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

pickarooney · 28-04-2016 07:14AM

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

I am not a hater of our beloved Irish culture. But I think we have some very stupid sounding names in the Irish Language like Odhrán, like put a B in front of it an you're a f&*cking percussion instrument.

You could say the same for Ethel Drumm and Ryan Gaulle. And Amber Inman.

Joe Musashi · 28-04-2016 07:20AM

Tristan

Hotblack Desiato · 28-04-2016 08:15AM

rhabarbarum wrote: »

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?

Tractor (seriously)

js35 · 28-04-2016 08:18AM

Donnchadh(sp) horrible name up there with Adrian

JustShon · 28-04-2016 08:43AM

Joe Musashi wrote: »

Tristan

I know a guy named Tristram.

Not only is it wanky, it has also left the unfortunate chap with the job of telling everyone he meets "No, not Tristan, TristRaM."

Noo · 28-04-2016 09:19AM

Joe Musashi wrote: »

Tristan

Years ago, when in our late teens, i bumped into an old aquaintance. She showed me her tattoo with her daughters name. She was saying how she wanted another kid but she was single so she planned to take a guy home and get herself pregnant. Fast forward a year and i bump into her again, shes still single but Tristans name has been added to his sisters.

That name association has really stuck with me.

dubhthach · 28-04-2016 11:20AM

smash wrote: »

Imagine a foreigner trying to pronounce Bláthnaid...

And? "Won't something think of the poor foreigners" -- Imagine an Irish person trying to pronounce a dutch name correctly (I don't know something like Jelte or Eelse)

Gyalist · 28-04-2016 11:54AM

smash wrote: »

Imagine a foreigner trying to pronounce Bláthnaid...

I'm a foreigner and have never had a problem pronouncing Irish names, especially if the person has told me how their name is pronounced.

bigboss1986 · 28-04-2016 12:03PM

smash wrote: »

Imagine a foreigner trying to pronounce Bláthnaid...

Try to say his name and place where he was born:
Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz born in Mszczonowieścice, Grzmiszczosławice, county Trzcinogrzechotnikowo

:p:p:D

Anyway the worst name I heard was some Polish woman gave name Bryan but with Polish translation- BRAJAN (WTF???)

josip · 28-04-2016 12:16PM

bigboss1986 wrote: »

Try to say his name and place where he was born:
Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz born in Mszczonowieścice, Grzmiszczosławice, county Trzcinogrzechotnikowo :p:p:D

Anyway the worst name I heard was some Polish woman gave name Bryan but with Polish translation- BRAJAN (WTF???)

Compared to Irish, it's not that tough.
'J' seems to be pronounced 'Y' in all Slavic languages; it definitely also is in the Balkans.

Eg. a 'Brian Treacy' book

josip · 28-04-2016 12:22PM

Gyalist wrote: »

I'm a foreigner and have never had a problem pronouncing Irish names, especially if the person has told me how their name is pronounced.

Our son's name is a 5 lettered name that most adults get wrong because they either read it first and then try to pronounce it from that or when they hear it, they try to map it a name/sound they already know. That's normal human grown up behaviour; we try to categorise new things into groupings we're already familiar with.

All his Junior Infant classmates can pronounce it perfectly because they all heard it before they could read and at that age their minds are very open to accepting new sounds/concepts. It's funny to hear the 5 years olds correct their parent's pronunciations.

Gyalist · 28-04-2016 12:42PM

josip wrote: »

Our son's name is a 5 lettered name that most adults get wrong because they either read it first and then try to pronounce it from that or when they hear it, they try to map it a name/sound they already know. That's normal human grown up behaviour; we try to categorise new things into groupings we're already familiar with.

All his Junior Infant classmates can pronounce it perfectly because they all heard it before they could read and at that age their minds are very open to accepting new sounds/concepts. It's funny to hear the 5 years olds correct their parent's pronunciations.

That's true. I've lived here for a long time and I don't speak a word of Irish, but if someone has gone to the trouble of telling me the correct pronunciation of their name it is only good manners to use it.

deirdremf · 28-04-2016 08:01PM

js35 wrote: »

Donnchadh(sp) horrible name up there with Adrian

Gwan, tell us what Donnchadh did to yeh - did he leave yeh up the pole, or just refuse to go out with yeh?

deirdremf · 28-04-2016 08:08PM

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

I am not a hater of our beloved Irish culture. But I think we have some very stupid sounding names in the Irish Language like Odhrán, like put a B in front of it an you're a f&*cking percussion instrument.

