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how odd is too odd...

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pepperpeterspotspooed · 05/11/2011 21:53

I'm only talking middle names but me and DH are having a bit of a disagreement. One mn is sorted (a family tradition - mine- with that one) but DHs family all have 2 mn so another one is required.

We sort of agree on first names.

But we have many many differences of opinions on the other mn.

So how left of field is 'your parents should be commited'? and does it matter?

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deemented · 05/11/2011 21:54

I think we need to know the name before we can comment fully.

thisisyesterday · 05/11/2011 21:56

you know you'll have to tell us the name don't you?

changer22 · 05/11/2011 21:57

I like odd names. I think it's a lot more acceptable now but I still remember some of my bonkers childhood friends' ones and have given my own children rather unusual middle names (and first ones for that matter!). I don't have a middle name so I've always been jealous!

MuddlingThroughItAll · 05/11/2011 22:12

Oooh what is the name OP?
Tbh I love unusual names - the odder the better! But at the same time we probably have completely different tastes - my DS's are Darwin Silas, Heath Cassian, Shay Orlando, Gabriel Wolf and Hendrix Jeremiah :)

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pepperpeterspotspooed · 05/11/2011 22:20

well he has a list of traditional english names as first names are all welsh or irish (I'm welsh/irish he's english)
family mn is my mums maiden name - a very irish surname

And well my list includes (gender neutral - obviously):

Radar
Navckid
Dobby
Elmo
Gelert
Severus
Oxymoron

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seeker · 05/11/2011 22:22

You are, obviously joking.

MonsterBookOfTysons · 05/11/2011 22:23

Well I am guessing you like Harry Potter Grin
Why not choose Harry?

MonsterBookOfTysons · 05/11/2011 22:24

Oh or if girl, Hermione!

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pepperpeterspotspooed · 05/11/2011 22:25

Nope - seeker - I like the idea of having a bit of a funky/odd mn that does have a meaning attached to it - as they all do.
Fns are all 'normal' at least to my ears
and surname isn't bizarre or anything.

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rushofbangerstothefire · 05/11/2011 22:25

OXYMORON

I like your style but you are a large leetle bit mad)

Herecomesthesciencebint · 05/11/2011 22:27

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thisisyesterday · 05/11/2011 22:30

you could have got away with it if you hadn't put Oxymoron on the list.

try harder next time Wink

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pepperpeterspotspooed · 05/11/2011 22:31

DH wants 2 - all his family have 2. So 2 it is. I figured if i put family name as 1mn this 2nd mn will get left off a few thing so we could go crazy (but then all of DHs family use theirs, but then they are the sort)

rushof it is my favourite word ever :)

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seeker · 05/11/2011 22:31

Do you know what Oxymoron means?

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pepperpeterspotspooed · 05/11/2011 22:34

I feel sad that no one believes me :(
Yep seeker but it sounds nice as a word

DH wont even accept the ones that are 'poper names' and their are 3

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TerrysNo2 · 05/11/2011 22:37

Dobby?!?! Is there any other link to it than a short house elf who is very odd looking. I think all of those names are quite awful and think you should rethink, IMVHO - you are giving this to your child for life!

BillyBottomcheek · 05/11/2011 22:37

I think they're fantastic names, and whatever you decide, your child will be forever grateful for the name you have bestowed upon them :)

Theala · 05/11/2011 22:38

Poper names? What, like Jean-Paul III and the like? Motherfucking plus poper than you. :o

Theala · 05/11/2011 22:39

I think I shall call my next child GrammarFail. This is perfectly alright, yes?

ohnoshedittant · 05/11/2011 22:39

oxymoron?

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

and onomatopoeia if it's a girl?

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pepperpeterspotspooed · 05/11/2011 22:44

Elmo is the patron saint of sailors
severus is a name, it just happens to be in HP (that and i love Mr Rickman)
Gelert is the dogs name in a welsh folk story about a dog saving a baby then owner kills dog thinking it killed baby then discovers it hasnt and never smiles again there is a village called beddgelert after him.

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quietlyafraid · 05/11/2011 22:46

I had a guinea pig called Elmo. Great name.
And I'm with ohnoshedittant for Onomatopoeia.
Though friend has a girl in her class called Chlamydia which is also quite pretty (they like unusual names in St Helens).

seeker · 05/11/2011 22:46

Gelert would be OK if it wasn't a) a dog and b) a tent.

Elmo is a muppet

Severus is and always will be Snape.

Enjoy yourself speculating- I thought long and hard about Halcyon for dd- but in the end remember that you are naming a living human being who will only be a baby for a very short time, and who cannot consent.he may love his wierdy name- but he may also hate and be made unhappy by it. As my stp nephew and nieces wer by theirs. Tom (for example) may be bit dull and predictable but nobody will judge you or your parents or make assumptions about you, and you would nevr be embarrassed introducing yourself.

MuddlingThroughItAll · 05/11/2011 22:48

Just out of interest, how are you pronouncing Navckid? Can't say that I've heard of it before..

quietlyafraid · 05/11/2011 22:51

Navckid Keyd was the fake name that Walt Disney & Dick Van Dyke cooked up in order to hide the fact that this 1960s sitcom star was actually playing two roles in the film verson of "Mary Poppins? : Bert the busker / screever / chimney sweep as well as the incredibly elderly Mr. Dawes Senior (Truth be told, Navckid Keyd is the vowels & consonants from Mr. Van Dyke?s own name scrambled about).