List updated 5/1/11!
It’s been decided that the sheer volume of offensively named offspring necessitates its own dedicated page. So here it is. Please submit your suggestions! The original blog entry about the bogan’s love of ridiculous child names can be found here.
Caution: The next person to recount “Le-a” or “Abcde” as a bogan baby name will be shot.
| Aalivyah |
| Aayden |
| Abbergale |
| Abbey |
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Abercrombie
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| Abrielle |
| Achillies |
| Acid |
| Ad’m |
| Addison Jorja |
| Aden |
| Airy-Anne |
| Aiysiah |
| Ajuka |
| Akelan |
| Alachai |
| Alarah |
| Alashanee |
| Alaysha |
| Albamakarla |
| Aleah |
| Aleczander |
| Aleece |
| Aliesha |
| Alira |
| Alivia |
| Alixzander |
| Allesia |
| Allure |
| Alula |
| Alycesaundra |
| Amarly |
| Amarni |
| Ambah |
| Americus |
| Anakin |
| Anfernee |
| Anferny |
| Annakey |
| Annaley |
| Antwonet |
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Appelonia
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| Aprel |
| Ararahbella |
| Archah |
| Ark Tribe |
| Arkasha |
| Arki |
| Arliek |
| Armahnni |
| Armani |
| Aron |
| Ashaleigh |
| Ashlee |
| Ashleigh |
| Ash-Leigh |
| Ashlyn |
| Ashtyn |
| Asiah |
| Aubree |
| Aubrei |
| Audua |
| Autum |
| Avah |
| Avalon |
| Awesome |
| Axe |
| Ayasha |
| Ayden |
| Ayva |
| Bacardee |
| Badi |
| Baeley |
| Bailee |
| Banjo Rocket |
| Bastien |
| Bayden |
| Baylen |
| Bbeeccaa |
| Beeanchor |
| Beejay |
| Bellanaysha |
| Belynda |
| Berlinder |
| Beyonce-Jaye |
| Bhronty |
| Blade |
| Blaik |
| Blayde |
| Blayden |
| Blayton |
| Blayze |
| Blu |
| Bluede |
| Boadicea |
| Bodie |
| Braelane |
| Brandun |
| Brathan |
| Bray |
| Brayden |
| Braydyn |
| Breeanah |
| Breeyanah |
| Brianan |
| Bri-Anne |
| Briarna |
| Brie |
| Briella |
| Brilee |
| Brilee-Alaska |
| Britnee |
| Brock |
| Brock Peter |
| Brooklyn |
| Browdyn |
| Bryannee |
| Brylee |
| Brynnleah |
| Brytnee |
| Brytney |
| Buzzby |
| Byden |
| Bylinda |
| Cadyern |
| Cailey |
| Calaeb |
| Calais |
| Calape |
| Calcypher |
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Canduss
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| Caprhyse |
| Caprice |
| Caramel |
| Caughtneigh |
| Cavey |
| Caylee |
| Cayleigh |
| Ceazyr-Czar |
| Champsee |
| Chanel |
| Chaos |
| Chardonnay |
| Charismatage |
| Charlatte |
| Charlee |
| Charleigh |
| Charlot |
| Charmain |
| Charnel |
| Chayce |
| Chaylarna |
| Chayne |
| Cheltzie |
| Cheri-Lee |
| Chervaun |
| Cheslea |
| Chevelle |
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Chevone
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| Chevy |
| Cheyenne |
| Chilly |
| Chloee |
| Chloi |
| Chloie |
| Chontelle |
| Chyvon |
| Cialla |
| Cienna |
| Clauren |
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Cloe
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| Cobi |
| Cona |
| Coopa |
| Cortina |
| Coupe |
| Courtnee |
| Cristel |
| Cuda Force |
| Curacoa |
| Cyennah |
| D’Lilah |
| D’ne |
| Daffa |
| Daklan |
| Dakoda |
| Dakota |
| Dakota-Pheonix |
| Dallas |
| Danah |
| Danger |
| Dannika |
| Dan-yel |
| Danyella |
| Danyelle |
| Darcie |
| Darcoda |
| Darshan |
| Daylon |
| Dazhara |
| Decklyn |
| Deezel |
| Deja |
| Deklyn |
| Denyll |
| Denz’l |
| Destinee |
| Destiny-Rose |
| Dhakota |
| Diammond Sparckle |
| Diesel |
| Diezel |
| Dijon |
| Dillan |
| Dillon |
| Dimple |
| Dior |
| Dirtee |
| Djcynta |
| Djuke |
| Drifter-Cash |
| Druzai |
| Dujour |
| Dursley |
| Dustee |
| Dusty Rayne |
