An Aussie mum has dished out the “wild” baby names she now feels relieved she didn’t pick for her kids.
Tammy Hembrow, a fitness star with more than 17.6 million Instagram followers, is known for her unique baby name choices — with her eight-year-old son named Wolf and daughters Saskia, aged seven, and 18-month-old Posy.
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Now she has videoed herself reading out an old list of the controversial baby names she uncovered from her phone.
“I don’t know what I was thinking when I wrote these names down,” the 29-year-old said, laughing.
“I thought why am I gatekeeping this? Why not share these?
“It’s going to suck if I post these and then one day I’m going to have another child and I’ll want these names — but here we go.”
Tammy said she would have opted for Sailor if she hadn’t named her oldest daughter Saskia.
“This is what I almost named Saskia, I actually love this name so much, I still love it — Sailor,” she said.
“I just think it’s really cute.”
Next on her list is Hercule, which she pronounces her-KEWL.
“Like Hercules, but Hercule. I liked the name for a while … but I probably wouldn’t use it,” Tammy said.
‘So cute’
For a gender-neutral name, she thought Sunny was “so cute”.
Tammy said ever since she heard the name Ruma, she always wanted it for a baby girl.
“I actually love this name for a little girl. I thought it was really cute,” she said.
Next was Suki after Tammy was inspired by a Sookie Stackhouse, a fictional character from TV series True Blood.
“I like saying Suki … because I used to love that show and it just made me be obsessed with that name,” she said.
For a boy, she had Ezekiel and Leonidas, short for Leo.
‘Immediate no’
Some names she now regrets include Mercy and Honor.
“I don’t really like Honor anymore, (it’s) like ‘Your honor’. Can’t say I love that name anymore,” she said, laughing.
“I can’t say I like Mercy (now) either… (although) Mercy is kind of cool for a little girl.”
Tammy said she was obsessed with the name Love for a girl — but not after watching Netflix’s You, a psychological thriller series.
“I used to love Love but ever since You, the girl’s name was Love, I just can’t not think of that girl anymore, so Love is an immediate no,” she said.
When Tammy was pregnant with her third child, daughter Posy, Jupiter was her top pick for her name.
“I actually wanted to use this name when I was pregnant with Posy. This was literally the top of my list,” she said.
“The nickname would be like Jupey… Little Jupe. I actually loved Jupiter and wanted to call my next baby that but my whole family was like, ‘Please god no.’
“Can’t say I love that one anymore.”
She also loved the name Klaus after watching “too much Vampire Diaries” and Grey because she thought the moniker was “chic and vibey”.
Other names on her list included Cleo, Violet, Hazel, Roman, Alexie, Dimitri, Phoenix, Olive and Hazel.
‘I’m wheezing’
Her video has been viewed more 1.1 million times, with many saying they were laughing hysterically over her “wild” name choices.
“I’m wheezing at Hercule,” one said.
Another joked: “You can’t convince me there isn’t a disease called Leonidas.”
One suggested: “Love Sailor. Leonidas sounds like a ‘condition’.”
Another added: “Jupiter kind of slays though.”
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