[Closed] Stupid names for kids

Do you realise how many 20 somethings there are in Newcastle called Keegan?

It's unisex as well.

Is it 9?

We've got a few locally.

A kid called Detom in my eldest's class at school, and I saw a kid in the local paper called Kai Jai Kenny Roberts.

There's more but I've drawn a blank at the moment, I'll ask the wife when I get home. Kai Jai Kenny is my favourite though.

Neighbour's niece is called Isis.

My sister used to work in a bank, where someone plonked a small child on her till, name of Velvet.

Thanks to my parents I've never felt particularly welcome in Wales.

I'll see myself out.

Allan

Like 😆 In fact a double pun.

My sister used to work in a bank, where someone plonked a small child on her till, name of Velvet.

Funny name for a till.

Was waiting for that one Cougar 😉

Do you realise how many 20 somethings there are in Newcastle called Keegan?

And I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if you can tell us how many there are. Love it. 😉

And I'll tell you, honestly, I will love it if you can tell us how many there are. Love it.

Love it! 😀

Neighbour's niece is called Isis.

With the obvious nickname of 'So called'?

I know/have met chaps called Kestrel, Heron, Peregrine, Robin and Crow.

Not daft names, but my youngest is called Elsa. Long before Frozen (well, five years) but now she's pig sick of it because everyone does the 'Let it go' joke. She had it first, give it back Disney.

So how delighted were we, to find the latest release. Because my eldest has a Maori name that has descended through generations of my wife's side of the family and their NZ heritage. Moana, also stolen.

And we look like the ****s that have no more imagination than choosing Disney films.

I have to mention again the little girl called Pebbles, and another girl called Princess, who had obviously got sick of it and wanted to be called by her middle name of Jacqueline. And on a slightly different note, you could almost guarantee that the boy called Dylan would be a right little darling (with apologies to those here with a nice Dylan!)

Not daft names, but my youngest is called Elsa. Long before Frozen (well, five years) but now she's pig sick of it because everyone does the 'Let it go' joke. She had it first, give it back Disney.

So how delighted were we, to find the latest release. Because my eldest has a Maori name that has descended through generations of my wife's side of the family and their NZ heritage. Moana, also stolen.

And we look like the **** that have no more imagination than choosing Disney films.

Your other children, Pinocchio and Dumbo must be glad that they escaped the family naming curse......

Those children are going to get really fed with new teachers pronouncing their name wrong. My name is unusual and, despite being only 2 syllables and completely phonetic, I've had 40+ years of people pronouncing it wrong.

I've never met anyone with the same name, but I've recently discovered I share my name with a Jedi 🙂

Yoda?

[*]You parents called you yoda?

Edit: damn it

Might be QuiGon?

Those children are going to get really fed with new teachers pronouncing their name wrong.

I know that pain my friend. Every time somebody pronounces my name wrong I am force fed a sandwich.

I've never met anyone with the same name, but I've recently discovered I share my name with a Jedi

You can't tell us that and then not tell us what it is!

You can't tell us that and then not tell us what it is!

That's fine, Leia.

I've never met anyone with the same name, but I've recently discovered I share my name with a Jedi

Yarael Poof?*

*an actual Jedi

Obi Wanda Kenobi

I've never met anyone with the same name, but I've recently discovered I share my name with a Jedi

Ha! Me too! My name is 'Mace'.

So; throughout my entire childhood and school years I put up with "Oi! Tesco / Spar / Safeways / Asda / [whatever]" and being a fat kid with glasses and an off-spectrum name . . . basically made me a legitimate target for years and years. I learnt the back streets and learnt that bikes were faster than running when it came to getting away from bullies. Sometimes. Unless they also had bikes.

As a grown up, my heart sank when 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" came out, and all of a sudden my students (of [i]woodwork[/i], not [i]Jedi skills[/i]) started coming out with "Ooooh . . . Mace Wandu".

Meh.

Moon Unit and Dweezil Zappa

Currently working in classes with Cruz and Juke! 17 years of supply teaching and I seen a lot. I rather liked the names of a set of Carribean kids I taught. Benjamin was fine, so was Noah, Zephaniah and Naphtali were less usual but perfectly in keeping with mums biblical beliefs. Kids were little gits which didn't go down well with mum and the church.

I've never met anyone with the same name, but I've recently discovered I share my name with a Jedi

Depa ?

