parents naming kids.. questionably

[@ThatOneGuy9569]

1:33 “chair-ish” sounds like how I’d describe a bean bag to someone who’s never seen one

[@coolbuddy123ify]

Underrated comment-this made me laugh so hard for no reason. I guess I’m subconsciously imagining what the mother’s reaction to this comment would be.

[@faerie_ann]

it sounds like how I would describe random wood planks I found on the ground depending on which ones were more rough and which ones were more "chair-ish"

[@johnkearns7244]

This unironically feels like something Gyro would say in this situation if he wasn't born well before bean bag chairs were invented

[@mage1439]

I immediately thought Entish.

[@JohnathanCronnelly]

I'm just thinking... god forbid she turns out to be hot. Teenage boys: "I want Chair to sit on ME"

[@afmf8700]

Those are the kind of names I'd give my Sims, not my future kids

[@Judys-Stuff]

Or pets. Avocadiosa would be an awesome cat name.

[@gen1945]

these are names that id name link in a windwaker play through

[@horsinacz]

@@Judys-Stuff Exactly! Some of these names would be perfect as a quirky name for a pet. My friend named his dog Catherine, but uses the shortened version - Cat, and the looks on people's faces are priceless 🤣

[@MantledMimi]

⁠honestly yeah. Some people name their pets after historical figures and every day objects. Another good place to use those names is for fictional worlds and stories. There’s an anime where a character (another world) is named “Piña Colada”

[@anyacad021]

Some people barely know the difference

[@ELisa-qf2mw]

As a mom I want to make this very clear: bearing a child doesn't grant you with a special unquestionable status, so people around you, especially, especially your family and friends have 110% right to tell you that they think you are about to make a trashy choice when it comes to your baby's name. Bs like "I expected you not to judge" don't make sense. It's good to speak out before the baby is born so that it's not too late. Parents already have too much power over their kids, anything that can counterbalance that is good.

[@frostmint3584]

Preach

[@chrisantoniou4366]

People like to say "don't judge me" and then say thank you when you judge them in a positive way. What people don't like isn't "judgement" it's contradiction.

[@TarossBlackburn]

To paraphrase another comment I saw once on these tragedeigh videos: "Kids don't want a unique name. They just want to find their name in a rack of novelty keychains."

[@cursedstarflight]

they would also want shorter names, the amount of times ive been told by classmates that theyre jealous of my name having only 3 letters, especially one time when we had home economics and had to sew our names onto our aprons, felt really bad for that one person named charlotte in my class

[@sprknn]

​@@cursedstarflightBRO MY BIOLOGY TEACHER HAS 3 NAMES 😭

[@Pixelat1on]

​@cursedstarflight glad mine is just 5 letters.

[@theartofcaliforniapizzakitchen]

Probably most kids……… but I’d wear a weird name as a BADGE OF HONOR. Not if it was some random word like apple, though. That’s not humor, it’s just a random word. Tbh it would actually be hilarious if you have a nickname that sounds normal, but it’s short for a random word. Imagine going by Connie, and then getting to hit people with “It’s short for Conifer.” I get not doing that to your kid though because you don’t know what they’ll be like and if they’d feel the same way you do about the name. Or if they’d be able to handle getting bullied. I can and have so that wouldn’t have made a difference personally

[@nenesprideflag]

me with a 13 letter name 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@twentyfiveyears5010]

"What's wrong with 'Latrina'?" asked her parents, John and Lou.

[@GrandpaCremate]

And their brother Dunny

[@paisleystillman6877]

this should have all of the likes

[@foogod4237]

Don't forget Grampa W.C.

[@lvncee]

Look there's guys walking around with the name Scot.

[@rayzhao491]

@@foogod4237 genius

[@cybergalacticnova]

13:58 Update on that one: mother and a relative, who is a teacher, manage to convince the sister that Raefarty is not a feasible name and kids will bully that child, and the baby's name is now changed to Theodora! W

[@gruzz69]

W

[@titus4440]

The only downside is that the baby also has the middle name Jaczynvil

[@gamre_kitty_kai]

@@titus4440middle names suck anyways and she wont even have to write it all the time just her first and last name

[@Fanimati0n]

Tragedeigh averted

[@Hadeopelago]

Oh thank God!

[@joliealbury6936]

12:35 The legend of Potoooooooo says that his owner wanted him to be named "Potatoes," but the stable boy misheard it as "Pot-Eight O's" and wrote Pot with eight O's at the end, and the owner found it so funny he kept the name.

[@jonal5126]

Is more funny because in chile they call to butt "poto"

[@V2_is_coming_back]

Lmao funny asf

[@WhirringGears]

If I were in that kid's position, I'd think Pot with 8 O's would be spelt Poooooooot.

[@voodoodummie]

Was that owner speaking with a strong irish accent or something?

[@OnionBorn]

​@voodoodummie His owner was the 4th Earl of Abingdon who was born in Lincolnshire. I've heard that the Lincolnshire accent is one of the hardest ones to understand. I don't know if that helps or not.

[@FerretTwister]

" Im going to bully your child" absolute chad energy off that one.

[@casuallywinnin]

Yes

[@funnyfatseals545]

what's sad is that some of these kids could actually develop serious mental issues due to the amount of bullying they would get

[@casuallywinnin]

@ like you

[@brendon-f4l]

thousandth like

[@FerretTwister]

@brendon-f4l dang bro thank you!

[@solider-d5p]

I am sorry for every child which was named like this. This is not quirky, this is not cool, this is not making your child more likeable, this is dyslexia.

[@chrisantoniou4366]

It's narcissism.

[@solider-d5p]

@@chrisantoniou4366 thats right

[@bloop6111]

Lylyt Yvyh Yryhl sounds like it could summon Lovecraftian horrors beyond comprehension

[@Seraphic2004]

Biblically accurate ass name what the hell

[@recang360]

Y wladychfa gymreig

[@wantedbird55srandomchannel28]

Looks and personally reads more like someone choking.

[@4LM0ND-161]

Not a single vowel in that name. How do you pronounce that.

[@blitzboy2934]

@@4LM0ND-161Y is a vowel

[@FabbrizioPlays]

"Everyone's so creative" gluing macaroni and glitter to your kid's name

[@TheGoldenDunsparce]

I completely forget where the hell I heard it, but I read that quote in that lady's exact voice and cadence, and then had flashbacks of horrible attempts at making Mac n Cheese with chocolate milk and edible necklaces by skewering sliced bits of hotdog with spaghetti...

