Terrible names

doublejobbing 2

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

It hasnt been our native language in centuries though. The Irish names seem to be a middle class thing. You dont get Astraids and Sadbhs in de flats.
I like most of the Irish names, I have one myself.

There's another class of rural Gaelic girls games that woudn't be found in D4 either.

I've never or very seldom met a Dublin born Bronagh, Mairead, Aine, Cliona (always reminds me of a good name for a bathroom cleaning product, or a soft drink) Brid/ Breege (the last one there probably the most awful name out there. Just gives me an image of a tall, aggressive, GAA obsessed teaching student from Monaghan or thereabouts).

I said this before, but there are names very common in Dublin men born pre 1990s that in the country would only be found among Protestants (Wes, Clive, Derek, George and a few more. And Audrey for women)

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

Gobnait
Leslie (male or female)
Dympna
Concepta
Terence
Margaret

A Welsh friend has an aunt called Val-my

Thelonious Monk

I went to a Gaelscoil in Dublin and there were most certainly Aine's and Maireads anyway. There was a girl called Iseult, the only instance of it I've been aware of.

JustAThought

I really this it is unfortunate to be called after a fish.

Kai. Or suchlike.

Cerveza

Dude

sabat

Jizz Hornkamp

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jizz_Hornkamp

JustAThought

ari101 wrote: »

California tried to get Elon Musk and Grimes to see sense but they still called their kid "X Æ A-Xii" :eek:

https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/elon-musk-grimes-tweak-their-sons-name-to-comply-with-californias-naming-laws-and-yet-it-remains-weird-8409381.html/amp

OMG and I thought Tallulah Plays The Hoola was bad.

Any idea on how they are going to pronounce that? Or are they just going to use ‘hey you’ for his entire life!

ari101

JustAThought wrote: »

OMG and I thought Tallulah Plays The Hoola was bad.

Any idea on how they are going to pronounce that? Or are they just going to use ‘hey you’ for his entire life!

I read they are going to call him X with the rest like a middle name

Antares35

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Gobnait
Leslie (male or female)
Dympna
Concepta
Terence
Margaret

A Welsh friend has an aunt called Val-my

Gobnait you just made my day with that one

heretothere

I don't like the name Majella. But I think that's mostly because the only Majella's I've meet were wagons!

SineadSpears

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

Gobnait

That's the second time that name has came up. I thought it was a piss take the first time. Surely thats not an actual name is it

blackvalley

SO . What names have all the smart ass posters on this forum given to their kids .

EmmetSpiceland

SineadSpears wrote: »

That's the second time that name has came up. I thought it was a piss take the first time. Surely thats not an actual name is it

It’s the Irish for Deborah, I believe.

.anon.

Antares35 wrote: »

No one name in particular but there seems to be an explosion of certain girls names being horrendously over used the last few years. If you Google say the top twenty names, it's all Ava, Olivia, Isabella, Sophia, Fiadh etc. With the exception of Fiadh, I think they are all really nice names in fact, but I wouldn't use one because I don't want my daughter to be in a class with six other girls the same name. I don't understand why parents pick them to be honest.

I notice that a lot in south Dublin among people of a certain class (the type of people who queue for coffee in places like Sandycove on Sunday mornings, wearing those ridiculous looking Dryrobe things). Their kids are all called Ava, Emily and Rhys.

Beanntraigheach

doublejobbing 2 wrote: »

People "Gaelicising" their surname is bad enough. We never had a written Roman alphabet before the Brits arrived- you have no idea whether your ancestors were referred to as O'Raghalloidh or O'Reilly, it probably depended on where in the country they lived how the name was pronounced.

The most ludicrous however is people with surnames of blatantly British origin making up a Gaelic version of it. Gerry Adams or Gearoid Mac Adhaimh as he calls himself comes to mind. Imagine in 100 years a 50 year old whose grandparents came here from Poland in the mid 2000's named Pawel Lewandowski going around calling himself Pol O'Loudonchoi. It's equally as daft.

The ignorance on display in this post is remarkable.

The Irish language has been written in the Roman alphabet since the 6th century. English began to be written in the Roman alphabet in the 8th century - in a script based on that of the Irish missionaries who introduced the English to it.

"O'Reilly" is an anglicisation of the Irish "Ó Raghallaigh".
Gaelicisations of originally non-Irish surnames which became common here have been in use for many centuries.
To be completely accepting of anglicised forms while criticising and rejecting gaelicised forms is obviously inconsistent.

P.S. Where did you get the notion that the Roman alphabet was brought to Ireland by "the Brits"? Did you simply assume it?

barney shamrock

blackvalley wrote: »

SO . What names have all the smart ass posters on this forum given to their kids .

Blessings, Nelson & Aretha.

DopeTech

Hornibrook as a surname. I know you'd have no choice if it was your surname but it's fairly unfortunate.

