What does your name say about your parents?

AskMyChocolate

I'm a bloke and named after my mother. Thankfully she had a name that could be shortened to a fairly unisex name.
Most of my siblings (there's a bag of us) are named after family members who my mam/dad respected.
Does this make them egotistical cnuts?

I have a mate called "ocean" whose parents' eco-friendly credentials are beyond reproach.

I often tease him, saying," Look on the bright side man. They could have called you Fintan."

So, AHers, what does your name, if anything, say about your parents?

chillywilly

My name is Fintan, so clearly they are pr*cks!!

stevejr

My name can't talk yet...

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Same as my fathers...........so lazy bastards!!


Brendan....................I should be called Theodore or Freduardo Hernandez

Wibbs

Mine were fúcked up on the brown acid at woodstock.

Dangerous Man

Named after both my grandfathers so... fairly fucking lazy. My parents were scum.

rebel10

My name says that my parents went through a phase of loving ancient Irish names, but soon got over it when a year and a half later my sister was born, they gave her an anglo name.

stevejr

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Named after both my grandfathers so... fairly fucking lazy. My parents were scum.

And don't be like that your ma's not too bad.

stevejr

rebel10 wrote: »

they gave her an anglo name.

Bet she's not a happy camper now...

Sugar Free

They wanted one that wasn't overly common like John or David and one that couldn't be easily turned or shortened into a nickname.

mikom

Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,
My fist got hard and my wits got keen,
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.
But I made a vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man who gave me that awful name.

Unpossible

mikom wrote: »

Well, I grew up quick and I grew up mean,
My fist got hard and my wits got keen,
I'd roam from town to town to hide my shame.
But I made a vow to the moon and stars
That I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man who gave me that awful name.

Son, this world is rough
And if a man's gonna make it, he's gotta be tough
And I knew I wouldn't be there to help ya along.
So I give ya that name and I said goodbye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's the name that helped to make you strong

Now you just fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me, and you got the right
To kill me now, and I wouldn't blame you if you do.
But ya ought to thank me, before I die,
For the gravel in ya guts and the spit in ya eye
Cause I'm the son-of-a-bitch that named you "Sue.'"

dave1982

4 generations of David :rolleyes:

Chris P. Bacon

I'm called after a saint,thats my real name ,not Richie

Dudess

That they put very little thought into it - I'm named after my nana. It's also a dowdy, frumpy auld one's name. Don't like it, but meh...

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Richie Cranium wrote: »

I'm called after a saint,thats my real name ,not Richie

Bernadette?

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Dudess wrote: »

That they put very little thought into it - I'm named after my nana. It's also a dowdy, frumpy auld one's name. Don't like it, but meh...

Florence, Dolores?

wiger toods

my parents showed a lack of fcuking imagination with me anyway. 'sur the daddy is called so and so, so lets just name our new baby boy after him as well!:rolleyes: Thanks mum/dad! nice one!

rebel10

wiger toods wrote: »

my parents showed a lack of fcuking imagination with me anyway. 'sur the daddy is called so and so, so lets just name our new baby boy after him as well!:rolleyes: Thanks mum/dad! nice one!

Ah in fairness, I don't know many Wigers, they weren't that unimaginative.

Pauleta

I was named after one of the Bay City Rollers




















He turned out to be a Paedo

Unpossible

My fathers family love to use the names Mike and Tim. Not only is there one of each in every generation, but my fathers uncle who had the same name as him and lived across the street also called his son the same name. So in the one small area you had 3 Mikes and 3 Tims, they were just lucky the granduncle had moved out of the area or it would have gotten really bad. Those two names go back a couple of generations beyond my grandparents.

mle1324

Named after Elvis's middle name :rolleyes:

Forest Master

Well this thread is a fail, considering most people in it (OP included) won't even give their actual name, hence making all their comments about it pretty irrelevant.

The OP wrote:

I'm a bloke and named after my mother. Thankfully she had a name that could be shortened to a fairly unisex name.

Sh*t anecdote without knowing the name.

