Every year the Scottish register office publishes a complete list of all names given to new babies in Scotland during that year. Some are hideous.....

Boys
Adam-Jesse, Adam-Jorg
Adyn
AJ, Ajay, Ceijay, CJ, C-Jae, D-Jay, Jay-Jay, R-Jay, TJ, T-Jay, Tjay
Barriejames (have these people never heard of middle names??)
Blazej
Blu
Caelan-Kole
Cairo (no, that's a place.)
Cameron-Jay, Cameron-James, Cameron-John
Cartier (and a brand of watches)
Coddie (Cody? Brothers called Haddockie and Kipperie.)
Comrad (Conrad? Or Communist leanings?)
Cuba (no, a place)
Darren-Junior, Juniordavid
Daymion-Lei
Ea
En
Feliks
Fox
Izaak-J
Jacksyn
Jacub
Kal-El (superman complex)
Kamsy (eh?)
Karter
Luukas
Maison
Markjello (please someone tell me this is Polish or Lithuanian)
Mikenzy
P (yes just P. Hope it's nothing to do with Baby P but wouldn't surprise me)

Paddyjoe
Paull-J
Papa
Ringo
Smithy
Sweetie
T

Girls
Aisleigh-Rae
Amiee-Lee
Amiejane
Annagh (stick a few random consonants on the end of a name)
Annakin (oh dear)
Apple
Autaum (were they trying to spell Autumn?)
Ayrleighs
Bonnique
Cambelle
Cassadi
Chanel, Channelle
Cherylleigh
Chrysti
Cora-Jak
Culzean (that's a castle)
Cydnie
Daiyna
Demi-Star
Destinylouise
Ebony-Riece
Faith-Sharona
Farrah-Leigh
Fhern (another random consonant)
Halo
Hanaleigh
Havanna-Rose
Heatherlee
Heavenleigh
Jacey
Jadyn-Rose
Jaimee-Lee, Jaime-Leigh, Jaimi-Lee
Jaylo
Jennafer-Lee, Jenniferlee
Jeorja, Jeorgi
Jerzi-Jo
Jorja-Jen
Kacey-Lee, Kacie-Leigh, Kaci-Lee
Kaddy
Kaedie-Lei
Kamryn
Kaydee-Leigh
Kenadi
Kortnileigh
KT
LA
Lacey-Lee
Lemoni
Lexus
Lola'Rose
London (another place - what is wrong with these people)
Maci-Sue
Macaella
Melyssa
Miley (50 of them - and it's not evern Hannah Montana's real name)
Mitzi (fine for a stripper or a Yorkshire terrier)
Naiomi
Neviah, Neveah (some people use Nevaeh as it's Heaven backwards. These people just can't spell)
Paisley
Paris-Montana (oh dear)
Phinn
Paradyse (double oh dear)
Poppylee
Princess
Rikki-Leigh
Roxae
Ryha-Dee
Sango-Alexa
Savahanna
Shallon
Shelby-Rhianne
Skara
Sofia-Joy-Linn (three names.... even worse)
Sophieleila
Steevi
Stevie-Gi (for a girl???)
Summer-Leigh
Tayla-Jai
Tiarra
Xsana-Lee

 

Full lists available at http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/popular-names/babies-first-names-09/detailed-tables.html if interested.

morag

Despite feeling like death today, I actually nearly choked laughing at Haddockie and Kipperie.

Sorry, that makes it sound like I thought those were names. It was the idea which made me laugh.

I can see this thread ending badly....

LOL!

Merry Christmas!

Becks xx x

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I swear you only posted the last one a few months ago... has it really been a year??


Skylar 0 to 2 montage



'When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me.'
Emo Philips

Starting to feel a lot better about Amelia now!

Lucy

LOL this has been posted on my ANC and I thought it was only a matter of time before it came over here too.

Snorting with laughter at some of the 'names'  











TTC 6+ years, 3 IVF's and a lot of tears later:
Ethan Jack born 35.6 weeks ~ 5lb 1oz on 8th October 2006.
2 FET's later and our dreams came true a second time ....
Sam Michael born 40.4 weeks ~ 7lb 4oz on 20th July 2009.

Has it really been a whole year?

Up to the usual standards I see, lovely!

Sandra x

oh my - haha! lol @ haddockie n kipperee!






x Maureen, Adem & Selen x

>

You've got to love it.  Off to check where my children are this year and whether my mum's name is on the list (she was expecting a boom in her name).

Sus, x

My children are in 5th and 11th position this year.  They've climbed from the 20s and 30s when they were born.  I suppose I just have an eye for a trend

Sus, x

It's always the names with just 1 that you have to look for...  My Auntie's grandchild is on there...  "Durrin" (male)

Sus, x

I vaguely know the Dad of the one boy named Fox!  Not my cup of tea I have to say!

Jo

It's the ones with names like P, T or CJ that bother me. Imagine in 20 years time they go for a job interview and the recruiter says "So what does the P stand for" and they have to say "actually nothing. My parents were morons".

morag

I think the one that stresses me out the most is Kortnileigh. Hideous and wrong on SO many levels.

Laura. x

This always makes me laugh, I look out for it every year xx




My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

Oooo fantastic - given me some great names to go at for this baby

Fran




Mollie Violet 29/04/1998 Finlay George Goodman 10/04/2000

Noah Benedict Goodman 31/03/2002 Malachi Elias Goodman 18/09/2004

Luca Gethin Goodman 12/06/2006

You know the people who live out in the boonies in the American southeast, the people we call hillbillies? The ones who give their kids names like AmberraeRose and BillyJoBobdogDean? You know they are all descendents of the original Scottish settlers, right?



