Worst name you've heard.

sheesh

there was a Us skiier called Peekaboo Street.

Madame K

Imogene Poots.

John Doe1

Living in a mostly protestant town there are a lot of archaic sounding ones like Clive, Geoffrey and Harold. Its weird knowing a 20 year old called Clive

Badly Drunk Boy

From QI:

A Russian family would never call their son "Power Station" or "Industrialisation" because they are girls' names. (In Russian, they are "Электростанция" and "Индустриализация" respectively.) Boys' names include "Combine harvester" and "23 February".

Melion

pearliefan wrote: »

Gaggandeep. Name of a cashier in Tesco I saw a few years ago... I had to do a double take!!

There's a Gaggandeep in Dunnes in Shannon

elPadrino

I was processing some application forms a few years ago and discovered Dorothy Tinman was living on our shores.

Must have been at some stage after 'Return to Oz' that those two got hitched

vanillavanilla

elPadrino wrote: »

I was processing some application forms a few years ago and discovered Dorothy Tinman was living on our shores.

Must have been at some stage after 'Return to Oz' that those two got hitched

This has to be my favourite of all names so far! Brilliant

Goro

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

From QI:

A Russian family would never call their son "Power Station" or "Industrialisation" because they are girls' names. (In Russian, they are "Электростанция" and "Индустриализация" respectively.) Boys' names include "Combine harvester" and "23 February".

Most normal Russians were laughing at those idiots who named their kids these names.

Just like we laugh at 'Moon Unit' and 'Harper Seven'.

Russians have crackpot celebrities too

old hippy

I met a SA chap called Kunti, once. And a gal called Titsi.

narfsnonsense

While working at a call centre in the States I has to ring Afrika Island.

Loads of stupid names over there.

old hippy

narfsnonsense wrote: »

While working at a call centre in the States I has to ring Afrika Island.

Loads of stupid names over there.

That's quite a cool name. This thread is a bit mean, tbh.

Rented Mule

swoody wrote: »

Judy Graham Swallows

http://cumberlandcountytn.gov/register-of-deeds/

I dated a Judy Graham in school.

















....and can confirm this

Siuin

One of the couples on 16 and Pregnant named their kid Gannon... it sounds like a fish

Goro

Siuin wrote: »

One of the couples on 16 and Pregnant named their kid Gannon... it sounds like a fish

Or a boss in Zelda.

ITS_A_BADGER

Siuin wrote: »

One of the couples on 16 and Pregnant named their kid Gannon... it sounds like a fish

are they gerudos?

aujopimur

I once met a man called Casper, I said I bet you got some stick growing up, yea he said, it could have been worse, my second name is Marmaduke.

ElleEm

aujopimur wrote: »

I once met a man called Casper, I said I bet you got some stick growing up, yea he said, it could have been worse, my second name is Marmaduke.

I love the name Casper!

Bear Grylls has a son called Marmaduke. He also has a kid called Huckleberry

vanillavanilla

aujopimur wrote: »

I once met a man called Casper, I said I bet you got some stick growing up, yea he said, it could have been worse, my second name is Marmaduke.

At least when he dies he will be a friendly ghost.

Heroditas

Has Nevaeh been mentioned yet?
It's Heaven spelt backwards... :rolleyes:

ceannair06

Heroditas wrote: »

Has Nevaeh been mentioned yet?
It's Heaven spelt backwards... :rolleyes:

Sadly yes, God that's BRUTAL!

I used to work in the UK, in a Uni and man some of the spellings.

SHEEVAWN/SHAVAUN/CHEVANNE - all for Siobhan.

NEAV/NEEVE/NEVE - for Niamh

But the cocked hat had to go to - PODRAGE. Work that one out!!!

Lord of the Bongs

Stuart Grocock

for the non believers http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Grocock

ITS_A_BADGER

ceannair06 wrote: »

Sadly yes, God that's BRUTAL!

I used to work in the UK, in a Uni and man some of the spellings.

SHEEVAWN/SHAVAUN/CHEVANNE - all for Siobhan.

NEAV/NEEVE/NEVE - for Niamh

But the cocked hat had to go to - PODRAGE. Work that one out!!!

Betcha its padraig

ceannair06

ITS_A_BADGER wrote: »

Betcha its padraig

Yep, told her it was pronounced "Porreg" or similar.

"But ders no R in it".

