TikTokers Share 35 Unhinged Baby Names That Sound Cruel And Confusing
Recently, a NICU nurse sparked a lively discussion on TikTok on the subject of baby name fails. While there are millions of charming names to choose from, many parents still struggle to find just the right moniker for their special little bundle of joy. The desire to be different, unique or extraordinary may influence the baby-naming decision quite a bit as evidenced by some of the names chosen by parents. We’ve run through the viral post and found the most unhinged baby names people have responded with and shared them in the gallery below.
Choosing a name for your child is not an easy task. After all, it is one that they will have to walk around with for the rest of their lives; unless, of course, they take matters into their own hands and change it.
#1
Twins: Donwanna and Doneeda… last name Mann (two moms)
#3
Dental hygienist 🙋♀️we had a patient named Shadynasty. Pronounced: Sha-dynasty not shady nasty like the dentist said. 🥲
#4
Peds ER nurse here & I have a LIST in my notes app. Top contender being twins named Nowledge and Wysdom, spelled like that
#5
L&D nurse here: Phelony. 😐
#6
Canon and Crystal. Their last name is Ball.
#7
Not a nurse- but ALMOST a victim. mom named me Pixie Freedom Rose Starshine Hello… until Grandma intervened
#8
We had twins Greg and Greg’nisha
#9
Not a nurse but worked on postpartum floor; twins abracadabra & alacazam 🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻
#10
Blessica
#11
Ya’highness & Ya’majesty – spelled exactly like that
#12
Not a nurse but when I volunteered at the hospital I witnessed a nurse having to explain to mom that it was Aretha Franklin and not Urethra Franklin. She almost named her daughter Urethra
#13
Arealtruemiracle. All one word.
#14
Twins Michael and lil Michael. Mom threatened to beat me up when I laughed. I didn’t know she was serious
#15
This was from my coworker but Cliffany. for a girl. dads name was Cliff
#16
I work in pediatric dentistry and we have a kid named sheep
#17
PLACENTA. We showed her what a placenta was, and said please don’t…
#18
Dietitian in a behavioral psych hospital… kid with oppositional defiant disorder named nemesis
#19
Education here. And so many names but one of my favorites, a little girl named Hella Shady.
#20
Former Newborn Nurse here- worst name was a baby girl named Wolverine. 😳
#21
Lucifer… oddly enough I took care of another baby named Messiah in the same night.
#22
A’Blessyn 😐
#23
Negativeteigh. Mitochondria.
#24
Currencie and Ar’money. Not related but on the unit at the same time, so naturally we pretended they got married a made a whole money-themed family tree for them.
#25
Nahlig (pronounced knowledge), his siblings were James and Robert. Poor kid
#26
Nophyr (no fear)
#27
It’s a tie between gnocchi and lilsexxyy
#28
Ho’nasty – pronounced honesty…
#29
I served the table of a family with a little boy named Taint. I had the mom spell it out because I thought she said Tate at first. Nope. Taint. I often wonder if he has gone no contact.
#30
Semaj. James backwards because why just name your child James.
#31
Everlastingbreathoflife…
#32
Twins in the nicu, one boy one girl named Brock Lee and Callie Flower…
#33
Triplets named today, tomorrow, and to’yesterday
#34
Dawasher & dadryer (twins in NICU)
#35
I used to coach three siblings: boo, piglet, and noodle.
Shanilou Perera
Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.
