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

12-10-2019 8:14pm

I heard an absolute clanger yesterday but if I say it the person whose child it is might read it. Then they will know its me and that I'm slagging off their child's name. I am 100 per cent sure nobody else has that name.

Which got me thinking, what are the rules around naming children? Can some names be prohibited in law? Ideally most of the names in this thread.

Lesalare · 12-10-2019 8:26pm

Pegasus Ezekiel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CBaw6LdgIg

That vid was shot in my neighbourhood in Sydney.
My mate knows the woman whose kid is Pegasus Ezekiel.

Paddy Cow · 12-10-2019 10:58pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I heard an absolute clanger yesterday but if I say it the person whose child it is might read it. Then they will know its me and that I'm slagging off their child's name. I am 100 per cent sure nobody else has that name.

Which got me thinking, what are the rules around naming children? Can some names be prohibited in law? Ideally most of the names in this thread.

I think Australia and New Zealand have banned a few. Someone should've stepped in and stopped that muppet in the states from calling her child Abcde :rolleyes:

Purple Mountain · 13-10-2019 12:07am

Sardonicat wrote: »

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Kaydance.

Spelled like that?! Cadence is bad enough, but that is just brutal.

Well I did read about said child in one of those cheapo British true life magazines

Beanntraigheach · 13-10-2019 12:08am

There should be an official body set up tasked with approving or rejecting novel or unusual names.
There would be a website on which expecting parents could check whether a name (or non-standard spelling of a name) has been pre-approved or not.
If not, they'd have two options: select another name, or submit their desired name (or spelling) for consideration along with their argument as to why it should be approved.
If the name is rejected, that's it. And anyone in future checking it would find that it had already been rejected.
If accepted, it would be added to the list of pre-approved names.

Paddy Cow · 13-10-2019 12:30am

Beanntraigheach wrote: »

There should be an official body set up tasked with approving or rejecting novel or unusual names.
There would be a website on which expecting parents could check whether a name (or non-standard spelling of a name) has been pre-approved or not.
If not, they'd have two options: select another name, or submit their desired name (or spelling) for consideration along with their argument as to why it should be approved.
If the name is rejected, that's it. And anyone in future checking it would find that it had already been rejected.
If accepted, it would be added to the list of pre-approved names.

This is the one that annoys me the most. People give their child a regular name but want to add a unique twist by changing the spelling. Jackson has become Jaxon or Jaxxon. I've seen Lisa as Liisa. Amy is Amiee. Rebecca is Rebekah.

Maybe the "unique" generation won't see it as a problem because they will grow up with many variations of their spelling and just see it as normal to ask how the name is spelled but I see it as unnecessary. Back in my day :P there were some names with variations such as Claire/Clare, Sarah/Sara but it wasn't as deliberate as it is now.

Lesalare · 13-10-2019 12:31am

As far as I know "Rebekah" is the biblical Hebrew name for Rebecca.

Purple Mountain · 13-10-2019 12:36am

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Beanntraigheach wrote: »

There should be an official body set up tasked with approving or rejecting novel or unusual names.
There would be a website on which expecting parents could check whether a name (or non-standard spelling of a name) has been pre-approved or not.
If not, they'd have two options: select another name, or submit their desired name (or spelling) for consideration along with their argument as to why it should be approved.
If the name is rejected, that's it. And anyone in future checking it would find that it had already been rejected.
If accepted, it would be added to the list of pre-approved names.

This is the one that annoys me the most. People give their child a regular name but want to add a unique twist by changing the spelling. Jackson has become Jaxon or Jaxxon. I've seen Lisa as Liisa. Amy is Amiee. Rebecca is Rebekah.

Maybe the "unique" generation won't see it as a problem because they will grow up with many variations of their spelling and just see it as normal to ask how the name is spelled but I see it as unnecessary. Back in my day :P there were some names with variations such as Claire/Clare, Sarah/Sara but it wasn't as deliberate as it is now.

Met a child once 'Mariee'.

Beanntraigheach · 13-10-2019 12:55am

Lesalare wrote: »

As far as I know "Rebekah" is the biblical Hebrew name for Rebecca.

Well, the Hebrew name is רִבְקָה

Both 'Rebecca' and 'Rebekah' are long-established English language versions of it.

riclad · 13-10-2019 2:36pm

I heard some idiot on an american podcast say i named my son cool,
after a child in the movie parenthood .
I,m sure there,s no way they other kid,s in school will not be rude to someone who has such a weird name.

NoviGlitzko · 13-10-2019 11:25pm

Sherise (pronounced as in the shade of colour pink)

ibarelycare · 14-10-2019 11:53am

Purple Mountain wrote: »

Met a child once 'Mariee'.

I used to work with someone called Mariae. Pronounced Marie

She said her granny told her mam that's how it should be spelled....

