19 December 2011

Sensible spellings rule baby names in 2011

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Simon Corbell has brought the happy news that the scourge of the letter y is a thing of the past with the most popular baby names of 2011 out of the 5,241 new arrivals in the last year:

Top 10 Boys Names 2011
— Thomas
— William
— Lachlan
— James
— Jack
— Samuel
— Lucas
— Liam
— Oliver
— Benjamin

Top 10 Girls Names 2011
— Olivia
— Emily
— Ella
— Amelia
— Sophie
— Chloe
— Grace
— Isabella
— Charlotte
— Abigail

Well done parents of Canberra, I think we can allow a pass for “Emily”.

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Thoroughly Smashed2:41 pm 24 Dec 11

Chip said :

Registry offices have a lot to answer for these days. They used to put up more of a fight in the good old days. In 1950 my father’s friend wanted to call his son Jack but the Wagga Wagga registry office said “No you can’t do that – Jack is a nickname for John so you have to register him as John then you can call him Jack as a nickname.” Undeterred he drove to Albury where they allowed him to register ‘Jack’. Clearly our lax attitudes crept up from Victoria.

I knew Albury wasn’t to be trusted, but I could never put my finger on the reason until now.

cranky said :

Henry82 said :

Perhaps the police could have an open day, inviting all the parents in with misspelled kids names. Kenny Koala could fingerprint them for ‘a bit of fun’, and we would have their details on file for the future.

LOL

Many a true word said in jest. 🙂

+1

Deref said :

Kuku said :

DUB said :

How about this : [name] Stormy [middle name] Blue [surname] Waters?
Rest of the kids in the family have weird names too. True story. Canberra.:)

It’s one thing to comment on bogan spelling, but you’ve published a child’s full name for a cheap laugh. Not remotely funny.

I rather like it.

How would you like it if you or your family were put on the riot act for all and sundry!

Waiting For Godot said :

Classified said :

Good news – the bogans are losing.

Jack’s still there . . .

KE?

Thoroughly Smashed said :

I’m going to name my kids after various Viscounts Massereene.

DId you see one was made Baronet of Fisherwick?
So your child could be Viscount Clotworthy of Fisherwick. Excellent.

Registry offices have a lot to answer for these days. They used to put up more of a fight in the good old days. In 1950 my father’s friend wanted to call his son Jack but the Wagga Wagga registry office said “No you can’t do that – Jack is a nickname for John so you have to register him as John then you can call him Jack as a nickname.” Undeterred he drove to Albury where they allowed him to register ‘Jack’. Clearly our lax attitudes crept up from Victoria.

murraythecat6:12 pm 22 Dec 11

We have in our street, among others, Orion, Phoenix, Cougar & Diesel. We will be moving soon.

Thoroughly Smashed3:45 pm 22 Dec 11

I’m going to name my kids after various Viscounts Massereene.

Yes, let’s keep the traditional names. I will now demand that someone in my wife’s family name their first-born male “Mahershalabhashbaz” (I wonder if they were ever just “Bazza”?), as was the practice in a part of Devon in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Or maybe we could demand the Roman and high Anglican traditional of having a baptismal/confirmation names?

TheDancingDjinn said :

Tooks said :

thumper109 said :

Once again I have chortled all the way through this thread… Grumpy old farts is the impression I get…

Names are unique, let them be, why should anyone be tied to tradition when naming their child?

My name’s Randall. Hmmmm, two l’s and no e???!?!?!?! OH MY GOD!!!!! BOGAN!!!!

Which I may be. I did name my girls Kaitlan and Shalame. I must definitely be bogan…

Get a life and stop judging the book by the cover.

People are grumpy old farts because they don’t like ridiculous names? Inflicting kids with stupid names (not talking about your kids – although Shalame will be teased for obvious reasons) or normal names with retarded spelling is unfair on the kid and it’s not even remotely clever.

