😂 If you can't pronounce Raven, there's a problem. How about my grandmother's maiden name - Desruisseaux Hint: Its French (Quebecois but IDK if they pronounce names differently with differing French dialects).
“Shooter where are you?! cmon out darling or you’ll be left here… here lemme go to the office that can help find my child” **5 minutes later** “Hey um Ms. I lost my child, can you call out his name over the loudspeaker to find him, his name is *Shooter” *confused look from the attendant**
My name was almost Katelyn Korrin Keenen before my sister noticed the initials...my parents then changed it to Katelyn Corrin Keenen. Thank god for my sister because that would've been unfortunate to say the least😬
Istg growing up the only other Amelia I knew of was Amy pond - now apparently it's one of the most popular names?? Damn I guess I'm not as original as I thought lmao 😂😭
"Oi! River Rocket Blue Dallas, stop hitting Buddy Bear Maurice! And Daisy Boo Pamela, it's not funny! Ooh, that's a nice drawing, Poppy Honey Rosie, and did you help her, Petal Blossom Rainbow? Wow!"
fun fact: a lot of typically ‘english’ names are actually french like “george” and “henry” because after the Norman conquest the language of the Anglo-Saxons merged with the Normans french and we took a lot of their words
They are English names now, they've been used for so long that the pronunciation has changed significantly. I think when there basically a different word altogether that's when it becomes English.
I'm here for bringing back the anglo-saxon names, call your kid Æthelred, Ælfric or Hrođgar. Just imagine a class register with Alice, Benjamin, and Wulfstan- that kid's gotta be interesting.
@@rykloog9578 decendants? Alfred and Edward are from anglo saxon most other common names are from the bible like Noah, John, Peter etc. To go back to proto indo European Is a very long time, before writing was invented.
@killingeve edits you have committed a crime against our lord and saviour Shakespeare, but seriously the world would not be what it is without Shakespeare
The original word was Mongoloid and was used to describe people of East Asia, but then was used as a slur for people with Downs. Then got shortened to Mongo. People are so very cruel.
I have never heard the word used in the US as far as I can remember, but in England there's "mong" which is basically the same thing, I didn't realize it was such a common word
@@mermaidismyname Mungo is a reasonably common boys first name in Scotland. Mungo Park being a famous explorer back in history. St Mungo ( AKA Saint Kentigern ) is the patron saint of Glasgow. You get the occasional Cuthbert and Ninian in Scotland too - both being originally saints.
@@AdeleD79 at least in the south west of England, it's also been shortened to mong to be an insult for people who are so ugly that they are beyond "minging". Though I'm guessing that ming came from the same word. I've been called all these things. Just ended up thinking about cute Asian girls tbh
I know 2 chloe's, 4 Jessica's, 3 Jack's, 3 Luke's, and 2 Amelia's (one being myself ) lol it's like so common for teachers to call a name and like half the class will stand thinking its them😂
In case anyone is curious about the most popular baby names in Sweden 2019: Boys: Lucas, Liam, William, Elias, Noah, Hugo, Oliver, Adam, Matteo Girls: Alice, Olivia, Astrid, Maja, Vera, Ella, Wilma, Alma, Lilly
When I first learned how this name was spelled I was like "but...there's no b sound?" But now that I know more about linguistics I know that b and v are related, kinda cool actually, but it's still definitely not how an American ear would spell those sounds
Interestingly John is much less common than when I was a boy back in the 50s and 60s. David is probably less common too. At the factory in Slough where I worked back in the 70s every other man had that name
My mum’s friend helped deliver a baby in America (he’s a firefighter) When he helped check the mother and baby into the hospital he wrote “baby, female” for the baby When checking in on the family later, he was asking what they decided to name her (the baby) They said ‘we’ll stick with the name you chose for her’ Obviously he was very confused, like he didn’t name the baby Yeah.... they called the baby Female (fe-ma-lay)
Eliza I’d say they’d heard the word before, but whatever was going through their heads at the time, that’s what they named her, maybe when they saw “baby female” they thought he meant a name, and he was Irish so maybe they were thinking it was an Irish name, idk Listen I can’t believe it, it’s ridiculous, we’ve all tried to rationalise it, but we can’t I guess there’s more ridiculous names
First UK names people think of: Harry & Elizabeth probably? First US names I think of: Addison & Chad Edit: im english so dont really know what US people think of for UK
“This is a customer announcement. Can the parent/guardian of Shooter please make their way to the customer service desk to collect their child. That’s the parent/guardian of Shooter to customer service please. Thank you.”
saw-sher like it’s not that hard, these brits and americans annoy me when they can’t say irish names when they’re literally explained to them. it’s the same with most west african names aswell
@@sneakerhead6625 I agree that's stupid. I can't pronounce them based on spelling but if someone tells me I remember and for a celebrity they really should just Google beforehand.
@@sneakerhead6625 I dunno. I could explain to you how my Finnish name is pronounced but I doubt you'd get it. It's a different language. Even if you could repeat it correctly once, you probably wouldn't be able to do it again later, because you don't understand the spelling and can't use it for help. It's the same. Though I do understand why it's annoying, because mispronunciation is very common with people learning my language an it's unfortunately nearly impossible to understand.
SnEAkErHEaD well it’s not really our fault cuz we are not irish and so we don’t know your language or how to pronounce things so you shouldn’t expect us to remember right away
I’m ready for a lot of Irish names I’ll add some here Niamh, Roisín, Bláithín, Caitlín, Tadhg/Tadgh, Ciarán, Meadhbh, Sadhbh, Saoirse, Aoife, Áine, Aoibheann, Gráinne, Cliodhna, Eoin/Eoghan, Ruairí, Aodan/Aiden, Daithi, Thomás, Tiernan, Caolan, Diarmuid, Donnchadh, Orán, Pádraig(boy) / Pádraigín(girl), Cormac, Fionn Feel free to add more Edit: Some I forgot Caoilfhionn, Caoimhe, Sinéad, Aisling, Oisín, Naoise, Neasa, Laoise, Eilís, Liam, Dónal, Béibheann/Béibhinn, Ciara, Cian, Brónagh, Cathal, Orlagh/Órflaith, Mairéad, Ultán, Léá, Mícheál/Míháil, Siobhán, Dearbhla Edit: lower in the comments I made a list of the phonetic pronunciation of all of these names for anyone interested
My sister told me she had a patient with hydrocephalus and his mother called him Brian. But, because the mother didn’t know how to spell it and apparently the official at the registry office in this East German town didn’t either, the child’s name on official documents etc. was Brain.
This is such a German mistake, tbh, because the German 'a' sound is like in the British 'can’t' and the German 'i' sound is an English 'e', so ia and ai are confused a lot.
I think my name (Lorelei) is beautiful, and I love it, but I have grown up with a lot of anxieties around people pronouncing and spelling it incorrectly. I wish people would take the time to learn others' names a bit more. This video is great 😊
my dad wanted to call me aiofa because my last name is edwards and it sounds like 'e for edwards' in his lancastrian accent. That's my dad's sense of humor in a nutshell
@@2797krmb that’s not the point? also, the first permanent colony in America was placed when Shakespeare was about 50. I seriously doubt the name Jessica spread in America due to that. calm down.
