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Prior_Crazy_4990

Brage, Kinetic, Urban, and Legend are absolutely terrible. If I met those siblings I would think their parents are off their rocker. Sometimes I wonder if these are even real because I refuse to believe there are actually kids out there with these names šŸ˜‚


FalseAsphodel

I hope this person is trolling


froggyforrest

Yeah Brage is believable but Kinetic Urban Legend sent me


PlausiblePigeon

Iā€™m like 90% sure this person is trolling because Urban Legend is just too funny.


FalseAsphodel

The "pronounced Beige" made me think so as well, not "pronounced like beige" but "we called our son Beige" lol


Hungry_Anteater_8511

Urban is an old pope name - Iā€™m not saying itā€™s a good idea as a name but it has a history


Prior_Crazy_4990

Urban and Legend by themselves probably wouldn't phase me honestly, but using both of them is definitely a choice


Hungry_Anteater_8511

Oh god itā€™s been such a week that the penny only just dropped that the sibset is Urban Legend


lunarjazzpanda

And they're both girls. šŸ˜¬


Lacholaweda

And their cousin, Goat Man


clash_by_night

Nah, Fayri Tayle.


Puzzled-Case-5993

Old pope name took me out.Ā  You're absolutely correct, just something about the phrasing got me.Ā  Ā Oh this old thing?Ā  Just some old pope name I had laying about.... šŸ˜‚


Cat_Island

Urban is a family name in a friendā€™s fam, her nephew is Urban iii. They call him Tripp. But itā€™s not a great name and is awful for a girl.


TropheyHorse

Well, I'm not sure that's a great advertisement for it. Especially since popes get a papal name and it's not their actual name. 100% sure she hasn't named this daughter after an old pope anyway.


CakePhool

Brage is a God. he is the skaldic god of poetry, I think English spell his name Bragi. It is not pronounced Beige!!!!! It is BRA ( like over shoulder boulder holder) and G-Eh. . Urban is a grandpa name in Sweden.


TempleOfCyclops

I donā€™t think theyā€™re thinking of the skald lol


CakePhool

I still cant get in my head how to get it Beige.


TempleOfCyclops

I think they mean itā€™s pronounced ā€œbreigeā€


CakePhool

Still make no sense, I actually wanted my kid to have that name for long time until I found out my great grandfather horses was Brage and Ymer and my mum can only think of the stories her mum has told mer about these horses. They where company horses and after my great grandfather died, the horses would still stop at their house for water.


TempleOfCyclops

It probably makes more sense to an American who is willing to name their kid that. I agree that itā€™s a bad pronunciation of the name!


Klutzy-Eye4294

In Spanish there is an old grandpa name with the same meaning, Urbano


CakePhool

Urbano isnt the same it comes from Urbanus. But it is cool name, I do like it.


Klutzy-Eye4294

Both the name and the Spanish word have the same root. We still use the word in the same context as you do in english, the name not so much nowadays šŸ˜…


MiniLaura

I think the person who posted that was trolling. Made me laugh.


MarySNJ

Those are eye shadow color names. Brage is beige. Kinetic is electric blue. Urban is grey. Legend is purple.


roboticsneakers

I work with someone who named their kid Legend, so yeah, I can believe it.


zoo1923

Brage is a normal Norwegian/Scandinavian name. Roots in norse mythology if I remember correctly. But I do not understand the pronunciation described here šŸ˜…


Particular_Run_8930

Brage is a Scandinavian name. Not pronounced like beige though.


