Name...

[crzyascanb.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine from high school is having a girl.
The name they have picked out is Berklie Keragan.
WDYT??

Comments

[areyoustrange.livejournal.com]

In many parts of the English speaking world, the word 'berk' is an insult much like dork. To me, that name is like Dorklie. Keragen (spelled 'Kerrigan') is the name of the most famous bogan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogan) family (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_%28film%29) in the world.

That name in Australia would make people laugh themselves to death. Indeed, I may have already ruptured something just now.

[x-cherrydarling.livejournal.com]

Not a big fan of any spelling, but I'd like it more if it was spelled Berkeley Kerrigan.

[crzyascanb.livejournal.com]

Interesting lol

[crzyascanb.livejournal.com]

Yeah Im more concerned of it being a little hard to say then of the spelling lol I still havent decided if I actually like the name or not...

[crzyascanb.livejournal.com]

I think they orginally had Berklie Karolyne picked out, then changed the middle name. I think they had Westyn Tate picked for a boy...

[monalyssasmile.livejournal.com]

Ouch that hurt my eyes.

[ladydiddymus.livejournal.com]

as in like, Nancy Keragan? that may not even be the same spelling but that's what it makes me think of. plus I'm from West Virginia and Berkeley is the name of a county here, so whenever I read it I kind of hear it in a country voice, hahaha. ew.

[crzyascanb.livejournal.com]

lol well Im from Southern Louisiana, so the country voice pretty much applies...

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Berk is actually rhyming slang for something much more offensive. Berkely Hunt...

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

It reminds me of that university...isn't Berkeley a university? Or college?
I don't really like that name...but it's original ;)

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I suppose if she weren't into kr8tyvv spelling that would be Berkeley Kerrigan? Now that would have made sense to me..
I kind of like Berkeley..at least is the name of a place.
I wouldn't have minded Carrigan. Although it's too close to "carry a gun" lol

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

yes, it is, it's located in California :)

[jordle.livejournal.com]

I like it but I'd spell it Berkeley :)

[zante.livejournal.com]

I don't like Berklie but my cousins' name is Carrigan, kind of like Kerrigan. I like Carrigan better as a spelling :)

[wake-tonight.livejournal.com]

Yep, reminds me so much of the Kerrigans from the Castle. Funny film but not something you'd want as a namesame for your child... As a PP said, if I met someone called Kerrigan I would laugh myself silly. I could not take them at all seriously.

Berklie looks like a trendy spelling. I wouldn't want berk in my kids name either.

[sandtree.livejournal.com]

Ew. :(

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

Oh god, it makes me want to cry.

[neroli.livejournal.com]

That's really rather wretched. I bet she won't get through the first week of school before they start calling her jerk-lee.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I knew a girl in elementary school named Berkeley. I wouldn't use it myself, but I actually liked it (with that spelling, at least). Now it also makes me think of the college, of course, and the fact that that's the school Elaine attended in The Graduate, where Ben basically kinda sorta stalked her. "ELAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAINE!" Keragan would immediately bring to mind, as someone mentioned above, Nancy Kerrigan. Screaming, "WHY, GOD? WHYYYYY?".

[crzyascanb.livejournal.com]

Yeah I agree... I like the name, but I think the spelling could be a little better.

[sotypical42483.livejournal.com]

I think poor girl :( that name sucks big time.

[eleanorgrace.livejournal.com]

Yes, but as a name it's actually (weirdly) pronounced BARK-lee. At least as the philosopher's surname, it is. Dunno why; I always thought that was annoying.

[fleckerbug.livejournal.com]

UC Berkley.. located in Berkeley, California.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

sorry, but i don't like it. i assume she means like Berkley, CA and the misspelling is`awful, but there is a town out here spelled Berklie, pron. BARK-ley, which i think is even worse. And Kerrigan is just not my style at all. :(

[mrs-tobe.livejournal.com]

That name is just not feminine in the least. I'm from California, so the first thing I think of is the town Berkeley. And broccoli. And Kerrigan just makes me think of the ice skater. Just....ick.

[easter.livejournal.com]

I think absolutely, positively not.

[the-good-ship.livejournal.com]

It's actually Berkshire (pronounced Barkshire, even though berk's as you would expect.) Hunt, but yeah, rhyming slang...

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

Lol, yes that was a slip of the, er, fingers because of the name^^