[@voidfloof]

​@@TheGoldenDunsparceforgot her name but she reacts to people making insane foods, starts with "everybody's so creative!" And then starts ripping them to shreds about trying too hard to be unique

[@win-winthestubbornmage4299]

​@@voidfloof tanara double chocolate!!!

[@EmersonConlin]

I eat glitter and macaroni

[@jindrichvogel4135]

I bet the inner selves of those parents are pictures with macaroni and glitter glued on them too.

[@foogod4237]

"We really liked both Ashton and Rae so we combined the two into Ashtrae!" No. _That is what middle names are for._ Name them "Ashton Rae ___" instead. Heck, even some weird hyphenated thing like "Ashton-Rae", or even "Ashtonrae" would be better than -"ashtray"- "Ashtrae"... That poor kid's gonna get teased mercilessly and misspelled constantly for the rest of their life... 1:18 It's not a name, it's an adjective! They're saying "our kid is sorta like a chair"!

[@ZeDrMedic]

Ashton-Rae is fairly bad ass in itself, and people can just nickname them Ray.

[@IlGreven]

"What about Frodo?" "As long as we can spell it Phrodough..."

[@The_Real_Mini]

phthroughdeuough

[@_Sparky144]

Throw dough (my first thought)

[@Scarlett.Granger]

Filo dough pastries are gonna be this kids villain arc

[@bland9876]

Phrohdough

[@sola_is_chilling]

Pghryoughdhoughye

[@2eryth]

1234 (Juan Tutrifor) Is just peak comedic GENIUS

[@theunseenanomalyneverseen]

especially since it’s a way better sounding name than abcde and also easier to pronounce

[@SiennaPineDew]

I honestly couldn’t tell if it was real or not😭

[@dehydratedwater9806]

My dog is Diogee (d-o-g) And my cat's name is Seaytee (c-a-t)

[@theunseenanomalyneverseen]

@ thats actually genius

[@spamspam4117]

@@theunseenanomalyneverseen abcde is probably pronounced obesity.

[@top-notch8277]

I'm glad that in my country (France) ,naming your kid something stupid is illegal

[@Moder_20]

nutella (X) ella (√)

[@katenkyokotsukaramatsushinjuee]

6:43 Parent(s) really pressed “Suggest strong password” on a website then named their child that

[@Cyberia_on_pawz]

HELP 😭😭

[@ZealousGames0]

Suggest strong username

[@darajoyce5514]

LMFAOOOOOOOOO

[@katenkyokotsukaramatsushinjuee]

This stupid comment really got 450 likes? Genuinely confused how this happened hhhhhhhhhhhh

[@blitzboy2934]

@@katenkyokotsukaramatsushinjuee Because people thought it was funny

[@Adraeth]

Harvey and Charlotte to make Harlotte... Bruh... "Charley" was right there... It's at least 80% normal...

[@Avnirvana1]

Charvey was also there

[@ericaschoenberg7782]

usually the r/[topic]circlejerk subs are satire so hopefully this one is too 😅😅

[@elizabethcochran3395]

And Grandpa Harvey would have probably felt honored just if they named the baby girl directly after his wife. And you could even throw Harvey in as the middle name and it would not be that odd. It would just be a cute conversation starter when middle names come up. My baby girl name choice is after my grandmother and I feel like my grandpa would see that as a nod to both of them.

[@elizabethcochran3395]

@@ericaschoenberg7782 let's all hope so.

[@StefferKatz]

Charhar

[@wafer8870]

9:15 "Let them be cool and unique through their personality, don't set them off at a bad start here!" Is actually pretty good advice

[@sonyatheforestgaurdian3152]

My friend considered Çèæthö and Løžō pronounced (See•Aw•though) and (Lo•zöe) Their spouse threatened a divorce if the kids got those names.

[@fbit7613]

Those kids wouldn't be able to write their names until, like, fifth grade.

[@TheCrowShow827]

Using a ž as a completely normal z hurts me

[@cheryl_the_bakarashii_cherry]

As someone who loves linguistics and likes to see how things are pronounced in different languages, i'd probably pronounce these names kinda like /t͡sɛɐ̯θœ/ (something like tse-uh-thoo (oo as in hood)) and /løʒoʊ̯/ (something like lurr-joe)

[@Gamblegork]

these are names of a final boss in an RPG, not the name of your kid

[@beywheelzhater8930]

I’m pretty sure if I pronounced those names it would pierce a hole in space time, drop me in Salem during the trials, and I’ll end up being burnt alive

[@grimdarkmalarkey5402]

"Syrenidie" gives off "scientific name of manatee species" vibes. Like, that's 100% either a dugong or a deep sea coral.

[@jaspersoranges]

Worse they are salamanders that look like axolotls, called sirens.

[@miwice-_-]

This is how I learnt dewgong is actually based off an actual animal 😭😭😭

[@grimdarkmalarkey5402]

@@miwice-_- dewgong looks way more like a seal than a dugong. Dugongs are just like underwater potatoes that have minimum braincells. Plus, they don't even have horns on top of their head like dewgong!

[@miwice-_-]

@ that’s true!! I always assumed they were seals. Dugongs just look like smaller hippos with fins 😭😭

[@Hyracoidea_Hyrax]

At that point Sirenia would be better than Syrenidie

[@Morana-mori]

my parents named me “hailey” and every time I order food or a drink at a coffee place or something they spell my name wrong. twice I’ve had it spelled “heighleigh”, a few times “hayleigh”, “heilee”, “haileigh”, “heighlee”, and a few other spellings. the only time my name was spelled right was in a Starbucks in Puerto Rico and I tipped the guy 80% for it

[@nachoalvarez7171]

How are coffee shop employees so bad at spelling, it's insane

[@riosulysto2068]

14:25 Avocadosia... my avocado starting to levitate😂

[@Chocobo0Scribe]

“It’s AvO-cadosia not ava- Codsia.”

[@moduleapothem6446]

🪄wingardium avocadiosa ✨

[@thunder77315]

Mmmmm yes AVOCADOSIA.

[@Arandomguywhoisdumb]

Avocadosia…. My bed turned into an avocado

[@Seraphic2004]

What the HELL were they on when they thought of that

[@cavejohnson3920]

1:54 All those Ys and they couldn't give one to Stanlee. Poor guy. I think the moral of this sub is to not name your child something they're going to change the moment they're legally able to.

