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

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  • #2792
    hairyprincess
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,300 ✭✭✭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!


  • #2793
    c1ans7even
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭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


  • #2794
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭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...


  • #2795
    Samaris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭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".


  • #2796
    Olishi4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭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?


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  • #2797
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,076 ✭✭✭✭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?


  • #2798
    Samaris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭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?)


  • #2799
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,785 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #2800
    Samaris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,544 ✭✭✭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".


  • #2801
    brooke 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,472 ✭✭✭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.


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  • #2802
    Witchie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,597 ✭✭✭Witchie


    brooke 2 wrote: »
    Feichín is even worse.

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


  • #2803
    Gyalist
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,537 ✭✭✭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!


  • #2804
    Conall Cernach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,976 ✭✭✭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.


  • #2805
    gutenberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭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...?


  • #2806
    DoozerT6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭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.... ;)


  • #2807
    Cool Cool
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 49 ✭Cool Cool


    Chandler Muriel Bing


  • #2808
    seagull
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,342 ✭✭✭seagull


    Cool Cool wrote: »
    Chandler Muriel Bing

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


  • #2809
    toadfly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,412 ✭✭✭toadfly


    seagull wrote: »
    Is that one really unfortunate individual, or 3 names you dislike?

    Its a character from Friends ;)


  • #2810
    and still ricky villa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,164 ✭✭✭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


  • #2811
    brooke 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,472 ✭✭✭brooke 2


    Witchie wrote: »
    Don't diss my son's confirmation name. 😅😅😅

    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......... :)


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  • #2812
    brooke 2
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    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!


  • #2813
    handlemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,003 ✭✭✭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


  • #2814
    indioblack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,952 ✭✭✭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.


  • #2815
    brooke 2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,472 ✭✭✭brooke 2


    handlemaster wrote: »
    I think the dog was caught visiting hookers

    He who shall not be named! :D


  • #2816
    Venom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,984 ✭✭✭Venom


    Grandor :(

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


  • #2817
    Hellrun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25 ✭Hellrun


    Wren


  • #2818
    gutenberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭gutenberg


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

    Baby Boomer.

    Boomer Bob.

    Nope, awful.


  • #2819
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,441 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


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


  • #2820
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,359 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Could've been worse :)

    I'm partial to your abracadabra,

    I'm raptured by the joy of it all.



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  • #2821
    Noo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,989 ✭✭✭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.


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