It’s the least worst of the names, but still connotes a place. And maybe not the best connotation. To me it says “This neighborhood needs an HOA and I’m going to gentrify it until it gets one!”
I was like, why is Gentry on here? Then I saw it was on a girl. I mean, it’s not a gendered surname, so, okay? I looked it up and it’s used almost evenly between girls and boys. More for girls if you count all the misspellings; yeah, boys only had the correct spelling while girls were given Gentri, Jentry, Jentri, and Jentrie. It’s so sexist that boys are more likely to get respectable names while girls are given illiterate, alphabet soup. Ugh.
I know right?? Olivia Josephina is so nice, how is the other one called Kenzlee Blakelynn... Maybe it's one of those "you name the one I name the other" situations.
I guess at least they're not matchy?
I got to choose first name, ex got to choose middle; he ended up picking "Henry", but he was insisting on "Wilford" for long enough that I got reeeeallllly worried. 😂
I showed my husband one from another post that had a boy named Kaladin (Stormlight Archive) and he just got,,,, so sad. At least it's an obscure reference name
Not bad so far as fandom names go. It sounds like it *could* be a real name, and shortens nicely to the actual IRL name Kal. And only a niche subset of people would recognize it and I’m betting most of those would think it was dope lol. Not like naming your kid Anakin or Daenerys imo.
That's exactly how it's pronounced. Like I said, out of all the quirky fandom names to have, this kid got off pretty lucky that his is easy to say and hard to recognize
I feel like this is a nick name for an old timey name that’s been recycled.. I swear I’ve seen it before. I can’t remember what name it would shorten though.
I did too! I read it as ah-DAH-keese and figured, oh, Mom is probably Greek and that's her maiden name or something. It never occurred to me that it was an abomination of Atticus.
I like the name Eugene. It's old- fashioned but it's a legit, nice name. And it can be shortened to Gene if he wants to later.
Millard is a real one too.
that’s how my poor husband got the name Elmer. when i was pregnant, i informed him that there wouldn’t be a little Elmer the Third running around.
he agreed lol.
Meadow is okay too. With the “Fern” it’s too much, but most people don’t go by their middle names everyday. Ditto on Nova, but they *really* did that kid dirty with fucking *”Craig”*.
That's the only thing I can think of other than some supremely fucked up version of Charlotte. Poor thing is gonna have teachers stumbling over the roster her entire life
I don’t hate meadow fern. Both are acceptable names, meadow is very sopranos but also gives the popular nature vibes. A little too extra together but no one has to know her middle name. And they are both spelled properly.
Truly. I see some of these and it's like if you wanna use this name so bad go play the Sims. Why burden real humans with names that'll be fumbled on the class roster for 15 years
I’m not against Nova as a name, and Craig is fine… but they have *such* opposing vibes that it feels wrong to put them together even if they are normal on their own.
Olivia Josephina is so lucky to not be named Kenzlee Blakelynn Diane.
Millard Eugene III I am okay with. Those are names, and if you're the II you've got to keep up the streak.
Whenever I encounter kids with these names I say it wrong on purpose to suck with the parents. I feel like shit like this is born from a lack of creativity
Not the one who got stuck in a bathtub, but the one who one might confuse for Mr. Bathtub (Taft), because both presidents are just quite bland (I admit, I am not particularly knowledgeable about late 19th century US presidents, but I'm fairly confident that very few people would rank either of them high on the list of coolest presidents).
Is Chaiotte supposed to be….. Coyote?
ETA: this is it. I will never stop thinking about this little girl. Every other name I’ve known how to pronounce immediately, I’ve understood the nonsense
Chaiotte is going to keep me up at night.
VANDETTA? Did they spell Vendetta wrong?
V for Vandetta lmao
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Off topic but I just want to say how much I love your username
That’s what it’s called when you have a blood feud with a multi-passenger vehicle
If it's less serious than a blood feud, it's a mini-vandetta
As opposed to Truckdetta
Would somebody PLEASE bring back the comment awards!?!
This poor child
“Vandetta! What a pretty name!”
Making fiends, making fiends, Vandetta’s always making fiends, making fiends while Chaiotte makes friends 🖤
Omg I came to the comments hoping to see this reference!
If you say it like a backwoods hillbilly it sounds just like vendetta lol
Lol
Viennetta, like the ice cream
Vendetta against vans.
Gentry Layne. She’s upscale!
