+75 Giving your child a bizarre or ultra-unique name is just selfish. amirite?

by Anonymous 2 days ago

What was that weird name Musk gave to his kid? Ugh. Peak cringe.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Didn't he name his son X? 🤦

by kwest 2 days ago

X Æ A-12

by MainSweaty2334 2 days ago

Five years ago!

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Which one? Half of them are pretty rough in the nomenclature department.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

OP, what's your name?

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Gary

by Comfortable-Buy-9128 1 day ago

Not remotely unpopular

by Cautious-Rooster-522 1 day ago

It's not. Due to survivorship bias and whatnot.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

The worst ones are the nerds who do it. Because all they are doing is trying to prove to other nerds what a big nerd they are.

by Mallorybrakus 1 day ago

Reminds me of that guy on Youtube, Paulo in Tokyo, who named his son Wolverine lol

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I say this as a trans person, but I've noticed there's a lot of similarity between trans names, stripper names and kids names from teenage parents. People shouldn't name things when they're 18.

by Some-Package1813 1 day ago

My cousin and his tweaker girlfriend named their kid Danger. She lost custody of him pretty quickly and the folks that adopted him changed his name.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

It is a rite of passage for a trans person to pick a dumb name. It is also not unusual for them to keep said dumb name (love all my friends, but I will take the mick with their consent).

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I mean the Etymology of all names shows you how corny we've been since ancient times and that we've been doing it since then Example: Stephanie originates from the greek word "Stephanos" meaning "Crown" or "Wreath"....... Can you imagine knowing some girl named Wreath? LOL

by Anonymous 1 day ago

This is not an unpopular opinion.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Tragedeigh and Ratleen are inclined to agree.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I hated having the same name as everyone growing up on the 80s. I hated having to use First name Last initial in my artwork in class. I love unique names, I guess we are all different in our preferences.

by Efficient_Voice3737 1 day ago

Try telling that to the Millennial Midwest.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I mean how bizarre are we talking? I teach kindergarten and I have some really unique names come through my class. Believe it or not, other people are capable of learning how to pronounce "different" names, and kids don't bat an eye if the adults around them are chill about it. I don't love completely made up names, but that's just personal preference.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

But as the person with a different name it gets so annoying. I don't want it most of the time. I pronounce my name as clear as possible but have to spell it out to people. Gets old real quick

by dibbertmarlene 1 day ago

Yeah this is just straight up true, its linked with narcissism.

by Fluid-Can-9589 1 day ago

pretty sure this opinion isnt even unpopular

by Agreeable_Trainer415 1 day ago

I am curious what your opinion is of cultural names? Gaelic names, Indian names, Slavic names, Chinese names, etc they can sound unique and bizarre but in another place (or community) be perfectly normal

by Easy-Job 1 day ago

I think normal people would agree lol

by Wooden_Walk 1 day ago

I've noticed lately a lot of young parents give names that are meant for pets to their children

by New-Parking-1183 1 day ago

Not unpopular.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

As a person with a really weird, uncommon first name, I kind of agree with this. However, honestly I really just think we should get a free legal name change once in our lifetime, much like Xbox used to (or still might) do it. Personally I've always wanted to change my name, but I can't afford it, so I just use my middle name or an abbreviated version of my name.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I had a weird name that sounds male when I'm female. It lead to a lot of bullying, misgendering, clerical errors, maltreatment, mockery and just downright pity. In turn it's made me respect my parents a lot less because they're clearly very uneducated and can't think long term. It has severely impacted my level of confidence in them as people.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

There is no "ultra-unique" of anything ever. Something is either "unique" or it is not. It's like being "dead". Either you are or you are not. But otherwise, I agree.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

There definitely is. Unique would just be an uncommon name. Ultra unique would be something borderline cringe. Like elons child name.

by Orval62 1 day ago

Not true. There's unique names like Oliver and then there's made up names that aren't actual names. There is a difference

by dibbertmarlene 1 day ago

I have a coworker literally named Michael Myer. I never addressed it, and it feels like a big elephant in the room. I wonder what their parents were thinking...

by Anonymous 1 day ago

go with steve

by Otherwise-Opening522 1 day ago

Having kids is already selfish. You created life, but no one needs it. So you can call it what ever you want.

by Anonymous 1 day ago