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

Feets

Fandymo wrote: »

Truly Scrumptious. And this wasn't a foreign child. She had a surname like Kelly or Walsh. Poor child. Was from one of the counties bordering Dublin.

I have heard this name too, kind in the same location, I thought my friend was joking, I wonder if her parents updated her name since...

Fandymo

Feets wrote: »

I have heard this name too, kind in the same location, I thought my friend was joking, I wonder if her parents updated her name since...

I saw it on a passport application about 18 years ago.

Feets

Feets wrote: »

I have heard this name too, kind in the same location, I thought my friend was joking, I wonder if her parents updated her name since...

Heard it too, same location. I think the child was born about a year before ISIS kicked off so it was awful timing. I'm assuming the name has since been changed.

Pericles Jasper.

I kid you not.

Poor lad goes by P.J.

Quin_Dub

Fandymo wrote: »

Truly Scrumptious. And this wasn't a foreign child. She had a surname like Kelly or Walsh. Poor child. Was from one of the counties bordering Dublin.

Chitty chitty bang bang character right?

Fandymo

Quin_Dub wrote: »

Chitty chitty bang bang character right?

I believe so, someone in that office made that comment

Lesalare

Pegasus Ezekiel

El Gato De Negocios

Girl I know recently called her young fella Odin.

Fcuk sake.

griffin100

Missy Elliot, age 6, from Finglas.

Stovepipe

Diultach. I have no idea what it means but one of my daughter's friends is so named.

Stovepipe

Stovepipe wrote: »

Diultach. I have no idea what it means but one of my daughter's friends is so named.

Negative.

Scoundrel

griffin100 wrote: »

Missy Elliot, age 6, from Finglas.

Already a compo sponger as well how fitting.

iamwhoiam

Stovepipe wrote: »

Diultach. I have no idea what it means but one of my daughter's friends is so named.

Dualtach is the proper spelling .

Scoundrel

Scoundrel wrote: »

Already a compo sponger as well how fitting.

Incredible story there!

Ger Roe

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

There was a kid in my school around 1980 who insisted in taking Lucifer as his Confirmation name. Teachers objected, but fair fücks to the kid, he argued that it was a valid Biblical name of an angel, and not in any way Satanic. The Bishop conferred him Lucifer.

Same idea with someone I know - he took the confo name Elmo.
The bishop had to have it confirmed that he was a saint (patron of Sailors), before continuing with the ceremony.

Scoundrel

Scoundrel wrote: »

Already a compo sponger as well how fitting.

She is a six-year old child. This legal case is not her responsibility.

Witchie

Ger Roe wrote: »

Same idea with someone I know - he took the confo name Elmo.
The bishop had to have it confirmed that he was a saint (patron of Sailors), before continuing with the ceremony.

My youngest son took Fechin. Smartarse.

Purple Mountain

Witchie wrote: »

My youngest son took Fechin. Smartarse.

Lol

Strumms

Ger Roe wrote: »

Same idea with someone I know - he took the confo name Elmo.
The bishop had to have it confirmed that he was a saint (patron of Sailors), before continuing with the ceremony.

That’s brilliant, I’m regretting being a boring prick and choosing a run of the mill name for mine...

Elmo would have been miles better..

Sheering

El Gato De Negocios wrote: »

Girl I know recently called her young fella Odin.

Fcuk sake.

I think it's a cool sounding name. Ya know, if you can get past the god of war thing.

Esho

Ger Roe wrote: »

Same idea with someone I know - he took the confo name Elmo.
The bishop had to have it confirmed that he was a saint (patron of Sailors), before continuing with the ceremony.

Lol fair fex to him!

cantdecide

Good choon too

Glenster

Scoundrel wrote: »

Already a compo sponger as well how fitting.

Yeah I'd say she'll see that money.

Hamsterchops

Knew a lad once who's name was Oriel, which he hated with a vengeance, (far too close to Ariel), and so, in the school yard he became Ariel, either the washing powder or the thing on your roof, so when he was in his 20s he changed his name to Nigel.

True story.

Kaybaykwah

griffin100 wrote: »

Missy Elliot, age 6, from Finglas.

Somebody please tell that judge Santa is not as real as he seems.

sydthebeat

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Knew a lad once who's name was Oriel, which he hated with a vengeance, (far too close to Ariel), and so, in the school yard he became Ariel, either the washing powder or the thing on your roof, so when he was in his 20s he changed his name to Nigel.

True story.

Jaysus, Nigel is worse....

Purple Mountain

Heard in an Irish forestry yesterday..a parent shouting for their 'Arianna'.

Lesalare

sydthebeat wrote: »

Jaysus, Nigel is worse....

Are people still called Nigel these days?
Same as Margaret or Brid.

Lesalare

sydthebeat wrote: »

Jaysus, Nigel is worse....

Are people still called Nigel these days?
Same as Margaret or Brid.

joebloggs32

Foweva Awone wrote: »

I know these aren't as bad as some of the absolute monstrosities on this thread, but misplaced and superfluous fadas really bother me.

Just saw on someone's Facebook page siblings called Aóibh and Cáhir.

It's like they don't think the names are Irish enough unless there's a fada randomly thrown in there somewhere. :rolleyes:

My daughter would appear to have a random fada, but it happened by accident.
We were giving her the Irish version of my mother's name.

