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

nicki11 · 26-11-2015 09:25PM

I used to think Finbar was an odd name but now I associate it with a thread about a guy who rescued a kitten and called him Finbar and now I associate it with that. I think associations are important when it comes to names we hate I hate the name Christopher because I was bullied by a boy called Christopher and any Chris I met after that was a bit of a jerk. Chris's tend to be ok but like someone else said if you like the name Chris or John call your kid that not Christopher/Christof or Johnathan

nc6000 · 26-11-2015 09:46PM

Clovis

The Cool · 26-11-2015 09:49PM

Never had much time for the name Tyler, always had visions of people taking the absolute mick when they're adults ("his name is Tyler but he's actually a plasterer, wha")

Yesterday though, I heard a woman with a harsh Dub accent calling her son whose name was Tyler but when she said it, it sounded like "toilet". Poor kid.

koriko · 26-11-2015 10:17PM

Candice-

LittleMuppet · 26-11-2015 10:55PM

Moyabelle is one of the worst I've ever heard. Also, and I swear this is 100% true - Perestroika. Back when I was a kid, was out in Dollymount for the day and I heard a mother calling her daughter that. I was only 8 or 9 at the time but I've never forgotten it. This would have been back in the 80's or early 90's.
:O

27-11-2015 12:41AM

Asarlai wrote: »

Well, don't leave us hanging....and all disappointed like. What is your real name and the cutesy version?

I've put my name up here before!

Deirdre. Known as DeeDee.

Kovu · 27-11-2015 12:54AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I've put my name up here before!

Deirdre. Known as DeeDee.

Do you have a short brother named Dexter?

27-11-2015 01:19AM

Kovu wrote: »

Do you have a short brother named Dexter?

Naw, two tall brothers who shook off their nicknames.

Too old to have the street cred of Dexter and DeeDee...

Filmer Paradise · 27-11-2015 01:21AM

westernfrenzy wrote: »

I know a family who called their daughter Caoilfhionn but they pronounce "keelin"

Any version of that sounds like a rusty iron gate being blown around in a gale.

Not a name for any living creature.

Ssscccrrrreeeeee............

Hotblack Desiato · 27-11-2015 01:44AM

Deleted User wrote: »

DeeDee.

Is your surname Ramone by any chance?

EoghanIRL · 27-11-2015 01:50AM

How do you actually pronounce caoilfhionn? Someone I know of has that name.
Is it a literal Irish pronounciation of the spelling?

27-11-2015 01:53AM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Is your surname Ramone by any chance?

I wish.I can't play guitar, I tried.

My cousin named one of his Zoe. Lovely name, but there was a dog in the family called Zoe before! I don't think you can use pet names for kids? I've owned a Fionn, Zara, Marky, JJ, Amelia and Harvey. To name a few. I couldn't name a kid after a pet!

ArtSmart · 27-11-2015 01:55AM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

How do you actually pronounce caoilfhionn? Someone I know of has that name.
Is it a literal Irish pronounciation of the spelling?

'Runt', but with a 'C'

27-11-2015 02:01AM

A friend has a son who's name is Queen-vin. Irish for Kevin. It's spelt with Caoimheann or something like it. Worse than that, something you'd struggle with even as a gaeilgoir.

My South African friends I have mentioned on this topic a few times. They want to be Irish. They named their first kid Erin, their second kid Bhailie (means home and pronounced Bailey, apparently), Arro, picked out of the sky that one, then the twins Hazel and Willow.

Wouldn't infuriate me so much save that I called them out on the "h" in Bhailie's name to be told they got it from this source, no matter how much I tried to explain it was a grammar thing and the h didn't belong in there, they told me they know better. The guy of the family now says "CNUT YOU TAH" and expects me to says "Ceart go leor". He also had a massive row with his own family lately because he claims to be Irish (Born in SA, married a girl from SA with an Irish grandmother, lived in Ireland for 11 years) and they asked him to cop on and support his own.

This makes me mad! I read Lovin Dublin or dole threads on boards for this kind of anger!

Filmer Paradise · 27-11-2015 02:01AM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

How do you actually pronounce caoilfhionn? Someone I know of has that name.
Is it a literal Irish pronounciation of the spelling?

