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The worst kid's name you've ever heard?

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    #302
    gigino
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭gigino


    at least anybody reading that can pronounce it straight away.

    It also is not a very long name, which is good.


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    #303
    LisaLee
    Registered Users Posts: 389 ✭✭LisaLee


    I know twins called Sonny and Cher.


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    #304
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    sam34 wrote: »
    I know someone who called her daughter "neveah", pronounced ne- vay- ah, because it's "heaven" spelled backwards.


    did you mean "nevaeh"?

    pretty ridiculous either way


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    #305
    nightster1
    Registered Users Posts: 543 ✭✭✭nightster1


    copperhead wrote: »
    a friend of mine recently called his son ziggy !!!

    You could be called Myles Long or Jack Frost. I do know a guy called Neill Down


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    #306
    keith16
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Sh1thead


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    #307
    13spanner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,006 ✭✭✭13spanner


    Lukah, Autumn and Madison all in the same family. The worst part is the father is the biggest culchie going, but the mothers obviously got her head in the clouds :rolleyes:


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    #308
    sam34
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,073 ✭✭✭sam34


    bluewolf wrote: »
    did you mean "nevaeh"?

    pretty ridiculous either way

    oops, yes I did. sorry!
    still totally ridiculous!


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    #309
    beckman
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭beckman


    I know of two sisters called Caoimhe and Ciara...now I'm open to correction here but I thought Caoimhe was the irish for Ciara...??if so then its quite funny.....


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    #310
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    sam34 wrote: »
    oops, yes I did. sorry!
    still totally ridiculous!

    the reason i asked was because the correct spelling ends in -eh which makes the -ah sound even sillier
    :)


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    #311
    Dunny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Dunny


    Alphonsus


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    #312
    Lady Chatterton
    Registered Users Posts: 19,585 ✭✭✭✭Lady Chatterton


    beckman wrote: »
    I know of two sisters called Caoimhe and Ciara...now I'm open to correction here but I thought Caoimhe was the irish for Ciara...??if so then its quite funny.....
    Ciara is an Irish name, the English version is Kiera. Caoimhe is the female version of the name Caoimhin. Caoimhin is Irish for Kevin.


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    #313
    Paparazzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,398 ✭✭✭Paparazzo


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You can probably guess my names is Irish! I've never minded spelling it and have been dealing with international companies for years.

    Its actually a reason to use an irish name. I knew a guy called Ultan, and when we lived in england he'd come home from work we'd always have a laugh at the latest bad pronunciations of his name. And that's not even a hard one to pronounce


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    #314
    gigino
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭gigino


    MrsD007 wrote: »
    Caoimhe is the female version of the name Caoimhin.

    both can be shortened to cao. ( ka-ow )

    better sometimes to pick a name that cannot be shortened like that


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    #315
    beckman
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭beckman


    MrsD007 wrote: »
    Ciara is an Irish name, the English version is Kiera. Caoimhe is the female version of the name Caoimhin. Caoimhin is Irish for Kevin.


    I stand corrected


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    #316
    Caraville
    Registered Users Posts: 854 ✭✭✭Caraville


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Conail should be pronounced Cunnal, unless there's a fada on the o, in which case it would be Cone-al.
    [/Quote]

    Connell is also an accepted pronunciation. My son was Connell (as in that spelling) but my friend still insisted on calling him cunall. Suppose that bugs me more, when you tell someone a name and they still say it back to you wrong![/QUOTE]

    Well if ye spell it Connell then it should be pronounced that way in fairness! It's like Orla should be pronounced oar (like the thing on a boat)-la, but loads of people insist on pronouncing it "or-la". Or Colm should really be pronounced "Cul-m" but people say "Col-m". People will often put their own twist on things! I know someone called Caomhán and they pronounce it Caymen, kinda like the Cayman islands. Now that's just daft!


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    #317
    Caraville
    Registered Users Posts: 854 ✭✭✭Caraville


    gigino wrote: »
    both can be shortened to cao. ( ka-ow )

    better sometimes to pick a name that cannot be shortened like that

    I've never heard of that before... But the "Cao" of Caoimhe or Caoimhín isn't even pronounced as "Ka-ow" so why would you call them that for short?? :confused:


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    #318
    Johnny Foreigner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 923 ✭✭✭Johnny Foreigner


    Xeron (pronounced zeron).
    He was named after a star apparently.


