Unusual Names

tbh

In another thread DesF asked me what my name means, and I don't know. My name is "Caimin" by the way. I've never met another Caimin, although I know there are a few out there.

So, are you a Caimin too? Have you an unusual name that the new teacher always paused at while reading out the role in school? Do you just automatically spell your name everytime you say it on the phone? And finally, the next time someone asks what Caimin means, what should I say?

I have an annoying name, that nobody could say/spell until I was 9/10.
Actually they still can't pronouce it.
So I had a long list of unpleasant nicknames as a child.

Sherifu

Rhys used to make some of the teachers think.

If someone asks me what it means the standard response is "It's Welsh"

Pighead

tbh wrote: »

In another thread DesF asked me what my name means, and I don't know. My name is "Caimin" by the way. I've never met another Caimin, although I know there are a few out there.

So, are you a Caimin too? Have you an unusual name that the new teacher always paused at while reading out the role in school? Do you just automatically spell your name everytime you say it on the phone? And finally, the next time someone asks what Caimin means, what should I say?

Doesn't Caimin mean Hurley or something like that?

Anyway back in the 80's in Pigheads village there dwelt a family of native Indians who all had rather strange names. There was a chick called Crystal Waters, a young lad called Rugged Mountain and a mother called Dignity Valley. They used to tell Pighead that if he were native indian he would have been called Big Chief Wondrous Penis.

tbh

tried that one pighead, Brother Curtain told me it was Camàn. Got me six of the best.

Heisenberg.

This post has been deleted.

RxQueen

there was a girl a year ahead of me in primary school called Carrie Oakey!! as far as im aware she changed it a little later on

tbh

unfortunately, Clare was as far as they got - that's where the name is from. Although there is a type of crocodile called a caiman, and I used to say that I was named after that because I was born with two teeth. I wasn't, and I wasn't. Six of the best for lying

marti101

Why dont you go to them people in shopping centres the ones tat tell you what your name means and if that doesnt work just ask your parents or book of names in Easons could do the job

tbh

blank looks all round marti. Any time I get to a book, it either doesn't have my name, or it's something like this:

Cahir KA-here Guard. A High King of Ireland.
Caimin KAY-min saint from Co Clare
Cáirbre CAR-bra Rugged, or Charioteer

marti101

Then just make something up that sounds exotic

_feedback_

There used to be a girl in our school called Amanda Rynn... she avoided wearing any fake tan for obvious reasons.

Pighead

tbh wrote: »

tried that one pighead, Brother Curtain told me it was Camàn. Got me six of the best.

Bah, bloody brothers and their six of the best disciplining techniques. Lazy mans option. Instead of educating they hit people.

Somebody should have told that Brother Curtain to pull himself together.

Quality

I know a girl called Kareen < Never seen it spelt this way before. Its indian, She is not indian,

I also went to school with a girl called February. God love her.

I think you should say, you were conceived on the caimin islands in a drug fuelled orgie on the beach..;)

Nerin

there are some really good free names databases out there.
did a search on one ive used before and this is all that came up
http://www.behindthename.com/php/search.php?nmd=n&terms=caimin&submit=Go

Earthhorse

I've a pretty unusual first name though it never caused too much confusion. A lot of people tend to call me by a more common name that sounds similar to it.

You're name doesn't have to mean anything by the way. For years I thought mine had none, other than it was that of an Irish saint, until I came across an entry for it in the Collins name dictionary.

Here's a little biog I found on St. Caimin, case you're interested: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/saint_caimin.htm.

Nerin

depending on your age and parents, could be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khayman

but i doubt it hehe

Malteaser!

Quality wrote: »

I also went to school with a girl called February. God love her.

Lol, I went to school with a girl called January!!

tbh

Earthhorse wrote: »

I've a pretty unusual first name though it never caused too much confusion. A lot of people tend to call me by a more common name that sounds similar to it.

You're name doesn't have to mean anything by the way. For years I thought mine had none, other than it was that of an Irish saint, until I came across an entry for it in the Collins name dictionary.

Here's a little biog I found on St. Caimin, case you're interested: http://www.clarelibrary.ie/eolas/coclare/people/saint_caimin.htm.

cheers EH, I've seen that alright - as far as I can figure, my name doesn't actually mean anything - just a name. Although, it's pretty similar to Caoimhin, so probably dervies from that..

@nerin - that's a cool bio