Giving a child a ridiculous name.

manickangaroo · 26/04/13 - 00:27

So they get ribbed at school. Do you know of any cases?

We knew a baby boy called Dicken. :rolleyes:

What possesses parents to do this? It's barmy!

netcurtains · 26/04/13 - 00:28

There's a Dickon in The secret garden so it's hardly a new fangled name.

manickangaroo · 26/04/13 - 00:28

netcurtains wrote: »

There's a Dicken in The secret garden so it's hardly a new fangled name.

Yeah but he must get stick at school from the other kids.

sweh · 26/04/13 - 00:28

Suckdeep is my favourite.

Poor guy, his parents really didn't think that through.

(It was really Sukhdeep, but we all know how you're gonna pronounce it.)

manickangaroo · 26/04/13 - 00:29

sweh wrote: »

Suckdeep is my favourite.

Poor guy, his parents really didn't think that through.

Was that a boy or girl?

You edited, boy!

[Deleted User] · 26/04/13 - 00:32

manickangaroo wrote: »

Yeah but he must get stick at school from the other kids.

I don't mind it actually - I've heard worse (don't know what that says about me

)

Threads like these always make me smile and want to post my brothers' ridiculous full names.

manickangaroo · 26/04/13 - 00:35

Mambo Italiano wrote: »

I don't mind it actually - I've heard worse (don't know what that says about me )

Threads like these always make me smile and want to post my brothers' ridiculous full names.

Go on give us a clue.:D

[Deleted User] · 26/04/13 - 00:48

manickangaroo wrote: »

Go on give us a clue.:D

They're all from Shakespeare plays and the middle names are worse than the first

(my fourth brother's middle name is Lysander. This is the kind of thing I mean

)

WinterFire · 26/04/13 - 00:49

Dweezil Zappa is very proud of his name.

Neil5234 · 26/04/13 - 00:51

It's normally chavy aren't s who give their children stupid names.

Iqoniq · 26/04/13 - 00:57

I knew someone who called their child Dai. Not overly bad, especially considering their surname was Mund.

My mate also went to a school with a lad called Ben, but his surname was Doby. Needless to say, it took the kids all of 3 seconds to bastardise his surname. I didn't believe him until he introduced me to the lad himself when we were in town one night.

walterwhite · 27/04/13 - 15:11

Neil5234 wrote: »

It's normally chavy aren't s who give their children stupid names.

Not at all. Their are lots of non 'chavvy' people who give their kids stupid names as well.

Jason · 27/04/13 - 15:22

Made me think of this from the BBC site that I found a while back

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21229475

I don't think you'll ever beat this for a ridiculous name ..

A judge there also made a young girl a ward of court so that she could change the name she hated - Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii

stud u like · 27/04/13 - 15:24

manickangaroo wrote: »

So they get ribbed at school. Do you know of any cases?

We knew a baby boy called Dicken. :rolleyes:

What possesses parents to do this? It's barmy!

It is a lovely old name. The was a Dickon in "The Secret Garden".

Saskia44 · 27/04/13 - 15:32

manickangaroo wrote: »

So they get ribbed at school. Do you know of any cases?

We knew a baby boy called Dicken. :rolleyes: :

What possesses parents to do this? It's barmy!

It always amuses me when some people call their kids after celebs or characters from films, tv shows etc - as though they somehow think that will make their little stars, real stars. In their dreams!

[Deleted User] · 27/04/13 - 15:37

Saskia44 wrote: »

It always amuses me when some people call their kids after celebs or characters from films, tv shows etc - as though they somehow think that will make their little stars, real stars. In their dreams!

Hmmm - I feel it is done by some who are afraid their kids won't stand out in life. It makes them stand out for all the wrong reasons IMO.

Saskia44 · 27/04/13 - 15:41

Michelle32 wrote: »

Hmmm - I feel it is done by some who are afraid their kids won't stand out in life. It makes them stand out for all the wrong reasons IMO.

I agree. Often more of a handicap than a benefit.

Big Boy Barry · 27/04/13 - 15:43

All names should be provisional until about age 16

At that point, a person should be allowed to change it to whatever they wish

[Deleted User] · 27/04/13 - 16:05

I know some parents who called their son Diesel. Poor child

[Deleted User] · 27/04/13 - 16:17

I went to school with a lancelot. He did get an awful lot of stick poor lad.

Schmiznurf · 27/04/13 - 16:30

I think all names should need to be approved by a governing body so that kids don't get given ridiculous name. It's unfair on the children when they get made fun of for having idiot parents.

Schmiznurf · 27/04/13 - 16:31

Big Boy Barry wrote: »

All names should be provisional until about age 16

At that point, a person should be allowed to change it to whatever they wish

That wouldn't solve the problem of being made fun of in school though, by 16 the damage will have been done.

lynwood3 · 27/04/13 - 16:34

There was a birthday card sent in on CBeebies the other day for a child called Jacub. Not sure whether it was an attempt to be different or the parents' inability to spell.

Agent Krycek · 27/04/13 - 16:56

JasonWatkins wrote: »

Made me think of this from the BBC site that I found a while back

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21229475

I don't think you'll ever beat this for a ridiculous name ..

Although, this one runs it close

http://www.celebritybabyscoop.com/2009/09/28/happy-6th-birthday-pilot-inspektor-riesgraf-lee

sutie · 27/04/13 - 17:01

Very soon a schoolteacher somewhere is going to say 'Jaden' and at least half the class will raise their hand.

Hobbit Feet · 27/04/13 - 17:03

Big Boy Barry wrote: »

All names should be provisional until about age 16

At that point, a person should be allowed to change it to whatever they wish

Indeed

we all know that 16 year olds are great at making life changing decisions.

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