Pretentious Irish first names

Viscount Aggro

Anyone noticed the trend of giving children obscure, unpronounceable first names? Is it a south Dublin thing?
I was in Dundrum the other day, heard a mother shouting... Aoibhrainn, hurry up, we have go home and butterfly the Morroccan lamb.

Skyfloater

Admit it, you made up the bit about the Morroccan lamb didn't you.

Winterlong

Skyfloater wrote: »

Admit it, you made up the bit about the Morroccan lamb didn't you.

And I seriously doubt the OP is a real Viscount.

Teddington Cuddlesworth

Never noticed

OldGoat

Dundrum, the epitome of pretentiousness.

Richard Hillman

Aodhain really grinds me gears for some reason. Diarmuid too

MilesMorales1

Viscount Aggro wrote: »

Anyone noticed the trend of giving children obscure, unpronounceable first names? Is it a south Dublin thing?
I was in Dundrum the other day, heard a mother shouting... Aoibhrainn, hurry up, we have go home and butterfly the Morroccan lamb.

That's a bit of a fib right there.

Viscount Aggro

Its a life sentence upon the child. They will spelling out the name forever, especially if they move overseas.
Yours,
Donnadha

Sam Kade

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Aodhain really grinds me gears for some reason. Diarmuid too

What's wrong with that name Dick?

SEPT 23 1989

John Paul

Dearbhla with a bh in it

Get off the stage...

looksee

Honestly, who butterflies their own lamb, the butcher will do it and make a much better job of it.

ThisRegard

Fieldog wrote: »

Dearbhla with a bh in it

Get off the stage...

WTF, why did you have to say that Dearbhla has a bh in it when you literally just spelled it out? (That's Spelled with 2 l's. )

osarusan

Beatrix and Benedict were two names I heard a while ago in a park.

neverever1

Anti Irish people getting their knickers in a twist.

sbsquarepants

Fieldog wrote: »

Dearbhla with a bh in it

Get off the stage...

Dearbhla is a lovely name - has a nice lyrical sound to it.

Plus I've only ever met 1 dearbhla and she was both smart and sexy.

Therefore, in my experience, 100% of dearbhla's turn out to be quite the catch:D

sbsquarepants

looksee wrote: »

Honestly, who butterflies their own lamb, the butcher will do it and make a much better job of it.

What in the name of god does butterflie mean? Apart from the cute little insects that is.

optogirl

Fieldog wrote: »

Dearbhla with a bh in it

Get off the stage...

?? That's how it's spelled

optogirl

osarusan wrote: »

Beatrix and Benedict were two names I heard a while ago in a park.

But was that at a performance in the park of Much Ado about Nothing?

Sam Kade

My wife was watching that stoopid dr Phil last night there was a father and daughter on it. The father's name was Chance and the daughter's name was Hope, the father wanter to be a woman and now he/she is Jance. Mother of Jaysus and people think Ireland is phucked up.

Viscount Aggro

Butterfly - to take the bone out of.

joeguevara

Sam Kade wrote: »

My wife was watching that stoopid dr Phil last night there was a father and daughter on it. The father's name was Chance and the daughter's name was Hope, the father wanter to be a woman and now he/she is Jance. Mother of Jaysus and people think Ireland is phucked up.

Chance would be a fine thing!

pajo1981

Lads names spelled the irish way can sometimes be a indicator of tosseriness alright

HalloweenJack

Or pride in our heritage.

My name is an anglicised version of an Irish name. I've always been called by the English version but had it been different, I would've stuck with my Irish name and wouldn't give a toss if people considered me pretentious. It's a name ffs.

I think people who judge others for their names are the ones with the problem.

Brian?

pajo1981 wrote: »

Lads with names spelled the irish way can sometimes be a indicator of tosseriness alright

It's usually a heavier indicator of a couple of things. They're Irish and they can spell.

optogirl

optogirl wrote: »

?? That's how it's spelled

Maybe​ I am spelling it correctly, it's Dearbhul (not sure how to pronounce or spell it) I hate more than Dearbhla...

Possibly because the only one I ever met was a wagon...

nate.drake

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Aodhain really grinds me gears for some reason. Diarmuid too

Do you pronounce Aodhain like "Aiden"?

seachto7

Viscount Aggro wrote: »

Anyone noticed the trend of giving children obscure, unpronounceable first names? Is it a south Dublin thing?
I was in Dundrum the other day, heard a mother shouting... Aoibhrainn, hurry up, we have go home and butterfly the Morroccan lamb.

An unpronouncable Irish name? That's your problem, if you can't grasp the Irish language.

Viscount Aggro

Chap in school with me was named Amadain

Brian?

Viscount Aggro wrote: »

Chap in school with me was named Amadain

No he wasn't.

nate.drake

Perhaps it's to encourage people to speak more of this urban Gaelic I keep reading about? :-)