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

Joe prim wrote: »

In fact, his real name is Cecil-tarquin, and he's only called "Bear" cos he insisted on bringing his teddy bear everywhere with him, even when he joined the army and fought in Iraq,where even the Taliban slagged him off, calling him "Sess-il al Teddi", meaning "that berk off the telly who eats sh1t"And he's not that tough either, he cried at the end of "Brief Encounter'

Bear Grills never went to Iraq. And even if he did, I would be very surprised if the Taliban made the journey from Afghan out to Iraq when they had a war on their own land.

Where did ya make this **** up?

discus wrote: »

Bear Grills never went to Iraq. And even if he did, I would be very surprised if the Taliban made the journey from Afghan out to Iraq when they had a war on their own land.

Where did ya make this **** up?

They made the journey from Afghanistan to Iraq just to slag him off. I heard they called him 'Moghaffal Bitaqa Bareediya' which means 'Man who drinks his own piss'.

Yawlboy wrote: »

I know of a child called Cornelius Tayto Green :rolleyes:

That is parents inflicting maximum psychological damage right there. Everyone knows the green Tayto are the sign of the devil.

I frickin hate misspelled Irish names. If you're going to call your child an Irish name, do a bit of research, and don't throw in random fadas and letters that should affect the pronunciation.

Two I heard recently that annoyed me:

Eiméar. The fada should make it be pronounced more like ee-Mayr, but no, it's still pronounced Emer. Another annoying misspelling is Eimhear - the mh should make a V sound in the middle, but no, apparently the h is "silent".

I love the name Sadbh, but I recently met a girl who pronounced it that way but spelt it Saidbhe. Just, why? It's a nice name as it is, if you were to pronounce her version correctly, it would actually become a two-syllable word pronounced more like Sive-eh.

I remember chatting to someone who worked on a maternity ward who was trying to tactfully talk a mother out of calling her child Melena. She had no idea what it meant just that it sounded nice. I hope she changed her mind…

Omackeral wrote: »

Some full time mammy's kid popped up on my newsfeed the other day and it was called Kason. I've also heard of Kade, Kai, Kaid and a fcuking intolerable amount of Kaydens. I'm convinced people are just making names up at this stage.

I know someone with a son called Kobe. It's pronounced to rhyme with Toby. How on earth are you supposed to know that looking at it written down, though? I would have pronounced it, well, how it's spelt!

This little piggy wrote: »

I frickin hate misspelled Irish names. If you're going to call your child an Irish name, do a bit of research, and don't throw in random fadas and letters that should affect the pronunciation.

Pop culture can have an affect though. Take Senán for example, as in Senán Connell, the ex Dublin footballer, now pundit. I don't think he uses the fada so may be just Senan, so probably correct in how people generally pronounce that on TV and radio, but people then pronounce Senán the same way.

I think most just go with it just for the sake of it, but some people do look a bit quizzical when you pronounce is Sen-ann with an emphasis on the a.

and still ricky villa wrote: »

Christenings can be fun though
Nothing against the name in itself but was at a friend's christening and the priest asked for Jack to be brought up.
Cue 5 parents standing up with their unique little boys......

So sick of Jack. Its the white Mohammed.

circadian wrote: »

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe

More like

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant

This little piggy wrote: »

I know someone with a son called Kobe.

Would you say you had a beef with them?