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

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  • #602
    thegreatgonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭thegreatgonzo


    FTA69 wrote: »
    Batsheeba. No word of a lie.

    .

    Bathsheba? Or were they spelling it they way you did? Eeek!


  • #603
    Yawlboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 748 ✭✭✭Yawlboy


    I know of a boy with a first name of Cornelius and a middle name of Tayto :D


  • #604
    FTA69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,252 ✭✭✭FTA69


    thegreatgonzo wrote: »
    Bathsheba? Or were they spelling it they way you did? Eeek!

    I don't know. It's a bit silly regardless.


  • #605
    LynnGrace
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,347 ✭✭✭LynnGrace


    Demelza.


  • #606
    thegreatgonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭thegreatgonzo


    FTA69 wrote: »
    I don't know. It's a bit silly regardless.

    Tough one for a child in school to pull off alright but I always associate it with Julie Christie in Far from the Madding Crowd. When you are that good looking you can get away with any name.


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  • #607
    thegreatgonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭thegreatgonzo


    LynnGrace wrote: »
    Demelza.

    I actually like that name! I think it was popular for a while in the late 70's and 80's because of the programme Poldark


  • #608
    I Heart Internet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,678 ✭✭✭I Heart Internet


    Maximas Horatio Seamus Bennieandthe Jets


    (ok...it's a name from American Dad)


    I know a kid named Stanley.


  • #609
    Mr Freeze
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,618 ✭✭✭Mr Freeze


    Anakin ( in real life, not while watching Star Wars).

    Carbera.


  • #610
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,104 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    My dads middle name is Aloysius pronounced allawishus

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #611
    I Heart Internet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,678 ✭✭✭I Heart Internet


    Joeytheparrot wrote: »
    My dads middle name is Aloysius pronounced allawishus

    Solid name.


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  • #612
    Fratton Fred
    Closed Accounts Posts: 26,567 ✭✭✭✭Fratton Fred


    Anyone with the surname Hunt must, by law, be called Isaac.


  • #613
    louthguy25
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭louthguy25


    I work in retail so heard a few good ones. Top 3 are Aviva, John-Christoff and Stewy.


  • #614
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Anyone with the surname Hunt must, by law, be called Isaac.

    Or Mike 


  • #615
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    I remember someone on boards started a thread about wanting to call her child India but she wanted to double-barrel it with another name so it would be something like India-May or India-Jane and was looking for suggestions. I think India Telephone Exchange, India Takeaway and India-Najones were the most thanked offerings but I don't think they were really appreciated by the OP.


  • #616
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,694 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    kunst nugget wrote: »
    I remember someone on boards started a thread about wanting to call her child India but she wanted to double-barrel it with another name so it would be something like India-May or India-Jane and was looking for suggestions. I think India Telephone Exchange, India Takeaway and India-Najones were the most thanked offerings but I don't think they were really appreciated by the OP.

    In fairness,what did the OP expect??
    "India"....I mean f.f.s....

    Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.



  • #617
    kunst nugget
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    Seasan wrote: »
    In fairness,what did the OP expect??
    "India"....I mean f.f.s....

    My mind did fail me a bit in terms of some of the names but here is the original thread. I found it quite funny reading at the time.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=77196722


  • #618
    Green Giant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭Green Giant


    Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo


  • #619
    An Riabhach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,694 ✭✭✭An Riabhach


    Vinz Mesrine wrote: »
    A woman in my town has 3 daughters. Destiny, Trinity and Honey-Louise.

    Any parent inflicting a name like those should have their children taken off them.

    Also the "names" Faith,Hope,Charity,Empathy,Patience etc.etc.etc.
    I know someone who gave the second "name" I mentioned to her child-obviously that child is going to get a hard time in school thanks to her mother.

    Siúl leat, siúl leat, le dóchas i do chroí, is ní shiúlfaidh tú i d'aonar go deo.



  • #620
    The_Captain
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,376 ✭✭✭The_Captain


    The lies in this thread


  • #621
    MagicIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,902 ✭✭✭MagicIRL


    A friend of mine's Mum is a midwife at Cavan Hospital and he told me that some woman named her new born twins Excel and Excieedingly.


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  • #622
    Kiwi in IE
    Registered Users Posts: 3,063 ✭✭✭Kiwi in IE


    I was in school with a girl called Fiona-Anne Trent. To get away with your initials spelling that, you'd have to be a stick insect, and unfortunately she was far from one. Parents may like a particular name, but they really should read whether or not the initials spell something unintended that could cause the child torment.