Who names a kid Shaq (I know of at least two)? Or Stormy, or Jaymz. It is bogan, it is retarded. Poor kids.

I would like to point out that Ishaq – shaq for short is a very common name in malaysia – i personally know of 2 that live in this town.

I’m sure you realise I wasn’t referring to traditional Malaysian names. I am talking Shaq as in Shaquille O’Neill.

It is not retarded to call your child Stormy.

Yes it is.

LSWCHP said :

Everglade said :

And in a different vein, the same son now has eight, yes that’s eight, friends of the same age all named Liam. Distinguishing who he’s talking about is usually done by going back to the practice of the middle ages, and naming them after their “occupation”. Thus we have Liam Guitar, Liam Basketball etc

I feel you on this. My sister, in her mid teens, has about six friends called Georgia. We’ve also taken to classifying them by hobby, street, or parental occupation. “Dentist’s Georgia” “George Street Georgia” “Ballet Georgia” and so on…

Back in my day, there were four Rebeccas in my class… shortened to Becky, Becks, Becca and Bec, yet still confusing.

TheDancingDjinn said :

I would like to point out that Ishaq – shaq for short is a very common name in malaysia – i personally know of 2 that live in this town.

Ishaq and Isaac are different versions of the same name, I think; one is the Islamic name and one is from the Bible.

TheDancingDjinn9:38 pm 21 Dec 11

Tooks said :

thumper109 said :

Once again I have chortled all the way through this thread… Grumpy old farts is the impression I get…

Names are unique, let them be, why should anyone be tied to tradition when naming their child?

My name’s Randall. Hmmmm, two l’s and no e???!?!?!?! OH MY GOD!!!!! BOGAN!!!!

Which I may be. I did name my girls Kaitlan and Shalame. I must definitely be bogan…

Get a life and stop judging the book by the cover.

People are grumpy old farts because they don’t like ridiculous names? Inflicting kids with stupid names (not talking about your kids – although Shalame will be teased for obvious reasons) or normal names with retarded spelling is unfair on the kid and it’s not even remotely clever.

Who names a kid Shaq (I know of at least two)? Or Stormy, or Jaymz. It is bogan, it is retarded. Poor kids.

I would like to point out that Ishaq – shaq for short is a very common name in malaysia – i personally know of 2 that live in this town.

Kuku said :

DUB said :

How about this : [name] Stormy [middle name] Blue [surname] Waters?
Rest of the kids in the family have weird names too. True story. Canberra.:)

It’s one thing to comment on bogan spelling, but you’ve published a child’s full name for a cheap laugh. Not remotely funny.

Then I dare not mention the child named Indiana Jones in Queanbeyan.

Tooks said :

thumper109 said :

Once again I have chortled all the way through this thread… Grumpy old farts is the impression I get…

Names are unique, let them be, why should anyone be tied to tradition when naming their child?

My name’s Randall. Hmmmm, two l’s and no e???!?!?!?! OH MY GOD!!!!! BOGAN!!!!

Which I may be. I did name my girls Kaitlan and Shalame. I must definitely be bogan…

Get a life and stop judging the book by the cover.

People are grumpy old farts because they don’t like ridiculous names? Inflicting kids with stupid names (not talking about your kids – although Shalame will be teased for obvious reasons) or normal names with retarded spelling is unfair on the kid and it’s not even remotely clever.

Who names a kid Shaq (I know of at least two)? Or Stormy, or Jaymz. It is bogan, it is retarded. Poor kids.

It is not retarded to call your child Stormy. It says more about your deeply held prejudices. Indigenous families across the world name their children for their history or their circumstances (I’m sure you’ll have laughed at the joke about Two Dogs). I would prefer to be named after some historical or significant event to mark my birth than be one of 5 Olivia’s or 7 Jack’s in my class. This is totally different to bogan spelling.

thumper109 said :

Once again I have chortled all the way through this thread… Grumpy old farts is the impression I get…

Names are unique, let them be, why should anyone be tied to tradition when naming their child?