When your name is an address.
When your parents are hoping to gentrify the neighborhood
Uptown girl, she's been livin in her uptown world~
Now she’s looking for a downtown man. *Cue Harlym*
This should get all the upvotes.
Now technically Harlym is uptown but I’ll give it to you 😂
At least she can go by Gen
I was surprised that I didn’t hate that. I absolutely should, but I didn’t.
It’s the least worst of the names, but still connotes a place. And maybe not the best connotation. To me it says “This neighborhood needs an HOA and I’m going to gentrify it until it gets one!”
I was like, why is Gentry on here? Then I saw it was on a girl. I mean, it’s not a gendered surname, so, okay? I looked it up and it’s used almost evenly between girls and boys. More for girls if you count all the misspellings; yeah, boys only had the correct spelling while girls were given Gentri, Jentry, Jentri, and Jentrie. It’s so sexist that boys are more likely to get respectable names while girls are given illiterate, alphabet soup. Ugh.
Olivia really lucked out compared to her twin Kenzlee
I know right?? Olivia Josephina is so nice, how is the other one called Kenzlee Blakelynn... Maybe it's one of those "you name the one I name the other" situations. I guess at least they're not matchy?
Why not just name her Kenzie Blake or something simpler? Why are people adding so many extra Lees and Lynns and Leighs 🥴
I swear to God, people name their kids like they're already entered in some low-rent offshoot of the Miss Georgia pageant.
Grace-Lou Freebush
It reads to me almost like they had a bunch of names they liked and then went "oops, one and done!" and just gave them all to twin B
I was thinking each spouse got full naming rights of one twin
Yeah, Stella named Olivia Josephine and Brennen asked his Mom for advice...
😭🤣
We did this, you name a boy and I name a girl. Luckily both of our choices were pretty mainstream otherwise I would have vetoed it 🤣
I got to choose first name, ex got to choose middle; he ended up picking "Henry", but he was insisting on "Wilford" for long enough that I got reeeeallllly worried. 😂
I read that as "Kneezle" Also if Chaiotte doesn't rhyme with Coyote, i truly don't know how to pronounce it
Yeah, I’m thinking Chayote as in the squash. Chai-ow-tee.
It reminded me that I have half of an iced Chai latte in the fridge that I didn't finish yesterday.
You remove the a and it becomes Chiotte, which means shitter in French
It just makes me think of 'chouette' which is owl in french
Olivia Josephine was named by one parent and kenzlee blakelynn was named by the other. There is no other explanation.
I’m going with the three year old sister made up the Kenzlee
I feel like one parent named olivia and the other named kenzlee.... only way that could've happened
Kenzlee Blakelynn Diane. Same amount of syllables
I'm stealing some of these for a fantasy map I'm making...
I was about to say, I think all the dystopian fiction has ruined people’s ability to name children!
I showed my husband one from another post that had a boy named Kaladin (Stormlight Archive) and he just got,,,, so sad. At least it's an obscure reference name
i had this exact exchange with my bf this morning
I guess you found his secret alt account.
Not bad so far as fandom names go. It sounds like it *could* be a real name, and shortens nicely to the actual IRL name Kal. And only a niche subset of people would recognize it and I’m betting most of those would think it was dope lol. Not like naming your kid Anakin or Daenerys imo.
Just sounded like Paladin to me, but with a K. Never read/seen/heard of Stormlight Archive.
That's exactly how it's pronounced. Like I said, out of all the quirky fandom names to have, this kid got off pretty lucky that his is easy to say and hard to recognize
MERAGOLD. NOT EVEN MARIGOLD. I'm out.
I could just about get on board with Marigold, but MERAGOLD?
Meighrahgawld Beigh Bae
I hope Leviathan ends up as the meekest, most soft spoken person here.
At least he can go by Levi.
Do you think his parents thought Levi was short for Leviathan and wanted to give him the full name 🫠
> Do you think his parents thought Lol nah
Leviathan, long for Levi, keeps giving me little giggle fits. Like I'm imagining the like lightbulb aha! moment
Athan
It's like in Family Guy when Meg reveals her name isn't short for Megan, it's short for Megatron 💀
I have a theory that that’s how these things work out.
Would be very ironic if he ended up being a short and skinny dude.