  • #623
    Lisha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,695 ✭✭✭Lisha


    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/son-of-developer-dunne-ties-the-knot-in-clane-26852761.html

    Nivek, her Dad's name was Kevin so they reversed it to name their daughter.

    A guest on dr phil this morning was called Siohvaughn

    http://drphil.com/shows/show/1994/


  • #624
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    Gobnait, Oisin, Odhran, Aifric, Caoimhe, Naoise...
    Why would you do that to your children, I went to a Gael Scoil and all those names existed in my class. Pretentious posh parents are to blame thinking they're part of some mystical Irish cultural renaissance.


  • #625
    Yeah_Right
    Registered Users Posts: 6,037 ✭✭✭Yeah_Right


    Twins called Benson and Hedges.


  • #626
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Aeneas


  • #627
    Emilio Yellow Headboard
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Emilio Yellow Headboard


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    Gobnait, Oisin, Odhran, Aifric, Caoimhe, Naoise...
    Why would you do that to your children, I went to a Gael Scoil and all those names existed in my class. Pretentious posh parents are to blame thinking they're part of some mystical Irish cultural renaissance.

    Aw I think caoimhe is a lovely name


  • #628
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    Gobnait, Oisin, Odhran, Aifric, Caoimhe, Naoise...
    Why would you do that to your children, I went to a Gael Scoil and all those names existed in my class. Pretentious posh parents are to blame thinking they're part of some mystical Irish cultural renaissance.

    Or just normal parents who like Irish names and/or wanted to honour their Irish heritage (continued by sending their child to a Gael Scoil)...


  • #629
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    bluewolf wrote: »
    Aw I think caoimhe is a lovely name


    Not when your surname is Jawlee-Goodfellow:D


  • #630
    Arbiter of Good Taste
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,200 ✭✭✭Arbiter of Good Taste


    Michael Jackson's brother, Jermaine, named his son Jermajesty.

    Best. Name. Ever.


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  • #631
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »
    Or just normal parents who like Irish names and/or wanted to honour their Irish heritage (continued by sending their child to a Gael Scoil)...

    Doesn't stop them from being f**king horrible


  • #632
    XxMCRxBabyxX
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 7,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭XxMCRxBabyxX


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    Doesn't stop them from being f**king horrible

    In your opinion.


  • #633
    Irishcrx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,861 ✭✭✭Irishcrx


    There really is some awful names out there, most of them come from ill witted/down right stupid parents who are trying to be 'original' and don't take into account how the child may have to live and socialise with a name like 'Tempist' or 'Sheinaka' in Ireland , tbh it's selfish.

    Celebrity culture at it's worst , at least with 'famous' kids they all go to high paying , private schools and they all have stupid names. They won't be down in the local public school getting beaten up or abused.

    I wonder how many of those kids will grow up and tell Mammy and Daddy that their gob****es and want to change their name. If I had been called 'Science station' or 'Lamendei' I'd bloody well tell my parents their idiots.


  • #634
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »
    In your opinion.

    Which is the right opinion always


  • #635
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Arbiter of Good Taste wrote: »
    Michael Jackson's brother, Jermaine, named his son Jermajesty.

    Best. Name. Ever.

    Not living up to your username with this one :)


  • #636
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    XxMCRxBabyxX wrote: »
    Or just normal parents who like Irish names and/or wanted to honour their Irish heritage (continued by sending their child to a Gael Scoil)...

    Or just utter twats


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  • #637
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    CollyFowler wrote: »
    I know a Rhonda and an Alvin.

    Rhonda is a fairly old Welsh name, and Alvin is more common than you'd think in the UK, since most of them understandably go by Al.

    I know a kid called Aleesha, spelled like that. Prefer the more trad Alicia myself.


  • #638
    zcorpian88
    Registered Users Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭zcorpian88


    Shaneese

    Jacinta

    Saoirse

    Just want to walk up to the parents, show them the back of my hand and say "Why I otta!" for giving their child such a stupid name!


  • #639
    wolfpawnat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭wolfpawnat


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    Or just utter twats

    I think you are mistaken names you don't like for bad names.

    Tequila - bad name.

    Irish name - something you personally don't like.

    If I got to India and start saying all Indian parents who give their kids Hindi/other Indian names are twats I would be asked "What do you expect, it's India?" I kinda expect Irish names in Ireland.


