What's in a name eh!?

I always find the name Joe King very funny, there are loads of people around with that name. your joking aren't you?:D

The footballers Gary and Phil Neville's father is called Neville Neville.
 
In regards to ClubMan's post about Germany: you're dead right, it wouldn't have happened there BUT as someone else said already, where do you draw the line? My friend's sister's name is Aoife (no unusal name!) and her mother had to go all the way to court and fight for it! In the end she won and could officially register her daughter with this name BUT it took 10 months from start til finish! So the Germans sometimes go a wee bit to far with this nonsense if you ask me. Plus it always depends on the person who looks after the registration (in Germany) - one administrator allows the name, the other refuses it.
 
Does everyone know the supporter's chant BTW?

(Sung to the tune of Bowie's Rebel Rebel)

Neville Neville; they're in defense
Neville Neville; their future's immense
Neville Neville; they ain't half bad
Neville Neville ... the name of their dad!
 
Caveat said:
Does everyone know the supporter's chant BTW?

(Sung to the tune of Bowie's Rebel Rebel)

Neville Neville; they're in defense
Neville Neville; their future's immense
Neville Neville; they ain't half bad
Neville Neville ... the name of their dad!
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bowie would know all about strange names, didnt he name his son zoe!
 
DavyJones said:
I always find the name Joe King very funny, there are loads of people around with that name. your joking aren't you?:D
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Reading that reminds me of a Peter King I was in school with. Unremarkable name.... until the list of names for the Leaving Cert went up. Everyone had a good laugh at the boys with unusual second names that they'd manage to keep hidden throughout our schooldays. (It was amazing the number whose second name was Mary) until one boy pointed out Peter's second name was Ultan - so abreviated he was P.U. King.

I've long since lost touch with him but I bet even in adulthood he hasn't used his initials!
 
I think if parents are giving a child a very unusual name then if the middle name they give is quite normal the child will have a choice when he/she grows up to use the middle name. A lot of these children won't be too happy with their crazy names in 20 years time I reckon.
 
I know of someone who had the perfectly normal name of Orla. She married a fellow by the name of Lawlor. And now when she introduces herself she sounds like she is gargling.
 
The one advantage of an "unusual" name is people always remember you. We gave our youngest something a bit different and we're never faced with "Louise WHO?"

Could be a blessing and curse though...I'll ask her in ten years :)

Zowie Bowie changed his name to "Joe"
 
Bubbly Scot said:
The one advantage of an "unusual" name is people always remember you. We gave our youngest something a bit different and we're never faced with "Louise WHO?"
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Why would they more easily remember your surname from an unusual first name? :confused:
 
Frank Zappa must've been on some serious stuff when he decided that Moon Unit and Dweezil were perfect for his kids !
 
Welfarite said:
Then there's Brooklyn Beckham named after the geographical place of conception. As someone said at the time: "Good job they weren't staying in Termonfeckin...."
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When Garth brooks was at the hieght of his popularity here he did one tour without his lovely wife who was at home expecting their third child. He used ring her on stage every night and sing her one of his soppier songs. (They divorced soon after of course). After he put down the phone he would explain to the audience that his two children were Taylor Maine - who was so called because she was concieved in Maine - and August - because she was conceived in August.

Some months later his third daughter was born. He named her Allie :eek:
 
Welfarite said:
Why would they more easily remember your surname from an unusual first name? :confused:
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I mean because there is only ever her with her name in any group. For example, if I called the school and said "Hi, it's Aiofe's mum"..they would say..."Aifoe, who"?
 
So was she named after her mother then?

Bubbly Scot is your real name isn't it?
 
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