Boy's name Thady

Jugo

Looking to sound out an unusual name for a baby boy as my husband and I are looking for general feedback on it. The name is Thady. It's an old Irish name that is an abbreviation of Tadhg. It has been in my husband's family going back 100 years plus, which is part of the reason we're so keen on it. But it has fallen out of use these days. We really like it but don't want to labour our son with a tricky name either. Do people recognise it as a name? Any thoughts on it?

toadfly

I've never heard of it and dont like it, sorry.

But if you both like it, go for it. There are worse names out there.

HeidiHeidi

I love it!

Thought it was a shortening/abbreviation of Thaddeus, mind you.

It's nowhere near as unwieldy or difficult as some Irish names out there.

La_Gordy

It sounds like someone with a speech impediment saying Slim Shady.

eviltwin

Is it pronounced how its spelt? Sound like a short version of Thaddeus. I don't like it personally but if you both like it who cares what we think?

Quazzie

How can an old Irish name have a Y in it when there is no Y in the Irish alphabet?

Westernyelp

The bould Thady Quill! Go for it

Colser

I'm not keen on names with a TH because it sounds terrible when it's not pronounced,my friends have an Ethan and a Kenneth and they're very often called Eatin and Kennit...I imagine that having the TH at the start will result in a lot of Tady but look if you both like the name then go for it but it would annoy me if people didn't pronounce it correctly.

jimmycrackcorm

toadfly wrote:

I've never heard of it and dont like it, sorry.

I agree. It's almost cruel to name a child an awful name just to try to sound cool and unique. The child will have to live with it.

Shady Thady?

At the end of the day though, it's just an opinion so it'll be either love if it or hate it.

CrowdedHouse

Westernyelp wrote: »

The bould Thady Quill! Go for it

That's stuck in my head for the night now - my late father used to sing it!

jlm29

I recognise it as a name- i think it might be back along in my own family, or a friends, because I remember it coming up in conversation at some point in the past. I think it's an awful handle to give a child - perhaps it fell out of use for a reason? Some names seem to be rooted out from so deep in the past that they just sound made up. I also would never name a child something that would be commonly mispronounced, or that wouldn't travel well, because that would send me batty. but that's just me, one random stranger on the internet!

That said, that right there is the reason you should pick the names you like (it also depends on surname really) and go with it, because people will always have an opinion.

shenanagans

I like it. It's an old Irish name, I love old more traditional names. If you both like it and it's a family name just go with it. Your family will like it too which is a bonus, also good to keep the grandparents happy.

fits

I like it too. Never mind the naysayers.

Mav11

Timothy - Tim - Tadgh - Thady!!!!

Lickin2me

Name is rubbish. Name your boy patrick

AttentionBebe

Is it pronounced like Taddy

Terri26

Ahh that's why The Bull Mccabe's name in The Field is Thady. His son is called Tadhg. If you like it go for it but it is quite unusual.

annamarie2013

Love it!!

clappyhappy

I think it's a cute name for a child, but picture your son in secondary school, college, going for job interviews etc. To me it doesn't work as an adults name. But congratulations on your little man, whatever his name may he bring ye a lifetime of happiness.

Ciano35

My fathers birth name is Thady! Nobody calls him that anymore though, he’s been Tadhg since he was a child.

Ciano35

AttentionBebe wrote: »

Is it pronounced like Taddy

Pronounced tay-dee, at least where I’m from

CJhaughey

My colleagues son is called Thady, no problem for him.

ZeroThreat

lol anyone here have to study 'Castle Rackrent' by Maria Edgeworth for the LC?

The main character was 'Old Thady' Quirk, a cute hoor gombeen in the Irish tradition.

jimmycrackcorm

fits wrote: »

I like it too. Never mind the naysayers.

sure. you wont have to live with the name.

Wesser

Pretentious

Ursus Horribilis

I hate it. It sounds like what you'd call the flat cap wearing village idiot in a stage Oirish film. Sorry...

Tom Mann Centuria

Jugo wrote: »

Looking to sound out an unusual name for a baby boy as my husband and I are looking for general feedback on it. The name is Thady. It's an old Irish name that is an abbreviation of Tadhg. It has been in my husband's family going back 100 years plus, which is part of the reason we're so keen on it. But it has fallen out of use these days. We really like it but don't want to labour our son with a tricky name either. Do people recognise it as a name? Any thoughts on it?

How is Thady an abbreviation of Tadhg? They're the same length when written and spoken as each other.

Not my cup of tea, but it's not horrible, you could lumber your son with worse.

RoisinClare6

It's your son. I think it's a nice name.

