Is this the worst childs name ever?

[Tyrone Biggums]

My friend and his wife just had a lovely baby boy.

Unfortunately they decided to give that lovely little boy an incredibly awful name.

They called him Urijah.

Is this the worst name ever for a lad or are there worse out there?


Would it be bad of me to ask "what the f*** were you thinking?" in regards to calling him that.


I don't want to offend him as he's a good friend, but i'm not sure I can hold it back and not say how awful it is.

 

[Wardy]

Why not just say that it is an interesting name and what made them choose it? Might be some good reason for it. Such has grandfather's name etc.

 

[black & white seagull]

It sounds like a urinary tract infection. I think the parents should be told.

 

[The Large One]

They called him Urijah.

Hmmm, I don't go a heap on that.

 

[Gwylan]

My friend and his wife just had a lovely baby boy.

Unfortunately they decided to give that lovely little boy an incredibly awful name.

They called him Urijah.

Is this the worst name ever for a lad or are there worse out there?


Would it be bad of me to ask "what the f*** were you thinking?" in regards to calling him that.


I don't want to offend him as he's a good friend, but i'm not sure I can hold it back and not say how awful it is.

I see nothing wrong with it; there are a lot of Uriahs/Urijahs in the Bible. It's quite a common Jewish name.

On the other hand, a friend of mine had a baby boy before Christmas that's been lumbered with the name of Aubrey.

 

[Gully]

...which begs the question, is it pronounced Uriah (as in heap), Urea (as in pigs piss)...or something completely different?

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Hmmm, I don't go a heap on that.

My first thought was it resembled how a type of vomit might be spelt.

But that thought was quickly replaced by the Uriah Heep one.

 

[The Large One]

We had a girl at my partner's school called Star Epiphany.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Why not just say that it is an interesting name and what made them choose it? Might be some good reason for it. Such has grandfather's name etc.

I think it's named after a MMA fighter.

If so there's better fighters with better names.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Well I kid you not, it's mothers maiden name was Skye Eagles.

Damn hippy parents.

 

[Gwylan]

We had a girl at my partner's school called Star Epiphany.

Now that IS awful.


Back to Urijah. That was the name of the husband, whose wife Bathsheba, David spied on while she was bathing - as mentioned in the song,Hallelujah. So, it's a great name for a cuckold.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Best boy's name EVER is Onan.

I read once about a vicar who refused a request from a couple who wanted to christen their daughter Vagina.

 

[Gwylan]

Best boy's name EVER is Onan.

What wanker would call a child Onan?

 

[Starry]

urijah is a good, well bad really, bible name. i know of at least one other at the good or bad! cafflick school of our children's. he pronouce his name sort of like uur-eye-jah. bit like elijah without the ee at the start.

 

[Questions]

What wanker would call a child Onan?

What as in Onan the Arbarian.

 

[Tyrone Biggums]

Back to Urijah. That was the name of the husband, whose wife Bathsheba, David spied on while she was bathing - as mentioned in the song,Hallelujah. So, it's a great name for a cuckold.

Do you think he'll have enough time to get all this story out when he's being held down on the ground and getting beats for having such a terrible name?

I often wonder if when parents name their kids with really quite dodgy names they shouldn't be put up for child abuse because they have just made the kids school life that bit harder.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

What wanker would call a child Onan?

Not many. But this is what a search of the database of birth registrations in England and Wales between 1837 and 1930 throws up:-

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

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Births Mar 1839 (>99%)
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Kershaw Onan Bradford 23 194

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Births Mar 1842 (>99%)
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Wickham Onan East Grinstead 7 337

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Births Dec 1856 (>99%)
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Browne Onan Depwade 4b 216

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Births Jun 1865 (>99%)
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Marlow Onan Bicester 3a 609

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Births Dec 1889 (>99%)
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Jones Onan William Stourbridge 6c 136


Surname First name(s) Mother District Vol Page

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Births Mar 1912 (>99%)
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Lowe Onan Adams Dudley 6c 32

 

[Wardy]

I cannot say I like it, but cannot comment to much since I have named my daughter Iona.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Friend of a friend used to be a Pink Floyd roadie. There's a woman walking around somewhere, possibly still in Brighton, with the name Parody Tra-la-la

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

I see nothing wrong with it; there are a lot of Uriahs/Urijahs in the Bible. It's quite a common Jewish name.

On the other hand, a friend of mine had a baby boy before Christmas that's been lumbered with the name of Aubrey.

Aubrey's a girl's name isn't it?