Ridiculous names for children

Namlub

My friend knows a girl called Oral. Poor choice...

Semele

My teacher friend used to have a bogger kid in her class called Elvis.

My aunt works with deprived inner-city families and has some great stories. One particular family have named all their girls after birds (Raven, Kestrel etc).

Another new mother was so uninterested in her new baby that she couldn't be bothered coming up with a name for him. My aunt set it as a target for their next visit that the woman name the kid. She turned up a week later and proudly announced that he was now christened Russell Hobbes *Surname* as she had been finally struck by inspiration while boiling the kettle the morning she was going to register his name.

Antisocialiser

There is a newscaster on today FM called Juliette Gash. I always just hear Julie Wet-Gash.

EDIT: My mate calls her Julie Stabwoundinagorillasback.

SparKing

pickarooney wrote: »

That's a pretty thinly-veiled Laugh At The Africans article.

It's more like a direct affront to people with a lack of common sense. I would have thought that it might be more of a dig at our native ethnic minority

Also why is Leon unusual? I know a couple of Leons.

My mother told me a story about her aunt running in to the hospital trying to prevent her christening my little brother Wayne King, that would have haunted him for years but it turned out somebody was winding my mams aunt up.

mel.b

I worked with kids in Australia called

- Matrix
- Arkie
- TJ (yes, just TJ, it didn't stand for anything!)

Aard

The Irish names without a fada I can forgive to a certain extent... except when they're actually pronounced without the fada, thus creating an entirely new name. One that comes to mind, and that of somebody who would get pissed off if you mispronounced it, is 'Roisín'. That's right, a fada on the i but not on the o. And pronounced 'Rawsheen'.


Another name, silly moreso, was a car dealer called Jarlath Jolly. A rotund fellow iirc.

im invisible

- TJ (yes, just TJ, it didn't stand for anything!)

Maybe it was Tee-Jay

carlybabe1

Holly Wood,i **** u not

An Garda Siochana

cant picture a baby with the name Frank

annascott

I know someone with twins called Holly and Ivy. They live in an Eco friendly house and are home schooled so that they can learn through nature....:eek:

whatdoicare

I know a guy named after the angel "Raphael" (Rahf - aye - elle) but either the mam/dad/family did'nt know how it was pronounced or I don't know what happened but he pronounces it "Ray - fell " and to make matters worse my mam insists on correcting me and insisting that this is how it is pronounced, using this guy as proof!:rolleyes: Drives me mad!

Lanaier

Mike 1972 wrote: »

Quite common in Russia I thought ?

I know several Russians called Anastasia.
It's a nice name, in Dublin or anywhere else.

bnt

Stained Class wrote: »

The Beckham's boys.

Brooklyn, Romeo & Cruz.

Money can't buy you brains obviously....

Good News, Everyone! The Beckhams now have a daughter: Harper Seven Beckham.

"Seven" ... is she missing a few toes? :cool:

Richard

I once met a Caoimhe whose name was pronounced "Cay-me". I kid you not.

Richard

bnt wrote: »

Good News, Everyone! The Beckhams now have a daughter: Harper Seven Beckham.

"Seven" ... is she missing a few toes? :cool:

Did Beckham wear No 7 when at Man Utd?

UpCork

Richard wrote: »

Did Beckham wear No 7 when at Man Utd?

Yes. And it was his international number for England too.

Harper wouldn't be my favourite name in the world. However, I would see it as a male name. They have waited so long for a girl, I thought she would have been given a really distinctive female name. I think the seven thing is a bit bonkers, but don't have you have to be a bit bonkers to survive in LA. Having said that, as a Man U fan, it's nice to see his squad number in there

whydoibother?

It's odd to say the least, however it's less embarrassing for the child than being named after the place you were conceived and having people think about that every time your name is mentioned for the rest of your life, so it seems they're improving.

NomdePlume

I'm surprised they didn't pick a more unusual name. Harper has been trendy in the US for a few years, and is now a more common name for American baby girls than Amy, Nicole, Jennifer or Megan. (Source)

stephen_k

bnt wrote: »

Good News, Everyone! The Beckhams now have a daughter: Harper Seven Beckham.

"Seven" ... is she missing a few toes? :cool:

FREE THE HARPER SEVEN!!!!

careca11

bnt wrote: »

Good News, Everyone! The Beckhams now have a daughter: Harper Seven Beckham.

"Seven" ... is she missing a few toes? :cool:

was she concevied after becks downed Seven Cans of Harp

pickarooney

Constanza's gonna be pissed.

secman

Our neighbour has a Harper, its a lovely golden Labrador


Secman

chughes

bnt wrote: »

Good News, Everyone! The Beckhams now have a daughter: Harper Seven Beckham.

"Seven" ... is she missing a few toes? :cool:

I hope the child doesn't get the nickname Harpie http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/harpy

Rooney1234

yeah what the feck is that????!!!????

sbsquarepants

I used to live beside 2 kids (girls) called inky and cokey, i shít you not!
Irish kids, with 2 irish parents they were too. Fúcking mental:eek:

SirenX

I knew a girl called Lesley-Anne, not that bad a name, til I realised it sounds alot like lesbian

I knew someone called Matthew Matthews

I heard of names like Wayne Kurr and Richard Head - they make me laugh

but the best one imo is my sis-in-law said to my mother that she would like to give here children a double-barrel second name like my mam gave us, so my mam said why not? my sis-in-law- told her that her maiden name is Hussy and my brothers name is Hoare. Imagin if she let the poor children have that name!!!!

Pherekydes

bnt wrote: »

Good News, Everyone! The Beckhams now have a daughter: Harper Seven Beckham.

"Seven" ... is she missing a few toes? :cool:

That's her place in the family. 1,2,3,4,5,7

bnt

The rumour I heard was that Harper Seven was born at Half-past Seven, and when Beckham says that in his Sarf London accent ... nah, not true. She was born at 7:55am, and the article calls that the 7th hour of the day, which it isn't. (It's the 8th hour - think about it)

Nevertheless, that article reminded me of the Seinfeld episode in which a character wanted to name his baby "Seven", after the number worn by baseball legend Mickey Mantle - but Beckham hasn't worn no. 7 for many years now. Weird.

dee.

I actually like the name harper but I really thought they would pick something more memorable. Even the "seven" part is kind of ehh. I can't believe people are now using numbers to name their children though.

Pherekydes

bnt wrote: »

The rumour I heard was that Harper Seven was born at Half-past Seven, and when Beckham says that in his Sarf London accent ... nah, not true. She was born at 7:55am, and the article calls that the 7th hour of the day, which it isn't. (It's the 8th hour - think about it)

Nevertheless, that article reminded me of the Seinfeld episode in which a character wanted to name his baby "Seven", after the number worn by baseball legend Mickey Mantle - but Beckham hasn't worn no. 7 for many years now. Weird.

To be fair, Harper Twenty-Three Beckham doesn't have the same ring to it.