My name’s Randall. Hmmmm, two l’s and no e???!?!?!?! OH MY GOD!!!!! BOGAN!!!!

Which I may be. I did name my girls Kaitlan and Shalame. I must definitely be bogan…

Get a life and stop judging the book by the cover.

People are grumpy old farts because they don’t like ridiculous names? Inflicting kids with stupid names (not talking about your kids – although Shalame will be teased for obvious reasons) or normal names with retarded spelling is unfair on the kid and it’s not even remotely clever.

Who names a kid Shaq (I know of at least two)? Or Stormy, or Jaymz. It is bogan, it is retarded. Poor kids.

Kuku said :

DUB said :

How about this : [name] Stormy [middle name] Blue [surname] Waters?
Rest of the kids in the family have weird names too. True story. Canberra.:)

It’s one thing to comment on bogan spelling, but you’ve published a child’s full name for a cheap laugh. Not remotely funny.

I rather like it.

Kuku said :

It’s one thing to comment on bogan spelling, but you’ve published a child’s full name for a cheap laugh. Not remotely funny.

Everglade and gp have also managed to identify a child and the school the child attends – I’m sure I’m not the only person here who has managed to cross paths with the family of the child they have named here.

DUB said :

How about this : [name] Stormy [middle name] Blue [surname] Waters?
Rest of the kids in the family have weird names too. True story. Canberra.:)

It’s one thing to comment on bogan spelling, but you’ve published a child’s full name for a cheap laugh. Not remotely funny.

This year I’ve worked with two girls who had reasonably common Irish names that nobody could pronounce when they read them. Because Siabhan is a really rare, foreign and unusual name. I suppose the Queanbeyan crowd usually spells it Chyvowyn.

Skidd Marx said :

What’s with all the darn Irish names?

o’my, o’gosh, o’really..? i never noticed..

and ‘ 🙂 ‘, classified!

Skidd Marx said :

What’s with all the darn Irish names?

Erm? Like Thomas?

What’s with all the darn Irish names?

astrojax said :

Erg0 said :

dtc said :

Erg0 said :

dtc said :

[…]and the ever popular girls name Nevaeh (in the top 30)

I don’t even know how to say that.

Read it backwards

:facepalm:

but i still don’t know how to say it; unless the pronunciation is: ‘hev – en – back – wards..?

Na-Vi-Ah

Belive it or not.. I with a Nevaeh

astrojax said :

Erg0 said :

dtc said :

Erg0 said :

dtc said :

[…]and the ever popular girls name Nevaeh (in the top 30)

I don’t even know how to say that.

Read it backwards

:facepalm:

but i still don’t know how to say it; unless the pronunciation is: ‘hev – en – back – wards..?

Na-Vi-Ahh

astrojax said :

Erg0 said :

dtc said :

Erg0 said :

dtc said :

[…]and the ever popular girls name Nevaeh (in the top 30)

I don’t even know how to say that.

Read it backwards

:facepalm:

but i still don’t know how to say it; unless the pronunciation is: ‘hev – en – back – wards..?

The parents name can be pronounced ‘daehkcid’.

Erg0 said :

dtc said :

Erg0 said :

dtc said :

[…]and the ever popular girls name Nevaeh (in the top 30)

I don’t even know how to say that.

Read it backwards

:facepalm:

but i still don’t know how to say it; unless the pronunciation is: ‘hev – en – back – wards..?

Holden Caulfield1:45 pm 21 Dec 11

DUB said :

jinkies said :

DUB said :

How about this : [name] Stormy [middle name] Blue [surname] Waters?
Rest of the kids in the family have weird names too. True story. Canberra.:)

Fairly sure every child in that family is a reference to earth, wind, fire or water. Stormy just won the lottery out of her siblings.

🙂 You know them too! Yes, they all do.And strict, religious family.

There must be a Holy Waters then?!

