Boy's name Thady

Jugo · 27-09-2017 9:09pm #1

Looking to sound out an unusual name for a baby boy as my husband and I are looking for general feedback on it. The name is Thady. It's an old Irish name that is an abbreviation of Tadhg. It has been in my husband's family going back 100 years plus, which is part of the reason we're so keen on it. But it has fallen out of use these days. We really like it but don't want to labour our son with a tricky name either. Do people recognise it as a name? Any thoughts on it?

toadfly · 27-09-2017 9:25pm

I've never heard of it and dont like it, sorry.

But if you both like it, go for it. There are worse names out there.

HeidiHeidi · 27-09-2017 9:26pm

I love it!

Thought it was a shortening/abbreviation of Thaddeus, mind you.

It's nowhere near as unwieldy or difficult as some Irish names out there.

La_Gordy · 27-09-2017 9:26pm

It sounds like someone with a speech impediment saying Slim Shady.

eviltwin · 27-09-2017 9:26pm

Is it pronounced how its spelt? Sound like a short version of Thaddeus. I don't like it personally but if you both like it who cares what we think?

Quazzie · 27-09-2017 9:30pm

How can an old Irish name have a Y in it when there is no Y in the Irish alphabet?

Westernyelp · 27-09-2017 9:31pm

The bould Thady Quill! Go for it

Colser · 27-09-2017 9:31pm

I'm not keen on names with a TH because it sounds terrible when it's not pronounced,my friends have an Ethan and a Kenneth and they're very often called Eatin and Kennit...I imagine that having the TH at the start will result in a lot of Tady but look if you both like the name then go for it but it would annoy me if people didn't pronounce it correctly.

jimmycrackcorm · 27-09-2017 9:50pm

toadfly wrote:

I've never heard of it and dont like it, sorry.

I agree. It's almost cruel to name a child an awful name just to try to sound cool and unique. The child will have to live with it.

Shady Thady?

At the end of the day though, it's just an opinion so it'll be either love if it or hate it.

CrowdedHouse · 27-09-2017 9:54pm

Westernyelp wrote: »

The bould Thady Quill! Go for it

That's stuck in my head for the night now - my late father used to sing it!

jlm29 · 27-09-2017 9:55pm

I recognise it as a name- i think it might be back along in my own family, or a friends, because I remember it coming up in conversation at some point in the past. I think it's an awful handle to give a child - perhaps it fell out of use for a reason? Some names seem to be rooted out from so deep in the past that they just sound made up. I also would never name a child something that would be commonly mispronounced, or that wouldn't travel well, because that would send me batty. but that's just me, one random stranger on the internet!

That said, that right there is the reason you should pick the names you like (it also depends on surname really) and go with it, because people will always have an opinion.

shenanagans · 27-09-2017 10:23pm

I like it. It's an old Irish name, I love old more traditional names. If you both like it and it's a family name just go with it. Your family will like it too which is a bonus, also good to keep the grandparents happy.

fits · 27-09-2017 10:33pm

I like it too. Never mind the naysayers.

Mav11 · 27-09-2017 10:34pm

Timothy - Tim - Tadgh - Thady!!!!

Lickin2me · 27-09-2017 10:42pm

Name is rubbish. Name your boy patrick

AttentionBebe · 27-09-2017 10:43pm

Is it pronounced like Taddy

Terri26 · 27-09-2017 10:43pm

Ahh that's why The Bull Mccabe's name in The Field is Thady. His son is called Tadhg. If you like it go for it but it is quite unusual.

annamarie2013 · 27-09-2017 11:03pm

Love it!!

clappyhappy · 27-09-2017 11:53pm

I think it's a cute name for a child, but picture your son in secondary school, college, going for job interviews etc. To me it doesn't work as an adults name. But congratulations on your little man, whatever his name may he bring ye a lifetime of happiness.

Ciano35 · 27-09-2017 11:56pm

My fathers birth name is Thady! Nobody calls him that anymore though, he’s been Tadhg since he was a child.

