Woman Shows ID in TikTok Video to Prove Dad Gave Her Flower’s Scientific Name, SA in Stitches

Woman Shows ID in TikTok Video to Prove Dad Gave Her Flower’s Scientific Name, SA in Stitches

  • A woman made a TikTok video and proved to people that her father gave her one of the strangest names ever
  • The lady made people laugh after revealing evidence of her father's odd and long name choice
  • Online users had countless jokes after seeing the young babe's ID card with her weird government name

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One woman revealed the name her dad gave her, but many thought she was fronting. The lady was forced to show her ID to make a point.

TikTok video shows woman's odd name
A TikTok video shows a woman proving her dad gave her a scientific name. Image: @makolarefilwe_.
Source: TikTok

The stunner got over 60 000 likes after showing people her legal name. There were thousands of comments from amused netizens.

TikTok video of lady's odd name gets 800K views

A lady on TikTok, @makolarefilwe_, posted a video proving that her dad named her Refilwe Hypochoreis-Radicada. In the caption, she joked that she will never forgive her dad for the name.

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Watch the video:

Mzansi floored by unpronouncable name

Online users had endless jokes after seeing the ID. Some people thought it sounded like a medical condition and that bogus Dr Matthew would know.

iNaturalist shows that the name refers to a native European flower, a false dandelion.

๑ꕤ ℳꕤഒ said:

"It sounds like it's a chemical reaction."

Therealedward.m added:

"Home Affairs should've said 'No.' "

Tobi commented:

"No way, it sounds like a disease."

A1 joked:

"DR MATTHEW SHOULD KNOW THE MEANING."

Blue Chechile laughed:

"Sounds like something Dr Matthew warned us about."

SA amused by strange names

South Africans like to have fun with names online. One post went viral with a skit of people who aren't African getting local names

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SA laughs at department's surname mistake

Briefly News previously reported that it's no secret that renewing your driver’s licence in Mzansi is more difficult than faking your own death. One lady learnt this the hard way and even ended up with an entirely new surname in the end. Her story had Mzansi laughing.

Facebook user Christine Panaino took to social media to air her frustrations. After nine gruelling months, she finally received her new driver’s licence. However, she got another surprise along with it... she now has a native name.

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Rutendo Masasi (Human-Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 2 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za