What about the name Rob.
If you put TH before it, it becomes Throb, how stupid is that like?
If you swap a G for the R, it turns into Gob, and if you put KN in place of the R it becomes Knob.
Just imagine being nicknamed Rob the Gob with the Throbbing Knob.
Nuff said.

28-04-2016 08:15PM

Gobnait
Gertrude
Cornelius

Triboro · 28-04-2016 08:26PM

Anselm

MonkieSocks · 28-04-2016 08:48PM

Knew a girl a few years ago, called Deborah Crossan.

She looked great in Stripes

kildare lad · 28-04-2016 09:28PM

my mates sister named their son Ira.. no shes not a republican,apparently its a jewish name and she likes it. Not a name i would have picked going by recent history in ireland. I can see a few awkard moments for him later on in life.

padjo5 · 28-04-2016 10:00PM

Gobnet (Irish name pronounced Gubnet)- WTF!!

Samaris · 28-04-2016 10:06PM

kildare lad wrote: »

my mates sister named their son Ira.. no shes not a republican,apparently its a jewish name and she likes it. Not a name i would have picked going by recent history in ireland. I can see a few awkard moments for him later on in life.

Yeah, it's a pretty common Jewish name. Maybe a bit old-fashioned now.

Teyla Emmagan · 28-04-2016 10:38PM

kildare lad wrote:

my mates sister named their son Ira.. no shes not a republican,apparently its a jewish name and she likes it. Not a name i would have picked going by recent history in ireland. I can see a few awkard moments for him later on in life.

And a red Indian name. He was one of the guys who raised the American flag at some battle.

"Call him drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer anymore. Not the whiskey drinkin Indian or the marine they sent to war"...

Or something.

Keane2baMused · 28-04-2016 11:04PM

padjo5 wrote: »

Gobnet (Irish name pronounced Gubnet)- WTF!!

An old college lecturer of mine has that name, she matches it perfectly *shudders*

jca · 29-04-2016 12:02AM

Keane2baMused wrote: »

An old college lecturer of mine has that name, she matches it perfectly *shudders*

A bit like the Governess on the chase.

Keane2baMused · 29-04-2016 12:04AM

jca wrote: »

A bit like the Governess on the chase.

Ha, yep!!

brooke 2 · 29-04-2016 12:06AM

Effina

zcorpian88 · 29-04-2016 01:54AM

Shaneese: Former neighbour of mine named her child this, a pasty white Irish child shouldn't have a name that sounds like someone's name in that old 90's show "Moesha"

Kaelem: Dating a girl right now and her sister has a child named Kaelem, he's about 2 or something, cute as a button but the poor child has an idiot for a parent.

Hate these stupid attempts at giving the child an exotic name, like when they go for a job in years to come I think employers won't take them seriously if they have some goofy name given to them by their folks who fail miserably to come up with a nice one.

topmanamillion · 29-04-2016 02:37AM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

And a red Indian name. He was one of the guys who raised the American flag at some battle.

"Call him drunken Ira Hayes, he won't answer anymore. Not the whiskey drinkin Indian or the marine they sent to war"...

Or something.

Good old Johnny cash! Ballad of Ira Hayes is a good tune.

I've always hated the name Keith. I don't know a single Keith that isn't an eejit and there's also the way it catches in your throat... KEY... ETH.

zcorpian88 · 29-04-2016 02:47AM

topmanamillion wrote: »

Good old Johnny cash! Ballad of Ira Hayes is a good tune.

I've always hated the name Keith. I don't know a single Keith that isn't an eejit and there's also the way it catches in your throat... KEY... ETH.

I always have Dustin the Turkey's voice in my head whenever I hear the name Keith, he used to always take the piss out of Keith Duffy from Boyzone and he'd just repeat "KEITH!" over and over in this strong North side Dublin accent back in The Den days. So when someone says "Hi I'm Keith" I think of Dustin saying "KEITH" and I chuckle to myself

I'm peculiar I know...

Esel · 29-04-2016 02:55AM

Sure it's been said, but... Dadden.

howyanow · 29-04-2016 03:00AM

dubhthach wrote: »

I'd be more concerned about people using pre-reform spelling when there exists often a simplified spelling that deletes characters that are no longer pronounced.

Compare:
Ruaidhrí -> Ruairí
Clíodhna -> Clíona
Sadbh -> Sabh
Meadhbh -> Méabh
Odhrán -> Oran

Are they maybe examples of different dialects of the Irish language to explain different spellings? Also think the last name on the list could be Irish for Odran not Oran.

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

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