| Dymond |
| Eathen |
| Ebonni |
| Edenn |
| Eirriinn |
| Elease |
| Elektra |
| Ellanie-May |
| Elodie |
| Ember |
| EmmaLee |
| Emmalee |
| Emmasyn |
| Emmavieve |
| Enessa |
| Eren |
| Erlinda |
| Evo |
| Exavier |
| Eyzach |
| Fantasya |
| Feebee |
| Feebi |
| Felisha |
| Finette |
| Foxx |
| Frolic |
| Gage |
| Gaison |
| Genesis |
| Genisis |
| Genna |
| Graydon |
| Haegan |
| Haidyn |
| Haighleigh |
| Halee |
| Halen |
| Hani |
| Harisyn |
| Harlea |
| Harlee |
| Harleigh |
| Harley |
| Harli |
| Harmoni |
| Harrison |
| Harrisyn |
| Harvie |
| Harvie Che |
| Hathor |
| Haylaa |
| Hayleigh |
| Haze |
| Hendrix |
| Hippy |
| Holden |
| Hollee |
| Hudson |
| Huntah |
| Hunter Blade |
| Hurtle |
| Indea-Bleu |
| Indiana |
| Indikah |
| Indya |
| Indyanna |
| Irin |
| Isabellah |
| Isobelle |
| Issabella |
| Izacc |
| Izach |
| Izack |
| Izak |
| Iziyah |
| Jacey |
| Jack Daniel |
| Jacklean |
| Jacksen |
| Jadzia |
| Jaeger |
| Jaeson |
| Jaguar |
| Jahzara |
| Jahzara Alice Izabelah |
| Jai |
| Jai-zeke |
| Jakayla Jaye |
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Jakksyn
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| Jamarah |
| Jamiroquai |
| Janayah |
| Janeka |
| Jaq |
| Jarolme |
| Jarrahson |
| Jarynon |
| Jasaideez |
|
Jaunelle
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| Jaxom |
| Jaxon |
| Jaxson |
| Jaxxon |
| Jaycen |
| Jaycene |
| Jayde |
| Jayden |
| Jaydenn |
| Jayge |
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Jayk
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| Jayke |
| Jayla |
| Jaylah |
| Jayleigh |
| Jay-mee |
| Jaymen |
| Jaymez |
| Jaymz |
| Jazabel |
| Jazmin |
| Jazzmyn |
| Jden |
| Jekope |
| Jemmah |
| Jeni-Fa |
| Jeremih |
| Jesika |
| Jesinta |
| Jessiika |
| Jessykah |
| Jett |
| Jettlyn |
| Jezycka |
| Jhamasyn |
| Jhett |
| Jhorja |
| Jinja |
| Joash |
| JoeBoi |
| Jonay |
| Jordyn |
| Jorja |
| Jorjah |
| Jorjha |
| Joshur |
| Jotham |
| Jovi |
| Justyn |
| Jyarna |
| Jyden |
| Jyssica |
| K’iaani |
| Kade |
| Kaden |
| Kadina |
| Kaedynce |
| Kahlea |
| Kahlua |
| Kahly |
| Kaiden |
| Kailah |
| Kailee |
| Kaine |
| Kaitee |
| Kalais |
| Kalani |
| Kallen |
| Kamahlee |
| Kameera |
| Kane |
| Karlii |
| Karrina |
| Karsan |
| Kash |
| Kason |
| Kaspa |
| Kassidy |
| Katelyn |
| Kateysha |
| Katishya |
| Katysha |
| Kaycee |
| Kaydee |
| Kaylaa |
| Kayle |
| Kaylee |
| Kayleigh |
| Kayley |
| Kaylum |
| Kaysahn |
| Kdn |
| Keanu |
| Keegie |
| Keeley |
| Keellii |
| Keetah Mae |
| Keian |
| Keighlyn |
| Keilee |
| KeiraLee |
| Keisha |
| K-Ell |
| Kennedi |
| Keonie |
| Kequila |
| Kerille |
| Keryl |
| Ketita |
| Keyarnie |
| Keyon |
| Khai |
| Khayleigh |
| Khayte |
| Khe Sanh |
| Kheanon |
| Khloe |
| Khobi |
| Khodii |
| Kholan |
| Khyal |
| Khyber |
| Kia Maria |
| Kiah |
| Kiarna |
| Kiarni |
| Kiarrah |
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Kif
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| Killem |
| Kimelle |
| Kitana |
| Klaneesha |
| Klowee |
| Koady |
| Kobie |
| Kolbee |
| Kolbhy-Jai |
| Kollah |
| Kollah-Jade |
| Koopa |
| Kortnee |
| Kory |
| Kowen |
| Kragen |
| Krisma |
| Kristapha |
| Kruze |
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Kryseteyen
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| Krystobelle |
| Kwenten |
| Kyah |
| Kyden |
| Kyeisha |
| Kymberleigh |
| Kynan |
| Kyra Zarli |
| Kyrsharni |
| Kyson |
| Kyteisha |
| Kyya |
| Lacy |
| Laiken |
| Laria |
| Lattrell |
| Laurah |
| Lavena |
| Layceeh |
| Lazarhys |
| Leeyanne |
| Leigh-Anne |
| Leighlani |
| Lei-Lani |