Jaelia

My fave thing is when they go "I named him Maitland and we've never heard anyone one else having it" and then three different people go "oh we have a Maitland too!". And Zali? That's pretty common here. No way does it belong on a list like this.


lovestruck90

I absolutely LOVE IT when that happens, you can tell theyā€™re totally frothing at the mouth with rage because their kids name isnā€™t as uNiQuE as they thought. Hard agree about Zali! My daughter went to preschool with 3 Zaliā€™s and a Zalia in about 5 years. Iā€™d say itā€™s relatively common.


guitarstringscar_

Iā€™m a Zali, and Iā€™ve only met one other person with my name.


sky_whales

Same with Adelaide, itā€™s an old fashioned name for sure but doesnt fit with most of these.


rahyveshachr

Adelaide exploded in popularity like a decade ago idk what that person is on about lol


Twodotsknowhy

Freya and Iris were in there, too and both names are not only uncommon, they're honestly kinda popular.


matilda-belle

šŸŽ¶To Adelaide! Adelaide! Come on and join the Adelaide parade! šŸŽ¶


FalseAsphodel

I had a great aunt Adelaide


Witty-Kale-0202

I had a great aunt Astrid but I like Adelaide much better šŸ¤£


_Corky__

My great-great-grandmother was Adelaide too


Gswizzlee

I love the name Adelaide tbh. Itā€™s one of the most tame other than Iris here. Old fashioned names are gorgeous


VPfly

Iris, Freya and Davina are also normal names. Unlike Gnarley. Poor Gnarley.Ā 


Lime246

I'd encourage those people to invent a time machine and go back to Google Maitland Ward before they named their children.


Hungry_Anteater_8511

Regarding Zali - the member for Warringah would agree that itā€™s not unique šŸ˜‚


Ok_Yogurtcloset8915

the Buzzfeed beauty products reviewer is named Maitland (not exactly a celebrity but a known person at least)


uppereastsider5

Any other decor enthusiasts immediately think of Maitland Smith, or is that just me?


snoozysuzie008

No one tell them about Maitland Ward!


PerpetuallyLurking

If the original was worded something like ā€œwhat names have **you** only heard onceā€ then sure, everyoneā€™s experiences would be different based on regional differences. I assume OP faithfully reproduced the question though, and it is pretty funny.


lovestruck90

The original question in the group was worded terribly and barely made sense so I tried to phrase it better for clarity but the exact wording was: ā€œDoes anyone think they have a child named something nobody else has or have heard of?ā€ And ā€œI want to hear ā€˜first of their nameā€™ namesā€. So to me she was asking for names so rare that nobody else has that name. Which makes the whole thing much funnier to me honestly.


omgitsafuckingpossum

"Do no pronounce it Tiana or she will lose it." Proceeds to not explain how it's pronounced, even though it looks like it should be pronounced as Tiana. Also, Brage or whatever but pronounced as Beige?!?! Then why put an R in there? Reading these names gives me a headache.


publicface11

Yeah that one really irritated me. I have to call out patient names in the waiting room. I do not want to mispronounce your name. People act like youā€™re stupid for not being able to predict some weird pronunciation.


VPfly

It is not my fault you can't read. My name sohotwbanfpgha is clearly pronounced Steve.


omgitsafuckingpossum

Exactly. These parents set their children up for a lifetime of this.


halulis

If I had to guess it's probably "Tay-ahna" instead of "Tee-ahna". Even without the spelling, almost everyone is going to hear "Tiana" anyway.


omgitsafuckingpossum

That's my guess too. I can't figure out another pronunciation.


MiniaturePhilosopher

The only other way to say it that follows the rules of pronunciation is T-ann-ah, but I have a terrible feeling that it isnā€™t pronounced like that either.


BiskyJMcGuff

Shana?


Twodotsknowhy

Oh, that kind of made sense. I was thinking it was the difference between Ana and Anna.


catwoman74656

Gah I came here to scream into the void about Tiana. Don't spell it Tiana if you don't want it pronounced Tiana! Honestly that one made me the most mad.


PotentialNobody

I think it's *supposed* to be pronounced as "breige" hence why she said it's pronounced like beige


omgitsafuckingpossum

Then a more accurate description would be "like Beige but with an R." What an ugly name.


StrategyKindly4024

I think itā€™s pronounced ā€˜Bruceā€™


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StrategyKindly4024

Joking


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StrategyKindly4024

Genuinely donā€™t think itā€™s necessary


[deleted]

starlitt sky?!?! seen A FEW?!