  • #640
    wolfpawnat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭wolfpawnat


    zcorpian88 wrote: »
    Shaneese

    Jacinta

    Saoirse

    Just want to walk up to the parents, show them the back of my hand and say "Why I otta!" for giving their child such a stupid name!

    You oughta what? I don't recall having to give a shít about the feelings of others when I named my daughter :D;)


  • #641
    homemadecider
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,858 ✭✭✭homemadecider


    eisenberg1 wrote: »
    Aeneas

    Oh dear god this is the worst name ever.

    I went to a wedding where my OH’s mother spent half the dinner trying to get her cousin’s attention, so she kept shouting “Aeneas! Aeneas!” which to my ear was her shouting “Anus! Anus!” across the posh dinner table.

    I had to try to bury my violent laughter in my wine glass and ended up spilling wine all down myself. Still laughing at the memory of it. Why the hell would you call your child Anus?? Can't believe he didn't legally change his name the second he was old enough.


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  • #642
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Can't believe this one hasn't been mentioned yet:

    Bill Lear, founder of the Lear Jet corporation (private jets) called his daughter Shanda.
    He knowingly did so, having been known to have a good sense of humour...


  • #643
    wolfpawnat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,124 ✭✭✭wolfpawnat


    whiskeyman wrote: »
    Can't believe this one hasn't been mentioned yet:

    Bill Lear, founder of the Lear Jet corporation (private jets) called his daughter Shanda.
    He knowingly did so, having been known to have a good sense of humour...
    That's just fúcking cruel.


  • #644
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 26,052 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Penn Jillette called his daughter Moxie Crimefighter Jillette.

    That's some name to live up to if you're not a superhero.


  • #645
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,028 ✭✭✭Wossack


    kunst nugget wrote: »
    I remember someone on boards started a thread about wanting to call her child India but she wanted to double-barrel it with another name so it would be something like India-May or India-Jane and was looking for suggestions. I think India Telephone Exchange, India Takeaway and India-Najones were the most thanked offerings but I don't think they were really appreciated by the OP.

    India-Najones


  • #646
    jessiejam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 778 ✭✭✭jessiejam


    Fratton Fred wrote: »
    Anyone with the surname Hunt must, by law, be called Isaac.
    Or Michael. Mike for short.


  • #647
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    homemadecider wrote: »
    Oh dear god this is the worst name ever.

    I went to a wedding where my OH’s mother spent half the dinner trying to get her cousin’s attention, so she kept shouting “Aeneas! Aeneas!” which to my ear was her shouting “Anus! Anus!” across the posh dinner table.

    I had to try to bury my violent laughter in my wine glass and ended up spilling wine all down myself. Still laughing at the memory of it. Why the hell would you call your child Anus?? Can't believe he didn't legally change his name the second he was old enough.

    I can just imagine people saying things like

    "My Aeneas gave me awful trouble as a teenager"
    "You should have the state of my Aeneas after all that drink over Xmas"
    "The Fire Brigade was the best thing to happen to my Aeneas"
    :D:D


  • #648
    Gamer Bhoy 89
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,627 ✭✭✭Gamer Bhoy 89


    Brooklyn....

    might as well have relatives named Bronx and Staten

    Oh yeah, and once you get 4 kids named Brooklyn, Staten, Bronx and Manhattan and the last child is a boy..... xD


  • #649
    Prettyblack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 333 ✭✭Prettyblack


    Bort.


  • #650
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,707 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    Candie wrote: »
    Rhonda is a fairly old Welsh name, and Alvin is more common than you'd think in the UK, since most of them understandably go by Al.

    I know a Rhonda whose father was called Ron, and apparently she was conceived in the Rhondda Valley in Wales. Her parents sort of had to call her Rhonda after of that...


  • #651
    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    wolfpawnat wrote: »
    I think you are mistaken names you don't like for bad names.

    Tequila - bad name.

    Irish name - something you personally don't like.

    If I got to India and start saying all Indian parents who give their kids Hindi/other Indian names are twats I would be asked "What do you expect, it's India?" I kinda expect Irish names in Ireland.

    Yeah but it seems like there was a rebirth of these horrible names in the 80s. None of my older relatives or anyone I know from that generation (baby boomers) has one of these odd Irish names. They dug them out of stories about Na Fianna etc. when the whole Gaelic revival thing started, they should have been left where they were, as they are so gross and cause mass confusion outside of Ireland.


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