| Lerlinda |
| Lily-Rose |
| Lindita |
| Linkin |
| Linkon |
| LNE |
| Lockie |
| Locklan |
| Logon |
| Logyn |
| Lokhlan |
| Lucious |
| Lynlee |
| Lyrique |
| Macaela |
| Mackaylah |
| Mackennziee |
| Mackley |
| Macon |
| Macsim |
| Macushla |
| Madalyn |
| Maddalyn |
| Maddison |
| Maddisson |
| Maddisyn |
| Madisun |
| Madisyn |
| Maffew |
| Mai |
| Makayla |
| Makitalena |
| Maksymilian |
| Makyla |
| Makynli |
| Malakai |
| Maleeka |
| Maliq |
| Mallachi |
| Malleah |
| Mallee |
| Malona |
| Marrs |
| Maryse |
| Maschelle |
| Mathilda |
| Matika |
| Mattyray |
| Matylda |
| Maverick |
| Mavrik |
| Max-Ine |
| McKayla |
| McLaren |
| Meea |
| Melena |
| Melissah |
| Memphis |
| Mercedes |
| Mersaydees |
| Mheyson |
| Micaela |
| Micaylah |
| Michana |
| Mignonne |
| Mihaila |
| Mikaela |
| Mikailey |
| Mikayla |
| Mikaylah |
| Mikella |
| Mikhaila |
| Mikhayla |
| Milan |
| Miley |
| Minx |
| Minyon |
| Mirabel |
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Mishaley
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| Mishelle |
| Miskaela |
| Mitchyl |
| Mizty |
| MLE (emily) |
| Monaro Brock |
| Moneesha |
| Monishe |
| Montana |
| Montanna |
| Mykenzie |
| mykhal |
| Myki |
| Mylie |
| Myson |
| Mystique |
| Nafan |
| Nakeisha |
| Nakia |
| Narnia |
| Nashayleah |
| Nastasjia |
| Nayeli |
| Nayomey |
| Neo |
| Nevaeh |
| Nikohl |
|
Noami
|
| Notorious |
| Nox |
| Nyah |
| Nykarla |
| Nyoka |
| O’Shearnia |
| Oakley |
| Oardry |
| Ocean |
| Oii Niinjaa |
| Ondray |
| Onjalique |
| Opal |
| Optavia |
| Orianna |
| Ornree |
| Oroton |
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Oskah
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| Owasin |
| Ozcah |
| Pacey |
| Paeton |
| Paikea |
| Peyton |
| Phelicity |
| Phenyox |
| Pheonuh |
| Phoenix |
| Pistol |
| Porscha |
| Porschea-Grace |
| Porsha |
| Prada |
| Pricillia |
| Princess |
| Princ’ess |
| Q’Dell |
| Quade |
| Quenal |
| Quintynn |
| Rafferti |
| Rainii |
| Raphaelle |
| Rauri |
| Real |
| Rebel |
| Reef |
| Refinement |
| Reilly |
| Rennay |
| Revel |
| Rheid |
| Rhiley |
| Rhyannon |
| Rhyanon |
| Rhyleah |
| Rhylee |
| Rhyley |
| Rhylie |
| Rian |
| Ricca-Donna |
| Rickee |
| Rocket |
| Rogue |
| Royal |
| Royel |
| Royrie |
| Rybekkah |
| Rydan |
| Ryeli |
| Rylan |
| Rylee |
| Ryley |
| Rylie |
| Salacia |
| Salena |
| Sammual |
| Samuyl |
| Sanita |
| Saphron |
| Sapphire |
| Sareena |
| Sassica |
| Savannah |
| Saxon |
| Schapelle |
| Scheyzelle |
| Seanna |
| Senee |
| Seril-an |
| Sesimi |
| Seven |
| Shadeaux |
| Shae-leigh |
| Shaenequa |
| Shakara |
| Sham |
| Shamarna |
| Shanae |
| Shanaye |
| Shanelle |
| Shaniqua |
| Shan-iya |
| Shannae |
| Shannay |
| Shantaeya |
| Shantii |
| Shaqiel |
| Shaq-Kayla |
| Sharaya |
| Sharaz |
| Sharlet |
| Sharlieene |
| Sharlise |
| Sharn |
| Sharnara-Imogen |
| Shar-Neik |
| Sharnia |
| Sharnielle |
| Sharntelle |
| Shar-One |
|
Shaunay
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| Shauntelle |
| Shayanne |
| Shayden |
| Shekinah |
| Shelloise |
| Shervena |
| Sheynelle |
| Shiarna |
| Shiraz |
| Shondell |
| Shontay |
| Shontel |
| Shyann |
| SiaDavid |
| Sienna |
| Sierra |
| Sierra-Leonie |
| Sindi |
| Skarlette |
| Skyee |
| Skyelah |
| Skyla |
| Skylah |
| Skylen |
| Slade |
| Sofie |
| Solita |
| Sophee |
| Speed |
| Spida |
| Stalin |
| Starr |
| Stealth |
| Stealth Wolfe |
| Stoli |
| Storm |
| Storme |
| Subrina |
| Sumher |
| Summah |
| Sundeigh |
| Swayde |
| Syanne |
| Sygonn Chaleece |
| T’Lea |
| Taelah |
| Tagen |
| Tahira |
| Tahleia |
| Tahli |
| Tahlianne |
