26 Banned Baby Names

Sex Fruit, Robocop, Nutella... all real names people have tried to name their babies. Luckily (or, unfortunately, depending on your opinion) governments around the world have stepped in to prevent these absurd baby names, along with many others. Which do you think is the most outrageous monicker?

[peterjf]

I once worked with a girl named Candida (as in the yeast infection).

[rachelwoodcraft]

Fraise is a nice name! A good friend of mine is named Malina. She's Polish, and Malina is Polish for raspberry. It's a not uncommon name.

[nerdstehword]

as someone from the U.S., a pre-approved list of names feels weirdly oppressive to me, but then I think of some of the names I see parents give their kids here and i think that maybe other countries have it right LOL

[nathanh.]

I am a school teacher and I have run into a lot of odd names. Once had two sisters named tequila and champagne.

[rosesmith]

You think you could have a tad more interest in your kids future/life than to name them boy or girl 🤬
My husband and I disagreed on our first child's name to the day he was born. When the nurse asked what we wanted my husband shouted, Michael two seconds before I said Anthony! The nurse said "Michael Anthony, rolls off the tongue beautifully", and walked away. Thus, 42 years later it's served him well ❤️

[sschmidtevalue]

I saw an honest-to-god "Ima Hogg" document come through when I worked in customer service 40 years ago. And apparently not the only one, based on other comments.

[mkcatrona]

My dad once met someone named Vendetta. I sometimes wonder about her parents.

[arrowghost]

Naming a baby is every parent's blessings, but also a responsibility, you don't play around to name kids for fun, you're risking potential bullying for your kids' funny names.

[MissLilyputt]

I remember about a decade ago my cousin wanted to name her daughter something unique, pronounceable in English and Spanish, and that you can’t make a nickname out of. They named her Mila (like Mila Jovovich or Mila Kunis). Within months of hearing the name that was chosen I started hearing people who had named their dogs Mila, their cats Mila, and most hilariously children named Mila. The year Mila was born it became one of the most popular names for baby girls. To top it off, despite not wanting their daughter to have a nickname they started calling her Milanita, amd like four other nicknames. Yes, we want our children to be their own person but rather than worry about a name being common, think about the meaning of the name, how likely are they to have their name misspelled or mispronounced, and if it sounds like a joke when coupled with their middle and/or last name. Remember that your children have to live with that name until they’re at least old enough to change it themselves, why not make their lives a little less complicated.

[JiveDadson]

Not rejected: Back in day, there was a socially powerful daughter of Texas governor Jim Hogg named Ima. Her sister was named Ura.

[Jaggling]

Heard of someone who's father filled out their daughter birth certificate with the first name of "Yukon" right before abandoning her and the mother at the hospital, his last name which was the only other thing he left was Layme (Yes pronounced Lay Me). Heard about this from a lawyer friend who was talking about all the various pro bono cases she had heard of, this one was a lawyer doing the name change for free apparently even paying the court filing costs themselves.

[MissLilyputt]

The actress who played Punky Brewster is named Soleil Moon Frye so her name is sun moon. Toni Braxton named her boys Denim and Diesel (like name of a brand of jeans and the material that makes up jeans). A little boy was named Phaedra Blooms Forever Cohen by his mom Peaches Geldof. Kanye and Kim named their kids North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm. Jay-z and Beyonce named their kids Sir, Blue Ivy, and Rumi. Gwenyth Paltrow named her daughter Apple. If you look up Nick Cannon’s children’s names they read like words used in Scrabble for the high points. Among the most notable are Legendary Love, Powerful Queen, Zillion Heir, and Beautiful Zeppelin.

[altronixvideo]

In the UK a couple wanted to name their twin boys after their favorite cigarette brand, Benson & Hedges was rejected.

[Crazael]

I once knew a girl in middle school named "Thava". Which was short for "Thomas And Valorie.", her parents.

[Velata]

"Acne", "Rice" and "Noodle" are the ones I remember from an old newspaper article detailing some interesting name change requests by the local magistrate's office. "Salmon" was another one. "Jellybeane" (that was a middle name) and "Gypsy" are the ones I've seen at work. And between my brother and I, we have agreed to never name daughters "Melena", "Amelia" and "Alexia" ("bloody stool", "no arms" and "unable to write".)

[stapuft]

thats DOCTOR robocop to you!
fucking amazing i had no clue peter weller became a dr, thats awesome, and just goes to show you, you are NEVER too old to do the things you want to do.

[QUANTUMJOKER]

Nicolas Cage named his second son Kal-El. I'm on the fence on this naming choice: while Kal-El has positive connotations as Superman's birth-name, with Superman being an icon of justice and heroism, it's still an unusual name that probably got young Kal-El picked on at school. :(

[JenniferIngramjti]

I'm a K teacher, so too many to name. Here are a few: Yourheighness, LeQueen, King-Vontez, Nomora, Nizama, Female, Placenta, Dazzling Infinity Love, Lovely, Wishona Star, Radiance. Honestly they stopped sounding strange to me now 😂

[gordonstewart]

My wife's grandmother was an elementary school teacher, and had a girl in class named "Vagina." (Being a proper Bostonian lady, she always called her "Virginia.) In my own brief career as a teacher, I once had a student named "Pepsi."

[elizabethgrey]

One of my co-workers was named Novella. I was milliseconds away from saying: "Oh, your name is Novella? Hi, my name is Short Story." But better sense prevailed.
And my BIL almost ended up with the initials ASS. His parents changed his middle name to Paul.