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Worse name you EVER heard for a child

589 replies

xmasevebundle · 30/08/2012 01:26

Today i went out and was doing shopping heard this name been called i thought it was a nickname, then the dad and nan said it to him, but fuck me i feel for the kid.

His name was DENIM.

I thought about this all day and it cant be...

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Frontpaw · 08/09/2012 16:25

Shiraz is a town in Iran, famous for its poets, literature, culture and some sweeties/nougart/cookies (yum yum), and long ago its wine. Its seen as somewhere cultured and high class. Never heard of a person called Shiraz or Shirazi. I suppose its a bit like calling someone her 'Cambridge' or 'Oxford'.

Badgerina · 08/09/2012 13:23

Rabid What? Always? Like a sanny-pad??? Shock

Lambzig · 08/09/2012 12:56

A little girl in DD's swimming class called Londyn. I know that the spelling as her mother had a tattoo.

SilkStalkings · 08/09/2012 12:08

LOL at Shinel. Written down it looks like a fine Yiddish boy's name "That Shinel's a real mensch" etc.

RabidCarrot · 08/09/2012 09:01

Always, this little child was a small blond girl

ScarletBadgers · 07/09/2012 21:33

Fennel. Just awful. I was horrified. Poor girl.

AlwaysHoldingOnToStars · 07/09/2012 20:07

I know a Shiraz, he's in his 40's and I think it's a Popular name in his culture.

Badgerina · 07/09/2012 19:48

Aristotle. I shit thee not.

RabidCarrot · 07/09/2012 18:28

I misspelt DS1s middle name Blush
spelt it as Johnathon

storytopper · 07/09/2012 18:26

Shinel. Was supposed to be Chanel, I think - I reckon the parents couldn't spell. This was in Scotland so this particular registrar chose not to interfere.

RabidCarrot · 07/09/2012 18:20

Shiraz, as in the wine Hmm

scottishmummy · 07/09/2012 18:00

in Scotland registrar can decline register daft names

YouMakeMeWannaLaLa · 06/09/2012 23:15

Diesel.

Apparently, even the registrar said 'Are you sure?'!

CheerfulYank · 06/09/2012 21:32

Oops...posted that from my phone. Some dodgy spelling/grammar there. Blush

CheerfulYank · 06/09/2012 21:22

Oh yes, Lief, Gunnar, Anders, Nils...I know a few of those!

Our way of speaking also has a Scandinavian influence...something with dropped articles? I'll have to look it up again :) Also to this day you hear people (little kids even) saying things like "uff da!" Which is basicaly means "get out" or "no way". I believe it's Norwegian for "off that" but I could be wrong.

gazzalw · 06/09/2012 20:41

Don't really think Lief is an awful name at all! It's just different to our Anglo-Saxon sensibilities!!

gazzalw · 06/09/2012 20:39

It wasn't until I watched Fargo that I realised that the accent had a sing-song Scandinavian lilt to it!

almapudden · 06/09/2012 19:08

Paris the city is not named after Paris of Troy, that's a back-formation based on the fact that the Ile de la Cité was inhabited in Roman times by a tribe called the Parisii (the ones who revolted against Caesar under Vercingetorix).

CheerfulYank · 06/09/2012 18:59

Oh and certain parts of Fargo do take place in Minnesota; it's just over the border.

CheerfulYank · 06/09/2012 18:58

We definitely have this in spades. Wink

CheerfulYank · 06/09/2012 18:52

Close. :)

Fargo is not in Minnesota, which is where I live, but most people think it is. It's basically the same culture and close to the same accent. And the Ingalls were in Minnesota for awhile, yes. :)

gazzalw · 06/09/2012 18:47

Cheerful Yank are you in the part of the US where Fargo was set - and the Ingalls inhabited???

CheerfulYank · 06/09/2012 17:45

Where I live most people have Scandinavian ancestry and I know three men named Lief. :)

CookieMonstersMistress · 06/09/2012 15:57

(Have n/c)

I did my family tree a while back and I have a great great great uncle called Lancelot Shock He named his son Lancelot too, so can't have gotten too much flack?!

Weirdest one I met irl was a 6 yo boy called Nigel - not an unusual name, but very strange on a young boy!

It annoys me when "Leaf" is trotted out on these threads, though, as it's "Leif" which is a 'proper' name in scandinavian countries Hmm

BassAce · 06/09/2012 14:15

Was just in the park and heard a mum calling our for her DS.... Achilles!! Yuk.
Especially amusing as she was trying to persuade him to not run off, and walk nicely. Did make me chuckle as I wondered if she was going to say "Achilles, heel" LMAO