| Tahlyn |
| Tahmykkha |
| Tahnee |
| Tahnee-Lee |
| Tahnika |
| Taio |
| Taiven |
| Takenhi |
| Takylah |
| Taleesha |
| Taleigha |
| Taleisha |
| Taliesin |
| Taliyah |
| Tallulah |
| Talon |
| Tamarli |
| Tameekah |
| Tameka-Jane |
| Tamika |
| Tammika |
| Tamyn |
| Tanaya |
| Taneesha |
| Tanicka |
| Tanika |
| Tannaya |
| Tanysha |
| Tarjge |
| Taryn |
| Tashana |
| Taya |
| Tayah |
| Taydon |
| tayha arcadia |
| Tayisa |
| Tayla |
| Taylah |
| Taylar |
| Tayluh |
| Tayte |
| Teak |
| Tearne |
|
Teejay
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| Teighlor |
| Teila |
| Teinysha |
| Teizha |
| Tekayla |
| Tekelle |
| Tekyra |
| Teleah |
| Teleshia |
| Temeika |
| Tempress |
| Tenannah |
| Teneesha |
| Tenisha |
| Tennielle |
| Tennille |
| Tequila-Sunrise |
| Terahlee |
| Termicka |
| Tezzina |
| Thalia-Star |
| Thyler |
| Tiarn |
| Tiarna |
| Tiarne |
| Tiarney-Rae |
| Tiaska |
| Tiffanee |
| Tiffany Crystal |
| Tiffany Diamond |
| Tiger |
| Timiny |
| Tiphanee |
| Tomahawk |
| Torana |
| Torianna-Sharisse |
| Torren |
| Traevion |
| Trek |
| Treston |
| Trey-Rose |
| Trigger |
| Trinity |
| Trintie |
| Triyztan |
| Tuart |
| Tye |
| Tyenikah |
| Tyger |
| Tylah |
| Tyla-Jaydye |
| Tylarr |
| Tyleigh |
| Tylytha-Mae |
| Tynille |
| Tyreece |
| Tyriek |
| Tyzon |
| Valeciaa |
| Van |
| Vegas |
| Vienna |
| Viper |
| Vronique |
| Wynter |
| Xac |
| Xaiden |
| Xaike |
| Xakary |
| Xal (pronounced Crystal) |
| Xavia |
| Xianna |
| Xiantell |
| Ximena |
| Xoe |
| Xylia |
| Yasinta |
| Zaac |
| Zackery |
| Zaharli Indyanah Megg |
| Zahli |
| Zahrie |
| Zaiden |
| Zain |
| Zakary |
| Zali |
| Zamba |
| Zantasia |
| Zari |
| Zavier |
| Zavier Strong |
| Zaydan |
| Zaylee |
| Zaylen |
| Zeeden |
| Zefflyn |
| Zeldon |
| Zenifa |
| Zephyr |
| Zero |
| Zheeva |
| Zhen-nee |
| Ziaire Jaymz |
| Ziare |
| Zilyah |
| Zowe |
| ZowiMitchyl |
| Zye |
Any and all names that are lifted from celebrities – i.e. Brooklyn, Romeo & Cruise.
I disagree with Paikea being there… it’s a Ngati Porou Maori name, and famous for the legend of the Whale Rider. Not bogan… different, but not bogan….
“We made inside Pikea!” “Phew!”
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/pikea/
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/pikea2/
http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/pikea3/
I saved a baby girl from being called Maelena, by explaining what it meant. The parents chose a less disturbing name instead.
(Milena is a traditional name, but they didn’t know about it. They heard the word “maelena” used in the Emergency department, and thought it was a lovely name for a girl. It means altered blood passed per rectum; lovely black, smely, sticky diarrhoea.
Also met a Sean pronounced “Seen”. I got told off for mispronouncing it, and they insisted that they were pronouncing it in the correct, traditional manner.
What world do you live in when you think a condition name used in the ED sounds noice?
Apparently the same world that Beyonce lives in. IV apparently is part of her daughter’s name. IV as in Roman numerals for 4 but pronounced I.V. as in intravenous. Noice, unusual, pretty sure it was a name that Kath & Kim considered for Kim’s daughter.
No, they went with Ivy, as in the plant. It might refer to the number four. Blue is odd, but Ivy on it’s own would have been old fashioned and pretty.
Well I am extremely pleased to hear that. Ivy is a very pretty, old fashioned name. I was only going on what the morning news shows were saying this morning that it was IV meaning 4. So I am glad they were wrong!
