Great-grandma slams new parents for 'crazy' baby's name in hilarious viral video
In a viral TikTok video, a new dad shared his great-grandma's reaction to his son's name, and she was not a fan of it
The moment parents reveal their baby’s name to loved ones is special, as a new bundle of joy is welcomed to the family.
While you can hope all of your friends and family fall in love with the name the same way you did, there may be some mixed reactions.
For Caden Troy Wilson, when his grandma heard his son’s name, she made it loud and clear that she wasn’t a big fan of the moniker. In a now-viral TikTok video, with over 1.4 million views, Wilson shared the hilarious clip of his 96-year-old grandmother, Louise Quigley, meeting her great-grandson for the first time.
Despite knowing the name since it was announced during the pregnancy, Quigley still couldn’t get over the baby’s name, according to Today.
“Why are you calling him Dax?” the great-grandmother questioned the parents while holding the peacefully sleeping baby in her arms.
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“That’s just the name we picked — we liked it,” the mother of the baby responded.
Quigley turns back to look at the baby’s face in disbelief, saying, “I don’t know… You got crazy parents, so it’s gonna be a wild run.”
The great-grandmother was not buying the name Dax, even with the parents’ explanations.
The name Dax isn’t as uncommon as you might think
The name Dax is of English origin, meaning Clark’s town, and it is #751 on BabyCenter’s most popular boy name list. Many have probably heard the name Dax before, as American actor and husband of Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, shares the moniker.
Plus, names similar to Dax have been gaining popularity. According to the Social Security Administration’s popular baby name list, the similar name Daxton has been in the top 1000 baby names since 2007. It was the #411 most popular boy name in 2024.
Discussion threads about the name Dax shared that the name is right in line with other popular names, such as Jax, Paxton, Dash, Knox, Max, and Jett.
People shared similar stories about baby name reactions
On the viral TikTok post, many people went to the comment section to share that Wilson is not alone with this funny reaction to his son’s name. One user wrote, “We named our son Asher and my husbands grandma called him Usher for like a year and a half.”
Another commented: “My great grandma asked me where I got a gangster name like Noah? Like mam, he is from the BIBLE.”
“My friends sons name is Beckett, her grandma called him bucket,” one person wrote. “It’s been like 6 years.”
“My grandma couldn’t say Alisha so she called my daughter Lisa,” someone else wrote.