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If I ever call correctly from watching the weatherman in Nashville, there is a little town somewhere near the Kentucky / Tennessee border in Western Tennessee called Bug Tussle. That would make a good name....
I am from Pennsylvania so I get to choose from Intercourse, Blue Ball, Hazard, Panic, Bird in Hand, Normalville, Hop Bottom, Zelienople, Coraopolis, Hop Bottom, and Big Bottom to name a few. Good thing I don’t plan to have more kids.
After a city in general, no. "Charlotte", "Cheyenne", "Austin", "Sterling" are all cities and perfectly normal names.
That particular method and name "Auqulynn".... Yes. Use "Sydney" if you like Australia. Or "Alice [springs]". Or "Adelaine" (Adelaide)
Edit: I now recall that Aukland is NZ, not AUS. Apologies to New Zealand
Exactly. No hard and fast rule. London is okay (not my taste but not the worst) but Birmingham would be horrendous. Orlando would be fine, Tampa would be weird. (San) Francisco is obviously good, Sacramento would get you side-eye.
Used to live in Lubbock when I went to Texas Tech but never met anyone named that. Now I live in Kyle, Tx near Austin. Every year in May they have a huge festival for everyone named Kyle. I tried to get my nephew, Kyle to come down but he wasn’t able to make it. I have a son named Austin who now lives in Austin but when I named him, we lived in the area near Colorado and no where near the city of Austin.
orlando is just the spanish version of i think roland and was one of those spanish names that weren’t uncommon in the english speaking world (like fernando or juanita)
I HATE London as a name. Maybe because I first heard it used as a name for the ditzy heiress Paris Hilton caricature character in "the suite Life of Zach and Cody" and I thought that was quite funny and then people started actually using it for their children? It was mocking, you guys. It was making fun.
There are plenty of cities named after people that can work as names, I think that's usually the determining factor.
charlotte and adelaide were named after queens named….charlotte and adelaide so i don’t think people would associate them with the cities. adelaide is an old german name and charlotte is a french feminization of charles. cheyenne is a tribe and austin was the last name of one of the founders of english texas
I was watching a documentary and ran into the name "Winthrop Chanler Rutherfurd"and laughed. We have a small town in Washington State named Winthrop and thought that was a weird city to share a name with. Also because it's so snobby and ridiculous.
Winthrop is an old [Boston Brahmin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Brahmin#List_of_families) name. There are towns in Maine and MA with the same name. Traditionally, one son gets a maternal family surname as a first or middle name as a way to preserve the family ties. [Seems like that's what happened with Winthrop Rutherfurd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winthrop_Rutherfurd)--he was descended from the Winthrops and Chanler was his mother's maiden name.
I could even see Auckland spelled correctly as a name for a boy, I feel like it’s not too off from some of the more modern trendy names. But “Auqulynn” is horrible.
It sounds like they're not from Australia/NZ area, just like travelling. Would it make sense to pick a Maori name if they're not Maori heritage? (Maybe they are, idk)
I want to name my daughter Adelaide.
I don't want my child to have a name that, on paper, makes it stupid hard to pronounce, only to hear it and be like "oh, I can remember that, but don't ever ask me to spell it your way."
That is SO awful! Can you imagine, every time the kid's name is said everyone that knows their naming scheme...would immediately think about the parents having sex? I mean, we all know how kids come about so no biggie, but so trashy to connect the kid's name to the event.
Depends on the city... my daughter was born in Taylor and my son in Austin and those names would've been fine....
I didn't use em cause I'm not a fan per se.... but they would've been fine.
You know the answer. Auqulynn is a terrible tragedeigh of a name.
Cities could be fine of course, depending on the city, and whether it's the city, or some weird, mishmash, misspelled version of it like your example.
Heck, plenty of cities are named after people. Name your kid Francisco or Diego, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Austin, and on and on and on. All great names, non tragedeighs. Just don't change Austin to Aweston or Charlotte to Sharlit, or other nonsense like that.
Yeah, that's absolutely horrible.
