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Humiliating names

  1. Trigger

    • Origin:

      English word name

    • Meaning:

      "releasing device; to initiate"

    • Description:

      This name might be too, well, triggering.
  2. Trillion

    • Origin:

      English word name

    • Meaning:

      "third power of a million"

    • Description:

      It's difficult to conceptualize the numerical value of a trillion, but this extraordinarily large number name is a rising choice for baby boys.
  3. 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.
  4. Turbo

    • Origin:

      English word name

    • Meaning:

      "spinning; incorporating a turbine"

    • Description:

      Turbo debuted on the charts in 2020, when it was given to six baby boys.
  5. Urien

    • Origin:

      Welsh

    • Meaning:

      "of privileged birth"

    • Description:

      Too close to the name of a bodily fluid.
  6. Vanity

    • Origin:

      English word name

    • Meaning:

      "excessive pride or self-admiration"

    • Description:

      An anti-virtue name if there ever was one. GIrl names ending in -ty (think Serenity, Royalty) are currently chic, but Vanity is best avoided.
  7. Velva

    • Description:

      Velva is a feminine name that may have originated as a variant of Velma, which has German origins meaning 'determined protector.' Alternatively, it might relate to Latin 'velum' meaning 'veil' or 'covering.' Velva has a soft, vintage quality reminiscent of names popular in the early 20th century. The name reached its peak of modest popularity in the United States during the 1910s-1920s. Today, Velva is quite rare, offering a distinctive choice with a gentle, nostalgic charm. Its soft consonants create a delicate impression, while the name still carries a sense of substance and history.

  8. Vice

    • Origin:

      English word name

    • Meaning:

      "moral depravity or corruption"

    • Description:

      This scary word name was given to five baby boys in the US in 2013, entering the lexicon for the first time. Are the boys named Vice destined for a life of crime, or the creation of a media empire?
  9. Vegina
    • Whizdom

      • Origin:

        Spelling variation of Wisdom

      • Description:

        Configuration coined by troubled former NBA star Jayson Williams for his daughter.
    • Wm

      • Origin:

        Abbreviation of William

      • Description:

        Were boys really named Wm at the turn of the last century, or was the old-timey abbreviation of William simply what was noted on the official records? We're guessing the latter, but as the Social Security Administration counts each spelling of a name in its tally and doesn't presume to change Wm into William (or Bryleigh into Briley, or is it Brylee?), this name stands as is through the ages.
    • Woody

      • Origin:

        Word name or diminutive of Woodrow, English

      • Meaning:

        "row of houses by a wood"

      • Description:

        While Woodrow is too forbidding, its nickname Woody is a bit cartoonish, as in Woody Woodpecker and the animated cowboy character in Toy Story. Woody also has a slang meaning that no teenage boy will thank you for. Woody Allen was born Allen.
    • Zero

      • Origin:

        Italian from Arabic and Sanskrit

      • Meaning:

        "void"

      • Description:

        Zero has been documented as a given name before, but it's largely familiar as a stage name (such as Zero Mostel, born Samuel Joel Mostel) and comic book and anime characters.

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