6 Weird Baby Names

Posted by Jill Harness in Baby & Kids, Funny, Mentalfloss on November 29, 2008 at 4:00 pm


Who said you have to  be celebrity to name your kid something weird? Mental Floss has document 6 very weird names. Imagine being named Eclipse Glasses Banda or having a last name that means “pisses.” It happens, all over the world.

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69 comments to "6 Weird Baby Names"

  1. Lester
    November 29th, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    My elementary school principal had a pretty insane last name. Its spelling evades me, but it was pronounced crap-a-shitz.

  2. Cori
    November 29th, 2008 at 9:26 pm

    My mom used to be a mother-baby nurse, and took care of an immigrant woman who named her daughter Vaseline. I had a great aunt named Iona Boner. And way back in my family tree, there's Chrystal and Pearly Waters.

  3. Christophe
    November 29th, 2008 at 10:45 pm

    I worked with a dad and a son who had the same names for tax evasion purpose...

  4. Jill Harness
    November 30th, 2008 at 1:48 am

    I used to have a teacher named Mister Bader.

  5. Evilbeagle
    November 30th, 2008 at 6:16 am

    I worked with a lady in Miami that was named Guarantha. Her mother got the idea for her name off the back of a potato chip bag because she liked the word "guarantee". I wish I were making this up.

  6. sloane
    November 30th, 2008 at 11:02 am

    My name is Ginger and my sisters name is Cinnamon. Pretty unusual for these parts.

  7. Skipweasel
    November 30th, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    If you want odd baby names...
    http://www.notwithoutmyhandbag.com/babynames/

  8. renderanything
    November 30th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Oh good, I had almost exhausted my supply of absurd names to suggest to my sister for her yet unborn child.

  9. brian
    November 30th, 2008 at 6:09 pm

    I just heard about this one last night: Te-a...and the dash isnt silent

  10. deepika
    December 1st, 2008 at 1:40 am

    hey brian Te-a is just fantastic..!very modern..hahaha
    here i have found some other tips on baby names..http://www.tamilbabynames.in

  11. Alexandra
    December 1st, 2008 at 3:50 pm

    One of my all-time favorite baby names is Unique... pretty strange, but very unique!

  12. Collette
    December 2nd, 2008 at 4:08 pm

    You might not have to be a celebrity to have weird names, but they sure seem to have some of the weirdest. Actually their real names are sometimes stranger than one's they are known by. Here's what I'm talking about ... http://babynames.merschat.com/celebrity.cgi, "Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam". That's way too long. Call me conservative, but this helps me understand why most cultures keep just the guy's last name. Even Audrey Hepburn - Edda Kathleen van Heemstra Hepburn-Ruston. That's just too much.

  13. Chloe-Melissa
    December 26th, 2008 at 5:36 pm

    Hey Iv Just Had My First Daughter
    And Iv Called Her Honey-Bee
    What You Think?

  14. alisa
    January 1st, 2009 at 9:45 pm

    I had my daughter and named her Brenna Jane! Isnt that pretty? My other daughter is Maci Nicole (but secretly i like the first one best!)

  15. katie
    January 2nd, 2009 at 2:45 pm

    I have 3 girls Alia, Monice,and Sheline.I love unique names

  16. Lissi
    January 7th, 2009 at 7:50 pm

    My name is Alissiyana and I have two younger sisters named Marchetta(MARSH-ETTA) but we call her Marlee and my othr sisters name is Kaianne. I have 2 new little cousins named Tiarana and Maceandra(MACE-AN-DRA)but we call them Tiara and Macey. And my nickname is lissi or just Liss. I really love my name but I especially love my moms name, Cristelle.

  17. ellen
    January 14th, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    My hubby's co-worker named her son "Cage". Sorry, but I'm sick of weird names. I love traditional English names! It's funny because I get so many compliments on my choice of names for my kids! The traditional is truly the unusual. Freaky names sound like they belong on a soap opera; no thanks, I want my kids to have pride in their NORMAL names...

    -from the mom of Eddie and Jane (ages 12 and 9).

  18. Maryelle
    January 16th, 2009 at 6:27 pm

    I love the name macie. In fact i have a daughter named macie too. Her twin is Marriah and the older brother is Nick and the oldest brother is Nate. By the way i love the name Alissiyanna and Monice!

  19. Tdh.
    January 17th, 2009 at 3:49 am

    My name is Tehya (Taya).
    My sisters names are Yani (Yarnee) and Kahli (Carlee).

