Names

[DrEFC]

Doing the job I do, I hear it all- wonder how Osama Bin Laden is doing these days, he must be 5 now... But really really distressing is the stupid ways folk from East of Huyton to south Cheshire have many ridiculous ways of spelling normal names. And they're all starting to give birth.
K-Lee can get in the bin, alongside her similarly but very differently spelt brethren..

 

[Abertonian]

In either Freakonomics or Freakonomics 2, the author did a study in the US relating academic performance and first names. Perhaps unsurprisingly kids with made up names/creatively spelt names performed worse academically. However in fairness those kids did tend to come from a poorer socio-economic background.

The worst name I've encountered through work was a guy called Titus McTavish.

 

[sheffcal]

Had a friend who worked in a school for a bit where they had a kid named Rogan Josh. Poor b*stard was named after a f*cking curry. His parents must have been evil.

 

[davids]

Atticus,great book,but you just know it'll be safer to home school him.

 

[Nashtbs]

I was once on supply and there was a child called Tommy Gunn. Asked the TA if that was his real name, and it was, not even Thomas ffs.

My brother named his child Izaac. Fuming. Couldn't he have spelt it right?

 

[bol-uk]

My wifes mate, a teacher, teaches a kid called Ishat Salami

 

[Brendan Janus]

My wifes mate, a teacher, teaches a kid called Ishat Salami

He would do if he ate to much of it !

 

[DualityNSNO]

I was once on supply and there was a child called Tommy Gunn. Asked the TA if that was his real name, and it was, not even Thomas ffs.

My brother named his child Izaac. Fuming. Couldn't he have spelt it right?

Izaac Fuming is a weird name.

 

[DualityNSNO]

My flatmate's studying teaching and in her placement she's teaching a kid named Success... He's in the bottom class lol

And another is called Christie (or something) Fricker, which is a fantastic last name.

 

[DualityNSNO]

Oh yeah and a fat freckled Scottish kid named Ricardo.

 

[Nashtbs]

Also, a child named Nevaeh. Hint. Read it backwards.

 

[gaino92]

Person in work is called Deepa mistery.

 

[silent bob]

To Rachel and Matthew, a daughter, Dulcie Emilia.

 

[daylightrobber]

To Rachel and Matthew, a daughter, Dulcie Emilia.

My Gran was called Dulcie. Also my niece's middle name. I quite like it. Maybe because both my Gran and my niece were/are great.

 

[Durham Toffee]

In my time, I've come across some corkers...careful now.

Teresa Green.

Michael Hunt. (Shortened his name...)

Richard Slack. (And his...)

Thomas Potts. (Nicknamed Tea Potts)