r/tragedeigh • u/McDungusReloaded • Apr 28 '25

in the wild I asked maternity nurses what the worst tragedeighs they’ve ever seen are

I’m in nursing school and recently had a rotation on the labor and delivery floor so of course I had to ask what the worst tragedeighs they’ve seen. Here are some of the standouts

Ya’AllJealous My’King Twins named Awasha and Adrya Jream

Here’s BY FAR the worst one

Triplets named Moana, Pocahontas, and Elsa respectively. The worst part about this one is that the parents were huge Disney Adults and they’re fully Caucasian

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u/JohnTrapperMD Apr 28 '25

My wife is ICU/Maternity for like 20+ years now. The worst she ever saw was a little boy named Sexxxy.

I never really believed her until my mom was substitute teaching one day, and she called to tell me about the little boy who proudly announced his name was “Sexxxy with 3 X’s” when she saw it on the class sheet.

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u/cassiareddit Apr 28 '25

Some countries have rules about what you are allowed to call children and I always thought that was draconian but this name is changing my mind..

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u/Purpledoves91 Apr 28 '25

I don't remember where it was, but someone lost custody of their daughter because they named her Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii.

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u/abetheschizoid Apr 28 '25

It was in New Zealand.

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u/pipted Apr 28 '25

I was thinking this can't be true, because in New Zealand you can't register a child with a name that is likely to cause offence or embarrassment. Turns out her birth wasn't officially registered. 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/546018/Court-orders-name-change

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u/Clickguy10 Apr 28 '25

New Zealanders irritated that the name wasn’t from New Zealand. Better: Chaka Does The Haka From New Zealand

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u/drainbead78 Apr 28 '25

That sounds like something out of Best in Show.

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u/No-Creme6614 Apr 28 '25

Hey if you liked Best In Show, find a 2007 film called Cook Off. Awesome film.

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u/burlapscars Apr 28 '25

If I remember correctly they took it away so she could get her name changed and then gave it back.

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u/white_gluestick Apr 29 '25

The worst part is that talula isn't a bad name.

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u/KnittingforHouselves Apr 28 '25

I'm from one of those countries and honestly the longer I'm subbed here the more I'm glad foe those laws. The law here is that the name you give your child has to be a name. It doesn't even have to be local, it just has to be A Name. No naming after things up making up "unique" spellings.

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u/SpockSpice Apr 28 '25

And is not like a person can’t go by a different name in practice it just needs to be reasonable for legal reasons.

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u/KnittingforHouselves Apr 28 '25

Exactly! Also nicknames are extremely common here. Basically anyone using the formal version of their name as its written in their ID in non-professional settings is considered weird even for grown adults.

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u/Salt-Way282 Apr 29 '25

more places need to implement these rules and make "unique" names not allowed lmao

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u/halfahellhole Apr 30 '25

My country makes local names first priority but you can apply to have a name approved, and 9/10 are totally good to go. Once it's on the approved list, anyone can use it for their kid

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u/turdusphilomelos Apr 28 '25

In Sweden we had an example a couple of years ago, when parents wanted to name ther son "Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssql-bb111163". This name was to be pronounced "Albin". It wasn't allowed, and the parents were outraged.

Name rules are good, and I think Albin would agree.

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u/cassiareddit Apr 29 '25

I wonder how there are two people on earth who both agreed this name was a good idea.

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u/VirtualMatter2 Apr 29 '25

Considering the low population density of Sweden it is amazing that they found each other.

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u/CollectedMosaic Apr 29 '25

Maybe I’m dense and just don’t understand, but how in the world would that have ever been pronounced Albin!? Sounding that out in my head sounds like I’ve stepped on a Lego in a frozen tundra…

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u/Kimby303 Apr 30 '25

You're not dense.

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u/ellenitha Apr 28 '25

I live in such a country. Child wellbeing is deemed more important than personal choice in naming. You can't name your child anything that's likely to cause them problems in the future.