  20. TYG
    January 21st, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    My name is Tylie.

  21. TYG
    January 21st, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    Pronounced Ti-lee

  22. Leigh pronounced (LEE)
    January 21st, 2009 at 6:12 pm

    I have an older sister and brother. Their names are Ricki and Joshua but of course we call him Josh.

    my sister is named after my dad.

    It was funny my mom and dad couldn't have kids for a long time in fact 20 years after they were married!!! can you believe it?
    but when it was time for the due date for my sister
    my dad was like "I'm not coming up with any names, You will be naming them ALL because I don't want to get blamed if they don't their names." hahaha I thought that was pretty funny.

  23. baby names list
    January 26th, 2009 at 9:17 pm

    In every person name is very important and sometimes because of our name we can have enemy and friends..your name could lead you to success or failure but whatever it is you cannot erase the name that your parents gave to you.:)..you must accept and give honor about this name:)

  24. trobegin
    January 31st, 2009 at 7:01 pm

    This is a name that my friend named her baby and i think it is so weird and funny (at the same time)

  25. Blah
    February 1st, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    Jasweater
    Linquana
    myteshia
    very unique <-------Yes that's a name

  26. kk062062
    February 11th, 2009 at 1:02 pm

    my name is kaydra. pronounced kay-druhh. its my parents names put together KAYlon sanDRA. I have a cousin named Litzi...i think thats cute. but i love the name ariela(:

  27. Alida
    February 16th, 2009 at 4:38 pm

    My name is Alida (A-lie-dah) and my sister's name is Taharah (Ta-hair-a) No one can remeber our names or pronounce them or remeber them

  28. Alida
    February 16th, 2009 at 4:40 pm

    Opps sorry i ment: *no one can remember, say, or spell them!*

  29. Ali.
    March 12th, 2009 at 1:30 am

    Im expecting a girl at the end of may and wanted a unique name.
    what do you think about
    Alla'e-Carter
    pronounced (L.A)

  30. Lindsey
    March 17th, 2009 at 11:48 pm

    i like the name Carma :)

  31. demi
    March 30th, 2009 at 9:32 am

    my name is demi.
    not extremely unique, but still unsual.
    :]

  32. orangellow
    March 30th, 2009 at 9:33 am

    i'm orangellow, and my brother is greengellow, because my mom was eating orange jellow and green jellow before she had us.

  33. sidewayzz
    April 4th, 2009 at 4:51 pm

    i used to have a friend named storm, now i have one named teasha (scrappii doo) and another named salma but everyone calls her sideways
    n whats funny is that my friends call me that too :/

  34. gossip girl
    April 5th, 2009 at 3:48 am

    my name is karkeya pronounced (KARR-KEY) (silent a). My friends all joke around asking me if i could unlock their car. its so annoyin. not really wat the hell is with maci cole that is the stupidest name i have ever heard.

  35. carly
    April 12th, 2009 at 11:56 pm

    my best friend dated a guy named kenshawn and he had a mom named kuwanda and a little sister named kishana...

  36. ......
    April 21st, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    well my extended family all have very weird and unique names, here are just a few of the ones i like best Ocean, Saraha, Tuscani, Cash, Isiah, Montana, Danasity, Tarus, Aaliyah, Matia, Trey.
    They was also a girl i knew and her name was Storm and her sisters and brother all had first names to do with weather there middle names all were parts of books eg page, sentence..

  37. fallen Shaydean Ahkimnatchie
    May 13th, 2009 at 12:04 pm

    i love my name

  38. gYleen vOntevae
    May 16th, 2009 at 4:53 am

    Gayleen_vOntevae_realli_thtz_my_name...i still thank my parents a lot for that :P

  39. caoimhe
    May 17th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    my name is caoimhe, it pronounced KEEVA its an Irish name as the Irish language does not have a V , my bothers names are fionnbhar *FINBAR*, taidhg *TIEG* and odhran *ORAN* ALL OF THEM BEING IRISH i also have a sister called aislinn *ASHLINN* my mum hates common names and loves Irish names as one can plainly see :D
    it was realy annoyin when i was in school because no one could pronounce or write my name......but then we moved to ireland and on my very first day i got the biggest shock of my life, someone could actually spell and pronounce my name properly...crazy stuff :D

    caoimhe :D

  40. Jadzia
    May 18th, 2009 at 5:03 pm

    My Name is Jadzia Nerys pronounce Jad-zee-uhh Nur-ees. It comes from the names of two different characters Jadzia Dax and Kira Nerys from the Star Trek series. Yes my dad was a big Star Trek fan, his enthusiasm for it has faded with time but not the love for the name he gave me, and I love it as well!
    It's always fun to see peoples faces when I tell them what my name is, though I am constantly reminding people how to pronounce it, but its unique and I love it! I go by Jaz for short like the music Jazz but with one Z! : D