@@LK-on6rw Maybe you should calm down and think about what you just typed. Shakespeare was 50 in the 1600’s, the first actual U.S colony was founded in 1607. 😂 Yes it VERY likely that European names would be becoming popular. I expected you to be a bit more intelligent than that. Lol
So alot of people seem to get this wrong, the name Saoirse and is pronounced ‘Soar-sha’ by a good few people, especially in the UK, however its an Irish name and is actually pronounced ‘Sear-sha’
USA: gives brand names as names Germany: brand names as first names are illegal (pretty sure Fanta was rejected a few years ago) also: -names cannot impede on the child's dignity (Adolf is actually technically legal but the registration office can refuse to put it on the birth certificate; so kind of depends on the person you get to put in the name or the specific area you're from) -name has to make it obvious that it's a person, not an object -name has to make the gender obvious (if it's a gender neutral first name, you need a gender-specific middle name) -cannot be a place name (there are some exceptions, if it's a normal, somewhat common name somewhere else, that's usually fine; meaning Brooklyn would most likely be accepted, New York wouldn't) -cannot be a last name (no Teslas, Hemingways or Shakespeares) -spelling has to be deductible from the common spelling rules (meaning basically from reading it, you should be able to kind of guess the pronunciation; foreign names, accents and everything are okay I think) -max 5 names -cannot impede on the religious beliefs of others (Gott (God) is not allowed, Jesus is but only because it has tradition in Spanish-speaking countries I think) -not allowed to name your child the (religious?) epitome of evil (e.g. Satan, Judas) -cannot be a noble title as a name (e.g. Lord) but basically, if you can prove the name has tradition in another country, you can often get around some of the rules, Mercedes is a girls name in the US, thus might be allowed here, same with Brooklyn, possibly Paris and Jesus (from Spanish)
We also have strict nameing laws, which i find completely necessary when i hear what some people want to name their kids, like Satan... why do that to your kid? Like its a fact that other kids will make fun of a kid with a name like Satan. Why inflict that pain on a tiny human being. Also, my sisters name Thara had to go through the application process, because my dad wanted the H in there and it wasnt approved at the time, but since it was just another spelling of a name, they allowed it. So she was the first named that 😊😊😊
the car is named after Mercedes Jellinek. Mercedes is a Spanish name (Maria de las Mercedes “Our Lady of Mercy”). So you shouldn’t have any trouble naming your child that. Unless it’s a boy.
@@crystalwolcott4744 It's been that way back in the day but a gender-specific (first or middle) name isn't mandatory anymore and has not been for several years now. I myself have a non-gender-specific first name which is mostly given to boys and no middle name even though I am a biological woman and identify with that and I was born in the early 90s in Germany. It's still not allowed to call a girl a name that is specifically a boy's name and the other way round though if this might cause harm to the child due to e.g. bullying later on, so you can't name your daughter Steven or Robert or Mohammad and you can't call your son e.g. Savanna, Lisa or Ruth. If e.g. the person you thought was a daughter identifies as a man or boy later on the name can allways be changed though.
Maybe they recorded this on the same day and thought switching shirts would make that less obvious. Evan was just like...I'll put on a different white polo shirt.
@@sanitysquota937 whoah I do NOT own any polos I am INSULTED I thought it'd be funny so recommended they change shirts cause I was gonna. I film on Tuesdays and it takes so long to set all the lighting, sound blanket, and whatnot up I try to just film both vids on the same day
American preschool teacher here: I've got a kid who's dad is from Ireland and his name is Declan. And I also have a Nora (though spelled Norah) and a Vivian (though it's spelled Vivienne and we call her Vivie). I also had an Isla :)
Im sorry, but vivienne and Vivian ia two different names. Those parents are stupid. Like if its spelled vivienne then it cant be pronounced Vivian, it sounds completely different. How stupid do you have to be to do that to your child, for the rest of ber life, people who only see her name on paper will call her vivienne and then she has to correct every single one of them. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ why not just spell like its supposed to...
Also can we talk about famous people calling their kids, "North" "Bear" "Moon". Like did you even consider the fact that, that person is gonna grow up, become an adult and have to go into a job interview and introduce themselves by those names. "Hey. I'm bear." or "Hello, I'm moon" like wtf!
Because you're naming a baby. If I just say, "I'm looking for good names," you wouldn't know if I was naming a baby, a puppy, a hamster, or my car. Sure, they're just names, but people say "baby names," because that's when humans get named.
Amanda Hyre i I mean if you were to ask somebody for some names they liked i think they’d just assume you’re thinking of names for people, I doubt anybody’s first response would be “the pussy wagon”.
I thought it was because it's refers to only the new names, so a name that was very popular 50 years ago those people won't count for the most popular name
Personally, I think it matters that you're naming a baby, and not a fully grown adult, because I don't think many people are naming their babies 'Doris' or 'Ronald'. You want something that sounds nice/cute for a child, that's less likely to have them be bullied for said name, and still works as an adult name.
Welsh names are great, I’m biased because I’m welsh but they have such nice meanings. Heledd, Bryn, Geraint, Hugh, Alys, Carys, Catrin, Efa, Aled, Cai. I could go on, I just love them
Yes!! I love Welsh names, & I'm not Welsh, unless 1 Welsh ancestor counts, but I nearly called my cat Bryn, & one of my other cats' middle names was Blodwen. I also love Owen & Evan (tho I know they're Anglicised), Llewyn, Rhys, Gareth, Geraint, Bran, Ioan, Iestyn, Rhodri, Seren, Gwendolyn, Gwyneth, Branwen, Bronwen, Ceridwen, Arianwen- pretty much all the girls' names ending in "wen" really! & lots more I can't think of!
@@ArianwenMay Your name is beautiful! And I have come across it; someone had it as their persona name in a mediaeval recreation group, & it suited her perfectly because she had the fairest hair & skin, & as you'd know, Arianwen means silver.
Talks about Evans Me:”Haha my friends name is efan pronounced differently coz it’s welsh” Noah:*in welshie accent* “efan” Me:*also in welshie accent* “efan” *pauses* *realises that my country has been recognised by an American* *recites llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychsantasiliogogogoch* *feels special* *realises that they’re saying that hill is a good name*
Like the mini discusion on Welsh names, one side of my family is Welsh so we've got some unusual ones: Bryn Brynna (one of my middle names) Ffion - pronounced 'Fee-on' Sian - pronounced 'Sha-n' Siôn - The Welsh version of 'Shaun, Shawn or Sean' Cai - Rhymes with 'Sky'. We've also go Nain (Welsh for grandmother and pronounced 'Nine') and Taid (Welsh for grandfather and pronounced 'Tied')
As an Irish person I appreciate the proper pronunciation of the irish names, seriously good job, usually Americans butcher them. But, never, say top of the morning to you again. No one says it here!
I'm English and I butcher them accidentally to be honest. I'm good at Welsh pronunciations because my extended family is Welsh and my grandma taught me and I can generally guess Scottish names but I can never get Irish just from looking at it. It took me years so realise Sibohan was said *Shivaun*
It's fun hearing some of the Scottish/Irish/who even knows anymore names to me because as a Norwegian I know a lot of them exist here as well just spelt differently. Like Torquil is Torkil here! Also Nora is such a popular name here- I'm 18 and in just my year at school, which was only like 200 students, we had 13 Nora/Nouras
I love how names do have their time throughout the decades, I’m 25 and in Scotland I swear every girl in my year was called Shannon or Rebecca and now those names barely make the top ranks
Try being a travel agent. "I need the full names please.." Ive had Rocket, Buzz, Lion, Bimbi Drake, Cutee (with two ees not an I) ...in general they save the true horrors for middle names!