Hangdogroad

Tristian.

pipelaser

I live in London, and know a girl that works in the maternity ward of a hospital.

She told us last year that a baby had the registered name of ABCD

Pronounced Ah-Ba-Cee-Dee!

DopeTech

DopeTech wrote: »

Hornibrook as a surname. I know you'd have no choice if it was your surname but it's fairly unfortunate.

I went to school with a girl with that surname but I thought nothing of it as we also had a classmate with the surname “Treblecock”

whisky_galore

Dean.

Usually followed by "previous convictions" and "known to Gardai".

Mister Vain

Any of the ridiculous Irish names like Saoirse, Aoibheann, Caoilfhionn etc.

It's terrible the way so many posters are ashamed of their own native language names.

BTW, it's not difficult to spell your name for people. It's not a big deal & it doesn't destroy your life!

Stevieluvsye

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

I went to school with a girl with that surname but I thought nothing of it as we also had a classmate with the surname “Treblecock”

A community school i can gaurentee you did not attend

whisky_galore

Theodore.

Big black lad or one of the Chipmunks.

teabag1993

What takes the cake has to be Americans who give their children surnames for names, and the worst part is it's starting to pop up here, met this poor child the other day whose parents had called him Addison

EmmetSpiceland

Fergus and Tadgh. No offence to anyone who shares these names, I’ve just never liked them. Although, any Fergus who goes by ‘Gus’ is fine.

Also, the way Americans pronounce the names Craig and Graham render them “terrible”.

Antares35

Hank.

Trigger Happy

Pity we were not like native americans where the parents gave a name based on the babies personality. But a persons name can be fluid and change over time.
Half this country would be called Grumpy once they passed puberty though.

Mister Vain

Krystal Ball

Ubbquittious

There are some Thai names that dont sound too well in English


Thithiporn
Wacheraporn

corner of hells

bubblypop wrote: »

It's terrible the way so many posters are ashamed of their own native language names.

BTW, it's not difficult to spell your name for people. It's not a big deal & it doesn't destroy your life!

I have an unusual Irish name , i got hell over it in school from a shower of pox bottles called Kevin , Philip , Sean etc.

the purple tin

Some celeb ones
Moon Unit, Dweezil and Diva Thin Muffin Zappa.
Zowie Bowie.
Kristofferson Kristofferson.
Fifi Trixibelle Geldof.
Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence.
Pilot Inspektor Lee


The boxer Wayne McCullough has legally changed his name to Pocket Rocket

corner of hells

corner of hells wrote: »

I have an unusual Irish name , i got hell over it in school from a shower of pox bottles called Kevin , Philip , Sean etc.

Ah feck them!
I spell my name automatically whenever I'm asked my name. (Not in ordinary conversation!)

Lewis_Benson

Eaney
Theady

MetzgerMeister

McGinniesta wrote: »

I thought Hank was a shortened name for Henry.

The same way that chuck is a replacement for charles

Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul have taught you well

Zebra3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgK4XRmG6QY

IrishLad90

Alexa search Wayne McCyllough

JasonStatham

Ubbquittious wrote: »

There are some Thai names that dont sound too well in English


Thithiporn
Wacheraporn

Any Thai girls going? Haha.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts

SineadSpears wrote: »

That's the second time that name has came up. I thought it was a piss take the first time. Surely thats not an actual name is it

It’s a real name though admittedly, I’ve never actually met a Gobnait. AFAIK, it’s pronounced ‘gubnet’.

Hamachi

Mister Vain wrote: »

Any of the ridiculous Irish names like Saoirse, Aoibheann, Caoilfhionn etc.

Don’t be ridiculous. They’re beautiful names, particularly Aoibheann.

Hamachi

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »

It’s a real name though admittedly, I’ve never actually met a Gobnait. AFAIK, it’s pronounced ‘gubnet’.

It is pronounced ‘Gubnet’. I met one in real life when I was a teenager at the Gaeltacht in west Cork for the summer in the late ‘90s.

The poor girl got a terrible slagging. Even the teachers were taken aback when calling out the attendance sheets at the start of class..

RebelButtMunch

No more Garys

https://twitter.com/mralistairgreen/status/1174596113300709376

Mad_maxx

Dympna
Tadhg
Paschal

Lewis_Benson

Plastic Sheeting.

the purple tin

It is a surname but Bum is quite popular in Korea.

Mister Vain

Fergal. It sounds like a furry animal.

corner of hells

corner of hells wrote: »

Did you watch Dr Who when you were a kid ?

Exterminate , exterminate...

Nope, never seen it! And I don't think I've ever even known any Derek's so I really don't know where it came from.

The Wizards Sleeve

Augustine.

The Continental Op

Mister Vain wrote: »

Fergal. It sounds like a furry animal.

I can see that as in "The Fergal has escaped again".