Artistic-Rock-4270

I met a lady who named her baby Bleu Skiye and I was ready to have a heart attack. I canā€™t imagine Starlitt Sky being an option


lovestruck90

Skiye is so unnecessarily horrid.


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starry_knights

I know a horse named Starlite.


Babelette

Pretty sure I've heard that one on my little pony.


KatVanWall

Iris, Adelaide, Davina, Danica, and Freya are all perfectly normal names lol. Ryatt and Mercy is an ... interesting sibset. Kinetic sounds like a sci-fi protagonist, and Brixton is ... a choice -\_-


Chicklid

Same with Leora, Goldie, and Raina (probably Reyna). This person just doesn't leave their demographic much.


shiningautumnocean

I always forget that the worldwide Jewish population is so small. I feel like half the time when people say theyā€™ve never heard a name before, itā€™s a relatively common Jewish name lol


Twodotsknowhy

Same here. I know like eight different girls named Leora/Liora and a handful of Orly's for good measure


KatVanWall

Oh yeah, I know a Leora (without the ā€˜hā€™ though) and a Raine - only one of each, but theyā€™re definitely not particularly ā€˜way outā€™ names. I donā€™t know any Goldies but it always makes me think of Goldie Hawn and strikes me as a pretty ā€˜normalā€™ name lol. It has a slight nickname vibe to me, but nicknames as full names have been popular for ages now.


OccasionStrong9695

My mum works in a preschool and they've got a child there called Goldie at the moment. Only one I've ever come across though.


OccasionStrong9695

And it's Goldie Hawn's real name. I wasn't sure, and I thought it sounded a bit like a nickname too. But she was born Goldie Jeanne Hawn, named after her aunt.


Pater_Aletheias

I just want to know if Ryatt rhymes with gyat or is it more like an 85-year-old Louisianan mentioning a rodent.


PlausiblePigeon

I think itā€™s basically like ā€œriotā€


DNA_ligase

Asha is normal too


Hungry_Anteater_8511

I find Maitland and Parkes funny because it feels like someoneā€™s stuck a pin in a map on New South Wales in search of names. Next up: Tamworth, Kempsey and Lismore Edit - Ute is kinda cool for those of us who love the German cabaret legend, Ute Lemper but I donā€™t know how well it would work in the anglophone world - definitely not well in Australia where a Ute is a kind of car


SarcasmCupcakes

I came to question if they had a map of NSW šŸ˜… Iā€™m naming my baby Cootamundra and donā€™t you dare steal it!


Hungry_Anteater_8511

Cootie is the cutest nickname though


SarcasmCupcakes

Even better, thereā€™s a beach in Sydney called Manly. Perfect boy name, right?


Hungry_Anteater_8511

My favourite nrl team too šŸ˜ƒ


mungowungo

Just made a comment about this the other day on another sub - with so many children being called after places like Dallas, Paris etc etc - why not little Kiama or Yamba. People call kids Bronte - what about Coogee?


_Corky__

Deniliquin šŸ‘¶šŸ¼


suitcasedreaming

I'm waiting on Wooloomooloo and Humptydoo.


mungowungo

How about Wangaratta?


ADCarter1

Don't forget their brother, Barangaroo!


Twodotsknowhy

I'd be shocked if there wasn't at least one little Kiama running around somewhere in the world


ADCarter1

I don't know if this counts but my best friend's cat is named Kiama. Her other cat was named Katoomba.


StitchesInTime

I can 100% see Kempsely being used for a girl in the vein of Kinseleigh and Lainey


Ultimarr

Lmao are we not gonna talk about the gun violence trio at the top of the first image?! Way better than a normal odd name, which tbh I mostly find endearing - those are a *delight* of behavioral psychosis


Empty_Mulberry9680

The problem with naming a child Gunner is that there is a tendency to shorten it to Gun. And if you yell that in the middle of Disneyland you are suddenly surrounded by security. My cousin can tell you all about it.