Aoife Cassidy meh you get loads of Irish names over in England like Liverpool and around that area and also in Wales and places in Scotland, don’t know if they’d call themselves British or Irish or wa tho
I'm Scottish and for some unknown reason my parents thought it would be a good idea, in the year 2002, to name their son Donald. Luckily that can be shortened to Donnie which isn't quite so bad but its still annoying when Donald seeps into things like school registers.
Funny story, my mum named me Ella because it wasn’t popular when she chose it in early 2004. Now there are six other Ella’s in my year. It genuinely upsets me so much.
lmao, are we the same person?? i have the exact same story. my mom chose Ella because it was more unique than Emma, now i know like five other Ella’s and no Emma’s.
I’ve very happy you all like welsh names 🥺😂 These are some of my favourite welsh names Carys (kah-riss) Ffion (Fee-on) Eleri (el-air-ee) Seren (seh-ren) Angharad (angh-hah-rahd) Dylan (dill-an) Kai/Cai (ca-ee) Steffan (stef-ahn) Harri (Harry) (I probably did the pronunciation wrong because I made it how i say it in my welsh accent 😂)
5:18 I believe I can clarify for the names Boy and Girl. If a child is entering foster care at birth and for some reason the birth parents haven't named it yet before the government takes them then the birth certificate will say either Baby Boy/Baby Girl Lastname. That'll be their "name" until either they get reunified, placed in a kinship adoption, or is adopted by a foster parent.
My mum always really wanted to name her first daughter Iona, except that our surname is Lamb, and if you say that slowly it sounds like 'I own a lamb' so instead I am called Nicola, because my parents actually thought about it.
I get that ... My sister wanted call her daughter Emma but married someone with last name Cao (pronounced cow) so we had to point out it sounded like I'm a cow..... Her husband wanted boba fett as a middle name too so she could have been Emma fett Cao ......that would have been bad 😂
I knew a girl in college named Emma Lee and I thought she was saying Emily, I called her that for la week before she corrected me. Someone else I know named their baby Isla but there last name happens to be white.
A lady I know loves the name Robin and wanted to name her son that. But she married a guy whose surname is Hood, and she said "I just couldn't do it to the poor kid."
9:41 lmao🤣 "Area" It's actually pronounced like "Are- ee- uh". It is actually the name of a type of operatic solo in which the soloist basically just gets to show off how good they are at singing as much as they want☺️
"you don't name a kid Craig if you love him" HAHA. My dad's called Craig and he literally begged me to name one of my future children after him because the name's dying out, sorry Dad :)
“scottish names are easier to pronounce” gonna have to say no to that one... i live in scotland and go to school with a girl who’s name is spelled ‘ciorstaidh’
it's weird how that spelling looks totally normal and easy to pronounce to me but i can totally see how confusing that must be to try and pronounce if you cant speak gaelic!
hello! my name is Eilidh, even scottish people have a difficult time with it sometimes lol i have been called every variation of how you might think to pronounce it. Its actually not the scottish version of ellie i believe it’s considered the gaelic equivalent to helen cause they share a similar meaning which is like ‘bright light’ or something? if someone is familiar with scottish culture at all i always just say it’s like Ceilidh (which is a well known scottish dance done at weddings and events and anytime we get a chance) just obvs without the C. My fav very scottish name is Ruairidh (pronounced Roo-ree) and Struan (Stroo-an) partly cause they’re my cousins names so i’m biased but also they just sound brill in a Scottish accent
@@emmaupchurch9160 I think all names beginning with that Gw sound are Welsh right? Like Gwen Guinevere Gwendolyn ect. I always loved Welsh names, my grandma is Welsh and if I have kids I'd like to give them a welsh name in honor of her.
Yes Gwen and Gwendolen are Welsh names. Meaning Fair and white. Guinevere isn't a Welsh name as there is no "v" in the Welsh alphabet a single "f" would make a v sound. What I love about Welsh names is the beautiful meaning behind them. Like Seren means Star and Liliwen means white lily.
In my country we have long names too, but they are not middle names. We have ancestral names in the front (two or three) first name,one or two middle names and then the surname. Lately women have started hyphenating their surnames when they get married, so now they are longer.
Yeah my teacher told me she used to teach a girl who's middle names were named after the first names of her parents favourite football team. what if she doesn't support the same team?
I'm really luckily that I'm a boy, bc I would have been called Ella, and I have an older brother called Sam. So our parents would have been calling "Salmonella!"
‘Craig’ is a Celtic name (Scottish, Irish, Welsh) coming from the Gaelic word ‘creag’ meaning ‘rock’. And it’s very true in my case, my hubby is Craig and he is my rock, his Mum’s rock and his sister’s rock (his Mum and sister were both widowed within 19 months). I love the name xx
Might be attempting to pronounce all your names in the next community video so comment away! ;)
Laoibhse (Not my name but I heard of a girl with it) it's Irish for Louisa or Louise I think
Can you try and pronounce some welsh names, mine is Efa
Sinead.
When I first heard it I thought it was a type of fizzy juice. - it’s my sisters name...
Some names of my friends at school:
Goodnews, Princess, Ekani, Kudzai, Eiillii and Queenie
(also we have every type of reece in my year lol)
😂 If you can't pronounce Raven, there's a problem. How about my grandmother's maiden name - Desruisseaux
Hint: Its French (Quebecois but IDK if they pronounce names differently with differing French dialects).
Let’s not forget Katie Hopkins non-geographically named child ‘India’
and then criticising people calling their daughters brooklyn, london, paris etc💀
😂😂😂😂
I actually know a few girls called India
Ya, and her hatred of anyone who's not her 😂😂😂
Isn't there a porn star called India
Imagine losing your kid in a shopping centre and calling "Shooter" to find the child.
Or calling out to a girl called shooter with cops in the vicinity.. urk!
“Shooter where are you?! cmon out darling or you’ll be left here… here lemme go to the office that can help find my child” **5 minutes later** “Hey um Ms. I lost my child, can you call out his name over the loudspeaker to find him, his name is *Shooter” *confused look from the attendant**
Quickest way to clear the isle in a supermarket
.@@johnlondonbimeetup7961 Or her brother Active.
"APPLE!!! APPLE!!! WHERED U GO???!?!?!?!?!"
Thinking about how Gerard Way named his child 'Bandit', but his dog is called 'Susan'
right?
I had no idea what his dog was named, that's hilarious
Me too. His cats name is Mitch but his child’s name is bandit lee.
because its much cooler to say "I ALREADY FED YOU TWICE SUSAN" to your dog than your kid
Pet names for kids and visa versa.😂🤣
‘Most popular english boy names in 2019’
“Charlie”
“Harry”
“Arthur”
“Freddy”
“George”
Molly Weasley is quaking
Ron gets no love
@@TuesdaysArt Ron doesn’t deserve it 😂
@@TuesdaysArt Ronald is my middle name 😅
"Vivian's like your mum's mate who's a hairdresser."
