Ridiculous First Names - Male and Female

O_Malley · October 9, 2008, 4:21pm

Well the parents kinda lost the run of themselves and gave the youngest brother a fairly dodgy name…had a feeling it would appear in this thread alright…but I didn’t think it would make it’s debut within 15 mins of thread starting and then be repeated further down the line. Must report to the mother this evening!!

Mairegangaire · October 9, 2008, 4:23pm

Your brother’s name is Dympna?

O_Malley · October 9, 2008, 4:28pm

No, not Dympna.

Gaillimharais · October 9, 2008, 4:59pm

I don’t know does this get to anyone else but it bugs me when generic Irish names are anglicised.

eg

San becomes Shaun

Eoghan/Eoin becomes Owen

Mairegangaire · October 9, 2008, 5:47pm

Anyone else reading this thread see a name and remember someone you’d still love to smack the head off?

Irene, Eithne and Leo made me a nod in agreement with their posts.

Heard one recently:
Harrison

balbec · October 9, 2008, 7:03pm

Lad at school with me his second name was Benignus

Fran · October 9, 2008, 7:56pm

Lad at school with me his second name was Mary

Fran · October 9, 2008, 7:57pm

[quote=“Mairegangaire”]Anyone else reading this thread see a name and remember someone you’d still love to smack the head off?

[/quote]

Yes, Trevor

Sidney · October 19, 2008, 10:39pm

There was a girl I was vaguely acquainted with in college whose first name was Storm. Yes, Storm.

farmerinthecity · October 23, 2008, 7:24pm

Marcella

Wasn’t there a lady footballer called Marcella Heffernan?

Poor girl.

farmerinthecity · October 23, 2008, 7:42pm

Was his first name Joseph by any chance?

There’s a good few of those around.

Fran · October 23, 2008, 8:12pm

[quote=“farmerinthecity”]Was his first name Joseph by any chance?

There’s a good few of those around.[/quote]

No, his first name was John. He used to get a good bit of stick about it in School and then one day he just lost the plot and threatened to thump the head off everyone in the class. If it wasn’t for our strict gun laws we could have had a Virgina Tech on our hands.

cluaindiuic · October 23, 2008, 8:23pm

There was one of them in Kierans too. Can’t remember his first name.

Bandage · October 23, 2008, 9:51pm

Have we had Peadar yet?

What a ridiculous name.

The_Runt · October 23, 2008, 10:23pm

Here’s one for you:

Ultan - what a fuck up of a name

Bandage · October 23, 2008, 10:25pm

On that theme - Ulick.

gola · October 23, 2008, 10:36pm

Something that’s quite humourous is to imagine aul fellas, pensioners like, with first names which are quite normal for people of our generation.
Imagine going into a nursing home and seeing an aul codger called Gavin or Aaron or even less unusual ones like Declan or Barry.
For lads over 70 the name pool is ridiculously limited. They’re always John, Jack, Paddy, Frank or names like that.

The_Runt · October 23, 2008, 10:39pm

[quote=“gola”]Something that’s quite humourous is to imagine aul fellas, pensioners like, with first names which are quite normal for people of our generation.
Imagine going into a nursing home and seeing an aul codger called Gavin or Aaron or even less unusual ones like Declan or Barry.
For lads over 70 the name pool is ridiculously limited. They’re always John, Jack, Paddy, Frank or names like that.[/quote]

I think there’s a ceromony once you hit 65 where you get your name changed to a more sensible old persons name. You must under go this name change before you can collect the pension. It’s kinda of similar to your confirmation name.

Bandage · October 24, 2008, 8:47am

Any takers for Eunan?

Also, has anyone else’s name appeared on the thread?

Mine has.

farmerinthecity · October 24, 2008, 8:55am

I don’t think mine has.