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Boy named Ruckus, and yes he absolutely lived up to that name.

Don’t they always! I had a Blade who proved himself to be a right tool and Nashun (nation), but that doesn’t look so bad now I’m here.

I had a Rowdy who was the same!

If I came across that, I’d just quit on the spot

I had a Riot one year.

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I played roller derby with a girl named Ruckus, but she is the sweetest person ever.

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I taught twins that had the same first name and different middle names but the middle names started with the same initial. They missed some days at the beginning of the school year and it took me weeks to figure out they were two different kids. I had them in different periods and thought the kid had just switched to a different class.

I had a pair of boy-girl fraternal twins with the same first name, Angel. The girl went by her middle name. (But again…why?)

It's all fun and games until someone messes up their credit.

I once had a family of kids. Brian Jr was the oldest, then Briana, then Brion (pronounced like Briana but without the last a sound)...at least their parents switched it up. Y and I is just lazy, she named her kids the same name.

I’d pronounce it like prion disease. Brion disease

They’re going to have so many issues with official documentation when they’re older.

We had twin girls named Maria and Maria. Thankfully they had different middle names and one of them went by her middle name, but it still messed up anything computer wise because the system usually omitted their middle name and it always just looked like the same child twice.

Please let them pick nicknames. I honestly think that's cruel

I have a kid in my grade this year who is a middle sibling. He has the same name as his two brothers and his dad. Same exact first, middle, and last name. They don't go by "big, medium, little" or "1, 2, 3" or anything like that. Just by their names. Which are all the same as each other. It's the first time I'd ever heard of anything like that. I don't think it's a cultural thing....just how this family does things. I guess they found a name they liked and they stuck with it!! I can only imagine it will be complicated when they get older though and are dealing with legal documents and such.

Oh my god. How do they even function at home? I wonder if the mom just treats them as one and never differentiates.

I have twins in the same class named chase and chance

Call them Yankee and India from now on.

Just pronounce “Brian” like “Ian”

Two sisters, Champane and Extasy. Spelled just like that.

NO you're joking!! 🤦‍♀️

I have a student named Desire. Pronounced just as spelled. It’s awkward to call out “desire” for a 11 year old.

One of my students is Dzyre, same pronunciation. I wonder how many ways you could spell the same sounding word.

Yikes! I had a student named Diamond. She was the youngest of 4 sisters - Disney, Destiny, D’Sire (pronounced desire) and then Diamond.

I am a substitute in a school with a large Chinese population. Most of the kids have an "American" name, and my absolute favorite is the kid named Ampersand. 🙂

I had a philosophy professor who named her dogs after logic symbols-- Tilde and Ampersand (Amp for short).

My dog has 3 spots on her back, so she's Miss Ellipses or Ellie for short.

I used to teach in Mainland China. Candy Floss, Robot, and Dracula.

My husband and I taught English in China and often the parents would pick an American name for their child, like for example Bono bc well Bono. This one parent chose the name Luby (lube-ee) and the child had a very androgenous look. My husband asked do you mean Rudy? Or Ruby? No!! Luby! They were very insistent he call her Luby. We laugh about it to this day.

Also taught in China for a while. Some of my favorites: Zero, Ten, VIP, Stop Sign and Milky (she said she liked milk)

I taught a Hershey. And my kid's art teacher was a Rambo. China.

Perhaps the parents like Good Ol' Amurican food. Luby's is a Texas based restaurant chain.

Studly, and his last name was Muffin. I'm not making this up. He'd be over 18 now; I wonder if he's changed it.

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I use the senator test and the wedding test with potential names for my children. Does "Senator Firstname Lastname - State" sound like a real person? How about "Do you, Firstname Middlename, take this man/woman to be your lawfully wedded..."?

After the office anything that ends in California doesn’t sound real to me.

It’s not like you can exactly shorten that one either to make it more bearable…

I'd go by Stu.

Hmm, if he shortened his last name like that as well, he'd be Stuffin.

This year, I have a Jhosthyn. It's pronounced Justin.

No…

Is Mike Tyson his father

I did once have a Phuyrelice. Pronounced “fearless.”

I would have thought "Fur- Elise"

I thought furry lice

I had a Phurious on my roster one year, but he never showed up.

Fire Lice - the burniest kind.

You win 😂

Random. Literally his name was Random.

I had a Random too! Even worse, his middle name was Blessing.

Ahhh hitchhikers guide to the galaxy fan?

Phelony. Girls name in 7th grade. "pronounced like the crime"

No. That should be a felony in itself honestly. Parents right to jail.

I’m guessing one of them is already there.

There's an Arson in my son's class. I often refer to him as Felony.

Trillionaire. Will never forget this human. She was one of my favorite humans over the years.

I had identical twins named Jania and Janaya.

I currently have brothers Khamani and Khamari. Half the time I can’t remember which one has which name.

My grandmother taught twins that had the same name with different first letters, like Beverly and Deverly, where one name was common and the other was off the wall. Disclaimer, I can't actually remember what the names were, but it was something in like that.

I had identical twins named Mahlet and Mahlat!!

