Stupid names

rstans

We've all heard it at least once. Mammy calling her little boy/girl in Tesco but she's using names better suited to South Central L.A. than Santry.
What's the best you've heard?

javaboy

Shakira! Tamiqa! Gisele! Peace! You're wantin' fer yer dinner!

Femelade

My ex called his daughter Porche.

Unaton

My mam used to know a boy called Gopallo Amber...

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Keanu... Might have been Keano, but why would a mother call he own son by surname based nickname....?

xzanti

I know a guy who called his daughter China... FFS

javaboy

Femmy wrote: »

My ex called his daughter Porche.

Your one who played Wayne's gf in Wayne's World did that too. : oldrolleyes:

funk-you

Aleanbh. They basically took the Irish for 'The child' and made it her name. Man those relatives are butt-heads.

-Funk

Predhead

Pocahontas O'Brien is the best/most tragic name I've heard of!

stevoman

somewhon called their daughter ireland. whats with that?

Ebonyellie

stevoman wrote: »

somewhon called their daughter ireland. whats with that?

Alec baldwin and kim basinger

ojewriej

I have american friends, who called their daughter Precious

Sherifu

Princess [anything]

lorweld

Sapphire! I mean ffs in the middle of bogland!

2-ShortDa5foot5

Although they're normal and not silly names, it seems every second scumbag family has taken a liking to calling their sons Jordan and Dean! :rolleyes:

jenga-jen

Saw a girl on America's Next Top Model....her name was Spontaneous

Apparently because the labour was so fast.....

Unaton

A long list of stupid names...

http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/22236

RubyXI

Sherifu wrote: »

Princess [anything]

I heard someone shouting Princess at her daughter when she was giving out to the kid. So obviously not just a pet name as you would have assumed 10 years ago.

is_that_so

Femmy wrote: »

My ex called his daughter Porche.

Was that really the spelling? The spelling of Portia sounds much the same.

RonMexico

Britney, Shakira and all the other celeb names that the scum have adopted.

Notorious

What about famous people; Bob Geldof kids have all messed up names; Fifi Trixibelle, Pixie and Peaches Honeyblossom. Was he having a laugh when they were born?
My friend told me of a girl she knows called Nirvana. The girls mom is a hippie stuck in the grunge rock era. Funnily enough Nirvana herself is the exact opposite and would distance herself from anyone who would have anything to do with the band.

feylya

javaboy wrote: »

Your one who played Wayne's gf in Wayne's World did that too. : oldrolleyes:

Porsche Carrera?

Let's not forget Zappa - Moon Unit and Dweezil

Also, not related to topic http://www.finest.ru/eng/images/porsche.jpg WTF is that?

is_that_so

Unaton wrote: »

A long list of stupid names...

http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/22236

This one from that link bugs me

"Caitlin" isn't technically meant to be pronounced "Kate-Lynn." It is originally a Gaelic spelling for (Eng.) Kathleen or Colleen. But there's a ton of Caitlins around now, and their parents all pronounce it "Kate-Lynn."

Along with the English emasculation of Deirdre.
Both equally silly names.

javaboy

is_that_so wrote: »

Was that really the spelling? The spelling of Portia sounds much the same.

I assumed it was meant to be Porsche

javaboy

is_that_so wrote: »

This one from that link bugs me

Along with the English emasculation of Deirdre.
Both equally silly names.

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

Deirdre was and is a girl's name. It can't be emasculated

StormWarrior

In Sweden, you have to have the chosen name approved by the authorities to ensure no-one gets a stupid name. One Swedish couple wanted to name their daughter Metallica but the authorities would not allow it.

Ruu_Old

Kelly used a lads name (in America anyway), hope it hasn't happened in Ireland yet or god help the poor lad. McKenzie as a first name always annoyed me for some reason.

mormank

the main character from ugly betty, her real name is america!! come on...

is_that_so

javaboy wrote: »

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

Deirdre was and is a girl's name. It can't be emasculated

It also means to make something weaker or less effective , its meaning is emasculated, although it's usually more about ideas. I consider the English rendition of the name an emasculation.