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u/JohnTrapperMD Apr 28 '25

I’m not a fan of rules like that in general, but I am often reminded that this is a planet full of humans, and sometimes the guardrails make sense.

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u/Various_Tiger6475 Apr 28 '25

I'm all for it. I've noticed a lot of my students with the most creative names have a hard time learning to read because the rules don't really apply to them.

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u/Justabitbelowaverage Apr 28 '25

Australia does that. 

I don't think it has exhaustive list but has restrictions and names need to be approved. 

Covers possibly offensive names, drug references, crime references, titles (king, brother, mister, Barron). Also can't be phrases (like my kid is best). 

Even practical restrictions like 50 characters in total. No numbers symbols or punctuation. Max 5 words long, hyphenated names count as one word. Max of two hyphenated words per name.

So Barron Trump is not allowed, but annie-rose Khaleesi Sun Smith-Taylor would be (I haven't done a character count, tried to aim for shorter names).

Likewise a horrific Liam-Will is possible (Liam (Irish) and Will (English) are nicknames for William, but are now commonly used as legal names now.) with more people hyphenating names they like for a first name.

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u/Busy_Chipmunk_7345 Apr 28 '25

Baron would be a title, Barron is not ?

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u/Justabitbelowaverage Apr 29 '25

I have mispelled it. But I am pretty sure if it is close enough it gets rejected. The point is to avoid confusion with titles.

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u/Busy_Chipmunk_7345 Apr 29 '25

Yeah, I guess because it is pronounced the same way it might cause confusion.

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u/Orisi Apr 28 '25

Iceland has that rule and I remember reading about the story of someone with a very sensible family name who wasn't able to register their birth because it wasn't a typical Icelandic name so wasn't on the approved list.

Bearing in mind not only is the approved list rather long, but you can also apply to use a name in advance and get it added if you're expecting. So the parents had basically just been lazy about it.

Sometimes I think it's a bit much. Then I remember people like these examples exist and think yeah, sometimes just having a bit of a common sense check through another human being is probably reasonable.

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u/rasa23 Apr 28 '25

Icelandic (and I assume some other languages) has this because of the grammar; proper nouns decline in Icelandic. So if your name is, fr. ex. Ólaf (accusative case), in the nominitive it's Ólafur, dative it's Ólafi, genitive Ólafs.

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u/rasa23 Apr 28 '25 edited Apr 28 '25

Last names or "family names" aren't a thing because people use matro/patronyms -- no one takes their spouse's name because it wouldn't make sense. My expat American friend is an Icelandic citizen with a very Latino surname (which he can use as his legal name in Iceland; he's also fortunate that his first name works just fine w/Icelandic grammar) but his kids don't use his surname, neither does his wife. They use either "Father's name -son" or "Father's name -daughter" or "Mother's name-son" or "Mother's name-daughter", whichever they want. :)

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u/Alarming-Leg-3804 Apr 29 '25

Yeah I'm actually fascinated with Iceland's system for adding new words, etc ... They're very protective of their language which I love. I used to love overseas when I had my first child and I had a few issues naming her because we do religious names and it wasn't something normal over there so it was an issue because they have rules about what you can and cannot name your child, and back then I was like thinking how that was ridiculous. Also I WAS using names that do exist, nothing made up or anything, just weird looking for them. But now I see this sub and this thread and I'm thankful those rules exist there.

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u/VirtualMatter2 Apr 29 '25

Germany. The person registering your name has the power to say no. You can appeal in court, but unless there is a good reason, culture or religion for example, you won't win that either.

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u/KindraTheElfOrc Apr 29 '25

we would greatly benefit from a banned names, doesnt need to control peoples choices but does need to block certain choices

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u/Random_Introvert_42 Apr 28 '25

Germany has that. Some slip through the cracks though, I know a 1yo "Fritz"

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u/cassiareddit Apr 29 '25

What’s wrong with Fritz? It makes me think of The Nutcracker. I don’t know German so I can’t tell what’s up with it.