Eating Dumplings in Pajamas

I've just been reading a book set in Northern Maine where a character named her baby Summers Daye

Jill

went to a star wars convention in los angeles a few years ago, and i hate to say it but there were quite a few baby anakins......

C xx






Diagnosed with stage 4 endo July 2003

>You know the people who live out in the boonies in the American southeast, the
>people we call hillbillies? The ones who give their kids names like
>AmberraeRose and BillyJoBobdogDean? You know they are all descendents of the
>original Scottish settlers, right?
>
>
PMSL!!

SAZ

Bonnique
Possibly my favorite name EVER
Is it too late to rename the kids....



http://www.adlibbed.blogspot.com

Is this list what all the babies in Scotland this year were called, or were there some more tradational names thrown in for good measure?

I think you're all being terribly judgemental. Fox is a wonderful name, as is Skara...

The time, effort and thought that must have gone into selecting these names, and you're all openly mocking them, like they're amusing or something. Terrible. Just terrible.

I for one am taking notes

 pmsl

not my cup of tea

I adore this thread, look out for it every year.

I love Lemoni, that's just excellent!

I think the X-Files repeats on Virgin possibly have something to do with little Fox. Nothing wrong with Feliks though, it's just not the "british" way to spell it.

That's it, name chosen for number 3 - Paradyse - genius!!

What no little baby boys called "Haggis" ?

Marianne xx

>It's the ones with names like P, T or CJ that bother me. Imagine in 20 years
>time they go for a job interview and the recruiter says "So what does the P
>stand for" and they have to say "actually nothing. My parents were morons".
>morag

LOL

Karen

That is it, I am going to sue the bums of those 41 or was it 31(still pmsl at the names poor babies) Scottish folk who named their babies Bailey. I own the copyright to that, don't they know?.

Anna x

At least most of the dreadful names were only used once and the vast majority of Scottish babies are called normal names like Jack, Lewis or Sophie.

morag

I'm moving to Scotland... Isobel isn't even in the top 100, only Isabella at 80th. I'd be innovative there!

Erin is 10th on the list, my step dd is Erin which was unusual when she was born 11 years ago... although I did have a friend at uni called Erin (well when I say friend, I mean we hated each other but we had a good friend in common, lol!)

My faves are Cartier and Jaylo, klassy! 

Sandra x

Bonnique succeeds on so many levels to be awful. It sounds like a hat which isn't really a hat but is selling well in QVC.

Thanks Morag!

Liz x

>What no little baby boys called "Haggis" ?
Yeah we often call our kids after food...theres a few white puddings and fried mars bars in DS class Each to their own I guess, but some kids I do feel sorry for. I think the extra letters are to make it sound a bit gailicee (I know thats not a real word but lets face it some of those shouldnt have been real names) xx

Ryha-Dee

I keep reading this as Dyha-Ree

>went to a star wars convention in los angeles a few years ago, and i hate to
>say it but there were quite a few baby anakins......
>C xxDiagnosed with stage 4 endo July 2003

LOL my boys were desperate for me to call the new baby Anakin!!

              

 

Some of those are truly awful! 
(Only one that is not is Feliks, which is actally how it's spelt in Eastern Europe, not just someone being dumb!!)

Nat



"Oh no, I've got a bungled up nose!"

BONNIQUE, That is brilliant!



My Angels: Forever Loved, Forever Missed, Never forgotten xxx

Love it, love it, love it!!

I gave last years list to one of my Aussie friends who is expecting - she thought it was a joke!

Kareena x

>(Only one that is not is Feliks, which is actally how it's spelt in Eastern
>Europe, not just someone being dumb!!)

If I'm not mistaken the same might go for 'Jacub' - I think the EE spelling can be either Jakub or Jacub when translated from the cyrillic alphabet.




Eating Dumplings in Pajamas

It could well be. I know things like Krystofer which look very odd are Polish spellings.

There's no excuse for things like Bonnique or Heavenleigh though.

morag

And is La or LA supposed to be Ella?

morag

Some I missed yesterday....

BOYS

• Ahron
• Arrin
• Camden
• Carlisle
• Cupar (what is it with these place names????)
• Diesel
• Fyn
• James-Jnr
• Jaxxson
• Moritz
• Oska
• Prince-Daniel
• Raiden
• Roary
• Romareo (isn't Romario a footballer?)
• Sacson
• Tcharlie
• Thailer

GIRLS

• Aaliegha
• Aby
• Alecia-Hayleigh
• Alexsey
• Arrianna-Fiona
• Bevon
• Braid
• Chardonnay
• Charlet
• Ember
• Honea
• Kairi
• Krystalle-Ann
• Maxi
• Meah
• Mynieskye
• Queenslie
• Shadleah

 

 

 

Roary! (the racing car...)

Laura. x

shadleah????? im sure the school kids would love to change that to shag leah, or am i just immature


My Stick Family from WiddlyTinks.com

Harriet Rose 18/01/2006 our second baby girl

Bevon is actually a really common boys name over here!

Kareena x

Cupar....tea anyone? 

(Yes, I know it's in Fife )

The one with 3 hypens... why??!!!  I like Nevaeh actually although unless you actually spell heaven backwards there is no actual meaning to it   Its the excessive use of hypens that I find so peculiar Prince-Daniel???

Charlotte & Jaden x

There are only 8 Jadens in Scotland, that's strangely satisfying although I'm unable to escape how popular the name has become...

Charlotte & Jaden x

Yes but there are lots more called Jaiden, Jayden, Jaydon and so on.