Ciano35 · 27-09-2017 11:57pm

AttentionBebe wrote: »

Is it pronounced like Taddy

Pronounced tay-dee, at least where I’m from

CJhaughey · 28-09-2017 12:01am

My colleagues son is called Thady, no problem for him.

ZeroThreat · 28-09-2017 12:02am

lol anyone here have to study 'Castle Rackrent' by Maria Edgeworth for the LC?

The main character was 'Old Thady' Quirk, a cute hoor gombeen in the Irish tradition.

jimmycrackcorm · 28-09-2017 12:06am

fits wrote: »

I like it too. Never mind the naysayers.

sure. you wont have to live with the name.

Wesser · 28-09-2017 12:06am

Pretentious

Ursus Horribilis · 28-09-2017 12:09am

I hate it. It sounds like what you'd call the flat cap wearing village idiot in a stage Oirish film. Sorry...

Tom Mann Centuria · 28-09-2017 12:09am

Jugo wrote: »

Looking to sound out an unusual name for a baby boy as my husband and I are looking for general feedback on it. The name is Thady. It's an old Irish name that is an abbreviation of Tadhg. It has been in my husband's family going back 100 years plus, which is part of the reason we're so keen on it. But it has fallen out of use these days. We really like it but don't want to labour our son with a tricky name either. Do people recognise it as a name? Any thoughts on it?

How is Thady an abbreviation of Tadhg? They're the same length when written and spoken as each other.

Not my cup of tea, but it's not horrible, you could lumber your son with worse.

RoisinClare6 · 28-09-2017 12:16am

It's your son. I think it's a nice name.

I hate when people say a kid will be made fun of or have hardship because of a certain name. Teach your kids not to be a**holes and then it would be an non issue.

jimmycrackcorm · 28-09-2017 12:19am

Ciano35 wrote: »

Pronounced tay-dee, at least where I’m from

Subjecting your child to a lifetime of explaining to people how your name is spelled differently to how it sounds and even worse, how difficult it is to guess the spelling.

Basically it is a sefish parents wish to give a child a name for a selfish desire than give them posdibly decades of errors amd hassles trying to figure outthe spelling.

There are lots of interesting names. At least, make the childs life easier

Toots · 28-09-2017 12:23am

I think it's a nice name, however my concern would echo the poster above who mentioned the "th" issue. If that doesn't bother you then go for it! Personally the pronunciation of "th" as "t" is one thing that really annoys me

but that's possibly because my name has a th in it and it sounds awful when people pronounce it as a t.

OU812 · 28-09-2017 12:23am

La_Gordy wrote: »

It sounds like someone with a speech impediment saying Slim Shady.

[Intro]
May I have your attention, please? May I have your attention, please?
Will the real Tlim Thady please stand up? I repeat, will the real Tlim Thady please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here

[Verse 1]
Y'all act like you never seen a white person before
Jaws all on the floor like Pam like Tommy just burst in the door And started whoopin' her ass worse than before They first were divorced, throwin' her over furniture {Aww!}
It's the return of the "Ah, wait, no way, you're kidding He didn't just say what I think he did, did he?"
And Dr. Dre said… nothing, you idiots! Dr. Dre's dead, he's locked in my basement (ha ha!)
Feminist women love Eminem "Chicka, chicka, chicka, Tlim Thady, I'm sick of him Look at him, walkin' around, grabbin' his you-know-what Flippin' the you-know-who," "Yeah, but he's so cute though."
Yeah, I probably got a couple of ****s up in my head loose
But no worse than what's goin' on in your parents' bedrooms
Sometimes I wanna get on TV and just let loose But can't, but it's cool for Tom Green to hump a dead moose "My bum is on your lips, my bum is on your lips"
And if I'm lucky, you might just give it a little kiss
And that's the message that we deliver to little kids And expect them not to know what a woman's clitoris is
Of course they're gonna know what intercourse is By the time they hit fourth grade
They've got the Discovery Channel, don't they? We ain't nothin' but mammals—well, some of us, cannibals
Who cut other people open like cantaloupes
But if we can hump dead animals and antelopes Then there's no reason that a man and another man can't elope
But if you feel like I feel, I got the antidote Women, wave your pantyhose, sing the chorus, and it goes—

[Hook]
I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up Please stand up, please stand up?

