Inaptronym

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A name that is not well suited to its owner.

    "His girlfriend's name was a most grotesque inaptronym."

Example

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"His girlfriend's name was a most grotesque inaptronym."

Etymology

From in- + aptronym.

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