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

josip

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Timmy.


South Park have ruined that name for me

Woof.

XxMCRxBabyxX

HensVassal wrote: »

FYP

'Pologies! Honestly, I completely blanked on the word designer so decided that owner might be a close enough one!

callaway92

Samaris wrote: »

Ofelia is the Latinate* form of the name afaik, Ophelia...hrm. Well, it appears in Shakespeare (Hamlet), so it was a "known" name in Shakespearean England. Huh, looked it up, and it's from a Greek word. Probably invented as a name by a 15thC poet for "Arcadia".


*I may be using that term wrong - I mean in the Romance/Latin-influenced languages such as Spanish, Italian, French.

Nice, like the spelling too.

experiMental

Dick

foxy farmer

experiMental wrote: »

Dick

There were 2 elderly brothers near me years ago who spent a good deal of time in the pub. Early in the day they were quite happy to be called Jack and Dick. However if you referred to them by these names late in the evening you'd quickly be corrected and be told they were Sean and Richard!!!

Nemanrio

Tarquin
Toby
Chantelle
Shalequa
Clarence

Liamario

I was reading a thread a couple of months ago on another site and the person in question was suggesting that he call his son Galahad. Needless to say, he was ripped apart for that idea.

HensVassal

smash wrote: »

Sadhbh or Tadhg. At least give a child a name that can be pronounced when someone tries to read it ffs.

At least these names, while unusual are ok if you are in Ireland. When you travel/live/work abroad you're in for a world of exasperation. I worked for a summer in the US in a country club with a bunch of other J-1ers. There was was a Sean, a Siobhain and a Niamh amongst us. Were were waiters and waitresses with name tags. The 3 I mentioned had to have their name tags remade with their names spelt phonetically, i.e. Shaun, Shivaun and Neeve because the punters were calling them "Seen", "Sib-hane" and (wait for it) "Nymph" :pac:

Fuck knows what they'd mangle Sadhbh into

HensVassal

XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »

'Pologies! Honestly, I completely blanked on the word designer so decided that owner might be a close enough one!

It happens.....I was going to put "inventer" myself but that wasn't really right either.

BizzyC

HensVassal wrote: »

At least these names, while unusual are ok if you are in Ireland. When you travel/live/work abroad you're in for a world of exasperation. I worked for a summer in the US in a country club with a bunch of other J-1ers. There was was a Sean, a Siobhain and a Niamh amongst us. Were were waiters and waitresses with name tags. The 3 I mentioned had to have their name tags remade with their names spelt phonetically, i.e. Shaun, Shivaun and Neeve because the punters were calling them "Seen", "Sib-hane" and (wait for it) "Nymph" :pac:

Fuck knows what they'd mangle Sadhbh into

Funniest I've heard living in london is people trying to pronounce "Ruaraidgh".
Came out like 'Roo-are-ayee-de-guh".

smash

BizzyC wrote: »

Funniest I've heard living in london is people trying to pronounce "Ruaraidgh".
Came out like 'Roo-are-ayee-de-guh".

He could have just changed his name to Rory

Bríd.

Only 70+ year old grannies are allowed to be called Bríd.

smash

Deleted User wrote: »

Bríd.

Only 70+ year old grannies are allowed to be called Bríd.

Or Maureen or Noleen.

Salty

smash wrote: »

Or Maureen or Noleen.

Or Bernie

Caoimhgh1n

smash wrote: »

He could have just changed his name to Rory

Some people don't want to change their name.

Ahorseofaman

HensVassal wrote: »

Porn star names right there. Hope their surname isn't Cummings

I wont give their real surname for obvious reasons but its as Irish and common as McCarthy or Murphy.

ibarelycare

BizzyC wrote: »

Funniest I've heard living in london is people trying to pronounce "Ruaraidgh".
Came out like 'Roo-are-ayee-de-guh".

That's a fucking ridiculous way to spell that name in fairness. There's at least 3 letters more than are needed. I hate when people add redundant letters to names, it's so pretentious.

Omackeral

fatknacker wrote: »

Zanteee....ZANTEEEE CUM IN FER YORE DINNERRR

If this thread is to be believed, there's an epidemic of working class children with exotic names going malnourished. They're never in for their meals. It's very sad.

rainbow kirby

BizzyC wrote: »

Funniest I've heard living in london is people trying to pronounce "Ruaraidgh".
Came out like 'Roo-are-ayee-de-guh".

This is pretty much exactly the reason why we ruled out every tough to pronounce Irish name for our son...

MRnotlob606

I am not a hater of our beloved Irish culture. But I think we have some very stupid sounding names in the Irish Language like Odhrán, like put a B in front of it an you're a f&*cking percussion instrument.

Keane2baMused

I heard Beyoncé being told to "get over here NOW" on grafton street.

It wasn't Jay Z calling her either.

Keane2baMused

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

I am not a hater of our beloved Irish culture. But I think we have some very stupid sounding names in the Irish Language like Odhrán, like put a B in front of it an you're a f&*cking percussion instrument.

But the name came before the instrument?!