[@sofiamariewyatt]

Pretty sure it’s a girl lol

[@llamadrama1090]

ystanleey

[@mr.duckie._.]

_✨staenleyighy✨_

[@Meteorite_Shower]

It's not even poor guy, it's poor _gal._

[@cavejohnson3920]

@ That’s even worse.

[@RedCaio]

PSA: your kid is NOT a character for your fantasy novel. Ease up on the apostrophes and Hs and Ys and EIGHs lol

[@joliealbury6936]

These names always remind me of when Ross and Rachel were discussing names for their baby and one of Ross' suggestions had Rachel saying "Our child will be beaten to death on the playground."

[@Enby_W]

Did they choose the name 'Hamburger'?

[@shwahgamer]

And Rachel was very right.

[@MyDogIsaWarCriminal]

What did they choose again? I forgot since I haven’t watched the show in a while

[@ZandMorendo]

​@@MyDogIsaWarCriminalEmma

[@MyDogIsaWarCriminal]

@@ZandMorendo ohh right

[@elijahpatterson2596]

Baby girls: Exist The letter Y: *Let's do this.*

[@mr.duckie._.]

Lylyt Yvyh Yryhl (Lilith Eva Uriel) WAS ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED 😭

[@Fyreflier]

So many of these kids are going to start school and when attendance is taken, are going to sigh and respond with "it's 'yyyyyyyy' and I'm here" when the teacher starts to go "uhhhhhhhh...?"

[@snakewithapen5489]

I'm so grateful my parents didn't give in to the early 2000s trends of slapping 12 extra vowels on a traditional name to 'feminize' it. My name is common but also unique in that i got the unisex spelling.

[@quinnsmith2454]

our cousins named their baby girl everly. as you can see, thankfully they un-white-ified it and made it with y instead of eigh

[@hypernova_119]

14:35 Okay, I'm gonna be honest: Wysp sounds dope as hell. It feels like a Ghost-type Gym Leader would have that name, and Ghost is my favorite Pokémon type lmao

[@paigeepler]

I mean, the only Ghost-type Gym Leader with a name similar to this in any way whatsoever is Ryme, who is a rapper. Most of the Ghost-type specialists we've seen have pretty ordinary names -- Allister, Phoebe, Morty, etc.

[@ssnowstarr4985]

Wysp is cool

[@vexilanimous]

"when everybody wants to be unique, nobody's unique. stop naming your children unique names, just name your kid f*ckin' earl." - Scott The Woz, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 | Half of a Masterpiece, 2020

[@patrice1706]

Based af for quoting Scott the Woz and frr! Like there's nothing wrong with a typical name!

[@mothlure]

the first actually cited quote ive ever seen on youtube and its scott the woz

[@vexilanimous]

@@patrice1706 they gotta start putting this quote on the walls in hospitals man

[@MyNaymIsSnek1526]

MIKU PFP DETECTED

[@Anaea]

oh shit you quoted the guy who owns sonic jam

[@ShroombaShroomaba]

You cannot convince me Cthulhu didn't name Lylyt Yvyh Yryhl. My first and middle names are "Sirius-Basil Leviathan", though, so I'm not sure I'm doing much better

[@goldegreen]

Those are at least real names, and pretty cool ones at that.

[@oserodal2702]

That's a bit posh but cool nevertheless...

[@StarrySkiesWithEyes]

You also CANNOT convince me that Yvyh is supposed to be "Eva" and not "Ivy". Or that Yryhl isn't "Errol" or "Beryl" but they forgot the B. (I seriously can't even recall what it was SUPPOSEDLY pronounced like)

[@mailcs06]

At least yours are readable 😭

[@ophilianecr]

Leviathan is a perfectly acceptable name in my demonic opinion!! You can go by Levi or Athan. ♡

[@tinfoilsoul]

You know you're a teacher when you see the name "Aileighxia" and immediately know it's pronounced "Elijah"

[@anne-vc7bg]

😦 And gen Z / alpha is being labelled illiterate... 😒😮‍💨😔

[@mjrhmekssh]

I'm pretty sure it's Alicia actually

[@tinfoilsoul]

@@mjrhmekssh clearly I haven't been a teacher long enough, because you're probably right

[@hiroyoshi00]

This is why Germany doesn't allow parents to name their their children anything they want. They check if it constitutes child abuse or not

[@Judys-Stuff]

God, I'm so glad I live in Germany.

[@JF1908x]

And it must make the sex of the child obvious

[@ruffboiALT]

Honestly based

[@AIHumanEquality]

@@hiroyoshi00 When are they gonna stop moving towards American style in social services as well?

[@Gamblegork]

America really needs to let doctors veto names

[@JetSetDman]

okay to be honest in the case of potoooooooo, it's kind of a common thing for race horses to be given goofy-ass names. my personal favorite is a 2008 race horse named "ARRRRR"

[@EuelBall]

And then there was the one named "Hoof Hearted:... 🐴

[@Shako_Lamb]

@@EuelBall I dunno, wasn't me...

[@marikothecheetah9342]

I once saw a horse named: Binoculars, and I was wondering - why... :/

[@TheLugiaSong]

I have heard it is because they are like usernames, that they can't share the same ones. So they go bonkers with naming them. In any case, I love race horse names.

[@marikothecheetah9342]

@@TheLugiaSong They are crazy funny, I agree.

[@ericapaley1579]

16:10 “You both lose” there are truly no winners here😭 I feel bad for the parents and the kids

[@nikitatavernitilitvynova]

Latrina in italian is used to describe a stinky messy toilet. In fact I just looked up the meaning and it is indeed an outdated term used to describe a room with toilets. But today if you heard anyone use it, it is most likely used with a negative connotation. Almost to mean stinky or gross or smelly.

[@myredpencil]

Makes me think of a military barracks latrine, like on MASH. The dirty kind of bathroom where nobody washes because there's no sink.

[@cheryl_the_bakarashii_cherry]

i'm pretty sure it's got a cognate in modern spanish... it means "a hole one poops into".

[@houselightkell]

It's still used to mean bathroom in English but the word is rarely used

[@pvtread5207]

Used to be shithouse but we changed it in the 3rd century IF YOU GET THE REFERENCE YOU DESERVE YOUR TIGHTS!

