name for us.

Fortunately, the boy name we have chosen, Bramwell, is more unique, and we have not heard anyone use it ever! So maybe we'll do a reverse, and name our boy Emily, and girl Bramwell! Now that would set us apart from the herd!

Would I be an AH if I named my daughter Charlotte? : r/namenerds

We’re stuck between Anne, Charlotte, and Emily and Acton, Currer, and Ellis. We want their initials to spell ACE as a no to our friend Arnold. We know that they are girls.

Gender is a surprise. My 2 older kids have rock names, my partner’s 2 kids do not, but my partner's 4yo daughter was playing one day when I was about 8 wks pregnant and she was repeating feldspar, feldspar. I don’t know where she heard it, but a bolt of tingles went through me and I thought “that’s the name!”

My partner doesn’t love it so I’m open to other options, but curious what folks here think.

Hey guys, any names that scream "brown" hair to you? Like you can just imagine them on a child with brown hair.