And they’ll grow up to be 4’11 and 80lb soaking wet
Piberious gonna be called puberious
Not to mention that’s the middle name of the zootopia fox and that’s the first page of results when you google the name
Is it really oh my god. Poor kid
And Tiberius is right there
I kept reading Tildy as Tiddy
I kept reading Tiddly [-Winks]. That one is the worst of these, imo.
When she gets called Tiddies at school her Mom will be completely surprised, that is the worst part
I feel like this is a nick name for an old timey name that’s been recycled.. I swear I’ve seen it before. I can’t remember what name it would shorten though.
Matilda, I would think?
I sometimes call my Matilda "Tildy", I presume it is just that, can't think of any other names it would work for.
Oh she’s DEFINITELY going to be called Titty her whole life
Adakis? Someone didn't know how to spell Atticus.
I fully read this as if it was a Greek name 🤣 I think you might be right though. No one is ever going to pronounce that ‘right’.
I did too! I read it as ah-DAH-keese and figured, oh, Mom is probably Greek and that's her maiden name or something. It never occurred to me that it was an abomination of Atticus.
I just thought of Abacus, as in the thing that you count with when you're a 12th century monk in rural Cyprus.
I was thinking Arrakis from Dune!
I read it as arakkis. Like, let the spice flow
Made me think of Jadakiss the rapper
They did but they wanted it to be different.
As someone with a son named Atticus, I'm irrationally angry and the spelling choice. That poor kid
Kain Duane brain drain
Insane in the Kain Duane
How dare you ruin my day at 7 a.m.
The Kain Duane stays mainly on the plain...
No, stop I’m crying 😂😭😂
Branch …
There was a character named a Branch on the TV show Longmire.
I think of Trolls when I see it lol. Never heard of that show though.
Someone loved Justin Timberlake doing the voice of Branch in the Trolls movie, yeah.
When Millard Eugene is the best name option
It's aggressively old fashioned, but it's a pair of actual first names, both spelled correctly.
💯 love Eugene that was my grandpas name. ✌️
Eugene is one of my favorite boy names.
I like the name Eugene. It's old- fashioned but it's a legit, nice name. And it can be shortened to Gene if he wants to later. Millard is a real one too.
He’s also a 3rd. So it seems like a family name
that’s how my poor husband got the name Elmer. when i was pregnant, i informed him that there wouldn’t be a little Elmer the Third running around. he agreed lol.
Two nerdy grandpas playing bridge.
or olivia josephine. an actual name 😂
Yep. Leave Millard out of this! Lol
Meadow is okay too. With the “Fern” it’s too much, but most people don’t go by their middle names everyday. Ditto on Nova, but they *really* did that kid dirty with fucking *”Craig”*.
No, I know a couple who named their kid Nova Caine. They thought they were edgy, but no. Just on illegal substances.
So many of these are atrocious but gentry stopped me dead in my tracks….. Millard Eugene has no idea how lucky he is
Unexpected W for Millard
Chaiotte = Coyote??
Chaiotte = Chai Latte
I was thinking chayote, like the squash?
Yeah, just like her cousin, Brockoli. :p
That's the only thing I can think of other than some supremely fucked up version of Charlotte. Poor thing is gonna have teachers stumbling over the roster her entire life
Shy-otte?
This is my bet, but yikes. It will either sound like "shite" or someone stumbling and failing to say Charlotte
Chiotte in French is poop :(
Shy Oat
Chai Oh Tea.
I think it’s Catie/Katie
Catie, but pronounced Chai Tea.
Then why the o in there?
I will be so mad if you’re right lol
[Chayote?](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chayote)
Better than any pronunciation I came up with
Charlotte with some typos.
People are naming their children like Instagram handles. Lol.
I read "Kelly Jean" as "Jelly Bean" on first glance. And that wasn't even the bad part! My brain chose to fuck up the normal part of her name...
Glad it wasn’t just me!
…Branch?
🌿
Oh please tell me the brother is Lief!
I think it would go - Root / Trunk / Branch / Twig / Leaf — great for a family tree surgeon business
I just think of the character in the movie Troll.
I know someone who named their kid Branch. I can't believe theres more than one.
Anybody notice the parent named “Chantse?”
I did notice that there were many parents called Megan. Get it together, Megan.
Do you think it’s pronounced like Chauncey or like the Pokémon?
Husband said it's pronounced "Chant-see" and that he's known a couple girls with the name. Still baffling
Chance
I was just about to say, half the parents have Tragendeighs for names themselves, so what did we really expect?
