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

EoghanIRL

How do you actually pronounce caoilfhionn? Someone I know of has that name.
Is it a literal Irish pronounciation of the spelling?

Hotblack Desiato

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Is your surname Ramone by any chance?

I wish.I can't play guitar, I tried.

My cousin named one of his Zoe. Lovely name, but there was a dog in the family called Zoe before! I don't think you can use pet names for kids? I've owned a Fionn, Zara, Marky, JJ, Amelia and Harvey. To name a few. I couldn't name a kid after a pet!

ArtSmart

EoghanIRL wrote: »

How do you actually pronounce caoilfhionn? Someone I know of has that name.
Is it a literal Irish pronounciation of the spelling?

'Runt', but with a 'C'

A friend has a son who's name is Queen-vin. Irish for Kevin. It's spelt with Caoimheann or something like it. Worse than that, something you'd struggle with even as a gaeilgoir.

My South African friends I have mentioned on this topic a few times. They want to be Irish. They named their first kid Erin, their second kid Bhailie (means home and pronounced Bailey, apparently), Arro, picked out of the sky that one, then the twins Hazel and Willow.

Wouldn't infuriate me so much save that I called them out on the "h" in Bhailie's name to be told they got it from this source, no matter how much I tried to explain it was a grammar thing and the h didn't belong in there, they told me they know better. The guy of the family now says "CNUT YOU TAH" and expects me to says "Ceart go leor". He also had a massive row with his own family lately because he claims to be Irish (Born in SA, married a girl from SA with an Irish grandmother, lived in Ireland for 11 years) and they asked him to cop on and support his own.

This makes me mad! I read Lovin Dublin or dole threads on boards for this kind of anger!

Filmer Paradise

EoghanIRL wrote: »

How do you actually pronounce caoilfhionn? Someone I know of has that name.
Is it a literal Irish pronounciation of the spelling?

Outside of the Language Hawks it's a secret.;)

To normal people the 'it sounds like a rusty iron gate squealing in a gale' analogy fits in mostly.

Hotblack Desiato

Having to go through life spelling your name out every time you ring a business or service is a curse.

EoghanIRL

Perfect, I'll just avoid saying that name in case I mispronounce it.

cj maxx

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Perfect, I'll just avoid saying that name in case I mispronounce it.

I do know one and she says 'key'-lawn'
I thought it should be 'kale-finn'

DyldeBrill

For me it has to be Chardonnay...

Picture a woman with the strongest Dublin accent imaginable screaming after her dear Chardonnay in a busy shop. The sound of her voice still haunts me to this day, not to mention the name.

ibarelycare

EoghanIRL wrote: »

How do you actually pronounce caoilfhionn? Someone I know of has that name.
Is it a literal Irish pronounciation of the spelling?

It's pronounced Keelan. It's a lovely name but an obnoxious spelling.

Deleted User wrote: »

A friend has a son who's name is Queen-vin. Irish for Kevin. It's spelt with Caoimheann or something like it. Worse than that, something you'd struggle with even as a gaeilgoir.

Do you mean Caoimhín? I wouldn't have thought it was a rare name, it's one I've come across plenty of times. It's pronounced Kwee-veen.

Gwynplaine

ibarelycare wrote: »

Do you mean Caoimhín? I wouldn't have thought it was a rare name, it's one I've come across plenty of times. It's pronounced Kwee-veen.

How could a parent do that to their child? They must hate the child, or hate themselves for letting one slip through the net.
Some hero shinner politician is called Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. I had to look that up and copy and paste it. Imagine ringing a taxi or a takeaway and having to spell that out every time. I've a friend with an odd surname and when this happens he just says "Murphy".

ibarelycare

Gwynplaine wrote: »

How could a parent do that to their child? They must hate the child, or hate themselves for letting one slip through the net.
Some hero shinner politician is called Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. I had to look that up and copy and paste it. Imagine ringing a taxi or a takeaway and having to spell that out every time. I've a friend with an odd surname and when this happens he just says "Murphy".

Is it really that strange? I don't like the name myself but I didn't think it was that unusual! Maybe it's cos I went to an Irish primary school so I was used to it!

jimgoose

ibarelycare wrote: »

Is it really that strange? I don't like the name myself but I didn't think it was that unusual! Maybe it's cos I went to an Irish primary school so I was used to it!

It's Kevin O'Collins in it's beardo Irisígi incarnation. Normal enough.

Caoimhgh1n

Gwynplaine wrote: »

How could a parent do that to their child? They must hate the child, or hate themselves for letting one slip through the net.
Some hero shinner politician is called Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. I had to look that up and copy and paste it. Imagine ringing a taxi or a takeaway and having to spell that out every time. I've a friend with an odd surname and when this happens he just says "Murphy".

I love my name. People are entitled to name their child whatever they want, think of all the foreign names people can't spell.

ibarelycare

Ah god...when I saw the last poster in the thread I thought someone had signed up with a new username to post on here as a joke

Hrududu

A friend of mine had a childhood friend called Jenelope. Like a mix of Jennifer and Penelope.

toptom

There were a bloke in work who called his kid Nelson

Kovu

Hrududu wrote: »

A friend of mine had a childhood friend called Jenelope. Like a mix of Jennifer and Penelope.

At least it wasn't a boy called Jackalope

(It's a mythical creature like a hare with horns)

I always thought caoilfhionn should sound like keel-yun
or kwale-yun

keelan sounds ok on its own though

Jimoslimos

toptom wrote: »

There were a bloke in work who called his kid Nelson

Ha ha!

Caoimhgh1n

bluewolf wrote: »

I always thought caoilfhionn should sound like keel-yun
or kwale-yun

keelan sounds ok on its own though

The "caoi" is pronounced the same as the "caoi" in Caoimhe in the north.

jca

toptom wrote: »

There were a bloke in work who called his kid Nelson

HA HA.....

