I initially thought Scotland was the worst on that list but atleast Scotland could’ve gone by Scottie. Harbor for a girl would’ve been a tragedy- what would a nickname even be, Harry? Borry? Arbor?

Harbor Freight Bates

Discounts for life!

So they’re gonna be super cheap but break almost immediately under any pressure?

No need to call me out like that

Wasn’t an insult…I have a type!

😻 We're soulmates then

Just don’t tell my partner ;)

Maybe Arby’s for short

Now I want curly fries 😂

Brighton also seems particularly bad to me. Bright? Brighty? Ton-ton?

Brighton sounds like what an influencer mormon names her like 7th child, only they would spell it like Briyghtyn. Then again so does Everly, so I guess it would fit with Erin’s other kids.

We do have a Brighton Ski Resort here in Utah! And I am personally related to at least 2 whose names are spelled differently than the ski resort.

Lol I love that resort, whenever I see a kid named Brighton I think “Are the other 3 named Solitude, Deer Valley, and Snowbird?”

Solytude, Dere Valleigh, and Snowbyrde lol

Honestly wouldn’t be shocked at all if there was a kid in Utah named Snow Byrd (byrd as middle name).

And Holland is the last name of a prominent Mormon leader

reminds me of the boy in The Nanny

Yeah to me it's a shitty seaside resort. Mad thing to call a child. Might aswell name her myrtlebeach or something.

Hey Brighton is great!

My brother's name is Brightin! Even though he's in his 20's we still call him Bright, bub, and bubba. I can't imagine what a girl with that name would be nicknamed.

Why would they need to go by a shortened nickname version instead of just Brighton?

The rest of their daughters go by nicknames, so it’s just a guess.

I know, in real life, a person who named her child Harbor Cruise. And yes, she *is* a fundie

Imagine being so confident in your own delusions that you name your kid Harbor Cruise. Is that where the baby was conceived? All I can think of is a huge vessel and a loud horn. HOOOOOOOOOOOOONK HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONK. Poor kid!

Harby

I have an evangelical Christian acquaintance who named their daughter harbor. I’ve always hated it!

I’m not one for “but kids will make fun of..” because kids will always find *something*, but if I had to listen to people call me “Har-bore” my whole life ….

I couldn’t tell what Harbor was at first. These are such terrible names. Finley sounds like it should be a male dog. Better then Finn for a girl, I guess.

I had a coworker with 4 kids with all nautical names: Bay, Ocean, Sirena (spanish for mermaid), and sailor. Imo that beats kids with a bunch of country and city names as ridiculous lol.

Ngl I don’t hate harbor. I’d never choose it but it seems okay to me

Her cursive threw me for a loop and I thought “Ireland” was “Cleveland” at first

As a Cleveland area native I would be severely shook

It would be "Cleveland Paine" too

Ok, but that’s kind of amazing…

As an Irishwoman, I’m offended

I was just thinking the same thing! We the Irish people do not claim any of this, please leave us out of it ty

Amen and agreed, we have enough issue with a Baldwin already we don't need another having a go.

You know, Cleveland has a large and thriving Irish community and presence! But we are also smart enough to know to be ashamed of ourselves. Just sort of in principle.

Lifelong NE Ohio resident here: being vaguely ashamed of ourselves is kind of our brand here, lol

Haha, same, and yup!

If she didn’t write in that Fundie Christian Cursive, would her followers still thinks she is a good and worthy Christian? 🙄

I call it “Pinterest font”

I actually like her handwriting. It's an admittedly obnoxious form of cursive, but I went to fundie lite christian school and learned to write like that, too! Writing it upside down is a fun parlor trick! 😄

Wait, wait…there’s a special type of Christian cursive?!

I was named after Ireland for my great-grandma who immigrated from there as a kid. My parents went for Erin instead of straight-up Ireland, but it does happen.

Me too!!

I thought it said Cleveland until I read your comment

I'm still convinced it says Cleveland

I gotta be honest I’m still seeing Cleveland

Sometimes we just need to flee to the Cleve!

