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

Shannon757 · 24-09-2016 03:22PM

The_Mac wrote: »

I remember seeing some Brony couple in America calling their daughter Twilight Sparkle. I'd say most couples that are heavily into fandoms have some awful children names. Surely there's a child called Naruto out there somewhere.

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Crea · 24-09-2016 03:50PM

Fraoch (pronounced Fray-oc) Irish for heather. Horrible hard sounding name.

Wilhemena in a flat Limerick city accent to a toddler in a buggy. The name is longer than the child!

pc7 · 24-09-2016 07:38PM

dubhthach wrote: »

someone has obviously never read the Táin Bó Cúailnge

So? It's still a sh1t name.

Sound Bite · 25-09-2016 12:39AM

Brothers called Eunan & Fursey.

Not sure which is worse.

worded · 25-09-2016 12:49AM

Zeus

Overheard at my kids christining

His folks had high hopes ....

Lisha · 25-09-2016 11:45AM

Just read about an Australian girl named
Venera.

Yeuchy unfortunate name .

Lisha · 25-09-2016 11:47AM

pc7 wrote: »

Just seen it posted for a new arrival -Ferdia. I think it's a boys name, awful stuff.

We possibly have a friend of a friend of a friend in common so. I spotted yesterday.

Blueboggirl · 25-09-2016 12:04PM

Am in London. I have to take details on forms all day, one young girls name was Siobhan.
As I go to write it down she tells me it's spelt SHIVON!

Sofa Spud · 25-09-2016 12:19PM

Had a mad teacher at school that called his kids Boris, Norris and Doris...

gizmo555 · 25-09-2016 12:45PM

Blueboggirl wrote: »

Am in London. I have to take details on forms all day, one young girls name was Siobhan.
As I go to write it down she tells me it's spelt SHIVON!

On balance, probably for example better than giving a child a name like Caitlín and then pronouncing it Kate Lynn.

recipio · 25-09-2016 12:48PM

What about Irish names.? I mean the founder of Sugru ( the silicone repair stuff ) is Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh. Just to make it easy for doing business worldwide -not.:rolleyes:

snickerpuss · 25-09-2016 12:57PM

recipio wrote: »

What about Irish names.? I mean the founder of Sugru ( the silicone repair stuff ) is Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh. Just to make it easy for doing business worldwide -not.:rolleyes:

What is so wrong with having non English names? You could say the same about Zach Galifianakis and Renee Zellweger. Be a boring world if everybody's last name was Smith and Byrne.

Teyla Emmagan · 25-09-2016 01:03PM

pc7 wrote:

So? It's still a sh1t name.

Ferdia is a beautiful old Irish name. And my uncle's.

Cheek of you.

pc7 · 25-09-2016 01:06PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Ferdia is a beautiful old Irish name. And my uncle's.

Cheek of you.

Check the thread title again

recipio · 25-09-2016 03:22PM

snickerpuss wrote: »

What is so wrong with having non English names? You could say the same about Zach Galifianakis and Renee Zellweger. Be a boring world if everybody's last name was Smith and Byrne.

Its a free world but deliberately choosing an unpronounceable name while heading up an internet business is a bit ...........perverse ? :pac:

Kirby · 25-09-2016 03:28PM

snickerpuss wrote: »

What is so wrong with having non English names? You could say the same about Zach Galifianakis and Renee Zellweger. Be a boring world if everybody's last name was Smith and Byrne.

Those are terrible examples of your argument. Sounding out zellweger or galifianakis phonetically will give you how their name sounds. Trying to sound out Ni gobbledegook will get you something nowhere near her name.

a5y · 25-09-2016 04:51PM

Dub-dil

It's a real old Irish name. Anyone who plays CK2 will probably have come across it.

Anyone saying old Irish names are lovely sooner or later needs to decide whether they're going to cross the "I don't care if her name sounds like a bi-directional sex toy, it's still a lovely name!" line.

Joeseph Balls · 25-09-2016 05:00PM

Kirby wrote: »

Those are terrible examples of your argument. Sounding out zellweger or galifianakis phonetically will give you how their name sounds. Trying to sound out Ni gobbledegook will get you something nowhere near her name.

What, she changed her name from English to Irish?

Pherekydes · 25-09-2016 07:16PM

Kirby wrote: »

Those are terrible examples of your argument. Sounding out zellweger or galifianakis phonetically will give you how their name sounds. Trying to sound out Ni gobbledegook will get you something nowhere near her name.

A lot of Anglophones will apply their pronunciation rules to foreign names, with hilarious results. How many times have you heard Madge-orca or Awdi or Brawn?

So they have difficulty with Irish names? Woop-de-woop.

dubhthach · 25-09-2016 09:14PM

recipio wrote: »

What about Irish names.? I mean the founder of Sugru ( the silicone repair stuff ) is Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh. Just to make it easy for doing business worldwide -not.:rolleyes:

She's on course to doing $60 million a year in sales, or so her New York Times profile from earlier this year states. I really doubt she cares what ye think of her surname.

tayto lover · 25-09-2016 09:30PM

Heard a child being called Dulta or Dultagh by his mother the other day. Awful name.

Patty O Furniture · 25-09-2016 09:37PM

dubhthach wrote: »

She's on course to doing $60 million a year in sales, or so her New York Times profile from earlier this year states. I really doubt she cares what ye think of her surname.

Certainly with names like that, they will certainly stand out from the others & make a name, like for example i know a boy called Sue...

NikoTopps · 25-09-2016 10:35PM

Heard "Dimmytreea" on Friday, the mother said she heard a Russian name years back but hadn't a clue how to spell it

I think she was taking the piss!

recipio · 26-09-2016 09:04AM

dubhthach wrote: »

She's on course to doing $60 million a year in sales, or so her New York Times profile from earlier this year states. I really doubt she cares what ye think of her surname.

I applaud her success but communication is the lifeblood of any business. About one third of Irish Companies don't even have a website.

Special Circumstances · 26-09-2016 11:53AM

recipio wrote: »

I applaud her success but communication is the lifeblood of any business. About one third of Irish Companies don't even have a website.

Well there you have it, I think you've blown the case for gaelgeoiri names out of the water completely with this point of information!

26-09-2016 04:39PM

NikoTopps wrote: »

Heard "Dimmytreea" on Friday, the mother said she heard a Russian name years back but hadn't a clue how to spell it

I think she was taking the piss!

Dimitri. I think it's a nice name!

gizmo555 · 26-09-2016 05:02PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Dimitri. I think it's a nice name!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPZ16SewZL4

pickarooney · 26-09-2016 06:52PM

recipio wrote: »

I applaud her success but communication is the lifeblood of any business. About one third of Irish Companies don't even have a website.

But Sugru does, and the product is not marketed as Ní Dhulchaointigh so what point are you making?

endagibson · 26-09-2016 06:54PM

Gubnet.

XxMCRxBabyxX · 26-09-2016 07:17PM

Liquor tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi is worth $10.7 Billion so I don't think a complicated surname did him too much harm.

(Forbes Billionaire List. Tried to find the most ridiculous name there but there's plenty of "difficult" names to choose from.)

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

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