‘It’s silly’ people cry as woman shares the dinosaur-inspired names she’s given her kids after watching Jurassic Park
A MUM has faced backlash over the ”silly” names she’s picked for her kids.
Finding the perfect moniker for your little one can be quite the task and while some parents pass baby names down through the generations, others find inspiration elsewhere.
This can often include turning to their favourite books, TV shows or movies – which is exactly what one woman did.
Sharing the naming journey, her baffled friend took to Reddit: “I know this lady and her and her kids are the sweetest, but she didn’t know what to name the oldest and she and her husband were watching Jurassic Park so they decided to name him with a dino theme.”
With this, the pair decided to name their firstborn son Trexton – inspired by T-Rex.
She went on in the post: “Her daughter has a relatively normal name but then she named her youngest boy Roarex to continue the theme.”
While the majority of fellow Reddit users shared their shock over the bizarre names, others brainstormed dino-inspired picks they reckoned would have been more appropriate.
One user said: “Rory’s a name. Why wasn’t Rory good enough?”
Another user thought: “Even just Juras would’ve been better.”
A third wondered: “Why can’t they use their silly names for the middle name? Ugh.”
One more user chimed in: “Roarex sounds like either a Pokémon or a creature from a Pokémon-like work.”
A final user said: “Could’ve just named him Rex…”
This comes after a woman was been urged to contact Childline after sharing the vampire-inspired name she heard on the school playground.
The parent explained how she had gone to pick up her son from daycare when she heard another mother shouting their child’s name.
Gobsmacked, the woman listened again to make sure she had heard it right before taking to the popular forum to condemn the kid’s parents for picking an “awful” moniker for the daughter.
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When I was a child, all I wanted was one of those personalised keyrings with my name on it.
But no joy, the closest I could find was Rosie, Joseph (not great for a little girl) and Joanne.
Josie is short for Josephine, which is a French name, and I managed to reach my 20s without ever meeting anyone who shared it.
When I try to introduce myself to people, I get all sorts of random things – like Tracey and Stacey – which can be pretty annoying.
Although I have come into contact with a couple of Josies over the last year – there seems to be a few of us around my age – it’s still a much rarer name than most of my friends have.
On the whole I don’t mind it, at least it’s not rude or crazily spelt.
And it means I can get away with ‘doing a Cheryl’ and just referring to myself as Josie.
I’m getting married this year and some friends are shocked that I’m changing my surname, as it’s not seen as very cool or feminist to do so these days, but I explain to them that I’m not that attached to Griffiths as I’d always just say ‘hi it’s Josie’ when ringing a mate up.
I think it’s nice to be unique and I’ll definitely try and replicate this when naming my own kids.
It’s the rude names you’ve got to watch out for, so after nine years as a lifestyle journalist I’ll definitely be avoiding those.
She said: “I thought surely my ears were deceiving me until she said it again.
”The name was Renesmee. Yes, like the alien baby from Twilight Renesmee.
“I’m still horrified writing this to be honest.
”Out of all the names from Twilight, she chose the worst one!
It’s just so bad. Rosalie, Bella, Alice, Victoria, etc none of those were good enough? I’m sick right now.”
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