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SharkAttak kbin.melroy.org SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
Joined: 2024-09-23
#52 · Quote Reply

Well, my daddy left home when I was three. Didn't leave very much to my mom and me. Except this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze. Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid but the meanest thing that my daddy ever did was before he left, he went and named me Sue.

Would only be fair (and American) to Sue him for it.

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piecat lemmy.world piecat@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-10
#53 · (edited) Quote Reply

Who is Major Major?

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LoafedBurrito lemmy.world LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-08-26
#54 · Quote Reply

There was a golfer at Augusta national and her first name was Asterisk.

I wonder if their other children are named comma, semi colon, or parentheses?

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pulsey feddit.org pulsey@feddit.org
Joined: 2024-06-26
#55 · Quote Reply

There was a golfer at Augusta national and her first name was Asterisk. I wonder if their other children are named comma, semi colon, or parentheses?

Maybe Obelix and Idefix?

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Rekorse sh.itjust.works Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-08-30
#56 · Quote Reply

Oh boy... These are real people. Drink Water Rivera: Very refreshing take on nomenclature but quite bland 8/20. Macaroni 85, Spaghetti 88, and Sincerely Yours 98 Pascual: As if someone stopped them from naming their kid after pasta because the username is already taken. 66.67/10 because they didn't commit all the way. Covid Bryant: Not quite Black Mamba, not quite the Black Death but still 8/10...

I'm a huge fan of your scoring system!

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ohulancutash feddit.uk ohulancutash@feddit.uk
Joined: 2025-02-16
#57 · Quote Reply

Maybe Obelix and Idefix?

Obelisk and Getaflix

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captainlezbian lemmy.world captainlezbian@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#58 · Quote Reply

Just give them something normal humans dont know 8billion people. Their name will still likely be unique in their small network of people who know them.

Unless you have a super common last name, then just don't name your kids shit like Mike and John. I have friends in that position and while it's character building to have the same first name as someone in your class, it's really inconvenient to have the same first and last as someone in your class.

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gmtom lemmy.world gmtom@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-26
#59 · Quote Reply

I remember reading about some girls literally called 'undesired' on their language :(

I mean, I've met girls called "Chastity" which is weird as fuck if you think about it for half a second.

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Stern lemmy.world Stern@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-14
#60 · Quote Reply

People can change their names.

When they're older, doesn't erase years of bullshit suffered from being the proverbial boy named Sue.

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tiramichu sh.itjust.works tiramichu@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2025-06-04
#61 · (edited) Quote Reply

I mean, I've met girls called "Chastity" which is weird as fuck if you think about it for half a second.

It's naming them for a supposed 'virtue' it may be hoped they possess.

Same deal as naming girls Grace, Charity, Faith etc. All are 'virtue' names.

I personally dislike it, but it's pretty well-established.

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hansolo lemmy.today hansolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-07
#62 · Quote Reply

Hot take for Zambia and parts of Zim and Namibia. Names there are wild. Things you see, aspirations, etc. Even other African counties find it hilarious.

https://www.legit.ng/1097767-see-hilarious-names-zambian-namibian-parents-give-children-photos.html

I've personally met people named Nevers, as in short for "Never Again" having a baby. Also, Fuckson is a popular one. Even written in news.

https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/01/05/16-stolen-animals-smuggled-from-nyimba-to-lusaka-seven-suspects-arrested/

Trevor Noah had old stand up about it.

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dumples piefed.social dumples@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-02
#63 · (edited) Quote Reply

Ding dong Dear Strong Bad,

How do you type with boxing gloves on?

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hansolo lemmy.today hansolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-07
#64 · Quote Reply

My last name is Browning, like the gun manufacturer (distant relation). I used to joke that if I ever had boy/girl twins I would name them Colt Winchester (boy) and Biretta Glock (girl). I nearly got Colt for my youngest, but there were too many kids named Colton around. I also really wanted to name my first son Charlemagne. This was because back in high school when we studied the Holy Roman Em...

These haters are idiots.

