42 Bizarre Baby Names That Actually Exist
We recently rounded up very ~unhinged~ baby names that healthcare workers have seen, and it turns out, a LOT of you have even more odd names to share. Here are some interesting names our BuzzFeed readers say they just couldn't get over hearing IRL:
"A teacher friend had a student named VAHGINAE. Spelled, VAGINA."
"Peds nurse here! Baby was named Blessed Angle (parents pronounced it Angel because they thought that was the correct spelling of 'angel' and no one corrected them)."
"Magnum — like the condoms…it was a little girl."
"A little girl named 'Country.'"
"I know a guy who has the legal name Real Joynt."
"I met a 6-year-old named Pimple 🤦🏻♀️."
"I worked on both a pediatric and an adult cardiothoracic floor. On my peds floor, I took care of a toddler named Princess Sparkle Cupcake. On my adult floor, an 80-something man named Adolf Hitler. I truly felt for them both."
"Teacher here — I have a student named L-A (pronounced La-Dash-Uh)."
"Retired nurse sharing craziest baby names seen: Shitonya (Shuh-TAWN-ya) and Syphilis (Sigh-PHIL-iss)."
"Worked in HR at an auto parts plant and kept a list of unusual names. Triplets: Tequila, Margarita. There was also someone named Demon."
"A friend would send us the craziest names from her time in labor and delivery. My favorite were twin boys named Leonard and Bleonard."
"A boy named Raptor."
"I met a Gerry and Terry Christmas with girls named Merry and Marry."
"Chanel, because she was #5 in the birth order. 😂"
"Benign (better than malignant, but still…)."
"In college, I worked at a local school district implementing a new filing system for student and staff records. One of the students' names was Nosmoking. Pronounced nas-mo-king."
"My son has a classmate named Bottom."
"I knew three brothers named Hunter, Beau, and Aero."
"A girl worked at a grocery store in the dairy aisle, and she was named Velveeta."
"I was at the playground with my daughter, and she made friends with a kid. The dad said his son's name is SPIDER. My daughter thought he saw a spider and ran for the hills (she's scared of bugs)."
"When I was a CNA, I was assisting a new mom. She couldn't wait to tell me her baby's name, but said she had to write it for me first. On the dry erase board, she wrote La-a. I asked how she pronounced La-a. She said, 'It's easy! LaDashAh.' She wanted you to pronounce the dash. My face melted."
"Courtney, but spelled "Quartnee.'"
"My mom was a nurse and said a new mom heard the staff discussing something called 'meconium.' She liked it, so she named her daughter that. Go on and Google that. "
"On a cruise, a staff member was named Abcde — pronounced Ab-su-dee."
"I met a little girl in North Carolina named Shithead. The mom said it was pronounced she-thiad."
"Concresha — the baby was born in the parking lot."
"There was a girl in the grade above me in high school, her name was Holly Kost."
"Two kids at a daycare: Holla and Thang. They were siblings. Loved it."
"Dinosaur goes by Dino (Pronounced Dean-no)."
"I was teaching summer school and had a student on my roster named Unique Payne."
"Lasagna (pronounced Lizzanya)."
"I knew identical twins named Brendan and Brandon. Dad's name was Brendon."
"My mom was in the grocery store and overheard a woman with a son named Spatula."
"I'm a retired RN. An OB doctor friend told me two names for whom he refused to sign the birth certificate. One was Elevator, pronounced El E Va Tour. The other name was Clitoris prnounced Clit Tour Us."
"I worked at a children's hospital a while back, and a girl came in with the name: JK_MN, and it was pronounced 'Noel' because in that sequence of letters you are missing the 'L' hence 'No L.'"
"My parents almost named my older brother Surf. When I asked why they almost chose to name him after a water sport, they said the name actually came from the old laundry detergent of the same name. "
"Worked in a call center, spoke to a woman named Kimothy."
"Siblings named Bentley (boy) and Maserati (girl)."
"My granny was a dental hygienist and one of her patients was a little girl named Clitoris."
"15-year-old mom wanted to name daughter Dia Rrhea because it sounded nice."
"Helped a full-grown woman whose legal name was Kitten. It was on her driver's license and everything."
"Worked with a woman who talked about twins she knew named Pete and Repete."
Well, there you have it. No name is off limits!!!
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