A new mother has left her family shocked after unknowingly giving her newborn baby an X-rated name.
The 20-year-old mother, who gave birth in January, had wanted to keep the name a secret until she had signed all the official documents.
It wasn’t until afterwards that her family informed her of the real meaning behind the name. She had intended the name to be a sweet nod to her grandparents, Harvey and Charlotte, so she decided to blend the two names together to form ‘Harlotte’.
However, she had never heard of the word ‘harlot’ before, which is an old-fashioned term for a sex worker or someone who has multiple sexual partners.
The mom’s cousin detailed the moment the family found out on a baby name forum on Reddit.
“My mom burst out, “YOU NAMED THE BABY WHORE???” and my cousin started screaming. We are a loud family but holy hell,” she said.
“That poor child. Harlotte. HARLOTTE. It’s so horrific I can’t even call the baby it.”
The cousin then admits that she’s had to come up with a nickname for the baby.
“She came out very pink and has a puggy nose, so I’m calling her Piglet for now.”
Immediately, people pointed out that there was a clear alternative to naming the child Harlotte.
“Why didn’t she call her Charley? Yes, it’s a unique spelling, but still a hat tip to the grandparents,” the top comment read. “Even spelling it normally, like ‘Charlie’, would be fine.”
And someone else pointed out, “How do you have the opportunity to blend two names to form Charlie and still get it wrong?”