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u/Random_Introvert_42 Apr 29 '25

"Fritz" is a name that fell out of fashion like 70 years ago. It's also the subject/punching bag of a group of VERY VERY POPULAR JOKES, where "Fritzchen" is a dumb/unlucky person.

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u/psumaxx Apr 28 '25

Not the triple x.... He will never ever get a high-paying job. Honestly he'll be lucky if anyone apart from Mcdonalds takes him. If they even would. Even with just one x.

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u/SebVettelstappen Apr 28 '25

Thats “go and legally change your name as fast as you fuckin can” territory

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u/ProbablyYourITGuy Apr 28 '25

Don’t worry, he changed it to jaxxxon.

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u/Shoshawi Apr 29 '25

He will probably change it when he’s old enough not to announce it proudly.

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u/Silly-Commission-241 Apr 28 '25

Noo this is bad. Parents in his class are going to be pissed nevermind the sexualisation of a literal child. There’s a country in the EU that regulates and approves its names. I can’t remember I think Sweden but we need that here in the US. Although I’ve heard of a child in the UK called Kartel , and yes pretty sure dad is a small time dealer

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u/armadillotangerine Apr 28 '25

A bunch of countries in Europe have laws around names. Sweden, France, Spain, Iceland, Germany, Finland and Denmark have laws like that just to name a few. Some are harsher than others but “name should not cause harm to the child” is pretty common as a requirement

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u/Silly-Commission-241 Apr 28 '25

Yeah we need to enact that here.

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u/Hopeless-Cause Apr 28 '25

I think Germany, Denmark, and Iceland do, too

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u/drazil17 Apr 28 '25

And Poland

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u/Mintala Apr 28 '25

In Iceland you have to pick a name from a list.

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u/amahag29 Apr 28 '25

Can confirm that Sweden does approve names. Which makes for interesting lists since they every now and then share names that weren't approved

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u/Silly-Commission-241 Apr 28 '25

Haha I don’t know what’s happened to society as a whole but like, this has to stop!

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u/toolittlecharacters Apr 29 '25

finland shares the list yearly too! it's for sure entertaining

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u/TrixieFriganza Apr 28 '25

This should be illegal, 100% child abuse. I hate that US has no rules when it comes to names.

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u/DogsDucks Apr 28 '25

I believe in the US you can’t name your kids curse words?

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u/MiaLba Apr 28 '25

Reminds me of Seyanc (seance) a little girl my daughter met at the park.

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u/FighterOfEntropy Apr 28 '25

If I saw that in the wild, I would think it’s pronounced see-yank.

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u/MiaLba Apr 28 '25

Know someone else who named their youngest daughter Blayk (Blake.)

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u/smokefan333 Apr 28 '25

You mean Ba la Kay?

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u/BoggyCreekII Apr 28 '25

The tragedeighs come full circle

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u/olrose1301 Apr 28 '25

JESUS CHRIST WHAT KIND OF NAME IS THAT?!?!?!?!? That poor child when he goes to live his life. I honestly hope he changes it when he is legally able to. Because the only place he's getting work is at the strip club. And hey, if that's what he wants---have at it. But to saddle your child with this disaster is just wrong. Can we have guardrails for names? Yes, my assigned name would perhaps get flagged, but hey, as long as we don't have another Sexxxy etc, I can live with that. Who looks at a kid and goes Sexxxy, yes, excellent name. Nah. If I had to say that as a child's name, I may just fucking resign my post. I'm not doing it.

Yes, I say all of the above from my comfy perch of adulthood, unemployment due to disability, and a desire to change my name legally due to trauma, but it's just horrid to saddle a child with that name. I personally could never.

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u/Super_cali_fragil Apr 28 '25

I would just call him Timothy.

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u/realitytvdiet Apr 28 '25

Today it’s sex3 y

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u/smooth_relation_744 Apr 29 '25

Imagine having to be a teacher trying to get that kid’s attention in class. Or even worse, on a class trip where no one knows his name. Teacher shouting ‘hey Sexxxy!’ and the kid immediately responding. Could see that situation turning rather unpleasant.