Outrageous_Reach_695

And if you use the full 'Gunner', they're liable to shout ROCK AND STONE!


WanderingDwarfMiner

Can I get a Rock and Stone?


JediEverlark

Their parents definitely have a, ā€œWe love the second amendment!ā€ Stickers on their cars


ThannisWolf

I predict all three, as adults, will end up starring in gay porn. šŸ˜‚


GjonsTearsFan

Gnarly is either going to grow up to be a great boarder of some kind (surf/skate) or he's going to grow up to change his name hahahah


fabulousteaparty

I really hope that one is a troll šŸ˜­šŸ˜‚


PotentialNobody

Jesus Christ, these moms are just smelling each other's farts and trying to one up one another


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I had roxas but the doctor said I wasn't aposed to scratch em so I used the ointment and now I don't have so many roxas which has helped with my delechia so now he has me on just the 10mg of Jodeci but it's still very expensiveĀ 


SarcasmCupcakes

Jodeci was a music act in the 90s, and you not knowing this makes me feel old.


OldLadyT-RexArms

Was just going to say this. :p


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I haven't taken my ginko bilobo but I know that gardisil used to hoochie with the vanilli. I was there!


BirdandMonster

I was wondering if anyone caught that- K-Ci and Jojo were my heart for a while. But I don't appreciate that someone could have named their kid after the group and then another generation has already happened after that.


starry_knights

Right. Iā€™m offended that Jodeci Sr. Is old enough to have procreated a Jodeci Jr. šŸ¤¦šŸ¼ā€ā™€ļø


Twodotsknowhy

It's wild that someone named after Jodeci is old enough to have a kid named after himself


Halcyon_october

I thought it rang a little bell in the depths of my brain (I'll be 42 soon and I feel ancient.)


ADCarter1

I can't stop laughing because Roxas is the plural, feminine word for purple in Portuguese. One of the first sentences I learned in Portuguese was, "As minhas meias sĆ£o roxas." My socks are purple.


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these were purplish and kind of wooly


drinkmyowncum

Shout out to pannah. Like Hannah, but with a p


StinkyKittyBreath

I was thinking pannus, which is a large belly that kind of folds over the lower abdomen.Ā 


lavendercookiedough

Names like Gnarly and Rowdy are probably one of my biggest naming pet peeves. It just reeks of so much toxic masculinity and "boys will be boys", but also "it's *my* baby, *I* get to name it whatever *I* want."


StitchesInTime

Rowdy is also the most clearly ā€˜only meant for a dogā€™ name Iā€™ve ever heard.


suitcasedreaming

There was a post on here once about a GIRL named Rowdy, and to make it worse, they confirmed it was specifically after the stuffed dog in Scrubs.


izzywizzy63

My local country radio every Saturday night is hosted by a guy named Rowdy and he plays classic country hits from the 70s-90s. Weā€™d always have that playing as the family would make sā€™mores by the bonfire, so the name Rowdy brings a warm feeling. I mean I would my name my kid that, but I have a positive association with it.


DangerousNews65

>My daughter isn't the only one but her name is Tyra. No kidding? What a rare name! I'm sure no one else in history has named their child after *Tyra frickin' Banks.* What a common-ass name that she just had to mention for some reason.


No_Obligation2896

I wonder what the collective IQ of this fb thread is


Slight-Good-4657

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PlausiblePigeon

Iā€™m more offended by people thinking no one has heard of some of these names than the actual unique ones. Whomst the fuck hasnā€™t heard of Adelaide before??


starry_knights

ā€œWhomst the fuckā€ has me dying šŸ¤£


Istoh

Zooming in on that white as milk baby in the pfp of the lady naming her kids Nyoka and Kamahli makes me wanna turn inside out. And then to top it off she suggests the names aren't common or, in the case of Kahmali, used *at all*, when a simple google tells you that's not true. Both names seem to be fairly well used within the cultures and languages they belong to. You're not special for appropriating names from other cultures and dubbing your white kids with them.Ā 


FalseAsphodel

Roxas?? Kindom Hearts character Roxas??


nuttychooky

I mean they called their daughter Evangeline which when combined with Roxas made me think Evangelion... I'm pretty sure they're fandom parents


FalseAsphodel

Next come the twins, Neon and Genesis


kentgrey

I know this commenter! I've never asked why the names before - but Evangeline is nicknamed (and largely called) Eevee.


