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

jca · 26-04-2016 09:07PM

smash wrote: »

I've literally never heard that name before.

Neither have I.

smash · 26-04-2016 09:10PM

Kovu wrote: »

I agree that Padraigin sounds much much better than it looks, more like paw-ree-geen than prouncing the hard 'ig' in the middle of Padraig.

Now I'm even more confused

dresden8 · 26-04-2016 09:41PM

superstoner90 wrote: »

Bart

Bort.

Turtyturd · 26-04-2016 09:50PM

Think we have a winner in Sadhbh. First step on the road to being a terrible parent.

ButtersSuki · 26-04-2016 09:52PM

Turtyturd wrote: »

Think we have a winner in Sadhbh. First step on the road to being a terrible parent.

I think that's one of the most ignorant things I've ever heard on boards.ie (and that's saying something).

What is wrong with Sadhbh? Is it the Irishness you object to? Or the spelling?

I think it's a beautiful name.

There's scores of terrible names listed on this thread and you pick that as the worst? Seriously?

keano_afc · 26-04-2016 09:59PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I think that's one of the most ignorant things I've ever heard on boards.ie (and that's saying something).

What is wrong with Sadhbh? Is it the Irishness you object to? Or the spelling?

I think it's a beautiful name.

There's scores of terrible names listed on this thread and you pick that as the worst? Seriously?

It's a cry for attention. I wouldn't pay much heed.

cantdecide · 26-04-2016 10:01PM

I always just thing of scythes or a side of coleslaw.

I come across some strange names in the course of my work. Today was a middle name 'Enigma' for a girl.

pragmatic1 · 26-04-2016 10:23PM

I remember being in a shop in Letterkenny and a white lady was roaring at her also white child, little Shaniqua, to cop the fcuk on. I had to leave as I nearly burst out laughing. Few Shakiras about too.

Corruptedmorals · 26-04-2016 10:41PM

I moved hospitals from a kids one to one where the main demographic is 70+. Names are verrrry different, but equally unlikeable.

Augustine, Winifred, Sylvester are dodgy but the worst is Wilhelmina so far.

Noo · 27-04-2016 03:34AM

furiousox wrote: »

Assumpta
Padraigin (For a girl)

I met a Dympna recently. She was in her 20s. And definitely not a nun.

coffeepls · 27-04-2016 03:39AM

Frank. Such an old man name. I thought maybe they were naming the little kid after some relative that'd died. They weren't.

27-04-2016 02:01PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I think that's one of the most ignorant things I've ever heard on boards.ie (and that's saying something).

What is wrong with Sadhbh? Is it the Irishness you object to? Or the spelling?

I think it's a beautiful name.

Ah get over yourself it's a lighthearted thread. You're entitled to thinking it's a beautiful name much the same that others are entitled to think it sounds like an itchy skin condition or something you put in a curry.

'-dhbh', hard to make sense of that in fairness.

Caoimhgh1n · 27-04-2016 02:37PM

Omackeral wrote: »

Ah get over yourself it's a lighthearted thread. You're entitled to thinking it's a beautiful name much the same that others are entitled to think it sounds like an itchy skin condition or something you put in a curry.

'-dhbh', hard to make sense of that in fairness.

I could understand a foreigner finding it hard to pronounce, just like many Irish people might find it hard to pronounce foreign names. But I would expect Irish people to know how "dhbh" sounds..

Skylinehead · 27-04-2016 02:41PM

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

But I would expect Irish people to know how "dhbh" sounds..

Out of context, this is hilarious

rhabarbarum · 27-04-2016 02:47PM

Soviet names of the early period, tho. I found myself one night reading those on wikipedia and I was left kinda speechless. Engelsina. Barrikad. Dazdraperma. Honestly, what?

Turquoise Hexagon Sun · 27-04-2016 02:52PM

Caoimhgh1n wrote: »

I could understand a foreigner finding it hard to pronounce, just like many Irish people might find it hard to pronounce foreign names. But I would expect Irish people to know how "dhbh" sounds..