I feel like there are ways to tastefully do a location based name, but that definitely isn't it. A roommate of mine went by their middle name Kili - they said that Kili was their middle name because their dad proposed to their mom on a trip to mt kilimanjaro, and so their middle name was an abbreviation of that. I feel like that makes sense, it still has personal significance but isn't egregious, and the name Kili stands on it's own as just a nice name.
Here are some of the lyrics to the song "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull. Play the song for your cousin and I think she'll pick a different name pretty quickly.
>Sitting on a park bench
Eying little girls with bad intent
Snot running down his nose
Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes
Hey, Aqualung
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run
Hey, Aqualung
Feeling like a dead duck
Spitting out pieces of his broken luck
Whoa, Aqualung
When you start fiddle faddling with the name, all names become a tragedeigh.
How about a middle name with the whole word? My friend named her some something like Patrick Milan and coincidentally, my other friend named her daughter Michaela Berlin.
It can work but only sometimes and in the right way. And Auckland is a hard sell….their nickname might end up as “ Auqie “
There was a post a few months ago about parents who named their child Tbilisi. It's a great city and I've been there, but it's a terrible name for a child.
That’s truly heinous. When I saw the heading I just thought “depends on the city.” Plenty of cities with lovely names. Not only is Auckland not one of them, but this tragedification is an abomination.
It really depends on what city, the reason for chosing it, and how bad you butcher the name.
I have niblings who are inexplicably named after 2 cities in a state none of us have ever visited, (I came the closest, I flew over it once) and one of those cities is very politically opposite of the parents views.
There is no fathomable reason for them to be named after these cities and there is no explanation from my SIL about how she came to those names. Taken separately they aren't too bad, but.... they're twins, so it always comes up and there is just no answer.
What's really shitty is when they ask me why they were named after places so far away. I'm the uncle with all the answers and I have nothing for this one.
"We're all hoping you'll have a taste for travel when you're older and explore lots of exciting faraway places!"
"Thanks, Uncle!"
"You're welcome, Provo."
If I were to have named my kid after where she was conceived she would be Marietta or Georgia. Those are both bad enough we decided not to go that route.
What in Sam's Hell is Auqulynn. Aw-kuh-lynne? Ow-que-lynn? Ow-Ku-Lynn?
Jfc what a mess lmao
I’m elderly as far as Reddit is concerned (almost 56), but when I tried to decipher “AUQULYNN,” I first saw, them immediately thought of “AQUALUNG” by Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson!! LMAO!!
Oh! If only there was a way to…I dunno…RESEARCH baby names, and any and all possible names that could be assumed, misconstrued, or flat-out (negative) nicknames that don’t go away for your innocent child, through say..a smartphone?! But hey, as long as the parents came up with a bastardized name that no one would ever conceive of…”yay, we’re so unique!” (Save all extra income for therapy and/or reassignment surgery later!)
FWIW…the actual lyrics of AQUALUNG are “so cute” for your cousin’s precious offspring! Lol
"Aqualung" by the British rock band Jethro Tull is about a homeless man named "Aqualung" who spends a cold day in a London park.
The song describes Aqualung's final breaths as having "rattling last breaths with deep-sea diver sounds".
The song tells the story of Aqualung watching children play, picking up a cigarette butt, using a public restroom, being offered tea by the Salvation Army, and being scared by and fleeing a prostitute named "cross-eyed Mary"
Wondering how the parents will incorporate those lyrics into “keepsakes!!” 😂😂😂
That baby will have to clarify and spell out her name five times every time she says it, poor thing. Audrey would give them that initial homage I think while still being recognizable, maybe with the middle name Quinn also. Audrey Quinn - Auckland
I would shamelessly name a little boy Auckland. Auqulynn is more than a tradjedeigh, it's a drävesteighe 💀
AQUALINE is the leading brand name in SEWER SYSTEMS
As someone who lives in Auckland, no one should be named after our city especially if they make it into that abomination. There is an alternative to Auckland though, Tamaki Makaurau (the Maori name for Auckland).
As far as cities go, Auckland is very average.
I like living here. But that's because I live here. There's no other real major cities in NZ - fite me.
But no, I would not call my kid this (if I were to ever have one which is never). This is a definite tragedeigh, especially with the spelling.
Auquard! Please don't do it. I have an unusual (non tragedeigh) name and have had to spell it out for everyone my whole life. It is annoying, but at least it is a proper name! This should be considered child abuse.
