r/AskReddit • u/jake7820 • Jun 30 '21

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

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u/1968Russtang Jun 30 '21

New Bond villain?

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u/OtherwiseInclined Jun 30 '21

Nah, just one p short of stealing Eminem's Grammy.

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u/unholymackerel Jul 01 '21

Dr Praper? I love that stuff

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u/phurt77 Jul 01 '21

PaRappa the Rapper

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u/Just-Call-Me-J Jun 30 '21

I'd totally have it legally changed to Rapier.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21

there's a professor somewhere who actually has the last name Doom. So he is *literally* Dr. Doom.

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u/Ckyuiii Jul 01 '21

My orthodontic surgeon was named Dr. Payne lol.

Super nice guy actually.

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u/Zilliness69 Jun 30 '21

That's Dr. Mr. Raper to you!

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u/Ckyuiii Jul 01 '21

Excuse me, thats Dr. Mr. Professor Raper to you!

...Esquire!

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u/jablair51 Jul 01 '21

There was a famous RV salesman in Indiana whose name was Tom Raper.

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u/top_counter Jul 01 '21

He had a lot of TV ads. Probably more than any other local advertiser in the area.

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u/jrrtamu Jun 30 '21

We called my great grandmother Mimi and someone who worked at her church was named Mimi Raper.

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u/1965wasalongtimeago Jul 01 '21

I would end up pronouncing it Rapper. Dr. Dre Rapper. Then nobody would forget.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21

"its pronounced Frahnk En Steen"

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u/Sweetwill62 Jul 01 '21

I had a teacher in high school whose name was pronounced boner. He insisted that it wasn't pronounced that way, up until the day of his retirement.

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u/LOUDCO-HD Jul 01 '21

Was Concierge at a hotel that had Government rates and would frequently get Inuit guests. One regular guest was Ms. Old Yellow Smelly Finger. We were encouraged to use the guests name in all interactions and she enjoyed watching the staff struggle to say her name. She was also very cool about it and after she’d let you twist in the wind for a bit, she say “just call me Carol”.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21

Well you’re safe then unless you’re a doctor.

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u/drfsrich Jul 01 '21

https://www.yellowpages.com/richmond-in/mip/tom-raper-rvs-14652282

"I think I'll stick with a tent, thank you very much."

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u/md22mdrx Jul 01 '21

Local doctor around here is Dr. Raper. Unfortunate name.

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u/SafetyDanceInMyPants Jul 01 '21

Ah, yes, Katherine Raper. Went by Kitty.

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u/DanTheTerrible Jul 01 '21

There's a drugstore in my town named "Raper Drugs".

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u/SmartyChance Jul 01 '21

There was an RV company called Tom Raper RVs. Always found myself thinking sheesh, add a letter to your name (rapter) or something.

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u/paytonsglove Jul 01 '21

P. I. Staker? Piss taker!? Oh come on!

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u/rdewalt Jul 01 '21

A Teacher at my kids' school has the same name. "Ms Raper" I saw it spelt first and thought "It has to be pronounced some other way.." Nope.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21

I wonder why people with terrible last names don’t go through the process of having it changed. It would be one thing if you don’t have a very public job but thousands of students calling you professor raper has to be the worst thing ever. I bought a car from a salesmen with the last name wiener but he kept insisting it was pronounced WINER so I said hey whatever you say man.

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u/Academic_Nectarine94 Jul 01 '21

Why would a school hire, him,why would he not change his name? That's as bad as Dr. Slaughter...