I was actually happy when I heard it was Ivy, but then when I found out it was I.V. I was disappointed. So glad to know it is Ivy again! Not that I particularly care about Beyonce’s baby, it’s just that I am like the swing to the old fashioned names. Shame about the Blue bit, though
Infinitee-Isis, sister to Kruze. Cringe… ‘I have a bad case of infinitee-Isis between my toes’.
and isn’t kruze a make of car?
Seriously? Infinitee-Isis? I have an 23 year old named Isis- definitely not bogan just has an Egyptian father and named after ancient Egyptian goddess. Loves her name and will die laughing when I show her this!
Greetings from the US! This is one of the funniest blog posts ever. An Aussie friend who I speak with extensively was teaching me about the wonder of bogan names, which is what eventually led me here.
Here are my humble suggestions:
Hutchence/Hutchense
Byndie/Byndii
Krystyllite (We have a diet drink in the US called Crystal Lite, but I don’t know if it’s an international brand or not)
Krystyl
Ambre/Amb’r
Ru-Bee
Cowboy
Tailyr
Ap’l (Variation on Apple)
Tarzan
And re: The Kylie debate: I don’t know if Kylie is bogan, and I don’t know if Danii is bogan, but I’d guess that Kylii is bogan. Or Kyelye. Or Da’nee.
Or Kyly, girlfriend of Michael Clarke.
Isobelle was the name of my great grandmother, who was Scottish. She was a Davidson. If you google Isobelle, you will even find it has a meaning. It is just a variant of Isabel. My niece is named Isobel after her and I really don’t think we’re a bunch of bogans.
Hey hey hey, Jadzia is not a bogan name! I don’t think Star Trek: Deep Space Nine has much of a bogan fanbase…
It’s actually a Polish short name. It’s my aunty’s name.
The best bogan names I have heard are:
Kris-tea-leeh
Target (pronounced tar-zhay, with kinda a French accent if that makes sense)
Three brothers: jet, diesel and fuel
Seven
Brisbane
And my personal favourite: La-a (pronounced La-DASH-a)
How about Bryzbyn?
I know, it’s not something someone has named their kid, but I just HAD to share this with you all: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/06/beezow-doo-doo-zopittybop_n_1190410.html and note in particular paragraph 8.
Has anyone got any information as to why Avalon is a bogan name…..
Avalon is a legendary island featured in the Arthurian legend as the place where King Arthur’s sword Excalibur was forged..
It is also a name used by a motor vehicle manufacturer for one of their products. The applicable principle is naming your child after a type of car.
Fiona,
Holden are bringing out an eco friendly car.
Called “The Hinch”
It runs on nothing but gossip and the exhaust can be recucled as it is pure bull shit.
The “up” market version is called “The Jones”. It is a bi fuel car. will run on either gossip or alcohlo and the exhaust is either bullshit or abuse depending.
Well they have to replace the Commodore with something. The indications are that General Motors will follow Fords lead by reducing their stock lines to one base vehicle in each category for all markets. G.M. will probably have it distributed as a variety of packages, each badged differently. They are already doing this, to a certain extent. My guess would be something something based on the Chevrolet Volt.
1. It just sounds pretentious.
2. It’s a suburb on the northern beaches that has a lot of surfy tossers in it. Home & Away territory.
Wish i had known this before i named my daughter Avalon,
my decision based on the King Arthur Legend alone.
and a not very popular Toyota named we suspect after the beach suburb.
If you live in Sutherland Shire, and are seeking an ‘exotic’ name, Avalon is a faraway beach you are never likely to visit
Just stumbled across this site and this list. Surprised the girl’s name ‘Cadence’ isn’t on the list. I’ve heard it screamed by a mother to her noisy child in a way that reminded me of bogans (even though I hardly know any bogans, I just understand the stereotype).
+1 to Cadence. Have come across it in bogan acquaintance circles numerous times
Alternatives for those bogans wishing to be ‘individual’ and ‘themselves’ could be ‘Caydence’ or ‘Kaydence’. Just a suggestion.
i think khaydnce would be popular if some c-grade celebrity gave the name to one of their spawn.
K-Dansz
it sounds famouser already.
Some names i have seen in my work, Lofn, Broyer of whispers, galadriel, sovren, Tiger Hotstone, Twentysixth, Chicko, Floyd Flying Fox, Draginia, and the worst of all Ra-a … Pronounced Ra dash a…bogans !!!
lemme guess – you do landscape architecture at Skyrim Waters?
schoolteacher?
Blacksmith!
I, too, have dissauded new parents from Maelena. Again, heard in the hospital lift without knowing what it meant.
I have also had sets of twins (well, not me!) named Precious & Princess and Annie and Anna!
My current “fave” is Heighleee (emphasis softly on the eee). Sheesh.
My husband delivered a baby called Car-leesh-ar. Yep.
I have lots more but I’ll stop now.
BTW way. Heigh (like neigh) leee!
