What the hell is a tragedeigh?

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I’ve seen this weird word pop up only here on Reddit over the past couple of days, and I find it weirdly annoying. What does it mean?

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  1. carrion34 Avatar

    It’s when a stupid parent names their kid something like “Ashllyeigh” to be unique, instead of “Ashley” and there’s a whole subreddit dedicated to it

  2. One_Lung_G Avatar

    You see it a lot because I believe it’s the word to describe those weird and needlessly dumb spelled names. Like spelling “Kennedy” as “Khynneddi”

  3. Tutwater Avatar

    It means one of those names like “Ryleigh” and “Raelynn” and so on — American names with those alternative, vaguely Celtic-looking spellings

  4. SlideItIn100 Avatar

    Kimberleigh is a good example.

  5. missy_starchild Avatar

    some stupid name a parents thinks is unique and quirky but its only gonna cause issues when the baby grows up . one of the most unfortunate ones i seen on here so far was a man whos parents named him NINJA EGG SALAD like wtf poor guy

  6. disco_des Avatar

    Ironically I’ve met a Kay-Lee

  7. Clan-Sea Avatar

    My uncle had a student with name spelled “La-a”

    Pronounced…. Ladasha 🤦‍♂️

  8. EducationalTangelo6 Avatar

    Those awful misspelt names people give their kids; the ones that look like they made them up by smashing their face into a keyboard.

  9. catastr0phicblues Avatar

    “Tragedy”. It’s making fun of when people take a basic name like Ashley and make it Ashleigh (as the simplest example). It became a thing that when you saw a really bad name you called it a tragedeigh rather than a tragedy.

    The sub is dedicated to bad names and there are some BAD names out there.

  10. 424Impala67 Avatar

    It can also be horribly clear fandom names, especially if the parent finds the character sexy. Ie, I’m a Supernatural fan and have seen people name their kids Castiel Dean, sibsets of Dean and Samuel/ Castiel ect, and the people always have posts about wanting to mess about with the characters or fanart they made of the main ships fucking.

  11. Carl_In_Charge Avatar

    r/tragedeigh

    It’s a unique misspelling of a name to be different, or combining more traditional names into one unique name, or using words for a name not traditionally used for names. It’s tragic because the kid will likely be made fun of and/or have their name mispronounced often.

  12. HidingRaccoon Avatar

    I recommend visiting the according subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/tragedeigh/

  13. Human_Artichoke8752 Avatar

    I’ll tell you what’s a tragedeigh. Their education.

  14. 3doa3cinta Avatar

    That’s from tragedy, because the trend naming baby now using ~eigh, so that’s how the word comes up. Mostly to describe weird/unique wannabe parents give to their kids.

  15. RyouIshtar Avatar

    Its when people cant stay in their own lane about what someone names their kid.

    Though i find it weird, when black people butcher and change names, it’s ethnic and fine, but when a white person does it its a tragedeigh….

  16. britboysprings Avatar

    The Gheindynnebuerghe

  17. Spbttn20850 Avatar

    It’s when someone tries to get creative in naming a child and gives them a spelling that most people will pronounce wrong.
    Fred- a name
    Phread- a tragedeigh

  18. CadBane_29 Avatar

    When the feelings gone and you can’t go on

  19. EntertainmentClean99 Avatar

    r/Tragedeigh has a good breakdown in their side bar. 

  20. mossoak Avatar

    that’s stupid …it “looks like” someone trying to spell a name by how it sounds