A new mum has been trolled for choosing Harry Potter -themed names for her twin babies.
The woman decided on the unusual monikers for her baby boys after becoming a huge fan of the book and movie franchise.
But after deciding to share the names with her best friend, the mum took offence when her pal didn't share her enthusiasm for the names, reports the Daily Star.
Taking to Reddit to explain the fall out the mum's best friend explained: "My friend (let’s call her Nicola) wanted to keep the baby names a secret as everyone knows the sex of the babies and she’s having a scheduled C-section so she wanted some element of surprise.
"She’s also a massive Harry Potter fan and had hinted about there possibly being a link so I expected a Harry Potter name in there somewhere.
"Anyway, she decided she was too excited to keep it in any longer and rang to me to ask me if I wanted to know the names they have chosen. It went something like this...
"Me: ooh yes please, I would love to know!
"Nicola: Albus Tony and Severus Callum.
"Me: (long pause) wow!
"Nicola: (fuming) thanks for that, I can tell you hate them. Thanks so much for ruining this moment for me! (Hangs up)
"Albus and Severus are obviously from Harry Potter, Tony is after her dad and Callum is a family member from her other half's side I think.
"I feel awful because I paused for so long. I have tried to message and call her to apologise and say I do like the names.
"(I don’t, Severus Callum has got to be the most random name I’ve ever heard of) but she keeps ignoring me."
"I feel really awful. I feel like I'm the a******* because I didn’t manage to control my reaction and I ruined a moment she’s obviously waited so long for.
"My other half says I’m not the a******* because they are stupid names."
But people agreed the names were questionable and some even said the children would get 'bullied'.
One said: "Albus Tony and Severus Callum are ridiculous names, it's almost like she wants them to get bullied."
Another added: "If she wants a Potter name, then use Brian or Bill, or Fred, George, Dean, HARRY, Viktor, etc. Plenty of choices that won't get her kids beat up."
A third user added: "Readers made fun of those names when they were given to a literal child IN Harry Potter. What's Nicola thinking will happen in the real world?"
