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Marita Moloney & Amy Browne

Parenting site shares 100 'worst' baby names of all time with some Irish people set to be disappointed

Choosing the perfect baby name is no mean feat, with the very personal choice often facing strong opinions from friends and family members.

In 2020, the most popular choices for girls were Grace, Fiadh, Emily, Sophie and Ava.

The top five picks for boys were Jack, James, Noah, Daniel and Conor.

For new parents, while it's one thing choosing something quirky, or unique, some names just leave you shaking your head.

It seems there are dozens of names that can get people worked up - 100 of them to be precise.

That's according to parenting site, Emma's Diary, who recently shared their thoughts on the top 100 'worst' baby names of all time.

None of the top ten names popular among Irish parents make the list.

However, there are certainly some other picks very popular among people in Ireland.

Some of the names featured are more commonly associated with other items - Flora, Maybelline, Chardonnay - while some seem like perfectly fine names, but were included for their unusual spellings, as the Liverpool Echo reports.

There's also names in the list that are associated with songs - Alice, Alice, who the f*** is Alice - while others, like Boris, are associated with high profile people and need no further explanation.

Of course, the list is intended to be a bit of fun, with no offence intended and Emma’s Diary encourages parents-to-be to use whatever name they love, regardless of what anyone else thinks.

Here's the full list:

Possibly the worst girls' names

Alexa

Aliviyah

Alice

Apple

Appaloosa

Arabella

Ahmiracle

Any

Aimee

Baby

Beberly

Blaykelee

Boomquifa

Chardonnay

Deirdre

Delilah

Elizabreath

Emmi

Ethel

Fanny

Flora

Helga

Hellzel

I’munique

Jerica

Karen

Lana

L’Oreal

Mattel

Maybelline

Mercedes

Merica

Mia

Nevaeh

North

Panthy

Phelony

Precious

Princess

Sassi

Skye

Sidero

Star

Thana

Tracey

Tu Morrow

Varaminta

Vejonica

Yuu

Possible the worst boys' names

Abaddon

Adolf

Anous

Ajax

Akuji

Arthur

Arlo

Bart

Bear

Bob

Boris

Boss

Brian

Buster

Cannon

Cletus

Champ

Chandler

Danger

Dennis

Dick

Diesel

Doyle

Ebolah

Edwood

Elmo

Geoffrey

George, John and Kevin are on the list. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

George

Graham

Hitler

Inspektor

Jax

Jedi

John

Justin

Keeler

Kevin

King

Legend

Louis

Lucifer

Nigel

Sadman

Satan

Simon

Sonny

Spartacus

Stormy

Yugo

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