Thoroughly Smashed11:42 am 21 Dec 11

I’ve always liked the name of the current Nigerian president; Goodluck Jonathan.

dtc said :

At least we dont get the american names. Boys names (for example, with rankings of popularity):
258 Maximus

Hah, what’s wrong with Maximus?

jinkies said :

DUB said :

How about this : [name] Stormy [middle name] Blue [surname] Waters?
Rest of the kids in the family have weird names too. True story. Canberra.:)

Fairly sure every child in that family is a reference to earth, wind, fire or water. Stormy just won the lottery out of her siblings.

🙂 You know them too! Yes, they all do.And strict, religious family.

Henry82 said :

Perhaps the police could have an open day, inviting all the parents in with misspelled kids names. Kenny Koala could fingerprint them for ‘a bit of fun’, and we would have their details on file for the future.

This post gets Mysteryman’s seal of approval. Best comment in the thread.

I’d pay money to have someone name their child Tohrmnaerhss (Thomas)

Shalame? What a ‘sha’lacking your child must get for that name. Sorry that’s just cruel.

As a matter of fact no, she hasn’t.. Its actually quite an old name… From my Celtic ancestry, and is pronounced “Shala-may”.

Yes, I went traditional. But you still think it’s cruel?

grunge_hippy10:35 am 21 Dec 11

thumper109 said :

Once again I have chortled all the way through this thread… Grumpy old farts is the impression I get…

Names are unique, let them be, why should anyone be tied to tradition when naming their child?

My name’s Randall. Hmmmm, two l’s and no e???!?!?!?! OH MY GOD!!!!! BOGAN!!!!

Which I may be. I did name my girls Kaitlan and Shalame. I must definitely be bogan…

Get a life and stop judging the book by the cover.

Shalame? What a ‘sha’lacking your child must get for that name. Sorry that’s just cruel.

thumper109 said :

Names are unique, let them be, why should anyone be tied to tradition when naming their child?

The obvious answer would be that your child won’t have to spend their life spelling it to people.

Also, using the word “unique” in relation to names makes you sound like a refugee from a Kath and Kim episode.

My name’s Randall. Hmmmm, two l’s and no e???!?!?!?! OH MY GOD!!!!! BOGAN!!!!

Randall is the normal spelling, unless I’m mistaken. “Randle” is a surname, which would make it much more bogan if used as a given name.

puggy said :

I’m very well aware of that, and that was my point. Perhaps it was an attempt at a female equivalent.

OK, sorry. I pretty poor attempt though.

Once again I have chortled all the way through this thread… Grumpy old farts is the impression I get…

Names are unique, let them be, why should anyone be tied to tradition when naming their child?

My name’s Randall. Hmmmm, two l’s and no e???!?!?!?! OH MY GOD!!!!! BOGAN!!!!

Which I may be. I did name my girls Kaitlan and Shalame. I must definitely be bogan…

Get a life and stop judging the book by the cover.

dtc said :

Erg0 said :

dtc said :

[…]and the ever popular girls name Nevaeh (in the top 30)

I don’t even know how to say that.

Read it backwards

:facepalm:

Erg0 said :

dtc said :

[…]and the ever popular girls name Nevaeh (in the top 30)

I don’t even know how to say that.

Read it backwards

alaninoz said :

puggy said :

Before passing judgment, perhaps consider that it’s an attempt at a female equivalent of Jorge?

‘Fraid not. Jorge is a “real” name, it’s just that it’s Portuguese and/or Spanish.

I’m very well aware of that, and that was my point. Perhaps it was an attempt at a female equivalent.

puggy said :

Before passing judgment, perhaps consider that it’s an attempt at a female equivalent of Jorge?

‘Fraid not. Jorge is a “real” name, it’s just that it’s Portuguese and/or Spanish.

When I was growing up in a big city Brooke Green took the biscuit!

