Well, we can all go on with our lives now. Kim Kardashian's baby's name has been revealed.

[Arugula Latte]

"Kaidence Donda West"

Which brings up the topic -- Truly Bad Baby Names

What baby names make you cringe?

I can't stand the super trendy, weirdly spelled ones (Helllooooo, "Kaidence&quot . The worst one, though, IMO, is "Nevaeh" -- "heaven" spelled backwards. Gag. It seems to be popular with fundies, not surprisingly.

Others?

[Chan790]

1. My favorite cousin's stepdaughter is named Nevaeh.

Thankfully nobody has noticed that I only refer to her by a rotating series of pet names like "Sweetie" and "Darlin" and "Kid".

I told him that if he has more kids, he needs to name one of them Spartacus.

[KamaAina]

8. Hey, it beats "Adolf Hitler"

[BainsBane]

43. or Apple

That was a bad one.

[KamaAina]

46. Who named their kid Apple?

Steve Jobs?

[BainsBane]

47. LOL

No, Gwyneth Paltrow and the Coldplay guy

[datasuspect]

2. the people who give these children these horrid names

are actually allowed to BREED.

that is the most scary part.

[ret5hd]

3. Has anyone used the name "Trendi" yet? If not, they should.

[Arugula Latte]

6. Love it.

There will be variations, like "Trehyndee"

[KamaAina]

7. DUzy!

[NightWatcher]

4. Will the name pass the Walmart Test?

What will the name sound like when you scream it out while looking for them in the aisles of Walmart? I heard a woman screaming "Serenity, Serenity!" The irony was great.

[Arugula Latte]

5. middle name: "Now!"

[KamaAina]

9. Actually not as bad as it could have been

considering other recent celeb baby names like Beyonce and Jay-Z's Blue Ivy.

Yes, the spelling is a bit twee, but still...

[Quantess]

10. What's up with people naming their kids Blue?

It sounds exactly like blew.

Yes, it's a pretty color, but it's not that pretty of a word.

[Blue_In_AK]

27. Whachu talkin' about???

[Little Star]

66. lol

[sharp_stick]

11. Airwrecka

It took me awhile to figure out what the parents were going for. I had to spell it out slowly in my head.

[sharp_stick]

12. Jason Lee

seems like a nice enough guy but he cursed his poor kid with at least 18 years of Pilot Inspektor.

If I was that poor bugger I'd be suing for damages and emancipation at 16.

[bigwillq]

13. I think it's a nice name

I dislike that family but I like the name.
I don't really care what other people name their babies. It's their baby. They can name it whatever they want.

[MrsBrady]

14. I work with young kids

and I just don't get the bad names...or weird spellings of common names...

Does anyone understand this trend? Why?

[Arugula Latte]

24. When parents do that to kids, it makes me think that it's all about them

and they are not considering the poor kid who has to deal with the name for an entire lifetime.

[Liberal Veteran]

40. Yep. Is it John? Jahn? Jawwn? Jon? Jonn? Jaw-awn? Jqwan (the qw is silent)?

I have the common name of Michael. When people ask me how to spell it, I have to resist to urge to say "It's spelled like it always is but the 'z' is silent."

[GoCubsGo]

15. That poor, poor child.

As if it wasn't bad enough to be born to that pair of twits...

[Chan790]

25. Yup, that poor poor child...

born to a mother famous for getting peed on and one of the richest rappers on the planet, a guy whose children will never have to work a day in their lives.

[GoCubsGo]

52. I'd rather have good parents.

All the money in the world can't buy that, and I have a strong suspicion that these two will prove it.

[HappyMe]

16. Good grief!

Of course she went with the "K" name.

I can't stand kids names that people turn themselves inside out to spell in a cutesy way.

What the hell happened to Susan, William, Cheryl, Margaret, Daniel.....

[R B Garr]

17. Frank Zappa's daughter Moon Unit comes to mind

Now that's a WTH kind of name.

[redwitch]

26. Penn Gillette's daughter is Moxie Crimefighter.

[avebury]

18. We have a summer intern with the first name of Princess.

My reaction when I heard - Are you serious? She will be going into the navy at the end of the year. Boot camp will probably be interesting.

[hamsterjill]

48. Thanks for the laugh.

Sorry, but I am giggling over the mental picture!!

I sincerely hope that Princess has an easy time..and hopefully has a middle name that she might consider using!

[avebury]

54. She is a really nice young lady. I still think that she may

get some grief over her name in boot camp though.

[avebury]

19. How about Oranjello and Lemonjello?

I know someone who used to teach in Texas and there were 2 children with those names.

