Absurd names that people try to name babies

[Supernatural]

Here's a bizarre subject but sadly real.
It's hard to know whether to laugh or not at the mentality of parents who try to give absurd or frankly cruel names to their babies. Governments such as France and New Zealand have apparently have to actually ban certain names being given to children on the grounds that the poor kid would be mocked all their life.

Here are a few:
Number 16 Bus Shelter
Nutella
Violence
Benson and Hedges -twins
Chlamydia
Latrine

Have you heard of any more such absurd names?

Someone famous is my example here. This lady was an author who wrote the books which were made into the excellent film "Interview with the Vampire" starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

Namely we knew her as: Anne Rice...

However, she'd been named this at birth:

Howard Allen Frances O'Brien

Here on her Wikipedia page, she explains how she got those names and how she named herself Anne... Fascinating!

Anne Rice - Wikipedia

 

[Marie5656]

A coworker Back in 80s named son Vishnu
Vishnu is the god of Preservation, the great maintainer who often appears in various incarnations (avatara) to provide salvation for humanity. Some of his best-known avatars, who are tremendously popular and beloved throughout Hindu India, are the gods Krishna and Rama.

 

[CallMeKate]

For some reason, I've always thought the names Kim and Kanye chose were kind of neat... North, Psalm, Saint, and Chicago. Yep, still do.

 

[birdy]

he's also got a son called... Techno Mechanicus Musk...

That's worse than the first one. Why oh why?

 

[caroln]

A coworker Back in 80s named son Vishnu
Vishnu is the god of Preservation, the great maintainer who often appears in various incarnations (avatara) to provide salvation for humanity. Some of his best-known avatars, who are tremendously popular and beloved throughout Hindu India, are the gods Krishna and Rama.

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My husband's grandfather was named Vishue, close to what you posted. I can't find any information about his name and I've never heard of anyone else having it. I always thought it was a strange name.

 

[Jeni]

so a friend whose wife is a nurse in a children's hospital came across this name on a chart La - a
when questioned about it the mother said we pronounce it La dasha ............ wow what a life this girl will have....

 

[caroln]

so a friend whose wife is a nurse in a children's hospital came across this name on a chart La - a
when questioned about it the mother said we pronounce it La dasha ............ wow what a life this girl will have....

Yeah, not only will she go through life having to spell her name, she'll have to explain it also.

 

[OlderThanDirt]

Recently I read of a dog named Lunchbox. I kind of loved that. My niece's dog is named Jelly Bean.