😂 so accurate
She's also a really cool aunt
*when you don’t have a mom so you’re confused*
I was like 😔 when I heard that
My great grandmas name was vivian mae
My mom’s name was Linda I would have loved to name my daughter after her but I couldn’t because to me it seemed like a middle age woman’s name.
My cousins middle name is literally danger. His mom wanted him to be able to tell girls his middle name is danger and not be lying 😂😂
my sisters middle name is danger aswell
I Love that so much 😂🤣
Imagine them getting pulled over for speeding, the policeman looking at his driving license, and seeing "James Danger Thomson" or w/e
ok that’s really cool
That's amazing and why didn't I think of that? I know someone whose grandson's middle name is Chaos. 😅
can’t lift his neck but he’s a slayer
*father, help me head-bang*
It sounds like something a movie pirate would say when describing their mysterious captain.
“No one will talk to them in school, they’ll ig-Nora” honestly yeah
hahaha
Aw sorry Nora, I will be your friend if you want
My name was almost Katelyn Korrin Keenen before my sister noticed the initials...my parents then changed it to Katelyn Corrin Keenen. Thank god for my sister because that would've been unfortunate to say the least😬
My initials are SHIT - not nearly as bad but I feel your pain
When you don't have a middle name
👁💧👄💧👁
Mine are DFM and my brothers are ARM... Hahhaha
B.J are the initials of my middle name oooof
My initials are RED
Amelia: **is a top girls name in Scotland**
**Doctor Who theme music slowly starts to play**
Bit fairy tale
Stop I'll cry
Istg growing up the only other Amelia I knew of was Amy pond - now apparently it's one of the most popular names?? Damn I guess I'm not as original as I thought lmao 😂😭
There was also Rory for boys' names...
River and Melody are also good names
Jamie Oliver's kids:
Poppy Honey Rosie Oliver, Petal Blossom Rainbow Oliver, Daisy Boo Pamela Oliver, River Rocket Blue Dallas, Buddy Bear Maurice Oliver.
I was thinking about this throughout the whole video lmao
"Oi! River Rocket Blue Dallas, stop hitting Buddy Bear Maurice! And Daisy Boo Pamela, it's not funny! Ooh, that's a nice drawing, Poppy Honey Rosie, and did you help her, Petal Blossom Rainbow? Wow!"
the director robert rodriguez named his sons rocket, rebel, racer and rogue🤣
They sound like the names of a kid's stuffed animals lmao. poor kids...
Is there 4 Oliver's there
“Bryn is a really nice name” It literally means hill.
It's still a nice sounding name.
I'm from Wales and I've never met someone called "Bryn". I only know it as names of places.
I have only met 1 Bryn there are alot more wyns than bryns
@@jackpadfield8779 it's the middle name of every male in my paternal Grandad's family
Jack Padfield i know 2 bryns but they’re old men
fun fact: a lot of typically ‘english’ names are actually french like “george” and “henry” because after the Norman conquest the language of the Anglo-Saxons merged with the Normans french and we took a lot of their words
They are English names now, they've been used for so long that the pronunciation has changed significantly. I think when there basically a different word altogether that's when it becomes English.
I'm here for bringing back the anglo-saxon names, call your kid Æthelred, Ælfric or Hrođgar. Just imagine a class register with Alice, Benjamin, and Wulfstan- that kid's gotta be interesting.
Both of those names aren't originally French, though. Henry is a German name and George a Greek one
Now I’m curious about what names the Proto Indo-Europeans has that have modern ancestors
@@rykloog9578 decendants? Alfred and Edward are from anglo saxon most other common names are from the bible like Noah, John, Peter etc. To go back to proto indo European Is a very long time, before writing was invented.
"jessica thats a very american name" is Shakespeare a joke to you, he literally invented the name...
and it's probably derived from hebrew too; it's like how tiffany sounds like a modern name but its got medieval roots
Yh but how would he know no one cares bout shakesspere lol
@killingeve edits you have committed a crime against our lord and saviour Shakespeare, but seriously the world would not be what it is without Shakespeare
Luna Lovegood I don’t see how
Luna Lovegood Tbh the world would be better English classes wouldn’t be as boring
My friend - whose name was James - had seven other people named James in his class 🙄
In my primary school we had 4 Alex’s in our class
i had like 4 charlie’s in my class lmao
In one of my classes in high school, there were only 8 of us. 3 boys and 5 girls. Of the girls, 3 of us were Jessicas and 2 were Jennifers.
Teacher: James?
The eights James: Yes?
I had way to many Connors
Imagine naming your kid shooter and then loosing them in public." SHOOTER, SHOOTER, where are you SHOOTER".
Imagine screaming for your friend’s name at school “SHOOTER”
Yeaaa they really didn't think that one through.
I can just imagine a kid coming home and telling their parents "there's a shooter in my class"
Americans name their kids "shooter" or after a gun manufacturer.
Level of surprise - zero.
Yes - sadly (im American).
Evan: "Declan ive only heard of from Declan McKenna"
Me:...EVER HEARD OF ANT AND *DEC* ?? ...DECLAN DONNELLY FROM ANT AND DEC?
never knew what Dec was short for besides the small legs
I didn't know that was his full name
@@evan 😂🤣
Evan Edinger don’t anger the short, they have a lower centre of gravity.
Conor Murphy your safe know
Fun fact (4:31): the name "Saoirse" is Irish for "freedom".
I luv that
I knew that .
Mungo - "sounds like a slur"
Mongo is a German slur for people with Down-Syndrom. 😲
The original word was Mongoloid and was used to describe people of East Asia, but then was used as a slur for people with Downs. Then got shortened to Mongo. People are so very cruel.
I have never heard the word used in the US as far as I can remember, but in England there's "mong" which is basically the same thing, I didn't realize it was such a common word
@@mermaidismyname Mungo is a reasonably common boys first name in Scotland. Mungo Park being a famous explorer back in history. St Mungo ( AKA Saint Kentigern ) is the patron saint of Glasgow. You get the occasional Cuthbert and Ninian in Scotland too - both being originally saints.
@johns banana yeah I gathered that on account of this entire conversation being about the fact that it was a slur
@@AdeleD79 at least in the south west of England, it's also been shortened to mong to be an insult for people who are so ugly that they are beyond "minging". Though I'm guessing that ming came from the same word. I've been called all these things. Just ended up thinking about cute Asian girls tbh
I feel like in England everyone knows at least one Chloe, Jessica, Jack, Luke or Amelia.
bonus points if you've known all 5
I had like 7 Toms all in my year in secondary
I can’t imagine what recent thing popularise Emilia 🙂
I know one of each.
I know 2 chloe's, 4 Jessica's, 3 Jack's, 3 Luke's, and 2 Amelia's (one being myself ) lol it's like so common for teachers to call a name and like half the class will stand thinking its them😂
The dislikes are from people called Fanta
Fanta is a Spanish name
And Charlotte....
E W well it’s not fantastic
Fanta is a real name though
Yes in some countries it stands for Fatima
My dad’s cousin is named Evan Effin Evans
Cruel parents
Niamhie beanie I won’t disagree
Is he at least a cool guy? Cuz that’s quite a name to live up to lol
That's too brilliant lol
My taid is called Robert Roberts😂
In case anyone is curious about the most popular baby names in Sweden 2019:
Boys: Lucas, Liam, William, Elias, Noah, Hugo, Oliver, Adam, Matteo
Girls: Alice, Olivia, Astrid, Maja, Vera, Ella, Wilma, Alma, Lilly
“No one will talk to her, they’ll igNORAH.”