[Verse 2]
Will Smith don't gotta cuss in his raps to sell records Well, I do, so **** him and **** you too!
You think I give a damn about a Grammy?
Half of you critics can't even stomach me, let alone stand me
"But Slim, what if you win, wouldn't it be weird?"
Why, so you guys could just lie to get me here?
So you can sit me here next to Britney Spears?
****, Christina Aguilera better switch me chairs So I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst And hear 'em argue over who she gave head to first Little bitch put me on blast on MTV "Yeah, he's cute, but I think he's married to Kim, hee-hee."
I should download her audio on MP3 And show the whole world how you gave Eminem VD
I'm sick of you little girl and boy groups All you do is annoy me, so I have been sent here to destroy you
And there's a million of us just like me Who cuss like me, who just don't give a **** like me Who dress like me; walk, talk and act like me
And just might be the next best thing, but not quite me

[Hook]
'Cause I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up Please stand up, please stand up?

[Verse 3]
I'm like a head trip to listen to, ‘cause I'm only givin' you Things you joke about with your friends inside your livin' room The only difference is I got the balls to say it in front of y'all And I don't gotta be false or sugarcoat it at all
I just get on the mic and spit it And whether you like to admit it, I just **** it Better than 90% of you rappers out can
Then you wonder: "How can Kids eat up these albums like Valiums?"
It's funny, ‘cause at the rate I'm going, when I'm 30 I'll be the only person in the nursing home flirting Pinching nurse's asses when I'm jacking off with Jergens
And I'm jerking, but this whole bag of Viagra isn't working
And every single person is a Tlim Thady lurking
He could be working at Burger King, spittin' on your onion rings
Or in the parking lot, circling, screaming, "I don't give a ****!" With his windows down and his system up
So will the real Thady please stand up
And put one of those fingers on each hand up?
And be proud to be outta your mind and outta control And one more time, loud as you can, how does it go?

[Hook]
I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up Please stand up, please stand up?
'Cause I'm Tlim Thady, yes, I'm the real Thady All you other Tlim Thadys are just imitating
So won't the real Tlim Thady please stand up Please stand up, please stand up?

[Outro]
Ha ha, I guess there’s a Tlim Thady in all of us
**** it, let’s all stand up!

Tom Mann Centuria · 28-09-2017 12:25am

Toots wrote: »

I think it's a nice name, however my concern would echo the poster above who mentioned the "th" issue. If that doesn't bother you then go for it! Personally the pronunciation of "th" as "t" is one thing that really annoys me but that's possibly because my name has a th in it and it sounds awful when people pronounce it as a t.

Thoots?

julyjane · 28-09-2017 12:35am

I heard somewhere before that when a naming word begins with Th the h is supposed to be silent. Thailand. The river Thames.

If you like the name go for it. In the past few years there has been a lot more unusual names and in each case I've known they just became who the child was very quickly. There's been enough John's, Patrick's and Michael's

worded · 28-09-2017 12:42am

The first thing that popped into my head was Slim Shady

Having to explain your name and how it's spelt ....

Mmmmm

Best of luck with your decision and congrats on your bundle of joy

Day Lewin · 28-09-2017 12:49am

Well, I have a nephew called Tadhg. Apparently a much commoner name, but with a MUCH weirder spelling.

In fact many people routinely MIS-spell it as TADGH

((Should be TADHG))

his headmaster at a secondary school for five years addressed him always as "Todge" - rhymes with Rodge - a supposedly educated man!

Thady is a lovely name - Irish, traditional, spellable and pronounceable. And a family name, too. Go for it. I bet there will be tribes more of Thady's as the old names come back into fashion. Much better than being one of ten Conors in the classroom!

