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

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    #4082
    dibs101
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    Sons U9 team played against a team that had a Dublin player called Cristiano.


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    #4083
    VandC
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    Heard Logan being shouted across the playground at some little fella.


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    #4084
    Gravelly
    Registered Users Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    dibs101 wrote: »
    Sons U9 team played against a team that had a Dublin player called Cristiano.

    What's the bet the young lad will turn out to be utterly ****e!


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    #4085
    Loughview
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭Loughview


    Alan- awful, awful name


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    #4086
    Leilak
    Registered Users Posts: 379 ✭✭Leilak


    Willow


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    #4087
    IvyTheTerrible
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    A young lad in the school I teach in here in France is called "Liêm" - no, he's not Vietnamese, it's Liam but spelled phonetically so the French pronounce it correctly! Such an ugly spelling. (My son is called Liam, but we don't make concessions for people who can't be bothered to pronounce it properly).


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    #4088
    Ciaran_B
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    Autosport wrote: »
    Today I met 3 sisters called Tia, Mia and Leah :D

    Have they just started a design company?


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    #4089
    Hotblack Desiato
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    Jesus yeah, imagine a lovely little baby boy coming into the world. What shall we call him?

    "Barry".

    Sounds like it should be short for Barold or something.

    Can't hear that without thinking of the Only Fools And Horses episode with "Dirty Barry".

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #4090
    Omackeral
    Registered Users Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭Omackeral


    Couple of howiyas standing yapping at the counter in Spar today. They had a little guy with them in a pram, he was gorgeous. I asked his name.



    Riker.


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    #4091
    [Deleted User]
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    amtc wrote: »
    A good friend of mine called her only child Gobnait. It is a family name but still.
    Is that true?

    I've heard a lot about Gobnait, but it seems to be an urban myth. Every year, the CSO produce an inventory of names recorded on birth certificates in this country, and Gobnait/ Gobhnait never features.
    LordSutch wrote: »
    Bosco.
    That was my dog's name and, pending my future missus's approval, will be the name of my first son.

    I think it's beautiful. Not because of the sinister ginger puppet, but because of my gamey old terrier (RIP Bosco)


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    #4092
    OOnegative
    Registered Users Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭OOnegative


    Omackeral wrote: »
    Jesus yeah, imagine a lovely little baby boy coming into the world. What shall we call him?

    "Barry".

    Sounds like it should be short for Barold or something.

    My mother decided I was going to be a Barry or a Nigel, thank fook she choose Barry!!!


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    #4093
    LordSutch
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    Omackeral wrote: »
    Couple of howiyas standing yapping at the counter in Spar today. They had a little guy with them in a pram, he was gorgeous. I asked his name.

    Riker.

    Maybe they heard it on Star Trek Next Generation?


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    #4094
    Autosport
    Registered Users Posts: 22,259 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Ciaran_B wrote: »
    Have they just started a design company?

    I doubt it as they are in primary school :D


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    #4095
    [Deleted User]
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    A little boy named Croi. At first hearing his name I thought "Cree" - short for something? Nope. I saw it written down then.


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    #4096
    endacl
    Registered Users Posts: 22,275 ✭✭✭✭endacl


    OOnegative wrote: »
    My mother decided I was going to be a Barry or a Nigel, thank fook she choose Barry!!!
    Short for Barold, then?


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    #4097
    [Deleted User]
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    Loveinapril wrote: »
    I know of a Dwaine. It really bothers me.

    I've seen Duwayne. Actually seems like a much more logical spelling of the name.


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    #4098
    [Deleted User]
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    A little boy named Croi. At first hearing his name I thought "Cree" - short for something? Nope. I saw it written down then.
    Croí means "heart" as Gaeilge, as I'm sure you already know (just mentioning it for those who may not be aware).

    Which reminds me, a particularly nice Irish phrase is "as chroí mo bhoise", which refers to something made "out of the hollow part of my hand", but also translates as 'from my heart' in that expression. It's difficult to translate, but it's quite beautiful. I'm not sure I like Croí as a name, but I've come across far worse names, many of them commonplace.


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    #4099
    LynnGrace
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Is that true?

    I've heard a lot about Gobnait, but it seems to be an urban myth. Every year, the CSO produce an inventory of names recorded on birth certificates in this country, and Gobnait/ Gobhnait never features.

    I did once meet someone called Gobnait, through work. So there is at least one real person with the name.


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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Croí means "heart" as Gaeilge, as I'm sure you already know (just mentioning it for those who may not be aware).

    Which reminds me, a particularly nice Irish phrase is "as chroí mo bhoise", which refers to something made "out of the hollow part of my hand", but also translates as 'from my heart' in that expression. It's difficult to translate, but it's quite beautiful. I'm not sure I like Croí as a name, but I've come across far worse names, many of them commonplace.

    Yeah I knew it when I saw it written down! Lovely name for a toddler, and he is a lovely little boy. But he's going to be 35 one day carrying that name around.


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    #4101
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    Is that true?

    I've heard a lot about Gobnait, but it seems to be an urban myth. Every year, the CSO produce an inventory of names recorded on birth certificates in this country, and Gobnait/ Gobhnait never features.

    I never met one but a girl I was friends with had a sister by that name, she'd be about 40 now.

    I think we should try to bring back some of the old Irish names! Like Aoife, Eilbhe, Deirdre, Maire, etc but not Gobnait. I think it's the "gob" part that makes it sound ugly nowadays.


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    #4102
    nice_guy80
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    did one teaching practice in a school in Bluebell, Dublin

    in one junior infants class there was a...

    Brittney
    Shakira
    and
    Beyonce

    a few divas in that class!


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    #4103
    JaimTorfinn
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    LynnGrace wrote: »
    I did once meet someone called Gobnait, through work. So there is at least one real person with the name.

    A search on facebook reveals there's at least 7 girls with that name. It really is the most vomit inducing name I've ever heard.


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    #4104
    lisasimpson
    Registered Users Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭lisasimpson


    JaimTorfinn wrote: »
    A search on facebook reveals there's at least 7 girls with that name. It really is the most vomit inducing name I've ever heard.

    Had a teacher who was called gobnit. Horrible name...would associate with west cork


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    #4105
    Noo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,986 ✭✭✭Noo


    It's not as if it can even be shortened to something nicer.....gob? Nit? Gobby? Nitty?


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    #4106
    vampyre
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    I know this is rude but Gobn(a)it is the perfect name for a pug dog.


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    #4107
    Widdershins
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    There's also the Cree who were a tribe of North American Indians. Croi is not too bad. I wouldn't choose it myself.


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    #4108
    Conall Cernach
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    VandC wrote: »
    Heard Logan being shouted across the playground at some little fella.

    I know of a Logan too. He has a sister called Charlie.


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    #4109
    noveltea
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    Valentine.. . saw it in the paper today .


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    #4110
    noveltea
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    Valentine.. . saw it in the paper today .


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    #4111
    vampyre
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    noveltea wrote: »
    Valentine.. . saw it in the paper today .

    I know of two Valentines, (one was my English teacher) and afaik it was just they were named after the saint as they were born on that day.


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