[@feha92]

in english, "latrine" is a modern word still in common usage for a toilet that is little more than a temporary hole in the ground by your campsite.

[@Kazuyuki33]

Note how most of these are people trying to 'celt-ify' anglic names by putting a bunch of ys and ws and eighs or aighs, instead of choosing already celtic ones like Gwyn, Dylan, Arthur or Owen

[@xenofan7705]

May i ask a question.... Why? Why would you do that? (For these who named them this way)

[@CestLimee]

Obsessed with y and add them anywhere… except for where they should be, then they remove natural ys and go for ashleigh. Make it make sense

[@YaminoMizu]

Yeah! the only thing that really confused me was someone putting a person named Eileen in here. I guess cause.of their last name? But like.its an actual name spelled either Ailene or Eileen, its not a name thats been weirdly spelled on purpose.

[@bogwife7942]

or sioban, etain, saiorse, niamh.... so many pretty names with a rich history, instead of this nonsense. americans have such a weird obsession with their supposed scottish or irish heritage

[@LajosKossuthOnline]

​@@YaminoMizu And the name Eileen comes from the Turkish name Aylin which is already super normal

[@Lizzardthething]

WHO TF WOULD NAME THEIR KID “CRIDDYR” I can’t I’m crying rn 😭

[@kimadams2995]

I'd name my cat that in a heartbeat. Because cats don't care. Ghastly to do that to a child.

[@DerangedPacman]

@@kimadams2995 and your cat IS a little "criddyr" (critter)

[@DerangedPacman]

@@kimadams2995 ngl now thinking criddyr is actually a pretty fun name for a cat, could get your friends a good laugh and its simple too

[@sylwiawolczynska8253]

"Do you not like it?" Honestly, i would be surprised if they liked it themselves

[@whiptonguebulborb]

real. some of these people HAVE to know what they are doing by naming their child these rediculous things

[@Seraphic2004]

Perchance

[@pastyIe]

@@Seraphic2004Purghshense

[@Moder_20]

If you were not Polish, I would have called you a hypocrite

[@Cocolatis]

Every day I am thankful for the fact my dad had a ‘no bullying’ rules on naming and that he’s dyslexic and needed to be able to spell the names. He will be playing a huge part in the naming of any future children I have just in case i develop brain damage

[@literaldoorknob]

11:45 It looks like they were trying to make it sound more Irish since luigh- and -seach are both parts of Irish words/phrases BUT IT WOULD BE PRONOUNCED LOO-SHOCK 😭

[@KatanaNovaCat]

And it would frequently be misread as Luigisearch

[@GloomyFish]

Aubreyannau could've easily been Aubrey-Anna and nobody would've batted an eyelid

[@LeBatteur]

Honestly Aubrianna isn’t an awful name either, depending on your leniency for portmanteau names.

[@lovedrreid1]

It should have been aubrianna, which is already a somewhat common or at least well known name.

[@MichaelOKC]

Sometimes "OH that's sweet" is a more polite way of saying "Well Bless your heart!" Lol!

[@lunarnightingales8651]

to be fair, I think a lot of people aren't aware that "bless your heart" is supposed to be an insult either...

[@MalcolmCooks]

7:24 "You changed your name TO Latrina?" "Yeah.... used to be Shithouse"

[@chrisrj9871]

THAT got a loud stifled laugh outta me! 🍻

[@MalcolmCooks]

@@chrisrj9871 Robin Hood: Men In Tights

[@ayyylmao101]

LMAOO

[@cicerofitzgerald8982]

It's a good change

[@justboardwithlife9947]

Someone said if you want to name your child something well “out there” use the name as your own first, introduce yourself with it when talking to people, use it if you go to a place like Starbucks and if you get tired of explaining it to people or constantly repeating it or correcting the spelling, then that’s what your child will feel like. If you want a out there name get a animal

[@wk3004]

Dude my name’s Liam and even I get weird looks and confusion when I introduce myself

[@GlitchKnight113]

7:00 it gets worse... if you arent using the middle name, her initals are KMS...

[@MagicalCureBackShots]

HELP WHAT

[@Mechanicalamity]

That crazy because I probably would not last long with that name😭

[@ニンフィア-sylveon]

that's what I would do if I was named that

[@Tryh4rd3rr]

WHAT

[@lvl90dru1d]

like the windows crack thing?

[@dagnytheartist]

13:45 Luckily there was an update where they had an intervention, bc even the baby's dad didnt want the kid to be named "Rae-farty". The mom was also having hormonal issues from the pregnancy, but she was convinced not to name the baby Rae-farty

[@goofers82]

14:18 “bromine” WHY WOULD YOU EVER NAME YOUR CHILD SOMETHING THAT CLOSE TO A LITERAL TOXIC CHEMICAL edit: the point is that bromie is so close to bromine that my auto correct senses it as bromine

[@Cuddly-Cactus]

@goofers82 I thought the same thing, and then I thought, "So it would have to be pronounced as Bro Mine, and if they have a sibling, that brother or sister is just gonna be like, yo BRO is Mine!" 🤣💀

[@Bupboy]

Because another one named boron could make a drama television show with bromine* about breaking the bad or something *Edit: forgot the joke about the breaking bad logo elements

[@goofers82]

@@Bupboy but that name would be worse because boron is one letter away from becoming moron

[@comradewindowsill4253]

@@Bupboy ah, yes, i can see the villain backstory now... 'Boron the Moron, they would call me. well, they'll soon see their mistake'

[@locrianphantom3547]

Calcium when Bromine walks in: ❤️

[@lunareclipse2401]

"avocadosia" followed by "are you casting fucking spells?" is god tier

[@atsunome]

11:13 I love how the top pick wasn’t even added by the parent - Everyone is begging them to name their kid (somewhat) normally. Compared to the others in this video, Aura Lee is actually pretty normal

[@mainframe1608]

Literally sounds exactly like the word “orally”

[@DrPluton]

"I'm giving my kids unique names." "If everybody has unique names, then nobody has unique names."

[@LoreSolver4]

"Stop naming your kids unique names, just name them f***ing Earl."

[@dudicorn6503]

That isn't true

[@DrPluton]

@@dudicorn6503 I see it like arms escalation. Once one dummy adds "eigh" to a name to make their child a special snowflake, a slew of people are going to do the same thing. 10 years ago, I would never have dreamed of stupid names like Everleigh and Ashleigh. Now, they're more common than the proper spellings.

