A man was left horrified when he saw a picture of eight baby names together. He shared the image online, and some say one of them sounded like something you certainly wouldn't want to catch. Naming your baby something unique is important to many new parents. After all, you want your little one to stand out from the crowd and not have an identical moniker to three other kids in their class. Because of this need for individuality, though, parents have been going above and beyond to name their kids wacky and wonderful things. But sometimes, this backfires and sounds a little bit dodgy, and people are shocked on Reddit.
The post that was shared in a Reddit baby name thread was captioned: "What the actual?" and it showed some baby names. It read: "Newton has eight kids - Chosen, Camidas, Cashmere, Ceasar, Jaden, Sovereign-Dior, Shakira and a baby girl born in 2024.". Of course, people were dumbfounded by the list of names, with some causing more of an uproar than others. Someone wrote: "Jaden is thrilled that they were the lucky one," with a Redditor joking that they'd "dodged a bullet" compared to the other names on the list.
One man joked: "Camidas sounds like an STD". Another said that they "actually read it as chlamydia the first time". Someone added: "Hahaha, same here. Read it as that, then thought, well, if not chlamydia, it still sounds like a nasty STD.". A Reddit user hilariously joked: "'Born in 2024' is the best baby name yet. As an IT guy, I can appreciate how much that would get f**ked up in systems". The original poster responded by saying: "I would not be surprised if that was her name".
"Is Chosen the favourite or the least favourite? It's hard to tell," somebody penned, with someone pointing out this name would give them "middle child syndrome no matter what their position". It's not the only tragic baby name situation that's happened of late, either. One mum decided to opt for a portmanteau of the popular names Katrina and Larissa, which she felt were "too common" or "too old," in order to create the name 'Latrina' for her daughter.
Unfortunately, as many people on social media were quick to point out, Latrina and minor variations of it means 'toilet' in some parts of Europe. In the comments of the Reddit thread where the woman made her admission, someone wrote: "You literally named your daughter after a toilet. Well done.". Another joked: "Well, unfortunately, someone just gave her the idea of Lavatory for her next daughter. LavvaToreie, Lahvahtoree, there are options depending on pronunciation".
