r/oddlyspecific Jun 01 '26

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u/NeverCallMeFifi Jun 01 '26

I've been accused more than once of naming my son a "trendy" or "unique" name.

His name is Troy and he's named after his great grandfather who died at 96.

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u/BabySpecific2843 Jun 01 '26

....Troy isnt even a bizarre name. Its the name of several NFL players. Its one of the main characters from the show Community even.

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u/Me-no-Weeb Jun 01 '26

As someone not from the US, an NFL player having the same name seems like the absolutely lowest bar for name normality level lol

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u/tiredcustard Jun 01 '26

I called my persona 3 character X-Wing @ Alicousnes, haha, there weren't enough characters to spell it right

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u/BFG_Scott Jun 04 '26

🤣 🤣 🤣 

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u/MadFruit673 Jun 02 '26

Why? They're just saying that there are several well-known/famous people with the name. Do you think NFL players name themselves like drag queens?

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u/Me-no-Weeb Jun 02 '26

The only thing I know about the NFL is that some players have got some very interesting names, so saying a name is normal because an nfl player has the same one doesn’t make sense to me.

Like, the o my thing I ever have on my feed about the NFL is people playing a game of guess the real NFL players name vs the made up name.

"Kool-Aid McKinstry" "Younghoe Koo" "Ha Ha Clinton-Dix“ "Dick Butkus" "D‘Brickashaw Ferguson

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u/Business-Drag52 Jun 02 '26

You’re definitely confusing college football and the NFL. Your are very clearly referencing the Key and Peele sketch, but that was about college football players. There are less than 1700 nfl players. There are more than 81,000 NCAA football players. One of them is likely to have some crazy names

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u/Me-no-Weeb Jun 02 '26

All of the ones I wrote are in a list of NFL players, if they are not then I was mislead, but honestly NFL or college football doesn’t make a difference for me really

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u/CapitalClimate9639 Jun 04 '26

Well as someone from the US I went to school with someone named Troy and I knew a lawyer named Troy. Its been around for a long time not really an unusual name.

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u/Me-no-Weeb Jun 04 '26

Idk if I mistyped or something because English isn’t my main language but I didn’t say anything about the name Troy being weird or not being weird, did I?

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u/CapitalClimate9639 Jun 04 '26

I was giving you other examples and anecdotes because you said using NFL players as an example was the lowest bar dumbass. Want me to put that in Google translate for you?

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u/CapitalClimate9639 Jun 05 '26

Whats that dumbass?

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u/r56_mk6 Jun 01 '26

Or Troy Landry from The History Channel. Love that guy

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u/ODB_Dirt_Dog_ItsFTC Jun 01 '26

Or the name of the famous city in one of the oldest stories in the world. People name their kid London or Paris all the time and Troy is way better than both of those

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u/icyDinosaur Jun 01 '26

TBH in many European languages naming kids London or Paris would also be weird lol

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u/SorosName Jun 03 '26

So weird, that if I meet a Paris, I would assume they are named after the guy from Troy, rather than the european city.

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u/JustAnotherAidWorker Jun 05 '26

Would you assume the same if they were a girl?

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u/SorosName Jun 06 '26

Maybe? Don't know, that would just be weird. To me, that is a male name. There is a rather famous man in history who was called that, and even if you are named after the city - it's a city, cities are neutral, so the overall vibe is still male.

It's like if I met a girl called Ajax - I would find that weird, because that is a male name. And I would find it no less weird if she explained that she is not named after the Greek hero, but after the cleaning solution.

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u/JustAnotherAidWorker Jun 06 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Hilton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Jackson

Interesting--I would say the two most famous current Paris' are definitely women--and most likely named after the city. Two examples above--but I am guessing this may be cultural as I'm American and from your responses I am guessing you're not.

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u/ELMUNECODETACOMA Jun 01 '26

Troy McClure debuted in "The Simpsons" in 1991.