Girl I work with recently had to interview a young 18 yr old girl. She comes to the interview with her 6 month old daughter, pleasantries are exchanged, asked the name of the little girl - "Femarley", says the Mother...turns out she thought the hospital had named her daughter as there was a wristband on her at birth that said "Female". So name given "Female", pronounced "Femarley".

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[i]my youngest is called Elsa.[/i]

Obviously to my (our) generation...
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Not a kid's name exactly. While working at a wine warehouse we had a delivery of boxes that had no names on them of wine or supplier, so I sent one of the warehouse men down to take a look and see if the boxes had anything written on them.

He called from the back door back with "Fragally" as a name of the wine. I asked him to spell it...F R A G I L E

Pal's cousin named her child Vader. New one to me...

I told my wife about this thread. Her friend's brother has just named his son Wolfe.

my youngest is called Elsa.

Obviously to my (our) generation...

Sort of - we were obvs aware of that connotation (and actually it quite suits her, she's no timid thing) but it was one of two names that we had in mind as we went up in the lift to the maternity suite (well, three actually as we didn't know the sex at that point, but the male name became irrelevant)

And as the doors opened in the lift there was a cart of books from Friends of the RSCH and on top was that book. Different edition, quite battered, but clearly a sign.

We bought it and have it in the drawer for 18th / 21st / wedding day (not sure which)

My son got his name from spotting it on the cover of a book too. 🙂
Most people think it's in tribute to the bloke who wrote the book, but it wasn't really. It just seemed like a good name: Unusual (we've heard of 3 other boys with the name), but not naff (in our opinion, of course!).
I shall not be giving the name of my son on a thread entitled "stupid names.." though! 😆

My son got his name from spotting it on the cover of a book too.

"Dick Sean Harry"?

My parents Christian names both begin with D so they thought it would be a good idea to give my brother and I Ds, too. I managed to dodge a bullet - they wanted to call me Duane (!) but my older brother could only say 'drain', about the only thing I have ever had to thank him for.

Went to school with three sisters,

Faith

Hope

and Heather

Wasted opportunity surely.

Isambard is a great name... Kingdom would have been even bolder.

Saying that, I've always liked Horatio....

My 2yr old nephew is Stanley. Old name, but carries well, I think.

Friends of ours have a son named Odin, the Norse God.

Think some names the parents give their kids does them a disservice.

Be it something chavvy or posh (Sheleqa or Tarquin). People will always judge and file them in a draw based on their name before meeting them.

[i]"Dick Sean Harry"?[/i]

Took me a while there.. 😉

chardonay
cruz
romeo
brooklyn
tiger lilly
apple
india hopkins

lets not start on some of the daft american names out there 😉

Talking of stupid kids names I forgot myself yesterday, I was named after Lorne Green, but not out of any kind of respect, my dad just didn't want me to have the same name as anyone else in my class. Yeah cheers Dougie. It worked though, I've never met anyone with the same name, although I know of a few, there's a guy with the same name as me that sells aeroplanes in northampton.

Luckily we're not scottish, as he was the local butcher and everyone would have thought I was named after the sausage.

I've got a pimp hotmail address now though so it's not all bad.

Edit - Technicallyinept - is it Hera?

Sundayjumper - Member
I told my wife about this thread. Her friend's brother has just named his son Wolfe.

Good rebel name

Wolfe Tone;

"I entered into the service of the French republic with the sole view of being useful to my country. To contend against British Tyranny, I have braved the fatigues and terrors of the field of battle; I have sacrificed my comfort, have courted poverty, have left my wife unprotected, and my children without a father. After all I have done for a sacred cause, death is no sacrifice."

Good rebel name

Wolfe Tone;

Better than "Ring" I suppose.

Better than "Ring" I suppose.

Or Dy-lan

I'll get my coat.

OK. One household, not very far from me. 4 kids; 3 boys: Leaf, Winter, River and a girl: Whisper.

On the other end of the scale (Chav) not 'alternative': Jaxon (as in Michael?).

I feel so dull...

I know a guy called Woodstock... Guess how old he is

My son got his name from spotting it on the cover of a book too

Your son is called J R Hartley isn't he?

When my twins were born the midwife asked us what we were going to to call them. She approved of the ordinary names and announced that she had just delivered her first Laa Laa, "because that was her big brother's favourite Teletubby".

Always proud to live in Huddersfield, a newspaper story of one of the first problematic deliveries because of the merger of Huddersfield and Calderdale maternity units involved one Daisy-Boo Faith Cotton-Cowie:
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/no-beds-huddersfield-baby-daisys-5010754