Euan is way down the list but if you add in the boys called Ewan, it's something like 22nd on the list.

morag

Had to laugh at "Jacub" as that's what my kids call their brother because they have Brummie accents

LMAO@ Kipperie and Haddockie

Kelly
xx

It's the completely random hyphens that get me!  I mean Anne-Marie, fine, makes sense goes nicely, but some of them are just 2 names plonked together, what's the point?!! 
(Says the girl who wanted Kara-Leigh as a poss girls name, but hey-ho!  I got over it long before Zach was born!!)

Nat



"Oh no, I've got a bungled up nose!"

What a lovely, festive thread.

Thanks for mentioning my niece's name.
It was carefully chosen by her parents to reflect her cultural background but be prounceable to English speakers. I just did a search for her. I hope her Mum and Dad don't do the same.

Nice bit of racism/snobbery going on here. Why the competition. Does chosing a mainstream, English name make you a better parent?

>Yes but there are lots more called Jaiden, Jayden, Jaydon and so on.

Mm thats what I mean.  Quite popular now, ah well, I like it, everyone spells it 'Jayden" anyway!

Charlotte & Jaden x

>What a lovely, festive thread.
>
>Thanks for mentioning my niece's name.
>It was carefully chosen by her parents to reflect her cultural background but
>be prounceable to English speakers. I just did a search for her. I hope her Mum
>and Dad don't do the same.
>
>Nice bit of racism/snobbery going on here. Why the competition. Does chosing a
>mainstream, English name make you a better parent?
>

No you're quite right, it doesn't.  I for one wasn't being racist or snobby and I don't think anyone else was either, there are names that are not to everyones taste (to put it tactfully) whatever race or class you are.

Charlotte & Jaden x

Husband thinks Iv made up half these names! I know (well met at a baby group) the one little girl Paisley. I think she was named after the plaid though not the place.

 

I don't think you were at all Charlotte, but there were some other people who just wanted to laugh at people's choices for their children, which I thought was a bit sad. Also many of the names listed were normal names in different cultures.

>I don't think you were at all Charlotte, but there were some other people who
>just wanted to laugh at people's choices for their children, which I thought
>was a bit sad. Also many of the names listed were normal names in different
>cultures.
>

Like Feliks as someone has already mentioned.  Jay-Jay is also quite a common afro-caribbean name choice.

However most are more on the made up side which is fine if thats what you like but I think this post is just a light hearted way to have a chuckle at some more unusual names - particularly those that are just letters   I'm sure people have an opinion on my son's name and that is their right.

Charlotte & Jaden x

Racism......

Just not everyones cup of tea i thought.

>>I don't think you were at all Charlotte, but there were some other people
>who
>
>>just wanted to laugh at people's choices for their children, which I
>thought
>
>>was a bit sad. Also many of the names listed were normal names in different
>
>
>>cultures.
>
>>
>
>Like Feliks as someone has already mentioned.  Jay-Jay is also quite a
>common afro-caribbean name choice.
>
>However most are more on the made up side which is fine if thats what you like
>but I think this post is just a light hearted way to have a chuckle at some
>more unusual names - particularly those that are just letters   I'm sure
>people have an opinion on my son's name and that is their right.
>
>Charlotte & Jaden x
>
>
>
Yes i agree Charlotte.....

Now hang on. Someone further up the thread pointed out that Feliks or Jacub are possibly the way Eastern Europeans spell the names Felix and Jacob. I am not fluent in any Eastern European languages so don't know if that's the case or not. If you take 5 minutes to look at the full list you'll see HUNDREDS of names which are obviously not British/Scottish in origin and I didn't add those into the list because it's not nice to poke fun at names in other languages.

Having said all that, there is no excuse for naming your child Heavenleigh, or Bonnique, or AJ, or Barriejames or any of the other dreadful names. It's not being clever and unique, it's saddling your poor kid with a name that they are going to go through life spelling or having to explain to everyone they come across. Unusual? Fine. Made up out of the top of your head or by taking the name of a city or adding random letters into a normal name? Not fine.

And "openminded", if you're so offended by it all why have you set up a fake user account?

morag

 

 

 

>Now hang on. Someone further up the thread pointed out that Feliks or Jacub are
>possibly the way Eastern Europeans spell the names Felix and Jacob. I am not
>fluent in any Eastern European languages so don't know if that's the case or
>not. If you take 5 minutes to look at the full list you'll see HUNDREDS of
>names which are obviously not British/Scottish in origin and I didn't add those
>into the list because it's not nice to poke fun at names in other languages.
>Having said all that, there is no excuse for naming your child Heavenleigh, or
>Bonnique, or AJ, or Barriejames or any of the other dreadful names. It's not
>being clever and unique, it's saddling your poor kid with a name that they are
>going to go through life spelling or having to explain to everyone they come
>across. Unusual? Fine. Made up out of the top of your head or by taking the
>name of a city or adding random letters into a normal name? Not fine.
>And "openminded", if you're so offended by it all why have you set up a fake
>user account?
>morag
> 
> 
> 

 

There are thousands of names in the world.  Thousands of names with different meanings, different spellings etc.  Why would someone feel the need to make one up?  And by made up, I go by behindthename.com.  If it's not on there, it's made up IMO.

Sus, x

And Barriejames and such like must be a typo by the registrar and they've missed out the space?  Surely?

Sus, x

Have just worked out that Macaella is Michaela.  Mac - ae - lla.  Oh dear.

My user account isn't fake.
It is new. I found this site because i was looking up my niece's name. I was just pointing out that it is a bit pathetic that some of the people here have nothing better to do than laugh at names that are different, either because the parents have poor education, poor taste or a different culture (like my family, my niece's name was picked out by the OP as one of these unbelievable bad names).

But get back to your cosy clique of slagging off people who you think are below you.