True story – A-A (Adasha)

grunge_hippy8:28 pm 20 Dec 11

This is going to look weird typing, but we have a kid named TJ… When asked what TJ stood for, he said it stood for nothing, his name is TeeJay, and that’s just the way its spelt.

He has a sister, who has one of my fav bogan name varieties, and without identifying them, it ends in “sha”.

One of the worst I’ve had is “Tyranny” wtf were her parents thinking.

My daughter is named Emily, and I wanted to have something different, since its so common now, but didn’t win that discussion…. I thought about spelling it Emilie, but she would have been forever correcting people and spelling it. Given our last name is difficult to spell, I didnt want to burden her with spelling both names!

Bogain would be a nice name for a girl.

bd84 said :

I have a nice 2nd cousin named Georgia, except they spelt it Jorja.. There should be a name spell check at B,D&M before it is put on a birth certificate, unless you have an excellent cultural or religious reason for the name that doesn’t pass the check.

Before passing judgment, perhaps consider that it’s an attempt at a female equivalent of Jorge? I always thought Jorja looked odd, but never on the same scale as some of the others.

Lots of name stories from many years as a teacher but one of my favourites is a family where the parents separated then reconciled and had another child together and named him Lazarus, because he arose from the death of their marriage!

bd84 said :

I have a nice 2nd cousin named Georgia, except they spelt it Jorja.. There should be a name spell check at B,D&M before it is put on a birth certificate, unless you have an excellent cultural or religious reason for the name that doesn’t pass the check.

hehehe… I have a Jorja in my class, at the same school as Jaymz. Jorja is an awesome student, with lovely (apparently normal) parents….

In unrelated baby-naming ideas…. A little hint to all prospective parents from every primary school teacher… do not, for any reason, give your boy a name starting with the letter ‘B’. There is something about that letter that stereotypes a child… ‘B’ for ‘Behaviour’? 🙂

DUB said :

How about this : [name] Stormy [middle name] Blue [surname] Waters?
Rest of the kids in the family have weird names too. True story. Canberra.:)

Fairly sure every child in that family is a reference to earth, wind, fire or water. Stormy just won the lottery out of her siblings.

brother-in-law, teacher, had a child in class pronounced: ker-oz-enny.

spelt: kerosene.

a tin in the shed looked good when parents were hunting for names, apparently. brothers were rounded up and put in care after they buried chickens up to their necks in the back yard and got the victa out… all class.

Holden Caulfield4:00 pm 20 Dec 11

Erg0 said :

dtc said :

[…]and the ever popular girls name Nevaeh (in the top 30)

I don’t even know how to say that.

Just be careful if you do a Google image search, haha. Sorta takes you back to the “ho, ho, ho” theme. 😉

Holden Caulfield3:35 pm 20 Dec 11

DUB said :

How about this : [name] Stormy [middle name] Blue [surname] Waters?
Rest of the kids in the family have weird names too. True story. Canberra.:)

Sharks Patrol These-Waters.

Kerryhemsley2:36 pm 20 Dec 11

dtc said :

bd84 said :

I have a nice 2nd cousin named Georgia, except they spelt it Jorja.. There should be a name spell check at B,D&M before it is put on a birth certificate, unless you have an excellent cultural or religious reason for the name that doesn’t pass the check.

Jorja Fox may have been the inspiration. Admittedly its the American phonetic version of Georgia.

At least we dont get the american names. Boys names (for example, with rankings of popularity):
251 Mateo
252 Braylon
253 Cash
254 Aden
255 Chance
256 Taylor
257 Marcos
258 Maximus
259 Ruben
260 Emanuel

and the ever popular girls name Nevaeh (in the top 30)

When did we stop copying american names?

dtc said :

[…]and the ever popular girls name Nevaeh (in the top 30)

I don’t even know how to say that.

chewy14 said :

C’mon,
surely the names are misspelled here.
The list should be:
Thomaz
Willym
Lachlyn
Jaymz
Jayck
Lucaz
Lyam
Olyver
Bengymin etc

