Ridiculous names for children

iamwhoiam

I heard a request read out on TV Am a few weeks ago for the callers baby daughter called Ceolrince . ( Dancemusic ??)

dpe

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Thats because the proper pronounciation is not Quee Va at all , its Caoimhe with a hard gutteral C .

Hey, I'm not Irish and I've heard Irish people pronouncing it that way (otherwise why would I have noticed it? There's no way I'm getting Kweevuh from Caoimhe in the first place!) According to this site it can be pronounced both ways: http://www.dochara.com/the-irish/first-names/traditional-irish-girls-names-a-c/

pickarooney

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Thats because the proper pronounciation is not Quee Va at all , its Caoimhe with a hard gutteral C .

There's no such thing as a guttural C. The Irish C (/k/) is pretty much identical to the English one.

Eve_Dublin

My real name is pretty ridiculous...nice one, mam.

I've got in-laws from the states who I have a child called Scenic and their surname? Root. Nice one. I predict years of wedgies and "kick me" stickers in that child's future. Great parenting all round! 10/10!

mackg

Uncle Mclovin wrote: »

A traveller woman Ms McCarthy from a town near me named her daughter Lady Ga Ga.


Lady Ga Ga McCarthy.


I heard this from a friend of a friend of a friend so it's more than likely not true.

that was the lady gaga I was referring to in my earlier post,I assume your in the vicinity of Tralee, surely you should need some special kind of approval from the dept. of not being a complete idiot to name your kid this. It reinds of catch22 where the majors name is major major major major.(might have an extra one in there)

iamwhoiam

pickarooney wrote: »

There's no such thing as a guttural C. The Irish C (/k/) is pretty much identical to the English one.

I know exactaly to pronounce it , just not describe it .The C in Caoimhe is not Queee its its much more a celtic language sounding Cao .

Its the addition of the aoi after the C that makes it differnt to the English one . It comes from further back the throat .
I agree that many call it Queee va now and it has evolved into that , I believe the Northern Irish version was always more a Queee sound ,.

whydoibother?

Was watching a new ITV show - "marriage ref" (quite amusing btw). Anyway, one of the couples on it had named their child Shock.

enda1

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Some US relatives of mine have a son called Apollo IV (Apollo 14).

Also, the dutch name 'Jeroen' (Pronouced Yer-ruune)...I'm not sure if I love it or hate it.

Oh, and there's a guy in work called 'Alpha' who sadly doesn't have the last name 'Male'.

Apollo XIV or else Apollo 4?

Remouad

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Some US relatives of mine have a son called Apollo IV (Apollo 14).

Also, the dutch name 'Jeroen' (Pronouced Yer-ruune)...I'm not sure if I love it or hate it.

Oh, and there's a guy in work called 'Alpha' who sadly doesn't have the last name 'Male'.

Apollo 4?
XIV would be 14

Stupid name either way

galah

my godchild is called 'Bent' (but the kid lives close to Denmark, where it is an acceptable and more common name). Parents weren't too impressed though when I told them about the meaning of the name in the English-speaking world. You'd think people would google potential baby names just for that reason ;-)

jme2010

To quote Father Ted, "Im not a racist"...but.

Tequan "Tea-qwan"
Shaniuqa "Sha-knee-qwa"
Fooquan "Foo-qwan"

For fcuk sake.

Shosh

Smiley Laura wrote: »

Chris and Gywnth's Apple. Not sure if it's their daughter or son?
Generally, I love weird names, especially biblical names- I am seriously considering naming my child Noah or Moses

My son is Noah thats not a weird name!:eek:

McTigs

Slightly off topic and more unfortunate than ridiculous but my sister works in GMIT and last year there was a french girl there on erasmus and her name was Fanny Generouso


And she was from Toulouse

professore

stephen_k wrote: »

Ok crazy names I've experienced

Lancelot
Guinevere (brother and sister)

A friend of mine lives in London and has his kid in a creche with a kid called Huxley

A girl I worked with (bit of a AJH) swore that when she has kids, if they
are boys she would name them Curtis and Jackson (50 pence's real name)...