Thanks however to the people who helped me to to take it too personally, I should recognise that not everyone will share the same taste. Just defensive of our much loved little one! At least she won't struggle to get an email account in her own name!

nb my niece's name is very common in her Mum's country. However I thought you were poking fun when you called it hideous. Maybe you were just being nasty.

>nb my niece's name is very common in her Mum's country. However I thought you were poking fun when you called it hideous. Maybe you were just being nasty.
>

Well why don't you tell us what it is and we can all educate ourselves and apologise?  As has been highlighted by others, Morags list did include names that she was unaware were in common usage elsewhere.  I find it hard to believe that you're genuinely new, and also find it hard to believe you found this topic when googling a name.  But if you are, then welcome to babyworld   Stick around, your opinions could be interesting

Sus, x

Thanks Sus,

I'd rather not as talking about her on a forum is up to her Mum and Dad. I suppose every forum is different and if this is how people want to do it I should leave them to it instead of being bothered what strangers think. I was just reacting to what felt like a bit of an attack on myt family but it is not the end of the world.

My own name is pretty well known in Scotland, however if I were to move to Latin America or Spain there is no way on earth I would use it for a child even if I thought it was the best name in the world (which it's not) as it's completely unpronounceable for most Spanish speakers.

If I were living abroad and had a child I was intending to raise overseas I'd choose something that fitted in with the local language and culture. You can always use your own more unusual choices as a middle name.

morag

Indeed.
However peope do travel and may have a child in one country planning the majority of the upbringing in another country.  But I can see this could go round and round..

It's ok, I'm working my way through them to educate myself which are 'foreign' and which are just nonsense.

Sus, x

Out of interest what is the objection to other people making up names if they want to (not talking about single letters, but the actual names)? Isn't this how language changes and evolves... by people varying words or inventing new ones? All names must have been invented at some point. Many of the names on the list aren't to my taste, but that's also true of at least 50% of the names I see on tickers all over this site. I'm sure many people wouldn't choose my children's names either.

By the way, it may amuse some of you who 'know' me a bit to hear that we semi-seriously considered "Sparkle" as a middle name for dd1. It was ds's suggestion and we thought it was actually rather sweet. I also thought it would really annoy my mum . In the end she got dh's late mum's name as a middle name, we didn't want 2 first names and Sparkle didn't work for us as a first name.

This time ds came up with a range of suggestions, the most hilarious of which was probably 'table' . However, dd2's middle name was in fact ds's suggestion and was already on our shortlist, but is a perfectly normal common girl's name. Surprisingly he doesn't even know anyone called that. Still, this time no need to try to wind my mum up with dd's middle name, as I suspect the first name achieved that .

Marianne xx

It's one of my bugbears Marianne.  I have no idea why.  I just think that spelling names in a completely bizarre, not really recognised anywhere way, is just a 'fashion' choice to be different and it largely comes across to me as stupid.  Imagine if we all did it.  I think I'll go for Soozzann . 

I've been through all the girls names and 80% of them don't exist on behindthename.com.  Some you c  an see where they've come from.  Some are just bizarre.  There are a few that I now know are simply not commonly used here.  I agree a lot is about taste, but when most people on here find a name such as Heavenleigh funny/awful should that not deter the parents?

I trust behindthename.com to have be reasonably up to date with the names out there.  It has many modern variants of names and some things from popular culture that are quite recent.  I don't know how 'used' a name has to be to make it on there.  There is a "user submitted" entry for Sparkle.   DS was almost "Sunny".  We also considered it for a middle names.  I actually think that you can have a bit of fun with middle names as someone doesn't ever  have to let on what they are.

Sus, x (who grew up with an 'interesting' surname and it was awful.  I'd never let me children have names that were an obvious reason to have the mickey taken out of them)

Oh, and I quite like Cleo Marianne.  But I just can't get past it being my parents cats name.

Sus, x

I've narrowed it down to two names BTW.  Is she German?

Sus, x

It's all right Sus, a significant proportion of people we've told think she's called Chloe anyway , including her grandfather. I've already said elsewhere that bf a cat is inadvisable, so I'm pleased to confirm she is definitely homo sapiens .

Children will always find ways to tease/bully, so whilst personally I might also try to avoid a name for this reason because perhaps it's pragmatic, I don't actually think that's a logical argument in some ways (think about people who say don't bf a 5 year old in case they get bullied at school -I would argue that it's the bully that has the problem and that the behaviour should not be changed to avert unacceptable bullying). Are we saying bullying people for having unusual names is OK? Should parents get contact lenses for their children in order that they don't get called square eyes by other unkind children? I'm sure others will pick holes in these analogies, but perhaps you can see what I mean? I wouldn't defend a bully for being mean simply because I dislike the name they're picking on.

Marianne xx

Lol Marianne - my mum thought I had called Logan "Login" and was concerned I'd been online too much.  It took a long time for his name to settle with a few people.

I'm not talking about bullying as such.  I'm talking about teasing, about the jokes you hear from EVERYONE, about having to explain the origins to EVERYONE etc.  It was handy to get me noticed though as I worked in the same industry as my Dad had been successful in and people instantly realised I was related.  Which helped open a few doors I suspect.

I just think that some names are tough going on children.  I wouldn't call my daughter 'Fanny' for example.  I went to uni with a guy called 'Merlin' and he was so sick of explaining his parents were hippies and wasn't a huge fan of his name!

