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

Salty

Janelle Petite Ranch wrote: »

Because it's highly likely that they'll have to emigrate as adults. Ireland is a small country and virtually nobody outside Ireland is going to be able to pronounce Sadhbh or Aoibheann. Hell, even a lot of Irish people can't pronounce some of the names or agree on how to pronounce them. Why make it even harder for yourself, having a name that even other English speakers can't pronounce? I don't think it's too ridiculous to imagine the employer thinking 'ehhh, too much effort' and moving on to the next John or Sarah. I'm not against Irish names, I actually like them and wouldn't rule them out, but there are some huge drawbacks.

What about all the Polish who emigrate to English speaking countries? Should they stop calling their children traditional Polish names because we might have trouble pronouncing them? I doubt it somehow. By your example, the Polish people in this country would have difficulty getting work based on the pronunciation/spelling of their names...it seems obvious that the majority of them haven't had trouble getting employment here at all. The same principle applies.

Caraville

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Janelle Petite Ranch wrote: »

Caraville wrote: »

They're completely different pronunciations! I would paddle a boat with an oar, not an or!

I'll put it this way, Orla should be pronounced with the same "o" sound you have in words like "Door" or "Floor" or "Core". NOT with the "o" sound you have in "ox" or "box" or "socks". Although I think that's more confusing than the oar thing!

I still have no idea what you mean. I pronounce them in exactly the same way. I just looked them up in a dictionary and looked at the phonemic symbols and they are exactly the same (ɔːr). I pronounce Orla as 'or-la' and I've never heard it any other way. And when I say or, it rhymes with door, floor and core. Where are you from?


I think I get what Janelle Petite Ranch is trying to say, try pronouncing it this way,R-la, pronounce the actual letter R and then the la.

Ha, thank you! That's exactly what I meant! I live in the South East and there are a lot of people that pronounce it R-la. It's good that you didn't understand what I meant though, cos that means you were pronouncing it properly! And it's funny, when I say to people where I am from that R-la is wrong, and that it's O-rla, they think I'm being posh!

_meehan_

_meehan_ wrote: »

What about all the Polish who emigrate to English speaking countries? Should they stop calling their children traditional Polish names because we might have trouble pronouncing them? I doubt it somehow. By your example, the Polish people in this country would have difficulty getting work based on the pronunciation/spelling of their names...it seems obvious that the majority of them haven't had trouble getting employment here at all. The same principle applies.

You might not have noticed, but a lot of the Polish have adapted their names, use the easier short form, or accept a completely wrong pronunciation of their name.

And as much as you're trying to compare two completely different situations, it just doesn't work. Polish is the ONLY language in Poland. Calling your Polish kid Jane or Matthew would just be weird. Ireland has two languages, and English is the main language of the vast majority of the population. I see endless threads from people who want to call their kids Irish names but don't even know how to spell them. People who want to call their kid Eve but spell it in Irish for the sake of it, even though they couldn't string an Irish sentence together if their life depended on it.

I'm not saying nobody should use Irish names. I'm saying it should be taken into consideration than nobody outside Ireland will be able to spell or pronounce them. If you're happy with that, and you bring up your child to be happy with that, realise that they have a very rare name from a very, very difficult to read language and not smirk rudely every time someone mispronounces their name (like 90% of Irish I know in London do, as if English people of Nigerian descent are supposed to just know how to pronounce Caoimhe), then grand.

namloc1980

Maybe we should do what they do in Iceland to avoid having all the little Shakiras and Beyonces running around the place. In Iceland parents can only give their children a name from an official government list of approved names. Strange but true!

gigino

Janelle Petite Ranch wrote: »

The vast majority of Irish who emigrate go to English speaking countries - the UK, Australia, the US, Canada. Who is going to have it easier working in Toronto, Sarah or Aoibheann? I'm not saying that's a reason to avoid Irish names, but please stop pretending it doesn't matter. Having an Irish name outside Ireland is a burden for a lot of people. My cousins grew up in London and all 4 of them wish their parents had chosen something more international. They went through school having to spell their names over and over again. They have lovely names, but mine is one that's recognised and easily pronounced almost anywhere in the world. A bit boring, but it makes my life easier.