Captain Havoc

My first name is one of the more common ones, I'm sure I'm named after someone but I couldn't bothered finding out who, my parents used both my grandfathers names on my brothers.

Sibylla

They watch way to much Tv

rainbowtrout

that they couldn't get past the fact that it was Christmas time for first name and middle name.

Chris P. Bacon

benwavner wrote: »

Bernadette?

Touché

Captain Havoc

Forest Master wrote: »

Sh*t anecdote without knowing the name.

Perhaps?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1BJfDvSITY

rebel10

mle1324 wrote: »

Named after Elvis's middle name :rolleyes:

Aron is quite a nice name. I know a couple who named their 7 children names beginning with E, in honour of the king. The youngest kids names just sound made up.

rebel10

rainbowtrout wrote: »

that they couldn't get past the fact that it was Christmas time for first name and middle name.

Santa or Noel?

Dionysus

Sugar Free wrote: »

They wanted one that wasn't overly common like John or David and one that couldn't be easily turned or shortened into a nickname.

Agree entirely about avoiding common names. As for the last bit, there are some spacer parents out there. One whom I met insisted that everybody call his child Benjamin, not Ben. Really; talk about fighting a losing battle in a society where only mothers use a child's full name. How anal can you get.

AskMyChocolate

chillywilly wrote: »

My name is Fintan, so clearly they are pr*cks!!

Yes, but definitely open to your argument.

*weeps bitter salty tears into an unimpressed Latte*

Wolfe Tone

MY older brother named me, my parents were irresponsible and left parental duties to a six year old.

gdmaestro

my mam named me after her dad...im a girl...luckily frankie suits me!

i bare no grudges haha

Dionysus

gdmaestro wrote: »

my mam named me after her dad

Dudess wrote: »

That they put very little thought into it - I'm named after my nana. It's also a dowdy, frumpy auld one's name. Don't like it, but meh...

dave1982 wrote: »

4 generations of David :rolleyes:

benwavner wrote: »

Same as my fathers...........so lazy bastards

Dangerous Man wrote: »

Named after both my grandfathers so... fairly fucking lazy.

wiger toods wrote: »

my parents showed a lack of fcuking imagination with me anyway. 'sur the daddy is called so and so, so lets just name our new baby boy after him as well!:rolleyes: Thanks mum/dad! nice one!

Unpossible wrote: »

My fathers family love to use the names Mike and Tim. Not only is there one of each in every generation, but my fathers uncle who had the same name as him and lived across the street also called his son the same name. So in the one small area you had 3 Mikes and 3 Tims, they were just lucky the granduncle had moved out of the area or it would have gotten really bad. Those two names go back a couple of generations beyond my grandparents.

Captain Havoc wrote: »

My first name is one of the more common ones, I'm sure I'm named after someone but I couldn't bothered finding out who, my parents used both my grandfathers names on my brothers.

This all makes me want to scream. Why in the name of Christ are so many Irish parents (my own included) so dim and creatively challenged that they have Pat, Mary, Mick, David, Paul, Peter, John, Anne, Sarah, Margaret and the rest of them plastered on kids generation after generation. You can respect your relatives without inflicting their usually staid and boring names upon your children in supposed "honour" of them. Fact.

AskMyChocolate

Dudess wrote: »

That they put very little thought into it - I'm named after my nana. It's also a dowdy, frumpy auld one's name. Don't like it, but meh...

Fyffes is a cool name.


Heh-heh yeah gooooddbye

*dances*

wiger toods

Dionysus wrote: »

This all makes me want to scream. Why in the name of Christ are so many Irish parents (my own included) so dim and creatively challenged that they have Pat, Mary, Mick, David, Paul, Peter, John, Anne, Sarah, Margaret and the rest of them plastered on kids generation after generation. You can respect your relatives without inflicting their usually staid and boring names upon your children in supposed "honour" of them. Fact.

Hey fair play! you got my name in there!:pac:
Heres a clue! it starts with a P

starbelgrade

Forest Master wrote: »

Well this thread is a fail, considering most people in it (OP included) won't even give their actual name, hence making all their comments about it pretty irrelevant.


