155+ Names That Mean Trouble

  1. Trigger
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "releasing device; to initiate"
    • Description:

      This name might be too, well, triggering.
  2. Balbina
    • Origin:

      Roman
    • Meaning:

      "stammerer"
    • Description:

      The Ancient Roman Balbina is the feminine form of Balbus or Balbinus. While certainly unique, it's hard to imagine this name will go far in the modern English-speaking world.
  3. Atropos
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "inevitable, inflexible"
    • Description:

      Atropos is one of the three Fates of Greek Mythology. She and her sisters determined life from birth to death—Atropos determined how one would die and would cut the thread of life. Her Roman equivalent is Morta.
  4. Power
    • Origin:

      Word name
    • Description:

      Power is one of the new crop -- Justice, Liberty, Peace -- of strong, clear-cut, declarative choices, though this one carries more assertiveness than virtue.
  5. Kaliber
    • Origin:

      Variation of Caliber, English word name
    • Meaning:

      "ability level; diameter of a gun barrel"
    • Description:

      Spelling it with a K doesn't do much to separate Kaliber from Caliber's violent image.
  6. Sharar
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "enemy"
    • Description:

      Biblical name from the Old Testament.
  7. Talman
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "injured, oppressed"
    • Description:

      Extremely rare yet with an on trend sound, although the meaning may put parents off.
  8. Ruckus
    • Origin:

      English word name
    • Meaning:

      "disturbance, commotion"
    • Description:

      One of the latest in a suite of rowdy boy names, including Chaos, Wrecker, Lawless, and Rowdy itself.
  9. Peabody
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "having the body of a gnat"
    • Description:

      Peabody is a quintessentially Waspy surname that your child won't thank you for -- either the pea part or the body part, or the meaning part.
  10. Puma
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "big cat"
    • Description:

      Lithe and leonine name chosen for her daughter by singer Erykah Badu -- whose other child has the number name Seven.
  11. Warrior
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "wage war"
    • Description:

      Could a child named Warrior be anything but fierce and willful? We count Warrior among our Magic Names, those that are chosen for their ability to influence and protect their bearers. We see Warrior rising significantly in the next few years, joining current favorites like Legend, Hero, and Saint.
  12. Hamill
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "scarred"
    • Description:

      Though we usually think a name's image in contemporary culture supersedes its ancient meaning, this is a case where the definition could undermine a child's self-esteem.
  13. Fogarty
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "exiled one"
    • Description:

      Fogarty has the Old Fogey problem.
  14. Tuff
    • Origin:

      Invented name
    • Description:

      Tuff, a corruption of "tough," has been given to approximately 50 baby boys each year for the past few years. Tough, on the other hand, has never charted as a baby name.
  15. Jareb
    • Origin:

      Hebrew
    • Meaning:

      "he will struggle"
    • Description:

      Unfortunately, everyone will just hear Jared.