The worst kid's name you've ever heard?

Ipso

Reati wrote: »

Tis pretty old.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clann_Somhairle

Sounds like Somerisle, they probably have wicker men in their back garden.

Hamsterchops

Lord Summerisle ... great film (the original)!

To me it looks a bit like Somalia, thinkin Somali pirates

iamwhoiam

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Lord Summerisle ... great film (the original)!

To me it looks a bit like Somalia, thinkin Somali pirates

Somhairle looks like Somalia ?
Well they both start with Som but then nothing alike ?

tupenny

Seerla?

saralou2011

Someone gave birth, at a pink concert. So she called her child Dolly Pink 😂

Omackeral

saralou2011 wrote: »

Someone gave birth, at a pink concert. So she called her child Dolly Pink 😂

Like my little boy born in the back seat of my Audi. Called him Carson.

DrPhilG

Heard of a wee boy called Wild the other day.

L1011

janfebmar wrote: »

And eamin'....aiming for what?

If any English speaker can't figure out that Eamon isn't "aiming" they shouldn't be allowed speak English



I've an untranslatable Irish first name (and Eamon as my middle name). My parents wanted me to have to spent time spelling everything forever it seems. Or re-pronouncing when anyone from southern Europe reads it.

That my mother was horrified that my name was oddly popular the year I was born and there were two others in my junior infants class just proves she picked it for obscurity. It had another brief peak a few years ago so there's probably going to be another junior infants class horrifying another wannabe unique mother in September!

Reati

L1011 wrote: »

I've an untranslatable Irish first name (and Eamon as my middle name). My parents wanted me to have to spent time spelling everything forever it seems. Or re-pronouncing when anyone from southern Europe reads it.

I've a common as muck name, used widely in English speaking countries. Sometimes when I speak to a non English speaker I'm asked to spell or re-pronounce it.

David is a good example. To English speakers it's David, DAY-vid, yet it can is pronounced Daav-ed, Daav-id, Da-vied and other accented varients while still spelt David across Europe.

While I get some Irish names can confuse people, it's not exclusive to Irish names. The same conversation happens in non English speaking countries. Examples of names from Dutch, Schuyler (sky-ler) , Spanish, Xiomara, (she-oh-Mar-uh) French, Mireille(mír-Ray) Catalan, Anais(ah-nah-EES), Bodhi(bo-di). All these would confuse people outside their home country.

If a parent likes an Irish name, go with it

Omackeral

Reati wrote: »

Schuyler(sky-ler), Bodhi(bo-di).

Definitely could see the residents of Knackeragua using these for their angles.

Peatys

simongurnick wrote: »

All of my kids have older Irish names (as gaeilge) . I live in Canada and people haven't a clue how to pronounce them...except their buddies in schools. it's the adults that are clueless.

Lucky they'll only ever deal with their buddies in school for the rest of their lives.

Peatys

I worked for an English company who had an office over here.. i used to get calls from one of the lads who needed help with emails..

"Nee amm huh.. how is that pronounced?"
Spell it..
Niamh.

Or

"See o bah han?"
Spell it..
Siobhan

iamwhoiam

Isnt it gas how little kids have no problems at all pronouncing names . My grandchild is in a class withe kids from Poland , Latvia , Russia . They all pronounce Niamh and Saoirse and Bartosz etc with absolutely no problem or issues at all . They skip out on day two and names rolling off their lips yet some adults seem to struggle and decide they " just have no clue how to say it "
Just listen and hear and learn ,its easy when you try as kids will tell you .

Strumms

DrPhilG wrote: »

Heard of a wee boy called Wild the other day.

His parents should literally be kicked up and down O’Connell St until bleeding from their eyes for doing that. Imagine.... A lifetime of introducing themselves in work and social situations...”hello, I’m Wild !” Going up to a girl in a bar...”hello, I’m Wild, can I get you a drink? “ :eek: ughhhhh people, they just get worse.

suicide_circus

Witchie wrote: »

Lol. Nope! One of my good friends has a wee boy called Somhairle and the Director of my local arts council is also called Somhairle. It is pronounced
sorel-ye.

i cant even pronounce your phonetic
anglicised explanation let alone the original

iamwhoiam

suicide_circus wrote: »

i cant even pronounce your phonetic
anglicised explanation let alone the original

So er la . Go on give it a go . Or ask a small child to help

Peatys

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Isnt it gas how little kids have no problems at all pronouncing names . My grandchild is in a class withe kids from Poland , Latvia , Russia . They all pronounce Niamh and Saoirse and Bartosz etc with absolutely no problem or issues at all . They skip out on day two and names rolling off their lips yet some adults seem to struggle and decide they " just have no clue how to say it "
Just listen and hear and learn ,its easy when you try as kids will tell you .