Outside of the Language Hawks it's a secret.;)

To normal people the 'it sounds like a rusty iron gate squealing in a gale' analogy fits in mostly.

Hotblack Desiato · 27-11-2015 09:40AM

Having to go through life spelling your name out every time you ring a business or service is a curse.

EoghanIRL · 27-11-2015 10:40AM

Perfect, I'll just avoid saying that name in case I mispronounce it.

cj maxx · 27-11-2015 11:54AM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Perfect, I'll just avoid saying that name in case I mispronounce it.

I do know one and she says 'key'-lawn'
I thought it should be 'kale-finn'

DyldeBrill · 27-11-2015 12:16PM

For me it has to be Chardonnay...

Picture a woman with the strongest Dublin accent imaginable screaming after her dear Chardonnay in a busy shop. The sound of her voice still haunts me to this day, not to mention the name.

ibarelycare · 27-11-2015 12:17PM

EoghanIRL wrote: »

How do you actually pronounce caoilfhionn? Someone I know of has that name.
Is it a literal Irish pronounciation of the spelling?

It's pronounced Keelan. It's a lovely name but an obnoxious spelling.

Deleted User wrote: »

A friend has a son who's name is Queen-vin. Irish for Kevin. It's spelt with Caoimheann or something like it. Worse than that, something you'd struggle with even as a gaeilgoir.

Do you mean Caoimhín? I wouldn't have thought it was a rare name, it's one I've come across plenty of times. It's pronounced Kwee-veen.

Gwynplaine · 27-11-2015 12:36PM

ibarelycare wrote: »

Do you mean Caoimhín? I wouldn't have thought it was a rare name, it's one I've come across plenty of times. It's pronounced Kwee-veen.

How could a parent do that to their child? They must hate the child, or hate themselves for letting one slip through the net.
Some hero shinner politician is called Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. I had to look that up and copy and paste it. Imagine ringing a taxi or a takeaway and having to spell that out every time. I've a friend with an odd surname and when this happens he just says "Murphy".

ibarelycare · 27-11-2015 01:07PM

Gwynplaine wrote: »

How could a parent do that to their child? They must hate the child, or hate themselves for letting one slip through the net.
Some hero shinner politician is called Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. I had to look that up and copy and paste it. Imagine ringing a taxi or a takeaway and having to spell that out every time. I've a friend with an odd surname and when this happens he just says "Murphy".

Is it really that strange? I don't like the name myself but I didn't think it was that unusual! Maybe it's cos I went to an Irish primary school so I was used to it!

jimgoose · 27-11-2015 01:09PM

ibarelycare wrote: »

Is it really that strange? I don't like the name myself but I didn't think it was that unusual! Maybe it's cos I went to an Irish primary school so I was used to it!

It's Kevin O'Collins in it's beardo Irisígi incarnation. Normal enough.

Caoimhgh1n · 27-11-2015 04:58PM

Gwynplaine wrote: »

How could a parent do that to their child? They must hate the child, or hate themselves for letting one slip through the net.
Some hero shinner politician is called Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. I had to look that up and copy and paste it. Imagine ringing a taxi or a takeaway and having to spell that out every time. I've a friend with an odd surname and when this happens he just says "Murphy".

I love my name. People are entitled to name their child whatever they want, think of all the foreign names people can't spell.

ibarelycare · 27-11-2015 05:01PM

Ah god...when I saw the last poster in the thread I thought someone had signed up with a new username to post on here as a joke

Hrududu · 27-11-2015 06:32PM

A friend of mine had a childhood friend called Jenelope. Like a mix of Jennifer and Penelope.

toptom · 27-11-2015 06:35PM

There were a bloke in work who called his kid Nelson

Kovu · 27-11-2015 07:02PM

Hrududu wrote: »

A friend of mine had a childhood friend called Jenelope. Like a mix of Jennifer and Penelope.

At least it wasn't a boy called Jackalope

(It's a mythical creature like a hare with horns)

27-11-2015 08:19PM

I always thought caoilfhionn should sound like keel-yun
or kwale-yun

keelan sounds ok on its own though

Jimoslimos · 27-11-2015 09:29PM

toptom wrote: »

There were a bloke in work who called his kid Nelson

Ha ha!

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

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