Yes – I am well aware that it was Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats of Nimh – all caps are not needed. But it is not too hard for a kid to make that tiny little jump from Niamh to Nimh, is it?
Irish as it may be, Niamh is an ugly name. Celtic spellings are generally a mouthful for people such as me, and not to mention they look funny. A boy called Daffyd (a Welsh name)? If you’re not in Wales, people will think you named him after Daffy Duck.
Ignorant idiot, you can also put every fucking French name up there too if you are going to complain about Irish spellings and pronunciations. It’s ANOTHER LANGUAGE and that is why you CAN’T PRONOUNCE IT.
This website is full of ignorant idiots. Half the names on here are legitimate names from colloquial dialects. Niamh is a lovely name, as said it is from a different language with different pronunciations of letters and words.
My name is Niámh, and I personally think that making fun of a name is completely illogical. I didn’t choose my name, my parents did. I wouldn’t like the name ‘sarah’ but I don’t post on websites saying “Sarah is a stupid name”, do I? No, because one of the things that is most beautiful about this world is that people can be, within reason, who they want to be. I’m perfectly happy with being called Niámh, despite the pronounciation.
Maybe you should Liámh, unless you have a half-decent response up your Sliámh?
Hey Sunshine – thanks for your post. Aren’t you the little optimist? But, as it turns out, the world is not as beautiful as you wish. Niamh is a stupid name, and your parents are stupid for naming you that.
{ 17 comments… read them below or add one }
I’m not condoning it, because it’s impossible for kids to spell, but Niamh is a traditional classic Irish name.
And Mrs Frisbee’s rats were from NIMH not NIAMH
Yes – I am well aware that it was Mrs. Frisbee and the Rats of Nimh – all caps are not needed. But it is not too hard for a kid to make that tiny little jump from Niamh to Nimh, is it?
I loved that book! They had to change Frisbee to Brisby because of copyright issues
Oh, yeah, the name sucks…
Irish as it may be, Niamh is an ugly name. Celtic spellings are generally a mouthful for people such as me, and not to mention they look funny. A boy called Daffyd (a Welsh name)? If you’re not in Wales, people will think you named him after Daffy Duck.
I don’y like this name, but Niamh (pronounced Neeve) is very traditional.
Really?!?! Fucking Neeve? When then only common letter between the 2 is the N?!?! Holy SHIT! This name is worse than I thought.
You know, even Mrs. Brisby had better name sense than this (her kids were Teresa, Martin, Cynthia, and Timothy) and she was a mouse
Ignorant idiot, you can also put every fucking French name up there too if you are going to complain about Irish spellings and pronunciations. It’s ANOTHER LANGUAGE and that is why you CAN’T PRONOUNCE IT.
Okay – all of the fucking French names belong here too, then!
This website is full of ignorant idiots. Half the names on here are legitimate names from colloquial dialects. Niamh is a lovely name, as said it is from a different language with different pronunciations of letters and words.
No it’s not.
You’re uneducated… it’s not an english name… you better off hanging from a tree than spending your life making up this site;L
I can promise you I have plenty more education than you do.
My name is Niámh, and I personally think that making fun of a name is completely illogical. I didn’t choose my name, my parents did. I wouldn’t like the name ‘sarah’ but I don’t post on websites saying “Sarah is a stupid name”, do I? No, because one of the things that is most beautiful about this world is that people can be, within reason, who they want to be. I’m perfectly happy with being called Niámh, despite the pronounciation.
Maybe you should Liámh, unless you have a half-decent response up your Sliámh?
Hey Sunshine – thanks for your post. Aren’t you the little optimist? But, as it turns out, the world is not as beautiful as you wish. Niamh is a stupid name, and your parents are stupid for naming you that.
An opinion you are entitled to. Try not to frown at the world, you’l get wrinkles xoxo