NAME GAME
New parents are mercilessly mocked for naming their son after an electronics shop, and his nickname is even WORSE
The baby will allegedly be named after both of it's grandfather's careers
THERE are a lot of things to consider when picking a baby name - do you go the traditional route? Or opt for something more unique?
Well this couple made up their own name for their little one, and it's left people in hysterics.
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Writing on Facebook, the parents claimed they're naming the newborn after both of their father's careers.
"We're naming our son after the careers of both our father's," they wrote in the post.
"My dad, being a long time manager of RadioShack, and [the other] being a lifetime farmer."
The name they came up with? Shackstyn Hayfield.
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But that's not all, the couple also revealed they've already planned a nickname for the little one, which will be Radio.
And they're so set on the names they've already decorated the nursery with a big sign.
When the post was reposted in a popular Facebook group people couldn't believe the couple were serious.
One said: "Naming your baby after a farmer and an out-of-business electronic device store is WILD. This poor kid. Poor little Radio."
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A second agreed: "This might be the worst I've ever heard."
"Creativity is both misused and highly overrated," a third joked.
I’m a teacher and this is worst baby name ever – no one can say it and the parents used punctuation instead of letters (1)
"Oh my, I agree it has some flow to it but lord have mercy that's unfortunate," someone else said.
Meanwhile, others thought the name was so bad they were convinced the parents must be joking.
One wrote: "This absolutely can't be real... right?!"
"For the kid's sake, I hope this is a joke," another said.
Notably, the original post was shared on April Fool's Day, leading some people convinced the parents were joking after all.
But this isn't the only unusual name that left people shocked recently.
Posting in the 'Am I the A**hole' subreddit, one mum-to-be explained that she’d originally been excited when her husband wanted to name their unborn baby.
"When we first started talking about names, the 'boy name' was immediately decided: Stuart Jr., after my husband. No problem there, it’s a classic name and carries family meaning,” she explained.
However, things became ‘murky’ when the couple discovered they were expecting a little girl.
Instead of giving up on the moniker or saving it for a baby boy, her husband decided to take an alternative approach.
"My husband suggested Stuarta. No, you’re not having a stroke,” she wrote, adding: “Apparently, his logic is that since Stuart ends in ‘t’, we can just add an ‘a’ to make it feminine."
And her husband said he's not backing down when it comes to the name.
“He’s adamant though, says it ‘honours’ him while giving our daughter a unique name,” she told Redditors, adding that she’d even suggested alternatives.
The post continued: “Now, I love my husband dearly, and I understand wanting to honour family.
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"But I can’t imagine subjecting our daughter to a lifetime of awkward stares and endless questions about her ‘unusual’ name.”
Unsurprisingly, the group had a lot of opinions about the potential baby name.
One user even claimed that it was ‘misogynistic’ of the husband to get the final say, commenting: “Naming a child is a two yes and one no situation. This means you need two times yes for a name to be it and one no to make sure that name is not the name you choose.
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They added: “It is a bit misogynistic to only want to name the baby after the father.”
"Stuarta is probably one of the worst I’ve ever heard," complained another.
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