Comments for the name Oedipus

In psychiatry, Dr. Sigmund Freud used the term Oedipus complex to describe boys who resent or hate their fathers while seeking love from their mothers.

His parents, learning that he would kill his father, exposed baby Oedipus on the mountainside, driving a spike through his feet - hence the name.

I LOVE this name! However, it's legendary, and should never be used as a name for a child. After all, would you enjoy thinking that your child wants to marry his mother and murder his father? Keep in mind that Oedipus had children with his wife / mother, Jocasta. Eww. Great name, though! Fabulous!

You'd have to be insane to use this name on a child. It's an ugly name to begin with, but the jokes would be very nasty indeed.