Well said. There was the foreign businessman who admitted once he did not like dealing with a certain Irish lady with a very difficult to pronounce name ( for a foreigner ) because he was conscious of pronouncing it incorrectly and giving offence.

namloc1980

Janelle Petite Ranch wrote: »

You might not have noticed, but a lot of the Polish have adapted their names, use the easier short form, or accept a completely wrong pronunciation of their name.

And as much as you're trying to compare two completely different situations, it just doesn't work. Polish is the ONLY language in Poland. Calling your Polish kid Jane or Matthew would just be weird. Ireland has two languages, and English is the main language of the vast majority of the population. I see endless threads from people who want to call their kids Irish names but don't even know how to spell them. People who want to call their kid Eve but spell it in Irish for the sake of it, even though they couldn't string an Irish sentence together if their life depended on it.

I'm not saying nobody should use Irish names. I'm saying it should be taken into consideration than nobody outside Ireland will be able to spell or pronounce them. If you're happy with that, and you bring up your child to be happy with that, realise that they have a very rare name from a very, very difficult to read language and not smirk rudely every time someone mispronounces their name (like 90% of Irish I know in London do, as if English people of Nigerian descent are supposed to just know how to pronounce Caoimhe), then grand.

Jesus, that's a load of crapology you just spouted!

Stained Class

Janelle Petite Ranch wrote: »

You might not have noticed, but a lot of the Polish have adapted their names, use the easier short form, or accept a completely wrong pronunciation of their name.

And as much as you're trying to compare two completely different situations, it just doesn't work. Polish is the ONLY language in Poland. Calling your Polish kid Jane or Matthew would just be weird. Ireland has two languages, and English is the main language of the vast majority of the population. I see endless threads from people who want to call their kids Irish names but don't even know how to spell them. People who want to call their kid Eve but spell it in Irish for the sake of it, even though they couldn't string an Irish sentence together if their life depended on it.

I'm not saying nobody should use Irish names. I'm saying it should be taken into consideration than nobody outside Ireland will be able to spell or pronounce them. If you're happy with that, and you bring up your child to be happy with that, realise that they have a very rare name from a very, very difficult to read language and not smirk rudely every time someone mispronounces their name (like 90% of Irish I know in London do, as if English people of Nigerian descent are supposed to just know how to pronounce Caoimhe), then grand.

I've posted in this thread earlier & wish I could have gotten my point across as good as this.

gk5000

Going back a few years - Met a Swedish lady who recon'd all Swedes with American names were hyper.

Interesting concept - based on the fact that their parents watched, and more importantly were influenced by American TV... so their ofspring were inclinded to be less disiplined and thereby hyper by her standards.

And she went on to say how her parents ensured to give all their children names that were international, understood in all languages, to ensure no problems.... Monika, Peter, Jan/Hans/John...god she was boring.

newmug

meoklmrk91 wrote: »

Another little girl born not so long ago, nikita, I think it sounds like a stripper name but as one of her relations said '' it's a name you would put on a husky dog''

That name always reminds me of "Makita". ie. An angle grinder.

What about Colm? I pronounce it Kullum. I hate when people say Kollum.

namloc1980 wrote: »

Maybe we should do what they do in Iceland to avoid having all the little Shakiras and Beyonces running around the place. In Iceland parents can only give their children a name from an official government list of approved names. Strange but true!

They do that in France and Denmark too. Nothing strange about it. I really wish they would do it here too.

@ Janelle Petite Ranch, what Caravelle is trying to say about Orla is that the "O" sound should be the same as the "O" sound out of own, oat, phone etc., as opposed to the "O" sound out of log, fog, for, omlette.

Although I disagree with her!

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Who is Sebullus ?

I think he was the greyhound out of "Man about dog":D

Chuck was taken

Daisy...

gigino

gk5000 wrote: »

Going back a few years - Met a Swedish lady who recon'd all Swedes with American names were hyper.

