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

cantdecide

...because I think I can beat them all. I swear I considered strangling the poor little bugger to death for his own good. Sit down. Calmly take a deep breath and prepare yourself...

Isis.

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hairyprincess

On an episode of One Born Every Minute, a new mother called her son Kale. She believed it was Irish.

Has anyone ever heard of a person called Kale? I've been around the block a few times and I ain't ever heard of no Kale, apart from the cabbage variety!

c1ans7even

Isis not sure if spelt that way but that's how it sounds poor little girl about 5 years old
god knows what the parents were thinking im sure they regret it now

ibarelycare

hairyprincess wrote: »

On an episode of One Born Every Minute, a new mother called her son Kale. She believed it was Irish.

Has anyone ever heard of a person called Kale? I've been around the block a few times and I ain't ever heard of no Kale, apart from the cabbage variety!

Is that how she spelled it? The letter K isn't even in the Irish alphabet...

Samaris

hairyprincess wrote: »

On an episode of One Born Every Minute, a new mother called her son Kale. She believed it was Irish.

Has anyone ever heard of a person called Kale? I've been around the block a few times and I ain't ever heard of no Kale, apart from the cabbage variety!

Oddly enough, she's not entirely wrong. Apparently it's a Greek name (male and female), but derived from Hebrew, Gaelic and Germanic roots.

I have no idea what the Gaelic root is though. And yeah, overall here, it just sounds like you're calling your sprog "Cabbage".

Olishi4

Maybe it came from the name Kalen? I think that's Gaelic. I know a few kids called Kalen. I wouldnt choose the name but it's not bad. I'd be the same about Kale though, I just think of curly kale.

Or maybe she was confusing it with Kane?

LordSutch

hairyprincess wrote: »

On an episode of One Born Every Minute, a new mother called her son Kale. She believed it was Irish.

Has anyone ever heard of a person called Kale? I've been around the block a few times and I ain't ever heard of no Kale, apart from the cabbage variety!

According to this website 'Kale' is a modern invented name.
http://nameberry.com/babyname/Kale

No Gaelic/Irish connection as far as I can tell.

Curly Kale?

Samaris

According to The Almighty Wiki, it's Greek. There are quite a few people called Kale, although I'd say it's rare enough in the English-speaking world.

They do say -derived- from Gaelic/Germanic/Hebrew though. Maybe it's Kalen (or the appropriate Irish spelling- Culainn?)

josip

c1ans7even wrote: »

Isis not sure if spelt that way but that's how it sounds poor little girl about 5 years old
god knows what the parents were thinking im sure they regret it now

probably thinking of the Egyptian Goddess and not so unusual.
That girl would have been 3 before Isis came to public attention

Samaris

I have to admit, I like the name Isis. It's got a nice history to it, and it's a lovely-sounding word. The connotations these days are really unfortunate, but then again, Ira is/was a common Jewish name. Having it in -Ireland-, well...connotations again!

Depends where you're from and what your background is and all that.

Edit: It's a bit funny that people give out about people complaining about "cultural appropriation" and then scream blue murder at furrin names. I wouldn't name my child Isis (even without ISIS being around), because it means nothing to me other than that it's pretty. But hey, if someone wants to use it, I wouldn't comment on it any more than I would on the more normal "Iris".

brooke 2

LordSutch wrote: »

Fachtna.

Sorry if it's your name, but it's like a cross between feck, fack & foch ... na

Feichín is even worse.

Witchie

brooke 2 wrote: »

Feichín is even worse.

Don't diss my son's confirmation name. 😅😅😅

Gyalist

BlackEdelweiss wrote: »

Add your reply here.There were 2 Shakira's in my daughters pre school class.

Shakira is a Muslim name that's not uncommon amongst Indo-Caribbean people. Michael Caine's wife, Shakira Baksh, is originally from Guyana.
I have a Barbadian friend who was a classmate of Rihanna's in primary and secondary school. His mother liked the name and his younger sister was named Rihanna. She's about 16/17 now and for the past two years has told everyone that she wants to be called by her middle name.

Deise Vu wrote: »

I'll see your Concepta and raise you an Attracta. My trump is Abina.

A while back I was introduced to a woman named Eucharia!

Conall Cernach

ibarelycare wrote: »

Is that how she spelled it? The letter K isn't even in the Irish alphabet...

There is an Irish name called Caol or Cáel (one of the Fianna was called Cáel) which I presume would be pronounced Kale.

gutenberg

Sonny.

That's his actual name. I mean, it's cute for a 2-year-old boy, but when he's a grown man...?

DoozerT6

Priyah also happens to be the name of Raj's sister in The Big Bang Theory. Leonard went out with her for a while. That was the first time I heard it...I daresay like a few others....

Cool Cool

Chandler Muriel Bing

seagull

Cool Cool wrote: »

Chandler Muriel Bing

Is that one really unfortunate individual, or 3 names you dislike?

toadfly

seagull wrote: »

Is that one really unfortunate individual, or 3 names you dislike?

Its a character from Friends

and still ricky villa

seagull wrote: »

Is that one really unfortunate individual, or 3 names you dislike?

It's comforting to live in a world with someone who hasn't been infected by Friends

brooke 2

Witchie wrote: »

Don't diss my son's confirmation name. ðŸ˜…ðŸ˜…ðŸ˜…

Isn't he lucky it was not his Baptismal name!!

I see there is a SC called Feichín McDonagh.
Guess if it is good enough for him.........

brooke 2

josip wrote: »

probably thinking of the Egyptian Goddess and not so unusual.
That girl would have been 3 before Isis came to public attention

The beautiful Labrador in Downton Abbey was called Isis. They eventually had him die from cancer, to be replaced by a puppy in the final scene. They denied it had anything to do with the fact that the dog had the same name as the Isis terrorist organisation!

handlemaster

brooke 2 wrote: »

josip wrote: »

probably thinking of the Egyptian Goddess and not so unusual.
That girl would have been 3 before Isis came to public attention

The beautiful Labrador in Downton Abbey was called Isis. They eventually had him die from cancer, to be replaced by a puppy in the final scene. They denied it had anything to do with the fact that the dog had the same name as the Isis terrorist organisation!

I think the dog was caught visiting hookers

indioblack

Conall Cernach wrote: »

There is an Irish name called Caol or Cáel (one of the Fianna was called Cáel) which I presume would be pronounced Kale.

In Leslie Thomas "The Man with the Power" there was a baptism taken by a slightly deaf vicar.
When asked for the babies name the mother replied, "John."
There was a pause, and the mother, thinking the vicar hadn't heard her, repeated, "John."
"Right", said the vicar - and christened the baby John John.

brooke 2

handlemaster wrote: »

I think the dog was caught visiting hookers

He who shall not be named!

Venom

Grandor

Overheard a mother calling her kid the above. Must of been a long labor

Hellrun

Wren

gutenberg

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps called his son Boomer. Boomer Robert, to be exact.

Baby Boomer.

Boomer Bob.

Nope, awful.

XxMCRxBabyxX

The golfer Jason Day named his son Dash. Dash Day.

Hotblack Desiato

Could've been worse

Noo

A question for the good folk enjoying bad name parenting...I've just had a post pop up on my facebook tagging an aquaintance. It was a cake maker tagging my aquaintance because she made a cake for her son, not to give away too much I'll give an example of what it said (changing names and event) "James's first birthday". Now this is driving me mental, surely its James' first birthday? Maybe its just me being a grammar fanatic, but is James's excepted these days? Are parents aware of these things when naming a child? Maybe it was the cake makers doing. I'll probably get loads of "James's is fine to use". I think im just cranky.