Children's names

[Markymark]

I wanted to call my daughter Olivia but unfortunately it was already taken so we had to call her OliviaT-8478

 

[siadwell]

Paediatrician colleague told of calling in his next (non Irish/Scots) patient, name on case notes was Siobhan. He called for "Shi-vawn". Stony faced mother ushered her daughter in and pointedly remarked, "It's pronounced 'See-o-ban"!

At a kid's party at one of those soft play places, the young lad employee was handing out the goody bags with names written on.
"Aimee?" he tried, reading the name Aime. "It's Aim actually" replied the mother, tartly.

 

[Tim Hall]

I know someone called their kid Cain. Bit bizzare considering his main claim to fame was killing his brother. Maybe their next one will be an Oedipus.

<old Jewish joke> "Oedipus, schmedipus. What do I care so long as he loves his mother"</ojj>

 

[Globalti]

In Anglophone Africa it's quite common to meet boys named after the day they were born; Monday through to Sunday. For girls there are some sweet old-fashioned virtue names like Grace, Constance, Patience, Prudence, Charity, Faith, and so on.

I loved the ending of Adams Family where Fester is introduced to a new young lady: Fester: "What's your name?" She: "Dementia!" Fester: "Aaaaah! Dementia!"

I'm waiting for the first girl named Ebola.

 

[MontyVeda]

I'm waiting for the first girl named Clamidia... it does sound nice, like one of those classy greek names.

 

[swee'pea99]

Twins at a local school, Dulux & Double Gloss.
Heard as the teachers were checking the kids were boarding the correct buses.

You're shittin' me! No way.

 

[Accy cyclist]

What about Adrian? Now that is a silly name!

 

[JMAG]

Cornelius a common enough name in Ireland..

And on Planet of the Apes

 

[Profpointy]

Funny thing attitude to names. I was dealing with a Hungarian supplier with technical director called Attila. It felt very odd exchanging emails with Attila the Hun. Presumably it's seen as the name of a great leader liberating his people from their conquerors rather than as a barbarian at the gates.

 

[JMAG]

Similarly Francis Drake is simply known as a pirate especially in Spain

 

[Saluki]

I am adopted and my adoptive parents abandoned my given name and called me Nikola, for heaven's sake.
I got teachers saying 'are you sure it's got a K and not a C?'. I would say 'with a K, as in Tesla', which didn't endear me to the teachers. One said 'well, I am going to spell it with a C'. I said, 'spell it how you like. If you don't have respect for the spelling of my name, I shan't bother having respect for your name Mrs Green' (Her name was Mrs Brown). Half an hour outside the headmaster's office that day.

I didn't do too badly with the stupid name. I have a couple of degrees, bunch of A levels, more O levels and an HND (plus a couple of C&Gs as well). I did change my name when I was 18, right back to my 'proper' name. Maybe that's why I did better post Grammar education then during though. Who knows.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

It's possible to decide at a very early age what to be called. I wonder how many people on here decided, like me, not to use the name they were originally given?

We called our youngest Alex Grace, she was never wild about Alex and at 10 demanded to be called Grace, not helped by a naughty lad in her class being called Alex too.

Skip forward a few years, We asked her what she wanted for her 13th birthday and she asked to have her name changed by deed poll to Grace Florance. So she did.

 

[classic33]

You're shittin' me! No way.

Sorry, names as called out for the buses. Checked I'd heard correctly with one of the teachers I knew. I'd mis-heard the first one.

 

[marknotgeorge]

The Drama Queen's name is quite a common Irish name that's quite rare here in England. I'm not Irish, I just liked the shape of the word in the baby name book. Conversely, the Mad Scientist's name is a quintessentially English name that's rare in Ireland. If they ever develop a taste for named gewgaws, I'm buying shares in Aer Lingus.

And my name's not that common, but I've never worked in a place where there isn't another Mark. There's three where I work now, and two of us share an office.

 

[nickyboy]

In China the forenames (actually they aren't fore-names cos they use surname first convention but you get the idea) always have a "meaning". As I go there quite a bit I have a Chinese name too. It was given to me by an old geezer in a factory and it's stuck. Even my biz cards have it on.

My name translated into English is.........."Double Smooth"