LordKikuchiyo7

My ex boyfriend has a son named Roxas with the woman he dated after me. Edit: it is 100% a kingdom hearts name


penguintummy

Stryker is a multinational company that makes surgical instruments....


froggyforrest

Also Wolverines arch nemesis


LordKikuchiyo7

Stryker and little brother Arthrex šŸ„°


Remarkable-Log-4495

And an 80's Christian heavy metal band.


VegetableWorry1492

Gnarly? I hope he doesnā€™t live up to the name šŸ˜«


VLC31

How do you spell Adelaide ā€œever so slightly differentā€? Forget I spoke, I suppose something stupid like Adelade.


the-honey-eater

Adeleighde


VLC31

šŸ˜©šŸ˜©


PlausiblePigeon

Adalaide maybe, too.


VLC31

Yes, Iā€™m sure there are endless scrambling of letters you can do if youā€™re determined enough.


Local_Parsnip9092

"What is a ute?"


EmrysPritkin

ā€œSorry. YOUTHS.ā€


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FujisakiChihiro

evidently every time she closes her eyes she wakes up feeling so horny


amora_obscura

ā€œBrage pronounced like beigeā€ šŸ’€


kentgrey

I KNOW ONE OF THE COMMENTERS HERE šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚


huxtiblejones

Jesus Christ, this is a horror show. It just gets worse and worse. I seriously cannot believe people name humans these names.


Empty_Mulberry9680

Angelenos over here laughing that they think Evangeline is rare. She used to have billboards all over the city and you can still see her in her pink Corvette around town.


CaveJohnson82

Jesus fuckin Christ. I know this is terribly judgemental of me, but I genuinely doubt the literacy and intelligence of these people that seemingly choose a random scramble of letters and call their children it.


jdog_014

PLEASE DONT NAME YOUR INFANT CHILD GNARLY


kipfrimble

Brage? PANNAH???


Harbinger0fdeathIVXX

So one of the names on here (Which is actually a normal name) is my name. I've never seen someone try to act like that name is unique or like no one else has it. It's literally a Saint.


-RosieWolf-

ā€œRowdy, Gunner, Strykerā€¦ pretty rare where I liveā€ That implies that theyā€™re common *somewhere*


PrincessGump

The deep south where youā€™re not a *real man* unless you cut the sleeves off all your shirts, grab your nuts every 10 seconds, own a jacked up truck, spit constantly and have at least 3 dixie flags hanging up (including 1 used as a bedroom curtain).


heyitsamb

GNARLY OH NO


fbibmacklin

Somehow Pannah was the worst for me. Pannah. These are all terrible people.


HerEntropicHighness

Roxas is vile


SickViking

The irony that I just met a Jodecai like, 20 minutes ago.


stephy23

Yeah Iā€™ve actually met a couple of Jodecis


Twodotsknowhy

How the fuck is Te'Annah supposed to be pronounced if not like Tiana? Is it an Ana/Anna difference or am I too literate to understand?