[@dudicorn6503]

@@DrPluton Right, but the point of a unique name is to be, well, unique. If everybody has a unique name, it means nobody has the same name, thus maintaining the 'unique' quality.

[@bluecamel738]

@dudicorn6503 really it depends on whether you define unique as not having the same name as anyone else or having a name which is more unusual/‘exotic’ regardless of how many people have that name (or the name from which yours is derived)

[@Konpekikaminari]

"I like it because it's different" Dear sir/madam/person of interest _that is a future human adult you're naming_ 18 years of bullying is not worth impressing *at most* 2 guests in the baby shower

[@Whyamiawakeat3am]

The people that mix names… (“Harlotte”) MIDDLE NAMES EXIST. PLEASE 🙏😭😭

[@Sacrimony_]

Right? 😭 Charlotte Rae would have been perfectly fine

[@corrdox]

Not in every language though, but in english yes, lol

[@Cassxowary]

it’s on a circlejerk subreddit so it’s satire, parody lol

[@PresleyJennings]

10:33 THE KID BASICALLY BEING NAMED WEDNESDAY ADDAMS ACTUALLY BROKE ME ONCE THE REALIZATION HIT SOMEBODY STOP THESE PARENTS 😭

[@joemck85]

Oh god... I didn't notice the last name.

[@ookjannesplanting1296]

Literally they could've gone with Morticia and it would've been fine

[@Purpeil]

@@ookjannesplanting1296 bro imagine what a flex it would be to say you were named Morticia

[@sunshinebrownie4545]

@@ookjannesplanting1296Probably spelled « Maurr’theexyah »

[@justyouraveragebird5996]

These names are the preppy equivalent to Shadowheart Nightshade for emos except instead of trying to be cool they get bullied at school Edit: NOISE IS CALLING PICK UP PHONE!

[@JustCallMeFran-i6v]

hi The Noise pizza tower

[@turnip_lol]

could add that to a rap song

[@thewhitefox6478]

PEPPINO SPAGETTI!

[@KestrelDC]

That immediately brought to mind that main character from My Immortal but I can never quite remember just what her crazy name was lmfao

[@ehehrhjehrhrh]

@@KestrelDCebony dark’ness dementia raven way, unfortunately i have it memorized

[@The_TreeEyes12]

Not really a tragedeigh, but my grandma named 3 of her 5 children; Sheryl, Shannon, and Shauna. My grandma herself is named Sharon, ive never actually seen her mix up the names ever, and it took me like 13 years to finally remember them all and who they belonged to (even though they all lived in the same house, and i very frequently visited)

[@Violets_and_Thorns]

bruh this is like naming your oc some "jake, dont touch tail, mega alpha wolf, lonely, 18 years old, bully, half demon, secret prince" type shi

[@poisoncontrolcenterart]

the number one thing you have to do before picking out a name for your child is roleplay an elementary school child and try and figure out what jokes and puns will be made out of them. save ur kids from a lifetime of being a laughing stock because of their parents wanting to be fun and silly

[@JustAnAcorn]

Or ask someone else and be open to their criticisms, since you're not going to notice flaws in something you like as easily as someone else could

[@poisoncontrolcenterart]

@JustAnAcorn ABSOLUTELY. judgment on your childs name is normally done in good faith. If someone raises the concern that the name youre thinking of could lead to your child being an easy target of bullying, you should listen. its not a personal attack, its trying to keep your child safe.

[@geekmyths]

yknow that thing people say about showing graphic design choices to a panel of 13 year olds? we need to do that with names too

[@liljatupsu]

Someone in the sub said you should try living with the chosen name for a few days, using it for your coffee orders and such to see what it feels like to be called that in public

[@wmdkitty]

Yell the full name out the front door a few dozen times, too. And double check to make sure the initials don't spell anything.

[@kiwien1086]

My aunt speaks english and after having a 3rd child she just got tired and named the 3rd child "problem" in chinese, which sounds so good as a name

[@radioactivebirbchild]

I don't even know what it sounds like but I'm cackling at this

[@kellydalstok8900]

@@radioactivebirbchild It starts with cackling, the next thing you know you're building cottages out of sweets and being shoved in your own oven.

[@Xaderoth]

So....Wen Ti? XD

[@anzaca1]

This is why my country actually requires baby names to be approved by a government body. To stop offensive/stupid names.

[@arandomsystemglitch2398]

Man that is a good idea should have like a whole court case for names with a jury just so they can have a good amount of heads to decide sure it has faults but so much better then free names

[@AIHumanEquality]

@@anzaca1 That sounds like a good idea in practice but can have detrimental consequences if not regulated with good outlines and oversight.

[@lindanimated]

Same here, and an added bonus is that "boring" names are all officially in the calendar on specific days and we get to celebrate a "name day" in addition to a birthday. If someone had a really unique name they wouldn't get a name day.

[@Love2Banime]

Man, wish that was real here. Poor kids

[@nobody-yk2hu]

Nah I'm doing what Peter Griffin did if my wife ever wants to name our child Meghan

[@VarietyPuppets]

The "basic ass name" comment is so funny to me. My name is Moragn, and I know like 4 other Morgan's. I know it's basic, but we Morgan's have a running gag where we do the "Hi, Barbie" with but with our name instead. We'll always start a conversation with "Hi, Morgan" You can have a basic and common name. You just got to be creative with it.

[@Acaykath]

Yes, learn from Moragn, keep it simple so they don't mispell their own name.

[@elizabethcochran3395]

My brothers both married women with my name as well. Before I changed my last name, so it's at least different on paper, there was quite the confusion, lol. The name is just incredibly common from the five year period we were all born in. We all go by a different nickname/version of our name.

[@ay-dionne]

Im an Ashley, who has had good friends who are also Ashley's, and it's honestly kinda fun to lean into the bit. Especially if they know the Recess reference. But it really builds comradery sharing a 'basic' name. Its like a zodiac sign. That being said it can be hard to stand out if you're in a profession that requires that, like performing arts or social media. But that's what middle names and stage/art names are good for.

[@thecatladytm7172]

Literally yell my name into a crowd and 50 people will turn their heads. At least my mom's name is unique enough. Even though it gives me the hives to call her anything but mom. Also, no, its not unique this subreddit, its unique like its an older name that most dont have anymore, but is still commonly recognized AS a name. She gets a lot of, "oh that's my grandma's name!"

