Worker in disbelief over kid's 'awful' name she confronts mum to double check it
A woman has been left gobsmacked after seeing what a couple decided to name their child - and she was so shocked by the moniker, she was forced to confront them about it
While you can't choose your name from birth, you always have an option to change it later in life. That's exactly what one woman hopes a child will do after seeing what his parents decided to call him - leaving her so shocked by the moniker, she was forced to confront the couple.
Speaking on her behalf, her daughter explained how her mum proof-reads law journals for work - including 'Change of Name Notices'. When working through her paperwork, she came across two monikers that'll forever stay in her mind as the "cringiest" names she's ever heard. Sharing the names on Reddit's tragedeigh thread, the term used to describe a "deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more unique than it actually is," she said: "She just shared her two cringiest tragedeighs with me - Afrodyttie and Backpack.
"She doesn't remember Afrodyttie's birth name... Backpack used to be Bryan. I asked how she as a proof-reader could tolerate this mentally, and be sure the new name wasn't misspelled."
She came to learn her mum has to contact those submitting the paperwork to confirm or correct any issues they come across.
The woman added: "People fill out the form by hand. Mum gets faxes or Xeroxes, so if the pen skips or if the person has rubbish handwriting (which they usually do), she has to call the lawyer or the law journal's office, depending.
"Then they have to reach out to the Tragedeigh in question and wait to hear back, and then finally confirm with mum.
"She's telling me this, and I'm sitting here like... Why not just Aphroditeigh and Meth Head? Poor mum. Just trying to do her job. The woman's a saint."
Commenting on the names, one user said: "So the guy was named Bryan but is changing his name to Backpack?
"I would understand if it’s Backpack to Bryan. but Bryan to Backpack is kind of strange."
Another user added: "Aphrodite is unusual enough without also making it a tragedeigh. By the way, I’ve known women named both Aphrodite and Pandora.
"I had a client with a relative named Persephone. All perfectly valid choices. If you want to give your baby girl a unique name, it’s hard to go wrong with properly spelled Greek mythology. Just please don’t name her Medusa or Kakia."
A third user said: "My husband was a loan officer and once came across an applicant who had legally changed his name to Dramatic Art Performer because he had a really high opinion of his talent.
"A few years later he had it changed back to John Smith or whatever."
One more user added: "My pre-schooler named their teddy bear Backpack, so I’m honestly thrilled to see it in this context."