Ask the kids to spell it.. over the phone.. for the rest of their lives

iamwhoiam

Peatys wrote: »

Ask the kids to spell it.. over the phone.. for the rest of their lives

Yeh similar to spelling out a Polish surname . But sure they just get on with it

Omackeral

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Sew er la . Go on give it a go . Or ask a small child to help

It literally has "sewer" in it. Gorgeous.

iamwhoiam

Omackeral wrote: »

It literally has "sewer" in it. Gorgeous.

No it doesn’t ?
Sew ( as in with a needle and thread )
Er ( as in to err )
Le ( as in the first part of left )



I genuinely do not get the mocking of old Irish / Celtic names from Irish people
Do you mock Russian or Latvian names too which are difficult to pronounce ?
I find it baffling that people can’t just make the effort . I have a large family with Irish names . We have 4 non Irish married into the family who quite simply listen and learn . We have a Dutch lad who can roll Saoirse off his tongue like a old Celt !

Omackeral

iamwhoiam wrote: »

No it doesn’t ?
Sew ( as in with a needle and thread )
Er ( as in to err )
Le ( as in the first part of left )

Would you not have went with "so" (as in so) as part of your phonetic then?

You also initially wrote "la" and now have changed it to "le". A confusing name in any language

iamwhoiam

Omackeral wrote: »

Would you not have went with "so" (as in so) as part of your phonetic then?

You also initially wrote "la" and now have changed it to "le". A confusing name in any language

Good idea I will change it to so then
Do you not know that an Irish le would fall somewhere between an English la or le ? Its a subtle difference

Omackeral

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Good idea I will change it to so then
Do you not know that an Irish le would fall somewhere between an English la or le ? Its a subtle difference

You literally changed it between two posts. "Le" in irish would sound like "leh" by the way, different than "la" in English.

iamwhoiam

Omackeral wrote: »

You literally changed it between two posts. "Le" in irish would sound like "leh" by the way, different than "la" in English.

Depends where you are from . But never mind i am not in the mood for a row !

Omackeral

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Depends where you are from . But never mind i am not in the mood for a row !

Hopefully you're not in a canoe.

wildwillow

Omackeral wrote: »

Would you not have went with "so" (as in so) as part of your phonetic then?

You also initially wrote "la" and now have changed it to "le". A confusing name in any language

Would you not have gone (not went)

Paddy Cow

iamwhoiam wrote: »

Isnt it gas how little kids have no problems at all pronouncing names . My grandchild is in a class withe kids from Poland , Latvia , Russia . They all pronounce Niamh and Saoirse and Bartosz etc with absolutely no problem or issues at all . They skip out on day two and names rolling off their lips yet some adults seem to struggle and decide they " just have no clue how to say it "
Just listen and hear and learn ,its easy when you try as kids will tell you .

They've been hearing those names all day since creche, so they're natural sounds to them. Take those same kids in 20 years time and expose them to sounds they've never heard before and it won't be so easy for them to repeat them

It's not unusual for adults to struggle with unfamiliar spellings or phonetics. When I did the year in Australia, a lot of the place names were of Aboriginal origin and to say they were a tongue twister is an understatement. The first two towns I was in were Mooloolaba and Maroochydore. My Aussie friend had a good laugh at me trying to pronounce them from spelling alone.

Reati

Paddy Cow wrote: »

They've been hearing those names all day since creche, so they're natural sounds to them. Take those same kids in 20 years time and expose them to sounds they've never heard before and it won't be so easy for them to repeat them

It's not unusual for adults to struggle with unfamiliar spellings or phonetics. When I did the year in Australia, a lot of the place names were of Aboriginal origin and to say they were a tongue twister is an understatement. The first two towns I was in were Mooloolaba and Maroochydore. My Aussie friend had a good laugh at me trying to pronounce them from spelling alone.

How do you pronounce them?

sure some of those english place names are a bit mad

PARlance

Reati wrote: »

How do you pronounce them?

Badly

Omackeral

Paddy Cow wrote: »

The first two towns I was in were Mooloolaba and Maroochydore. My Aussie friend had a good laugh at me trying to pronounce them from spelling alone.

Tell him to go to Dun Laoghaire and see how he gets on. Doonlay-Go-Hara

Gloomtastic!

Omackeral wrote: »

Tell him to go to Dun Laoghaire and see how he gets on. Doonlay-Go-Hara

How-th, even the Sat Nav can’t get that one right....

Noo

Reati wrote: »

How do you pronounce them?

They're pretty much pronounced as they are spelt,

Mooloolaba: Moo-loo-la-bah
Maroochydore: Mar-oo-chi-door

Strumms

It’s the mixture of the Polish/Irish names I’m looking forward to...

