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I have a friend who is named 'Ouchy' (ooshi). Apparently her mother visited Switzerland and fell in love with the place-name. My friend has was born in Australia and daily puts up with a pronunciation problem: Australians tend naturally to read her name as the adjectival form of the English interjection for pain, "ouch!"
Does the name have any meaning? There is another meaning for "ouch" in English, meaning brooch, clasp, or ornament, which derives at least in part from the French. Is this heading in the right direction, or was Ouchy named for some other reason?
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Hello Bruce, As far as I have searched through ecyclopedia and dictionaires available there is no other meaning to be found but this little town in the vicinity of Lausanne; Uochy page: Ouchy And a close look at Ouchy Castle: Ouchy Castle If your friend would write her name just as : Ooshi. no one would call her Ouch! any more. Ooshi sounds nice to me.  And then anyone can change a prenom at any time.
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I'm afraid Ouchy is going to be called ouchie outside Australia as well. (Need a bandaid?) Several articles state that the tower/castle there was built by l'Évêché de Lausanne in 1170, but none seem to say why it's called Ouchy. I wonder if Ouchy could be a "corruption" of Évêché. According to fr.wikipedia.org via babelfish.altavista.com, Évêché is the episcopal see of a bishop.
However, two directions apply in this term:
Episcopal city where a bishop lives and where finds the cathedral of a diocese;
Usual residence of a bishop, located in this same city.
Caution: évêché and diocese are not synonymous (against example are the 9 évêchés of Brittany). If my wild guess is true, your friend named her child Bishopric. I think I'd rather be called ouchie.
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Toponomie Ouchy (LD-VD) . Le nom de cet ancien village, qui fait maintenant partie de la commune de Lausanne, a été Osciacum au XIe siècle (Oschye en 1170, Oschie en 1228). Osciacum est un composé gaulois latinisé ; de oxso– « le bœuf » et –iacon « là où il y a… ». La compréhension de l’expression gauloise *oxs–iacon = « là où il y a des bœufs », « le pâturage », oblige à réviser les définitions des mots romans osche et oiche, donnés comme « terre labourable entourée de clôtures » (DAFMA). L’option « pâturage » devra être proposée pour les lieux–dits et noms de villes comme Ouches ou Houches. (So pastures for places called Uoches or Houches.) No évêque, Myridon. But a gaulish latin combination meaning: << where cows are >> , << the pastures >> I still am of opinion that Ooshi is a pretty name with a little Japanese association. oxso- <<the cow>> and -iacon <<there where are>>... became Ouchy.
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But a gaulish latin combination meaning: I'd translate that as a Latinized Gallic compound (ox being a Germanic root). So, she's named the child Vaccary - that's a tiny bit better. 
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> Latinized Gallic < Yes, you are right. That's a tiny nit better. Vaccary or pastures/ pâturage. It is the topic maker's girlfriend, for whom the question was asked. It would have been nice if the search had given a word that brought up a more pleasing name.
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I knew an exchange student when I was in high school named Ooshi. but I don't think that's how she spelled it, now that I write it out... I always think of her, or at least those days, when I hear the Journey song Opened the Door. there's a line, "ooh, she opened up the door,"...
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My thanks to you all. That certainly clarifies things. Interestingly, looking up 'vaccary' turned up http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-vac1.htm. I think I'll stick to "pasture". Poor girl. Some parents just don't seem to consider the long term. Thanks again, Bruce.
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A name that sets my teeth on edge every time I even think about it is Picabo, as in Picabo Street (the skier...or former skier now, perhaps?). Is it pronounced like it looks, pih-KAH-bow (bow as in bow and arrow), which would be nothing more than unusual? No; acc'g. to the sportscaster, her parents thought it would be cute to pronounce it peekaboo. [gnashing teeth e]
EDIT: just noticed this ad below, ending in:
---disposophobia.com
Is disposophobia a real word?
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Is disposophobia a real word?
well its now been used twice, no make that 3 times..
once in the ad, once when you questioned it, once in my answer.
how much usage is needed to make it real?
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Heh? Disposophobia jumped threads? The other one getting too crowded with hoardings?
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From wikipedia entry on P. Street:
Her given name was inspired by the nearby Idaho town of Picabo, Idaho, (pronounced "PEEK-uh-boo"), which in turn takes its name from a Native American word meaning "shining waters".
Whenm she was au courant, the story was that the 'rents had not given her a name at birth but allowed her to choose her own when she became old enough to talk. Sounded too glib back then, even.
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Sorry , a little streak of displaceophobia. My granddaughter's name is Iona , named after a little island west of the Scottish coast. Like Ouchy, a romantic honyemoon trip result. (Both granddaugher and name)
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