[@thelunchlady8276]

More-ag'n

[@Ekeryz]

Fun fact : there's a person named John Karkat, inspired by a webcomic called Homestuck. He's 14 now.

[@sick_icarus]

Holy shit, 2009 really was 15 years ago… damn…

[@Ekeryz]

@@sick_icarus 2010, i changed my comment 2 14 years old since i did some miscalculation. act 5 was released in 2010, which introduced Karkat Vantas. mb.

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

Fun fact: the "gh" you see in a lot of these names is taken from the words that end in "gh" where the "gh" is silent. That much is obvious. But what may not be obvious is that those letters actually used to be pronounced. They represented the voiceless velar fricative, which is a fairly harsh sounding consonant that sounds a bit like you're clearing your throught (you may have heard it before, for example at the end of the the Scottish word "loch"). So basically the name "Ashleigh" would kind of sound like you're saying "ash lay" and then started choking.

[@Kyle_Is_Too_Old_To_YouTube]

I'd pronounce it " ash lake" because I pronounce loch as lock :)

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

@Kyle-e9h that's just how you pronounce it with an English accent. In Scots and Scottish Gaelic it's pronounced like I wrote. Meanwhile, the "gh" has never been pronounced like a "k" in English.

[@Kyle_Is_Too_Old_To_YouTube]

@@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit I understand. And thank you for clarifying! Say hello to the Lockness Monster for me! (The internet is well known for its ability to convey humor via non-stylized/annotated text :))

[@YMandarin]

german here: if I were the middle-school bully I'd call it "Arschloch" would be "Ashlogh" in this case

[@Idkpleasejustletmechangeit]

@YMandarin hätt ich auch als Beispiel nehmen können, glaub aber, dass das leider unbekannter ist.

[@Hambrack]

11:45 Fun fact, according to Gaelic spelling conventions (which that name clearly is trying to mimic), "Luighseach" would be pronounced more or less like "Looshuck" (assuming the person spelling it can't say the "ch" in "loch"). The appropriate Gaelicisation of "Lucy" Would be more like "Lusaoi".

[@comradewindowsill4253]

which looks like it rhymes with yaoi.

[@Hambrack]

@comradewindowsill4253 It doesn't but it does look like it, I'll give you that.

[@Ardeact]

These parents really think for themselves and not the child

[@Luring_Lavender]

13:12 update on baby Raefarty!!! I’m on the subreddit and the baby was born yesterday (2 weeks early), the mother decided that the baby looked adorable and decided to change the baby’s name… to Theodora Jaczynvil. (The baby was almost called Theodorable but the dad put a foot down on it) 😂 A Raefarty Rose by any other name would smell as sweet….

[@892ffffff]

and it could be pronounced polish as well 😭😭(hi fellow tragedeigh sub Redditor)

[@Seraphic2004]

Theodora is fine...but Jaczynvil? The hell?

[@__vyre]

@@Seraphic2004probably a polish family if i had to guess

[@foogod4237]

@@__vyre I dunno, that looks more like just a "creative" spelling of Jacksonville (as in the city in Florida), to me, rather than anything actually Polish...

[@PearBoysDontCry]

@@__vyre I'm Polish and we don't have V in our alphabet. Our names usually end in -ski, -iek, -ek, etc

[@katiedoodles]

I’d unironically love to see a psychology test or something on parents like this because genuinely wtf I can only assume it’s parents DESPERATE to make sure their kid is unique but like a socially acceptable unique

[@master_miller]

You think naming your child "Lylyt Yvyh Yryhl" is socially acceptable?

[@katiedoodles]

@ absolutely not it’s just a theory I have lol

[@Sacrimony_]

I think it's usually people who have a "basic" name who are obsessed with giving their children "unique" names. When they say they want their child to be "special", what they truly mean is that they want to be "special" parents through their child. It's more for them than for the child and a way for them to live vicariously through their kid's "uniqueness" while not having to themselves suffer the consequences of having a funky name. In short: they get to feel special and live their "unique" name fantasy while continuing to enjoy the comfort of their own normal name

[@kellydalstok8900]

In my experience the people who give “unique” names are from the lowest and least educated social classes. I’ve heard that many employers will often deliberately NOT choose their job application letters, because their expectations of these applicants are lower.

[@arshu_parshu1999]

Billy: Bpilleigh John: Ghoughnne Greg: Gerreaigue James: Gayeghms Sophie: Ssooffieugh

[@Urfavoriteoverlord]

Hello TOH fan

[@Mike-kw5xv]

The ray farty one just kept getting funnier the longer it went. The grandma-to-be actually wasn't told how it was going to be spelled, simply that they were slightly changing the spelling. When OP told her how it was going to be spelled she completely flipped sides and that started yelling at her daughter!

[@chrispycrint]

4:43 I did some thinking and you could definitely give the baby the nickname “Lottie” and only use that as her name. it doesnt fix Harlotte being her legal name, but it’s better than nothing

[@ShadowsVale]

Or Harley.

[@feha92]

@@ShadowsVale nah, that is still a word with strong such connotations. I think OP is right and "Lottie" is the way to go here.

[@comradewindowsill4253]

​@@feha92 there are a lot of people named Harley. it's modern sounding, but it's a real name made from a surname, which has existed for a long while. there's at least 2 different associations-- to Harley Quinn (whose name is an actual human name) and Harley-Davidson Motorcycles, in which Harley is a normal surname. Neither of those is anywhere near the same league as 'Harlotte'.

[@pine_demon]

​@comradewindowsill4253 the point was merge the names not have the exact name of one of them

[@MCOmegaX123]

@@pine_demon So which one, between "HarVey" and "Charlotte" is "exact name" HarLey? (capitals for emphasis, since you can't bold only parts of words on KZbin)

[@regiluci]

10:58 Words that could make pretty baby names if they didn’t mean what they mean: • Methamphetam!ne • Latrine • calorie • Chlorine • Labia

[@kellydalstok8900]

A woman wanted to call her daughter Chlamydia, because it sounds so beautiful. The midwife explained to her why that was not a good idea.