No, these names are still too close to the correct spelling… Take Thomaz for example, it could be spelt Thyomphaz, as for Jaymz well you could easily expand it out to Jaiymez. Hell if in doubt just add random letters in the middle eg Willym could easily become Wiyhsdlfglym… (What’s wrong with having a name with a silent y \ h \ s \ d \ f and g… 🙂

Remember that if other people can even guess the spelling of your kids name, you fail…

bd84 said :

I have a nice 2nd cousin named Georgia, except they spelt it Jorja.. There should be a name spell check at B,D&M before it is put on a birth certificate, unless you have an excellent cultural or religious reason for the name that doesn’t pass the check.

Jorja Fox may have been the inspiration. Admittedly its the American phonetic version of Georgia.

At least we dont get the american names. Boys names (for example, with rankings of popularity):
251 Mateo
252 Braylon
253 Cash
254 Aden
255 Chance
256 Taylor
257 Marcos
258 Maximus
259 Ruben
260 Emanuel

and the ever popular girls name Nevaeh (in the top 30)

I have a nice 2nd cousin named Georgia, except they spelt it Jorja.. There should be a name spell check at B,D&M before it is put on a birth certificate, unless you have an excellent cultural or religious reason for the name that doesn’t pass the check.

poetix said :

How do you know Myckayla was spelt like that?
Michaela is a nice name. But I suppose you’re drawing reasonable inferences from Jayden, or however it’s spelt. And perhaps from the mother’s behaviour.

Very much an inference on my part. It does seem to be one of those names that is frequently corrupted, though.

How about this : [name] Stormy [middle name] Blue [surname] Waters?
Rest of the kids in the family have weird names too. True story. Canberra.:)

broudie17 said :

PatMan said :

But wait, there’s more! Newcastle Bogans are miles ahead. My daughter, who is studying there, has encountered a certain child called “Le-A”. Apparently, this is pronounced “Le-dash-a”.
Our Canberra Bogans have some catching up to do!!!

Heard this one before PatMan – this is a common email theme circulated from America, used to disparage “black” names. The jury’s still out on whether it’s genuine or made-up though.

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp

I think we should start a new urban legend centred around a lovely name I saw on an employee’s badge recently, the mellifluous “Trainee”.

Erg0 said :

Well… you can imagine my delight when I was at Yankee Stadium earlier this year and somehow ended up two rows in front of a Westie housewife who spent most of the game yelling at Jaydyn and Myckayla to sit down and face the front.

How do you know Myckayla was spelt like that?
Michaela is a nice name. But I suppose you’re drawing reasonable inferences from Jayden, or however it’s spelt. And perhaps from the mother’s behaviour.

Erg0 said :

Classified said :

I’ve heard parents in the US (whilst on holidays) screaming at little Armani and Lexus to stand in line for the merry go round at Disneyland. I was gobsmacked. Apparently such names are not uncommon there.

Well… you can imagine my delight when I was at Yankee Stadium earlier this year and somehow ended up two rows in front of a Westie housewife who spent most of the game yelling at Jaydyn and Myckayla to sit down and face the front.

It’s shame. One of the best things about overseas travel is getting away from loud Aussie bogans. Running into some at Yankee stadium must have sucked.

Classified said :

I’ve heard parents in the US (whilst on holidays) screaming at little Armani and Lexus to stand in line for the merry go round at Disneyland. I was gobsmacked. Apparently such names are not uncommon there.

Well… you can imagine my delight when I was at Yankee Stadium earlier this year and somehow ended up two rows in front of a Westie housewife who spent most of the game yelling at Jaydyn and Myckayla to sit down and face the front.

I’ve heard parents in the US (whilst on holidays) screaming at little Armani and Lexus to stand in line for the merry go round at Disneyland. I was gobsmacked. Apparently such names are not uncommon there.

Giving your kid a stupid name (or normal name with stupid spelling) is just terrible.

