Humiliating names
- Selphie
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Video game nameDescription:
Selphie Tilmitt is a character in the popular video game Final Fantasy VIII. An orphan like the other main characters, she's described as upbeat, friendly, and energetic....though she wields a mean nunchuk. Given the name's resemblance to the photo term "selfie," this one is off the table, even for enthusiastic gamers.
- Sen
Origin:
Japanese mythology nameDescription:
Simple, Zen-like name of a mythological forest elf.
- Sextus
Origin:
LatinMeaning:
"sixth born"Description:
Just think about those inescapable "sexy" nicknames. The related Sixtus is not a huge improvement.
- Sharia
- Shooter
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
Previously known only as the nickname of Waylon "Shooter" Jennings, Jr., who's married to Sopranos star Drea DeMatteo, the violent Shooter recently became a proper name when painter Julian Schnabel used it for his newborn son with gallerist May Andersen: The little boy is named Shooter Sandhed Julian Schnabel, Jr. Does this mean that Schnabel's own first name is really Shooter? We're not buying that and see Shooter as a too-cool addition to such trendy badass baby names as Breaker and Rebel.
- Shy
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"reserved, timid"Description:
Not the most aspirational word names you could give to a child, although it does work as a nickname. Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter Chicago is often called Chi, pronounced "shy."
- Silence
Origin:
Word nameDescription:
The Puritans used it as a virtue name -- but today it would just be considered weird: silence is no longer golden.
- Siouxsie
Origin:
Modern invented nameMeaning:
"alternative spelling of Susie"Description:
Familiar due to the English musician Siouxsie Sioux, singer of the 1970s-80s rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees. Apart from its complicated look, the inclusion of the Native American tribe name Sioux in this name feels inappropriate by today's standards. Stick with Susie or Suzie.
- Sissy
Origin:
Diminutive of Cecilia; pet name for "sister"Meaning:
"sister"Description:
Old-fashioned nickname for a sister, almost never heard today.
- Skky
- Skyy
- Son
- Special
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"unusually better"Description:
Is there a more fitting choice for your unique and well, special little girl? For six sets of parents one recent year, the answer was no.
- Spurgeon
Origin:
NorseMeaning:
"little branch"Description:
Spurgeon entered the mainstream name lexicon when it was chosen for their son by Ben Seward and wife Jessa Duggar, from the US reality show 19 Kids and Counting starring their large family.
- Stalin
Origin:
RussianMeaning:
"steel"Description:
Stalin is a name to immediately strike from your list. The connections to the former leader of the Soviet Union, under the rule of whom many suffered and died, make it a choice in poor taste for an American baby.
- Superior
Origin:
English word nameMeaning:
"greater, greatest"Description:
Unashamedly grandiose word name.
- Symphany
- Square
- Tewdwr
- Tiny