What really get me is the people that name their kids the same name as there surname Neville Neville is a famous one, I also heard of a Loughlin O'Loughlin, Brian O'Brien why, why would you do this

Manus McManus

leviathon

I just got a phone call from some call center in india or somewhere far off... the lads name that called?? Balldeep - I kid you not. Almost choked down the phone. Admittedly it might have been spelt differently to that but that's exactly what it sounded like - Balldeep.

I'd like to think his last name is Inass

lucylu

I heard of someone from Donegal calling their son - Púca as in the Irish for Ghost. That child is going to get the sh*t kicked out of them in school

iamwhoiam

lucylu wrote: »

I heard of someone from Donegal calling their son - Púca as in the Irish for Ghost. That child is going to get the sh*t kicked out of them in school

Or everyone is going to run away and hide whan he comes .

stevejr

carlybabe1 wrote: »

almost as bad as dymphna,:eek:
consumpta, assumpta and dymphna, syptoms include uncontrollable runs, hallucinations and speaking in tongues

Same with Concepta, sounds like something Toyota would make.

Shivers26

EverEvolving wrote: »

Whatever about individual names, the ones you can quite easily pull the piss out of are the worst -

Randy Andy
Lydia Chlamydia
Tim - Nice but dim

Suppose you could make a joke about any name by putting an adjective in front of it, but some are just cruel.

Not forgetting 'Siobhan your knickers and answer the door' - I love when people say that to me like they are the first person ever to think of it.
Also when non-Irish people call me in work and I get call Shee-o-ban or Sy-o-ban or the like.

The teenage girl who lives next door to me is called Blessing - kind of grows on you after a while

My brother very nearly convinced me to name my son Nemesis after the Greek god of retribution. Would have been so cool but the poor kid never would have been able to pull it off.

dpe

Shivers26 wrote: »

My brother very nearly convinced me to name my son Nemesis after the Greek god of retribution. Would have been so cool but the poor kid never would have been able to pull it off.

That is a ****ing brilliant name. I wonder if I can persuade the missus with our next one....

McTigs

professore wrote: »

Manus McManus

Anus twice in one name.

I would kill my parents

Lillylilly

EverEvolving wrote: »

Whatever about individual names, the ones you can quite easily pull the piss out of are the worst -

Randy Andy
Lydia Chlamydia
Tim - Nice but dim

Suppose you could make a joke about any name by putting an adjective in front of it, but some are just cruel.

Ah, I never thought my name would end up here
My name is Lydia and only one person in my life has ever called me Chlamydia. I thought it was feckin' hilarious. Other than that- it's a pretty cool name.

keano_afc

Friend of mine was a teacher in a well to do all girls school in South Dublin. One of her pupils was called Truly Scrumptious after the character in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

pickarooney

Lydia Can't get rid o' ya

Lillylilly

pickarooney wrote: »

Lydia Can't get rid o' ya

My da used to sing this to me

gigino

Shivers26 wrote: »

Not forgetting 'Siobhan your knickers and answer the door' -.

its " Shove-on your knickers, your mother is coming" !

jme2010

In college there was a Nigerian man called Wonderful.

All the lecturures where like "thats a fantastic name"

Elmer Blooker

Michael Hutchence and Paula Yates daughter: Heavenly Hirani Tiger Lily
The Edge's daughter: Blue Angel

jonnyfingers

I know a Dermot McDermot and a Connor O'Connor. Also heard a posh father call out to his daughter "Hermione" the other day. I know it's an old name but all I could think was that it was Harry Potter inspired!

Also know a girl called Shayla, which I think is a northsider pronouncing Síle or Sheila.

triseke

there is a nigerian politician called "Godswill" which is freakin awesome.

Also, knew twins called "Winner" and "Loser". I kid you not.