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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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FatherTed

nc19 wrote: »

So in your infinite wisdom myself and every other Niall out there(Niall Quinn, Niall Carroll from Newstalk etc) have been pronouncing our own names wrong all our lives?

Neil is Neil - Niall is Nile

He's just in denial.

nc19

dubhthach wrote: »

Just way english speakers mispronounce the name Niall by rhyming it with a river in Egypt, and don't start me with Eithne (hint: "Enya")

So in your infinite wisdom myself and every other Niall out there(Niall Quinn, Niall Carroll from Newstalk etc) have been pronouncing our own names wrong all our lives?

Neil is Neil - Niall is Nile

whirlpool

How many of you have had your names mentioned in this thread? Mine was mentioned, just once that I can see, but the comment wasn't too cutting!

lucylu

a little boy called Púca (irish for ghost)
the poor little fecker

Aglomerado

I hate "Clodagh" as well. Always the propgeny of BMW X5 drivers with Ugg boots & sunglasses on top of their heads.

[Deleted User]

I admit caoilfhionn gets me as well
Why isn't it keel - yun

eisenberg1

bluewolf wrote: »

"My beautiful", I suppose it could be worse even if it sounds like a restaurant

Sounds more like a pasta range in Lidl:D

[Deleted User]

"My beautiful", I suppose it could be worse even if it sounds like a restaurant

eyescreamcone

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

Also talking to a little lad at a Christening recently. 'That's my niece Bellamia over there', he said.
'That's unusual, I've never heard that name before', I replied.
'You won't have, my sister made it up!'

You do realise that all names were made up by somebody!
Some were made up further back than others.
Not mad about Bellamia but at least it's not Caolfhionn is it?

eisenberg1

ewinslet wrote: »

Sorcha, Fiachra, Fionn, Aoife, Saoirse. Basically all Irish names.

Also Jenny. Jennifer is fine, but Jenny just wrecks my head.

All Irish names?? And if jenny is one of the worst kids names you have ever heard, I think you need to get out a bit more.

ewinslet

Sorcha, Fiachra, Fionn, Aoife, Saoirse. Basically all Irish names.

Also Jenny. Jennifer is fine, but Jenny just wrecks my head.

eviltimeban

darkdubh wrote: »

I was in the doctors waiting room one time and a mother was calling her young lad Ace.I kid you you not.And it sounded like it was his actual name too not a nickname.

That's the most f**king awesome thing I've ever heard. I wish I'd named one of my kids Ace.

F**kin' ACE!!!

Slanu

kaison

[Deleted User]

Gloomtastic! wrote: »

There's a Braxton out there in Dublin 3 somewhere.

Also talking to a little lad at a Christening recently. 'That's my niece Bellamia over there', he said.
'That's unusual, I've never heard that name before', I replied.
'You won't have, my sister made it up!'

Ok that's it. Stop the planet, I want to get off.

stefan idiot jones

OH was an Au Pair in Germany for a tribe of Fritzs and the sixth child was called 'Sechs', (Six).

ShiftStorm

Elbert

eisenberg1

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Aeneus, has to up there as one of the worst, I mean life is hard enough without setting a kid up like that.

There are some terrible monikers being inflicted on kids, but I reckon Aeneus is still the worst, by Myles.;)

cloud493

Nigel.

Gloomtastic!

There's a Braxton out there in Dublin 3 somewhere.

Also talking to a little lad at a Christening recently. 'That's my niece Bellamia over there', he said.
'That's unusual, I've never heard that name before', I replied.
'You won't have, my sister made it up!'

dubhthach

LordSutch wrote: »

That's really unfair, many Irish names are lovely, however, my personal gripe is with those impenetrable ones that are impossible to spell & equally impossible to pronounce!

Met a Mum in the park recently and her daughters name was 'Ava', how lovely I thought, "a bit like the Hollywood actress Ava Gardner I said", a'hemm she said, actually I'm her granny and my daughter named her the Irish way, Its spelt Aoidbhe, although some people leave out the d I think? or maybe its the b? and there's a fadda over the e although most people don't use it, I think she herself might spell it Ava when she grows up she said, as she smiled ) I nodded and we carried on chatting . . . . . .

That's the kind of Irish name that wrecks my head, from filling in forms to passports, to people looking at the name and thinking, what the' is that?

Technically speaking if they called the child Aoibhe and are using the pronunciation "Ava" then they are mispronouncing it it even in Irish. Just way english speakers mispronounce the name Niall by rhyming it with a river in Egypt, and don't start me with Eithne (hint: "Enya")

To get a pronunciation like "Ava" you'd have to use the name Éabha

NickD

Omackeral wrote: »

You should probably inform a zookeeper then. Sounds potentially dangerous.

You know the family as well?

[Deleted User]

NickD wrote: »

In my town there is a teenage Tiger Lily walking around.

You should probably inform a zookeeper then. Sounds potentially dangerous.

NickD

In my town there is a teenage Tiger Lily walking around.

darkdubh

I was in the doctors waiting room one time and a mother was calling her young lad Ace.I kid you you not.And it sounded like it was his actual name too not a nickname.

LordSutch

segaBOY wrote: »

Anything in Irish. Even if your child emigrates he will still be reminded of his depressing roots.

That's really unfair, many Irish names are lovely, however, my personal gripe is with those impenetrable ones that are impossible to spell & equally impossible to pronounce!

Met a Mum in the park recently and her daughters name was 'Ava', how lovely I thought, "a bit like the Hollywood actress Ava Gardner I said", a'hemm she said, actually I'm her granny and my daughter named her the Irish way, Its spelt Aoidbhe, although some people leave out the d I think? or maybe its the b? and there's a fadda over the e although most people don't use it, I think she herself might spell it Ava when she grows up she said, as she smiled

) I nodded and we carried on chatting . . . . . .

That's the kind of Irish name that wrecks my head, from filling in forms to passports, to people looking at the name and thinking, what the' is that?

Absolam

Phonetically; Iv-en-ie. A beautiful name, opined the friend of the proud mother sitting next to me on the bus when informed. How might it be spelled, she inquired. Y-V-O-N-N-E replied the radiant parent. "We gor i' frum a buke".

guppy

Missyelliot2 wrote: »

Jeez....lucky you've blanked the third - the others are in slapper names!

You've just reminded me, there was a baby girl named "Honey" in the ward when I had my daughter. Yes, that's a name other adults won't mind calling a grown woman....

BT543765Hg

Dramatik wrote: »

"Sharreese" Not sure of the spelling but that's what it sounded like phonetically.

@5:37^

sparkle_23

I'm living in Canada at the moment and the names are awful!

I know a girl named Shawni
At my work there's 3 girls named Krista, there's a guy called Skyler.. And there's a girl named Trista! I've come to accept Krista as a common name because I've met maybe 6 of them since I arrived in August! But Trista... I can't even...

Oh and a girl named Braelynn handed in a resume the other day!

Rips

I can't believe no one here has been caught up behind the little 'Toygur' that's waddling around Dublin. I wouldn't mind, but he's about 5.

Toygur toygur c'mere toygur

Gedow iddeway wudyas