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Just come across this, what do you think? For a boy of course. It's a bit like Tarquin but not so foppish I thought.

It sounds like something from Ikea.

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Is it actually a name?

It sounds like one of those words expert Scrabble players pull out of the hat.

no

sorry, not keen.

No. Just no. Sorry. Sounds totally pretentious.

Does it have a meaning you like?

It is an old surname apparently.

no

even Tarquin is better

LOl - thanks for that, hilarious.

Reminds me of Farquaad from Shrek. Not good.

I somehow miss out the quan when I read it so can't help but read it as turd, sorry

actually I read the title and thought you'd planned to call a girl Turquoise and it had turned out to be a boy...

Oh dear, nobody seems to like this much. I like Tarquin but I thought it was a bit of a joke name now.

ridiculous, sorry

I'm laughing sorry - it is ridiculous.

I can't believe you are serious?

You are fucking joking?

?

It is without a doubt the most pretentious name I have ever heard in my entire life, I'm afraid!

Yuk, how about Farquaar

Try pretenious surnames-as-first-names eg Kingsley, Rudyard

WTF ?

Absolutely awful

Oy! MrsB I'll have you know Rudyard is ds's middle name! It's not pretentious! It's just a nice name.

which he will hate me for

Just lovin' these baby names threads today [grin}

I tell you what, the baby names threads have been particularly brilliant today haven't they? PMSL

Oops, sorry Primula, you beat me to it.. But I got the right..

I know it's nice hence why I suggested it

I thought it'd be more likely to go down well with the OP than James / Jack / Edward / Thomas etc

Isambard?
Harper?
Fletcher?
Tiberius?

PM!

Oh dear surely it will be shortened to Turd??

I think it will be shortened to Wand - which might be unfortunate.

It really wouldn't be fair to use that name on a child.

or it may even be shortened to Turd.....

sorry - just saw Fimbo's post

The question is do you like it? And would you feel a twat shouting out the name when your son is playing football at school, as in "man on, Turquand!"

p.s. How do you pronounce it??

Yeah, bit too weird.

How about St John? (pronounced sin-jun)

I don't mind Tarquin, actually, it's certainly better than Turquand, imo.

But Kipling was Rudyard's surname MrsB.

It's not that bad, lots of inverse snobbery on here today (just seen on Octavia post too).

I don't think it's inverse snobbery. It's just a daft name IMO. I'd feel the same if it was a 'chavvy' name.

yes, exactly
see also Kingsley Amis

god, it's awful

please don't - agree sounds like turd, first thing I thought of

i just came across this when I googled my own name, my surname is "turquand".

I have registered to the site purely add my 2p and say that you should definately be calling ALL your children "Turquand".

Just NO

Wow. Even I don't like it.
It's a good surname, though....so maybe I do like it............a bit
Sort of.

A joke, non?

The Lord and the Stable Girl (extract, p.123)

Viktor Turquand stormed up tto the stabel block shouting. He stood with his legs apart and growled at the young and very attractive girl stood in front of him. He angrily hit his taut thigh with his limited edition riding crop.

"I told you to bring me my horse immediately" he hissed.

Jocelyn Howard swooned and felt her heart begin to beat faster.

Lord Turquand lazily looked at her long, long legs. His blue eyes flashed in his healthy tanned face.

He was so masterful, why did she have to work for such an arrogant man? and why did she want him so much? She flicked her blonde hair off her pert chest and ...yada yada yada

That's the best yet.

stable of course!

Err, no. Awful.

Really don't like it... sorry

turd

Not as foppish are Tarquin? Are you living in the same world as the rest of us?!

It's awful. You know it is.

not to my taste.

No way!!!

Are you sure it is a name-and not someone who can't spell?

No, too like turban, turd, torquay, turkey... Please keep on looking.

no

lol

you are mad

and i have at least one of the other allegedly pretentious names on this thread

but you are still mad and bad for giving this headroom

Turd for short.

Never. Ever.

No, no no no. Just no.
Bloody awful.

Tarquin is preferable, just.

TurquandCacos - it's an archipelago in the Pacific.

Ooh. I love strange names but that one sounds awful. I think you have to find the name by the meaning it has for you....

I've just had a baby boy (20 days) and we've named him "Blaze". A lot of people say it sounds like a Super Hero (which I agree with!) but for me it means "Uncontrolable Fire" which is a great way to explain the love he makes me feel and how it burns through me uncontrolably.

Also - I don't think Blaze would get so much stick at school as Turquand...!

I think Turquand and Shelmerdine would make a lovely couple

Sounds like Turqoise Wand. So many teasing opportunities.

And what would his nn be? Turq (turk)? Quand?!

Even more pretentious than Tarquin in my view, sorry!

PS Startingagain... I like Blaze!

One word.

NO!

Tur - d is the NN that springs to mind.....

Sorry but it sounds like a brand of turps or possibly Turkish delights.

He'll be made fun of for the rest of his life....

excuse me whilst i have a tena-lady moment

Terrible! You would need to be a Lord to pull that name off!

Ummm NO, you couldn't do that to a child you loved - surely!?

Its a joke.

I don't think it's foppish (like Tarquin) at all. But, it sounds to me like a tough, African American rapper's name. I'm picturing twins- Turquand and Tyrone :-)

sounds like a colour chart swatch.tarquand is the new turquoise

turquand is really something
come back if you have any more ideas, we all need to hear them

My first thought was that Farquaar and Tarquin had been mixed together.

Not again. Thought this had been laid to rest in January.