My dad wanted to name me either Loma Linda or Chula Vista, both places in California. With a very Irish last name. Ugh.
That said, Auqulynn is even worse.
In that way, yes. I named my son's middle name after the town he spent babyhood in, but it also doubles as a men's name with a correct spelling so it was just an opportunity ripe for taking.
What about Waverly Place Jong?
Why settle for cities when you can use street names.
Or countries..India, Erin, Holland, Jamaica...I know p with these names...
There was a time when I wanted to name my daughter Charlotte, and her middle name would have been Amalie, which is a family name (and not pronounced the same way as the name of the oil company). So she would have had the same name as a city… but not on purpose. But like, this is a normal spelling? And that’s not what I named her after all. Auqylynn is absolutely a tragedeigh.
Ngl when I was a teen I thought Auckland might be a cool name and used it for a character in a story, but I just spelled it the normal way. Like jfc you can just do that
Yes. Only 2 of my siblings aren't named after a city/country. Not only that but thwy are spelled with extreme tragedeigh. We are constantly compared to the cities. Even worse though? I have a friend named after the city she was born in. She lived there until the day she turned 19 and hated every day of it.
I am still waiting for a child named Castrop- Rauxel or Oer- Erkenschwik. These are legit towns in germany. For some reason people don't give it the same attention for baby names like Paris.
If she really wants to go with a homage to Auckland, the Maori name for Auckland is Tāmaki Makaurau (tah-mah-kee mah-koh-roh). Tāmaki is loads better than Auqulynn.
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Massive tragedeigh. Please don't like them do it.
One of the worst I’ve ever seen. Horrifying.
Name the kid Sydney! Oh Auqulynn is terrible.
>>Auqulynn makes me want to say "aqua land"
Well let’s just go with Aqua-man and grab our trident to ride out with! Who cares that it’s a little girl, she is Aquaman now!
Yup, my first thought as well- Aqua-man’s lost half sister.
Even Aqualand is better than Auqulynn
Aqua Lynn
Aqualung
Is it bad that i immediately heard "did I ever tell you about the time" in my head when I read the name?
Or Victoria.
Adelaide would be better, SouthAuastralia not so much
They could go for Christchurch…another New Zealand city…probably no problems with that option.
Wellington would be a nice choice.
Beef Wellington has a nice ring for a boy 🤷🏽♀️
One of my friends does mandrag and her stage name is Biff Wellington.
That’s so cute, I love that.
I had a NB AFAB coworker who is now known as Beef.
Why not Humpybong or Woolloomooloo?
Chumbawumba?
Sure they aren’t Jethro Tull fans?
That was my first thought too!
Aaaaqua lunnnggg!
THAT'S WHAT I SAID!!!
Auqulynn sounds like a prescription medication.
I can picture the commercial for it! Step aside Jardiance!
I mentioned in another post that I don’t like the name Brooklyn, or worse, BrookLynn. This is way worse. Auquard even.
I’ll gladly take Sydney, Victoria, Paris, London, Brooklyn, Georgia, Arizona, Carolina, etc over this!
Don't forget Dallas and Austin.
Most of those names are perfectly good!
Sydney has nothing to do with New Zealand though.
I read it like the Key & Peele sketch with the substitute teacher trying to read kids names. A- kwillin. Terrible.
Adelaide would be okay too
Am I the only person that thinks honoring a namesake doesnt include mispelling it?
"My daughter's name is Siouxzan. She's named after my grandmother, Susan."
"...and my favorite '80s rock band."
Yeah that’s the worst part IMO. Just name the damn kid Auckland
I'm from Indiana, so I'm gonna name my pretend kid French Lick.
French Lick, meet Painted Post
And his friend Truth or Consequences
and his other friend Intercourse
When I was working in financial services, we had a client who lived in Climax, Michigan.
But his brother's name was Blue Ball
Is Painted Post a cousin of Horseheads by chance?
I *literally* almost included “(cousin of Horseheads)” in my original post that is so mf funny 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I’m from Arkansas. I’m naming my kid Toadsuck.
You win. Omg, Toadsuck
If you’re from Oregon, try Boring! Or little Lookingglass.
