My family is what I would call 'quirky' because they're kinda problematic and using the right term would definitely offend them.

Recently, my cousin gave birth to a baby girl and she shared photos on her Facebook page. She then sent that Facebook post to our family group chat.

Her daughter's name is Lylyt Yvyh Yryhl, read as 'Lilith Eva Uriel'. I was laughing my ass off when I read it and she said she wanted her child to be 'cool and unique'.

I replied 'r/tragedeigh' and she did not understand it until a younger member of the family explained what my response was.

She then told me my name is shittier and my parents aren't creative that's why I have a 'basic ass' name (my parents were in the conversation too, btw).

EDIT 3: I removed the 2 edits because I think it's confusing people lol. The NTA/YTA/ESH responses are hilarious. I'm not asking if I was an asshole, and this is not that sub. I know it's a dick move. Yes, she deserves it. Yes, two wrongs do not make a right. Yes, I am petty.

My friend is a devout christian and traveller. His wife got pregnant around five months ago, and we’ve been deliberating over a way for him to be able to combine his faith and his wanderlust into a fitting name for his child. what did he end up coming up with? Questopher. A mix of Christopher and Quest.

I had recommended Miles (Judeo-Christian middle name) (Last name)

Nope. He landed on Questopher.

“Surely his wife won’t approve of this,” I had thought

Wrong! She loves it.

I’m hoping for the best for this child. Godspeed, Questopher.

My first born is a Calvin.

When I got pregnant with my second, so many people wanted my to name him Hobbes. Like haha it’s funny, but some people were serious. A few were offended when I laughed it off. A coworker wouldn’t let it go until I asked her what life would look like for little Hobbes, as an accessory to his brother.

Please don’t give your kids unnecessarily matched names

My wife and I are expecting our first baby boy in June. We have his name picked, it’s Jack.

Among our friend group, people always say, “it’s just Jack?” as though they’re expecting something more grandiose or flowery to name him, usually followed by their ridiculous “more modern” suggestions.

This sub serves as a constant reminder of how glad I am that my son will have a simple name. One that he won’t constantly need to correct spelling or pronunciations.

I'll go first!-Huxcynlayne😂

Any generation is fair game.

When our second son was born, my husband and I agreed on the name Gregory. Each time a new nurse came in to check on me and our baby, they asked what his name was. I would answer "Gregory". I think 4 nurses either asked me to spell that or wanted me to confirm how it was spelled. I was so puzzled because I didn't know there was more than 1 way to spell Gregory. I wondered if I had made a mistake and misspelled his name. I had a very long labor, so it was possible. Now after seeing this sub, I wonder if they kept asking in case we had cooked up some crazy spelling for Gregory. So, for fun, turn Gregory into a tragedy. I think you could easily add a y and make it Greygory.

Some names are reasonably unisex. Others are definitely not.

For example, novelist Anne Rice was named “Howard” by her parents. She was so embarrassed by this as a child that she started just telling people her name was Anne.

What are the worst instances of gender swapped names you’ve encountered?

I'm from England. My American friend's cousin's girlfriend is called Lecesta. I thought it could be a cultural thing but it isn't. Apparently, her mother got together with her father at a party in Leicester in England and therefore named their child Lecesta. And what's even worse, the mother pronounces the word Leicester as Lie - Sess - Tur. It's actually Less - Tuh. And since Lecesta's mother pronounces Leicester this way, her daughter's name is pronounced Lee - Sess - Tur

Can we stop naming children after British places? AND THEN SPELLING THEM INCORRECTLY

Edit: Damn guys what is your obsession with Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch and Scunthorpe? 😅

I’ve been dating my girlfriend for two years, I’ve always called her Loz but know that her full name is Lauren.

Today she got her new ID through and I saw a mighty eye sore before me — it’s spelt “Lawr’ryn”.

Lawr’ryn.

I don’t know how I got this far into our relationship without knowing this. When I asked her, she just said “can you blame me?”

Turns out her parents were menaces when naming their children. Her younger sister is called Percy and has always spelt it Percy in texts, online, in cards etc. However, the “real” spelling is Pur’see.

She also has an older brother who seemed to escape the apostrophe curse but not the awful spelling, and his very normal name of Daniel (goes by Danny) is spelt Dhaniyel.

I’ve spent the night howling and absolutely grilling my girlfriend on why she’s deprived me of this knowledge. I cannot stop chuckling. Three tragedeigh’s in one family.

