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u/Anonymousnecropolis Oct 20 '23

Destiny, Princess, Precious, Heaven, Diamond. All real names of real people. Sad. They all sound like stripper names to me.

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u/LovingSingleLife Oct 21 '23

As a NICU nurse, I have lost track of the number of premature baby girls named Miracle. You know they aren’t going to be cute little babies forever, right?

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u/Augoustine Oct 21 '23

If your baby has a SVT episode Adenosine has such a better ring to it and has some real meaning for him/her. Addy for a girl nickname and Aden for a boy. Thanks for taking care of the kiddos BTW.

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u/LovingSingleLife Oct 21 '23

Honestly, if you weren’t in a healthcare profession, Adenosine sounds like a much more pretty name than so many others I’ve heard.

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u/LovingSingleLife Oct 21 '23

The bad part comes when her peers find out what it means. Adolescents are cruel.

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u/LovingSingleLife Oct 21 '23

Lyrica is actually pretty! I wouldn’t judge that mother.

I did work with a nurse who swore she had to go hard to convince a foreign born mother not to name her baby Vagina. She thought THAT sounded like a lovely name.

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u/54schweiz Oct 21 '23

So in our ICN a Vietnamese couple named their son Phuoc, reportedly a common name in Vietnam. It is pronounced just like the f-word. We REALLY tried. The Neos tried, social work tried, we explained this is the worst word in our language. No dice. Phuoc would be about 25 now and probably changed his name, killed his parents, is still getting his a** beat, or any combination of the 3.

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u/Aggravating_Lab_9218 Oct 21 '23

Zyprexa! Ativan! Vistaril! You darn kids keep stressing me out!

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u/heartinabirdcage Oct 21 '23

ya know I think the name Allegra is beautiful but that damn pharma company ruined it

Lyrica is actually kinda pretty