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Weird baby names

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    #32
    T.G Catter
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    I know of someone living in London who called their daughter Fianna. Kind of an Uachtar reoite, Ultan, Fionn type baby name I suppose.


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    #33
    Piste
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    Timpiste ;)


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    #34
    Malice
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    T.G Catter wrote: »
    I know of someone living in London who called their daughter Fianna.
    Is that actually how it is spelt or is that how they pronounce it? I know someone who's name is Fiona but it's pronounced like Fianna.


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    #35
    Piste
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    I know a girl whose name is pronounced Fianna but it's spelled Fiodhna.


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    #36
    T.G Catter
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    malice_ wrote: »
    Is that actually how it is spelt or is that how they pronounce it? I know someone who's name is Fiona but it's pronounced like Fianna.

    Spelled and pronounced as Fianna. Horrid name.


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    Pepe LeFrits
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    stovelid wrote: »
    He'll just called 'Blazer' in school...
    When I have kids I want to call them Blade, Laser and Blazer... and maybe Tazer.


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    #38
    stovelid
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    Pepe LeFrits wrote: »
    When I have kids I want to call them Blade, Laser and Blazer... and maybe Tazer.

    'Blade laser' does have a fetching, spaceship-hero ring to it, I must admit.


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    #39
    anthony4335
    Registered Users Posts: 1,028 ✭✭✭anthony4335


    Do know of a guy who was named Rocky.
    Isn't one of the characters from the channel 4 program "Skins" named Effy.


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    #40
    Ross_Mahon
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    Big Boss
    Revolver Ocelot
    Maximus
    Hercules
    Gigantor
    John Connor
    The boy
    Max Payne
    Pornwadee
    The Chosen One

    The list goes on and on...


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    #41
    metaoblivia
    Registered Users Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭metaoblivia


    Some names I've come across while living in Florida and Georgia:

    Fabulous
    Knee-Knee (pronounced 'nay nay')
    Scooby Crockett (Scooby was his given name)
    Keeundra
    Cymbre (kind of pretty, this name, but unusual)


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    #42
    keevita
    Registered Users Posts: 522 ✭✭✭keevita


    Piste wrote: »
    Timpiste ;)

    Lol


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    #43
    MysticalSoul
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    Jack can be strange too. I knew a guy whose first name was Jack, however the problem lay with his family name which was Russell ie Jack Russell :rolleyes:


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    #44
    Black Swan
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    What did Cher name her first child? Moon (something)? Now that they are grown up, I wonder if they do it a lot?


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    #45
    boneless
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    Let's face it folk, there are estates in this land of ours where the kids named John, Jenny, Keith and Angela etc. are the ones who are laughed at and bullied....:P


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    #46
    Carsinian Thau
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    Worst I ever heard was "Xerox".

    And yes, in case you're wondering, that is a brand of photocopier.


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    #47
    forestfruits
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    Friend of mine has taught a Madonna, Cher and an Emerald!

    All In fairly rural school


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    #48
    Warhammer
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    Butch
    Dick
    Rod
    Woody
    Johnson
    Bubba
    Rubella
    Anna Lou
    :D


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    #49
    hunnybunny
    Registered Users Posts: 124 ✭✭hunnybunny


    The worst name I ever heard was Fanny!

    In France she introduced herself and said Je m'appelle Fanny! I nearly splutered on my tea. I asked her 3 times to pronounce and spell it. I was in shock:eek:

    Who would call their child Fanny? My mother explained it was a dated name deriving from Stephanie (a name I liked until I heard fanny)!

    French people were soooo shocked when I told them what it means to us. The cultural differences between France and Ireland never seemed so great!

    My friend Fanny was going to Dublin to assist in French lessons. I advised her strongly to use her full name Stephanie.

    Imagine standing up in a rough city school and declaring your name is fanny.:D
    She would be torn to shreads by Dublin students!


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    #50
    ibh
    Registered Users Posts: 1,722 ✭✭✭ibh


    hunnybunny wrote: »
    The worst name I ever heard was Fanny!

    In France she introduced herself and said Je m'appelle Fanny! I nearly splutered on my tea. I asked her 3 times to pronounce and spell it. I was in shock:eek:

    Who would call their child Fanny? My mother explained it was a dated name deriving from Stephanie (a name I liked until I heard fanny)!

    French people were soooo shocked when I told them what it means to us. The cultural differences between France and Ireland never seemed so great!

    My friend Fanny was going to Dublin to assist in French lessons. I advised her strongly to use her full name Stephanie.

    Imagine standing up in a rough city school and declaring your name is fanny.:D
    She would be torn to shreads by Dublin students!

    Famous Five books featured Aunt Fanny. Needless to say she was a bit of an oul cnut in them.

    Probably should have gone the whole hog and called her husband Dick..

    On-topic, i think Rod is a cool name at shouldn't be on the list. At least most these kids will get used to sexual in-ur-endo at an early age.


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    #51
    SoWatchaWant
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    Hate funny names. All my boys will be called John, Stephen and Martin. In that order.


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    #52
    pickarooney
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    I met an Adonis in the park the other day.


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    #53
    KnifeWRENCH
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    My cousin named her daughter Romany.


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    #54
    trowelled
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    Was told about this girl whose parents decided on an old Irish name for her, Sunadhbha(don't think that's exactly how you spell it but it's pronounced son-of-a). Sounded pretty nice then but unfortunately the guy she married had the surname Hoare so she became sunadhbha Hoare!! Wouldn't have believed it only I heard the story from two totally unconnected people!!

    Another strange one, my boss named his son Bertie Ramesus (has an obsession with Egypt)


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    #55
    barnacle
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    kittensoft1984 wrote: »
    Sitting in the cinema last night and the name effy popped into my head!

    I have no idea why..... For a girl obviously!

    Name of a girl in Skins.


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