Sus, x

Cleo was on my list for Evelyn, but as her surname also ends in O it would have been cruel.

she was very nearly Hera till someone pointed out that you could use it in Old MacDonald had a farm LOL

i googled Bonnique and this thread came up on page 6 so perfectly possible our new friend found it there. i'd be interested to know what language the name comes from purely because i'm nosey, but there are dozens of ridiculous names on that list, i think Bonnique is far from the levels of Jaxxson, P and Roary (theres one near me too, i lmao at the announcement in the paper)

i have an unusual name, although not as wacky as some on the list, but none the less its a rare name! I hate it! I can never just tell people my name without it being questioned, or having to repeat it several times. its the one question i dread being asked, as i hate having to explain it to people. i hate hearing it called out, i cringed when saying it in my wedding vows! I would never inflict an unusual name on my children, due to how i felt. I would love to just be able to tell someone my name and thats it, no other questioning about it! some of these names may sound cute on a baby but these people grow into adults with professional jobs. i'm sure some of these parents dont think about that far into the future when choosing their names.

Thanks Morag, reading the list has made my day! Definitely no keepers on there for our no.3! Rhiannon 

>i have an unusual name, although not as wacky as some on the list, but none the
>less its a rare name! I hate it!
>
>I can never just tell people my name without it being questioned, or having to
>repeat it several times. its the one question i dread being asked, as i hate
>having to explain it to people. i hate hearing it called out, i cringed when
>saying it in my wedding vows!
>
>I would never inflict an unusual name on my children, due to how i felt. I
>would love to just be able to tell someone my name and thats it, no other
>questioning about it!
>
>some of these names may sound cute on a baby but these people grow into adults
>with professional jobs. i'm sure some of these parents dont think about that
>far into the future when choosing their names.

What is it ?

saz

>would love to just be able to tell someone my name and
>thats it, no other >questioning about it!>>

Our surname is like that, which is why we chose very normal, simply spelt names for our children

some of these names may
>sound cute on a baby but these people grow into adults >with professional
>jobs. i'm sure some of these parents dont think about that >far into the
>future when choosing their names.

I would have loved to call dd3 Rosie but I couldn't see her as a doctor, newsreader, lawyer, whatever as Rosie. Saying that there's a TV doctor called Pixie someoneorother isn't there.

Katie x

its only 'wenda' but it always provokes questions. other than that i get called wendy, wanda, vanda, gwenda, glenda. I dont even bother to correct people anymore! its also the name of the female in the wheres wally books!

I've just been reading a book set in Northern Maine where a character named her baby Summers Daye Jill mine lil one is called summer faye lol xx

>I've been through all the girls names and 80% of them don't exist on >behindthename.com.  It doesnt have all names. My son is Innis, which is the Irish spelling (there were a whole 3 last year) but behindthename only has Innes, the Scottish spelling. However, although I do prefer the Irish spelling, since we are in Scotland, very few people spell it that way and the poor kid always has to correct his name. We chose Innis because it would be 'easy'. Didnt really work out! Christina xx

That surprises me that it's not on there Christina, it's quite a normal name.  Write to them lol.  That said, I have only ever known Innes with the 'e' spelling.  The thing is that you took some time and effort to think about how your child would live with their name.  It's not worked out quite to plan, I suppose he'll be saying "It's Innis with an I not an E" half his life, but it's still a quality name.  Not like calling your child Barriejames.

Sus, x

Oceanna isn't on the list! Yes I did indeed make it up. Alterntve spellings affected the pronunciation.....

Oceania is pronounced Oshi-arna which I dislike it sounds like its trying to be posh!
Oceanna is pronounced Oshi-anna which is much nicer IMHO.

I don't care two hoots if people want to make up names. That is how language and names evolve surely. I also find it pretty weird that people think names have to fit their own criteria. I see absolutely nothing wrong with the name AJ or any of them as names are individuals things. For them to remain individual personal things then there needs to be a little more acceptance that not all names will appeal to all people.

I don't see why Rory is ok and Roary isn't for example. It has an extra letter in it. So what? whos to say one is right and one is wrong? The more popular spelling is the correct way I'm guessing? How incredibly bigotted!

Dairy-Leigh is a little odd and not to my taste but thats why its not a name I would choose for my children. I feel exactly the same way about the name Joshua. TO ME it is boring and way too commonplace to be worthy of consideration. That is why I would never choose it.

Why do some names seem to excite other peope so much?! LOL! A thread like this will always offend someone as it is running to the spec that everyone shoud work from the same view point. No matter how "tongue in cheek" it is or jokey it is intended.

>nb my niece's name is very common in her Mum's country. However I thought you
>were poking fun when you called it hideous. Maybe you were just being nasty.
>

I'm finding it hard to see what name you are prattling on about because NO-ONE has used the word "hideous" against any of the girls' names

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And Barriejames and such like must be a typo by the registrar and they've missed out the space?  Surely?

you'd hope so Sus, but sadly DS1 has a girl in his class (intentionally) named Barrileigh. .

There's also a girl in year one called Lovely.

 

R xxx

>I would have loved to call dd3 Rosie but I couldn't see her as a doctor,
>newsreader, lawyer, whatever as Rosie. Saying that there's a TV doctor called
>Pixie someoneorother isn't there.
>Katie x

Isn't Rosie really similar to Maisie, though?

Kelly xx

>>I would have loved to call dd3 Rosie but I couldn't see her as a doctor,
>>newsreader, lawyer, whatever as Rosie.

This makes me giggle, as I actually knew a solicitor caller Rosie. She's in her 60s now .

Marianne xx

Oh dear....I know the person who named her son Jaxxson.......I thought the spelling was a joke when I first heard!! Just WHY?!





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Poor kids!

I like Fyn though 

There are "normal" and "abnormal" spellings of names. Normal spellings are Rory, Fern or Aiden/Aidan. Abnormal spellings are Roary, Fhern and Adyn. Add to that the fact there's a cartoon on telly called Roary the Racing Car and you'll see where the bad spelling comes from....