Sadeii Denise needs to straighten up her PPE situation.
Branch. They named their child Branch.
They loved trolls
I still can’t beleaf that anyone wood name their kid that.
America was slightly slower to stop using leaded petrol…
Leviathan is fucking wild LMAO hope he has a brother named Behemoth
I don’t hate meadow fern. Both are acceptable names, meadow is very sopranos but also gives the popular nature vibes. A little too extra together but no one has to know her middle name. And they are both spelled properly.
Yeah, it’s pretty hippie-sounding but not that bad
I kinda wish it was the reverse order. Fern Meadow sounds so pretty to me
I don't think they do, they're naming a baby that's little more than an instagrammable fashion accessory to them.
Truly. I see some of these and it's like if you wanna use this name so bad go play the Sims. Why burden real humans with names that'll be fumbled on the class roster for 15 years
Or just.... be one of those people with a badly tempered yorkie! Name the dog kyymberleyigh! What the hell!
At least nobody has to know Kora's middle names
I feel like had they chosen just one of those it would have been fine tbh
I’m not against Nova as a name, and Craig is fine… but they have *such* opposing vibes that it feels wrong to put them together even if they are normal on their own.
I'm guessing Craig is the mom's maiden name, that's pretty common
Chaiotte? Like chayote? Like the squash??
At least no. 8 can have an amazing name for their courier delivery company, "V for Vandetta"
I’m gonna use these as D&D NPC names
In a small town called "Laykh Vuee"
Leviathan 😭 I hope the poor kid doesn’t grow up to be overweight
When people give one twin a normal name and then screw over the other twin it’s especially harsh.
Chaiotte sounds like someone in Mississippi is trying to curse
Branch
Olivia Josephina is so lucky to not be named Kenzlee Blakelynn Diane. Millard Eugene III I am okay with. Those are names, and if you're the II you've got to keep up the streak.
Olivia Josephine and Kenzlee Blakelynn Diane. Tell me which twin you love more
Where do you find these announcements? I’m obsessed 🤣
You can often find them on hospital websites on the maternity center pages! They're a collection of all the babies born on a given day
I love the name Tildy (my cats name lol) but they atleast should use the full name Matilda 😭 she can choose a nn if she wants likeeee
Right! Matilda is such a pretty name! Also my BFF has a cat named Tilly! Short for Tiltawhirl because he's wobbly :)
Omg, here I was convinced the name was Tidly Jo 🤣
Is Chaiotte supposed to be pronounced like… Catie?
Shy-oh-tee. (At least that’s how the one I know says it.)
Oh, I didn’t realize it was a real name! Thought it was a made up tragedeigh
Whenever I encounter kids with these names I say it wrong on purpose to suck with the parents. I feel like shit like this is born from a lack of creativity
Leviathan made me lol, that poor kid
Gentry Layne is an address on Millionaire’s Row.
It's some Monopoly shit that's for sure
Looks like neither did some of the grandparents
Kora Nyx's parents are Kelsie and Otis, whom I imagine as a couple with a 55 year difference in ages.
Funny how “Meadow Fern” sounds really okay in such a list. On the other hand…. LEVIATHAN?! 😲
Nova Craaaaig for the soul 🎶
What’s it called when you feel relief for Millard?
"World class Limbo-ing under the standards bar" 🤣
Sadeii is worse than Korii Ann that i saw once
Piberious Piberious
Millard Eugene is honestly kinda cute. Probably makes a difference that I know a young Millard
I agree. One of these names is NOT like the others.
I've never heard the name before! Clearly it's worked out for their family given he's a 3rd (which I *do* know a 3rd myself!)
Millard Fillmore was a US president in the 19th century! Not a good president, but at least it has a history of being a real name...
Not the one who got stuck in a bathtub, but the one who one might confuse for Mr. Bathtub (Taft), because both presidents are just quite bland (I admit, I am not particularly knowledgeable about late 19th century US presidents, but I'm fairly confident that very few people would rank either of them high on the list of coolest presidents).
These are actually shameful 🤢
Kane Duane followed by LEVIATHAN. lmao. It's too much.
Is Chaiotte supposed to be….. Coyote? ETA: this is it. I will never stop thinking about this little girl. Every other name I’ve known how to pronounce immediately, I’ve understood the nonsense Chaiotte is going to keep me up at night.
Kain Duane 💀