[@ssnowstarr4985]

When I was like 14 I made a list of cool names and wrote “Areola” because I forgot what it meant 💀

[@RenaMaaka]

I was substitute teaching back in 2023. Let me tell you, kids names nowadays are so bizzare. There was a girl in the class I was subbing for named 'Karleigh.' Then I was asked if I minded subbing for a different class for last period, as the original teacher I'd been subbing for had last period as their planning period. There, I met a girl whose name was spelled 'Luxsharee'... Her name was Luxury.

[@jaspersoranges]

I mispronounced her name as Luxray, the fucking pokemon!

[@st1220]

@@jaspersorangessame

[@frostmint3584]

​@jaspersoranges Well let's Hope she Likes pokemon

[@lilharm]

“I like it cause it’s different” your child, anyone who ever has to spell your child’s name, and anyone who ever has to read your child’s name will not

[@kellydalstok8900]

Children don’t want to be different. Certainly not because they have a weird name.

[@fedoratheexplorer7816]

14:29 I hate to make it worse but I think Iurvi is a capital i, not an L… 😭😭

[@luislebronaponte2737]

Frodo? Boutta turn that into Froughdwough or something even worse lmao

[@arandomsystemglitch2398]

Isn't there like some dogs named that Frodo not the other spelling

[@Nugget_326]

Frodo baggins from lord of the rings in the corner:

[@kellydalstok8900]

It was a book long before it was made into three films.

[@yousseftamer4943]

Never have I felt so much... SORROW. That's the only way I can describe it. Those poor kids. They're going to suffer so much just because of their names

[@jessievenom]

Never have you felt so much SAUROUGH

[@XueYlva]

We *shouldn't* bully kids or people for having any name... but these parents should not be having kids LMFAO, this shit is crazy. I swear to God, only weird dumb people give their kids such stupid neighmes

[@that1vrguyy]

Dude i swear to god some "parents" must have dyslexia if they're naming their kids shit like "Enjelickiagh"

[@feuerling]

3:37 syringe and dialysis

[@endertechentertainment9097]

What about anesthesia and dialysis?

[@SmuckEmOut]

Furioso Melodia

[@brrrrrr]

The worst part about syrenidie is that Serene is already a good name.

[@AmyJoy6]

I've always said Diarrhea (pronounced dee-ARR-ee-UH) would be a lovely name if it didn't have its meaning, hahahaha

[@mailcs06]

😭

[@drewidlifestyle7883]

She probably does get compliments Serenity is a pretty name, but that’s because they’re HEARING IT. Unique names aren’t necessarily bad. “Unique names” that are normal names but spelled bad are the bottom of the barrel it’s just extra work

[@Cuddly-Cactus]

@drewidlifestyle7883 Whenever I hear the word Serenity, I cannot help but think of... "SERENITY NOW! Serenity now, insanity later." 🤣💀

[@feha92]

@@Cuddly-Cactus I just think of the spaceship, or more accurately, the opening to the tv show it is from.

[@pretzelbomb6105]

That one particularly annoyed me. Serenity is a perfectly good name. Dallas literally IS a name.

[@Cuddly-Cactus]

@@feha92 I am so confused by your reply because the line, (screaming) "SERENITY NOW!" and then whispering, "serenity now, insanity later," is literally from an episode of the TV show Seinfeld. 🤣 So I have no clue what spaceship, or TV show you're talking about. 🤷‍♀

[@Cuddly-Cactus]

@@pretzelbomb6105 I'm sure this is probably an unpopular opinion but can we just NOT name kids after cities? Because later on when they grow up and go off to college and when they travel for work, you will have to listen to people saying stuff like, "Hey ya'll my name is Dallas, and I'm from Dallas, Texas." Or "G'day mate, my name is Sydney and I'm from Sydney Australia." 🤣🤦‍♀ So let's just stop with naming kids after places!

[@churchofpos2279]

Worked in a hospital, where a Mom wanted to call her baby girl- Lochia. Mom heard the nurses using the word and thought it sounded pretty. Had to explain to Mom that it was a medical term and what it meant.😂

[@7geckosinatrenchcoat]

3:43 I bet her idea of “compliment” is when people go “oh that’s…interesting”

[@Random_McRandomface]

"what a... unique name 😀"

[@JustAYellowSmileyFace]

13:00 OP posted an update stating that their niece had been born. Apparently, the new name is Theodora, with the middle name being Jaczynvil (like Jacksonville, Florida) to counterbalance the normality of the name Theodora? Something like that.

[@theasandys]

Medication brand lookin ah middle name

[@theasandys]

Ask your doctor if Jaczynvil is right for you

[@Redrally]

Thank fuck - middle names are the only acceptable place for the truly stupid name

[@jaspersoranges]

@@theasandys HELP ME, I AM HOWLING

[@CommonCommiestudios]

honestly "Jaczynvil" sounds like someone tried to come up with a word that looks Polish and accidentally ended up making it look like badly written Hungarian instead

[@ShenDoodles]

Rafferty’s an actual surname, you know. Gerry Rafferty made Baker Street, one of the best songs of its era.

[@kellydalstok8900]

But it’s a surname, not a first name.

[@LucasXenon473]

3:15 Eeny Meeny Miney Moo, who's the first to barbecue?

[@Schöenebuddy]

What the actual ⠀̣☘߷֍⣿█♪▟▞▝▜▛▚▙▘▗▖

[@sun-hi111]

stoooopp 😂

[@thebanman2293]

Lmaoo😂

[@Sh1int0WantsToGoHome]

@@Schöenebuddy why are you speaking in phlovomite?? 😭😭

[@Glitchdevilo]

THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE ME LAUGH HELP

[@FanFictionneer]

At least in my country, 'Star children', with the star behind the name, are babies that were stillborn.

[@feha92]

I figured it was just the babies they had already birthed and named, and the rest were the football team members they still had to output. But your idea honestly sounds more likely, and honestly a kind of sweet way to remember/honor the expectations/dreams and effort that was abruptly bait-n-switched. Personally, I generally don't bother to make a shrine for my ice-cream cones that spill on the ground right before I get to take a bite (to honor the monetary and emotional loss), but it _is_ a romantic thought to do so.

[@soep19]

​@@feha92 yeah personally bro, I don't know if making an analogy about a spilled ice cream and the death of infant children is proper in this context, but you do you I guess.

