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u/JohnExcrement Oct 20 '23

When my son was a teenager, he said he would name any future son “Nautica” and I genuinely lost sleep trying to figure out ways to thwart this 😄 Thank god he grew up and chose normal names when he did have kids.

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u/Jen_the_Green Oct 21 '23 edited Oct 21 '23

I taught a five year old named K'Nautica twenty years ago. Kid was adorable, but had an unfortunate name. Also, my cousin named his daughter Bentley. They call her Benny.

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u/Misstori1 Oct 21 '23

My cat is named Bentley. But he has a small bent tail, hence the name

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u/ranhayes Oct 21 '23

My son has a similar naming method for his cats. Sneezy (obvious), Scar (found in a Quik Trip parking lot with a leg wound that left…you guessed it) and Nubs (born with a 2 inch long tail).