Weird World

22 genuinely ridiculous real-life names

Our names don’t define us, but they can make an impression in a subtle or overt way. They can tell our social class, to an extent.



They can seem unsuitable for some reason …



or entirely apt.

However, some names are just – well, ridiculous. Those are the ones that writer Fred Delicious was after with this tweet.

It would seem that everyone on Twitter knows someone with a ridiculous name, because these are just a fraction of the ones told to Fred.

Some sounded a little rude

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There were those with unfortunate famous counterparts.

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Some names make statements nobody would want to make.

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And the rhyming ones …

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