:rolleyes:

ViveLaVie

Annette Curtin.

And Colin Manlove (a literary critic). It's particularly funny cos I noticed his name on a book about homosocial and homosexual tensions in literature. Lols.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

A friend of mine had a little brother who used to tie bits of glass to his clothes and hang from the ceiling. I believe his name was Sean.


















Sean D'Olier....

(I'm sorry)

No I'm not sorry at all...

UpCork

SerialComplaint wrote: »

I knew a Patrick Kilpatrick, who became Paddy Kilpaddy. And then there was little Justin Casey. I worked with a Ken Dover, who had a brother called Ben.

Haven't read all the thread so sorry if this is repeated but did they have a sister called Eileen :D

Robbie Grabarz (High Jump) and Tom Stalker (Boxing) representing Team GB at the London Olympics

gobnaitolunacy

Lonan Lardner.
Not a typo!

rainbow kirby

Friend of mine from school went to her debs with a guy called Cian Hoare.

old hippy

rainbow kirby wrote: »

Friend of mine from school went to her debs with a guy called Cian Hoare.

I work with a couple of them

marshbaboon

My last name is King. If I ever decide to have a kid I'm adopting a Chinese girl & naming her Wan.

old hippy

marshbaboon wrote: »

My last name is King. If I ever decide to have a kid I'm adopting a Chinese girl & naming her Wan.

I'm sure she'll be forever grateful for that

Wacker The Attacker

My favourite from the Olympics so far

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Yoo-Suk

KKkitty

marshbaboon wrote: »

My last name is King. If I ever decide to have a kid I'm adopting a Chinese girl & naming her Wan.

Or Jer then he'd be Jer King?

Wacker The Attacker

marshbaboon wrote: »

My last name is King. If I ever decide to have a kid I'm adopting a Chinese girl & naming her Wan.

I'm off for a king wan now.

marshbaboon

old hippy wrote: »

I'm sure she'll be forever grateful for that

I had a terrible childhood, no reason why my kids should get anything better.

old hippy

marshbaboon wrote: »

I had a terrible childhood, no reason why my kids should get anything better.

That's the spirit I miss

Wacker The Attacker

KKkitty wrote: »

Or Jer then he'd be Jer King?

Bur ger king

marshbaboon

Actually if it's a boy I'm calling him Rodney.

dttq

Bertie Ahern

KKkitty

marshbaboon wrote: »

Actually if it's a boy I'm calling him Rodney.

Keep him away from the cops.

marshbaboon

KKkitty wrote: »

Keep him away from the cops.

The plan is to show him the footage from the LA riots every time he doesn't do his homework...

Il Trap

I know a Joanna Ryder. No word of a lie. Borderline child-abuse that.

ruthloss

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

From QI:

A Russian family would never call their son "Power Station" or "Industrialisation" because they are girls' names. (In Russian, they are "Электростанция" and "Индустриализация" respectively.) Boys' names include "Combine harvester" and "23 February".

Always remember, the 'N' is silent.

Il Trap

ceannair06 wrote: »

Sadly yes, God that's BRUTAL!

I used to work in the UK, in a Uni and man some of the spellings.

SHEEVAWN/SHAVAUN/CHEVANNE - all for Siobhan.

NEAV/NEEVE/NEVE - for Niamh

But the cocked hat had to go to - PODRAGE. Work that one out!!!

That absolute dogsh!te program on Channel 4 the other night about the girl who pretended to be a lad to get stuck into her mates featured a (fictional) kid called Cona (Conor, obviously) McCormak.

Remember thinking how retarded that kind of anglicised spelling of Irish names was. Didn't think it was that prevalent.

Leslie91

The American volleyball player got a mention right?.... her name is

Destinee Hooker

MadPatrick

Pronounced Ab-sid-ee.

Spelled Abcde. It's a girl, obviously.

Rob094

Bulgarian olympian "Vania Stamblova".

Ironically she did fall in her 400m hurdles.

bren2001

There was a lad in my school a fair bit younger than me called Andrew MacPheely-Hancox. Needless to say, he was a school hero.

CockneyGirl

I went to school with two sisters called Daffodil and Tulip.

Also a friend of mine wanted to call one of her sons Daniel. Nothing wrong in that you may think, except her surname was Glin. His name would have been Dan Glin (dangling!). When I told her, she soon had other ideas.