[patricia92243]

20. And they will end up calling her Kate or Katy.

[Boomerproud]

21. I went to school with a a girl named Mary Juana.

We didn't know her full name until graduation-for obvious reasons.

I heard a story from my best friend's mom who worked with a guy whose last name was Lear. He had twin daughters named Chrystal Chanda Lear and Gay Cava Lear. I bet he thought he was being so clever.

[KG]

22. La-a , pronounced 'LaDasha'

my bro met a lady with this name; she was upset she had to explain it him. i bet she spends alot of time upset.

[Rhiannon12866]

30. My friend told me much the same story, only it was one of her sister's students

She didn't know how to pronounce the name, so saved that one for last and the little girl cried...

[trof]

23. Kaidence. She'll grow up to be a Marine D.I.

YOU HAD A GOOD HOME AND YOU LEFT.
YOU'RE RIGHT!
AND JODY'S SCREWING YOUR WIFE.
YOU'RE RIGHT!
KAIDENCE KOUNT!
ONE TWO!
BRING IT ON DOWN.
ONE-TWO- THREE-FOUR
ONE-TWO...THREE FOUR!

[Blue_In_AK]

28. I'm doing data entry of names being gathered

for a ballot referendum here, and I've seen some doozies. The weird spellings kill me because I'm trying to match them up with the voter rolls, and people's printing is horrendous.

The funniest one I've seen was Grey Skythes. Mr. and Mrs. Skythes probably thought they were very clever.

[MiddleFingerMom]

33. It could have been worse... It could have been Blue Skythes.

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[Blue_In_AK]

35. Blue Skythes woiuld have been better.

It's cheerier, you know. Grey Skythes is kind of like Stormy Mundy or something -- bad, bad name.

[Rhiannon12866]

29. I'm not big on names that are really places, and that goes for both genders

[eridani]

69. I think some parents pick their kids' names off of interstate highway exit signs

Madison (Wisconsin?)
Kennedy (Expressway?)

Waiting for someone in South King County to say "Renton if it's a boy and Auburn if it's a girl."

[Rhiannon12866]

70. I know! Cities? States? It doesn't seem to matter...

I have a friend whose newborn niece was named "Brooklyn." I think the parents live in California.

[DebJ]

31. Here's a name for you: Richard Head. Think about it.

I had a temporary job with a mortgage company and that was the name on a mortgage.
People in the office grabbed a phone book, back in the day when such things were used,
and there the guy was, Dick Head.

[MrScorpio]

32. There was an Air Force general by that name

Never met the guy

[MiddleFingerMom]

34. I'm going to recuse myself.

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[Blue_In_AK]

36. I once knew a kid named Ortega Chilipepper

That's just WRONG.

Back when I was a legal secretary, we did some work with a Washington lawyer (I think he was from Washington; it's been a while), whose name was S. Bobo Dean. I always wondered what the S stood for. It must have been something really horrible.

[Rhiannon12866]

39. LOL! I guess so!

[nomorenomore08]

37. They may not be the "worst names ever" but the names of Bob Geldof and Paula Yates's kids -

Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom, Little Pixie - always made me shake my head and think, "Thank God they have money."

[MADem]

42. Jesus--like Rick James said, "Cocaine is a helluva drug."

Pixie, Trixie...sounds pretty icks-y to me...

[edbermac]

38. Thanks!! I was just about to head to the drugstore for more medication.

I've been really on edge about this.

[MADem]

41. +1,000 !!!!

I hate ANY tortured spelling. It's not "cool" -- it just makes the parents look dumb. I also dislike names that sound like they've been lifted from the aisles at the Rite Aid or a prescription bottle--Charmin, Chanel, Allegra, Livitra, or suggest booze (Brandy--how cruel, Chablis, Chardonnay, or even "Johnny Walker" or "Jim Beam" or "Jose Cuervo&quot . And then, people who name their kids after cars--Porsche, Mercedes...I mean, why not call the poor thing Toyota or Subaru?

Don't they have a granny, an uncle, an aunt...someone they'd like to honor, rather than sticking a kid with a stupid name for life, or at least until they're old enough to go get it changed?

Why do I think we'll never see poor "Kaidence's" name on an Ivy League diploma? I can hear the peer teasing already... MmmmKAY....she's DENSE....hahahaha!!! And if the poor child is at all thick she will suffer.

