babys names unusual

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unusual baby s names. we will start with
A Anton or Atomick or Arowmist

munkeehaven

B Bathsheeba or Benedict or Bandai

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Billyjoe billyjean billyboy

simu

Caolfhionn
Calbhach
Caolán
Cuthbert
Cathán
Caoileann
Calliope

Amz

This isn't really an issue for the English forum.

Moved to Parenting.

unkel

Spare a thought for the wee boys called as gaeilge sweet little Jaysis - how can parents do this to them?

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Dine e mow chinese

don,t ask me what it means . just read about it in a paper.

Dino italian ==switzerland

Decker jones now that welsh. isnt it.

billy the squid

Read a book about a pair of twins called Lilly and Esme.

I like the name Esme for a girl its an old name but i like it just the same

Victor

Taylor (girl) born 26 July 2004. I'm always the uncle, never the father

lilo moo

Victor wrote:

Taylor (girl) born 26 July 2004.

that's my stepmom's birthday. she's pregnant, and if it's another girl, they're thinking of naming her zsa zsa...

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jessy little girl or a man who act like one

Bottle_of_Smoke

why babys names?

couldnt it just have been names!?

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yes it can be . adult names as well

knifey_spoonie

Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadou

flikflak

Don't really know what the fixation with calling your child a bizarre name is all about. Sometimes it seems the more ridiculous the better - whets wrong with good old fashioned names there are enough of them without having to resort to objects, fruit and completely made up ones.

shiv

just asking a question here..

what's up with people not wanting to give their children irish names?
when my cousin and his wife were expecting last year they ruled them all out completely, as if it was old-fashioned or something..

any insights?

Big Ears

it is old fashioned .

cherno , now thats an unusual name .(Its the name of a Millwall footballer)

Victor

shiv wrote:

what's up with people not wanting to give their children irish names?

I think people are thinking the "Fiacra" names etc. are a bit like "Maud" and "Concepta" and outdated.

robbie1876

I was nearly named after the footballer Alan Ball. Which makes me think, I wonder how many kids are named after foreign premiership footballers. Thierry, Ruud, Jose, Rio, Djemba, El Hadji, and er...... Roy.

Shrimp

My name?

monument

Interesting…

http://www.cso.ie/pressreleases/babies03.html
http://www.cso.ie/pressreleases/babies02.html

Big Ears

robbie1876 wrote:

I was nearly named after the footballer Alan Ball. Which makes me think, I wonder how many kids are named after foreign premiership footballers. Thierry, Ruud, Jose, Rio, Djemba, El Hadji, and er...... Roy.

Jose would be a very common name in Spanish speaking countries .

Y o u s s e f : sounds Morrocan to me for some reason .

Healio

Emmanuel is in the top 100 boys names!! what has the country come to?

elivsvonchiaing

It strikes me that most parents will choose a popular name for their child. I think this is important for self-esteem (school yard etc). However, an unusual name can strengthen character.

No idea whether this more true of girls than boys. In my experience (from what I've observed) this is not a decision to be taken likely by parents. A name can actually shape a person. Especially when they're twelve and find out what their name means.

I would really take naming a child seriously and not just entertain - her/your father's name (sons), her/your mothers name (daughters). Please yourselves not them and serve the child.

Shrimp

My dads Egyptian so that explains my name! Close tho with Moroccan.

Big Ears

Y o u s s e f wrote:

My dads Egyptian so that explains my name! Close tho with Moroccan.

aye , I knew it had that north African feel to it .

Victor

elivsvonchiaing wrote:

It strikes me that most parents will choose a popular name for their child. I think this is important for self-esteem (school yard etc). However, an unusual name can strengthen character.

Cue Johnny Cash's "A Boy Called Sue"

elivsvonchiaing

What I didn't consider in my previous post - is diminutive names of the parent - this probably made sense when the parent was chief of the tribe or something. Think the issue is more a male thing. I know several Rosíns - no issue - I know a couple of Sezhinho's (little José) and think there could be issue here. Can't think of Irish diminutive equivalent? Sezhinho's I know are all Josés on passport - it just stick's with them - has to suck. Worst I've ever heard is "mouse". Similar story - pre-legal instinct stfu!

Youssef out of curiosity are there such diminutive naming conventions in Egypt?

Blinda

One should be thoughtful when matching first names to sirnames.
For instance Phylan is a nice name, but one should think twice if the sirname happens to be Mycock.

Shrimp

elivsvonchiaing wrote:

Youssef out of curiosity are there such diminutive naming conventions in Egypt?

I'm not too sure what ya mean, but if it's a joke... HA!

unkel

Y o u s s e f wrote:

My name?

Isn't youssef = joseph (joe)?

Shows the common roots between muslims and christians, doesn't it