Spelling is important - say "table" to someone and it'd be incorrect if they spelled it tay'buhl even if they personally thought that spelling was very cool, trendy and yoo-neek.

The poor Roarys and Fherns are going to go through life having to say "Fern, that's F-H-E-R-N not F-E-R-N" and the only reason for that is the stupidity of their parents.

morag

All the spellings say the name even if the spelling is unusual hardly rocket science and I don't think they probably have as much trouble with it as you think.

I agree zaza. I didn't have issues with my name being a variation. In fact, if most people were to mispell it, they would actually put things like sarina, serina, sirena etc. It was rare that ANYONE would spell it wrongly as Serena (the most common spelling)

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I'm not surprised at Miley, my sister told me a few months ago that her friend had a baby and called her Miley.

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Sarena, if you read the start of the original post you will see all of these childrens' names described as hideous by Morag.

HTH

Openminded I think you will find Morag put SOME of these names are hideous. NOT all of these names!

HTH!!

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To me it reads clearly that all the names she has listed are to be regarded as hideous. The dots introduce her selection of what she perceives to be hideous names. And the title is "bad baby names", not "names which aren't to my taste but hey, live and let live". I'm not trying to start up talking about my objections again, just replying to Sarena's post to me.

>Every year the Scottish register office publishes a complete list of all names
>given to new babies in Scotland during that year. Some are hideous.....
>BoysAdam-Jesse, Adam-JorgAdynAJ, Ajay, Ceijay, CJ, C-Jae, D-Jay, Jay-Jay,
>R-Jay, TJ, T-Jay, TjayBarriejames (have these people never heard of middle
>names??)BlazejBluCaelan-KoleCairo (no, that's a place.)Cameron-Jay,
>Cameron-James, Cameron-JohnCartier (and a brand of watches)Coddie (Cody?
>Brothers called Haddockie and Kipperie.)Comrad (Conrad? Or Communist
>leanings?)Cuba (no, a place)Darren-Junior,
>JuniordavidDaymion-LeiEaEnFeliksFoxIzaak-JJacksynJacubKal-El (superman
>complex)Kamsy (eh?)KarterLuukasMaisonMarkjello (please someone tell me this is
>Polish or Lithuanian)MikenzyP (yes just P. Hope it's nothing to do with Baby P
>but wouldn't surprise me)
>PaddyjoePaull-JPapaRingoSmithySweetieT
>GirlsAisleigh-RaeAmiee-LeeAmiejaneAnnagh (stick a few random consonants on the
>end of a name)Annakin (oh dear)AppleAutaum (were they trying to spell
>Autumn?)AyrleighsBonniqueCambelleCassadiChanel,
>ChannelleCherylleighChrystiCora-JakCulzean (that's a
>castle)CydnieDaiynaDemi-StarDestinylouiseEbony-RieceFaith-SharonaFarrah-LeighFhe
>rn (another random
>consonant)HaloHanaleighHavanna-RoseHeatherleeHeavenleighJaceyJadyn-RoseJaimee-Le
>e, Jaime-Leigh, Jaimi-LeeJayloJennafer-Lee, JenniferleeJeorja,
>JeorgiJerzi-JoJorja-JenKacey-Lee, Kacie-Leigh,
>Kaci-LeeKaddyKaedie-LeiKamrynKaydee-LeighKenadiKortnileighKTLALacey-LeeLemoniLex
>usLola'RoseLondon (another place - what is wrong with these
>people)Maci-SueMacaellaMelyssaMiley (50 of them - and it's not evern Hannah
>Montana's real name)Mitzi (fine for a stripper or a Yorkshire
>terrier)NaiomiNeviah, Neveah (some people use Nevaeh as it's Heaven backwards.
>These people just can't spell)PaisleyParis-Montana (oh dear)PhinnParadyse
>(double oh dear)Poppylee
>PrincessRikki-LeighRoxaeRyha-DeeSango-AlexaSavahannaShallonShelby-RhianneSkaraSo
>fia-Joy-Linn (three names.... even worse)SophieleilaSteeviStevie-Gi (for a
>girl???)Summer-LeighTayla-JaiTiarraXsana-Lee
> 
>Full lists available at
>http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/statistics/publications-and-data/popular-names/ba
>bies-first-names-09/detailed-tables.html if interested.
>morag





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>Nice bit of racism/snobbery going on here. Why the competition. Does chosing a
>mainstream, English name make you a better parent?

Snobbery yes, intentional racism no.

Kortnileigh and Jennafer-Lee and Coddie... poor poor kids

Jill

Morag did say SOME of the names are hideous actually.

I don't see what the addition of an extra letter into a perfectly common and popular name makes though. So theres a cartoon on TV now. It wont be there when the child is graduating.....oh hang on no they probably won't graduate. in fact lets face it they won't even finish high school with such unedewcated/fick parunts.

Honestly I can see why people would mock something totally far out but still think people need to remember that names are never going to appeal to everyone.

I think you don't like Roary because it is a personal name to you. I suppose like the parents of little Roary probably find your spelling unimaginative.

Language/spelling develops. Popular choices change. People have a multitude of cultural and diverse backgrounds that affect the names they choose. The most important thing is its up to an individual what they choose to name their offspring. The fact it is open to such criticism just because a name is different to your taste is so sad. It smacks of "do as I do" or admit inferiority and be labelled as thick... Such egos!

FWIW I don't think it is intentional racism either Morag however an intolerance of other cultures and other people's tastes which may be born from their experience of other cultures does seem somewhat blinkered.

