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

08-09-2015 10:39PM

A girl I grew up with named her baby Hunter recently.

There's a guy that emails us from the American office at work called Chip. Can't take him seriously!

KatW4 · 09-09-2015 08:15AM

chughes wrote:

Was he named after the street he lives in?

Haha I couldn't tell you tbh!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 09-09-2015 08:58AM

Lia_lia wrote: »

There's a guy that emails us from the American office at work called Chip. Can't take him seriously!

Had that once before as well - tourned out his actual name was Christopher, but for some reason he prefered "Chip".

AndyBoBandy · 09-09-2015 09:19AM

Theres a guy in my company named Dick (Richard)

ok, there are plenty of Dick's around you say.
his second name is Pullar.

Dick Pullar

I am telling the truth 100%.

IvyTheTerrible · 09-09-2015 09:24AM

KatW4 wrote: »

I met a Sheriff today...

Was it Sheriff or Sherif, the Arab name?

KatW4 · 09-09-2015 01:25PM

IvyTheTerrible wrote:

Was it Sheriff or Sherif, the Arab name?

It was spelled Sheriff, I checked again today!

chughes · 09-09-2015 07:47PM

KatW4 wrote: »

It was spelled Sheriff, I checked again today!

Did he have an English accent? He might be from Nottingham.

JaCrispy · 09-09-2015 07:51PM

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

An Riabhach · 09-09-2015 07:59PM

JaCrispy wrote: »

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

There's worse than that....

Can you imagine Gary Neville's dad(R.I.P.) when he was a kid in school?

His first name was Neville.

JaCrispy · 09-09-2015 08:01PM

An Riabhach wrote: »

There's worse than that....

Can you imagine Gary Neville's dad(R.I.P.) when he was a kid in school?

His first name was Neville.

Very true but the all time clanger is calling your newborn son Drew......with his surname being Peacock. Drew Peacock :eek:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/50/56/e9/5056e90a0078b5e57abee4d3cc3649e2.jpg

Balmed Out · 09-09-2015 08:02PM

Not to forget dick spring and gay Byrne

An Riabhach · 09-09-2015 08:16PM

This post probably doesn't really belong in this thread,but anyway....

I work with this girl whose surname is Curtin.
I've already fooled other people by telling them that this girl has a sister whose first name is Annette.

ThisRegard · 09-09-2015 08:20PM

Since a lot of this thread is made up anyway I'd say it fits right in.

An Riabhach · 09-09-2015 08:38PM

I'm not making this up.

KatW4 · 09-09-2015 08:50PM

chughes wrote:

Did he have an English accent? He might be from Nottingham.

Nope

RossyG · 10-09-2015 09:24AM

KatW4 wrote: »

I met a Sheriff today...

Comes from Shire Reeve, an overseer of serfs in post-Norman Conquest England.

Odd name to choose, really.

Ande1975 · 10-09-2015 10:10AM

Lia_lia wrote: »

There's a guy that emails us from the American office at work called Chip. Can't take him seriously!

I've come across this too (American rellies).
Its actually cause the guy is named after his Dad.
So instead of calling him John Junior after John Senior (for example)......the name is Chip, as in ' A Chip off the old block'.

Kinda cute

keano_afc · 10-09-2015 01:58PM

JaCrispy wrote: »

Very true but the all time clanger is calling your newborn son Drew......with his surname being Peacock. Drew Peacock :eek:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/50/56/e9/5056e90a0078b5e57abee4d3cc3649e2.jpg

Reminded me of this one:

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

Quite a sentiment from the parents.

NSAman · 10-09-2015 09:05PM

Head of Adidas UK's finance department was called Robin Money... I kid you not.

BuilderPlumber · 10-09-2015 11:16PM

chughes wrote: »

Did he have an English accent? He might be from Nottingham.

Or was he from the Wild West!!!!

Hotblack Desiato · 10-09-2015 11:28PM

Lia_lia wrote: »

A girl I grew up with named her baby Hunter recently.

That's a literary name I'll have you know. Respect.

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

I hope he (it is a he, right?) can live up to the high (heh) ideals and moral standards of Mr. H. S. Thompson.

evo2000 · 10-09-2015 11:31PM

Terence! who the **** looks at their child and decides ima name you terence!

evo2000 · 10-09-2015 11:32PM

NSAman wrote: »

Head of Adidas UK's finance department was called Robin Money... I kid you not.

:D:D that is epic!

Missyelliot2 · 10-09-2015 11:36PM

NSAman wrote: »

Head of Adidas UK's finance department was called Robin Money... I kid you not.

https://www.espeakers.com/s/esnt/speaker/profile/26268/Robin-Banks

This guy has much more integrity!!!!!

Hotblack Desiato · 10-09-2015 11:36PM

evo2000 wrote: »

Terence! who the **** looks at their child and decides ima name you terence!

Somebody who would clearly rather not have been pregnant in the first place (insert rant about archaic Irish laws here.)

gutenberg · 11-09-2015 12:02AM

evo2000 wrote: »

Terence! who the **** looks at their child and decides ima name you terence!

I know a Terence. He hates it, but it seems to have be a 'family name' (his dad was also Terence), hence he got lumbered with it.

feargale · 11-09-2015 12:39AM

Is there a more judgemental thread than this one? Yes, some kids get lumbered with names they would prefer not to have - and others compound their grief by making a song and dance about it. What the hell? Show respect.

Hotblack Desiato · 11-09-2015 12:48AM

'Show respect' is almost always a pitiful excuse peddled by those deferring to institutions entirely undeserving of it.

Why should stupidity and/or vanity be 'respected' ?

feargale · 11-09-2015 01:44AM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

'Show respect' is almost always a pitiful excuse peddled by those deferring to institutions entirely undeserving of it.

Why should stupidity and/or vanity be 'respected' ?

feargale wrote: »

Is there a more judgemental thread than this one?

Thank you. You have made my point perfectly clear.

Samaris · 11-09-2015 01:46AM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

'Show respect' is almost always a pitiful excuse peddled by those deferring to institutions entirely undeserving of it.

Why should stupidity and/or vanity be 'respected' ?

In fairness, this is a pretty light hearted thread full of very subjective opinions. I might hate the name Gubnait or Dwayne but I'm not going to lambast the parents over 'stupidity' or 'vanity' because our tastes differ.

Mind you, then there's poor old 'Moon Unit', because no innocent baby deserves that.

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

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