I have firearms-oriented first and middle names, and it's fucking awesome. Instant cred with people usually suspect of others, AFAIK never a negative issue. If I had met a young woman named Biretta Glock in high school or college, I think we would have been forced by everyone in America to get married in the spot.

Charlemagne Tha God proves you right. Though that's also a great Tomboy girl name, with Charlene or Charley for short. See "The Long Kiss Good Night" for further validation.

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Godric lemmy.world Godric@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-09
#65 · Quote Reply

Its like a whole gneration hasn't listemed to Johnny Cash's "A Boy Named Sue" ← (best Folsom Prison performance)

My name is Sue. How do you do? NOW YOU GONNA DIE!

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Stalinwolf lemmy.ca Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-12
#66 · (edited) Quote Reply

My wife and I have received several compliments just for giving both of our daughters normal, pronounceable names. Names I don't see very often anymore, but perfectly normal before 9/11 altered the timeline and made everyone unbearably stupid.

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gmtom lemmy.world gmtom@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-26
#67 · Quote Reply

It's naming them for a supposed 'virtue' it may be hoped they possess. Same deal as naming girls Grace, Charity, Faith etc. All are 'virtue' names. I personally dislike it, but it's pretty well-established.

Yeah I get the trend but naming your kids "doesn't fuck" is just weird

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Boomer Humor Doomergod lemmy.world Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-15
#68 · Quote Reply

These haters are idiots. I have firearms-oriented first and middle names, and it's fucking awesome. Instant cred with people usually suspect of others, AFAIK never a negative issue. If I had met a young woman named Biretta Glock in high school or college, I think we would have been forced by everyone in America to get married in the spot. Charlemagne Tha God proves you right. Though that's also...

Long Kiss Goodnight is a criminally overlooked movie

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hansolo lemmy.today hansolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-07
#69 · Quote Reply

Long Kiss Goodnight is a criminally overlooked movie

My head canon is that it's the pilot project for the Bourne project. It's probably loosely based on the Bourne books from the 80s.

Criminally underrated is actuate. It's on my top 10 movies ever. Great writing, hitting all the tropes, Samuel L. Jackson in his prime.

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Boomer Humor Doomergod lemmy.world Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-15
#70 · Quote Reply

My head canon is that it's the pilot project for the Bourne project. It's probably loosely based on the Bourne books from the 80s. Criminally underrated is actuate. It's on my top 10 movies ever. Great writing, hitting all the tropes, Samuel L. Jackson in his prime.

And Geena Davis was always cast as a sort of girl next door and to be the badass she was really showed her range.

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Briguy lemmy.world Briguy@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-10
#71 · Quote Reply

My wife and I have received several compliments just for giving both of our daughters normal, pronounceable names. Names I don't see very often anymore, but perfectly normal before 9/11 altered the timeline and made everyone unbearably stupid.

Same here. My wife and I also picked traditional timeless names that we both liked and know they will never get made fun of for them

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Goodlucksil lemmy.dbzer0.com Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2025-08-15
#72 · Quote Reply

There was a golfer at Augusta national and her first name was Asterisk. I wonder if their other children are named comma, semi colon, or parentheses?

Idk about children, but a character in La saga/fuga de J.B. (Torrente Ballester book from the early 70's) is called Don Asterisco.

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DaGreenGobbo feddit.uk DaGreenGobbo@feddit.uk
Joined: 2026-03-14
#73 · Quote Reply

I think labeling "Kitchenaid Whiskey Jones" as "borderline" is too lenient. "McKeinsleigh" I think is the borderline one. Marijuana Pepsi managed to make something of it – ironically writing her PhD thesis around it – but I would be thinking forwards and backwards about what a name I give could do to a living, breathing person their entire life (even if they get it legally changed).

All these parents should be catapulted into the sea. I don't know what you're talking about.

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mycodesucks lemmy.world mycodesucks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-08
#74 · (edited) Quote Reply

Ding dong Dear Strong Bad, How do you type with boxing gloves on?

