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

Lady is a tramp · 15-01-2017 07:28PM

I know a girl called Áisling with a son called Ailbhe.

She was born in England, to Irish parents, and has lived in England all her life. She doesn't know any Irish. She added the fada into her own name "to make it more Irish", but still pronounces it like Aisling without any fada.

She met a girl once called Ailbhe (pronounced correctly, i.e. something like Al-veh) and decided to use the name for her son, however they pronounce it Ell-Bee. Regardless of the fact that their pronunciation does not match the spelling, AT ALL, either in English or in Irish.

It's so frustrating, I mean she's constantly getting annoyed over people pronouncing her name or her son's name wrong ... how can she blame them when the names are not pronounced how they're spelt?!

BuilderPlumber · 16-01-2017 08:00PM

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Orlando and Dromod

Aren't they towns in Florida and Leitrim?

Temptamperu · 16-01-2017 08:01PM

Seen a little white Irish girl called Ebony on facebook t'other day.

Dr Turk Turkelton · 16-01-2017 08:09PM

dclane wrote: »

My cousins uncle is called Anus!

Your dad?

D0NNELLY · 16-01-2017 08:35PM

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Aren't they towns in Florida and Leitrim?

Yeah, following from Beckhams naming their kids after where they were conceived..

Had my mam convinced for a while with Orlando for our first.. went with Sarah in the end

17-01-2017 01:56AM

Emie.......Parents, its not Emma, Emily, its Emie

Also I worked in retail and heard someone say chardonnay, chardonnay, I turn around to say to her, which one, and she looks at me saying no no, I was calling my daughter

PandaPoo · 17-01-2017 02:02AM

There's a girl in junior infants in my sons school called Zaylee.

Also boys called Danann and Dade. And a Saphie.

Bone Cancer · 17-01-2017 02:06AM

Back in the 80's, we had an apprentice in for a while called Ron(ald) McDonald. Met him a few years later and had gotten his named changed by deed poll to Drew.

suicide_circus · 17-01-2017 07:02AM

Tacky American/Australian type names coupled with run of the mill irish surnames just sound...well..Tacky.

Larbre34 · 17-01-2017 07:25AM

PandaPoo wrote: »

There's a girl in junior infants in my sons school called Zaylee.

Also boys called Danann and Dade. And a Saphie.

I can't decide whether your son's school is a private little known toff-nursery with a class size of 7 or chavsville central where the communion class deal smack and carry switchblades.

up for anything · 17-01-2017 07:43AM

Bone Cancer wrote: »

Back in the 80's, we had an apprentice in for a while called Ron(ald) McDonald. Met him a few years later and had gotten his named changed by deed poll to Drew.

Ronnie Drew. Good one.

kulekat · 18-01-2017 12:04AM

Hurricane Murphy (not messing...was aþ a joint christening in dublin and the priest did read this out!)

Forêt (pr for-ee....knew an irish girl whose mother liked the woods. Yes she was a flute as well)

Female (pr fe-mal-e.... african lady who gave birth in dub & liked the way it sounded)

Eamonn ...grand for a fella..but this was for a baby girl in the states ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚ðŸ˜‚

18-01-2017 12:17AM

I always thought Eamonn was grand for an adult but can't imagine baby Eamonn!

Frank has come up here a few times. Same with that,

Mary and Deirdre are old lady names, not names for babies.

Now I think Amelia is a lovely name for a baby girl but no name for an adult lady. Like Holly, Poppy or Daisy.

Corey for a boy is also a baby name and not a name for an adult man.

tupenny · 18-01-2017 12:24AM

Really hate the name Cathal.
Just sounds like a sound.. an ugly sound *coughcoughcawhl*

Exeggcute · 18-01-2017 12:35AM

Some unruly brat running around in front of me in a shop the other day. Mother oblivious to the whole thing, turns after her sprog knocks over and breaks a dish

"Would you like some chocy's Summer?"

I felt sorry for the kid in the end with such a twat for a mother.

18-01-2017 12:35AM

tupenny wrote: »

Really hate the name Cathal.
Just sounds like a sound.. an ugly sound *coughcoughcawhl*

I hate the name "Hugh" for the same reason!