I'm just over 30. First time I heard this name was last year. I don't think it's spelled in any way that's intuitively pronounced even if I'm wearing my "Paddy-hat."

jimgoose · 27-04-2016 02:55PM

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

I'm just over 30. First time I heard this name was last year. I don't think it's spelled in any way that's intuitively pronounced even if I'm wearing my "Paddy-hat."

The original was Sadhbh Nic Donnchadh, wife of the Ard-Rí back in the day. That's this chappie, so don't dis the Woman:

Ard-Rí pic

Lady is a tramp · 27-04-2016 04:10PM

Spudgun wrote: »

Fiadh, how could you look at your tiny baby and call her that.

Well, phonetically it's not all that different to Aoife.

Fee-ah. Ee-fah.

I wouldn't use either name myself, but I don't think either are particularly awful.

Lady is a tramp · 27-04-2016 04:14PM

I have a William. He's the only grandchild so far on my side of the family, but my brother's missus is due in a few days and Michael is a strong contender if it's a boy. My dad is dead set against it, because my sister's partner's name is Richard ... she's not pregnant yet, but my dad's afraid of ending up with three grandsons called William, Michael and Richard - Willie, Micky and Dick!

smash · 27-04-2016 04:17PM

Imagine a foreigner trying to pronounce Bláthnaid...

Gunslinger92 · 27-04-2016 04:43PM

maudgonner wrote: »

I'm guessing you're not Irish? It's not at all unusual, although less common now than it would have been 20 years ago, even.

It's the feminine of Padraig, the Irish equivalent of Patricia.

I certainly am Irish, I'm actually from one of the counties that it's apparently common in! Genuinely never heard of it. Still think it's awful I'm afraid :pac:

maudgonner · 27-04-2016 04:48PM

Gunslinger92 wrote: »

I certainly am Irish, I'm actually from one of the counties that it's apparently common in! Genuinely never heard of it. Still think it's awful I'm afraid :pac:

Fair enough, we all have our likes and dislikes

I was just genuinely surprised that people haven't heard of it, or have such a strong reaction to it when Padraig is so commonplace.

Badly Drunk Boy · 27-04-2016 04:59PM

cowboyBuilder wrote: »

So that wasn't just in a Fr. Ted episode so ! :eek:

There's a housing estate in Kildare town called Assumpta Villas.

tupenny · 27-04-2016 05:22PM

Jarick. After his grandads jack and Patrick.
Muireann. I like most Irish names but Muireann sounds like a disease.

Adrian, just ugh

stoplooklisten · 27-04-2016 05:30PM

Kovu · 27-04-2016 05:49PM

tupenny wrote: »

Jarick. After his grandads jack and Patrick.
Muireann. I like most Irish names but Muireann sounds like a disease.

Adrian, just ugh

Funnily enough, it's very similar to a term used with fatal livestock diseases ; murrain. :pac:

Pherekydes · 27-04-2016 08:17PM

smash wrote: »

Imagine a foreigner trying to pronounce Bláthnaid...

It's outrageous. I mean why can't everybody else be as perfect as Irish people at pronouncing names.

jca · 28-04-2016 12:08AM

Pherekydes wrote: »

It's outrageous. I mean why can't everybody else be as perfect as Irish people at pronouncing names.

How do you pronounce you user name?

josip · 28-04-2016 12:36AM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

There's a housing estate in Kildare town called Assumpta Villas.

Common enough I'd imagine; our nearby "Assumption Terrace" was usually called Consumption Terrace.

A local family had a fondness for nun-type names so called their daughters Roberta, Fidelma and Helena

CabanSail · 28-04-2016 06:18AM

Many years ago there was baby in one of the wards. She was the daughter of Mr & Mrs Hole. With a surname like that you think they would be very careful in their name selection. If they had got that right it would not be memorable. They didn't.

The name they gave her was Phillipa.

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