I LOVE british vs American videos and Baby name videos so this is **chefs kiss**
Luke. Every town in UK has a Luke.
:)
Every town? Pretty much every street.
And half of them are annoying as all shit
Yup
The US has a lot of Lukes too. Half of them are just as annoying
There is a Korean-American singer named Ailee, pronounced the same as Eilidh
Also, who tf pronounces Charlotte & Aria the way Evan did
Germans 😂
🤣🤣🤣
I died whenn he pronounced Charlotte and aria
Sarah Sauter though the same, I was like "he pronounced Charlotte in a German accent" 😂
? Ailee isn't pronounced like eilidh it's pronounced how it looks with the literal "ee" instead of "ay" at the end XD
When you said "Siobhan" my stomach sank for some reason, like I got called on in class 😂
When I first learned how this name was spelled I was like "but...there's no b sound?" But now that I know more about linguistics I know that b and v are related, kinda cool actually, but it's still definitely not how an American ear would spell those sounds
@@mermaidismyname cause its written in another language
I hear you
@@Lauren_3000 yeah, Siobhan is an Irish name. I'm guessing you already knew but just in case someone doesn't haha
There was another Siobhan in my high school. She liked to go by Shiv, I did not. But everyone called me Shiv because she liked it, and it was easier 🙄
Ruairidh pronounced Rory is a fun one if you’ve never seen it before, because that’s the way we do it in the Western Isles.
Imagine being at a playgorund and calling out your child's name "Shooter!"
Someone hasn't seen Happy Gilmore.
Shooter McGavin
Everyone in england knows at least one person with each of these names-
- Steve - John - David - Mark - Paul - Gary -
Interestingly John is much less common than when I was a boy back in the 50s and 60s. David is probably less common too. At the factory in Slough where I worked back in the 70s every other man had that name
And they are all over 50
I know a david but not the others
6 of those are my uncles and 3 are named Paul! Lol
Is this just not take that
My mum’s friend helped deliver a baby in America (he’s a firefighter)
When he helped check the mother and baby into the hospital he wrote “baby, female” for the baby
When checking in on the family later, he was asking what they decided to name her (the baby)
They said ‘we’ll stick with the name you chose for her’
Obviously he was very confused, like he didn’t name the baby
Yeah.... they called the baby Female (fe-ma-lay)
No way
That is just so bad...
Quackadoo yeah, this was about 10 years ago, but they never changed the name
So there’s a 10 year old Female running around somewhere
Eliza I’d say they’d heard the word before, but whatever was going through their heads at the time, that’s what they named her, maybe when they saw “baby female” they thought he meant a name, and he was Irish so maybe they were thinking it was an Irish name, idk
Listen I can’t believe it, it’s ridiculous, we’ve all tried to rationalise it, but we can’t
I guess there’s more ridiculous names
The way he pronounced Charlotte hurt lmao
He said the German pronounciation (although I wouldn't say he nailed it...)
@@user-es7ui5mc1m: surely the German pronounciation would be Carlotta?
@@eattherich9215 Carlotta (/Karlotta) is also a (different) name in Germany but Charlotte is pronounced like Evan tried to say ("shar-lott-eh")
Someone in my school is called Harry Potter. And he wears round glasses.
Holy Shite
That. Is. Mad.
💟💟
First UK names people think of: Harry & Elizabeth probably?
First US names I think of: Addison & Chad
Edit: im english so dont really know what US people think of for UK
the first ones I’d think of are Amber and Samuel but they weren’t in the top 10
When I think of populars names in the US for girls it's a tie between Madison and Hailey, for boy I think of John
for uk is think of issy and ben but that’s just becuase they were most popular in my school
I think of Elizabeth and John for UK names. For the US I think of Liam and Maddy.
First US names that come to my mind are Ashley and Abigail.
“This is a customer announcement. Can the parent/guardian of Shooter please make their way to the customer service desk to collect their child. That’s the parent/guardian of Shooter to customer service please. Thank you.”
evan: noah reminds me of an old bald priest
noah: *i'm sitting right here*
Evan isn’t welsh there isn’t even a v in our alphabet the welsh version is Efan
saoirse ronan though!! every interview she has they're like hOW dO yOu pRoNouNcE yOur naME
I know right i just used to just call her the girl from city of ember with the weird name
saw-sher like it’s not that hard, these brits and americans annoy me when they can’t say irish names when they’re literally explained to them. it’s the same with most west african names aswell
@@sneakerhead6625 I agree that's stupid. I can't pronounce them based on spelling but if someone tells me I remember and for a celebrity they really should just Google beforehand.
@@sneakerhead6625 I dunno. I could explain to you how my Finnish name is pronounced but I doubt you'd get it. It's a different language. Even if you could repeat it correctly once, you probably wouldn't be able to do it again later, because you don't understand the spelling and can't use it for help. It's the same. Though I do understand why it's annoying, because mispronunciation is very common with people learning my language an it's unfortunately nearly impossible to understand.
SnEAkErHEaD well it’s not really our fault cuz we are not irish and so we don’t know your language or how to pronounce things so you shouldn’t expect us to remember right away
I’m ready for a lot of Irish names
I’ll add some here
Niamh, Roisín, Bláithín, Caitlín, Tadhg/Tadgh, Ciarán, Meadhbh, Sadhbh, Saoirse, Aoife, Áine, Aoibheann, Gráinne, Cliodhna, Eoin/Eoghan, Ruairí, Aodan/Aiden, Daithi, Thomás, Tiernan, Caolan, Diarmuid, Donnchadh, Orán, Pádraig(boy) / Pádraigín(girl), Cormac, Fionn
Feel free to add more
Edit: Some I forgot
Caoilfhionn, Caoimhe, Sinéad, Aisling, Oisín, Naoise, Neasa, Laoise, Eilís, Liam, Dónal, Béibheann/Béibhinn, Ciara, Cian, Brónagh, Cathal, Orlagh/Órflaith, Mairéad, Ultán, Léá, Mícheál/Míháil, Siobhán, Dearbhla
Edit: lower in the comments I made a list of the phonetic pronunciation of all of these names for anyone interested
i always love caoimhe
I love orla, muireann and laoise.
They’re not really weird though tbh, that’s like saying a Spanish person naming their son Miguel is super weird and so on
It’s another language, they aren’t weird?
@@graceharvey2588 the name where there are 7 silent letters
The way he pronounced "Charlotte"... it's SHAR-LUT not SHAR-LOTTA 😂
That’s how it’s pronounced in German
PiggyMoney Gaming why
It's pronounced differently in different languages. I would say Shar-lot.
@@MyenaVT I've been watching Dark too much hahaha
I mean it's a really famous American city so he really has no excuse on pronouncing it so poorly.
My sister told me she had a patient with hydrocephalus and his mother called him Brian. But, because the mother didn’t know how to spell it and apparently the official at the registry office in this East German town didn’t either, the child’s name on official documents etc. was Brain.
Omg
Omg. Awful.
Why not just have it changed? That is possible.
This is such a German mistake, tbh, because the German 'a' sound is like in the British 'can’t' and the German 'i' sound is an English 'e', so ia and ai are confused a lot.
