Un-Co

One of the worst one I heard was a Kiwi friend of mine's brother who called his baby 'Alabama'. It wouldn't have been quite as bad if they'd ever actually been to America!!!
Over the time I've been in Australia I've met a Hilton (Guy), a Brent, a Dale, a Dayne, a Darn (whose surname is Small - seriously!!!) none of which I'd met in the Uk. But most of my other half's mates go by the old 'surname with an o or y on the end'. Greeno, Churchy, Wardy, Thommo...

mr mover

Well we moved söme people the other day their 3yr old was called "BLAZE "which i thought was odd, then i looked on your web site , and sure enough ......................... mm

MrsDagboy

I had friends that called their 2 kids Chevy & Axel. Bit light in the commonsense department I think (yeah, ok, so the hubby was american ).

JackTheLad

The parents should be ashamed :scared:

Hows he ever going to get a girl

JTL

Un-Co

He works for my other half. The funniest thing about it is that he's half Carribean, 6 foot tall with dreadlocks. He has no problem getting girls! Probably why he hasn't changed his name.

JackTheLad

Maybe its ironic. Like calling the 6 foot 6 ,300 pound guy in the office 'Tiny'.

JTL

Un-Co

I made him show me his liscence when we first met because I thought it was a joke!! His full name really is Darnley Small.
I went out with someone called 'Andy Mann' once upon a time too. What are these parents thinking???

Neil S

Yesterday I heard Darion and Dylan and the other week I heard McKinley (for a boy). On our little cul-de-sac we have a Mitchell, a Flynn, (both boys) and a Piper (a girl).

Ceri

Ethan means "solid, enduring" in Hebrew. This is the name of a wise man in the Old Testament.

from the etymology and history of first names site ( interesting site if you want names, or want to know what your name means)
http://www.behindthename.com/usage.php

NJJ

another one I first heard here in oz is "Jacinta".

When i first signed up at a job agency the girl in the office there was called Jacinta, I said to here "what an unusual name" but she said there were two others working at the agency with this name too!

Ceri

It's a pet hate of mine the way they pronounce this name here meeEE lol , thank gawd I'm not a Megan, or I'd end up tearing my hair out It sounds 'orrible they way pronounce it here Meeeeeee . It's pronounced Meg -an , it's a common name in Wales. Welsh for Margaret. They are wrong - if they want to pronounce it like that , add some EEE's to the name lol

for the Aussies to learn the pronunciation of their MEEEgan http://www.behindthename.com/php/sea...th&operator=or

for your Jayden
JAYDEN
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English (Modern)
Variant of JADEN
->
JADEN
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: English
A recent coinage, possibly a form of JADON or an elaboration of JADE.
->
Jadon
Means "thankful" in Hebrew. This name is borne by a minor character in the Old Testament.

http://www.behindthename.com/ It's a pretty good site, I keep it in my fav's for Historic purposes.
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P.S


JACINTA
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Spanish, Portuguese
Pronounced: hah-SEEN-tah (Spanish), hah-THEEN-tah (Spanish) [key]
Extra Info: Related Names
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Spanish and Portuguese feminine form of HYACINTH

Pollyana

That name site is fab Ceri, thanks for the link - I have a fair interest in names, so that'll keep me busy for a while.
The Meeeegan thing annoys me too, I'm used to the Welsh Megan, and also my sister is Meg (never Meeeeg!), but I get savage looks if I say it wrong here!

JackTheLad

I was just waiting for someone to mention Jacinta - there's one in my office too! It seems very common here - there are 6 of them in our department.

Mrs JTL

Un-Co

Just remembered, one of my brother in law's friends has a kid called Wylie - like the baddie from Road-Runner

JackTheLad

Once worked with an american guy who insisted I called him Dick, which is bad enough, till I found out his second name was Holder


I swear that is true, every time I called him Richard he said no, call me Dick.

Can't even blame the parents for that one.

JTL