‘You can’t be serious,’ people cry as mum shares baby’s unique name – others say it ‘sounds like a troll’
A MUM came under fire after sharing the unique name she gave to her daughter.
People couldn’t wrap their heads around the moniker, joking it sounded like something you’d call a troll.
The name was shared in a post on a Reddit group dedicated to name shaming.
Reddit user Pnknbby explained that she came across the unusual moniker when her former classmate posted about her newborn.
“[I] decided to check Facebook for the first time in awhile and the first thing I see is that a girl I went to middle school with named her daughter Creeklee,” the poster wrote.
“I think that is the worst name I heard so far.”
She pointed out that people seem to be following the same trend when naming their children.
“You can’t put ‘ly,’ ‘lee,’ or ‘leigh’ behind any word and make it a name,” she said.
She gave the examples of other names inspired by bodies of water that would’ve been more appropriate.
“I don’t like these names but they would’ve been a lot better: River, Riverly, Lake, Lakely, Ocean,” she explained.
Creeklee is an example of what Redit users refer to as a tragedeigh name.
The term is used to describe “a given name that has been deliberately misspelled or completely made up to appear more unique than it actually is.”
Reddit users shared their thoughts on the unusual name in the comments section.
“I’m imagining a cartoonish river troll. ‘Oh, your shovel went missing? Must of been Ole Creeklee,'” joked one reader.
“This is such a ‘girl I knew in middle school whose birth announcement I accidentally saw on Facebook’ thing to name a child,” said another commenter.
“This sounds more like sounds birds could make. Cree! Klee! Cree! Klee!” wrote a third person.
“My arthritis is causing my joints to go all sorts of creekly,” commented another Redditor.
Are Unique Baby Names Worth The Hassle?
YOU may think having a unique name helps you to stand out, but is it all it's cracked up to be?
Fabulous’ Deputy Editor Josie Griffiths reveals the turmoil she faced with her own name while growing up.
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.
“I closed my eyes for a moment in sheer resignation after reading that name,” said one person.
“Creeklee sounds like: ‘That’s a really old chair. It’s a bit creeklee,'” pointed out another reader.
“I do know someone with a son named Creek. I’m still not sure how I feel about it,” wrote one commenter.
“Reminds me of Pleakley, from Lilo & Stitch,” said another Reddit user.
“So sick of the ‘ly’ endings of made up names. Can we start the trend of ‘bert’ instead? Instead of like Kaylee can we have Kaybert instead?” asked one viewer.