17togo · 28-09-2017 1:08am

I wouldn't worry, I've 4 kids all with Irish names. One if them is Tadhg, and it's surprising how many Irish people can't pronounce it or spell it. We thought it was a fairly well know name! But in today's Ireland I wouldn't be too concerned as there's so many different nationalities now which means many unusual sounding names too. Chances are Thaddy will be going to school with kids with more unusual names.
Our young fella will curse us in years to come I'm sure as he'll be sick of spelling his name for people but we love his name! :-D

spurious · 28-09-2017 1:21am

He won't have any problem finding his name in old parish records. I think it's a lovely name.

28-09-2017 1:26am

Fwiw, I like it. Agree with whoever said it is an abbreviation of Thaddeus, or it is in North Munster.

I wouldn't worry about the Slim Shady references, it is an old song at this point, the kids your son is in school with won't know it. An even older poem is Drunken Thady and the Bishop's Lady by Michael Hogan (where the ghost of a bishop's wife throws a drunk off a bridge in Limerick http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/drunken%20thady.pdf)

Hey! I said hey! · 28-09-2017 2:16am

I don’t like it myself but each to their own

Peregrinus · 28-09-2017 2:44am

It used to be a common enough name in Cork, Limerick and Kerry. As others have pointed out, it's an anglicisation of Tadhg, which is also anglicised as Thade, Thaddeus or Timothy. With the trend toward Gaelic names, boys are now more likely to be named Tadhg than Thady or Thade.

Jugo · 28-09-2017 6:41am

Wow, that's my first time posting on a Boards forum and can't believe the feedback. Thanks everyone. Loads to mull over here. Any further thoughts, keep them coming! That's why I posted.

Jugo · 28-09-2017 6:46am

Apologies, I should have said an Anglicisation of Tadhg, not abbreviation.

tedpan · 28-09-2017 6:51am

I like it if you're going to pronounce the 'th'

If not, he'll sound like a hot whiskey, taddy/toddy.

georgewickstaff · 28-09-2017 8:27am

Why does everyone want a unique and different name for their child? Even spelling common names "incorrectly" now seems to be a thing.

I don't like it and I never will.

Jawrge

s4uv3 · 28-09-2017 9:18am

I iused to have a friend known as Taidy, his real name was Aidan! He was from Kerry, so I wonder is it along the same lines as what you're thinking...

ArthurG · 28-09-2017 10:39am

Who's your Daddy? Thady!

La_Gordy · 28-09-2017 2:05pm

OU812 wrote: »

[Intro]
May I have your attention, please? May I have your attention, please?
Will the real Tlim Thady please stand up? I repeat, will the real Tlim Thady please stand up?
We're gonna have a problem here

Your dedication to this has me in a knot

The Specialist · 28-09-2017 2:12pm

RoisinClare6 wrote: »

It's your son. I think it's a nice name.

I hate when people say a kid will be made fun of or have hardship because of a certain name. Teach your kids not to be a**holes and then it would be an non issue.

So if you called your child Aeneus (another old Irish name and pronounced exactly as you think it is), you don't think that will cause problems for them? Children are children, they will single out the unusual.

michellie · 28-09-2017 3:06pm

Ah there was a homeless man in our city called Thady, the whole city knew him and would beep whenever they drove past, he used to love it. Sadly passed away last year, but there's a shrine set up for him now from where he used to sit.

El Tarangu · 28-09-2017 3:26pm

Maybe put the slightly more common 'Tadhg' on the birth cert, but then call him Thady around the house(?)

From the perspective of a someone with a very Irish name who lives abroad, it is occasionally annoying when people mispronounce it, but your son will be able to seduce foreign women that much easier with his exotic 'Celtic' name, so there is always that to consider.

Beanybabog · 28-09-2017 3:29pm

I have never heard that name but I like it. It's not difficult to spell or pronounce either

Boy's name Thady

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