Ridiculous names for children

watna

dee. wrote: »

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.

I like Harper too but I'm guessing the Beckhams didn't get it from the author of To Kill A Mockingbird, which is the only other place I've heard it.

stovelid

Auvers wrote: »

George Edward Foreman Jr
George Edward Foreman III
George Edward Foreman IV
George Edward Foreman V
George Edward Foreman VI

That is cool.

Namlub wrote: »

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

Orla + dyslexic parents?

Zebra3

Met a girl while in eastern Europe years ago and her name was Ira.

Probably not used here much.

pickarooney

Ira's usually a man's name, e.g. Ira Gershwin.

civis_liberalis

I know of a fella called Aero, named after the chocolate... His brother got away with a far more conventional name.

mattjack

I may have posted this already ..but I know a child called Dyson ....named after a hoover..?

stovelid

Zebra3 wrote: »

Met a girl while in eastern Europe years ago and her name was Ira.

Imagine she was from here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provo,_Utah

You can but wish.

Pherekydes

mattjack wrote: »

I may have posted this already ..but I know a child called Dyson ....named after a hoover..?

A Dyson is not a Hoover!

mattjack

Pherekydes wrote: »

A Dyson is not a Hoover!

"sighs "...vacuum cleaner...........

tolosenc

dee. wrote: »

I can't believe people are now using numbers to name their children though.

Quintus, Sextus, Octavian and Decimus will be gutted to hear that.

MegGustaa

dee. wrote: »

I can't believe people are now using numbers to name their children though.

Technically (technically), 'Una' is an Italian number. Sort of.

Lpfsox

In one of my first jobs I corrected a letter addressed to Mr Florence McCarthy (may not be the real surname) to the fairly obvious Ms Florence McCarthy.

2 days later I got a very angry phone call from Mr McCarthy demanding that his proper title be used and reminding me he was male. The then went on to tell me that he actually preferred to be addressed as Mr Florrie McCarthy and that Florence was a fairly common boys name in Cork (I've no idea if that's true).

Other odd names I've come across were Millie (short for Camillus) for a man in Limerick, a Mrs Oonagh McGoona, and best of all Mr Digby Christmas.

Feeona

Lpfsox wrote: »

2 days later I got a very angry phone call from Mr McCarthy demanding that his proper title be used and reminding me he was male.

Just like the guy in the song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1BJfDvSITY

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pickarooney wrote: »

Ira's usually a man's name, e.g. Ira Gershwin.

Years ago there was an opera singer in Germany called Ira Malaniuk. And she vas a vohman

Rubberlegs

Apparently the Beckhams let the boys pick their sister's name. They picked Harper after a character in their favourite TV programme, The Wizards of Waverley Place. Its not the worst name, but Seven is just ridiculous:(

raveni

mattjack wrote: »

I may have posted this already ..but I know a child called Dyson ....named after a hoover..?

You'll never guess what the hoover was named after...

In fairness it is usually a surname.

Jackobyte

Eric Cartman wrote: »

theres a few mad names, but spelling normal names in strange ways is worse

orlagh instead of orla

I know an Orfhlaith pronounced Orla.

enda1

Jackobyte wrote: »

I know an Orfhlaith pronounced Orla.

I would have thought that Orla was the Anglicised spelling of an originally Irish name. I could be wrong though, but either way it doesn't seem that strange.

Apanachi

Jackobyte wrote: »

I know an Orfhlaith pronounced Orla.

Nothing wrong with that (can be funny when abroad though - a can most irish spelled names )

chughes

Jackobyte wrote: »

I know an Orfhlaith pronounced Orla.

I worked with a girl called Aoibheann and it was pronounced Evan. I just don't understand why parents inflict on a child a lifetime of having to explain and properly pronounce their names.

iamwhoiam

Jackobyte wrote: »

I know an Orfhlaith pronounced Orla.

Orfhlaith is the original spelling and was shortened to Orla .
From Or Fhlaith , Golden Hair .So not at all funny .

Elba101

msthe80s wrote: »

Have a friend who used to work in a Dublin maternity hospital-scary,scary name choices.Princess,Pocahontas,(seriously) Endurance,Krystle( lots of them,born at time of Dynasty), Anastacia,Female ( it was written on de name tag the nurse puh on the bay-beee)

If you're wondering whether or not to choose a particular name for your baby- say the following in a flat accent,and you'll make up your mind very quickly.

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(insert name) come in for yer dinn-ner before it gets cold.

I know a girl whos first name was actually female!! Didn't find that out for ages though. State of it!

cowhands

I know 3 little brothers called:

Rudy Blu
Ziggy
and Lennon

Cat Melodeon

How so Joe wrote: »

Family lives near me, one of the sons is Seán and the second son is John. Wouldn't be so bad, except they sent them to a Gaelscoil...

Would they not be Seán and Eoin? Pretty sure Seán is a unique Irish name, whereas Eoin is the Irish for John.

Agus

Cat Melodeon wrote: »

Would they not be Seán and Eoin? Pretty sure Seán is a unique Irish name, whereas Eoin is the Irish for John.

Seán originated in the time of the Norman invasion from "Jean" the French equivalent of "John". "Eoin" was traditionally used mainly for the Biblical John but is now common as an everyday name.

You might be thinking of "Eoghan" which is indeed a unique Irish name which has nothing whatsoever to do with John, Jean, Seán or even Eoin.

Acoshla

Just saw my 37 year old cousin's grandkid is called Ryleigh-Blu, Christ.

mattjack

raveni wrote: »

You'll never guess what the hoover was named after...

In fairness it is usually a surname.

Im afraid to guess in case Pherekydes corrects my mistake again....but go tell us...after J.Edgar maybe..?

Kevin Duffy

Antisocialiser wrote: »

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

I can't help hearing her name announced without thinking "Yeh, lots of people experiment in college, no need to keep on about it".

hondasam

I though harper sounded more like a boys name.

Enright

deathrider wrote: »

Didn't Micheal Jackson have a kid named Blanket?

he probably did

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