I hate when people say a kid will be made fun of or have hardship because of a certain name. Teach your kids not to be a**holes and then it would be an non issue.

jimmycrackcorm

Ciano35 wrote: »

Pronounced tay-dee, at least where I’m from

Subjecting your child to a lifetime of explaining to people how your name is spelled differently to how it sounds and even worse, how difficult it is to guess the spelling.

Basically it is a sefish parents wish to give a child a name for a selfish desire than give them posdibly decades of errors amd hassles trying to figure outthe spelling.

There are lots of interesting names. At least, make the childs life easier

Toots

I think it's a nice name, however my concern would echo the poster above who mentioned the "th" issue. If that doesn't bother you then go for it! Personally the pronunciation of "th" as "t" is one thing that really annoys me but that's possibly because my name has a th in it and it sounds awful when people pronounce it as a t.

OU812

La_Gordy wrote: »

It sounds like someone with a speech impediment saying Slim Shady.

[Intro]
May I have your attention, please?
May I have your attention, please?
Will the real Tlim Thady please stand up?
I repeat, will the real Tlim Thady please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here

[Verse 1]
Y'all act like you never seen a white person before
Jaws all on the floor like Pam like Tommy just burst in the door
And started whoopin' her ass worse than before
They first were divorced, throwin' her over furniture {Aww!}
It's the return of the "Ah, wait, no way, you're kidding
He didn't just say what I think he did, did he?"
And Dr. Dre said… nothing, you idiots!
Dr. Dre's dead, he's locked in my basement (ha ha!)
Feminist women love Eminem
"Chicka, chicka, chicka, Tlim Thady, I'm sick of him
Look at him, walkin' around, grabbin' his you-know-what
Flippin' the you-know-who," "Yeah, but he's so cute though."
Yeah, I probably got a couple of ****s up in my head loose
But no worse than what's goin' on in your parents' bedrooms
Sometimes I wanna get on TV and just let loose
But can't, but it's cool for Tom Green to hump a dead moose
"My bum is on your lips, my bum is on your lips"
And if I'm lucky, you might just give it a little kiss
And that's the message that we deliver to little kids
And expect them not to know what a woman's clitoris is
Of course they're gonna know what intercourse is
By the time they hit fourth grade
They've got the Discovery Channel, don't they?
We ain't nothin' but mammals—well, some of us, cannibals
Who cut other people open like cantaloupes
But if we can hump dead animals and antelopes
Then there's no reason that a man and another man can't elope
But if you feel like I feel, I got the antidote
Women, wave your pantyhose, sing the chorus, and it goes—


[Hook]
I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady
All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady
All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?

[Verse 2]
Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records
Well, I do, so **** him and **** you too!
You think I give a damn about a Grammy?
Half of you critics can't even stomach me, let alone stand me
"But Slim, what if you win, wouldn't it be weird?"
Why, so you guys could just lie to get me here?
So you can sit me here next to Britney Spears?
****, Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs
So I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst
And hear 'em argue over who she gave head to first
Little bitch put me on blast on MTV
"Yeah, he's cute, but I think he's married to Kim, hee-hee."
I should download her audio on MP3
And show the whole world how you gave Eminem VD
I'm sick of you little girl and boy groups
All you do is annoy me, so I have been sent here to destroy you
And there's a million of us just like me
Who cuss like me, who just don't give a **** like me
Who dress like me; walk, talk and act like me
And just might be the next best thing, but not quite me


[Hook]
'Cause I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady
All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady
All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?

[Verse 3]
I'm like a head trip to listen to, ‘cause I'm only givin' you
Things you joke about with your friends inside your livin' room
The only difference is I got the balls to say it in front of y'all
And I don't gotta be false or sugarcoat it at all
I just get on the mic and spit it
And whether you like to admit it, I just **** it
Better than 90% of you rappers out can
Then you wonder: "How can
Kids eat up these albums like Valiums?"
It's funny, ‘cause at the rate I'm going, when I'm 30
I'll be the only person in the nursing home flirting
Pinching nurse's asses when I'm jacking off with Jergens
And I'm jerking, but this whole bag of Viagra isn't working
And every single person is a Tlim Thady lurking
He could be working at Burger King, spittin' on your onion rings
Or in the parking lot, circling, screaming, "I don't give a ****!"
With his windows down and his system up
So will the real Thady please stand up
And put one of those fingers on each hand up?
And be proud to be outta your mind and outta control
And one more time, loud as you can, how does it go?


[Hook]
I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady
All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady
All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady
All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady
All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up
Please stand up, please stand up?

[Outro]
Ha ha, I guess there’s a Tlim Thady in all of us
**** it, let’s all stand up!