[@UltraCenterHQ]

It's kinda dystopian that people have to name their kids overused names just to avoid other kids insulting them in class

[@ssnowstarr4985]

It’s not hard to find unique names that aren’t atrocious

[@TheOne_6]

*class ends* emily: finally emmileigh: finnaleigh

[@King-n00bi3]

Ehmalee:finulee

[@whatafoolbelieeeeves]

horse: neigh

[@miguelh4283]

Emahl'ley: finahl'ley

[@YURIMASTER666]

lylyt yvyh yryhl: fynylly

[@3SCAP7SM]

Ehmilehy: finilehy

[@msthecommentator2863]

9:26 My mom would have just clapped back with, "At least my kids know how to spell their names. Good luck to yours."

[@viirxoo]

6:37 everytime i say it, its in a british accent bro 😭🙏

[@Sugar-Skulloo]

dude I'm scribbling these down for FANTASY CHARACTERS/D&D NPCS- do NOT name your child what you'd name a D&D NPC that the players will probably: kill, bang, ignore, or cherish

[@fermiiii]

chairish you mean

[@vassilus915]

9:00 That is Lovecraftian. That is an eldritch deity. Your daughter is an outer god.

[@frostmint3584]

Comment would Go hard If No context xD

[@z-man5664]

1:25 at least baby sitting will be easier

[@allfolfatab]

You are great. I don't need to know anything more about you. This one sentence cemented your legacy.

[@v4n1ty92]

5:05 you might as well just write down "prostitute" on the birth certificate at that point 😭 poor kid

[@feha92]

nah. Prostitute is a neutral word. What they picked only has _purely_ negative connotations.

[@comradewindowsill4253]

@@feha92 not for a CHILD, no.

[@Logitah]

"Harlot" is part of my burlesque name and that is saying something. 😐

[@goldyellow5781]

i don't understand whats wrong with the name

[@Nitosa]

​@@goldyellow5781harlot: a woman who engages in sex acts and especially sexual intercourse in exchange for pay : a woman who is a sex worker Or a woman who has multiple sexual partners : a woman who is sexually promiscuous

[@Talectyl]

7:53 “why did my kids all change their names? I thought I picked out really good names” The names:

[@peacefulnightmare54]

My name is spelled 'Rheyma' like the biblical name 'Rhema'. My mom added the 'y' to "assist in pronunciation." The pronunciation being "Ray-muh." You wouldn't believe how many times people say "Reemah" or even worse. "Raymond, Rainbow, Roma, Romo, Reyna, Ramen." I've heard 'em all! 😂😂

[@gooeydude574]

The name Gax would fit right in with the Invader Zim universe

[@shwahgamer]

It sounds like it would have been in the show, but I don't think it was. That show had quite a few unusual names, even for the human characters, like Dib and Gaz.

[@CovertCalifornian1957]

0:59 Ah, a name so lovely, even the dead have risen to hear it.

[@Matt-p4q4h]

You’re right that shit does sound like a spell

[@CovertCalifornian1957]

@Matt-p4q4h I know, right? Parents cast Fractured Childhood! It's super effective!

[@Mrbushbtalls837]

Harry Potter ahh name

[@CovertCalifornian1957]

@@Mrbushbtalls837 "Otherwise known as 'They Who Must Not Be Named.'" "Why? Are they that evil?" "No, we just can't pronounce their name correctly."

[@xxashes4579]

As someone who was almost named Aubrie-Anna but got anna as a middle name instead imma just be here Alone 🧍🏻‍♂️

[@TailsBacon]

“And you can eat your soup right out of the ashtraes if you wanna, it’s ok they’re clean!”

[@KoltanDay]

10:00 "BILLY'JANE IS NOT MY LOV-ER" -MJ

[@perdrohenrique5058]

But its just a girl

[@a.i.nighthawk3499]

who had a tragedeigh

[@thelunchlady8276]

I guess it would depend on how old billy was, now wouldn't it?

[@butter6976]

11:43 I thought that said Luigi Search.

[@Mechanicalamity]

They turned a mini-name into a minigame

[@master2bean]

@@Mechanicalamity😭

[@HenyaMandel]

That’s what it looks like

[@advance64bro]

I have been summoned

[@HenyaMandel]

@@advance64bro the search is over

[@marilynlucero9363]

4:07 Fun fact! Ashleigh is actually one of the few 'leighs' that are acceptable since it is an actual name not a tragedeigh, it is from British origin just like the counter name of Ashley. Ashley was predominantly used for men whilst Ashleigh was predominantly used for women. I know this because I know how to google as well as know an Ashleigh in real life, dude was so desperate for finding a r/tragedeigh the first -leigh he saw he thought "Jep, you are now illegal deal with it' For any upcoming mothers or those pregnant... make sure you give their kids a normal name and not a name that makes them want to abuse dr*gs also make sure you actually understand what a tragedeigh is like most these names in this video not like those who are desperate to find one irl and starting to make stuff up; Here's a thanks a few decades in advance from your kids. Edit: Also I believe I have heard of the name Everleigh as well as a regular normal name, wouldn't be surprised if the origin is the same or similar to Ashleigh... Frodo however is from LOTR almost a 0% chance but if the person who had this girl may read this.... why did you get knocked the hell up by someone who'd call a (most likely) regular name a tragedeigh whilst coming up with a tragedeigh himself? That brainrotted decision is on you always know who you breed with.

[@marilynlucero9363]

Those poor kiddos... When naming a child, here is some advice. Run with it as if it is your own name for a month and see if you keep getting into embarrassing situations or not. Also.... anyone who gives their children an r/tragedeigh should now face a legal requirement to call potatoes 'Ghoughphtheightteeau' failing to do so for them lands them in prison for 50 years that should scare off anyone embarrassing their children so horrifically.

[@Otokogoroshi]

I imagine Gen Alpha and Beta are going to give their children grandparent sounding names as an extreme rejection of these extremely stupid trends.

[@cynister7384]

Our names will be grandparent names by then.

[@TheFullAutomaticShermanShow]

Therefore name the child Tyrone || son of ashtray of Kansas City, Missouri.

[@dankline9162]

You mean Gertrude, Ethel, Beatrice, Elmer, Erwin, Victor😊?

[@najpotenicewolf934]

Honestly, I wouldn't bet suprised. The popularity of certain names cirles around throughout the years. It is somewhat likely that really old sounding names will become popular once again.

[@VVesteria]

@@dankline9162those are pretty names ngl and victor sounds like a hot guy name and I’m totally not influenced by corpse bride.