The morning after she was born a friend of my wife popped into her with a mug, bearing her name, but a fada in the wrong place. Then soon after as my wife was resting somone came in with official paperwork for her the baby's name.
My wife being tired asked the lady to write in the name on the form and used the incorrectly spelled name from the mug.

I only spotted it when we went to register the birth. No way would the registrar move the fada one place to the right on the birth cert

lintdrummer

When I was younger I lived next door to a boy who was a few years younger than me. He was from a middle class Irish family, only child.
His name is Rex.
I always found it very odd but it never caused him any hassle that I saw, nobody seemed to remark on it.

dennyire

Hamsterchops wrote: »

Knew a lad once who's name was Oriel, which he hated with a vengeance, (far too close to Ariel), and so, in the school yard he became Ariel, either the washing powder or the thing on your roof, so when he was in his 20s he changed his name to Nigel.

True story.

Think i knew him too Surname Mac ?

Hamsterchops

No, not Mac.

But yeah, changing his name to Nigel wasn't ideal, but it is certainly better than Oriel-Aerial, kids can be cruel

cantdecide

Probably in response to a greeting of 'grand day...'

Economics101

I happen to know that some years ago a couple wanted their child registered as Rumpelstiltskin. I think that a bit of gentle persuasion from the Registrar's office might have prevented this disaster, but I can't be sure.

Noo

Ive a friend who works at a childrens hospital so shes seen them all. She had a Lucifer in last week. Now they could claim classical mythology origins blah blah blah, but lets face it, thats not the first thing you think of.

Motivator

There’s a boy in my nephew’s class in school called Leroy.

Whenever I hear the name I picture 6 foot 5 middle aged black man. This boy is 6 years old, weighs about 40lbs and his parents are accountants.

Bobblehats

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Heard in an Irish forestry yesterday..a parent shouting for their 'Arianna'.

Should have just forwarded them any old rianna. Or a Rihanna, there’s a fair few of those kickin about nowadays

EmmetSpiceland

Motivator wrote: »

There’s a boy in my nephew’s class in school called Leroy.

Whenever I hear the name I picture 6 foot 5 middle aged black man. This boy is 6 years old, weighs about 40lbs and his parents are accountants.

Is it not more of a redneck hillbilly name?

Loverlyhorse

There was a boy in Austria whose family had the surname "Hitler" believe it or not. And despite this, what did his parents choose as his first name?? Adolf!!

He was born in April though, I think possibly in 1889, so it was before the name had really developed a bad reputation. Still though, by the mid 1930s the name "Adolf Hitler" was known world wide for obvious reasons, so I still feel sorry for the guy. He would have been in his 40s at that stage - he'd moved to Germany by that stage too. I think he moved into politics. Must have gotten some stick!

He even has a wiki article, died relatively young too - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler

Foweva Awone

Bobblehats wrote: »

Should have just forwarded them any old rianna. Or a Rihanna, there’s a fair few of those kickin about nowadays

I actually know a Rianna with a daughter Arianna.

Motivator

There’s a boy in my nephew’s class in school called Leroy.

Whenever I hear the name I picture 6 foot 5 middle aged black man. This boy is 6 years old, weighs about 40lbs and his parents are accountants.

Bobblehats

Foweva Awone wrote: »

I actually know a Rianna with a daughter Arianna.

That’s awful. Reduced to a chip off the old block

LilacNails

Knew a man, fairly sound guy.. Anyway named his 2 kids Rocky and Giles.

PARlance

Motivator wrote: »

There’s a boy in my nephew’s class in school called Leroy.

Whenever I hear the name I picture 6 foot 5 middle aged black man. This boy is 6 years old, weighs about 40lbs and his parents are accountants.

Can he do a man marking job and kick a few points?

Some GAA followers might think of Lee(Roy) Keegan. He would have been at his peak 6-7 years ago.

At least he can fall back on Lee.

Sky King

LilacNails wrote: »

Knew a man, fairly sound guy.. Anyway named his 2 kids Rocky and Giles.

I'd call mine Dan and Ger.

Together they spell danger!

Archeron

Noo wrote: »

Ive a friend who works at a childrens hospital so shes seen them all. She had a Lucifer in last week. Now they could claim classical mythology origins blah blah blah, but lets face it, thats not the first thing you think of.

Lucifer Feichin Elmo O Flaherty. I like it

Foweva Awone

I'm from a big family, and every time a new baby girl was born, my dad wanted to call her Heather or Ruth. Nothing wrong with those names, except with his thick Wexford accent, he pronounced them "Hedder" and "Rooot". Thank god he never got his way.

Was once studying Spanish abroad, there was an American girl, first name Delaney

KevRossi

joebloggs32 wrote: »

I only spotted it when we went to register the birth. No way would the registrar move the fada one place to the right on the birth cert

I'm very sure the registry office has to accept your version of the name. My brothers name was incorrectly written down in the hospital, there was some polite words exchanged in the registry office as my parents went with a slightly different version.

Noo wrote: »

Ive a friend who works at a childrens hospital so shes seen them all. She had a Lucifer in last week. Now they could claim classical mythology origins blah blah blah, but lets face it, thats not the first thing you think of.

He'll be 'Lucy' in the playground if he lets his guard drop.