Are parents getting too crazy with their kids names?

[OddBeMe]

It’s like the objective is to get as “unique” as possible. So add an apostrophe or delete a vowel...

Yes it’s crazy

Nah, it’s the same every generation

[Anonymous]

I teach school in Los Angeles. With the multitude of ethnicities roll was always challenging. I do not have an issue with that. My issue is with all the made up garbage and garbage spelling as every parent competes to give their kid the most "unique" name. What is particularly annoying is when you do your best to pronounce a weird name according to normal spelling-pronunciation rules and the kid gets a disgusted look and "corrects" your pronunciation of their name in a disgusted tone. Hey, I didn't name you that-get pissed at your parents not me if your name is odd and no one gets it correctly!

[OddBeMe]

Itd be one thing if it has cultural significance. But most of the time it’s just made up bs

[WhiteSteve]

This pretty much sums up my feelings on it...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/oo8CrY_ZfFk

I’m more just offended by the underlying idea that somebody’s baby is unique and thus requires a unique name. Your baby is a dime a dozen, just like the rest of us, get over it lmao.

[itsmeamy]

My name is Amanda but everyone calls me Amy so it wasn't that creative to begin with and got more borring lol

[potatoechip29]

Yeah that name is boring as shit

[Allie2468]

Amanda is a pretty name! Don’t listen to haters.

[shaggy6913]

No girl should be named Amanda unless they were born with a dick.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, remember last year someone named their kids "Covid" and "Corona".

[Keyboardkat]

I may be dating myself, but do you remember The Mothers of Invention? Leader Frank Zappa named his son Dweezil and his daughter Moon Unit! And they kept those names!

[OddBeMe]

Yeah but... Zappa can do whatever he likes?

[Keyboardkat]

Well, I guess he used to be able to, but he's been dead for a couple of decades!

[Keyboardkat]

And back in the days, there was a Ima Hogg Piano Competition in Texas. There were two sisters, and their family name was Hogg. And their parents named their twin girls Ima and Yura, so it was Ima Hogg and Yura Hogg! I AM NOT KIDDING!!! Those parents should have been hung up by their thumbs!!

[OddBeMe]

That is terrible parenting, Hoggs.

[goaded]

If you have to explain how to spell it every time, it's going to waste weeks of your child's life, over the years.

[eileen_ruth]

I'd name my kids names like Nephele and Icarus so nah

[OddBeMe]

Icarus is in for some bad news on a sunny day

[eileen_ruth]

Haha yeah. I just like the iron maiden song

[OddBeMe]

Never been into Iron Maiden. It’s a small click isn’t it?

[eileen_ruth]

Yeah they're awesome! Flight of icarus is so good

[Madhatter920]

Give it ten more years. People are just going to start giving their kids screen names. lol "Meet my son, xx_Sephiroth_xx"

[potatoechip29]

Damn I shit my trousers laughing at this comment

[genericname85]

i definitely see names become more stupid by the year. it's like they're naming a pet, not a human being, that will grow into an adult that wants to be taken seriously some day xD

[Just_Me89]

Yes. I was a teacher and some of the names or weird spellings for regular names were ridiculous. It's little wonder some of these kids have so much trouble spelling.

[Jmmmfi4]

I once worked with a guy who was a substitute teacher and he told me he worked at a dayton shit hole school and he had 3 brothers in his class who's legal names were the biggest, the baddest, and the best

[OddBeMe]

Those names are on their birth certificates? Jesus Christ.

[Jmmmfi4]

Lol yeah

[KrakenAttackin]

Ghetto as fuck.

[Birdlegs]

There’s a football player named Da’coldest ToEvaDoIt

[KrakenAttackin]

The best I have seen lately is "Latrina"!! Do the ghetto idiots not know what a Latrine is?

[OddBeMe]

Isn’t that a Men In Tights gag? I’m named Latrine, used to be shithouse!”

[KrakenAttackin]

Latrine is still an Army term for bathroom.

[michael1469]

So tell me, two dogs fucking... whatever do you mean...

[OddBeMe]

That’s my Cherokee name...

[msc545]

Some names are bad enough to be considered child abuse.

[potatoechip29]

It’s usually the women who wants to give their kids “unique” names

[Sevenpointfive]

yes. it's more with black people isn't it?

[OddBeMe]

I didn’t want to say... because I’ve seen it elsewhere but yes. Lots of weird apostrophe’s so pronouncation is screwed up.

[Sevenpointfive]

how's a girl gonna succeed in life with a name like sham' pu

[007kingifrit]

yea its pretty stupid out there now

[TheAfrikan]

just crazy in here.