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

cantdecide

...because I think I can beat them all. I swear I considered strangling the poor little bugger to death for his own good. Sit down. Calmly take a deep breath and prepare yourself...

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Shannon757

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.

Translate?

Crea

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

dubhthach wrote: »

someone has obviously never read the Táin Bó Cúailnge

So? It's still a sh1t name.

Sound Bite

Brothers called Eunan & Fursey.

Not sure which is worse.

worded

Zeus

Overheard at my kids christining

His folks had high hopes ....

Lisha

Just read about an Australian girl named
Venera.

Yeuchy unfortunate name .

Lisha

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

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

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

gizmo555

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

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

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

pc7 wrote:

So? It's still a sh1t name.

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

Cheek of you.

pc7

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

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

Cheek of you.

Check the thread title again

recipio

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Patty O Furniture

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

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

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

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!

[Deleted User]

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

Deleted User wrote: »

Dimitri. I think it's a nice name!

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

pickarooney

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

Gubnet.

XxMCRxBabyxX

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.)