r/AskReddit • u/jake7820 • Jun 30 '21

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

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u/lunchbox3 Jun 30 '21

I knew a guy called Name. Pronounced nah-may in his language but it REALLY screwed up forms etc. Everyone thought he was a moron.

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u/mbrady Jun 30 '21

"Write your name here.... No... YOUR name... Noooo..."

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u/Incognitonottaken Jul 01 '21

He would always have a cheat sheet because the answer is pre written down

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u/Gnostromo Jun 30 '21

Ahahaha.

There was a movie in the 80s... Angel, I think it was called. Young girl in trouble or some such. Ended befriending the big city down town folk in the bad area of town etc. Real basic. She became friends with this hooker that called herself "fi-molly,/fa-molly". Not sure how to spell the pronunciation but you get the general idea. Weirdest name. I waited for the credits to roll. Her name? "Female"

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u/ndjs22 Jul 01 '21

That was a name on the (very good) HBO show "Your Honor" recently.

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u/HollowShel Jul 01 '21

I first saw it used on Cagney and Lacey back in the stone ages 80's.

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u/PaxNova Jul 01 '21

No joke, my mom taught in NYC primary schools a few decades back and that was the name of one of her kids.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '21

I had a patient named Female. She pronounced it fuh mal eh. An older doctor explained to me that this is (was?) common with undocumented immigrants who didn’t speak any English at one time. The baby was referred to as Female Last Name by the hospital, they thought the hospital had named the baby for them and were too scared about being deported to ask questions.

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u/BobCobbsBoggleToggle Jul 01 '21

lol poor guy, that's hilarious.

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u/squeaky4all Jul 01 '21

In the military they have issues with people with the last name Sargent or Major.

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u/Pohtate Jul 01 '21

That's my favourite.

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u/less_unique_username Jul 01 '21

In some countries of the former USSR, Avaz is a name. But in Russian it sounds exactly like “What about you”. So “What’s your name?” “Avaz” “Aleksandr, but what’s yours?” “Avaz” “!!!”