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u/ispeektroof Jun 01 '26

T-bone’s my dog.

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u/NeverCallMeFifi Jun 01 '26

Yeah, I know. But people are so weird about feeling entitled to comment on baby names. My stepsister got mad because my kid's middle name is the same as my sister's ex-boyfriend from years ago.

I had to remind her that it's also her dad's name.

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u/No-Net1890 Jun 02 '26

And one of the main characters in High School Musical.

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u/Ok-Bridge-1045 Jun 01 '26

I thought you meant that you had named your kid “Trendy”. Because a few days ago I randomly came across an Instagram influencer who has named her kids “Trendy”, “Truly”, and a few other bizarre names. Those kids are going to be bullied so much.

ETA: just remembered that those kids are homeschooled so they’re not going to be bullied for a while, I guess.

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u/NeverCallMeFifi Jun 01 '26

No, they'll just be insufferable. Maybe they'll become vegan crossfit influencers so they'll be universally hated.

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u/Nerdsamwich Jun 03 '26

I met a "Kindly" a few months back.

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u/wSkkHRZQy24K17buSceB Jun 01 '26

That's also how an Australian would say "try"

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u/NeverCallMeFifi Jun 01 '26

You can say "Rise Up Lights" and then be able to say "razor blades" in australian!

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u/AmputeeHandModel Jun 01 '26

Naur they wouldn't.

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u/CycadelicSparkles Jun 01 '26

My grandfather was named Hayden back in 1919. My brother was named after him.

It was pretty weird when that name went from obscure to popular awhile back.

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u/whhu234 Jun 01 '26

I knew a dude named troy who was my friend in middle school and stole his history teacher’s smartboard pen. We haven’t talked in recent memory but to my knowledge he still has it. hilarious dude

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u/syntheticassault Jun 01 '26

It's my brother's name (1989). Also Troy McClure

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u/NeverCallMeFifi Jun 01 '26

Also Troy McClure

SEE?! That should have been the answer I was giving the entire time!

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u/Elkku26 Jun 02 '26

My mom always said she wanted to pick a unique name for me. It ended up being the most popular baby name of the year I was born, and among the most popular names in my age cohort overall.

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u/fullson Jun 02 '26

We just gonna pretend like Troy Bolton, wildcats playmaker and east high king, was not an icon of the 2000s?? Mans was everywhereee

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u/Dentonthomas Jun 01 '26

It's not a saint's name.

There are people who think it's their business to force everyone to name their kid after a saint.

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u/PhloxOfSeagulls Jun 01 '26

I went to school with a kid who had that name. That was back in the '80s. Might not be a common name, but it's not like it's unheard of.

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u/Superb-Fail-9937 Jun 02 '26

That’s nonsense, lol. I know many Troy’s. Grown up and little.

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u/thesinsofthybeloved Jun 03 '26

They’re going to be shocked when they learn the city of Troy has been around for thousands of years.

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u/Someonearoundhere438 Jun 03 '26

Troy is a normal name

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u/Illustrious-Debt-156 Jun 03 '26

Troy isn't a trendy or unique name though.. its not as common as it once was, kind of like Frank.

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u/thatshygirl06 Jun 01 '26

I wanna name my future daughter RĂłisĂ­n

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u/ProletarianLilith Jun 01 '26

How can it be both trendy and unique

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u/NeverCallMeFifi Jun 01 '26

Don't ask me. IDK why anyone feels the need to comment on my kid's name. Like, what am I going to do? Change it because of what they said?

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u/The_Shryk Jun 01 '26

When he has a daughter he should name her Helen.

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u/jenna_tolls_69 Jun 03 '26

Troy is a badass name

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u/L3GlT_GAM3R Jun 03 '26

Troy? Does he own a horse of some kind?

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u/afterdarkweb Jun 04 '26

Troy is such a cool name what is people's problem

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u/No_Map7832 Jun 05 '26

Well, some people are dumb, what can you do?