>My own name is pretty well known in Scotland, however if I were to move to
>Latin America or Spain there is no way on earth I would use it for a child even
>if I thought it was the best name in the world (which it's not) as it's
>completely unpronounceable for most Spanish speakers.
>If I were living abroad and had a child I was intending to raise overseas I'd
>choose something that fitted in with the local language and culture. You can
>always use your own more unusual choices as a middle name.
>morag

 

 So if you had moved abroad you would  give up on your heritage and culture and so as you fit in you would choose a name that would mean you fit in locally!!!

So if you had your way what we should have here now is a whole generation of lets say Indian children called John and Emily because Simran and Ravi are Unusual!!!

 

LOL!!!

Well I think some of the names are hideous too!  I mean, they just are as far as I am concerned.  I would never say that to the parent or child though so what does it matter what I think of them? 

And it doesn't matter where the names originate from does it? You either like them or you don't!

Zaza if you actually READ what I wrote I said that my name is unpronounceable in Spanish. It's like Gdfijhperhtpihngkghjiwry in English. Completely un-sayable to most people. Spanish speakers cannot make the hard G sound. Ravi and Simran are perfectly pronounceable to English speaking people.

morag

Oh and Rosi, Luukas and Annagh are equally ridiculous as Roary.

morag

>Zaza if you actually READ what I wrote I said that my name is unpronounceable
>in Spanish. It's like Gdfijhperhtpihngkghjiwry in English. Completely
>un-sayable to most people. Spanish speakers cannot make the hard G sound. Ravi
>and Simran are perfectly pronounceable to English speaking people.
>morag

 

OK

>Zaza if you actually READ what I wrote I said that my name is unpronounceable
>in Spanish. It's like Gdfijhperhtpihngkghjiwry in English. Completely
>un-sayable to most people. Spanish speakers cannot make the hard G sound. Ravi
>and Simran are perfectly pronounceable to English speaking people.
>morag

 

Slight exageration there Morag, tried it on my Cuban friend he managed quite well, bless him!!

And only difficult names need to be made more English!! Ha ha!!

Who said anything about making names "more English?" I certainly didn't, you're the only one who appears to have that agenda.

I said that if I was living abroad for any length of time and intending raising a child there, then I would consider whether the name I had chosen was pronounceable in the local language, and didn't mean anything rude or just sound plain stupid. When I lived in Spain nobody could say my name properly.

morag

>Oh and Rosi, Luukas and Annagh are equally ridiculous as Roary.
>morag

I disagree. I think they are strange but not ridiculous. You thinking they are ridiculous doesn't make them ridiculous! 

I suppose Shonagh is  allowed because its the way so many people spell it? It smacks of huddling together in large numbers for support to me. I personally don't need confirmation of doing things how everyone else does to make me sure of my choices. I make up my own mind. Its a shame others are labelled ridiculous if they don't conform.

I must be ridulous also by your criteria.

 >I said that if I was living abroad for any length of time and intending raising
>a child there, then I would consider whether the name I had chosen was
>pronounceable in the local language, and didn't mean anything rude or just
>sound plain stupid.

Sort of related: the husband of one of my friends here is named "Ben". However he was advised by his Chinese boss to use his middle name - James - because the word "ben" in Chinese means 'stupid'. And you don't want to go around introducing your self as 'Hi, I'm Stupid.'


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It doesn't matter how you react to other peoples reactions to a name, be impressed, be outraged, be indifferent, but children WILL find a way to shorten, lengthen or otherwise amend a given name. If they're lucky, Catherine will become Katie or Cathy, Nicholas will become Nick or Nicky (or Ick in some cases!), but give a child a name that is already unusal, whether it's spelling or local meaning wherever that child is growing up, and you have given them a millstone around their neck. They will spend their life having to explain that it was their parents choice/that it isn't mis-spelt/that it means such-and-such, and in all liklihood, they're going to change it in later life.

Openminded (evidently NOT open minded) - I don't believe that to say a name is bad can be deemed as racist - how can you denounce such a comment as "race related" when you know neither the origin of the accuser nor that of the accused. Insensitive maybe, racist? get a life.

Roli
xxxx

>That surprises me that it's not on there Christina, it's quite a normal
>name.  Write to them lol.  That said, I have only ever known Innes
>with the 'e' spelling.  The thing is that you took some time and effort to
>think about how your child would live with their name.  It's not worked
>out quite to plan, I suppose he'll be saying "It's Innis with an I not an E"
>half his life, but it's still a quality name.  Not like calling your child
>Barriejames.
>
>Sus, x
> Haha Sus, thats what he does, even when he doesnt have to spell it. He introduces himself as 'Innis, with an I', which normally just gets him looked at like he is a bit mad (which he is a bit lol). Must come from his fathers side....cant possible be from mine

>but give a child a name that is already unusal, whether it's spelling or local meaning wherever that child is growing up, and you have given them a millstone around their neck. They will spend their life having to explain that it was their parents choice/that it isn't mis-spelt/that it means such-and-such, and in all liklihood, they're going to change it in later life.

 

Hmmm...really cant agree on this one.

Yes my children have slightly unusual names,not that weird(I dont think!)but certainly not the norm-which was how I wanted it,and am pleased I did!

Have to say,they have RARELY had to correct anyone.Zane used to get called Shane when someone first asked him his name and Oran has the same as in people say "Owen?"and Leni-J often gets asked "why the J?"(in memory of Jena-seemed fitting at the time)  or sometimes spelt Lenny or Lenni(which I expected and accepted..he/we just correct it)but none of its been a millstone..so far..if anything I think that, once corrected, people ALWAYS remember my children and therefore their names...not always a good thing..but,in my opinion,better than falling into the faceless crowd.

To the original OP-I dont like most of the names on that list,but then I cant really summon the energy to hate what another parent calls their child-its very personal.

