Am I the only one who thinks this name is stupid?

[heythere2022]

So, I just met a family who named their daughter Isla-Skye. Which literally sounds like Isle of Skye when you say it out loud. Am I the only one who thinks it's so odd to give that name to a baby? Or did it just catch me off guard?

Also, they were in Florida but the Dad sounded English or Australian...

@JingsMahBucket Isla is derived from Islay another island, I'll stand by what I said unusual for an English couple to have connections to two Scottish Islands.

It's a silly name but I'd imagine it's intentional.

I recently came across a Calla Lily.

It's a bit stupid, but each to their own.

Yep it's moronic

I used to work with a Jacqueline Hyde.

Yes the island is beautiful - I found Korea beautiful when I visited but I still wouldn’t want to be named ‘Jeju Island.’

Minnie Driver is my favourite real one of these

I think it's quite a nice name.

I know a Tula-Mae and think that child will be given the nickname Tuna-Mayo.

Ha! Love this! Poor Isla, that'll drive her mad

@BirdyBirdyTweetTweet

Yep it's moronic

Its moronic to not know the name of a random island from another country??

@Mochudubh

I used to work with a Jacqueline Hyde.

😂 I proper laughed out loud!

@PullMeInToTheScreen

Minnie Driver is my favourite real one of these

It's just a nickname though, so not 'real' - unlike her given names.

@IndecentCakes

Well, yes - I've now got the urge to burst into a rousing chorus of 'Donald, Where's Your Troosers?' but whatever

Lol thanks for the ear worm

What is her real name?? I once knew of a Summer Loving

I was quoting Fluffypastelslippers

@Fluffypastelslippers you've ruined it for me now! (I had no idea!)

I know someone who name their child

India-Ana Jones

She now an adult changed her first name when she hit 18 and the took her husbands on marriage.

It is stupid, because she will have years of 'isla Skye as in....' or a lifetime of it, if she doesn't change it herself.

I also genuinely know a Mick Hunt. He taught me at secondary

Teenagers found that hilarious. When I told my mum, eve she remembered laughing when she was a teenager.

I know a couple who called their DD Isla and their surname is another well known Scottish island. We live in Scotland so it’s not as if they don’t know. Just why?

heka I used to work at - well it doesn’t matter where - and in the staff club (yes! And they served alcohol all day and we had tea trays) there were frequent tannoy calls for Mike Hunt. Wonder if it was your MH ?

Tea trolleys

@chipsandgin

Not as unfortunate as ‘Shiloh Pitt’, I always wondered if anyone had said to Brad & Angelina ‘erm…spoonerism issue there!?’!!

With Isla Skye you’d have to assume it was deliberate, I was at school with a ‘Theresa Green’, her parents did that on purpose apparently!

Thank you for the biggest laugh of my day!

@SleepingStandingUp

So they're in America and possibly Australian but should be familiar with the Isle of Skye?

I thought ALL Americans knew everything there was to know about Scotland.... being as they're all descended from us.

I frequently think the same @Tlollj

Through work, I come across quite a few names that I think or and I have to bite my tongue and practice my poker face which is very difficult as I've been told for years I have a very expressive face.