I think my name (Lorelei) is beautiful, and I love it, but I have grown up with a lot of anxieties around people pronouncing and spelling it incorrectly. I wish people would take the time to learn others' names a bit more. This video is great 😊
I totally forgot that Noah wasn't always named Noah lmao. I was like, why are they saying he looked at baby name lists??
I was confused by the pronunciation of "Charlotte" : "Charlotta" ? In french it's Charlot (we drop the "E" and we just pronunce the "T" at the end)
He pronounced it wrong
It's pronounced like this in Germany, don't know if he did it intentionally though
He pronounced it the German way. My cousin’s girlfriend is Charlotte and that’s how she pronounces her name.
He pronounced it as you would in german
I can confirm as a Charlotte myself, i pronounce it as shar-lot
my dad wanted to call me aiofa because my last name is edwards and it sounds like 'e for edwards' in his lancastrian accent. That's my dad's sense of humor in a nutshell
Aoife.
That's why mothers should name daughters, not fathers.
The name Jessica was first invented by William Shakespeare and here’s Evan saying it’s American 😭😭😭
He didn’t say it was invented in America. Lol Most common American names obviously have different country origins.
@@2797krmb obviously different country origins, but if it specifically originated in the OPPOSING country in the video, I’m going to bring it up
@@LK-on6rw which is pointless because Europeans colonized America, so obviously they would still have European originated names down the line. 💀
@@2797krmb that’s not the point? also, the first permanent colony in America was placed when Shakespeare was about 50. I seriously doubt the name Jessica spread in America due to that. calm down.
@@LK-on6rw Maybe you should calm down and think about what you just typed. Shakespeare was 50 in the 1600’s, the first actual U.S colony was founded in 1607. 😂 Yes it VERY likely that European names would be becoming popular. I expected you to be a bit more intelligent than that. Lol
My name's Eilidh and i have actually been called Alien before, and also Edith and Eyelid and many MANY more variations.😂😂
OMG NOO
Eilidh is beautiful. Eyelid, not so much 😂
So alot of people seem to get this wrong, the name Saoirse and is pronounced ‘Soar-sha’ by a good few people, especially in the UK, however its an Irish name and is actually pronounced ‘Sear-sha’
Not entirety true. Depending on where you are in Ireland people pronounce it either way. Source am Irish
defo depends on region where i live its sear sha but where i like caoimhe is key va not kwee va.
USA: gives brand names as names
Germany: brand names as first names are illegal (pretty sure Fanta was rejected a few years ago)
also:
-names cannot impede on the child's dignity (Adolf is actually technically legal but the registration office can refuse to put it on the birth certificate; so kind of depends on the person you get to put in the name or the specific area you're from)
-name has to make it obvious that it's a person, not an object
-name has to make the gender obvious (if it's a gender neutral first name, you need a gender-specific middle name)
-cannot be a place name (there are some exceptions, if it's a normal, somewhat common name somewhere else, that's usually fine; meaning Brooklyn would most likely be accepted, New York wouldn't)
-cannot be a last name (no Teslas, Hemingways or Shakespeares)
-spelling has to be deductible from the common spelling rules (meaning basically from reading it, you should be able to kind of guess the pronunciation; foreign names, accents and everything are okay I think)
-max 5 names
-cannot impede on the religious beliefs of others (Gott (God) is not allowed, Jesus is but only because it has tradition in Spanish-speaking countries I think)
-not allowed to name your child the (religious?) epitome of evil (e.g. Satan, Judas)
-cannot be a noble title as a name (e.g. Lord)
but basically, if you can prove the name has tradition in another country, you can often get around some of the rules, Mercedes is a girls name in the US, thus might be allowed here, same with Brooklyn, possibly Paris and Jesus (from Spanish)
We also have strict nameing laws, which i find completely necessary when i hear what some people want to name their kids, like Satan... why do that to your kid? Like its a fact that other kids will make fun of a kid with a name like Satan. Why inflict that pain on a tiny human being.
Also, my sisters name Thara had to go through the application process, because my dad wanted the H in there and it wasnt approved at the time, but since it was just another spelling of a name, they allowed it. So she was the first named that 😊😊😊
the car is named after Mercedes Jellinek. Mercedes is a Spanish name (Maria de las Mercedes “Our Lady of Mercy”). So you shouldn’t have any trouble naming your child that. Unless it’s a boy.
The gender-specific middle name is not necessary anymore though.
The name has to make the gender obvious? wtf germany
@@crystalwolcott4744 It's been that way back in the day but a gender-specific (first or middle) name isn't mandatory anymore and has not been for several years now. I myself have a non-gender-specific first name which is mostly given to boys and no middle name even though I am a biological woman and identify with that and I was born in the early 90s in Germany. It's still not allowed to call a girl a name that is specifically a boy's name and the other way round though if this might cause harm to the child due to e.g. bullying later on, so you can't name your daughter Steven or Robert or Mohammad and you can't call your son e.g. Savanna, Lisa or Ruth. If e.g. the person you thought was a daughter identifies as a man or boy later on the name can allways be changed though.
Did Corry and Noah just switch shirts for this video after recording the last one? It really messed with my brain for a couple minutes lol
They got mixed up after the topless pillow fight.
Maybe they recorded this on the same day and thought switching shirts would make that less obvious. Evan was just like...I'll put on a different white polo shirt.
@@sanitysquota937 I thought it was the same white polo lol
@@sanitysquota937 whoah I do NOT own any polos I am INSULTED
I thought it'd be funny so recommended they change shirts cause I was gonna.
I film on Tuesdays and it takes so long to set all the lighting, sound blanket, and whatnot up I try to just film both vids on the same day
@@evan lol I called it! It does make sense to film twice on the same day. It would have been funnier if all three of you just switched shirts though.
American preschool teacher here: I've got a kid who's dad is from Ireland and his name is Declan. And I also have a Nora (though spelled Norah) and a Vivian (though it's spelled Vivienne and we call her Vivie). I also had an Isla :)
Im sorry, but vivienne and Vivian ia two different names. Those parents are stupid. Like if its spelled vivienne then it cant be pronounced Vivian, it sounds completely different. How stupid do you have to be to do that to your child, for the rest of ber life, people who only see her name on paper will call her vivienne and then she has to correct every single one of them. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ why not just spell like its supposed to...
@@TKDDLJ09 I pronounce them both the same...?
Declan is quite normal in Australia
I knew two Vivienne's at school.
Also can we talk about famous people calling their kids, "North" "Bear" "Moon". Like did you even consider the fact that, that person is gonna grow up, become an adult and have to go into a job interview and introduce themselves by those names. "Hey. I'm bear." or "Hello, I'm moon" like wtf!
Poor Bear Payne
Is it bad that I actually like the name Moon..?
@@zekeleonard5247 Of course not, it's just a trend that birth even stranger things.
@@maariahussain4414 he'll just have to bear the pain of having that name
@@azelmamortlake4471 Oi oii
I’ve never understood why they’re called baby names when... they’re just names.
Because you're naming a baby. If I just say, "I'm looking for good names," you wouldn't know if I was naming a baby, a puppy, a hamster, or my car. Sure, they're just names, but people say "baby names," because that's when humans get named.