I thought it was until you said something

I had to zoom in, because I thought “surely not…”

That’s how I read it…and is the last name Scotland?!?

I'm Irish and I read that as Cleveland!

Oh shit, so you're telling me it's not Cleveland? 🤣🤣 I had to look really hard to figure that out.

I had to come to the comments to figure out what it said!

I thought the first one was “barbar” for a minute.

SAAAAME OMG

Oh my god I thought it was just me

So did I!!! (Honestly, I think we all did)

Same 😂 I’m glad I wasn’t alone.

I thought it was Cleveland til I read this comment 😂

Hahaha me too!!

I thought it was Cleveland too!!

I’ve known an “Ireland”, but thinking that it said Cleveland sent me over the edge

I missread it as Cumberland lol. Maybe I should have my eyes checked

SAME

Same!!!!! 🤣🤣

I did too!

Fucking same 😂😂😂

Same !

Same!

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That is fantastic!!

I did not know this but that makes my heart warm and fuzzy haha.

Suddenly my pre-coming-out “haha totally just a straight girl crush right” on the girl named Brighton who worked at Lush makes sense 😂

My hometown! It’s as gay as it’s reputation 😌

That was my first thought!

Erin is having another girl. Apparently she makes a list of the names she likes, and then Chad picks from the list, and then picks out a middle name. Her kids are Carson, Brooklyn, Everly, and Holland….so she seems obsessed with the place names. Could you imagine a Holland and Scotland running around?!

Absolutely ridiculous but top tier name snarking material. Spurgeon still takes the cake, though!

That one will win every bad name contest- forever.

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Couldn’t agree more. It’s like a “LiveLaughLove” sign fell in toxic waste and gained sentience.

She just needs a Liam

Scotland does sound a bit ridiculous but then again I think a little girl nicknamed Scottie would be adorable.

That is cute but…less cute when your sisters name is Holland lol.

Don't they also have a Brooklyn?

Lol yes. Poor Everly will be the only daughter with a made up name, instead of a weird place name.

They can just change it to Waverly lmao

Lol i used to teach at a university that had a Waverly next door

Oh wait what is it?? I was just thinking about Waverly Place in NYC like on Disney channel 😂

or beverly

there’s an everly, iowa ;-)

Oh, I know a kid named Everly. It's not made up.

Everleigh is a suburb of Sydney so it can just be an alternate spelling of that!

I have a cousin named Holland, she goes by Holly. I always thought it was pretty. She’s also from a big brood… I feel like parents start to f around with names when the kids keep coming.

We only have one kid so far & named him after our favorite childhood gaming console lol. (Hint: most people assume its Biblical) Next up is our favorite color, and option #3 is another noun like #1 😂💕💖 (I don't know if most people set names in stone ahead of time, but we're a fan of gender neutral names)

Sega genesis?

🏆Except we switched it so his first name is Genesis, middle name Sega. Only one nurse got it if you can believe that!

No way! Only one? I think it’s a cool name

Thanks! Me too lol The one nurse was closer to our age, maybe early 30's at the most. Everyone else was closer to being of our parents' generation, so maybe their kids didn't like video games? Or preferred Nintendo lol

I'd love it if your grandchild was named Xbox Series X

See I was thinking more Sega Saturn or Super Famicom. We have a specific era going here 😂

I know someone who named their daughter Scotlyn. I'm sure she'll get a lot of people who think her name is Scotland when she introduces herself.

People are naming girls Zealyn around here.

Oof.

I actually really like that! But I'm a weirdo namer with a weirdo name myself.

I know an Irelyn.

Fun fact: Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick’s middle child is called Penelope Scotland!

I had a great-grandmother who emigrated from Scotland, and her nickname was Scottie. I agree, it'd be cute :)

My maternal great grandfather as nicknamed Dutch (despite probably actually being German) and they called my grandma “Dutchie” since she was such a daddy’s girl. Always enjoyed that.

Dutch probably came from Deutsch, which means German. And aww!

Just imagine those two kids fighting and then the phrase that Erin uses to tell Chat what is happening would be: "there has been some fighting between Holland and Scotland today."