Oh, and there was an entire brood named after US states/cities. Texas, Montana, Indiana, Pheenix (I kid you not), Manhattan and Houstin (yep).
I wondered if there were families in the US with kids called SA and Tassie!
and woy woy, geelong, toowoomba…
I can’t see a problem with “Pheenix”. It will save the trouble of remembering whether the “o” or the “e” comes first. When life is sufficiently difficult that the recourse of a Bex and lie down is de rigeur, you really don’t want the additional complication of learning about conjoined vowels. That would be too tœdious.
I concœr.
10,9,9,8,10
gold.
I have mentioned Dallas, Dakota, Denver and Dawson (4 Australian boys) before ……
has nobody ever named their child “Dalek?”
Gods bless Midwives.
x
with love from Chies’Cuppe Gympie Nimrod Bladerunner Barossa Suri Blood-Focke Caek.
born by the good offices of the Lucina Team, Southern Midwifery Group Practice, FMC. (hi Mandy!)
and my Stunning Wife, Baeks.
I wish I could take “southern” out of the name…
I know someone whose name is Heidi, but pronounced “Hey-Dee”. I don’t THINK her parents are/were bogan, but what’s the S.African version of same?
Haidee, pronounced Hey-Dee, is a Greek name, related to Heidi – the two often get confused
Sandi …A friend tells me she had a couple who thought “Meconium’ was a nice name ! (refers to baby’s first black tarry stools ) ..
But seriously what’s wrong with “liquor ” or “Rubra’ …I’ve heard worse
Add Rhyli to the list please
Love this list! Hilarious! Got a couple to add:
(These are hideous, I warn you, but they are real!)
Kerosene (pronounced “ke-ROSS-en-ee” – lovely name for a a girl!)
Ash & Tray (twins! I kid you not!)
Traybian (I think this is a total bastardization of the French “tres bien”, but I’m just guessing. )
N-A (pronounced “na-dash-a”. Variations include A-a, L-a, K-a…endless options!)
In December 2011 I was at a public event in our local park and a bogan was calling for her child to get his sausage in bread “Chicane, Chicane come and get yer snag…CHICANE” Chicane: an artificial feature creating extra turns in a road, used in motor racing and on streets to slow traffic for safety.
Awesome list. Reminds me of a story my mom told me several years back. My mom is a nurse in the NICU at her hospital, and she had a set of triplets with the following names:
Lemon (Leh-moan)
Orange (Or-ah-nj)
Cherry (Share-ee)
Seriously, wtf.
What about Tempany? I’m going to check at work where there is PLENTY of inspiration and get back with anything else missing.
Two unwashed and unmarried 30-something bogans moved into the house across the road from me a few weeks ago with their annoying little prick of a son.
Yesterday the mother was yelling at the kid, so I finally found out his name: DeLorean…
Back to the Future fans, I guess?
I suppose they thought it sounded cool.
When in fact it just sounds stupid.
doubtless there’s some creative spelling involved…
actually, nah – When there’s hardware to be homaged the Bogan gets it right.
Unfortunately for me, I was bestowed the terribly boganesque name of Emma-Lee. My mother’s reasoning was that my father wanted to call me Emily, while she wanted to call me Emma. The resulting monstrosity of a hybrid was what she refers to as a ‘compromise’, so that they could both call me what they liked. Until my dying day, I will resent them for it.
Trillian.
for thos not in the know – Trillian was a charachter in Douglas Adams’ Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy. The name is a portmanteau of Tricia McMillan.
I found this accidentallie on youtube:
shit.
wrong clip.
Got a new one for you…. Iyla (as in Isla)….. disgraceful
Can I add Makz?
I saved my daughter from being called Chandelier. Not sure if that would have been bogan. Nonetheless, she’s grateful.
Celeste
You seem to have left off Ellouise. We think they meant Eloise.
La-a (you pronounce the dash) should be on the list. How bogan is that?
gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!
How about Chase (not sure if he was named after the bank or his mother just exfpected that was what she would be doing for the bulk of the rest of her life!
And Zander, Chase’s little brother – wtf???
And this bogan mother has all the other attributes, especially an inordinate love of vodka cruisers, a Commodore with a Chevrolet badge, tattoos, V8 Touring Car fetish, A pack of PJ’s in her jesans at all times, the more than ample body piercings, she has all that and more.
That’s what makes the bogan a bogan. Breath taking hypocrisy. It’s a marxist/unionist when it’s poor or middle class and a neo con/liberal “free market” tyrant when it’s rich, or in this case wannabe rich.
Very funny!
I’ve met a few bogans called “Nikitah” over the years. And my cousins ex boyfriends heroin injecting sister just called her child “Calamity” figure that one out.
please say the middle name is jane.
Calamity Jane and her Horse !