Amanda Hyre i I mean if you were to ask somebody for some names they liked i think they’d just assume you’re thinking of names for people, I doubt anybody’s first response would be “the pussy wagon”.
I thought it was because it's refers to only the new names, so a name that was very popular 50 years ago those people won't count for the most popular name
Personally, I think it matters that you're naming a baby, and not a fully grown adult, because I don't think many people are naming their babies 'Doris' or 'Ronald'. You want something that sounds nice/cute for a child, that's less likely to have them be bullied for said name, and still works as an adult name.
Yes, they are just names, but people are given them when they are babies.
Welsh names are great, I’m biased because I’m welsh but they have such nice meanings. Heledd, Bryn, Geraint, Hugh, Alys, Carys, Catrin, Efa, Aled, Cai. I could go on, I just love them
Yeah Arianwen doesn’t come around too often 😂
Yes!! I love Welsh names, & I'm not Welsh, unless 1 Welsh ancestor counts, but I nearly called my cat Bryn, & one of my other cats' middle names was Blodwen. I also love Owen & Evan (tho I know they're Anglicised), Llewyn, Rhys, Gareth, Geraint, Bran, Ioan, Iestyn, Rhodri, Seren, Gwendolyn, Gwyneth, Branwen, Bronwen, Ceridwen, Arianwen- pretty much all the girls' names ending in "wen" really! & lots more I can't think of!
@@ArianwenMay Your name is beautiful! And I have come across it; someone had it as their persona name in a mediaeval recreation group, & it suited her perfectly because she had the fairest hair & skin, & as you'd know, Arianwen means silver.
Isn't the Welsh version of Hugh spelled Huw?
Yess I'm called bronwen and I love it but people always think its spelt bronwyn :/
my mom: i’m very irish, i’m going to name my kids ryan and erin
23&me: uh actually ur german
Talks about Evans
Me:”Haha my friends name is efan pronounced differently coz it’s welsh”
Noah:*in welshie accent* “efan”
Me:*also in welshie accent* “efan” *pauses* *realises that my country has been recognised by an American* *recites llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychsantasiliogogogoch* *feels special* *realises that they’re saying that hill is a good name*
Like the mini discusion on Welsh names, one side of my family is Welsh so we've got some unusual ones: Bryn
Brynna (one of my middle names)
Ffion - pronounced 'Fee-on'
Sian - pronounced 'Sha-n'
Siôn - The Welsh version of 'Shaun, Shawn or Sean'
Cai - Rhymes with 'Sky'. We've also go Nain (Welsh for grandmother and pronounced 'Nine') and Taid (Welsh for grandfather and pronounced 'Tied')
As an Irish person I appreciate the proper pronunciation of the irish names, seriously good job, usually Americans butcher them. But, never, say top of the morning to you again. No one says it here!
Noah’s mom is Irish so he has it down pat!
Bottom of the night to me sister
I'm English and I butcher them accidentally to be honest. I'm good at Welsh pronunciations because my extended family is Welsh and my grandma taught me and I can generally guess Scottish names but I can never get Irish just from looking at it. It took me years so realise Sibohan was said *Shivaun*
They know nobody says top of the morning, which is why it was used for a bad impression.
Violet None Of Your Business i thought sibohan was sebastian
"You don't name a baby Craig if you love them"
*Sad Mini Ladd noises* XD
shame he's a nonce
I’m fine! Everything is fine!
I still remember a child named Kia that was born in a Kia car. Top Gear covered it years ago.
Kia is actually a really common name in Finland! But usually spelled Kiia.
It’s not super common is England but my brother is called Kia, spelt ‘Keir’ though. I pretty sure he wasn’t named after the car.
Kia at least sound like girls's name
86upsmaya
Kia is a girls name, Keir a guys name. Don’t know why but y’know. For example Keir Starmer (a politician guy)
"Arson"
"That's a crime."
"Riot"
"That's so cool!"
I’m from Dumfries and Galloway😂😂 I didn’t ever think my region would be mentioned in a You Tube video ever😂
Haha I'm from Ayrshire and me and my family go to Dumfries and Galloway fairly often for walking (so also feeling kind of represented)
A few years back the name Elspeth was quite a popular Scottish name. It’s the Scottish version of Elizabeth.
Nice! 😊
Yeah I got called eyelid for a year by my french teacher, and Eilidh is also the Scottish version of Helen
EYELID IM SO SORRY XDDD
relatable
It's fun hearing some of the Scottish/Irish/who even knows anymore names to me because as a Norwegian I know a lot of them exist here as well just spelt differently. Like Torquil is Torkil here! Also Nora is such a popular name here- I'm 18 and in just my year at school, which was only like 200 students, we had 13 Nora/Nouras
I know SO MANY Sophies. There's literally a girl at my school also called Sophie Anderson.
same ik way too many sophies. same with rubys
Wow. My last name is Anderson and one of my best friends is called Sophie.
that’s the advantage of having a super uncommon first name and a hyphenated last name lol
"oh that's prettier"
"It's like, a real version, not just dumbed down"
As an English Ellie, I am offended.
*Scottish Ellie laughing intensifives*
I love how names do have their time throughout the decades, I’m 25 and in Scotland I swear every girl in my year was called Shannon or Rebecca and now those names barely make the top ranks
Being a teacher I want to comment so hard with my experience with unique names, but privacy.
My mum taught a girl called Snow White
Go on spill the tea lol
@@user-dq1jl4pb9d How many dwarves were in the class?
yeah there was one girl i knew called matilda-mini-mo. like her name was triple barrelled i didn’t even know that was possible till i met her
Try being a travel agent. "I need the full names please.."
Ive had Rocket, Buzz, Lion, Bimbi Drake, Cutee (with two ees not an I) ...in general they save the true horrors for middle names!
Being Irish, this pains me listening to this haha. All of the Irish names are so common here
my favourite mispronounciation has to be when my friend Oisin went to france and the passport security called him Wazin (with a nasal n)
It more pains me that they put Irish names in a british thing
Irish names aren't hard to pronounce if you know how Irish pronunciation works. If you do, they're very logical.
Aoife Cassidy meh you get loads of Irish names over in England like Liverpool and around that area and also in Wales and places in Scotland, don’t know if they’d call themselves British or Irish or wa tho
1:57
Can confirm that, I knew an ESPN that was pronounced like a regular name. I thought he was Aspen for like... years.
i LOVE how you have an american accent but whenever you say certain words you say them with a british accent and its so satisfying
Which British accent do you mean? 😉
Oh, Evan, Charlotte is pronounced “Sharlut" like “Charlotte’s Web.” Anyway, love the video! :)
Evan pronounced it the German way!
I thought it was Shar-LOT.
@@lania2246 ohhh okay, that makes sense!
@@corvus1374 I’ve heard both pronunciations! Where are you from if you don’t mind me asking?
I am here to confirm that at least where im from (north west England) its shar-lot
I'm Scottish and for some unknown reason my parents thought it would be a good idea, in the year 2002, to name their son Donald. Luckily that can be shortened to Donnie which isn't quite so bad but its still annoying when Donald seeps into things like school registers.
