Name and shame.
NICU nurse Victoria has seen a lot in her career — including bad baby names.
One night, when she was “bored,” she posted a TikTok video asking others in her line of work to share the strangest monikers they’d ever heard.
“And I’m not talking, like, Naveah. I’m talking so unhinged it would send the Social Security office into a coma,” she captioned the video.
The nurse knew of babies named Dracula, Messiah, Bronze and Gold.
But other professionals chimed in with even wilder monikers.
“Some of the names people commented were borderline unbelievable,” Victoria admitted to TODAY.
According to Victoria’s comments section, there are babies named Arealtruemiracle — all one word — Sheep, Narwhal, Phelony and Blessica.
Another nurse claimed to have had a child named Lucifer in her care at the same time a baby named Messiah was in the ward.
There were also some interesting twin pairings.
For example, Brock Lee and Callie Flower, Abracadabra and Alacazam, and Canon and Crystal Ball.
Looking at triplets, one person claimed to know a threesome named Lincoln, Mercedes and Bentley.
Meanwhile, another chimed in saying they knew of a new mom and dad who got very flavorful with their name choice — especially the ones who named their child Frijoles Guacamole.
“On my life not joking. We secretly keep a bad baby name book to remind us of all the crazy first and middle names,” the nurse, who met the child with the delicious name, declared.
One can only hope most of these are jokes waiting to be used in a prank call.
Unlike countries like Iceland, which requires names to be pre-approved or New Zealand, which bans names like “Justice” and “4Real,” the United States is basically the Wild West of baby naming.
However, some states have banned certain wonky monikers.
USbirthcertificates.com cites 11 names that have been made illegal by the courts, including King, Queen, Jesus Christ, III and Santa Claus.
Fortunately, for the children of America, these wild names are still rare.
The classic Liam and Olivia were announced as the top baby names for 2024 — the sixth year in a row.
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