Sandwich MA is not too far from Boston.
If I ever call correctly from watching the weatherman in Nashville, there is a little town somewhere near the Kentucky / Tennessee border in Western Tennessee called Bug Tussle. That would make a good name....
Why not South Bend?
I'm from Texas, so Imma name mine Cut 'n' Shoot.
I’m torn between Dime Box and Ding Dong.
I am from Pennsylvania so I get to choose from Intercourse, Blue Ball, Hazard, Panic, Bird in Hand, Normalville, Hop Bottom, Zelienople, Coraopolis, Hop Bottom, and Big Bottom to name a few. Good thing I don’t plan to have more kids.
Some cities - like Sydney, London, even Paris - are not that bad. But Auckland? And to spell it like that? Massive tragedeigh.
After a city in general, no. "Charlotte", "Cheyenne", "Austin", "Sterling" are all cities and perfectly normal names. That particular method and name "Auqulynn".... Yes. Use "Sydney" if you like Australia. Or "Alice [springs]". Or "Adelaine" (Adelaide) Edit: I now recall that Aukland is NZ, not AUS. Apologies to New Zealand
Exactly. No hard and fast rule. London is okay (not my taste but not the worst) but Birmingham would be horrendous. Orlando would be fine, Tampa would be weird. (San) Francisco is obviously good, Sacramento would get you side-eye.
Jackson Dallas Austin Can’t wait until I meet a Lubbock or a Kyle
Wait are you saying you've never met a Kyle??
In the mirror every morning unfortunately (and by mirror I mean the microwave)
Stop microwaving Kyle.
Stop microwaving, Kyle. Actually, feel free.
Let’s eat Kyle, grandma!
Used to live in Lubbock when I went to Texas Tech but never met anyone named that. Now I live in Kyle, Tx near Austin. Every year in May they have a huge festival for everyone named Kyle. I tried to get my nephew, Kyle to come down but he wasn’t able to make it. I have a son named Austin who now lives in Austin but when I named him, we lived in the area near Colorado and no where near the city of Austin.
orlando is just the spanish version of i think roland and was one of those spanish names that weren’t uncommon in the english speaking world (like fernando or juanita)
I always think of Orlando in the context of Shakespeare's "As You Like It," so I have no idea it was a Spanish name!
I’m a very distant relative to the Dawn in Tony Orlando and Dawn. Hence why he always comes to mind.
Most of the ones that work were names first and cities after. That’s why Augusta would work but Indianapolis would not
I HATE London as a name. Maybe because I first heard it used as a name for the ditzy heiress Paris Hilton caricature character in "the suite Life of Zach and Cody" and I thought that was quite funny and then people started actually using it for their children? It was mocking, you guys. It was making fun. There are plenty of cities named after people that can work as names, I think that's usually the determining factor.
Ha! London Tipton!
Tampa would absolutely get called Tampon in school.
Savannah.
charlotte and adelaide were named after queens named….charlotte and adelaide so i don’t think people would associate them with the cities. adelaide is an old german name and charlotte is a french feminization of charles. cheyenne is a tribe and austin was the last name of one of the founders of english texas
Yes, since a lot of cities are named after people it is pretty unremarkable to use those as names. But spell them as intended, not kre⁸ively!
addaleighdde 😍
Adelaide is a name.
Australia is a different country to New Zealand, totally different vibe.
I've met girls named Paris too.
I went to high school with a girl named Asia
I went to high school with two girls named Asia
My son's girlfriend's name is Asia. She's Jamaican lol
But hopefully no Montpelliers or Strasbourgs.
can't wait to meet a baby Chelyabinsk
Adelaide is a perfectly normal name, and I'm devastated I can't use it as my husbands whole family lives there.
I was watching a documentary and ran into the name "Winthrop Chanler Rutherfurd"and laughed. We have a small town in Washington State named Winthrop and thought that was a weird city to share a name with. Also because it's so snobby and ridiculous.
Winthrop is an old [Boston Brahmin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Brahmin#List_of_families) name. There are towns in Maine and MA with the same name. Traditionally, one son gets a maternal family surname as a first or middle name as a way to preserve the family ties. [Seems like that's what happened with Winthrop Rutherfurd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winthrop_Rutherfurd)--he was descended from the Winthrops and Chanler was his mother's maiden name.