Interesting concept - based on the fact that their parents watched, and more importantly were influenced by American TV... so their ofspring were inclinded to be less disiplined and thereby hyper by her standards.

a bit like reconing that kids with very Irish language names are very nationalistic ? ...based on their parents being like that. Interesting concept. Better to have a neutral name methinks.

newmug

And whats all this about peoples names being "boring"? If you rely on peoples first names to give you kicks, you have some serious issues.

Lady Chatterton

Chuck was taken wrote: »

Daisy...

Daisy is one of those names that is very pretty when you're five but I'm not sure how helpful the name would be in later life. (Imagine a Judge called Daisy).

Stained Class

MrsD007 wrote: »

Daisy is one of those names that is very pretty when you're five but I'm not sure how helpful the name would be in later life. (Imagine a Judge called Daisy).

True.

Imagine having to have a lifesaving operation & your Surgeon is called Daisy?

*Well we'll wheel you in to the Operation Room, cut you open, whip out your goolies, darn you up smartly be home 4 tea, hee hee hee!!!!!

Lady Chatterton

Stained Class wrote: »

True.

Imagine having to have a lifesaving operation & your Surgeon is called Daisy?

*Well we'll wheel you in to the Operation Room, cut you open, whip out your goolies, darn you up smartly be home 4 tea, hee hee hee!!!!!

Funny enough, what a surgeon was called wouldn't bother me in the least. I reckon that I'd be so nervous about the operation I'd just be praying that the surgeon had the skills and experience to get me out the other side safely

However, when it comes to matters of law and order, I don't think I would be intimidated by a person called Daisy.

Niles

MrsD007 wrote: »

Daisy is one of those names that is very pretty when you're five but I'm not sure how helpful the name would be in later life. (Imagine a Judge called Daisy).

I'd say she'd come across as a right cow. :pac:

I'll get my coat...

Lady Chatterton

Niles wrote: »

I'd say she'd come across as a right cow. :pac:

I'll get my coat...

It is funny when you think about another flowery name - "Rose".

Rose, is a name that works really well whether you're 5 or 85 years old.

Dudess

namloc1980 wrote: »

Janelle Petite Ranch wrote: »

You might not have noticed, but a lot of the Polish have adapted their names, use the easier short form, or accept a completely wrong pronunciation of their name.

And as much as you're trying to compare two completely different situations, it just doesn't work. Polish is the ONLY language in Poland. Calling your Polish kid Jane or Matthew would just be weird. Ireland has two languages, and English is the main language of the vast majority of the population. I see endless threads from people who want to call their kids Irish names but don't even know how to spell them. People who want to call their kid Eve but spell it in Irish for the sake of it, even though they couldn't string an Irish sentence together if their life depended on it.

I'm not saying nobody should use Irish names. I'm saying it should be taken into consideration than nobody outside Ireland will be able to spell or pronounce them. If you're happy with that, and you bring up your child to be happy with that, realise that they have a very rare name from a very, very difficult to read language and not smirk rudely every time someone mispronounces their name (like 90% of Irish I know in London do, as if English people of Nigerian descent are supposed to just know how to pronounce Caoimhe), then grand.

Jesus, that's a load of crapology you just spouted!

How? Because you disagree?

pickarooney

Janelle Petite Ranch wrote: »

I still have no idea what you mean. I pronounce them in exactly the same way. I just looked them up in a dictionary and looked at the phonemic symbols and they are exactly the same (ɔːr). I pronounce Orla as 'or-la' and I've never heard it any other way. And when I say or, it rhymes with door, floor and core. Where are you from?

/ɔ/ is a short 'o' ('hot', 'pot' and in some accents 'caught')
/ɔ:/ is a longer short 'o' ('thaw', 'law' and in some accents 'caught')
/o/ is a long 'o' ('floor', 'door' in Irish and other rhotic accents. It's not really used in RP English, where these vowel sounds are generally a diphthong).

four18

NEADUS CALLUS

I used to deal with this guy, He owns an alarm company, Nice guy but what were his parents thinking ?:( And He is 100% Irish !