  41. Jadzia
    May 18th, 2009 at 5:26 pm

    Jadzia is German meaning "Battle" or "Female warrior" Nerys is Welsh and the meaning isn't fully known but I think I heard somewhere it mean "Princess" I don't know.

  42. Marranda
    June 2nd, 2009 at 8:50 am

    I'm named after my great-Grandmother, Marranda (pronounced just like Miranda). I also once knew a girl in Jr. high whose name is Nu'Tasha (pronounced like Natasha) and her little sister is Shy'L (pronounced Shy-Elle).
    My fiance's name is Micheal, which I always thought was a dyslexic way of spelling Michael, maybe the hospital accidentally put the E before the A, but his fathers' spelt the same way =\ Who knows?

  43. Maci
    June 9th, 2009 at 4:36 pm

    My name is Maci Nicole Cole.
    i hate it/:

  44. Shae
    June 21st, 2009 at 8:23 am

    There was a little girl in the ele school my mom worked at name female pronounced (fe ma le) because it was on her birth certicficate and her mom thought the doctrs named the babies so when she saw baby female she thought that was the name

  45. Jessieka
    June 22nd, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    i want to name my kids:
    #1 boy- mambo.
    i got it from that itallian song,"hey mambo, mambo italiano" and the movie happily never after.
    #2 boy- jappetto
    i got it from pinochio.
    #1 girl- maryjane.
    i got it from the marijuana chick. nd i just really like it.
    #2 girl- althea.
    i got it from a greatful dead song.

  46. Jessieka
    June 22nd, 2009 at 9:54 pm

    i have this one friend named nikko, hes puerto rican though so it might me just a common puerto rican name, i do not know.

    and

    in my middle school there was this girl named Sukkman Ball. no joke. haha she was obviously muslim or soething.

    *this comment is not in any way racist*

  47. saoirse
    June 26th, 2009 at 4:30 am

    my name is "LUCKY" but its pronounced "LOO-key"
    i'm 15 and i love my name(:

    i'm actually pregnant and i'm having a girl.. i can't wait!

    i'm planning to call her SAOIRSE-KEIKI.

    saoirse is pronounced [SEER-sha] and it means freedom in dutch or roman?

    and keiki is pronounced [KAY-key] and it means child in hawaiian.

    so her name means freedom child(:
    pretty, HUH?

  48. carina
    June 27th, 2009 at 8:46 pm

    i have a set of twin girls one of which i named Ocean and a baby girl i have named Shayla both unusual where i live.

  49. Tulula
    June 29th, 2009 at 12:31 am

    My name is Tulula Mango Rollin and my best friend just named his triplets Optimus prime, Mega tron and Ferrari......his name is Everything jasoooo yaned

  50. Delainey
    July 6th, 2009 at 9:29 pm

    My name is Delainey (Da-lain-ee) and i love it! it's unique, though i know one other girl with the same name, spelled Delaney. i like my spelling better tho ;)
    I have three kids, a girl 14, boy 19 girl 3 months.
    #1 girl: Arabelle Lain Schwartz (Air-a-bella)
    #2 boy: Trikkson Jai Schwartz (Trick-son) (J-eye)
    #3 girl: Fawn Aya Schwartz (Fon) (eye-a)
    I absolutely love these names:
    Kenxa ( Ken-za)
    Roxelin (Ro-zell-in)
    Camjey (Cam-jay)

  51. Brelynn
    July 6th, 2009 at 11:50 pm

    My name is Brelynn ...my parents simply put two names together..my boyfriends name is set

    for boy names i like Cain, Abel, Kaelum, and Tolten

    for girl names l like Adel (Adeline), Autura, Kendyll, Milea, Carina, and Ayla

  52. storm
    July 13th, 2009 at 10:52 pm

    My name is Storm and i love the names Whisky and autumn haha

  53. Valquiria
    July 23rd, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    my name is Valquiria Loranne and i absolutly love it i dont know any1 else with my name! =D

