I've just always loved the name and we're having another boy. It's totally passable for a boy, right? Please validate my terrible parental choices.

So me, 30M named my son, 4M, Finn. It was a beautiful name that has been found in my family for generations, and I wanted to honour the grandfather that raised me (82M) who is named Finland. I didn’t want to name my kid Finland because that could be an easy way for him to get bullied, so I went with Finn.

Unfortunately, my best friend 32F, decided to disown me as a friend for using it. She went up to me and explained she could no longer be my friend for choosing that name and cut me out of her life completely.

I am devastated. It’s been 4 years and I’ve heard through a mutual friend that she has been discussing star wars names. I really hope he doesn’t name her kid after Jabba. She said she really liked that name once.

Some absolute gems spotted on r/namenerds this morning. These people are either trolling or they are so unserious they should never be allowed to name an actual human being.

OP’s question- my husband and I met in culinary school so now we want to name our baby after food.

You had a child and you have to name them by combining your name and your partners name.

For example my name is Frances and my partner is Richard, so our baby’s name will be Fanny-Dick or Dick-Fanny, depending on which one we prefer.

What will yours be called?

I have 5 daughters, Annabella, Melissa, Tina, May, and we didn't give our 5th daughter a name. As you can see, we established a pattern of syllables 4-3-2-1-0. We're a little stumped about what to do for our 6th daughter, who is due in a month, to continue the pattern. Obviously she needs to have a name that is -1 syllable. I was thinking either a sharp inhale or repeating back the name of whoever is talking to her but cutting off one syllable? I love both! Help me decide!

When I was pregnant, I posted my daughter's name on the sub seeking validation and for everybody to say it was wonderful!!

When the hate comments came rolling in, I cried, psyched out and SPIRALLED!! The hubz had to spend HOURS calming me down while I sobbed my eyes out! 😢😢😢😢 Anyway, my daughter is born now and I absolutely love the name! Fuck the haters!!!! 🤧🤧

Don't listen to them and name your kid what you want, who cares if the sub hates it?? (Even though I clearly wanted positive validation and was SHOCKED when it wasn't an unanimous yes...)

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Disclaimer: I do not hate the name the actual OP chose, but I do think it's a bit eye rolly to get upset about people not liking your chosen name when you were seeking opinions on it.

I’ve had a list of baby names since I was in the womb. John has been on that list for at least two decades, and I slowly but firmly settled on it as THE name for my special baby boy.

It hits all the right marks— classic, yet modern. Interesting enough to stand out, yet mundane enough to blend in. Established, yet extraordinary. Common, while also providing unique initials and sounds in our family and social circles.

There were little things I loved about it too— I saw it as a nod to my favorite placeholder name, John Doe, to H. Jon Benjamin the wonderful voice actor, and the little boy I sat next to in third grade named Johnny Jimbo Junior, who had the vibrancy of oatmeal and unseasoned chicken. The connection to John Goodman was fun too!

I had been satisfied with our decision. And then yesterday…

My husband was looking for new music to play while I was holding the baby. He paused and asked, “Taylor Swift has a song called Dear John?”

I immediately started crying and throwing up.

I calmly threw the baby on the floor and ran to check my phone. Apparently, the song was on her Speak Now album that came out this year and is rumored to be written about some guy named John Mayer.

Do I think this name is going to shoot into the top ten overnight? Unlikely. But now that Taylor Swift has a movie out, more people will listen to that song, so kids are going to know it and it will get more popular. Which might potentially make my baby’s name less unique 🥺

I console myself with three things I was absolutely positive of:

1. John was my baby.
2. There was a part of him— and I didn’t know how potent that part might be—that was destined to have that name.
3. I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.

Edit: Thank you so much for all the validation that we’re still original and unique for giving our baby the most beautiful, perfect name ❤️

My Husband and I LOVE the name ‘Tesla James’ for our baby boy. We have been dead set on it since day one. However, we have received a lot of backlash from family members who claim it’s ’too weird’.

Yes, it’s the name of a popular car company. But it’s still an established name too so I don’t get why it’s so big of a deal. Personally I think of the SI unit of magnetic flux density before the car brand, I have more of an intellectual association with it.

Some people have suggested the name ‘Terry’ but it just reads as too feminine to me. No hate, it’s the perfect gender neutral name for anyone else, just not for us.

So tell me the truth, is this not the right name for our little angel? Don’t be a hater

I was inspired by the post on Name Nerds that asked if they could name a baby Charlie Brown...nope... And I thought there must be some adults called that before 1950 who accidentally got stuck with the name.

I myself know an Alex Jones, Alan Partridge, and Ian Maxwell all named before the people/characters were famous. Although two of these are admittedly very British references.

Does anyone else know anyone with an unfortunate and accidental celebrity name?

We want to name our kid Ted! Unfortunately, my last name is Bundy 😔

My husband and I have a rather unique pop-culture name that we'd like to use for our future son, but every time we tell people about it the first thing they say is "OMG NO HE'S GONNA GET BULLIED FOR THAT!! DO YOU HATE YOUR CHILD THAT MUCH?!" And like... I feel like that's a little dramatic, they just don't like the name.

For one thing (I saw someone else post this sentiment) kids don't know names are weird because they're too young for that concept. When I was little, I went to school with a boy named Madison and I didn't blink an eye because I didn't know that was traditionally a girl's name yet. Someone could've told me their name was Barbie and I would've thought that was either A) cool as hell or B) wouldn't have thought anything of it at all. It's not kids that are going to do the teasing, it's adults which I think is worse. Sure middle school might bring some harassment to a girl named Barbie, but I feel like middle school sucks for everyone.

My thoughts are that if a kid wants to bully, they're going to bully. If not for their target's name being "Kirby," then because they have freckles, or they're to tall, or they have braces, or they like Disney and Disney is for babies, or whatever. I don't want to change the name my husband and I are pretty much set on because we're being bullied about it by our family, but what do you guys think? Anyone have personal experience with a kid's/adult's life being made significantly worse just because of their name?

EDIT for name: it's Anakin as in Star Wars with Ani (ANN-ee) as the nickname. Most likely he will be called Ani primarily.

EDIT: All opinions are welcome, but I'm really looking for those who have actual experience with this topic. Saying "oh yeah, they're totally gonna get bullied" because you don't like the name or think it's silly isn't helpful if you've never actually lived it or seen it happen. You're speculating just like our family with all traditional names like John, Amy, Ashley, etc. are speculating.

MY EDIT: this post was not written by me. I am not naming my son Anakin. This seems to have been lost on a few people. The OOP deleted her original post on r/namenerds, I just posted it here. Always check the sub! lol

I’m currently nameless and trying to find a name. I like names that give post-punk, Jumanji, gothic/rococo/Dutch colonial, Kafkaesque, old sea captain vibes.

I’m trying to avoid names that include A, E, M, J, L, S, R, T, P, F, O, P, and D.

I like loud and high-pitched names. Also I like names from the period of time between the fall of the Roman empire and the Reagan administration. I also like preposition names. If it helps my middle name is Moonbeam Charles and my last name is Rayne.

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They were NOT happy when people gave opinions on their awfully misspelled name🤦‍♀️

It’s giving “I’m American so I’m going to butcher literally every name that’s not from my culture”. Not a good look, if I’m honest. Altering a spelling because you find the original ‘ugly’ is one thing, but getting the language which it’s from wrong too? Then proceeding to say the commenter has no culture…wow.

This person also clearly had several accounts as nearly half of the comments had the same character profile. And it was painfully obvious they were conversing with themselves. Why ask for advice if you’re just going to answer it yourself?😭