Crapfully yours,

dumples

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afromustache lemmy.world afromustache@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-02-28
#75 · Quote Reply

Hot take for Zambia and parts of Zim and Namibia. Names there are wild. Things you see, aspirations, etc. Even other African counties find it hilarious. https://www.legit.ng/1097767-see-hilarious-names-zambian-namibian-parents-give-children-photos.html I've personally met people named Nevers, as in short for "Never Again" having a baby. Also, Fuckson is a popular one. Even written in news. http...

There was an article about I believe a Nigerian researcher who had a record number of retractions due to misinformation on his articles. His name was Hitler Louis and his partner's name was Honest Benjamin lmao

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StarryPhoenix97 lemmy.world StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-01-22
#76 · Quote Reply

Whisky Jones is a bad ass name though. That's either a porn star or a treasure hunter and I'm good either way

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moakley lemmy.world moakley@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-08-08
#77 · Quote Reply

Oh boy... These are real people. Drink Water Rivera: Very refreshing take on nomenclature but quite bland 8/20. Macaroni 85, Spaghetti 88, and Sincerely Yours 98 Pascual: As if someone stopped them from naming their kid after pasta because the username is already taken. 66.67/10 because they didn't commit all the way. Covid Bryant: Not quite Black Mamba, not quite the Black Death but still 8/10...

Just in case anyone hadn't heard this one before: Abcde is pronounced "Absidy", which is more of a real name.

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zarkanian sh.itjust.works zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2024-01-11
#78 · Quote Reply

Tell that to Marijuana Pepsi Jackson.

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q181c sopuli.xyz q181c@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2025-04-16
#79 · Quote Reply

She'd love Germany. Those names would be illegal over here. Then again the law also explicitly states that you can name your kid any name that's normal for your heritage. I guess that means an American would be able to name their kid Kitchenaid because it aligns with their traditions.

So if a Turkish family tries to name their kid Helmut that's not allowed?

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dumples piefed.social dumples@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-01-02
#80 · Quote Reply

Crapfully yours, dumples

Dumples

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Snowclone lemmy.world Snowclone@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-05-30
#81 · Quote Reply

Tell that to Marijuana Pepsi Jackson.

To be fair, Marijuana is an actual name, it's not what weed was always called, and it was often used as the preferred name by the US government because they wanted to characterize it as a Mexican racial trait.

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GraniteM lemmy.world GraniteM@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-11
#82 · Quote Reply

Rise of the Leighs and Dens

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nomy lemmy.zip nomy@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2024-12-06
#83 · (edited) Quote Reply

Whisky Jones is a bad ass name though. That's either a porn star or a treasure hunter and I'm good either way

Whiskey Jones has a black belt and spent a little time as a stuntman back in the early 2ks.

He prefers beer these days.

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Kaerkob lemmy.world Kaerkob@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-15
#84 · Quote Reply

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mycodesucks lemmy.world mycodesucks@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-03-08
#85 · Quote Reply

C G N!

... U!

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October lemmy.world edgemaster72@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-16
#86 · (edited) Quote Reply

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It’s not like there’s a naming authority.

Not sure if I'm getting whooshed but some places absolutely do have this

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Hanrahan slrpnk.net hanrahan@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-03-14
#87 · Quote Reply

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some nations do, Iceland springs to mind for example and I am sure there are others

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mysteriousknife lemmy.world mysteriousknife@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-04-10
#88 · (edited) Quote Reply

Peruvians take this to another level. There's a professional soccer player named Osama Vinladen, and his brother is Sadam Huseín

There's a town mayor election where the candidate Lenin lost to...eventual winner named after THAT Austrian artist

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
#89 · Quote Reply

Jesus christ you're awful with names for your kids. I hope you two didn't choose the name that has the beautiful meaning of "lightbringer" and end up naming one of your boys "Lucifer"

morningstar, apparently Samael is "venom of god" so that isnt a good one either.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
#90 · Quote Reply

Tell that to Marijuana Pepsi Jackson.

if they were a midwestern parent, they think it would be clever by disgusing it as mary-jana.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
#91 · Quote Reply

Just in case anyone hadn't heard this one before: Abcde is pronounced "Absidy", which is more of a real name.

the parent who named was trying to say it that way to trigger people, shes full of it.

