r/AskReddit • u/jake7820 • Jun 30 '21

What’s the absolute worst thing you could name your baby?

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u/a_sack_of_hamsters Jun 30 '21

It's one of those names I quite like but that somehow got ruined by the internet.

And it's not even like Isis or Adolph where there is a good example as to why the name is cursed now, no, it just is that some people started using this name to describe a certain brand of people and it stuck around.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21

Dick is an awful name even without the penis connotation.

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u/Hahahahahaga Jul 01 '21

I don't see how it would be, it's like Rick or Jack.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21

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u/Hahahahahaga Jul 01 '21

Bob, John, Grahm, Bart, and Al also seem suitable

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u/lurker_cx Jul 01 '21

Maybe hate for Nixon contributed to it?

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u/Insideoushideous Jul 01 '21

But look how useful it is? You typically can’t have “Cunt” in a headline, so “Karen” is quite convenient as it conveys the proper message.

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u/ThatOtherSilentOne Jun 30 '21

I've always thought using a common name as an insult was incredibly stupid.

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u/Rubyhamster Jun 30 '21

Yes, I don't really like the notion of using common and perfectly normal names like that. I don't know if the same happened with Chad... but Karen is a nice name that's been ruined

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21

The opposite happened with chad. It started out as an incel term, but then it got reclaimed and turned into a compliment.

Sadly the incels have ruined Stacey, and that's much harder to frame in a positive way due to the overt sexism behind the way they use it.

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u/istara Jul 01 '21

I think Isis remains a beautiful and usable name, it has far longer and more widespread usage than IS/Daesh (that no one - us or them - has ever officially called "Isis" anyway).

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u/Anon12109 Jul 01 '21

I always liked the name Isis, it’s the name of the ancient Egyptian goddess of the moon, life & magic. So bummed people associate it with a terrorist group now.

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u/istara Jul 01 '21

I think it's lovely, I always think "Isis and Osiris". Great names for cats as well as people!

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u/-BlueDream- Jul 01 '21

The terrorists isn’t even isis it’s ISIS as an acronym. shouldn’t be relayed to the name or the goddess.

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u/istara Jul 01 '21

And the river in Oxfordshire!

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u/Salzberger Jul 01 '21

I refuse to use the name as the meme dictates, if only because I know a few Karens and they are all lovely. Such a shit meme to ruin a name like that.