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Hello you awesome people,

Friends are having a boy and everyone they know wants to push a name on the child. So I decided to be the best friend they could have and to offer only bad, ugly or horrendous names to the lucky parents so they could have a laugh. I already send them some names and dictators, Smeagol, Steve and Juan-Esteban.

So please, people or Lemmy, give me the worst names you could give a child, so that I can help them as a good friend!

Ps: don't worry, I've already planned some meals to drop off when the gremlin will be there to feed the parents. And some take-out vouchers so they won't get food poisoning

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[–] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 140 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
[–] FlyForABeeGuy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 year ago

The only way to escape a name like that is to take a phallic rocket to mars and start a new colony

[–] SpeakinTelnet@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The only winner here is his sister who's name was not as publicized. Exa Dark Siderael

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[–] cheese_greater@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (11 children)

How do you even pronunce that?

[–] Kevo@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (4 children)

No joke, it's pronounced Kyle. It's the Greek letter chi, the dipthong æ which is called an æsc (pronounced ash) that makes a sound similar to the "a" in "cat" but shorter, and A-12 stands for "alphabet 12" or the 12th letter of the alphabet which is L. So chi-æ-l or kinda like a two syllable "Kyle"

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[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)
[–] Susaga@ttrpg.network 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's only pronounced that way because he's a dick's son.

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[–] ryan@the.coolest.zone 117 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Bob, short for Bobert. So that every time he has to say his full name to anyone on the phone or fill out forms somewhere, he has to repeatedly explain that, no, it's not Robert, it's Bobert.

[–] KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Best one so far

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 99 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Robert'); DROP TABLE Students;--

[–] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 71 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] justhach@lemmy.world 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I dont know about that.

See, this world is rough, and if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough. If a father knew he wouldn't be there to help his son along he could, hypothetically, give him that name, say goodbye, and know his son would have to get tough or die.

That very name would then help to make him strong.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago

Right but everyone would be like "haha sue like the song" and he'd get so annoyed

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[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 66 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] OrkneyKomodo@lemmy.sdf.org 62 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] FlyForABeeGuy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only if Pube is considered as it's diminutive!

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[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Adolf is actually a really good name, if you go by the exact meaning. It comes from Adalwolf, meaning noble wolf. But too bad people associate it with Hitler.

[–] dingus@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (5 children)

A lot of names are cool but then get ruined with shit like that. I always thought Isis was a beautiful name. But terrorism ruined it.

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[–] FlyForABeeGuy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That wouldn't fly with the city clerk in Belgium. But then again, one can always try!

[–] FlyForABeeGuy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 year ago

Should have made a joke with "nein", but people would be Fuhrerious about it!

[–] yenahmik@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I once knew someone who refused to tell anyone the name they chose before the baby was born (absolutely valid choice, IMO). The grandpa-to-be chose to exclusively refer to the fetus as Beelzebub.

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[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 43 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • Spanko
  • Twallypod
  • Roooooo
  • Meganginipple
  • Nipple
  • Craig
  • Nart
  • Puddin
  • Sue
  • Ticksy
  • Ewwgross
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[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 35 points 1 year ago (3 children)

First, anything ending in -ayden. 2-4, I'm just going to list a few real names I've heard. Middles included.

Wynter Obsidian

Ocean Zebediah

Buck Shot

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[–] Ludrol@szmer.info 34 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz

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[–] Asudox@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jugemu Jugemu Go-Kō-no-Surikire Kaijari-suigyo no Suigyō-matsu Unrai-matsu Fūrai-matsu Kū-Neru Tokoro ni Sumu Tokoro Yaburakōji no Burakōji Paipo Paipo Paipo no Shūringan Shūringan no Gūrindai Gūrindai no Ponpokopii no Ponpokonaa no Chōkyūmei no Chōsuke

[–] nx2@feddit.de 23 points 1 year ago (8 children)

What?!? What a coincidence! My name is also Jugemu Jugemu Go-Kō-no-Surikire Kaijari-suigyo no Suigyō-matsu Unrai-matsu Fūrai-matsu Kū-Neru Tokoro ni Sumu Tokoro Yaburakōji no Burakōji Paipo Paipo Paipo no Shūringan Shūringan no Gūrindai Gūrindai no Ponpokopii no Ponpokonaa no Chōkyūmei no Chōsuke!

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[–] marketsnodsbury@lemm.ee 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Open a random page in any P. G. Wodehouse novel and you’re good to go! Gussie Fink-Nottle, Bingo Little, Kipper Herring, Stiffy Byng. Or, my personal fave, add in an extra letter like he did for his character Psmith, where, he explains, the “p” is silent, "as in pshrimp.”

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[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] Sir_Fridge@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Biggus And then convince them to change their last name into Dikkus

[–] LallyLuckFarm@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Jimothy

Tomathan

Kevincent

Jachary

Esteburt

Stanthony

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[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Organ farm #17.

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A friend went with Gilbert, which seems like a strong contender.

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[–] Susaga@ttrpg.network 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

There's a classic Japanese story about a boy called Jugemu Jugemu Gokō-no Surikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu Kuunerutokoro-ni Sumutokoro Yaburakōji-no Burakōji Paipopaipo Paipo-no Shūringan Shūringan-no Gūrindai Gūrindai-no Ponpokopii-no Ponpokonā-no Chōkyūmei-no Chōsuke. That's all the first name. No nicknames allowed.

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[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] thrjfjfjfhs@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

We had a mother and baby possum on our fence that we nicknamed Methany and Rolexxus.

[–] deathfoam@infosec.pub 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • J'nathan
  • Lester
  • Krang
  • Schawghn - pronounced Sean
  • Sponk - halfway between Spock and Spunk
  • Clippy
  • Korn
  • Hootenanny
  • Dan-The-Man - short for Danimal-The-One-And-Only-Manimal
  • Skeet
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago

Any very foreign sounding name is a great contender: Ashurbanipal, Nebuchadnezzar, Nabopolassar.

Judas is a good option, too. I think it's even illegal to name your child Judas in Germany.

Any DBZ character works. Trunks in an english speaking country would be spot on.

For a tropical real life villain, Jair Bolsonaro.

[–] Davel23@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Johann Gambolputty de von Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crasscrenbon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelterwasser-kurstlich-himbleeisen-bahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-ein-nürnburger-bratwustle-gerspurten-mitzweimache-luber-hundsfut-gumberaber-shönendanker-kalbsfleisch-mittler-aucher von Hautkopft of Ulm. Assuming they live in Ulm. If not, adjust name accordingly.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 year ago

Deuteronomy

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] mrmule@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alexa That's just gotta be annoying for everyone when your smart home device kicks into action every time your name is called.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 23 points 1 year ago

That's a pretty long name.

[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Devi@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Donon Trusk Eland Mump

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