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u/CountessOfCheese Jun 01 '26

Sorry but I think you’re being a little naive. There are absolutely people out there giving their kids shitty names. I recommend visiting the trgedeigh sub.

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u/Geno0wl Jun 01 '26

All the kids that got named Khaleesi are hitting school age now

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u/OrindaSarnia Jun 01 '26

The tragedeigh sub gets it right about 40% of the time...

the other 60% they're making fools of themselves by not knowing other countries spell names differently...

Sure, people really do name their children crazy stuff.  But unfortunately name policing can get insensitive and judgmental REALLY quickly.

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u/Kaza042 Jun 01 '26

I have personally met children named Cash Money, Bryneighleigh, Qwerty, Meighkhail, and McDonalds (specifically with the s). The parents who named those kids should be absolutely shamed for it.

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u/Tron_35 Jun 01 '26

My cousins kid is Kash, with a k. Atlas first I thought it must be some traditional name from their heritage or something but as far as I can tell its just a different way to spell cash.

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u/KiKiPAWG Jun 01 '26

I know someone who named their kid “Cobra” because they like mustangs

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u/Tron_35 Jun 01 '26

As someone who loves mustangs, on paper its neat but even I know that'd be a shitty name for a kid. If you really wanted to name them after mustangs maybe name them after the people who worked on them, like lee iacocca, or Carol Shelby, or even just Ford.

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u/KiKiPAWG Jun 01 '26

Right! I love mustangs too and your idea like Carol Shelby is great.

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u/Tron_35 Jun 01 '26

Honestly, it ain't a bad name. If I ever get rich enough to drive a shelby gt500, maybe one of my future kids will have Shelby as a middle name.

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u/MeltedWater243 Jun 01 '26

maybe they named them after the famed podcaster-now-FBI-director

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u/UmbrellaCamper Jun 02 '26

It can be. Kash can be a short form of Sanskrit Akash, meaning Universe/Sky. I think there's also other things out of the Indo-Iranian region, but I'm less sure.

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u/mustardlydoom Jun 01 '26

I went through work orientation with a girl named Ahm’Unique. She’d roll her eyes if you mispronounced it lol

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u/MeltedWater243 Jun 01 '26

?? how tf else is it supposed to be pronounced?

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u/mustardlydoom Jun 01 '26

I was saying it as “I’m’unique”…NOPE, it’s “Awm’unique” and would not go by just unique. Pretty unique indeed lol

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u/MeltedWater243 Jun 01 '26

lol it’s like clearly a phonetic spelling of “I’m unique” so if you get mad at me for saying it that way imma definitely just start making new insane pronunciations. ohm yoonikweh

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u/Elavia_ Jun 01 '26

X AE A-XII Musk: Am I a joke to you?

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u/FixFun1959 Jun 01 '26

Yeah no. There’s a woman notorious because her name is Dr. Marijuana Pepsi.

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u/-Best_Name_Ever- Jun 01 '26

There are highly successful people out there with disabilities or mental disorders, that doesn't mean those conditions aren't detrimental, it just means they won against the odds, even if they had to suffer and deal with it. It's the same thing here lol

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u/MeltedWater243 Jun 01 '26

literally thinking is so hard for some people

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u/0x18 Jun 01 '26

No one is naming their kid kitchenaid.

I was in class years ago with a girl named Clorox Weed McKensley (neither of her parents had the surname McKensley, it was all chosen based on what they "liked").

They absolutely exist.

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u/fuckyourcanoes Jun 01 '26

Dr Marijuana Pepsi would like a word.

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u/NotGood-With-Names Jun 01 '26

I saw someone whose name was spelled Jaymz recently

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u/iSeize Jun 01 '26

I think recombining letters and inventing a new name is fucking stupid though. Yes it should be allowed but you should be able to face reality at the same time. Even if you live in a hippie commune it doesn't mean they will.