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

NIMAN · 31-12-2011 3:00am

I know a 32yr old Shakira.

So she came first.

Lady Chatterton · 31-12-2011 3:01am

Stained Class wrote: »

Aye, very popular years ago, along with Sinead & Niamh.

Gone out of favour with the Geolscoil types now.

They want something more 'distincive' now.

Read, More hard to spell & pronounce than ever..

Dicks...

And don't forget Roisin, that was really popular too

massy086 · 31-12-2011 3:01am

rambo i kid you not in dunne,s a week ago :eek::eek::eek::eek:

4zn76tysfajdxp · 31-12-2011 3:02am

Rockery Woman wrote: »

Yeah - but the names you grew up with were Sean Aoife Sinead etc. You didnt have a Siopadoireacht or Cairead or Ispini in your class did ya???

My name is Cairead.

Lady Chatterton · 31-12-2011 3:03am

Not a fan of the name "Edwina".

Daniel S · 31-12-2011 3:04am

The name Daniel has been passed down to the eldest son on my dads side for 5 generations alternating between Daniel and Dónal to tell us apart. I even have the same middle name as my grandad. My brother is called Eoghan, love seeing non-Irish speakers attempting that

Personally, I hate the name Jacinta.

Acacia · 31-12-2011 3:05am

Rockery Woman wrote: »

Felim - feelin yer arse!

Phlegm!

Lady Chatterton · 31-12-2011 3:06am

Daniel S wrote: »

The name Daniel has been passed down to the eldest son on my dads side for 5 generations alternating between Daniel and Dónal to tell us apart. I even have the same middle name as my grandad.

I love the name Daniel (as in Daniel Craig not Daniel O'Donnell

) but I don't like Danny or Dan etc...

Schism · 31-12-2011 3:06am

cantdecide wrote: »

I knew siblings Sean O'Brien and Seamus O'Brien.

Chuck was taken wrote: »

What's so bad about that ?

I don't know either but they sound like a right pair of SO'Bs.

smokedeels · 31-12-2011 3:07am

jd007 wrote: »

bort

Excuse me, my name is Bort

Stained Class · 31-12-2011 3:09am

MrsD007 wrote: »

And don't forget Roisin, that was really popular too

Sure was! Not seen now much though...

I don't mind Irish names, such as Sean or Tara.

Theyr'e quite nice.

Some of the stuff they dredge up can be quite cringemaking though.

I'm glad that my name (Chris) travels well in English speaking countries throughout the world.

None of this 'how do you spell that?' or 'what does that mean?' type shoite I've seen with friends travelling over the years.

31-12-2011 3:20am

Gobnait !

tayto lover · 31-12-2011 3:22am

My grandson is called Daniel and I call him Dan. It's a strong name and he is a lovely chatty good natured lad of 7 years and I am very proud of him. He is my wee man.

cofy · 31-12-2011 3:28am

Harper seven. Sounds like she will be harping on for 7 lifetimes.

Chuck Stone · 31-12-2011 3:30am

Thread is full of idiots who'd end up badly injured in the average pub.

NIMAN · 31-12-2011 3:31am

Daniel has been among the most popular names in Ireland for many years now.

Ireland
(2010)
Jack, Seán, Daniel, James, Conor, Ryan, Adam, Alex, Luke, Dylan

I am wondering when people around Ireland and the UK will tire of calling their new boys Jack. There's going to be so many Jack's in schools in the coming years that dozens will turn round in the playground when they hear "JACK".

Rockery Woman · 31-12-2011 3:36am

NIMAN wrote: »

Daniel has been among the most popular names in Ireland for many years now.

Ireland
(2010)
Jack, Seán, Daniel, James, Conor, Ryan, Adam, Alex, Luke, Dylan

I am wondering when people around Ireland and the UK will tire of calling their new boys Jack. There's going to be so many Jack's in schools in the coming years that dozens will turn round in the playground when they hear "JACK".

There was only 2 jacks in my school - jaysis the queues were fierce!!!:pac:

conor.hogan.2 · 31-12-2011 3:37am

LH Pathe wrote: »

Conor

Nice one.

If/when I have a kid (who would have to be a boy, considering the name) he will be called naoise (my favourite name from Irish but also doubles for my love of Nietzsche)

DB21 · 31-12-2011 3:46am

Jake. It's a feckin' dog's name, and that's that.

Celly Smunt · 31-12-2011 3:47am

DB21 wrote: »

Jake. It's a feckin' dog's name, and that's that.

it's clearly a snakes name.

cocoshovel · 31-12-2011 4:07am

DB21 wrote: »

Jake. It's a feckin' dog's name, and that's that.

I think its quite silly when people associate a certain name with only 1 animal and nothing else. I have never heard a dog being called Jake before, but it doesn't matter. People do go "SHUR THATS ONLY A HUMANS NAME ONLY!!" if someone calls their dog something like Michael etc. It would be understandable if it was a name like Fluffy though.

Celly Smunt · 31-12-2011 4:08am

cocoshovel wrote: »

I think its quite silly when people associate a certain name with only 1 animal and nothing else. I have never heard a dog being called Jake before, but it doesn't matter. People do go "SHUR THATS ONLY A HUMANS NAME ONLY!!" if someone calls their dog something like Michael etc. It would be understandable if it was a name like Fluffy though.

my friend has an Irish wolfhound called michael,suits him perfectly

wolfpawnat · 31-12-2011 4:16am

Chuck Stone wrote: »

So he should choose names to make the jobs of people who write down and pronounce names easier?

I find this interesting, I have a few foreign neighbours who have named all their children traditional names from where they are from, but Irish people freak out about "if they go abroad, people cannot pronounce it" so what?