  54. Ver-di
    July 27th, 2009 at 4:33 am

    My name is Veridiana Pronounced (Ver-idi-ana) but people call me Verdi or Veri

  55. LeeAnn
    July 30th, 2009 at 5:52 am

    my name is Kendyll, and im female. i go by my middle name tho which is LeeAnn, because i dont like my real name.
    I'm going 2 name my 1st son Frenchie Fry Freeman so tht his nickname can be French Fry =]

  56. nayelli
    August 3rd, 2009 at 3:27 pm

    WTFFFFFFFFFFFF

  57. olivia
    August 3rd, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    my name is olivia, and i like relatively normal, traditional names. i really don't like long weird ones that look/sound like they're made up.
    i like:
    girl:
    margot
    elle
    evangeline
    melisande
    vivian
    violet
    josephine
    eleanor
    genevieve
    anne margaret.

    i like saoirse, but it sucks major that you're 15 and pregnant, damn. good luck with that

    boy:
    oliver
    james
    thomas

  58. Annelise
    August 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 pm

    My name is Annelise and I havent actually met someone with my same name before, although lots of people have told me they've known someone with my name. I think it's pretty but that's just me... Anyway, I like the names Alba, Aspen, Capri and Eden for girls and Jaylen, Kade, Kayle, and Bentley for boys =)

  59. caoimhe
    August 12th, 2009 at 9:08 pm

    my name is caoimhe pronounced key-va
    it is. a name that goes back many generations in my family
    FYI. saoirse is not Dutch or roman it is a Gaelic name meaning freedom. I wouldn't shy away from traditional Irish spellings. they may be tough in the beginning but traditional languages such as Gaelic are dying out. if a Gaelic name is meaningful to your heritage, don't shy away from using it. I lovemy unique name

  60. NuNiiBaybee
    September 8th, 2009 at 4:35 am

    my name is Paisley ...thats pretty unique to me , my mom and dad named me after Prince's album Paisley Park .

  61. idared
    October 2nd, 2009 at 12:49 pm

    my cousin's kids' names are
    boston axyle (like axl rose) (boy)
    arden kaylee brynn (girl)
    slade vaylon (boy)

    my mom works with a woman who has a daughter named arcoma zane and had another baby girl who passed away named blayz (blaze) briceanne.

    i used to go to church with a little girl named shonni (show-knee) and i went to high school with a girl named angelish (ann-ja-leesh). a friend of mine also knew a guy from high school named choeli (chay-lee).

    i personally think it's cruel when people give their kids stupid trendy names because they're trying to be cool. my husband has an unusual name and was made fun of all through school. please stop and think before you name your kid!

  62. me
    October 4th, 2009 at 11:05 am

    my name is Jolie Rainn, and my cousin's name is Stormy Evangeline.

  63. muslim baby names
    October 5th, 2009 at 4:37 am

    yeah really wired names.

  64. cecii
    October 25th, 2009 at 2:23 am

    my name is Cecilia Merie (Meh-ree), i like my name, theres not a lot of girls with this name, i dnt know where it originated frm though....im currently pregnant with my first child his name will be Micah Nikko (then last name), love his name.

  65. Loury
    October 28th, 2009 at 11:55 am

    My name is loury pronounced (LOU-REE)I love my name its awesome

    Im really into greek Mythology names:

    Girl:
    Amethyst
    Harmonia
    Polymnia
    Aphrodite
    Jocasta
    Artemis
    Xanthe
    Kalliope
    Nyx
    Atlanta

    Boys:
    Zephyr
    Aristaeus (aris-te-us)
    Caspar "aka" Jasper <3
    Dardanos
    Erato
    Erebus
    Fearghas

  66. BlackFoxBast
    November 6th, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    I love wierd names.

    My children will be named-

    Sebastian Sasha Figaro

    Willow Dannon Delilah

    And
    Shilo Sophia Persephony.

    As well I like the name Samule, and Melificent.
    I like the name Lucifer, but I don't think my kid would want to be named after the devil, or the Cinderella cat.

  67. F 2tha isher
    November 7th, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    I liek the name Fisher, Pearce, Masingale, ANDDDD Moreno.

  68. F 2tha isher
    November 7th, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    God damnit. Like*

  69. latest news
    November 8th, 2009 at 12:11 pm

    Kalliope is the most weired.


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