Id dislike Jake(sorry!)for my son the same as Id dislike many others that are more unusual,Ill admit some are plain silly/cruel.It makes me wonder when people call their child things that are obviously going to give them ALOT of grief,and not just on the slight correcting front!but i cant see why people get worked up if a names spelt Rory or Roary..

jx

  

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Papillio I know someone called Orran but spelt with 2 r's not 1. The family are Irish.

We must be due the same day as I am 19 weeks pregnant today too! The whole name thing is proving a nightmare as I hate boring names. Fiding out the sex next week may help to narrow it down a bit!

LOL at the milestone idea! Brilliant! As a teacher I always remember the children with unusual spellings and once corrected generally don't need reminding again. I would also my children were a little different to all the hundreds of others with common names.

>I said that if I was living abroad for any length of time and intending raising
>a child there, then I would consider whether the name I had chosen was
>pronounceable in the local language, and didn't mean anything rude or just
>sound plain stupid.

This was one of the criteria we had in choosing Ella's name. We live abroad and wanted a name that works well here and in the UK. I have a slightly unusual name and i can't say i love it... but it is who i am and i wouldn't change it!

>>I said that if I was living abroad for any length of time and intending
>raising >a child there, then I would consider whether the name I had chosen
>was >pronounceable in the local language, and didn't mean anything rude or
>just >sound plain stupid.This was one of the criteria we had in choosing
>Ella's name. We live abroad and wanted a name that works well here and in the
>UK. I have a slightly unusual name and i can't say i love it... but it is who i
>am and i wouldn't change it! My sister is scottish and her DH is Albanian and they went through heaps of names trying to find one that was easy to say here and there. Some names in Albanian sound so romantic and then you say them with a broad Aberdonian accent and they loose their appeal some what

>My sister is scottish and her DH is Albanian and they went through heaps of
>names trying to find one that was easy to say here and there. Some names in
>Albanian sound so romantic and then you say them with a broad Aberdonian accent
>and they loose their appeal some what

See, I went through that just with a broad Bristolian accent, let alone a foreign accent!!  I love love love the name Alexander, (shortnened to Xander not Alex!) but there was no way I could saddle a Bristolian child with that name!!  (Imagine Justin Lee Collins saying Xander and you get the picture!)

Nat



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I hate the way Hannah is pronounced here - Hyyyyannah. If I'd known we were moving to America I'd have given her a different name.

Mind you I'm not keen on the North American accent generally. I love the Southern accent though. I called a tech support guy in Tennessee today and I could've talked to him all day. He sounded just like Elvis.

Jill

I love different names for children. The world would be a boring place if we were all called Adam and Eve.

I think naming a child is one of the hardest things that I have ever done. I loved different, unique, flamboyant names whereas DP is more of a traditionalist so we really argued for a long time on names.

I think different spellings of names is becoming common place now. Lots of names have different spellings. Too be honest I was more shocked by a friend stating last night she wanted to name her child Sarah. Though I suppose that is quite a unique name for 2010.

I agree with Morag that it's daft not to consider where your child is going to be growing up - we chose names that would work in both English and French (which excluded some names, like Daniel and Nicholas, which to British ears sound like girls' names when pronounced the French way).

On the subject of spelling, many names have accepted variant spellings, so people with perfectly ordinary names often have to spell them out. I frequently have to correct the spelling of my name, as does my DS. While I think patently "made-up" spellings are pretty naff, many ordinary names lead to spelling confusion, as any Elisabeth/ Elizabeth or Catherine/ Katharine/ Kathryn or even Jane/ Jayne will tell you!

A xxx

I work with a male called Lea and he absolutely hates it and openly says that his mum wanted a girl! Thats just weird! However people thought us odd when we wanted to call DD1 Felix if she was a boy and DD2 was Felicity right up until the day she was born.

My boss sent her husband to register their daughters name which should have been Clarissa but some how when registering it he had it as Carissa. It stuck that way and although the name is apparently unusual it very much suits her.

My best friend was Jenna Taylor up until getting married, and my class mate were twins, Ben and Colin Dover.......!!

Charlotte

> Some names in Albanian sound so romantic and then you say them with a broad Aberdonian accent and they loose their appeal some what

LOL, so true! We have the same problem with the local French accent here. My best friend's son is called Romain which sounds lovely pronounced with a Parisien accent, but distinctly less attractive when pronounced "Ro-mangggg" by my children, both of whom speak French with a hideous regional accent.

A xxx

Some names in Albanian sound so romantic and then you say them with a broad Aberdonian accent and they loose their appeal some what

To be fair, most things lose their romance when said with a broad Aberdonian accent .  I had the same thing when having DD - my mum would quite like us to have named her after my gran, Isabella.  But she would have been Isa or Isee here and with the accent it's just too awful.

Sus, x (I can get away with saying that becaue I still have a bit of an Aberdonian accent!)

>I hate the way Hannah is pronounced here - Hyyyyannah. If I'd known we were
>moving to America I'd have given her a different name.
>Mind you I'm not keen on the North American accent generally. I love the
>Southern accent though. I called a tech support guy in Tennessee today and I
>could've talked to him all day. He sounded just like Elvis.
>Jill

I love the Southeen accents too "Yes maam"

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>Some names in Albanian sound so romantic and then you say them
>with a broad Aberdonian accent and they loose their appeal some what
>
>To be fair, most things lose their romance when said with a broad Aberdonian
>accent .  I had the same thing when having DD - my mum would quite like us
>to have named her after my gran, Isabella.  But she would have been Isa or
>Isee here and with the accent it's just too awful.
>
>Sus, x (I can get away with saying that becaue I still have a bit of an
>Aberdonian accent!)
> Huh Im trully shocked and hurt by that comment....we Aberdonians have great accents, its just noone understands us in full throw! Yay the Doric!!