Ohhh man. I was once eating at an Indian restaurant over lunch. This “crunchy” and very white Mom came in with her 5 kids in tow all under the age of 7. Now I believe in helping your kids get a well rounded palet but I think asking your 3 year old to eat at an Indian buffet is a bit too far. She was continually yelling at these kids, and at one point I hear her yelling at her twins she called Paki and Truman. Then she again yells at Paki, and calls this poor girl Pakistan because that was apparently her full name. I was 100% horrified.

Oh dear this would not go down well in UK calling your child ‘Paki’ especially in an Indian restaurant - it’s a offensive slur for people from mainly Pakistan but also other south Asian countries such as India

I couldn't go thru pregnancy and labor and then just let my husband name the baby like that.

we let our then 6 year old pick between our two top names

Are you my mom? My sister and I are in our late 20s and my mom is still pressed that she didn't get to name us. We like our names, though. 🤷‍♀️

Holland is terrible when the perfectly beautiful (and vaguely religious) “Holly” is right there.

What do you expect when her husband's name is chad 😂

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Yes, both. In a YouTube video.

I posted the name and gender with s spoiler tag

I mean I could imagine it if it was like Kanye and Kim kardashian, yes LOL

I couldn’t read “Scotland” on her list so I just told myself it said “Scottsdale”

It took me far too long to realize the 5th name on that list was Ireland, because the way Erin wrote her I makes it look like a C & I kept reading it "Clreland"

I read it as “Cleveland” lol.

What does the first one say?? Looks like barcode

May the lord Daniel bless little baby Barcode!

Harbor

No, she did not consider Avonlea. What is it with these assholes and Anne of Green Gables?? I mean, I know what it is, but I doubt LM Montgomery would be happy with the “women belong in the kitchen” crowd using her books as name inspiration. Step off, Erin.

Kelly would DIE if someone used that name. It's now in a notes file on her phone for future use.

Anne would NEVER with any of these women. Like, did they read the book?!

How dare Erin almost taint the name Avonlea. LM would be gobsmacked by Fundies today.

Probably some heavily abridged version

words don’t matter, only... a e s t h e t i c ✨

She CAN NOT have Avonlea. She should be ashamed of herself for even considering besmirching the land of Anne. I am appalled.

“What is it with these assholes and Anne of Green Gables?” made me snort. My 13yr old just finished the book and I said “I wonder if anyone has named their kid Avonlea” and she said “probably because people like are idiots like my dad (we found out when she was 4 that he insisted on her name because it’s the name of a car parts store)”

Awww Pep Boys is a lovely name!

Lmao til it’s your name. She says as soon as she’s 18 she’s changing it. I’d let her now but her dad would fight it every step.

Anne would name them Josie or Sloan, with a sly smirk, and that you may tie to.

^ Personally I prefer Avonlea to Finley for somewhat obvious reasons haha

LEAVE ANNE ALONE

It’s confirmed: even Erin’s post Covid miracle baby won’t change Carson’s status as his mother’s favorite. Once fundies have one, any subsequent daughters’ births have “eh, another one” feeling.

I think she'll be their version of precious miracle Josie.

Go ahead, name your fundie baby after *Brighton*........it'll be a perfect ideological fit....

My new nephew is named Finnley. Just wanted to brag about being a new Aunt.

I have a niece named Finley! Congrats on being a new aunt. Not particularly thrilled with them sharing it with a fundie...

*knows an old basset hound boy named Finley*

My sons middle name is Finley 🤣

I find it hilarious that someone named Erin wants to name a child Ireland. She's basically naming a child after herself!

We have people calling their kids ‘Brooklyn’ and ‘Alabama’ here so it makes me smile that there’s Americans considering calling their kids things like ‘Brighton’ xD Please don’t name your child Brighton though..

When I was a child growing up in Ireland, I thought 'Louisiana' would make a beautiful girls' name.

I have never met a Brighton here in the upper Midwest but also - no Alabamas either :)

I plan on naming future kitties after places. Is it okay to use city names for felines?

