Have you ever made a joke and then someone took it too far?
Well, imagine joking to your friend about an awful baby name, only to find she actually ended up using it for her newborn boy.
This happened to one woman, who has shared the experience on Reddit.
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The woman explained that when her best friend was pregnant with her son, “she had a huge list of names”.
Her best friend asked her which name on the list was her favourite, to which the woman said she liked Oliver, but she “spelt it ‘Aulliver’ over text, as a joke”.
The woman said her friend laughed and the conversation moved on.
However, a few months later, the friend gave birth and then made a Facebook announcement.
And to the woman’s utter shock and horror, she’d named him Aulliver.
The woman finished her post by saying: “I’m so sorry my boy, I didn’t think she’d do that!”
Her post attracted almost 9,000 comments.
“Not terrible. Not great, but not terrible. The child will live,” said one.
“You’re a monster,” another joked.
“You’re not the culprit, your best friend is a low-key villain,” said a third.
Spelt correctly, Oliver is in fact a popular boy’s name, recently heading the list for 2024 top baby names.
According to McCrindle’s top 100 baby names of the year, it seems parents of Generation Alpha — children born between 2010 and 2024 — are bringing back the classics.
As crowd favourites Oliver and Charlotte take top spot for boys and girls, vintage monikers appear to have surged in popularity over the past 12 months.
Traditional names remain popular among Gen Alpha parents in New South Wales — with the likes of Oliver, William, Henry, Charlotte, and Olivia appearing prominently on the top 10 list.
In Victoria, parents prefer short classic names for their boys and girls such as Jack, Leo, Isla, Mia and Ava — while Theodore finally cracks the top 10 list, climbing all the way from the 33rd spot in 2018 to number eight.
Parents in Queensland are choosing old-fashioned names for boys such as Oliver, William and Henry.
In the same way, they’ve given their daughters timeless monikers such as Amelia, Charlotte, and Matilda.
South Australian parents prefer the old-fashioned — including Henry, Archie, William, Charlotte, Olivia and Matilda.
Tasmanian parents still appreciate the classics, commonly naming their kids Oliver, Henry, George, Charlotte and Harper.
In Western Australia, most of the popular boys’ names are traditionally rooted in Christianity, including Noah, Thomas and James.
Compared to the states, parents in the ACT give their sons names typically associated with royalty and nobility such as Henry, Theodore, George, and Arthur; while most baby girls have classic feminine names such as Charlotte, Amelia and Olivia.
Interestingly, parents of Gen Alpha in the Northern Territory seem to opt for more unique names — including Xavier, Frankie and Sadie.
Top 10 baby names
Girls baby names:
1. Charlotte
2. Amelia
3. Isla
4. Olivia
5. Mia
6. Ava
7. Matilda
8. Ella
9. Grace
10. Willow
Boys baby names:
1. Oliver
2. Noah
3. Leo
4. William
5. Henry
6. Jack
7. Theodore
8. Hudson
9. Charlie
10. Luca
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