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Should Ireland regulate baby names?

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  • #32
    Dravokivich
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    endacl wrote: »
    There's no issue with surnames in Iceland. They don't have them. They use a patronymic system.

    Jon Gnarr would disagree.


  • #33
    pickarooney
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    Dravokivich wrote: »
    Jon Gnarr would disagree.

    He wouldn't. Jón and Gnarr are his given names.


  • #34
    Riskymove
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    pickarooney wrote: »
    He wouldn't. Jón and Gnarr are his given names.

    indeed:

    Jón Gnarr Kristinsson


  • #35
    pickarooney
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    Unless you mean he would disagree with the status quo, in which case fair enough.


  • #36
    endacl
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    Riskymove wrote: »
    indeed:

    Jón Gnarr Kristinsson

    Yep. Son of Kristin.

    His son would be Jonsson. A daughter would be Jonsdottir.


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  • #37
    Rory28
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    Lapin wrote: »
    As long as people don't name their sons 'Heil' after you know who, I give n'er a fuk what they call the little scroats.

    When did Hitler become Voldemort?


  • #38
    It BeeMee
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    osarusan wrote: »
    Messi's hometown in Argentina made a rule that babies can't have Messi as a first name.

    Does that mean I can't refer to our youngest as "The Babb-y" :confused:


  • #39
    Riskymove
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,903 ✭✭✭✭Riskymove


    Rory28 wrote: »
    When did Hitler become Voldemort?

    if you say his name does his spirit gain power??:pac:


  • #40
    pickarooney
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    Lapin wrote: »
    As long as people don't name their sons 'Heil' after you know who, I give n'er a fuk what they call the little scroats.

    Heil E Selassie?


  • #41
    biko
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    Yes, only Irish names allowed. None of this English names malarky.
    If Deasmumhnach was good enough for my great granddad it's good enough for my son.
    None of this William, Eric or Terry stuff.


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  • #42
    kneemos
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    endacl wrote: »
    Yep. Son of Kristin.

    His son would be Jonsson. A daughter would be Jonsdottir.

    His son would also be Jons son?


  • #43
    eyescreamcone
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    Didn't someone have Danger as their middle name?

    "Danger is my middle name!!!"


  • #44
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,496 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Paudie Dan Ger Mullins I think it was


  • #45
    endacl
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    kneemos wrote: »
    His son would also be Jons son?

    Jon's would...


  • #46
    darkdubh
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    Gordy6040 wrote: »
    No. My feeling is that this is a multi cultural society and who's to say what a normal name is for some one with a non irish background.


    The think the op is refering to ridiculous makey up names rather then legit foreign ones.


  • #47
    darkdubh
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    mrsbyrne wrote: »
    I dont believe anyone would call a child Nidge.


    I wouldn't be so sure.


  • #48
    endacl
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    darkdubh wrote: »
    The think the op is refering to ridiculous makey up names rather then legit foreign ones.

    Like 'Darkdubh'?

    :pac:


  • #49
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    endacl wrote: »
    Like 'Darkdubh'?

    :pac:

    Or Endacl. Har har har!


  • #50
    smash
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    Sure you could always get your name changed like this guy...


  • #51
    darkdubh
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    smash wrote: »
    Sure you could always get your name changed like this guy...


    They coulden't even get the man of steels name right.Fail on so many levels.


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  • #52
    ThisRegard
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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    Nidge does annoy me.
    mrsbyrne wrote: »
    I dont believe anyone would call a child Nidge.


    Nidge is a nickname for Nigel. So yes, Nigel should be banned.
    Berserker wrote: »
    Not uncommon. I went to school with a lad called Elton. His mother and father are/were massive Elton John fans and they him Elton after the singer, as opposed to Reginald which is his real name.

    Elton is not a nick name.


    Jaysus, the government needs to concentrate on our obviously falling education levels before concerning themselves with minor issues like this in comparison.


  • #53
    OldNotWIse
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    Was in a shop last year and a wan in a juicy couture tracksuit with ratty extensions down to her áss with a white patent leather pram the size of a ford ka containing a screaming child, shouts "ah jaaaaaaaysis shakiiiiiira will ya bleedin' stop!" - poor kid :(

    Also hate double barrel surnames. Get.Over.Yourselves.


  • #54
    recylingbin
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    Football weekly podcast is big amongst boardsies, I see.


  • #55
    Gordy6040
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    Mellor wrote: »
    It's not about restricting names from other cultures. It's about restrict ridiculous names, names with non-phonetical symbols, names using other alphabets or ones that might impact the child.

    Names like;
    Fcuk da Police
    @ndrew
    Coca-Cola
    Dr. Smith (using Dr. or a similar title as part of a name is restricted in many places)
    Shithead
    Superman
    Talula Does the Hula From Hawaii (real name given to a NZ baby, courts ordered it to be changed)
    Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced Albin) - (Sweden had to ban that one after somebody tried to use it)

    Ah. Ok


  • #56
    Molester Stallone II
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    I pity my first born son.....


  • #57
    eyescreamcone
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    OldNotWIse wrote: »
    Was in a shop last year and a wan in a juicy couture tracksuit with ratty extensions down to her áss with a white patent leather pram the size of a ford ka containing a screaming child, shouts "ah jaaaaaaaysis shakiiiiiira will ya bleedin' stop!" - poor kid :(

    Also hate double barrel surnames. Get.Over.Yourselves.

    Why is Shakira so bad?

    Too modern?
    Or too foreign?

    Or is it the family that she comes from that you disapprove of?

    I'd prefer it to any version of Mary, Maire, Maura, Mairead etc


  • #58
    jimgoose
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    eyescreamcone wrote: »
    Why is Shakira so bad?

    Too modern?
    Or too foreign?

    Or is it the family that she comes from that you disapprove of?

    I'd prefer it to any version of Mary, Maire, Maura, Mairead etc

    Shakira is a very old Arabic name meaning "thankful", but in practice you'll find that the only demograph that names their offspring after that Colombian-born pop-tartlet is the pyjama-clad, pony-tail-facelifted one. :D


  • #59
    cml387
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    The true story (from Freakonomics) about the brothers called Winner and Loser.

    Winner became a drug addict, a petty criminal who lived in a homeless shelter.

    Loser (Loser Lane) became a detective in the NYPD.


  • #60
    anncoates
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    I was relatively sanguine about names until I read the baby names thread in the parenting forum.

    Now I want a baby names department established with draconian powers.


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  • #61
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Sweden does it eh? :rolleyes:


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