We have a Nartarshka. No shit. Nar-tar-shka. Also a Prairie-Buffalo (You can’t shorten it to Prairie, you have to call him Prairie-Buffalo. Poor little guy. They’re Australian, BTW. We have neither ‘prairies’ nor ‘that sort’ of buffalo.) I know an Izzabella and an Alexzander (siblings). We had one group come through the center with that Alexzander, two other brothers called Saxxon and Axzel, and an Exavier. Not Xavier, the real name. Exavier. And outside the group, an older sister called Belize. The whole “Using Xs and Zs excessively is original and unique” argument just started to ring hollow. I go to a horse racing stables and (you know how racehorses have the weirdest double barrel names EVER?) their stall names are Johnny, Scott, Ed, Greg, Sammy D, Tom, Fat-Harry, Henry, Jack, Jimmy-Dean, Bob, and Max. Its weird when racehorses are named more normal stuff than children.
No, no …. using Xs and Zs is certainly original and unique!! Especially when it comes to Exzavier (yes, I have seen that here in my large regional town), because you would just hate anyone to miss the fact that you think the X which sounds like a Z when the name is pronounced correctly is too confusing, and you want people to pronounce both an X and a Z.
Exzavier. Good god almighty.
Although in fairness I probably wouldn’t call a kid Fat Harry.
It’s been a while but they keep coming.
Violet-Peach has a new brother.
Hendrix.
Bong on mum & dad, bong on.
This week’s paper had a notice for the birth of Felix Earnest. 1. Sounds like he belongs in the Odd Couple (I know, it was Oscar, but still…) and 2. as a name, it should be spelled Ernest. No A.
Even though this is pretty hilarious, some of the names aren’t English names, eg: asiah is polish. does that count as bogan still?
I know a Bri-Amber and that’s BAD… Someone who called their son Garf because they couldn’t pronounce it with the TH on the end… but possibly the worst I’ve ever come across is someone who called their son Jimbeen because they can’t even pronounce the alcoholic beverage they named their little bogan after…
Oh and I forgot a family who named their daughter Porsha, they also have a Jaxxon and a Gallaxi…
“Our other car is also a Porsha” … on no, that’s the kid, not the car…
I worked with a guy called Eric, who’s wife, Jane, had a baby girl. So they called her “Erica-Jane”……
Everything seems to be spelt properly, so I can’t decide if that’s bogan or just tacky
Well, I met some Bogan kid’s names : Sparkle, Princess, Snow Beau,Glitzy,
Poor kids…
Daysineque.
or Daysineek… or … whatever…
Was on the train from Sydney to Brisbane just before Christmas and stopped at some nothing town in the middle of nowhere. A wild bogan appeared with her mother and 3 offspring in tow. The daughter was called Dazeineyeke or Dayzunieque. I know because it was being shrieked out all over the carriage. Not sure what the boys were called now, but I remember there were some classic bogan names.
http://www.youtube.com/user/davidmitchellsoapbox?feature=g-all-s#p/u/14/Xblh12XgQ4o
Disagree with Bailee being on there! Bailey do a boy and I woul think Bailee for a girl. Beautiful name. My sisters daughter is named Bailee and it fits her perfectly..
Bailee / Bailey is a made up name linked to an alcoholic beverage (and a infamous historic English prison.) Classic Bogan criteria – all the way.
Shopping in Myers in Wollongong one day I hear a raucous shreik …”Kiama!..Where’s Kiama??” …..I was about to inform the nearby shreiker that it was a lovely town a little south of here when I realised that “Kiama” ….or more likely “Kyammaa” was in fact the feral child tearing around the store !
Oh and another good one i heard was
Wynta Skye ….
poor child
Actually I forgot the obligitory silent “h’s” …
It’s probably more like Kyhammaah!
Ashamed to admit my son’s name is on here! I blame his father, and the post caesar drugs :p
A couple I’ve stumbled across very recently… Cymberleigh & Kalilah.
Ohhh! How could I forget, Adham!
what about Dude! ilooked after a boy who had this as his first name! very sad
what about Dude, i once looked after a boy who had this as his first name. poor thing.
i once loked after a boy with the first name Dude. poor thing!
A childhood friend of mine just gave birth to a daughter they named Moxie – a sister for Starla (courtesy of Smashing Pumpkins) and Jet (presumably in homage to John Travolta’s deceased autistic boy).
Her hubby works for the worldwide internet giant beginning with G, and naturally they have the best of everything…… except taste, of course. Hope this brand doesn’t take off for the poor bubba’s sake: http://moxie.com.au
PS @ the person who posted about “Dude” – I know of a male child in Melbourne by the given legal name of “Ace”. No pressure though, little buddy.
I know a girl who just had a baby and called him Ace…..
Hope her surname isn’t High. Or Frehley.
Lastly, I should say by way of defence that little Jet’s name is short for something else; however, they instantly shortened it, and it was around the time of the sad death of Jett T. I’ll leave you to form your own conclusions.
I was in a store once where I heard a mother screaming at her child who was clearly named after what her mum was drunk on when she was conceived: Midori….. Poor kid.
I have also come across Lychan (Like the moss…), Tahleisha Sh’Diamond, Spyda (Not even kidding that this kids last name was Webb…. His brother was Axl) and Jaymz (Pronounced James).