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    #319
    Stovepipe
    Registered Users Posts: 2,979 ✭✭✭Stovepipe


    Hi there
    Some of the giving of allegedly Irish names to kids is the parent(s) publicly reinforcing their self-appointed Gaeilgeor status, so you see a string of kids with exclusively "As Gaeilge" names, some of which are fatuous, such as Realtin (little star) or Saoirse (freedom), which effectively condemns that kid to a lifetime of spelling out and explaining the origin of their name, all because of a parent's vanity. On the same scale, you get Irish people giving their kids names of an English origin (James/Edward/Sarah) because of some kind of inferiority complex or because they want to get away from a constant stream of Paddys, Micks and Johns, so they called them Max or Anton or girls get a name ending in "i". Personally, I would never give a child a name they'll have to spend the rest of their lives explaining.

    regards
    Stovepipe


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    #320
    IzzyWizzy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,645 ✭✭✭IzzyWizzy


    Caraville wrote: »

    Connell is also an accepted pronunciation. My son was Connell (as in that spelling) but my friend still insisted on calling him cunall. Suppose that bugs me more, when you tell someone a name and they still say it back to you wrong![/QUOTE]

    Well if ye spell it Connell then it should be pronounced that way in fairness! It's like Orla should be pronounced oar (like the thing on a boat)-la, but loads of people insist on pronouncing it "or-la". Or Colm should really be pronounced "Cul-m" but people say "Col-m". People will often put their own twist on things! I know someone called Caomhán and they pronounce it Caymen, kinda like the Cayman islands. Now that's just daft![/QUOTE]

    How are 'oar' and 'or' different? :confused:


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    #321
    Johnny Foreigner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 923 ✭✭✭Johnny Foreigner


    Velvet.


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    #322
    shannie
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭shannie


    Fergal has to be the worst.. it sounds like a fungus :/


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    #323
    Caraville
    Registered Users Posts: 854 ✭✭✭Caraville


    shannie wrote: »
    Fergal has to be the worst.. it sounds like a fungus :/

    Well in that case Fergus would be worse than Fergal, as it's closest to fungus. Not mad about either name, but there's worse out there.


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    #324
    Catari Jaguar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,649 ✭✭✭Catari Jaguar


    Fergal belongs in Fraggle Rock.


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    #325
    gigino
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭gigino


    Caraville wrote: »
    .. But the "Cao" of Caoimhe or Caoimhín isn't even pronounced as ....

    To a foreign employer trying to pronounce his / her applicants name, they may pronounce it COW-IN-HE.
    Or they may not try to pronounce it at all. I would never condemn a child to a lifetime of explaining their name / having to spell it for people.


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    #326
    Batsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭Batsy


    I know for a fact that there are many teenage single mother chavs in Britain who have daughters which they have named Chlamydia.


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    #327
    Batsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,341 ✭✭✭Batsy


    And look at the names of Bob Geldof's daughters: Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom and Little Pixie.


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    #328
    gigino
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,350 ✭✭✭gigino


    Batsy wrote: »
    And look at the names of Bob Geldof's daughters: Fifi Trixibelle, Peaches Honeyblossom and Little Pixie.
    names like that say more about the parents than the children


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    #329
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,215 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Batsy wrote: »
    I know for a fact that there are many teenage single mother chavs in Britain who have daughters which they have named Chlamydia.
    Notions in your head aren't facts.


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    #330
    iCosmopolis
    Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭iCosmopolis


    shannie wrote: »
    Fergal has to be the worst.. it sounds like a fungus :/

    I think it's also german for piglet :)


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    #331
    Niles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,186 ✭✭✭Niles


    I really, really, hate when people thinks it's "cool" to name their child after whatever singer/footballer/generic celeb/Pope(!) is in vogue at the time.

    Early on someone mentioned the name Gaylord. I really can't fathom why any parent thinks bestowing such a name on a child good idea. I'd consider myself liberal but sadly the same cannot be said for schoolyard bullies...


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