Sh*t anecdote without knowing the name.

Jesus dude, lighten up will ya?

rebel10

Dionysus wrote: »

This all makes me want to scream. Why in the name of Christ are so many Irish parents (my own included) so dim and creatively challenged that they have Pat, Mary, Mick, David, Paul, Peter, John, Anne, Sarah, Margaret and the rest of them plastered on kids generation after generation. You can respect your relatives without inflicting their usually staid and boring names upon your children in supposed "honour" of them. Fact.

Yes, but it's all changing now. No longer are parents of this generation calling their kids names like Mary, Anne, Michael, etc. No, now its Fionn, Saoirse, Molly, Jordan, Adam, Luke, etc.

Unpossible

Dionysus wrote: »

This all makes me want to scream. Why in the name of Christ are so many Irish parents (my own included) so dim and creatively challenged that they have Pat, Mary, Mick, David, Paul, Peter, John, Anne, Sarah, Margaret and the rest of them plastered on kids generation after generation. You can respect your relatives without inflicting their usually staid and boring names upon your children in supposed "honour" of them. Fact.

Exactly, thats why I called our daughters "coco channel no. 5", and "magic stardust ariel"*





*may not be true

AskMyChocolate

Forest Master wrote: »

Well this thread is a fail, considering most people in it (OP included) won't even give their actual name, hence making all their comments about it pretty irrelevant.


Sh*t anecdote without knowing the name.

Ger. After Geraldine.

Btw pretty bitter post Leslie.

KeithM89_old

That my parents hated me as soon as i burst out of my mothers ass.




...also my dad loved The Who....

starbelgrade

The Beckhams named one of their kids after the place he was conceived - Brooklyn.

It's not a new fad though - my parents weren't totally sure where I was conceived, so they named me after the place where they liked to have sex a lot.

It was tough growing up with the name Anus.

AskMyChocolate

rainbowtrout wrote: »

that they couldn't get past the fact that it was Christmas time for first name and middle name.

Aah cheer up, Whiskey-drinkin' Fight.

Dionysus

rebel10 wrote: »

Yes, but it's all changing now. No longer are parents of this generation calling their kids names like Mary, Anne, Michael, etc. No, now its Fionn, Saoirse, Molly, Jordan, Adam, Luke, etc.

And then there's that subculture in a certain city in Ireland that has exchanged Bernadette, Anthony, Paul, Rose-Violet, Attracta, Dympna, Jacinta and the rest of them for Jade, Shakira, Justin, Shannen, Chloe, Shania and Jessica. Talk about socio-economic-geographical giveaway names.

Dudess

AskMyChocolate wrote: »

Fyffes is a cool name.

It's actually Chiquita. :pac:

AskMyChocolate

Dionysus wrote: »

Agree entirely about avoiding common names. As for the last bit, there are some spacer parents out there. One whom I met insisted that everybody call his child Benjamin, not Ben. Really; talk about fighting a losing battle in a society where only mothers use a child's full name. How anal can you get.

Full names are for when you're in trouble.

Get in here (Insert full name).

wiger toods

Dionysus wrote: »

And then there's that subculture in a certain city in Ireland that has exchanged Bernadette, Anthony, Paul, Rose-Violet, Attracta, Dympna, Jacinta and the rest of them for Jade, Shakira, Justin, Shannen, Chloe, Shania and Jessica. Talk about socio-economic-geographical giveaway names.

Can you imagine the amount of 'cheyrl cole murphys' that'l be walking the streets of ireland in 5-10 years!

They're idiots, told me i was name after this flipping thing:mad:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088979/

**** film btw.

opticalens

Haha little nipper......I on the other hand was named after two grandparents....

Jesus Wept

Dudess wrote: »

That they put very little thought into it - I'm named after my nana. It's also a dowdy, frumpy auld one's name. Don't like it, but meh...

Gertrude?
Betty?
Helga?
Agnes?
Ethel?
Martha?
Blanche?
Betty?
Maggie?
Alberta?
Beatrice?
Edith?
Mabel
Mildred?




....It's Mabel isn't it?