Interested to know how a lot of these kids will go with spelling as they get older….
Midori is a lovely and rather common Japanese girl’s name. But I somehow doubt the screaming mother was aware of that.
How about Larceny? Casino? I’ve heard both of those too. *shudder*
Was thinking the bogans haven’t discovered the silent G. Gnatalee is a pretty name, or something more traditional like Gnawrah, Gnarelle or Gnorman would be uneeke.
Today’s latest from my own circle of acquaintance – Talon Beau, a brother for Sienna (but of course) and Kaiyan.
I was browsing through a real estate guide the other day and came across some property names which led me to the realisation that there is a whole new category of Bogan names in need of investigation and possibly the development of a new lexicon. This nomenclature seems to be particularly common among the rural residential Bogan community. This is an area of sociological research which Thing Bogans Like is well positioned to facilitate.
Some examples
Goneferale’
Bringyagrogalong
There is a real Stonecutter’s Ridge development in Sydney. They made Steve Gutenberg a star – no Homers allowed to live there, of course.
Charlie, don’t forget the old favourite, Dunrootin.
I thought bogans were never dunrootin, unless they lived in Outa Viagra?
A sure brogan name I have heard is
Gracè ( pronounced “grace A” )
And poppie
Elodie or Alodie is the French version of the Spanish Visigothic saint name, Elodia or Alodia. (She was martyred with her sister Nunilo for choosing the faith of their Christian Visigothic relatives instead of their Muslim Granadan father. Elodia probably meant something like “bright wealth”.) The name got a big popularity boost in English-speaking countries because of the actress on Alias, but it’s a fine old name.
Elodie (or Alodie) is a fine old French name. It’s the French version of the Spanish name Elodia (or Alodia). You can look up the martyrdom of Ss. Nunilon and Elodia.
I was ready to add Nisa, Maille & Houston
but they are all real. Bugger me.
So all I have is Jessminda Lili.
I have a very old fashioned name after a character from Shakespeare’s The Tempest, which is also one of Uranus’s moons (sounds terrible but dad is into astronomy) and I’ve noticed the past 10 years it is being used as a name spelled (and pronounced) completely wrong, so I’m constantly having to spell it for people and it sucks. Moral of the story: Spell classic names properly please.
This isn’t a bogan name, but I worked with someone who went to school with a guy with parents from a hippy commune. He was allowed to choose his own name so named himself Brontosaurus Gondwana (can’t remember the surname).
You still can’t beat naming twin boys Orangejello and Lemonjello. (Pronounced with a fake French accent and stressed on the second syllable.)
While there have been many honorable mentions throughout this post, I think I found the winner in yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph – Cie’Jai.
There was a girl at my kids’ old school who’s first name was Violet and surname was Crumble. For real.
Sometimes the combination of Christian and Surname renders it bogan for example Jenna Taylor
There is a kid in my Daughters class called Tyler Brick (no not joking)
I know an Indian girl named “Gopika” (pronounced Gop-ik-uh). She was horrified when I told her that some bogan woman in Woolworths was shreiking “GOPIKA, COME HERE” (mispronouncing it, pronouncing it “go-pee-ka”), and then a little girl, white as a cracker, came running. This is not the only time i’ve seen a bogan kid with a foreign sounding first name, in my local paper there was a white baby girl with some other Indian name.
It seems bogans are giving their kids foreign names. Maybe they think it makes them sound more “kulchud” or something.
Shenaye and shakariya are my faves. Love the kids, love one of the mums but damn… Kinda labels the kid for life!
T-A
pronounced tedasha
i kid you not
hope i’m not next against the wall
Why won’t this urban legend die?
Because you haven’t shot them all yet. Please work faster.
I was doing placement in a maternity ward, and the familys surname was Pipe. So they named the boy Dwayne… Dwayne Pipe. Poor child.
HAHA I met a Khe Sanh once. I snorted audibly and it’s mother gave me a death stare..
Some others that ought to be added:
- Alexavier
- Escherichia (yes, the bacteria)
- Colonel
- Summa
- Tayne
and for God’s sake…
- Renesmee. Not because it’s necessarily bogan, but because whenever I hear it I want to kill myself.
I freaking love this blog.
LOL. Arkasha is a diminutive form of the Russian name Arkady, just like Sasha is for Alexander, Misha is for Michael and Natasha is for Natalia.
Why is Dakota on the list? I don’t believe that is bogan at all, as well as a couple of the other names.
I met a little girl who’s name was pronounced “Ker-oss-on-ee”. Had to write it down, and asked to spell it (while mentioning it was an unusual one). Mother laughed, and insisted it was a common name and that she sees it EVERYWHERE.
The poor kid was called Kerosene.
Another dimension to this sibling names. My wife is in child care, and recently looked after Lilo and Stitch. I wish I was joking.
Saw a birth notice in today’s Adelaide Advertiser for a boy named Jaissac…