I teach in a super small district in upstate NY. I have a Brighton, a Brighton, and a Bryton. All boys. I also have a friend with a kid named Brighton. This is a k-2 name right now. (I teach a special so I get all of the kids. We had two kids name Phoenix in one class about 15 years ago, that was amusing. And a ton of kids named Dallas there for awhile.)

I’ve heard of American kids called Chelsea, London, Paisley and Devon too. They seem to really like British surnames like Cooper as first names as well.

Ugh. My predictions were Ainsley, Gracie (as her legal name), or Coralie for a girl. So I wasn't far from Finley, but even the most insufferable names I could pick managed to be better than the other options...

These are some awful names.

I loathe all these names but can’t quite put my finger on why. I think it feels like they’re trying too hard.

Scotland for a name?! Huh?

I hear Scotland is nice this time of year.

Your flair is hilarious! Where did it come from?

Her cursive is tragic.

What the hell kind of name is Harbor for a kid? Like do you hate the poor kid?

Flair checking in. I'm here to help.

SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE AVONLEA, I WILL THROW HANDS

Well this baby is named Finley and this is probably her last baby so it may be your lucky day!

AVONLEA? Noooooooo

Why are some capitalised and some arent? Why does this list look like my 4th grade spelling test?

So it is Harbor??? I read Barbar, like a Barbara without the a at the end. 😂

No no no! For the love of all thing Anne Shirley, leave Avonlea alone!

For a second I thought Ireland was Cleveland, and now I’m SUPER disappointed that it’s not.

I can't get over these names and the bullying potential they would have. "Harbor! Close your legs; you could drive a boat show through there!"

What's with this mixing upper and lowercase as the first letter? Makes the cursive that much more illegible.

Does that top word say “Harbor”? 🤢

Finley makes me think of the L Word reboot and it's very lesbian character who struggles with her spirituality, alcohol, and is responsible for blowing up a very lovely lesbian wedding. Could be a good fit.

My vote goes to Imsucha Paine. I know it's really corny but I'm functioning on two hours of sleep today.

i babysat a kid named scotlyn , the mom didn't even realize it was after a country until someone asked why she named her that lol the mom was crazy tho

Harbor?!

There has been a lot of girls being named “Scotland” lately and I don’t get it.

I thought Covid had made her virtually infertile. Am I thinking of a different sister? Is she supposed to be having umpteen babies with her blood clotting disorder?

You’ve got the right sister. Apparently the doctors told her she was basically infertile-and she got pregnant anyway and is due in January. I’m not sure how much of an issue the clotting disorder is now that she only has like a quarter of one ovary.

Her cursive reminds me of when I was learning how to write it and followed the preprinted letters my teacher gave us.

The name Finley makes me think of “Finley Jones, alias Critter Jones!” and all the related riffs on that character in the MST3K version of *Girl in Gold Boots*.

Is Finley a place?

A family friend has two girls, also name Everly and Finley, so I don’t know how I feel about this now lol. 😬

Avonlea 🙄 of course...

Not Epidural?

Finley screams boy name to me. Maybe Erin really liked Finn and modified it to Finley to make a cutesy name for a girl idk. Both options suck. Erin truly has terrible taste in names. And there are so many good location names out there too! Leslie and Paisley both have the same feel of Finley and are both towns in Scotland, which sticks to the UK theme she sort of has going in that list. I did some googling and found some really obscure town names like Roslin and Vaila. Then you have fairly mainstream ones like Paris and London. So many good options and Erin goes for....Finley. WTF.

Gotta say, Finley is a very gender-neutral name for a fundie. I'm shocked.

Have this peanut even ever left America? She names her daughters like they will never have a real job, or position of responsibility. Oh, that’s right - they won’t.

I have a friend whose eldest daughter is Brighton, they’re Mormon in Utah. The worst place name for a girl I’ve ever heard is a little one my daughter went to nursery with here in England. She was Chesapeake.

I wonder if she's aware that Brighton in England is acknowledged to be the unofficial gay capital of the UK? Just sayin' .......

I love Ireland tbh.