I'm stretching it here just a wee bit.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-emasculate.html

RobertFoster

ojewriej wrote: »

I have american friends, who called their daughter Precious

They'd want to be careful to keep their daughter away from the girl they've trapped in that pit of theirs.

kevmy

Anything that gives there child a personality trait is really a bad name: Hope, Charity, Chastity, Joy etc.

feylya

Don't so much stupid as unfortunate - a couple by the name of Love named their son Gay...

ojewriej

RobertFoster wrote: »

They'd want to be careful to keep their daughter away from the girl they've trapped in that pit of theirs.

It knows not to go near this pit, or else it gets a hose again.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

kevmy wrote: »

Anything that gives there child a personality trait is really a bad name: Hope, Charity, Chastity, Joy etc.

I think it was Pratchett who wrote aboout a family with these girls: Hope had committed suicide, charity and chastity were in jail for theft/prostitution and joy turned out to be manic depressive...

Ross_Mahon

Ive heard Jennifer Lee, Angel, hope, and a few others i cant think of right now, But they were mad names

whiskeyman

ojewriej wrote: »

I have american friends, who called their daughter Precious

I dunno... It has a nice ring to it...





/grabs coat on way out...

showry

not silly names as such but I did hear a mother calling Ross and Rachel on the beach a couple of years back

guinnessdrinker

During the medieval period and maybe more recently there was a name "Fearfasta" which meant man of knowledge in Irish but I was reading a book where the author asked could you imagine a mother calling out "Fearfasta come in for your tea".

Saint_Mel

Ruu wrote: »

Kelly used a lads name (in America anyway), hope it hasn't happened in Ireland yet or god help the poor lad. McKenzie as a first name always annoyed me for some reason.

Not far though ... Wales ... Kelly Jones (Stereophonics)

Ross_Mahon

showry wrote: »

not silly names as such but I did hear a mother calling Ross and Rachel on the beach a couple of years back

I was meeting a girl called Rachel, was kind of referenced to 'friends' sometimes?

javaboy

is_that_so wrote: »

It also means to make something weaker or less effective , its meaning is emasculated, although it's usually more about ideas. I consider the English rendition of the name an emasculation.

I'm stretching it here just a wee bit.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-emasculate.html

Pffft. What does the Oxford English dictionary know about the English language

jamesozzie

I think William is bad (when your 2nd name is Power). This is the case for somebody I know from college! WillPowerrrrrrrrr

also if nicknames count I think my pal Snots might win

Toto Wolfcastle

showry wrote: »

not silly names as such but I did hear a mother calling Ross and Rachel on the beach a couple of years back

Yup there are loads of Ross and Rachels about, especially twins.

The name Chenise (Shenise?) seems to be very popular but I think it's a bit strange.

greatgoal

remember zowie bowie and rolan bolan?:D

Ebonyellie

i was going to call my next baby venice..............i might reconsider now, i dont want the poor thing sneered at

earlyevening

Rocco and Jaye are the fairly tasteless.

javaboy

Ebonyellie wrote: »

i was going to call my next baby venice..............i might reconsider now, i dont want the poor thing sneered at

You could fit a gondola up her canal..... yeah probably not a good choice.

bitemybanger

Appolonia, imagine the stick in school, not cool

Ebonyellie

javaboy wrote: »

You could fit a gondola up her canal..... yeah probably not a good choice.

jesus ..........that decides it so!

javaboy

bitemybanger wrote: »

Appolonia, imagine the stick in school, not cool

Did William tell you to put that apple on ya?


Not punny. I'll get me coat

ergonomics

I heard of someone who apparently called their child Linden because on the night he was conceived the couple were drinking Linden Village...