Why has no one from England or America heard of ‘Eilidh’, I swear it’s such a common name here
Yeah that really surprised me, I know loads of Eilidhs
I live in Canada and used to know an Eilidh, but I was like the only person who could ever remember how to spell it
I've never met anyone with the name as an English person but I really like it. Its pretty.
yeah i’m scottish here, there was 3 eilidhs in my year at school!!
why would english people and american people have heard of it? we are not irish
As a dougal who's name could have been fingal, yes I am a wizard.
When I hear the name Dougal, I think of the dog on the Magic roundabout.
Funny story, my mum named me Ella because it wasn’t popular when she chose it in early 2004. Now there are six other Ella’s in my year. It genuinely upsets me so much.
lmao, are we the same person?? i have the exact same story. my mom chose Ella because it was more unique than Emma, now i know like five other Ella’s and no Emma’s.
“You don’t name a kid Craig if you love him” omfg 😂😂😂
I love how badly he pronounced “Charlotte” and “Aria” eeek
He actually pronounced Charlotte in the german way :D I think it sounds great!
I hated it ik I'm being biased because my name is charlotte
Aria is pronounced Are - ea (bit like ear)
@@GreifenRitterGirl12 Been watching too much Dark :'D
I was literally coming to say this like who says those names that way? Haha
I’ve very happy you all like welsh names 🥺😂
These are some of my favourite welsh names
Carys (kah-riss)
Ffion (Fee-on)
Eleri (el-air-ee)
Seren (seh-ren)
Angharad (angh-hah-rahd)
Dylan (dill-an)
Kai/Cai (ca-ee)
Steffan (stef-ahn)
Harri (Harry)
(I probably did the pronunciation wrong because I made it how i say it in my welsh accent 😂)
Lauren Tuck all of the pronounciations i would say are right, however kai/cai is pronounced k-eye in my west welsh accent
5:18
I believe I can clarify for the names Boy and Girl. If a child is entering foster care at birth and for some reason the birth parents haven't named it yet before the government takes them then the birth certificate will say either Baby Boy/Baby Girl Lastname. That'll be their "name" until either they get reunified, placed in a kinship adoption, or is adopted by a foster parent.
So weird..this is the first video I’ve found and you mention declan McKenna 😍love him
My mum always really wanted to name her first daughter Iona, except that our surname is Lamb, and if you say that slowly it sounds like 'I own a lamb' so instead I am called Nicola, because my parents actually thought about it.
I get that ... My sister wanted call her daughter Emma but married someone with last name Cao (pronounced cow) so we had to point out it sounded like I'm a cow..... Her husband wanted boba fett as a middle name too so she could have been Emma fett Cao
......that would have been bad 😂
I knew a girl in college named Emma Lee and I thought she was saying Emily, I called her that for la week before she corrected me. Someone else I know named their baby Isla but there last name happens to be white.
A lady I know loves the name Robin and wanted to name her son that. But she married a guy whose surname is Hood, and she said "I just couldn't do it to the poor kid."
Luubelaar my husband wanted to name our daughter Jasmine so she would be Jazz Hands. We ended up calling out dog Jasper instead lol
my sister is Iona, luckily our surname isnt an issue with it. She did struggle with a teacher from France who could not pronouce it at all though.
9:41 lmao🤣 "Area" It's actually pronounced like "Are- ee- uh". It is actually the name of a type of operatic solo in which the soloist basically just gets to show off how good they are at singing as much as they want☺️
i heard this grown woman shouting Alexa in a cafe recently and was expecting amazon Alexa speaking back, it was her two year old daughter
Oh no...Amazon has ruined the name Alexa
Maybe because it's close to Alexia ? (greek name)
Well, it was a girl's name before it was a device's name.
Well yeah it’s a name
Noah: a 50 yo priest....
we're here for the DARK references!!
Or maybe we were there for the DARK references
I was so happy when u mentioned Noah from dark! Brilliant show
I live in Wales and have never met a Bronwen, but every school year has a Seren and Celyn (star and holly)
"you don't name a kid Craig if you love him" HAHA. My dad's called Craig and he literally begged me to name one of my future children after him because the name's dying out, sorry Dad :)
“scottish names are easier to pronounce” gonna have to say no to that one... i live in scotland and go to school with a girl who’s name is spelled ‘ciorstaidh’
Rose Tallulah Ciorstaidh is my name but my parents used the Kirsty spelling for schools
it's weird how that spelling looks totally normal and easy to pronounce to me but i can totally see how confusing that must be to try and pronounce if you cant speak gaelic!
I don’t think my name (Ruadhán) is that difficult, but so many people have trouble with it
rhuriararh, rognvald, Roisin
I could figure out the pronunciation of that after a few seconds, but its probably just because I speak Irish and some of the phonetics are similar.
I’m from the U.K. and I had 5 Jessica’s in my class at one point
hello! my name is Eilidh, even scottish people have a difficult time with it sometimes lol i have been called every variation of how you might think to pronounce it. Its actually not the scottish version of ellie i believe it’s considered the gaelic equivalent to helen cause they share a similar meaning which is like ‘bright light’ or something? if someone is familiar with scottish culture at all i always just say it’s like Ceilidh (which is a well known scottish dance done at weddings and events and anytime we get a chance) just obvs without the C. My fav very scottish name is Ruairidh (pronounced Roo-ree) and Struan (Stroo-an) partly cause they’re my cousins names so i’m biased but also they just sound brill in a Scottish accent
I immediately clicked in pure curiosity as to why Evan is doing a baby video! Part through the intro and I just know this is going to be good! 😂
we're having a kid and letting a youtube poll decide the name!
oh no no more polls oh noooooo
Evan Edinger just call it Craig then.
Or Siobhan
@@evan lol will never let it go. It'll be on your gravestone!
We're live on Twitch streaming The Last of Us Part II come hang! twitch.tv/EvanEdinger
Completly forgot to mention Welsh names apart from Evan. Wales has some of the most common names, and also beautiful girls names x
@@emmaupchurch9160 I think all names beginning with that Gw sound are Welsh right? Like Gwen Guinevere Gwendolyn ect. I always loved Welsh names, my grandma is Welsh and if I have kids I'd like to give them a welsh name in honor of her.
Yes Gwen and Gwendolen are Welsh names. Meaning Fair and white. Guinevere isn't a Welsh name as there is no "v" in the Welsh alphabet a single "f" would make a v sound. What I love about Welsh names is the beautiful meaning behind them. Like Seren means Star and Liliwen means white lily.
I knew a girl in school who literally had 17 middle names. WHAT IN THE ACTUAL F?!
That’s fucked on so many levels. I only have one and I never use it.
In my country we have long names too, but they are not middle names. We have ancestral names in the front (two or three) first name,one or two middle names and then the surname. Lately women have started hyphenating their surnames when they get married, so now they are longer.
Yeah my teacher told me she used to teach a girl who's middle names were named after the first names of her parents favourite football team. what if she doesn't support the same team?
Imagine having to sign your entire name... oufffff
oof, i only have five names and i thought that was bad.
I'm really luckily that I'm a boy, bc I would have been called Ella, and I have an older brother called Sam. So our parents would have been calling "Salmonella!"
Jeez louise 🤣🤣
‘Craig’ is a Celtic name (Scottish, Irish, Welsh) coming from the Gaelic word ‘creag’ meaning ‘rock’. And it’s very true in my case, my hubby is Craig and he is my rock, his Mum’s rock and his sister’s rock (his Mum and sister were both widowed within 19 months). I love the name xx