Most ridiculous names

but somehow it fitted

I'm sure I saw one of the cricinfo bbb commentators is called Vishal Dikshit but maybe I dreamt it. Although that's unfortunate rather than ridiculous as I'm sure when his forebears acquired that name they had no idea of what it meant in English.

I think Bruce Francis remains the most ridiculous name I have heard of in world sport

MoH wrote:I'm sure I saw one of the cricinfo bbb commentators is called Vishal Dikshit but maybe I dreamt it. Although that's unfortunate rather than ridiculous as I'm sure when his forebears acquired that name they had no idea of what it meant in English.

i think its pronounced "dix hit" ...the subi sheila in charge of the dehli comm games had the same name

Yeah, the alternative spelling "Dixit" is commonly used (particularly in English speaking circles i'd imagine!)

embee wrote:

MoH wrote:I'm sure I saw one of the cricinfo bbb commentators is called Vishal Dikshit but maybe I dreamt it. Although that's unfortunate rather than ridiculous as I'm sure when his forebears acquired that name they had no idea of what it meant in English.

i think its pronounced "dix hit" ...the subi sheila in charge of the dehli comm games had the same name  

It's more like d/theekshith. Yeah, Sheila was the woman who didn't do anything in Delhi Comm games (although not in charge, that man's oscillating in and out of jail).

beamer wrote:Yeah, the alternative spelling "Dixit" is commonly used (particularly in English speaking circles i'd imagine!)

I've seen that version of the name here.

The 'x' certainly makes the name look less 'silly' to English-speaking eyes, if you know what I mean.

Was 'Laxman' also once 'Lakshman'; as it strikes me that 'x' might not commonly be seen in Indian names?

it's not pronounce dick, it is deekhsha .. it is someone who wields deekhsha. It can also be written as deekshayitar, somehow it got anglicized into dixit.

here is some insight into deeksha

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diksha

Orphelia Dickie

A girl in our subsidiary company goes by the name of Waters Dragonfriend.

What name does she come to?

O. God

recently came across a malevolent Commonwealth govt burueaucrat, whose surname is Vile

I guess with a name like that one's life would be determined towards malevolence

Apologies if this is NTR and the news is elsewhere on the forum but couldn't be arsed to open a new thread or search ....

Looks like Willie and Katie are making damn sure their heirs are in abundance..
with yet another sprog on the way!

I'm opening a book on how many they'll finally settle for  ... 5/1 says four.
Just to keep Harry (and the tree-talking pop, Chas) in the wings forever!!

Recently saw a satirical article which parodied the silly names, 'demonstrating' a link to higher mortality for Mykal v Michael, Na-a v Natasha, etc. Try Gomerblog.

Jordan/Katie Price called her latest one Bunny... rabbits around the world must be embarrassed to be associated with that icon of chavtacularity.

Katie Hopkins might be a nasty piece of work but she probably has a point on kids with stupid names (or silly spellings of regular names) - parents who give them such names are attention seekers who bring their children up to have the same "look at me" attitude as they have.

ridiculous names are not new, albeit current fatuous western cultural practice has seen ghastly 'names'...but

I think Nigel is the ultimate name for the fatuous and ridiculous...maybe it is determinism..if the poor bubs had been called Peter or Harold or even Eduardo instead of Nigel they would have had a fair chance of not being ridiculed

That's a bit harsh horrie.

A quick google search of 'famous Nigel' brings up a few highlights, Mansell obviously, and the detestable Farage ... though Nigella Lawson is the first hit for 'Nigel' alone.

lardbucket wrote:That's a bit harsh horrie.

A quick google search of 'famous Nigel' brings up a few highlights, Mansell obviously, and the detestable Farage ... though Nigella Lawson is the first hit for 'Nigel' alone.

Mmmmm - Nigella

I rest my case...

horace wrote:I rest my case...

I wouldn't step over her to get to you.

the woman is now too big even for that wonderful old foodie show "two fat ladies"...Nigella is Gella the Hut

Saw an old 'QI' show where Clarkson bagged Mansell as being the ultimate "Nigel".

rofl....Clarkson may well be the ultimate "Jeremy"

altho Ron would have claims