Names evolve, and so do their contracted forms. If they didn’t evolve, my name would be a concoction of Greek, German and Irish. Mrs Duffbowl would have to be banished, as her first name was invented in the 18th Century (hmm, now there’s a thought!).

And if we’re picking on shorten names appearing in their own right, Liam should be ditched as well, as a shortening of Uilliam.

The weirdest one I’ve come across is a newborn boy called J’haylon. Imagine the poor kid trying to spell it in primary school.

poetix said :

I remember reading about a British baby called Nokia, named after her parents’ phones.

Remember the D-Generation classic: “we named him after his father… yeah, ‘pyrex’…”

poetix said :

I remember reading about a British baby called Nokia, named after her parents’ phones.

Good thing they didn’t have a Siemens.

I remember reading about a British baby called Nokia, named after her parents’ phones.

Vix said :

When I was in primary school (yeah, yeah, a while back!) we had a kid with the official name “Adma” – apparently his dad was so pissed when he filled out the birth certificate he got “Adam” arse-about. I’m pretty sure they changed his name by deed poll before he started high school – and yes, he got teased mercilessly about it…

I’m pretty sure (at least in the ACT) it is free to legally change a child’s name with B,D&M until they are 7… I’m sure I read this when filling out the form for my first child (now 7), Liam… Perhaps this rule came in to being as a result of the above scenario…

astrojax said :

what, astrojax isn’t there??

i still can’t get over ‘jack’ – this is a familiar form of john and not really a name, innit? also disappointed jaeyydynn didn’t make the grade; or didn’t this take in queanbeyan? 🙂

My now almost 70 year old ex father in law is named Jack. I was surprised too, as I always thought it was a diminutive form of “John”, like “Bill” instead of William. It’s become increasingly common, and my current wife (bad terminology, I know) has a nephew named Jack and my stepson just spent the afternoon with his mate named Jack.

No Moonunits? Oh how boring. There’s a Sister Mary Gross Disorder somewhere in Australia. He used to be a public servant named Peter but he changed it by deed poll.

Where’s Bogana? And Boganette?

When I was in primary school (yeah, yeah, a while back!) we had a kid with the official name “Adma” – apparently his dad was so pissed when he filled out the birth certificate he got “Adam” arse-about. I’m pretty sure they changed his name by deed poll before he started high school – and yes, he got teased mercilessly about it…

what, astrojax isn’t there??

i still can’t get over ‘jack’ – this is a familiar form of john and not really a name, innit? also disappointed jaeyydynn didn’t make the grade; or didn’t this take in queanbeyan? 🙂

If the urban myth is that the baby bonus buys the parent * a wide screen TV then it’s a wonder there aren’t any called Sony or Ell-Gee.

*parents only if paternity is known or can be proved.

Henry82 said :

Perhaps the police could have an open day, inviting all the parents in with misspelled kids names. Kenny Koala could fingerprint them for ‘a bit of fun’, and we would have their details on file for the future.

LOL

Many a true word said in jest. 🙂

LSWCHP said :

Holden Caulfield said :

Stevian said :

Waiting For Godot said :

Classified said :

Good news – the bogans are losing.

Jack’s still there . . .

What’s wrong with Jack that you should be getting jack of it.

It’s venerable name with many antecedents:
Jack Horner
Jack Fost
Jack be nimble
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
too name but a few.

You forgot Jack Daniels.

Not to mention Jack Goff. 🙂

How could we ever forget Jack Schidt?

Holden Caulfield said :

Stevian said :

Waiting For Godot said :

Classified said :

Good news – the bogans are losing.

Jack’s still there . . .

What’s wrong with Jack that you should be getting jack of it.

It’s venerable name with many antecedents:
Jack Horner
Jack Fost
Jack be nimble
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
too name but a few.

You forgot Jack Daniels.

Not to mention Jack Goff. 🙂

Everglade said :

My friend is a teacher and a boy in her class is called Jaymz….as in James. Enough said.