I could even see Auckland spelled correctly as a name for a boy, I feel like it’s not too off from some of the more modern trendy names. But “Auqulynn” is horrible.
Or pick a Maori name.
It sounds like they're not from Australia/NZ area, just like travelling. Would it make sense to pick a Maori name if they're not Maori heritage? (Maybe they are, idk)
Adelaide is a legit name.
I want to name my daughter Adelaide. I don't want my child to have a name that, on paper, makes it stupid hard to pronounce, only to hear it and be like "oh, I can remember that, but don't ever ask me to spell it your way."
Like Guys & Dolls!
Truth or Consequences still refuses to speak to me.
Maybe if she could afford teeth, it would be easier for her.
My children Balls, Intercourse, and Goochland neither!
I knew someone that named all of their kids after where they were conceived. So there was a Nevada, a Dixie, a Cheyenne, and a Bonneville (the car).
Duluth Radisson, give your sister Rekyavik Microtel her toy back!
Duluth?! Haha!
I named my kids Kitchen Counter and Chevy Backseat for the same reason!
That is SO awful! Can you imagine, every time the kid's name is said everyone that knows their naming scheme...would immediately think about the parents having sex? I mean, we all know how kids come about so no biggie, but so trashy to connect the kid's name to the event.
My friend's daughter has the middle name Denali for that reason.
Cheyenne was the lucky one lol
This is the definition of a tragedeigh.
Depends on the city... my daughter was born in Taylor and my son in Austin and those names would've been fine.... I didn't use em cause I'm not a fan per se.... but they would've been fine.
My first husband was born in Bryan, TX and subsequently was named Bryan. That’s a fine name.
Only by a few miles did he miss being named College Station.
Oh please, do judge them harshly. It's deserved.
All city names are not horrible. Auqulynn is horrible for a number of reasons
You know the answer. Auqulynn is a terrible tragedeigh of a name. Cities could be fine of course, depending on the city, and whether it's the city, or some weird, mishmash, misspelled version of it like your example. Heck, plenty of cities are named after people. Name your kid Francisco or Diego, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Austin, and on and on and on. All great names, non tragedeighs. Just don't change Austin to Aweston or Charlotte to Sharlit, or other nonsense like that.
Yeah, that's absolutely horrible. I feel like there are ways to tastefully do a location based name, but that definitely isn't it. A roommate of mine went by their middle name Kili - they said that Kili was their middle name because their dad proposed to their mom on a trip to mt kilimanjaro, and so their middle name was an abbreviation of that. I feel like that makes sense, it still has personal significance but isn't egregious, and the name Kili stands on it's own as just a nice name.
I assume your roommate has a sibling named Fili.
Here are some of the lyrics to the song "Aqualung" by Jethro Tull. Play the song for your cousin and I think she'll pick a different name pretty quickly. >Sitting on a park bench Eying little girls with bad intent Snot running down his nose Greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes Hey, Aqualung Drying in the cold sun Watching as the frilly panties run Hey, Aqualung Feeling like a dead duck Spitting out pieces of his broken luck Whoa, Aqualung
Auqulynn sounds vaguely medicine. As though I just saw a commercial for it. “Ask your doctor or pharmacist if auqulynn is right for your condition.”
Sounds like aquaman but for a girl! Full on tragedy and tragedeigh
If they love New Zealand, there are plenty of horrible, correctly spelled options! Christchurch, Dunedin, Rotorua, Whangarei, Gisborne…
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu
Brooklyn is taken. Harlem is taken. I'm going with "upper east side". What do you guys think?
Hell’s Kitchen Smith III
That would be a jacked-up cruel tragedeigh and feel free to tell her I said so
All I see is Aqualung
Aqualine sells sewer systems 😭😭😭
Oh that's even worse.
No, it’s Shitteigh.
As long as it's spelled correctly, no. But nobody is going to pronounce "Auqulynn" correctly on the first try.
“Aqua-Lynn”, for me.
Here comes Little Aqualung.
Sitting on a park bench ...
You mean Ah-kwoo-lin?