SusieBlue · 17-10-2019 2:19pm

Nequitta (cute spin on Nikita, apparently)
Ivie'Jo
Irisrae-Nova'June
Rosebud'May
Emma-Leigh (cute spin on Emily)
Roreigh'Jai
Haydee-Florence

Hector Savage · 17-10-2019 2:23pm

Paddy Cow wrote: »

This is the one that annoys me the most. People give their child a regular name but want to add a unique twist by changing the spelling. Jackson has become Jaxon or Jaxxon. I've seen Lisa as Liisa. Amy is Amiee. Rebecca is Rebekah.

Maybe the "unique" generation won't see it as a problem because they will grow up with many variations of their spelling and just see it as normal to ask how the name is spelled but I see it as unnecessary. Back in my day :P there were some names with variations such as Claire/Clare, Sarah/Sara but it wasn't as deliberate as it is now.

Yeah I know this lad who changed his name from Patrick to Patric ....

Such pretentious tosh

Hector Savage · 17-10-2019 2:24pm

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I think Australia and New Zealand have banned a few. Someone should've stepped in and stopped that muppet in the states from calling her child Abcde :rolleyes:

I remember that yeah, what an attention seeking tosser.

The poor kid when she grows up having to deal with that ****e.

ToddyDoody · 17-10-2019 2:32pm

A boy named Sue.

oleard1987 · 17-10-2019 3:15pm

The gospel truth on this ,We had a supervisor when i worked in the US and her name was Crystal Ball
I actually nearly died of laughter when i heard it

Paddy Cow · 17-10-2019 3:38pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

I remember that yeah, what an attention seeking tosser.

The poor kid when she grows up having to deal with that ****e.

She already became an international laughing stock when her mother went viral complaining about the airline employees laughing at the name. The poor kid. How did the mother not see she was setting her daughter up for a life of ridicule?

rainbow kirby · 17-10-2019 3:43pm

Emberly-Rae

Hate to say it, but I saw it on the back of someone's t-shirt "In memory of Emberly-Rae" during the half marathon I ran at the weekend...

Paddy Cow · 17-10-2019 5:04pm

Just seen on fb.

Aubrey

Proud mommy of 5
Gerawrd
Kenadi
Paislynn
Crystofer
Brinleigh

Lady Haywire · 17-10-2019 5:10pm

Paddy Cow wrote: »

Just seen on fb.

Aubrey

Proud mommy of 5
Gerawrd
Kenadi
Paislynn
Crystofer
Brinleigh

Ahhhh how sweet. She used the Scrabble bag to spell them.

Rx713B · 17-10-2019 5:15pm

Scott......

Paddy Cow · 17-10-2019 5:20pm

Lesalare wrote: »

As far as I know "Rebekah" is the biblical Hebrew name for Rebecca.

Beanntraigheach wrote: »

Well, the Hebrew name is רִבְקָה
Both 'Rebecca' and 'Rebekah' are long-established English language versions of it.

I just came across Rebekka.

Markcheese · 17-10-2019 6:08pm

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Ahhhh how sweet. She used the Scrabble bag to spell them.

Dyslexia??

Omackeral · 17-10-2019 6:12pm

Paddy Cow wrote: »

I just came across Rebekka.

Lucky you.

LirW · 17-10-2019 6:29pm

Came across a new baby girl called Saylor Belle. With a pretty common last name.

Purple Mountain · 17-10-2019 6:49pm

So as you know, I read those cheapo British magazines that are the equivalent of tabloids.
There was a debate this week actually about if it is appropriate to name your child an unusual name.
One mother said it was absolutely OK and her daughter was named.. Wait for it...
Pepper-Mae

Seemingly inspired by a character in Incredible Hulk.

seagull · 18-10-2019 1:31pm

Purple Mountain wrote: »

So as you know, I read those cheapo British magazines that are the equivalent of tabloids.
There was a debate this week actually about if it is appropriate to name your child an unusual name.
One mother said it was absolutely OK and her daughter was named.. Wait for it...
Pepper-Mae
Seemingly inspired by a character in Incredible Hulk.

I hope she enjoys going through life being called pepperami.

NeinNeinNein · 18-10-2019 1:38pm

Huntingly, sounds like a railway station.

Gwen Cooper · 18-10-2019 1:45pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I heard an absolute clanger yesterday but if I say it the person whose child it is might read it. Then they will know its me and that I'm slagging off their child's name. I am 100 per cent sure nobody else has that name.

Which got me thinking, what are the rules around naming children? Can some names be prohibited in law? Ideally most of the names in this thread.

Where I'm from, names are in the calendar. Basically every day has one or two names assigned to it. When the day comes with your name, it's your name day and it like a little version of your birthday, you sometimes get little presents and everyone is wishing you happy name day and all.

Anyway, if parents want to give a child a name that it not in the calendar, they have to apply to it to a special office and they will either approve it or reject it. They look at lots of factors, like cultural origins of that name, they consider how it would affect the child's life and all. They rejected a few over the years, but mostly it's just a formality and it gets approved.