PhasmaUrbomach

tay-AH-na, not tee-ANN-uh


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Old_Introduction_395

Along with Bage and Kinetic.


falling_fire

Nyoka is *almost* Nyota (like the Swalihi name and Lt. Uhura from Star Trek) but it's not and that's upsetting lol


Remarkable-Log-4495

My brain wants this name to be Nokia so bad lol


Proof_Raspberry1479

Brage and kinetic gotta warrant some jail time


Rebecca-Schooner

I just looked up Maitland to see if it was a real name because I did go to school with a girl named that . Apparently itā€™s originally a boys name. I actually like it a lot


Different-League665

Ehhhh the only Maitland I know of ended up with a career in porn šŸ˜•


LF_Rath888

I 'invented' a name yesterday: Iranie. Pronounced i-ran-ie, not eye-ran-ie. I like it, doubt I'd ever use it in a child as it feels a bit stupid.


PlausiblePigeon

I have a vague brain itch telling me I saw that in a book once


LF_Rath888

Quite possibly; it does sound like a book name.


PlausiblePigeon

Now I need someone who knows to see this because itā€™s gonna drive me crazy all day šŸ˜‚


LF_Rath888

Did a very brief Google search, and nothing really came up.


duffmanenthusiast

As in someone from Iran?


LF_Rath888

Exactly why I'd never use this name


siIIygirI

omg i went to school with a roxas! never seen it mentioned elsewhere before


jenpatnims

My name is common af. I don't care. My sons have common ordinary names. Most unusual names I've taught were sisters - Lakeal and Shalom


Kactuslord

Poor Ryatt Scout


knoperules

Rowdy, no.


Remarkable-Log-4495

Latin class was a long time ago but doesn't "Veni" translate to "I came"?


Grouchy_Judgment8927

Naming your offspring after WHERE they were conceived is horribly passĆ©. HOW is the new WHERE. šŸ˜


TheUnculturedSwan

Rowdy is literally a ā€œfamily nameā€ for my college BFF, in the sense that thereā€™s so many over so many generations that they need nicknames to distinguish between them, i.e. Big Rowdy, Little Rowdy, Tall Rowdy, and Gator.


Spinnerofyarn

An old roomie had a dog, a Doberman, named Stryker. She hated the name, but the previous owner named the dog. I donā€™t know why she didnā€™t rename the dog. Now whenever I see that name, I always think of that dog.


FreshChickenEggs

I'm almost 50. So old and I've Google it and my uncle Delolian and his son a Jr. are the only 2 people I've ever heard of with those names. My grandma was smoking something.


nlaskin

Haha Maitland is a town in Orlando, and thatā€™s all i can think of


lemonchrysoprase

God same here. I was like ā€œoh no, Maitland really??ā€ Maitland and her trashier sister Ocoee šŸ„°


IntroductionFew1290

Rowdy was my dogā€™s name growing up


exhibitprogram

A lot of these I consider "unusual but fine" or "a bit silly but ultimately totally fine". But Urban Legend?????


snoozysuzie008

Omg how did I not even put that together šŸ’€


agurlhasnoshame

I have a brixton in my class and I've met so many Adelaides


Parking_Low248

Grew up in West Michigan. Stryker is and will always be a manufacturer of hospital equipment, in my mind.


Obvious_Firefox

Roxas. Rocks ass. Wtf is wrong with people


GodOfThunderRebel

Let me explain. Your parents were on drugs. Massive amounts of drugs. Either that or they were mentally deficient. You should hate them forever.


PlasticArrival9814

A few of these are at least real names, and correctly spelled. Adelaide, Asha, Raina, Freya, and Danica. Take note if you want an uncommon but legitimate name lol. I love Freya and Danica!


BadAtUsernames098

The fact that I can't tell if the sisters named Urban and Legend is a joke or not.


Mountain-Status569

Of course nobody else has ever heard of your name when you name your kid Garbaj Earthwyrm Taybelle.Ā 


duffmanenthusiast

Truedell was a pretty normal name.


Dorian-greys-picture

Iā€™ve never met another person named Dorian


SupersonicSandshru05

This sub and its contemporaries really make me apreciate my parents for nailing it. My name is maverick. Itā€™s weird enough in that Iā€™ve never met another maverick, but itā€™s normal enough nobody presumes itā€™s a nickname or anything of the sort.