When you start fiddle faddling with the name, all names become a tragedeigh. How about a middle name with the whole word? My friend named her some something like Patrick Milan and coincidentally, my other friend named her daughter Michaela Berlin. It can work but only sometimes and in the right way. And Auckland is a hard sell….their nickname might end up as “ Auqie “
Just go with Jafa. That works for most non-Auckland NZers.
If they like New Zealand, Alexandra was right there!!!
There was a post a few months ago about parents who named their child Tbilisi. It's a great city and I've been there, but it's a terrible name for a child.
Not at all. My child Intercourse and Bird in Hand are just fine.
You should have a Blue Ball, too, for a trifecta of weird Pennsylvania names.
We aren’t Perverse! 😂
Yes if the city is Lahore.
That’s truly heinous. When I saw the heading I just thought “depends on the city.” Plenty of cities with lovely names. Not only is Auckland not one of them, but this tragedification is an abomination.
An an Aucklander myself, I have to say that I don't think anyone here would recognise that... creation as having anything to do with us.
It really depends on what city, the reason for chosing it, and how bad you butcher the name. I have niblings who are inexplicably named after 2 cities in a state none of us have ever visited, (I came the closest, I flew over it once) and one of those cities is very politically opposite of the parents views. There is no fathomable reason for them to be named after these cities and there is no explanation from my SIL about how she came to those names. Taken separately they aren't too bad, but.... they're twins, so it always comes up and there is just no answer. What's really shitty is when they ask me why they were named after places so far away. I'm the uncle with all the answers and I have nothing for this one.
"We're all hoping you'll have a taste for travel when you're older and explore lots of exciting faraway places!" "Thanks, Uncle!" "You're welcome, Provo."
If I were to have named my kid after where she was conceived she would be Marietta or Georgia. Those are both bad enough we decided not to go that route. What in Sam's Hell is Auqulynn. Aw-kuh-lynne? Ow-que-lynn? Ow-Ku-Lynn? Jfc what a mess lmao
Now I’m thinking of Brooklyn Beckham.
There are plenty of cities that make good names. Brooklyn, Sydney, Vienna, London. I do not think Auqulynn is one of them.
No, I think City of Industry or Temecula are both beautiful names.
I just Auqulynn'd in my mouth a little
I knew a girl that had a “Londynn”
"Is “Auqulynn” a tragedeigh?" Oh my yes.
After a city in theory? No, lots of them are named after people, or are “close enough” to pass as names. Auckland? Tragedy. Auqulynn? Tragedeigh.
I’m elderly as far as Reddit is concerned (almost 56), but when I tried to decipher “AUQULYNN,” I first saw, them immediately thought of “AQUALUNG” by Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson!! LMAO!! Oh! If only there was a way to…I dunno…RESEARCH baby names, and any and all possible names that could be assumed, misconstrued, or flat-out (negative) nicknames that don’t go away for your innocent child, through say..a smartphone?! But hey, as long as the parents came up with a bastardized name that no one would ever conceive of…”yay, we’re so unique!” (Save all extra income for therapy and/or reassignment surgery later!) FWIW…the actual lyrics of AQUALUNG are “so cute” for your cousin’s precious offspring! Lol "Aqualung" by the British rock band Jethro Tull is about a homeless man named "Aqualung" who spends a cold day in a London park. The song describes Aqualung's final breaths as having "rattling last breaths with deep-sea diver sounds". The song tells the story of Aqualung watching children play, picking up a cigarette butt, using a public restroom, being offered tea by the Salvation Army, and being scared by and fleeing a prostitute named "cross-eyed Mary" Wondering how the parents will incorporate those lyrics into “keepsakes!!” 😂😂😂
Auqulynn to me reads "Aqualung".
That baby will have to clarify and spell out her name five times every time she says it, poor thing. Audrey would give them that initial homage I think while still being recognizable, maybe with the middle name Quinn also. Audrey Quinn - Auckland
Auqulynn is either some kind of dishwasher detergent or an '80s cartoon character (Aqua Lynn, a la She-Ra).
Auckland isn't a tragedeigh, but whatever that spelling is, is.
Aqualung.
OMG that's fuckin' terrible.