I have met some ridiculous ones,
Shakira,
Stacey - for a boy
3 sisters that are named after Charlies Angels

RATM · 31-12-2011 4:22am

Mr.Success wrote: »

concepta, assumpta gives me the creeps

You can add Attracta to that bunch. It's mainly a nuns name, never fails to send shivers down me

You gotta love the name on one of Silvio Berlesconis broods 'Ruby the Heart Stealer'

Remember once working in New Zealand in cafe with a girl from Cork called Grainne. Her name badge proudly displayed this and low and behold I had a long summer of listening to Yanks say to her 'Wow, is your name really Granny ?'

NIMAN · 31-12-2011 4:30am

What about the old tradition of naming girls with boys names?

I know 2 women in their 60s called Declan and Michael. And they aren't nuns.

Also know a man in his 40s whose middle name is Emmanuel.

efb · 31-12-2011 4:35am

You guys need to get out more

PrincessLola · 31-12-2011 4:40am

NIMAN wrote: »

What about the old tradition of naming girls with boys names?

I know 2 women in their 60s called Declan and Michael. And they aren't nuns.

Also know a man in his 40s whose middle name is Emmanuel.

Its happening in America in recent times. Naming girls things like "Taylor" or "McKenzie", which are surnames ffs.

NIMAN · 31-12-2011 4:44am

I know a child called Tyler (girl) cos her da is a tiler.

Seriously.

lawhec · 31-12-2011 4:58am

A set of twins, one called Benson, the other Hedges.

5starpool · 31-12-2011 5:06am

Someone I worked with called her child Jupiter, and the surname is Jones.

Jupiter Jones. What a stupid fuking name.

FatherTed · 31-12-2011 5:26am

I over here in the US. These are some of my kids' friend's names:

Kinsale
Jesus
Ajax
Lulu and Lola(sisters)

Chuck Stone · 31-12-2011 5:29am

Fizman wrote: »

About 3 years ago on a night out, a girl came up to [friend] in a club and was all touchy feely. She asked him his name [Percy] and when he replied, she just walked off.

Dumb bitch.

wolfpawnat wrote: »

I find this interesting, I have a few foreign neighbours who have named all their children traditional names from where they are from, but Irish people freak out about "if they go abroad, people cannot pronounce it" so what?

I have met some ridiculous ones,
Shakira,
Stacey - for a boy
3 sisters that are named after Charlies Angels

Two positions in the post - can't decipher what it is you're getting at.

John Doe1 · 31-12-2011 5:30am

John /thread

totobyrne · 31-12-2011 5:51am

kids are great its hard to give a kid a bad name tbh

gabsdot40 · 31-12-2011 9:40am

I know girl boy twins called Trinity and Keanu. Matrix fans anyone?

Benny_Cake · 31-12-2011 9:47am

I was at Dublin Zoo once and I heard a mother say to her daughter:

"Shakira, will ya loook at de lions".

Shane-KornSpace · 31-12-2011 9:50am

Lenor. The kid was a boy too. Poor lil' guy.

micko123 · 31-12-2011 9:52am

Sim card. African child.

later12 · 31-12-2011 9:55am

Benny_Cake wrote: »

I was at Dublin Zoo once and I heard a mother say to her daughter:

"Shakira, will ya loook at de lions".

I remember buying car insurance from an Irish woman named Shakira about 8 years ago. To think of the abuse that girl must have got growing up in a Dublin housing estate, maybe in the 1970s and 80s.

xsiborg · 31-12-2011 9:56am

NIMAN wrote: »

What about the old tradition of naming girls with boys names?

I know 2 women in their 60s called Declan and Michael. And they aren't nuns.

Also know a man in his 40s whose middle name is Emmanuel.

yeah i had that too, my grandfathers headstone in the graveyard- "John Mary...", you can imagine me at seven years of age reading that trying to get my head around it! serious wtf's!

but there are some unusual names in my family anyway- Canice, Aloysius, Ignatius (after ignatius rice! :rolleyes:) and then the one normal name they came up with- "Jack", after my grandfather, apparently they werent allowed put "Jack" down on the birth cert as it wasnt a saints name!

course the above could also be a load o shíte too, my father was an awful billy bullshítter for his "stickin it to the man" stories! :rolleyes:

worst name i ever heard-

woody allen (bad enough already), woody allen's son with his step-daughter, soon-yi... the child's name?

"satchel", for a boy!

ElleEm · 31-12-2011 9:59am

I know a family with girls called Shaday and Tameka Patrice!

wolfpawnat · 31-12-2011 10:40am

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Two positions in the post - can't decipher what it is you're getting at.

No, one point, just badly put across due to severe insomnia!!!! I believe people should choose a name of their country. It is lovely going to a toddler group and meeting a little girl or boy with these unusual names. I hate peoples attitude towards not giving a child a beautiful name because others may not know how to pronounce it. My son has a normal name, I get asked the whole time how is it spelt as there is 2 ways of spelling it.

Chips Lovell · 31-12-2011 11:09am

Stalin.

I'm not kidding.

Stained Class · 31-12-2011 11:14am

Vladimir Kurtains wrote: »

Stalin.

I'm not kidding.

I can picture the scene now.

'Stalin come in for yer Tea now!'

'Shut up, or I'll send you to the Gulag, you fat old toilet!'

borderlinemeath · 31-12-2011 11:24am

Jay & Rocco. I nearly felt sorry for Bertie at the time.

Why would you do that to children?

Kevin Duffy · 31-12-2011 11:45am

Hmmm....I want to post something, but I don't know whether to go for the two most common options in the thread so far....will I express my prejudice about something that doesn't affect me, or make up a story about a name I've supposedly overheard?