Name inspiration comes in many forms. When the pandemic first began, Indian parents Preeti and Vinay Verma drew from the novel coronavirus to name their twin babies, Corona and Covid.
Mom Preeti Verma explained that the names began as nicknames for her baby boy and girl by the hospital staff but just stuck.
"When the hospital staff also started calling the babies as Corona and Covid, we finally decided to name them after the pandemic... [We] wanted to make the day memorable."
Also see: The top ten trends in baby names for 2022 according to the 'ultimate baby names resource'
What not to name your kids
It's a stretch but hey, at least they didn't name their twins Earwacker, Bony M or Pube, right?
No, these are not nicknames, these are names of real-life people.
In his book, The Book of Unfortunate Baby Names, the self-professed name-collector extraordinaire, Russell Ash, provides a compilation of the most ridiculous names parents actually gave their kids. The author scoured official census records in the US and UK, some as far back as the 16th century.
The book is a follow-on from Russell's first offering of bad names titled Potty, Fartwell & Knob.
Passionate about unfortunate names, the author felt it his duty to provide a self-help book of sorts, by providing proper examples of what not to name your kids.
For your amusement and just in case you were going to make a bad decision with naming your child, we've compiled the worst of the worst below:
Just don't
Aberycusgentylis
Baptized 1648, Buckinghamshire, England
Ah
Married 1882, London, England
Alphabeta
Died 1849, Yorkshire, England
Arse
Born 1898, Florida, USA
Burp
Born 1771, Somerset, England
Balls
Born 1854, Norfolk, England
Banana
Born 1919, Lincolnshire, England
Bony M
Born 1892, North Carolina, USA
Drug
Born 1847, Alabama, USA
Earwacker
Born 1849, Hampshire, England
Flappy
Died 1994, Kentucky, USA
Gassy
Born 1888, South Carolina, USA
Hairy
Born 1878, Kent, England
One Too Many
Born 1870, Essex, England
Pube
Born 1904, Nova Scotia, Canada
Sucker
Born 1896, North Carolina, USA
Penis
Born 1831, Ireland
Poof
Born 1859, Iowa, USA
Wanker
Born 1856, New York, USA
Always think initials through
A. Blob
Born 1827, Yorkshire, England
B. Yond
Born 1905, Lancashire, England
E.C. Lay
Born 1862, Cornwall, England
F. Ingood
Born 1875, Bedfordshire, England
F. Ewe
Married 1899, London, England
O. Men
Born 1870, London. England
R.U. Ready
Born 1896, Kansas, USA
Y. Nott
Born 1930, Staffordshire, England
Unfortunate first name and surname combinations
Agusta Wind
Born 1880, Illinois, USA
Anice Bottom
Born 1837, Yorkshire, England
Barbie Cue
Born 1819, Scotland
Dan D. Lyons
Born 1891, Cardiff, Wales
Don Key
Born 1885, Norfolk, England
Elle Vator
Born 1861, Sussex, England
Etta Lott
Born 1877, Mississippi, USA
Fay King
Born 1922, Kent, England
Gladys Friday
Born 1900, England
Justin Case
Born 1832, New York, USA
Page Turner
Born 1865, Devon, England
Rob Bery
Born 1857, London, England
Sarah Tonin
Married 1813, London, England
Tess Tickle
Born 1893, Arkansas, USA
Tim Burr
Born 1867, Hertfordshire, England
Names inspired by cars aren't always a good idea
Auto
Born 1883, Alabama, USA
Caravan
Born1857, Canada
Datsun
Born 1858, Virginia, USA
Delorean
Died 1914, Kentucky, USA
Frontera
Born 1910, California, USA
Garage
Married 1860, England
Jeep
Born 1890, Iowa, USA
Motor
Born 1900, Washington, USA
Turbo
Born 1880, Puerto Rico
Just because they look good enough to eat, doesn't mean they should be named after food
Apple Pie
Born 1830, Virginia, USA
Cherry Tart
Born 1859, Mississippi, USA
Custard
Born1876, Virginia, USA
Lasagna
Born 1968, North Carolina, USA
Mineral Waters
Born 1893, Essex, England
Porridge
Born 1840, Northamptonshire, England
Quiche
Born 1900, Ohio, USA
Salami
Born 1842, Lincolnshire, England
Spicy
Born 1859, Georgia, USA
Trifle
Born 1852, Canada
Did you have name regret? What's the worst name on this list?
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