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SnarkoPolo lemmy.world SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-08
#92 · Quote Reply

Utah moms need to remember. One day, Brightlynn, Ayngylle, and Keighleigh will be 90 year old patients, playing gin rummy in a nursing home.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
#93 · Quote Reply

X Æ A-XII enters the chat.

siadareal musk, TECHNO MECHNIUS, slider are just the notable ones.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
#94 · Quote Reply

crystal methany, crystal methvin are names of 2 people who got in trouble for METH.

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hansolo lemmy.today hansolo@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-07
#95 · Quote Reply

There was an article about I believe a Nigerian researcher who had a record number of retractions due to misinformation on his articles. His name was Hitler Louis and his partner's name was Honest Benjamin lmao

Innocent Benjamin

https://retractionwatch.com/2026/02/24/chemist-hitler-louis-nigeria-retractions-image-duplication-self-citation/

And yeah, Hitler isn't an uncommon name in Africa. So is Elvis. They're names everyone knows, from famous people.

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Björn swg-empire.de bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de
Joined: 2023-07-08
#96 · Quote Reply

So if a Turkish family tries to name their kid Helmut that's not allowed?

No, I think that would be allowed as well.

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MashedTech lemmy.world MashedTech@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-12
#97 · (edited) Quote Reply

I'm going to name my kid "Khayzeighdynleigh Braxxtynleecyndynn Jhaydenzayholleighcynn" or

"Sir™ O'Mc'De La Von Der Saint Khayzeigh-Braxx "The Wyn" II½ Zyvdaxtholleigh-Wrayffcynn®-BRAXX 2.0 Esq. Jr. Sr. PhD. OBE. Lord Née Scorpio zu Khaydencynn-Holleighbraxx III¹⁰⁰ Baron Of Zaydenshire (silent B)"

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MashedTech lemmy.world MashedTech@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-12
#98 · Quote Reply

You know what, the name should have everything:

His Most Sovereign Imperial Celestial Omnipotent Sir™ The 1st Foremost Supreme Eternal O'Mc'De La Von Der Du Al-El-Saint-Arch-Khayzeigh-Braxxxtyn-Wrayffholleigh-Zyvdaxtholleigh "The Wyn" "Little Braxx" "Daddy's Champion" "Mummy's Miracle" "The Prophecised One" "He Who Was Foretold In The Zaydenshire Scrolls" "Destroyer Of Passport Printers" "Boo Bear" "KHAYZY" "That Kid From The Viral Video" "Why" aka @KhayzeighOfficialReal @KhayzeighOfficial2 @TheRealKhayzeigh @KhayzeighUnverified @KhayzeighFanAccount @KhayzeighHaterAccount @KhayzeighIsOverParty #NotTheOtherKhayzeigh #Zyvdaxtholleigh-Wrayffcynn® #JusticeForBraxx #KhayzeighIsInnocent #FreeBraxx #KhayzeighDidNothingWrong #Braxx4President #NeverForgetBraxxxtyn fka BRAXX 2.0 fka Braxxton fka "That Baby" fka "The Incident" fka "Unnamed Child Hospital Form 7B" fka "Please God No" fka "The thing that happened in Zaydenshire" fka "Exhibit A" fka [REDACTED BY KHAYZCORP LEGAL] Esq. Jr. Sr. PhD. MD. DDS. MBA. JD. LLM. CPA. CFA. CISSP. CCNA. 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Skullgrid lemmy.world Skullgrid@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-29
#99 · Quote Reply

morningstar, apparently Samael is "venom of god" so that isnt a good one either.

Here's an idea, one should not name kids after characters considered bad or evil. EVEN IF IT COULD BE INTERPRETED MULTIPLE WAYS.

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