The world of unique baby names has gone mad. MAD, I tell you.
We’ve got colours (Blue), fruits (Apple), directions (North West), and even large bodies of water (Ocean, River, Lake).
With every bonkers celebrity baby name announcement, we can’t help but wonder when the tides will turn, and a new baby name trend will emerge.
Yep, Australia is the undisputed reigning leader when it comes to bogan baby names. From Frankenstein’d double-bangers (just add ‘lee’ onto any name, and you’re done), to straight-up inventions (Druzai), Australia also really likes to go with a phonetic name, just because, like, it’s roily roily different (Brynonee).
In fact, our sunburnt country is so prolific at choosing unique baby names, that Kidspot actually released their Top Aussie Bogan Names for 2016.
Here are some of our favourites that we would LOVE to see go worldwide.
Listen to baby name guru, Sabrina Rogers-Anderson discuss the pitfalls of bogan baby names on our parenting podcast This Glorious Mess. (Post continues below)
BROGAN.
One letter away from ‘Bogan’. We rest our case.
IZAAK.
The ‘C’ had to go.
Top baby names and their meaning. (Post continues after video)
Top Comments
Ok please tell me you did this intentionally to emphasise the 'bogan', - "Would be shorted to...."???!!!
Sorry, the African American population is waaaay ahead of Australians
Because culturally traditional names are hilarious!
Well done managing to be a total racist about a culture you obviously haven't even done the slightest enquiry into.
I disagree. Lots of names with apostrophes and ending in 'quila for example spring to mind
Well having grown up in Mississippi (as an African American)and married an Australian (lived here 32 years now), i thought I had a reasonable handle on this and able to make a comparison.