They will automatically reject any name that you can't prove that already exists, so if you just happen to make a name up, tough luck.

I just had a look online for some rejected names, the ones I found were Analia, Investment and Ferrari.

DaeryssaOne · 18-10-2019 2:20pm

That's really interesting, can I ask what country that is?
Does it also mean if there are only 1 or 2 names per day that there's only about 700 names between both boys and girls to choose from? That's really not a lot, there must be an insane amount of people with the same name?

Gwen Cooper · 18-10-2019 2:37pm

DaeryssaOne wrote: »

That's really interesting, can I ask what country that is?
Does it also mean if there are only 1 or 2 names per day that there's only about 700 names between both boys and girls to choose from? That's really not a lot, there must be an insane amount of people with the same name?

Czech Republic. I know it doesn't sound like a lot (especially if you consider that about a third of them are weird old names nobody gives to their kids anymore), but it works.

Like there would be the popular names and if your name is one of the Top 10, you're screwed. I remember that in my class in school (24 kids), we had 2 Christinas, 3 Martins and 3 Alenas.

These would be the names that are on your ID and birth cert and all, but we give each other sort of a pet name, not sure how I would explain it.

For example, lets take Alena, you can call her Ali, Alca, Alenka. My brother is Frantisek, people generally call him Fanda. It's nicely explained here:

Often the names Czechs use amongst themselves don’t correspond to their official names. The reason is that, as many of you know, most Czechs use diminutives. Jan is Honza, Josef is Pepa, Helena is Helča and Eva is, well, Eva. Okay it works most of the time.

However, the capacity for Czechs to develop diminutives goes beyond this. Honza was probably Honzík as a boy, and his best friend may have been known as Pepík. Perhaps, they sat next to Helenka and had a crush on Evička. So, as you can see there is another level of diminutives for children.

This is not say that you can’t use the ‘childish’ diminutives with adults, but contexts matters. The childish forms sound more affectionate, and are only really acceptable between partners and children and grandparents and grandchildren, and really only at home. In some cases, they are used among female friends and colleagues. Male friends usually won’t use them at all, especially not with another male friend. Even if you hear your workmate Tomᚒs mum call him Tomík, you probably shouldn’t.

Some names produce a range of diminutives. Take the name Kateřina. I’m sure you all know one. She can be Katka, Káťa, Káča, Kateřinka and Kačenka. (I’m sure I’ve forgotten some.) The first forms are the less ‘affectionate’. The last two are more affectionate.

You can see the list of names and their name days here. It's fun to see if there's a Czech version of your name and what day your name day would fall on

ibarelycare · 18-10-2019 3:55pm

That's done in Poland as well, my Polish colleagues celebrate their "name days" more than their birthdays!

Gwen Cooper · 18-10-2019 4:05pm

ibarelycare wrote: »

That's done in Poland as well, my Polish colleagues celebrate their "name days" more than their birthdays!

True! It's a slavic thing as far as I'm aware. I could be wrong but I think that most (if not all) Slavic countries do name days.

Hotblack Desiato · 18-10-2019 4:52pm

Heard of it happening in Spain too.

We used to do it the other way around here, a lot of people (including myself) were named after a saint whose feast day is on or near their birthday.

mvl · 19-10-2019 5:43am

but I thought usually there is a religious calendar (e.g. the ones included are saint names in a catholic, orthodox or protestant calendar)
- defo not slavic; i'd rather check if its christian mostly - or if other religions have this too

pl4ichjgy17zwd · 21-10-2019 6:05pm

Brothers Waylon and Lawless I saw on a Facebook video today

Redneck Reject · 21-10-2019 6:07pm

In my daughter's school yard.a young mother was screaming the name Hazalee.

Maglight · 21-10-2019 6:11pm

Jenny Taylor

You have to say it out loud a few times. Imagine the name being called out over a tannoy system. Similar vein to Mike Hunt

21-10-2019 6:49pm

My friends boyfriend a gay couple his name is Florence what the ****

Gwen Cooper · 21-10-2019 8:52pm

Had the pleasure of seeing little Eevee Mae today ðŸ˜

Hotblack Desiato · 22-10-2019 1:24pm

Leonardo Bitter Overlap wrote: »

Brothers Waylon and Lawless I saw on a Facebook video today

Hopefully their surname is either Jennings or Lawless.

ibarelycare · 22-10-2019 1:39pm

Saw a makeup artist on Instagram called Anna Lingis.

Tacitus Kilgore · 22-10-2019 2:36pm

ibarelycare wrote: »

Saw a makeup artist on Instagram called Anna Lingis.

Know her, sister of Connie

Beanntraigheach · 22-10-2019 2:38pm

Deleted User wrote: »

My friends boyfriend a gay couple his name is Florence what the ****

Strangely enough, 'Florence' (or 'Florry') was long used as a man's name in Munster - an anglicisation of the Irish name 'Finghin'.
It was particularly common amongst the McCarthys.