SMJSF

Heard "Kazu" on a mentioned tv show tonight! :-O

fussyonion

"Our little boy was born last night. Welcome to the world Rae-Joe"

Courtesy of Facebook.

Omackeral

fussyonion wrote: »

"Our little boy was born last night. Welcome to the world Rae-Joe"

Courtesy of Facebook.

That's a stripper from Alabama if ever there was one.

gutenberg

Saw a news story about a girl who helped her mother when the mother was in labour. All very sweet, except when they revealed the baby's name...

Elsa-Monet.

evajean

Alowishus

No. Seriously!



Why would you do that to a child???

Baggy Trousers

evajean wrote: »

Alowishus

No. Seriously!

Is it not "Aloysius".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aloysius

Aloysius (/æləˈwɪʃəs/ al-ə-wish-əs) is a given name. It is a Latinisation of the names Louis, Lewis, Luis, Luigi, Ludwig, and so on. It has Germanic origins and means, "fame and war." In the US, the name is rare, with babies receiving the name less than 0.001% since the 1940s, according to Social Security Administration data. It is more common in Liberia.

evajean

i dont know tbh

i only heard the poor child called it by the father, i didnt ask him how it was spelt!!

either way its terrible.......


to make it worse he also called the child 'wish' and 'wishy'.........in public ffs!!!

Your Face

Aidan - its just not right.

chughes

Was in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre today and a mother spoke to her toddler and called her Portia.
I couldn't help but wonder if the child has a sister called Incontinentia Buttox........

Jimoslimos

chughes wrote: »

Was in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre today and a mother spoke to her toddler and called her Portia.
I couldn't help but wonder if the child has a sister called Incontinentia Buttox........

Someone with a love of Shakespeare perhaps?

Cortina_MK_IV

I knew a girl that wanted to call her planned baby Portia but was influenced by Portia de Rossi, it was about the time she got together with Ellen De Generes. I think she had a boy... Hope she didn't call him Shylock!

DexysGrl

I have a friend who named her son Clint... and what's worse is that she writes in all block capitals and sometimes when she writes her own son's name down on paper it looks like another word entirely....


hint: SEE yoU Next Tuesday!

fussyonion

I was on the phone to a utility company yesterday and the woman on the other end said her name was "De-bor-ah".
As in: "D-bore-ah".
I think she's trying to posh up "Debra"

gooseygander

I was introduced to a guy a few years ago and he told me his name was roger rabbit. I looked at him as if he was taking the piss and he replied " I know, I know, I was born before that _ucking rabbit.

Paddy Cow

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

Two women in the supermarket discussing "Princess and Billy".

I wonder how will Katie Price's daughter will feel when she is old enough to realise that she is Bunny and her older sister is Princess. I thought Princess was bad enough but "Bunny"? Ffs, what was Katie thinking?

Fleawuss

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I wonder how will Katie Price's daughter will feel when she is old enough to realise that she is Bunny and her older sister is Princess. I thought Princess was bad enough but "Bunny"? Ffs, what was Katie thinking?

Career options based on her own vision for her daughter. Hefner will probably be still hiring.

TheLastMohican

A few years ago a guy called his son after the full team of a Premier Div club. This fellow has less class - sorry Millwall fans:

http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/a-man-named-his-newborn-son-after-his-favorite-soccer-club/vp-BBnencj

Asarlai

toptom wrote: »

There were a bloke in work who called his kid Nelson

I don't get it...

Asarlai

Armadilla

The female form of Armadillo, I suppose

KatW4

fussyonion wrote:

I was on the phone to a utility company yesterday and the woman on the other end said her name was "De-bor-ah". As in: "D-bore-ah". I think she's trying to posh up "Debra"

I had a child in my class a few years ago who pronounced her name like that. Took me ages to say it properly! She wasn't too impressed if I said it wrong but then again 6 year olds never are!

Icsics

Sonny

fussyonion

fussyonion wrote: »

I was on the phone to a utility company yesterday and the woman on the other end said her name was "De-bor-ah".
As in: "D-bore-ah".
I think she's trying to posh up "Debra"

That's the proper spelling of the name though. And that's how it should be pronounced but rarely is.

BizzyC

Turtyturd wrote: »

Was watching an NFL game a few weeks back and there was a Dont'a playing (pronounced Dante)....Dont'a Hightower.

By far not the worst named guy in American Football:
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Tshimanga "Tim" Biakabutuka
Yourhighness Morgan
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
Fair Hooker

eisenberg1

I still reckon Aeneus is the worst moniker to bestowed on a child.

George White

BizzyC wrote: »

By far not the worst named guy in American Football:
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Tshimanga "Tim" Biakabutuka
Yourhighness Morgan
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
Fair Hooker

D'Brickashaw Ferguson's first name is his mother's corruption of the name De Bricassart, the Norman surname of the romanticised Irish paedophile priest played by Richard Chamberlain in the Thorn Birds.

BuilderPlumber

The names that really baffle me are those clearly given to children because of some footballer, football manager, etc. Names like Ferguson Murphy, Ferdinand Daly or Beckham Molloy for example.

Asarlai

BizzyC wrote: »

By far not the worst named guy in American Football:
D'Brickashaw Ferguson
BenJarvus Green-Ellis
Tshimanga "Tim" Biakabutuka
Yourhighness Morgan
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
Fair Hooker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gODZzSOelss&channel=UCUsN5ZwHx2kILm84-jPDeXw

Omackeral

Kid dropped a yoghurt in the supermarket today.

''Hudson ya little bollix ya''