Damn, my son used to go to school with kid named Jaymz, and I was going to mention him as the classic example. There can’t be too many kids with that name around town.

Conjuring up some bizarre spelling for a common name inflicts a tedious hassle on the kids for no purpose that I can discern.

And in a different vein, the same son now has eight, yes that’s eight, friends of the same age all named Liam. Distinguishing who he’s talking about is usually done by going back to the practice of the middle ages, and naming them after their “occupation”. Thus we have Liam Guitar, Liam Basketball etc

gp said :

Everglade said :

My friend is a teacher and a boy in her class is called Jaymz….as in James. Enough said.

🙂 Jaymz’s brother also attends the school… Jakeb is also an interesting young man. Your friend is a great teacher.

Poor kids.

A guy I know had a strange spelling of his name, so he changed it. His old man went nuts, but he reckons it’s been great for his career.

Everglade said :

My friend is a teacher and a boy in her class is called Jaymz….as in James. Enough said.

🙂 Jaymz’s brother also attends the school… Jakeb is also an interesting young man. Your friend is a great teacher.

Let’s not forget Mrs King’s little boy/girl, Nosmo

Holden Caulfield4:10 pm 19 Dec 11

Stevian said :

Waiting For Godot said :

Classified said :

Good news – the bogans are losing.

Jack’s still there . . .

What’s wrong with Jack that you should be getting jack of it.

It’s venerable name with many antecedents:
Jack Horner
Jack Fost
Jack be nimble
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
too name but a few.

You forgot Jack Daniels.

Waiting For Godot said :

Classified said :

Good news – the bogans are losing.

Jack’s still there . . .

What’s wrong with Jack that you should be getting jack of it.

It’s venerable name with many antecedents:
Jack Horner
Jack Fost
Jack be nimble
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
too name but a few.

PatMan said :

But wait, there’s more! Newcastle Bogans are miles ahead. My daughter, who is studying there, has encountered a certain child called “Le-A”. Apparently, this is pronounced “Le-dash-a”.
Our Canberra Bogans have some catching up to do!!!

Heard this one before PatMan – this is a common email theme circulated from America, used to disparage “black” names. The jury’s still out on whether it’s genuine or made-up though.

http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp

But wait, there’s more! Newcastle Bogans are miles ahead. My daughter, who is studying there, has encountered a certain child called “Le-A”. Apparently, this is pronounced “Le-dash-a”.
Our Canberra Bogans have some catching up to do!!!

Perhaps the police could have an open day, inviting all the parents in with misspelled kids names. Kenny Koala could fingerprint them for ‘a bit of fun’, and we would have their details on file for the future.

Holden Caulfield3:15 pm 19 Dec 11

Keijidosha said :

Classified said :

Good news – the bogans are losing.

Yes but they’re taking the fight to the bitter end. I came across a discussion last week that included such pearls as: Lacie, Zac, Kaysie, Shaylee and Shameeka. (Actual spelling)

I think you’ll find it’s spelt Pyrll. 😉

Waiting For Godot3:15 pm 19 Dec 11

Classified said :

Good news – the bogans are losing.

Jack’s still there . . .

C’mon,
surely the names are misspelled here.
The list should be:
Thomaz
Willym
Lachlyn
Jaymz
Jayck
Lucaz
Lyam
Olyver
Bengymin etc

Classified said :

Good news – the bogans are losing.

Yes but they’re taking the fight to the bitter end. I came across a discussion last week that included such pearls as: Lacie, Zac, Kaysie, Shaylee and Shameeka. (Actual spelling)

Don’t get your hopes up too soon. Each bogan finds new and you-neek ways to mis-spell their little tax-deduction’s name, so you won’t get enough with the same spelling to make such a list.

Holden Caulfield2:30 pm 19 Dec 11

Damn. Still in the top 10.

Good news – the bogans are losing.

My friend is a teacher and a boy in her class is called Jaymz….as in James. Enough said.

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