Saoirse Ostrowski
Eoin Kowalski

Etc..

iamwhoiam

Strumms wrote: »

It’s the mixture of the Polish/Irish names I’m looking forward to...

Saoirse Ostrowski
Eoin Kowalski

Etc..

There are already many of them . It never caused an issue up to now .

Strumms

iamwhoiam wrote: »

There are already many of them . It never caused an issue up to now .

I don’t know why it would ever be an issue, I just think it’s a humorous but true reflection of the diversity of the country and the closeness of the Polish communities which have integrated, embraced and been embraced by and with every facet or Irish life.

Roger Hassenforder

Strumms wrote: »

It’s the mixture of the Polish/Irish names I’m looking forward to...

Saoirse Ostrowski
Eoin Kowalski

Etc..

Furst dey tuk or jobs
Den dey tuk or wimin
Now der takin or names

Foweva Awone

From someone's Facebook profile,

"my 1 and only prince brooklyn my 3 princess.s letisha jaydeyn margomae xxxx"

I don't know which is worst!

The Real Ramona

Heard of a little girl called Bowie yesterday.

Markcheese

BBC News - Southwest Airlines apologises for mocking girl's name
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-46393501

Unfortunate for the kid, (that her mom was such a tit)

sbsquarepants

I know of an Irish girl called Epi, apparently it's not short for anything - her name is just Epi.:eek:

simongurnick

simongurnick wrote: »

All of my kids have older Irish names (as gaeilge) . I live in Canada and people haven't a clue how to pronounce them...except their buddies in schools. it's the adults that are clueless.

I differ. It is the parents who are clueless. Always children should be given a name that can be understood and said in the primary language where they live. Otherwise it will always be said wrong. The friends in school are with them all day, all days, so of course they know.

The announcer at the airport won't know..........

Reati

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I differ. It is the parents who are clueless. Always children should be given a name that can be understood and said in the primary language where they live. Otherwise it will always be said wrong. The friends in school are with them all day, all days, so of course they know.

The announcer at the airport won't know..........

Jesus that is the worst kid name I've heard. It's an entire paragraph. Never fit on a passport.

iamwhoiam

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I know of an Irish girl called Epi, apparently it's not short for anything - her name is just Epi.:eek:

I hope her surname isn’t Penn

Omackeral

Markcheese wrote: »

BBC News - Southwest Airlines apologises for mocking girl's name

Unfortunate for the kid, (that her mom was such a tit)

From the article "She said: 'Mom, why is she laughing at my name?'. Probably because your name is dumb as f*ck. Not he child's fault, of course. The article also says the kid is called Abcde and has to include pronounced ab-si-dee in it. Any person she'll ever meet that requires written forms or phone calls she'll have to say ''it's pronounced......''

Strumms

Strumms wrote: »

I don’t know why it would ever be an issue, I just think it’s a humorous but true reflection of the diversity of the country and the closeness of the Polish communities which have integrated, embraced and been embraced by and with every facet or Irish life.

Yeah, it's lovely. One of my brothers is married to a Lithuanian-born woman. We have a weird surname anyway, and their little boy has an incredibly Slavic name (I can't resist addressing him in a Slavic accent).

A sister is married to another foreigner (we're mad for the exotic types) and their babies have even weirder names, because it's not unusual for people of that background to have maybe five surnames. Good luck translating those to Irish for the rolla, whenever they start school.

You're absolutely correct about eastern Europeans in particular. It's difficult not to be reminded of the Normans, who famously became more Irish than the Irish themselves.

J Mysterio

The Real Ramona wrote: »

Heard of a little girl called Bowie yesterday.

Cool!

As long as it's pronounced 'bo-e' and not 'bow-e'.

J Mysterio

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I know of an Irish girl called Epi, apparently it's not short for anything - her name is just Epi.:eek:

That's cool too. Is it 'ep-e'?

Rubberlegs

sbsquarepants wrote: »

I know of an Irish girl called Epi, apparently it's not short for anything - her name is just Epi.:eek:

I know of an Eppie, the only other place I heard of it was in the George Eliot novel, Silas Marner.

imme

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

You're absolutely correct about eastern Europeans in particular. It's difficult not to be reminded of the Normans, who famously became more Irish than the Irish themselves.

The Normans invaded.

Did the eastern European people who came for the most part after their country's joined the EU invade.

Eastern Europeans in general I find to not be great integrators.
Any time I see a polish woman pushing a baby around the supermarket she's speaking polish to the kid.

Then there's the polish mass in st audoens church.

A polish minister, right wing Catholic government, was in Ireland last year. He was saying that polish should be on the curriculum. Is that integration.
I can't imagine there'd be too many takers for polish among other than polish students.