Burky126

Dusan Mandic.

Ceatharlach

Ignatius.

I once knew someone with the curse of having that as a first name.

Lady Chatterton

Ceatharlach wrote: »

Ignatius.

I once knew someone with the curse of having that as a first name.

It's bad but Iggy is worse.

nowyouresix

Chardonnay and Savannah....cousins I think.

CiaranTheGreat

I don't think it was a child but I today I heard Shaquille Brady!!

homerjay2005

i know a lad called Aenus. the poor poor lad.

another name of a baby ive seen yesterday is Hubert.

both sets of parents should be beaten.

Pherekydes

homerjay2005 wrote: »

i know a lad called Aenus. the poor poor lad.

another name of a baby ive seen yesterday is Hubert.

both sets of parents should be beaten.

My former next door neighbour was called Aeneas. This is probably the name that you, and others in this thread, are trying to imply sounds like anus.

It's Ay-nee-ass.

bb1234567

bronwyn *shivers*
fabianne(pronounced fay-bee-aw-n)
Prudence/Beatrice/Gertrude/agnes- all as bad as eachother and all remind me of dried fruit and cranky old people.
peyton
sebastian
roofus(is that how its even spelt?)who actually calls their child that.
gus
gretchen
penelope
all disgusting names^^ parents who give their children any of the names should be shot on sight.

Pherekydes

gigino wrote: »

a bit like reconing that kids with very Irish language names are very nationalistic ? ...based on their parents being like that. Interesting concept.

I don't think people are such simpletons.

sam34

I met a woman today who has called her baby daughter "Yvonne".

nothing wrong with that.

except, she is pronouncing it " wih vun ee".

utterly ridiculous

bb1234567

bb1234567 wrote: »

roofus(is that how its even spelt?)who actually calls their child that.

eh a lot of people

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus

Rocket19

bb1234567 wrote: »

roofus(is that how its even spelt?)who actually calls their child that.
should be shot on sight.

Rufus*** : )

I actually know a really hot guy called Rufus. I agree it's a terrible name, but it's funny; if you actually get to know someone with a name like this, you get used to it. Rufus doesn't even sound that bad to me now.

Also, my sister has a friend called Sebastian, though he goes by Seb, which is quite cool really : P

bb1234567

bluewolf wrote: »

eh a lot of people

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufus

its still ugly.

BunShopVoyeur

Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo.

al28283

Angus, Keith, or Deirdre

admiralofthefleet

i hate children being referred to as kids. they are children

newbee22

Randy

Kevin Duffy

newbee22 wrote: »

Randy

Me too, PM sent.

nessie911

I want to know what are peoples reasons for not liking particular names. Most I can understand, but names like Keith or Deirdre which were mentioned in a previous post I do not understand.

homerjay2005

Pherekydes wrote: »

My former next door neighbour was called Aeneas. This is probably the name that you, and others in this thread, are trying to imply sounds like anus.

It's Ay-nee-ass.

nope, he is called anus.

Stained Class

nessie911 wrote: »

I want to know what are peoples reasons for not liking particular names. Most I can understand, but names like Keith or Deirdre which were mentioned in a previous post I do not understand.

Maybe that poster had a bad experiance with people with those names.

Stained Class

homerjay2005 wrote: »

nope, he is called anus.

Bummer.

Pherekydes

homerjay2005 wrote: »

nope, he is called anus.

Bull****.

franciebellew

Kegs. At school people used to say is that like a nickname for Kevin.


Nope, its Kegs.

bb1234567

Pherekydes wrote: »

Bull****.

I second that.

galwaymusic

I met a girl called Duck...

Duck

Parenting fail lyk? It rhymes with so many things!!! WTF...Suck... Why would you name a child that??!

Summer005

Has to be a girl I knew called Mercedes... shocking!

plein de force

Magdelana-Joanne

Rockery Woman

Tadgh Hunt :P

Lady Chatterton

Winifred