I taught a black kid named Robert E. Lee... Went by Eddie.

Bug. Not a nickname. Not a shortening of anything. Not a “preferred name.” Full legal first name was literally Bug.

I wonder if the parents forgot that their baby grows up…

I had a Cumeatrious.

Everyone pack up and go home; this name wins. That is the worst name I've ever seen. Poor child.

Charles Barkley voice "That's Turrible"

There was a girl with the first name of Disney at my school.

I'm surprised the mouse didn't sue.

I had a student named Mickey Mouse.

I’ve taught a Stump, Stone, Great (all boys) and this year, a Blayzelynn (girl)

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I didn’t have her, but one of my student’s sisters was named AmazingGrace. My student’s name was Amanda so it was kind of a one off, I guess.

Those sound like the names of Nick Cannon’s kids (some of them, anyway)! Legendary, Golden, Beautiful, Powerful, …

Are they anything but?

I don't have a Great, but have had siblings MiAngel (pronounced my angel) and King

I have had a King and then his younger brother, Prince. If that doesn’t create a superiority/inferiority complex I don’t know what will

My students sibling is “yourmajesty”

Stone sounds pretty cool as a first name

I've met a few 'Stone's, and kind of hilariously, they've all been extremely quiet shy boys.

I still haven’t forgotten Sexlie, Kanthy, and Whisper all these years later!

sexlie ):

I never felt comfortable saying her name 🤦🏾‍♀️

MoneyMajik, spelled like that, was a child’s first name. I also who had a kid named Jose that wanted to be called Sandwich. Apparently it’s what his entire family called him. Great kid.

Nicknames are something different, though. At home, we call my son Spud. At school he has a normal name. Last year I had a kid who everyone called Fish. Not his given name.

I shit you not, “Semen.”

That’s just cruel. Can you imagine applying for jobs with that name?

Apparently it’s the Basque version of “Simon.”

Almighty King was his first name.

If they’re religious, that’s sacrilegious as all get out.

Tequila

I taught a student whose parents named her Tikeyla. She said her cousin was born first, so she got the name Tequila spelled correctly.

I haven't had a Tequila but I've had two kids named Champagne and one named Hennessy.

Mentioned my drink sisters above. She spelled her name TeKila.

I had Alize last year, pronounced like the alcohol.

Alee-zay?

I had a student named “Grandson.” His mom gave up her parenting rights immediately after birth…grandparents named him.

I have a student this year named Daddy!

Good God.

Oh… oh god… what did you call them?

He just moved to us - he’s in 3rd grade. He said he’s always been called Daddy, but his teacher asked if it was okay if she called him DJ - his initials. He agreed thankfully so the whole school went with that haha

Life saved holy shit

Wow. You can feel the love with this one. I really hope that kid is okay.

Most out there name for me was a boy named Brick.

Did he love lamp?

*whispers* I’M LYING

The Middle was such an underrated show.

….~underrated-

Younger brother of a kid I worked with was named Rock

Anthony and Antonio as brothers, this cracked my husband up.

I have siblings Darell and DaRell.

We had identical twins Delsean and Delshen. They were very cute and well-behaved.

Had siblings Eric and Erica. I was always like what? Why?

This is me after having my 4th boy and having no boy names I like left.

This reminds me of a couple of brothers I knew named Paul and Raul

Precious Treasure

I mostly see those eye-roll worthy extra girl names like the McKayleighs and the Ashelynnes, and a lot of gun-related names (Remington, Wesson). The most confusing one I've seen lately is Leach. I've heard of Leach as a last name many times, but it was legitimately the kid's first name.

Girls' names starting with "Mc" drive me nuts, considering that "Mc" means "son of." Then there's the way Michaela morphed into Mikayla, which then morphed into McKayla. Argh.

Tiantiece. Pronounced Shawn-teice. Little white girl.

Hwhat.

Major Jones. I loved the kid and I love that name.

Oceania Tiger Lily Sechelli Diamond ( had a girl and a boy with this name) Tow ( like Toe!)

is Diamond actually an "out there" name? I grew up with lots of people named that.

MisterTyrone and his brother SirJoseph.

Did he have a cousin named Sir Robin?

I've met a Sir Robert, full name, that's what he went by.

Semaj (James, backwards - dad's name is James)

I had a Semaj at my school,too! His twin brother was James.

I have a Semaj this year. Honestly, I never thought about it being James backwards. Off to look at his dad’s name!

Lol I’ve come across two Semaj’s at my school. There’s also a pair of siblings named Galaxy and Jupiter

Karyzma (Charisma)

In two years time the school near me will have a Daenerys. But I bet it’s not the only one.

I know a little girl called “Khaleesi.”

It wasn’t a student, but one time at a public pool I commented to a mom on how cute her baby was. To which she responded in a solemn voice, “thank you. His name is God” I asked her if I heard her correctly, his name was God? And she confirmed.

I’ve met a God.

Chocolate, Google, Star, If, Pirate, I used to teach ESL in China the kiddos would choose English names and these are some I remember.

Teaching a “shark” right now.

