What do you think would make cute baby names if they didn’t mean what they meant?

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1. Gooch

2. Latrina.

3. Last time this was posted I believe one of the top suggestions was “Omelette”

4. Clamydia sounds like an elegant Shakespearian lady.

5. Amnesia

6. Spuduliké

7. You have Faith, Hope and Charity, but never Promiscuity

8. Fanny is quite popular considering.

9. (P)Neumonia

10. reminds me of this post in another Subreddit:

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    [https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/17bhylb/congratz_on_the_newborn_dutch_couple_names_their/](https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/17bhylb/congratz_on_the_newborn_dutch_couple_names_their/)

11. Melena.

    (Medical word for the sticky, stinky black tar like poo you get from bleeding into your intestine)

12. Anthrax

13. When I first heard the song ‘Tsunami’ by the Manic Street Preachers I thought it was a name, and thought it sounded pretty!

14. Booberella

15. Labia, Urethra, Climax.

    Loosely similar in terms of the sounds they use to names like Olivia, Aretha and Max.

16. Incontinentia

17. Lilette

18. Melanoma

19. Areola

20. Chlorella

21. So many greek medical names would sound pretty if they didn’t mean horrible diseases. Leukaemia and Edema come to mind

22. Pipette

23. Enema and Clyster

    Bonjela and Triptan

24. Belly

25. Candida

26. Asbestos is a cool name.

27. Covid.

28. Anything with S, F, or L sounds will be pretty euphonious. Syphilis. Philistine. Phyllo. Laughter. Listeria.

    Edited to add: Salmonella

29. Lucifer

30. I used to work with someone called Candida.

31. Chyme’s a lovely name…

32. There is/was a pornstar called Veruca James, I wonder if she got it from Roald Dahl and didn’t realise how off putting that name is meant to be.

33. Clitoria.

34. Zero sounds cool to me. But last time I mentioned everyone balked at me. But there’s an actor named Zero Mostel.

35. Vagina

36. I’ve always loved Lucifer

37. Quinoa. Meringue. Claret.

38. Vas, short for Vas Deferens

39. Legionella

40. Yamero

41. “Field” is quite pretty for a girl. Or “Artemia” which means brine shrimp.

42. Malaria is the hill I’m willing to die on!

43. Spirogyra.

    It’s an algae.

44. Phlegm

45. Syphilis

46. Lamia. Being a baby eating snake monster doesn’t help.

47. Dave!

48. I’d like to see the return of some old names that are no longer used, like Dick as an abbreviation of Richard, and Fanny which is a name of French origin meaning “free”.

    Free Fanny would be lovely, and Dick and Fanny would be nice names for a couple.

    “Have you heard? Dick and Fanny are engaged!”

    “Really? I knew Dick was into Fanny so I’m not surprised, they make a lovely couple, they were made for each other”.

49. Dementia always sounds like a posh girl’s name to me.