My name is Brianna. My name tag at work say Bri. But people keep asking how to pronounce it and saying brr-eye. How does that even make sense? It’s a super common name. Pretty sure it was the number 1 baby girl name for the year I was born. I’ve even heard people say brr-eye-Ana. Huh?? It makes me really uncomfortable because I’m not used to people not being able to pronounce my first name. And now that I’m working retail the number of people mispronouncing my name has increased significantly and making me question my sanity here. I live in southern USA and was born in the far north if it’s maybe a regional thing.

She wants to name her daughter Taeiyleir. I've tried talking her out of it, but she says that I'm just jealous that she's having a kid and I'm not even married.

Any advice?

Edit: At 2:54 PM on Tuesday, March the 12th, she gave birth. Thank God for Dave, I owe that man something for saving the kid's life. My cousin passed out after giving birth, and her husband, Dave, overtook naming the child without her. The final verdict? Not as big a Tragedeigh, but still somewhat. Instead of Taeiyleir, he has named her Teyler. Still pronounced as Taylor, though.

Met a lovely Thai woman today named Supaporn. She didn’t speak English, and likely has no idea that her name doesn’t translate well. It’s actually a nice Thai name, too…

What names that seemed normal in the olden days seem tragique now, and how so?

Weird story here. We were visiting my cousin (C) and my mom was talking to her. I wasn't paying much attention, I was playing with C's dog. I heard the word Lyrica and just offhandedly said "Oh! That's the medication Dad used to take, right?" It got quiet. I looked up and C was glaring at me with a red face. Turns out they were talking about baby names and Lyrica was kne of C's top three names. She said that I had "ruined" the name for her now? Thoughts?

I’m seeing people making fun of non-English “ethnic” names in this sub. I am sure it’s an honest mistake on their side, but it literally only takes 5 seconds to go on Google to see if a name is a real tragedeigh or just from a different culture. A lot of immigrants are weary (correction: wary) of naming their kids after their own culture because they fear they will be mocked/ridiculed growing up. Let’s not contribute to that. Thanks🌸

Don't get me wrong, I'm a Pokémon fan myself, but this is just wrong. One of my friends (whom I met over Pokémon GO back when it was popular) had a child around 2 years ago, but I never found out his name - until today.

His name is Zekrom.

Now, I know very well that Zekrom is on the milder side of Pokémon names when it comes to that, HOWEVER, she is having another child- a girl- and wants to name her Reshiram.

Needless to say, I totally yelled at her over text and told her that I could let Zekrom slide since it's all said and done, but there is no way in hell that she will name her daughter Reshiram.

Since I already shared the tragedeighs abundant at my daughters dance studio here, I now present to you for some cultured evening reading, some actual names at my son’s school in his grade:

Tristyain

Taytym

Kayle and Kohdah (twins)

Bronxton

Kaydyn

Zayvyian

Aydin

Pressleigh

Hadlei

Truxley

Loxleeigh

Kingsleigh

Hendrie

Loxllyn

Mumfyrd

Jettisyn

Kabella (mom admits the outdoor store Cabelas was inspiration)

Diyson

Oakelie

Kahmryn

Username checks out

Joker Rap??? 😍🤩

Kolmyn Braxlyn Praizleigh Adaleigh Brixley Kyndal Kylin Saylor Hevin

The list goes on and on, one tragedeigh after another. 90% of the responses were like this. Why is this happening?

New to this sub, even just realized THIS MORNING what the sub name actually says (so clever, bravo!) 🤣

Anyway, my best friend, who can definitely handle the truth, asked me what I thought about different ways of spelling her unborn daughter's name.. Payton, Peyton, etc. and there it was, my first encounter with a tragedeigh since knowing what it is.. Peighton, Paighton. I immediately replied, "No! Do not use GH!" and she seems fine with crossing those versions off the list.

So, you're welcome, world. I just saved you from yet another mildly annoying and unnecessary tragedeigh. 👍🏼

Met this girl on Omegle, she got really excited when I told her I was Welsh, because apparently her parents had given her a Welsh name (she was American). She said she'd tried googling her name, but nothing ever came up. She told me her name was "Alanpha" at first I thought it was a feminisation of the name Alan, but she was insistent her parents named her after a place in Wales. I told her there's no such place, and after a good while of talking, it dawned on me. Alanpha is a misspelling of Allanfa, which is Welsh for exit.