I would shamelessly name a little boy Auckland. Auqulynn is more than a tradjedeigh, it's a drävesteighe 💀 AQUALINE is the leading brand name in SEWER SYSTEMS
There was Dallas from Phoenix, Cleveland he was from Detroit... and Tex....i can't remember where Tex come from.
Why not add a D to the end. It’s Auckland not Aucklan. Either way, still a shitty name
Auckland itself would infinitely be better than the monstrosity they came up with as a name.
I mean, it depends on the city. I’m partial to Walla Walla Washington.
As someone who lives in Auckland, no one should be named after our city especially if they make it into that abomination. There is an alternative to Auckland though, Tamaki Makaurau (the Maori name for Auckland).
that name is auqward
As far as cities go, Auckland is very average. I like living here. But that's because I live here. There's no other real major cities in NZ - fite me. But no, I would not call my kid this (if I were to ever have one which is never). This is a definite tragedeigh, especially with the spelling.
As someone who is actually _from_ New Zealand, Auqulynn is absolutely gross and offensive to my eyes.
There is a suburb in Auckland called New Lynn. Just call the child Lynn!
Auquard! Please don't do it. I have an unusual (non tragedeigh) name and have had to spell it out for everyone my whole life. It is annoying, but at least it is a proper name! This should be considered child abuse.
My dad wanted to name me either Loma Linda or Chula Vista, both places in California. With a very Irish last name. Ugh. That said, Auqulynn is even worse.
In that way, yes. I named my son's middle name after the town he spent babyhood in, but it also doubles as a men's name with a correct spelling so it was just an opportunity ripe for taking.
That’s definitely a tragedeigh.. Dallas and Orlando are not. Sydney is not. Florence is not. Etc.
Don't intentionally misspell it, people.
What about Waverly Place Jong? Why settle for cities when you can use street names. Or countries..India, Erin, Holland, Jamaica...I know p with these names...
There was a time when I wanted to name my daughter Charlotte, and her middle name would have been Amalie, which is a family name (and not pronounced the same way as the name of the oil company). So she would have had the same name as a city… but not on purpose. But like, this is a normal spelling? And that’s not what I named her after all. Auqylynn is absolutely a tragedeigh.
I was thinking it was a really misspelled version of Jacqueline when I read that.
Dreadful
Depends on the city, and yes, in this case, it's a bad idea
Ugh if they like that name so much, they should change one of their names to it and give their child a freaking chance
Adelaide!
Oh Aqualung
These parents shouldn't be allowed to have children.
Ngl when I was a teen I thought Auckland might be a cool name and used it for a character in a story, but I just spelled it the normal way. Like jfc you can just do that
As an Austin, yes.
Am I the only one who has Aqualung by Jethro Tull stuck in their head?
Yes. Only 2 of my siblings aren't named after a city/country. Not only that but thwy are spelled with extreme tragedeigh. We are constantly compared to the cities. Even worse though? I have a friend named after the city she was born in. She lived there until the day she turned 19 and hated every day of it.
Even “Auckland” would be better than Auqulynn. 🙁 (Auckland: the lesser tragedeigh)
Not necessarily depends on the city. There is a kid in our class name Aspen. He got lots of up the Aspen jokes.
Aqualung?
I am still waiting for a child named Castrop- Rauxel or Oer- Erkenschwik. These are legit towns in germany. For some reason people don't give it the same attention for baby names like Paris.
As an Auqulnnder that is definitely a tragedeigh.
God, people are dumb! You know people are gonna call the poor kid Aqualung, right?
If she really wants to go with a homage to Auckland, the Maori name for Auckland is Tāmaki Makaurau (tah-mah-kee mah-koh-roh). Tāmaki is loads better than Auqulynn.
Krystchuurtch.
Totes auq
Shit. No. No. No. Adelaide? Sure Sydney? Meh Victoria (technically a state. But also a state named after a person) But no.
There’s plenty of cute city/geographic location names but not Auqulynn.
Awk-Lynn One of the worst tragedeighs I’ve seen
That's one of the worst offending tragedeighs we've gotten in recent times. That's like a three alarm tragedeigh my friend.
Auqulynn sounds like the name of a female dolphin that raps