Is it that parent are trying to be unique in naming their child? It is somewhat surprising seeing parent giving their children the kind of name that one can easily dissociate him or herself from such person. In year 2011, a name his child “Facebook” and it goes viral, people were wondering why he should give his child such name and he replied to everyone that care that, Facebook help them a lot during that year that led to unseating of their country president and the whole Arab benefited from Facebook social media because, it help them to spread the message to the world, what they are experiencing in the hand of their leader then.
Around September too, one woman named her child "HASHTAG" something that is associated with searching on twitter.

Here are a few of the highlights from Baby Center's very strange list:

Girls:
Fashion-conscious: Couture, Fedora
Rolling Stones fans: Jagger
Altered names: Joshitha
J-names: J'adore, Jazzy, Jeevika, Juju, Jury
Aspirational: Ace, Admire, Excel, Monalisa, Oasis, Queenie
Places: Americus, California, Zealand
Just plain weird: Inny, Yoga

Boys:
Aspirational: Bond, Casanova, Jedi, Legacy, Popeye, Rogue, Elite
Nirvana fans: Cobain
Altered names: Devid, Donathan, Villem, Xenon, Zaniel
Religious: Exodus, Savior
Dad picked this: Espn, Burger, Ball
Just plain weird: Cello, Drifter, Four, Goodluck, Google, Haven'T, Hippo, HToo, Pate

"Pate"? Seriously?

"These parents value creativity and nonconformity above other attributes in a name. Their goal is to come up with a name that is truly unique. By definition, they don't want to fit in. They want their children to be individuals who stand out from the crowd," Baby Center's Global Editor in Chief Linda J. Murray told Yahoo! Shine. "While we've all cringed at a baby name here and there, the good news is that most children end up liking their names. Less than 10 percent of adults want to change their name."

UNUSUAL BABY NAME 2012

Just passing by....

larrymoore: Just passing by....

I beg don't just pass by, chose one of those name first before it finish, lol

I dnt even know what to say. Abeg somone should borrow me a few words

Must we copy everything from foreign forums? That article is meant for foreigners and not Nigerians or Africans. let's always learn to localize things on here.

Come to Bayelsa and hear really funny names.lol

Thought i would see names like adija, afusat, aishat, limota, ridwan, kabiru stil counting @op all these listed names are for gorillas and chimpaz

"Akpors"

My baby's name is 'Hallmark', i wonder where it falls in the list.

mtcheeeew ! NONSENSE ! * continues chewing Aloe Vera and Kolanut*

hw is ''GOODLUCK'' a weird name?

it's kinda silly

This one get as e be o. *grabs paper and goes to toilet*

maxwello.yg:
mtcheeeew ! NONSENSE ! * continues chewing Aloe Vera and Kolanut*

*falls from aloe vera tree*

HToo?

Wtf? Is that a klingon name or something

[size=15pt] @OP How About TROLL?
Yea Yea, trolls have been existing for long,
I Was Born 9/1/2012 (check my profile)
And I'm The First Officially Named This Year. Yayy!!! [/size]

Chicolee: This one get as e be o. *grabs paper and goes to toilet*

abeg close dat door oh... before nairaland front page go turn upside down..

[left][/left]still cherish some old school names like; Uloaku, Agbomma, Udochi, ihekerenma, Ihedinma....
Africans still show how colonised they are by bearing foreign names. Glad I was given a core traditional name. That will do me.

The Espn part got me cracking. The christener must be a die hard sports channel fan.

there r some really strange names tho...

anything but 'TOBIAS' or 'GREEN-GORY'.

These names are not funny joooo. The craziest name of 2012 is PENNISON, my neighbors Son. I think he meant DICKSON.

...don't know what to say

Mukina page never ceases to amaze me.

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free2ryhme: "Akpors"

O Boy that Name is Fine
But [size=14pt]Akpor[/size] is Ugly

A chelsea fan named his child "Drogba" sorry drogba is no longer with chelsea
A woman who sells hots (paraga) named her son "CHELSEA" (pronounced locally) was it a bottle of chelsea dry gin dat gave the father of the child energy and inspiration or what?

Back to our root. Names like: garri, babalawo, mallam, iyabo, maimuna, njoku, obaji, osama etc

I will name my child nairaland