A WORKER was shocked by the demeaning nickname her colleague gave her son.
Others were also confused by the unusual name, which means “sad” or “dark.”
Editor Pax_26 shared the names on the “Tragedeigh” forum, where users post misspelled or made-up nicknames.
She admittedly didn’t know why someone would give a baby such a “sad” name.
“I’m not sure if this is a tragedy, per se, since both names are at least spelled correctly, but I had a co-worker who named her daughter Melancholy,” she said.
“When I found out about this on my first day of work, I thought, ‘Oh, that’s sad for her. What’s her middle name?'”
She probably wished she’d never asked.
“My new boss took great pleasure in telling me it was Moon,” she said.
You heard right.
“Yes, he named his daughter Gloomy Moon,” she said.
“He nicknamed her Melly, which I think is just a little nicer,” she continued.
“I don’t know why you would do that to a child. So maybe this is just a melancholy tragedy and not a tragedy, but I thought I’d share anyway!”
One Redditor had their own theory about how the name was chosen.
“This guy just wants to be in an indie band so bad, doesn’t he? This sounds like a Smiths or Weezer album,” they said.
Others were equally surprised by the nickname.
“Melancholy is not a name; It’s an adjective”, highlighted another.
“Melly is a horrible nickname,” they added. “Might as well call her Belly. Go with Melanie.”
Another person commented that they “wouldn’t name a child or pet” anything that was remotely related to “sadness, anger, violence or death.”
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“On the other hand, she could grow up to be a very happy person just out of irony,” they noted.
However, not everyone was against the sounds of the name, despite its depressing meaning.
“Part of me loves it – melancholia is such a beautiful word, like Trisse in French it sounds like a beautiful name – but it’s obviously not a good name,” admitted one Redditor.
“You know what? I think I would have preferred Melancholia,” the original poster responded.
“At least you could nickname her Lia.”
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