Bad Bad name

[Rhia]

This thread has really given me a good laugh!

I really cant get over Benson and Hedges... How is Hedges on its own even a name?!

[Rhia]

double post

[~*familyof3*~]

we went to school with a girl named Katinka as in kah-TING-kah

[Teeki]

There's a girl I went to school with who's given her DD2 a different name. I don't think it's bad, but the girl's name is Katherine, at school we called her Kat and that's still what everyone calls her. Her DD2 is called K.atara, and I haven't wanted to be rude by asking but I wonder if she wanted to have her name in there and added the Tara on the end.

[Amaunet]

I came across a new student whose name is Sweetheart....whilst it's a lovely sentiment and nickname - I can't help thinking it's a hard name to put on a resume or name tag!

[Floweryfields]

I know an asian family with Glory and Marvellous.

[Raupe]

we went to school with a girl named Katinka as in kah-TING-kah

Maybe I am missing something, but what is so weird about that name? It's a Russian name (meaning pure) that is used as a pet version of Katerina; which is the origin of the names Catherine and Katrina in the English language. Or is there a reference I'm not getting?

[trishalishous]

I came across a new student whose name is Sweetheart....whilst it's a lovely sentiment and nickname - I can't help thinking it's a hard name to put on a resume or name tag!

I know a Sweetheart and her cousin Precious. both 1st generation Aussies

[CoNNiE_Melb]

Imagine them at work?!
Boss says: 'Hey Sweetheart, have you got that report I asked for?'

In any other scenario that would be considered sexist or harassment! Lol

[Miss.September]

I feel sorry for people who immigrate here and their name means something horrible here. I went to school with a boy named Fahdi, pronounced Farty. Certainly not the intention of his parents when he was born overseas!

[Nai]

Or when people anglicise their names without knowing local slang - we had a senior executive come over from china for work and she changed her name to Fanny. Once she arrived and was told what her name meant she was mortified - she wished she had known before choosing that!

[TeniBear]

I feel sorry for people who immigrate here and their name means something horrible here. I went to school with a boy named Fahdi, pronounced Farty. Certainly not the intention of his parents when he was born overseas!

Me too! My mum was mortified when I yelled "HELLO FARTY!!" in a shop once

[OceanPrincess]

I went to school with a Katinka, an age ago. Wasn't that strange to us!

I'm doing a cake decorating course and one of the other women's names is Candida.

Yep.

[Nai]

That's bad!

[luna moth]

I went to school with a Katinka, an age ago. Wasn't that strange to us!

I'm doing a cake decorating course and one of the other women's names is Candida.

Yep.

There was a mum in our antenatal class with same name. She went by Candy.

I once taught a little girl called Bong.

[~*familyof3*~]

Its not odd per say just she was always teased by kids at school over her name. She was a lovely girl,I just remember how hard she had due to the teasing

[~Gee_Whizzy~]

I watched a paranormal activity documentary on Foxtel last week. The two girls in the documentary were named Heaven-Leigh and Summer-Raine. not "bad" names, per se, just different and a play on words.

[AnyDream]

I think Glory is an AWESOME name. Precious is lovely - but possibly tainted by other cultural associations - but Sweetheart is stretching the theme, IMO.

Sorry I can't see/hear anything weird about Katinka at all? What am I missing?