For some parents picking out a name for their baby involves checking meanings to find something poetic or aspirational. Others just go with a name that sounds pretty.

But checking a name’s meaning can come in handy if you want to avoid naming your child after an unfortunate facial feature or a farm animal.

The parents of these popular baby names may wish they’d checked first…

Girls

Courtney– ‘short nose’. Based on an Old French word.

Giselle– ‘hostage’. From Germany, this name comes from a practice in the early Middle Ages where rival tribes would offer a person, often a child, to each other as a pledge of peace.

Leah– ‘weary’. From the Hebrew word.

Molly– ‘bitter’. Originated from Gaelic name Maili, a nickname for Mary.

Portia– comes from Roman family name Porcius, meaning ‘pig’.

Boys

Cameron– ‘crooked nose’. From the Gaelic name.

Campbell– ‘crooked mouth’. From a Scottish surname.

Byron– ‘of the cowshed’. From the Old English word byre.

Caleb– a Hebrew name for ‘dog’.

Kennedy– from an Irish surname which means ‘misshapen head’.

As you can see, ancient parents were a kind lot who wanted to make sure their sons and daughters never forgot they had facial flaws like a short nose or crooked mouth.

And to all the paranoid Portias out there, I’m sure your parents think you’re beautiful.

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H/T: Essential Baby