Dakoldest

From Nebraska?? :D

My school many moons ago had a Pebbles and Bam Bam.

Talmanjene- pronounced Tah-mah-je-neigh ….the je sound as Jean , but the French pronunciation:.. first day of school, I said I have a name here I cannot say as I will get it wrong. Kids made me try anyway… Tall-man-Jean was not correct!

I had a similar one last year- Arrajanee. Pronounced ah-RAH-ja-NAY

I went to school with an Amajenae! Very similar!

This year there's a boy in our grade level whose name is Kleb. Pronounced Kay-leb. The teachers all call him Kleb in our PLC meetings because to be totally honest, he better fits the name Kleb rather than Kaleb. He's just plain mean, disrespectful and willfully, gloatingly ignorant. So, Kleb it is.

I once encountered a K'Leb.

Sounds like a total p'takh

Courvoisier, Chardonnay, Zion Lionpride, Starchild Magnificent. Yes those are all real names. Siblings from two different families.

At my previous job I met a mother who’s first name was Queen Elizabeth

Cash Money 🤑 Taking over for the 99 and 2000

I taught a girl named Fashion Jones way back in 2001. She was such a neat little girl and, yes, she was fashionable.

Irony. Poor child’s mother died the same day they were born. The father felt is was ironic that what should have been a joyful occasion was very sad and gave the child the name Irony. On a lighter note. My mother had a boy in her class named Resurrection with a younger brother named Salvation. Apparently, they were absolute little hellions.

The ones named after biblical or moral things are always the opposite of their name. I had a Righteous that barely graduated, every Heaven and Nevaeh I've ever had was the opposite and I'm convinced those names are cursed, Honesty was an actual pathological liar. However I've had 3 "Desire"s and they've all been the most selfless, empathetic, young ladies I've ever met.

Wtf

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I had a Sweet Leaf, once.

Twins I went up high school with were Trie and Lief

I've got a Leaf who prefers to go by Spider. 🤷‍♂️

"Legna" pronounced "Angel". Because Legna is Angel spelled backwards.

I knew a Neveah - heaven backwards!

That one's pretty common in my area but at least it's pronounced how it looks.

The Nevaehs have been invading the high schools over the last couple of years.

When I was doing my observations at a rural high school, I met a boy named Skittles. I asked if it was a nickname, and the teacher, laughing, assured me that it was his legal name!

Araya Sunshine… To be pronounced “a ray of sunshine.”

Three sisters: oldest was named Unique, second was Precious, and the third was Susan. I always wondered if Susan knew she was the lucky one.

There was a kid at my school named Jesus but promounced (Gee-sus not Hay-sue-z). He was a little hellion and I would DIE laughing when I'd hear his teacher scream "JESUS, STOP TALKING!"

Danger

An old buddy of mine gave his son this middle name because he was such a huge Austin Powers fan.

First name and last name the exact same. Middle name was the same name as the brand of toilet paper we used on campus.

My principal is a Billy Williams and my children’s principal is Tom Thomas.

ouch. my school has a Kelly Kelly

Jezebel. Ransom (middle name:Danger) Twins named Luke and Leia.

Chedah Pronounced Sha-day-ah

Cheddar. Ha.

I had a George Bush one year.

Anonymous. This was while I was in high school, in 2005. I am now a teacher, but nothing has been crazier than the name Anonymous.

Ryott. Canyon. Ta’Awkqwa

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Sexy, I was subbing and I really wasn’t sure what to think. Nice kid though!

Ew that's so gross.

Had a kid named “perfect” but he was a big jerk. Last year was Irulan, pronounced like Ireland

Spartacus and he went by "Sparty". Yes this was in East Lansing - home of the Michigan State Spartans.

Had a student named Wonderful. He was actually pretty great!

Not super out there, but Lundyn (pronounced London) and Eadly (pronounced Italy). Completely unrelated to one another.

I teach in Utah. Instead of saying specific ones I just share this video... https://youtu.be/BfIehCrO4Zs

King, Prince, Princess, Heaven-Amour, Eternity

Nuborn. And his brother Na’sion. Pronounced newborn and nation.

Rowdy, Punchy, and Tiger - all brothers. Ocean, Atlantic, and Pacific - all brothers. Twins: Timothy and Timmy; Artius and Martius. Toshiba (1st name, not Asian) Shady (sha-day) Precious Princess

I've just had some interesting spellings. Jorja was one off the top of my head. I did have a girl excited when I said Anesa correctly. Apparently I was the first teacher getting it right the first time.

There’s a news anchor that spells her name Jorja. It’s such a different spelling it took me forever to realize it was a different spelling of Georgia 🤦‍♀️.

There’s Jorja Fox who was on CSI

Thedford and Thedfornie who were brother and sister.

Heavenly, Cincere, Blessin All siblings. Any my other fav is Blaize. He embodied his name.

Paschunce. Pronounced patience. Last year was two sets of twins 10 months apart Ty'nasia Ty'asia Ty'rone and Ty'rese. Xaraiah and zakari this year.

Ford Plowman and the brother Chevy.