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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...

Isis.

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Ray37

Ultan - I'm sorry, but it's awful. Makes me think of ulcers.

[Deleted User]

D0NNELLY wrote: »

Hang on a bleeeeeeeeedin' minute. Each parish has their own patron saint?

Every parish had at least one saint. There were far, far more recognised (in local tradition) saints in Ireland until the 19th century when the Catholic Church had an 'Ultramontane' (led by Cardinal Paul Cullen) revolution where it was Romanised and all these "dubious" local saints and the huge tradition of visiting the local holy well named after said obscure local saint went out of favour with the newly Romanised Catholic Church in Ireland. Out, too, from this revolutionary new Catholic church were the other remnants of Celtic Christianity such as the festivals of Bealtaine, Lúnasa and so forth (they kept Imbolc, and colonised it with the cult of St Brigid, Brigid's Cross and the like)

The "superstar" English names of Michael, Patrick, Brigid, Mary and so forth came into favour strongly in the 19th century and these old Irish first names which signified where you were from died out. You'd still find an odd rebel parent holding out against the tide- a Lonán (little blackbird), say, named after the patron saint of Trevet near the Hill of Tara and if in Meath probably indicating a connection to that area (or it could be connected to one of the ten other areas on the island where the patron saint was one of ten other distinct saints called Lonán). In Gaelic Ireland the Irish never called their children Pádraig or Máire out of reverance to the Saint and Virgin Mary; a son would be called Giolla Phádraig (Servant of Pádraig) and a daughter Maol Muire (devotee of the Muire gan Smál/ the Virgin Mary)

A cynic might suggest that after centuries of resisting the Protestant Reformation, the Irish in the 19th century had another foreign reformation imposed upon them - but this time it managed to persuade the natives that they were returning to "true" Irish Christianity by becoming Romanised.

kildare lad

theres a child in my sons class called junior..wtf

heldel00

kildare lad wrote: »

theres a child in my sons class called junior..wtf

Ah it's hardly officially Junior is it?
I have a friend who has been known his whole life as Junior but he has a real name!

Parchment

Hester....

Vyse

heldel00 wrote: »

Ah it's hardly officially Junior is it?
I have a friend who has been known his whole life as Junior but he has a real name!

I've worked with a Junior before. Actually like the name.

kildare lad

heldel00 wrote: »

Ah it's hardly officially Junior is it?
I have a friend who has been known his whole life as Junior but he has a real name!

no its his real name

[Deleted User]

I just saw a post on FB about a little boy called Maison. Not Mason. House.

HankScorpio102

Birdie

kittensmittens

I have waited for my chance to post and it arrived yesterday

Setanta!!!! Said over and over and over again by the boys mother

heldel00

kittensmittens wrote: »

I have waited for my chance to post and it arrived yesterday

Setanta!!!! Said over and over and over again by the boys mother

I'll take your "Setanta" and raise you a "Santana". I kid you not!

Gravelly

kittensmittens wrote: »

I have waited for my chance to post and it arrived yesterday

Setanta!!!! Said over and over and over again by the boys mother

Condemned to a life of being called Santa by all his classmates.

kittensmittens

heldel00 wrote: »

I'll take your "Setanta" and raise you a "Santana". I kid you not!

I defy everyone who reads you post, that when they get to the word doesnt go *de de dede de de nanan....cos she just like the ocean under the moon.....*

heldel00

kittensmittens wrote: »

I defy everyone who reads you post, that when they get to the word doesnt go *de de dede de de nanan....cos she just like the ocean under the moon.....*

Exactly what I hear every time the child is mentioned!
..."it's the same as the emotion that I get from youuuu...."

Cortina_MK_IV

kittensmittens wrote: »

I defy everyone who reads you post, that when they get to the word doesnt go *de de dede de de nanan....cos she just like the ocean under the moon.....*

I'm getting.. "No one told me about her, the way she lied, well, no one told me about her, how many people cried...."

kittensmittens

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

I'm getting.. "No one told me about her, the way she lied, well, no one told me about her, how many people cried...."

Damn hippy

[Deleted User]

kittensmittens wrote: »

I have waited for my chance to post and it arrived yesterday

Setanta!!!! Said over and over and over again by the boys mother

My godson is Setanta.
A good old Irish name. Suits him, he is fab!

[Deleted User]

My grandad on the death of Johnny Cash: "Who cares? wWth a name Cash he's probably a traveller from Galway". Sometimes I miss my grandad's racist, right wing bullsh1t!

pickarooney

sugarman wrote: »

Triton

...Like the shower manufacturer, I **** you not.

It means 'newt'. Like the amphibian or the republican.

Witchie

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

I'm getting.. "No one told me about her, the way she lied, well, no one told me about her, how many people cried...."

I started singing Citizen Cope with Santana "these feelings won't go away, they keep knocking me sideways" but then CC is one of my favourite artists so I go to him a lot in my head.

Quazzie

sugarman wrote: »

Triton

...Like the shower manufacturer, I **** you not.

I think the fact that you only know it as the shower manufacturer says more about you than it does about them tbh.

Gravelly

Quazzie wrote: »

I think the fact that you only know it as the shower manufacturer says more about you than it does about them tbh.

In fairness, unless the dad's name is Poseidon, Triton is a terrible name, and will be associated with showers by 95% of the people he meets.

corner of hells

sugarman wrote: »

Triton

...Like the shower manufacturer, I **** you not.

My son had a teammate called Dyson.
He position was sweeper.

infogiver

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

I'm getting.. "No one told me about her, the way she lied, well, no one told me about her, how many people cried...."

Depends on your age, what vintage of feedback you get

dory000

I was just watching the US version of 'Hunted' on 4od and one of the contestant's names was 'English', which I thought was unusual enough - then it turned out out her full name was 'English King'. (King was her married name though in fairness so her parents weren't quite that cruel...but still...)

Widdershins

Loki. Although it's not the worst name, I'm not mad about it.

Gravelly

Widdershins wrote: »

Loki. Although it's not the worst name, I'm not mad about it.

Strange one - in Norse mythology Loki is a bit of an @asshole, who, although male, got shagged by a horse and gave birth to a mare.

LordSutch

Fachtna.

Its just sounds so guttural.

Apologies if your name is Fachtna

Your Face

Chantelle.

I woman at work called her daughter this.

Widdershins

Gravelly wrote: »

Strange one - in Norse mythology Loki is a bit of an @asshole, who, although male, got shagged by a horse and gave birth to a mare.

Yes, the mum calls her son ''the trickster''. God, the shudders..