‘Why did you dirty your child?’ People call mom ‘selfish’ for ‘bold’ baby name
A WOMAN has been criticised as ‘selfish’ and ‘immature’ over the ‘bold’ name she gave her son.
The anonymous woman wondered if she had made a mistake with the spelling of her baby’s name. Many wanted to correct this.
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The mother, who writes under the username @fuheetareetuh, shared a post on Reddit Tragedy feed, captioned ‘Is my child’s name a tragedy?’
The slightly concerned mother asked social media users, “I just happened to stumble across this Subreddit and had to laugh to myself.”
She then confirmed, “My son’s name is Codah.”
Unsure whether she made the right decision with the spelling of her son’s nickname, she added: “Now I wonder if I made a mistake by adding the h at the end?
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“Is my child’s name a tragedy?”
Reddit users were stunned by the child’s name, with many reacting strongly to the mother.
Not only was she accused of treating her son “dirty,” others called the name “tragic.”
Someone said, “Daaaaaamn, why did you make your child so dirty?!”
Another added: “So many people don’t realise that their baby will be an adult at some point. A fitting title.”
A third commented: “Codah is not a name. Adding the H to it makes it even more tragic. Even without the H you’ve ruined it.”
Meanwhile, a fourth wrote: “I wouldn’t laugh. This is your child’s life.
“Believe it or not, a name has a huge impact on a child’s entire life. And naming your child something weird or edgy is just selfish and immature behavior from parents trying to be grumpy or weird or whatever.”
Banned names in the UK
In the UK there is no law restricting names, but names that contain obscenities, numbers, misleading titles or are impossible to pronounce are likely to be rejected when registering a child.
- Hitler
- Monkey
- Cyanide
- Mars-
- Akuma
- Chow-Tow
- villain
And that’s not all, another user wrote: “Every time someone in the office asks his name, they spell it wrong and then he has to spell it himself.
“He will spell his name the same way I did his whole life. I wish everyone would stop using incorrect spellings for a name. It’s a lifelong burden.”
Are Unique Baby Names Worth It?
You may think that a unique name will make you stand out, but is it really?
Josie Griffiths, deputy editor of Fabulous, talks about the problems she had with her name as a child.
As a child, I wanted nothing more than a personalized keychain with my name on it.
But it wasn’t. The closest I could get were Rosie, Joseph (not so nice for such a little girl) and Joanne.
Josie is short for Josephine, a French first name, and I’ve been in my twenties without ever meeting anyone with the same first name.
When I try to introduce myself to people I get called all sorts of random names like Tracey and Stacey and it can be quite annoying.
Although I’ve met a few Josies in the past year (there are a few around my age), it’s still a much rarer name than most of my friends’ names.
Overall I don’t mind it, at least it’s not crude or spelled weird.
And that means I can get away with ‘doing a Cheryl’ and just calling myself Josie.
I’m getting married this year and some friends are shocked that I’m changing my last name. It’s not considered cool or feminist these days. I explain to them that I’m not that attached to Griffiths because I always just say ‘Hi, I’m Josie’ when I call a friend.
I like being unique and I will definitely try to achieve this when naming my own children.
You have to watch out for the crude names, so after nine years as a lifestyle journalist I will definitely avoid them.
Someone else then chimed in: “Codah with an H feels tragic.”
In response to the haters, the anonymous poster later explained, “One of the reasons I added the H was because of the acronym ‘Child Of Deaf Adult.’
“I also just thought it looked cute. I like Koda, I almost wish I had chosen that.”
After reading all the comments, she also admitted: “I wasn’t sure if it would be considered a tragedy, I thought it was borderline.
“But I have to say you guys didn’t let me down tonight.”