The worst name I ever heard was MALICE. Yes, as in "malice aforethought" but Mama thought that telling people it was pronounced Mah-Leeeeez would make people who could read stop calling the poor child MALICE.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

44. Allegra...

That's actually a very pretty Italian name. I told my husband that any kids we'd have would have to have either their first or middle names in Italian (since I'm Italian). Anyway, I always loved the name Allegra (it means 'happy' - 'gay' - 'joyful') for a girl, but the medication ruined it for me

[MADem]

50. Indeed--it's also a musical direction. But it's been ruined by Big Pharma!

Meet little Allegra, and her sister Cialis!! And here's their twin brothers, Rogaine and Xanax!!

[blueamy66]

49. My niece's name is Brandi.

I love it. One of my favorite songs.

She goes by Bran....not so bad.

[MADem]

51. If you like it, and she likes it, it's all good.

I think it's a bit of a burden to bear, myself. She can't ever get too tipsy, lest she risk the inevitable name-related jokes, and heaven help her if she gets a DUI...

Same deal with the Chardonnays, Chiantis, Chablis', Champagnes, Courvoisiers, etc.

I guess I'm just not a fan of naming kids after beverages, alcoholic ones especially ... or food, either. Who names their child "Apple?" Didn't Ms. Paltrow have a single relative with a name she liked? Or even admire an historical figure with a good name? Naming a kid after a piece of fruit sounds, to me, like she couldn't be bothered to really work at finding a good name, just named her after what was in the bowl on the table...

[blueamy66]

56. I don't like the "silly" names either. My brother and SIL had her when they were very young.

She wasn't named after an alcoholic beverage. They loved the name and the song.

I was named Amy for a song as well. Can you guess?

It's all good.

[MADem]

59. Once....in love....with Amy....!

[blueamy66]

61. OMG

Spot on!

[RebelOne]

53. I had a friend named Brandi.

Supposedly her parents named her from that song.

[blueamy66]

57. I know every word and like to embarrass my niece and sing it when I can

Usually in public places.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

60. Mercedes is a genuine traditional Spanish name

that predates the car by centuries.

[MADem]

62. I know--but you can tell the difference, if you know what I'm saying.

Mercedes Lourdes is a very different thing than Mercedes Cristal or Mercedes Chardonnay!

[Myrina]

45. Slam me if you want, but obviously folks that name their kids like this ...

... don't ever expect them to become Supreme Court Justices, or doctors, or ... whatever.

I used to work with a woman who named her daughter Jazzimin. (Jasmine). Really?
Way to limit your daughter's future occupational path from birth ... stripper, cheerleader, bartencder or porn actress.

[JitterbugPerfume]

55. my niece's daughter

named her child Precious Rose.I call her "hey you"

[Initech]

58. My favorite was Penn Jillette naming his kid "Moxie Crimefighter".

After - oh how I wish I was making this up - the imaginary crime fighting lesbian that lives in his head.

[rhiannon55]

63. I knew a woman who named her son Messiah.

Poor kid.

[Art_from_Ark]

64. There was a couple in Japan who tried to name their kid "Akuma"

which can mean "the Devil" or "evil spirit". The Japanese government had to step in and declare that that name was unacceptable.

[RiffRandell]

65. I'm reading the name is North.

http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-moms/news/kim-kardashian-kanye-west-name-baby-daughter-north-west-2013206

[politicat]

67. I know someone whose parents named zir Psyche.

Which isn't so bad until you consider zir surname.

Ward.

[LWolf]

68. So many.

Often, it's not the name, but the spelling that makes me cringe. In the ongoing effort to make sure that their darling, one of about 7 billion on the planet, will have a unique name, many parents go above and beyond creativity into the realm of illiteracy, adding and removing whole syllables. My students giggle at the way I pronounce their names. I explain that I pronounce them phonetically so that I'll remember how to spell them, and they are okay with that. They'd rather I say it wrong than spell it wrong.

When I get sick of a name, it's usually because I've seen too many of them.

I once had 7 Michaelas in one year, all spelled differently. Brianas have been ubiquitous, too.

The names come in waves. I've been known to browse the kindergarten classes downstairs to see what I can expect in another 6-8 years.

Some names that have worn out their welcome:

Tanner, Hunter, Parker, Dakota, Austin, Colten, Josh.

Kailey, Haley, Madison, Trinity, Destiny.

There are some unfortunate names that have only crossed my path once, but they are so rare I wouldn't post them. It would be like calling them out.

Edited to add: Many years ago, our school had one family who named their kids titles: Sir, Doctor, and Professor.

[HappyMe]

71. Sir, Doctor and Professor?

Maybe later in life they can change them for the reality of it: Slacker, Doofus and Problems.

[LWolf]

72. Yep.

It's been years; I've often wondered how they are doing out there in the world, lol.