I've made that noise many times over the toilet bowl after a night out.

The Princess Bride · 18-01-2017 01:14AM

Deleted User wrote: »

I hate the name "Hugh" for the same reason!

I've made that noise many times over the toilet bowl after a night out.

Hughie or pukey Lukey.

Gwynplaine · 18-01-2017 01:16AM

tupenny wrote: »

Really hate the name Cathal.
Just sounds like a sound.. an ugly sound *coughcoughcawhl*

Such an awful name. Even when it's pronounced properly. I've heard many variations, but the worst it Cottle.

18-01-2017 01:48AM

Exeggcute wrote: »

Some unruly brat running around in front of me in a shop the other day. Mother oblivious to the whole thing, turns after her sprog knocks over and breaks a dish

"Would you like some chocy's Summer?"

My goddaughter is called summer, lovely name, suits her so well

D0NNELLY · 18-01-2017 07:21AM

bubblypop wrote: »

My goddaughter is called summer, lovely name, suits her so well

Poor girl will be 25 some day

JupiterKid · 18-01-2017 07:28AM

Alphonsus and Cornelius are horrible names for boys. I can't think of any men under the age of 55 with these names. It's like Archbishop John Charles McQuaid named them himself.

Nigel is so boring, middle of the road English.

Elspeth is a vile name for a girl. As are Gobnait, Laetitia, Concepta and Jacinta.

El Horseboxo · 18-01-2017 08:23AM

Two I came across recently through Irish friends on Facebook. Their relatives or friends or something.

Boxxy and Bidet. The parents of the last kid must never have been to Spain.

Also one from a few years back. A friend called his white as snow son Xavi. His last name would be one of the most common in Ireland. Like the guy but ridiculous to call your child that.

cactusgal · 18-01-2017 08:30AM

kulekat wrote: »

Female (pr fe-mal-e.... african lady who gave birth in dub & liked the way it sounded)

This urban legend is as old as the hills and it always involves a black mother. Why do people keep repeating it? This thread is supposed to be about the worst names that you yourself have actually heard.

Peregrinus · 18-01-2017 08:38AM

El Horseboxo wrote: »

. . . A friend called his white as snow son Xavi. His last name would be one of the most common in Ireland. Like the guy but ridiculous to call your child that.

Xavi is an abbreviation of Xavier, a common Spanish forename for boys (and a common surname, but only the forename is abbreviated to Xavi). Being white is not inconsistent with being called Xavi. Not being Spanish, arguably, is, except that the originally Spanish name is now common in France and the US, and not unknown in other countries where the cultural influence of Catholicism (and in particular devotion to St. Francis Xavier) has spread it. There are Xaviers in Australia, for example.

lawred2 · 18-01-2017 08:49AM

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

General rule of thumb.

If it's in the northern half of the country, it's probably Pronounced "Keeva"
If it's in the southern half of the country, it's probably "Kweeva"

Either way it's a disgracefully bad name

18-01-2017 11:27AM

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Poor girl will be 25 some day

So?

Gleefulprinter · 18-01-2017 11:29AM

Feichin

kulekat · 18-01-2017 04:44PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I always thought Eamonn was grand for an adult but can't imagine baby Eamonn!
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It was meant for a girl though!!

BuilderPlumber · 18-01-2017 11:56PM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Nigel is so boring, middle of the road English.

Anything but. Not this Nigel anyway!!

El Horseboxo · 19-01-2017 12:25AM

Peregrinus wrote: »

Xavi is an abbreviation of Xavier, a common Spanish forename for boys (and a common surname, but only the forename is abbreviated to Xavi). Being white is not inconsistent with being called Xavi. Not being Spanish, arguably, is, except that the originally Spanish name is now common in France and the US, and not unknown in other countries where the cultural influence of Catholicism (and in particular devotion to St. Francis Xavier) has spread it. There are Xaviers in Australia, for example.

He's names after the Barcelona player. Nothing more than that.

I'm Mexican-American but wouldn't see Spanish people as non white. By my previous comment I more so meant he's pale as snow with a Letterkenny accent. As in couldn't be further from someone you'd expect to have that name.

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

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