Olishi4

I'd be tempted to call a future daughter Maybelline. I love the name and song by Chuck Berry but not the cosmetic brand so I wouldn't use it.

cowboyBuilder

Regina ... what the hell were they thinking!!?

keano_afc

HensVassal wrote: »

At least these names, while unusual are ok if you are in Ireland. When you travel/live/work abroad you're in for a world of exasperation. I worked for a summer in the US in a country club with a bunch of other J-1ers. There was was a Sean, a Siobhain and a Niamh amongst us. Were were waiters and waitresses with name tags. The 3 I mentioned had to have their name tags remade with their names spelt phonetically, i.e. Shaun, Shivaun and Neeve because the punters were calling them "Seen", "Sib-hane" and (wait for it) "Nymph" :pac:

Fuck knows what they'd mangle Sadhbh into

My daughter is called Sadhbh. We've had fun explaining it to foreigners and Ulster planters. Its best if they dont read it first.

moycullen14

keano_afc wrote: »

My daughter is called Sadhbh. We've had fun explaining it to foreigners and Ulster planters. Its best if they dont read it first.

Daughter has two friends: Niamh & Sadhbh.

Former know as 'Knee-am-huh' and the latter 'Sad-huh-buh-huh' in our house.

God love them if they ever live in the UK. Brits CANNOT pronounce Gaelic names.

Ezra Wibberley

ibarelycare wrote: »

I hate when people add redundant letters to names, it's so pretentious.

Totally agreed. I know a girl called Orfhlaith... a step above and beyond the already unnecessary Orlaith. Orla. It's Orla.

dubhthach

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

I am not a hater of our beloved Irish culture. But I think we have some very stupid sounding names in the Irish Language like Odhrán, like put a B in front of it an you're a f&*cking percussion instrument.

I'd be more concerned about people using pre-reform spelling when there exists often a simplified spelling that deletes characters that are no longer pronounced.

Compare:
Ruaidhrí -> Ruairí
Clíodhna -> Clíona
Sadbh -> Sabh
Meadhbh -> Méabh
Odhrán -> Oran

fatknacker

The worst is those who get arsey if a foreigner doesn't pronounce their name correctly. Wtf do you expect? How is a non Irish speaker supposed to understand crazy Gaelic pronounciations?

cowboyBuilder

How does one pronounce Sadhbh ?

Boom_Bap

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

How does one pronounce Sadhbh ?

sighvv

Omackeral

Sive, it sounds like a skin condition.

cowboyBuilder

Sive maybe ?

furiousox

Assumpta
Padraigin (For a girl)

northgirl

crispin

Gunslinger92

furiousox wrote: »

Padraigin (For a girl)

Ah lord above please tell me you're ripping the piss. That's child abuse

furiousox

Nope, true I'm afraid.
It's even mentioned in wikipedia!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1draig%C3%ADn

maudgonner

Gunslinger92 wrote: »

Ah lord above please tell me you're ripping the piss. That's child abuse

I'm guessing you're not Irish? It's not at all unusual, although less common now than it would have been 20 years ago, even.

It's the feminine of Padraig, the Irish equivalent of Patricia.

smash

maudgonner wrote: »

I'm guessing you're not Irish? It's not at all unusual, although less common now than it would have been 20 years ago, even.

It's the feminine of Padraig, the Irish equivalent of Patricia.

I've literally never heard that name before.

dubhthach

smash wrote: »

I've literally never heard that name before.

It's fairly common in Kerry and I've heard it in Galway, than again both counties have Gaeltachtaí

As pointed out it's equivalent of calling your daughter Patricia.

maudgonner

smash wrote: »

I've literally never heard that name before.

I know at least five of them, off the top of my head. Maybe it's a west coast thing.

smash

maudgonner wrote: »

I know at least five of them, off the top of my head. Maybe it's a west coast thing.

poor girls

maudgonner

smash wrote: »

poor girls

I don't see anything wrong with the name? Maybe you need to hear it pronounced - it's not as guttural as it looks written down (like most Irish words).

smash

maudgonner wrote: »

I don't see anything wrong with the name? Maybe you need to hear it pronounced - it's not as guttural as it looks written down (like most Irish words).

I don't care if people go on about heritage etc etc. It's a horrendous name to give a child.

dubhthach

smash wrote: »

I don't care if people go on about heritage etc etc. It's a horrendous name to give a child.

No more horrendous than Pádraig

maudgonner

dubhthach wrote: »

No more horrendous than Pádraig

Exactly, I genuinely don't see why people think it's a horrible name?

parttime

But Irish names aren't hard to pronounce, just hard to read.
It's not that hard to make an effort.
My kids are
Eoghan
Ruairí
Donnacha.
Good strong Irish names.

cowboyBuilder

furiousox wrote: »

Assumpta
Padraigin (For a girl)

So that wasn't just in a Fr. Ted episode so ! :eek:

furiousox

Josh.
More a noise than a name.

Kovu

I agree that Padraigin sounds much much better than it looks, more like paw-ree-geen than prouncing the hard 'ig' in the middle of Padraig.