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Shampayne.

I kid you not. I had to ask the mother, WHY?

What did she say?

Oh poor thing.

Poor Mum, in a way, to be so very misguided.

Don't see the issue. My sister Lambrini loves that name

<despairs>

Love the fact that it starts with an S.

at fanjo.

Is this another "lets all be superior and laugh at others choices" thread? Yawn.

i met a woman who told me her childrens names...she had a 4yo DD who's NN was Fanny and her given name was Fanjo...she was from the Philipines and it is a popular name there apparantly...but they live in the NW of england...i had a hard time with that name but her other children (older) all had traditional Philipino names aswell but "normal" sounding IYSWIM

some people only consider how the name sounds and what it means to them but not how it sounds and means to others IYSWIM doesnt make the name a bad one but just not suitable in some societies <diplomatic>

You asked the mother why? What did she say?

You actually asked the mother why?

Gosh.

What did she reply?

I cannot ever imagine asking a parent for an explanation of their name choice btw!

ach you snobs, it is a lovely name. <snurk>

No, not to feel superior at all. The 'why' just came out. She had a good answer for me though 'eh why not, my daughter, my choice'.

Luckily Mum seems nice (I will be seeing her a lot more due to her involvement of something that I am invilved in) hope she forgives me.

involved

We were in Canada on hols and on the slopes we heard a mum call her 5 year old son....

Dirty.

Not as an adjective either, it really was his name. I did wonder what it was shortened from.

I'm always getting asked for an explanation of my children's names. People always regret asking though, because I have about six in-depth and complicated reasons for picking the names of DS1 and DD1 and I always insist on listing all of them!

I should point out that I did not call any of my children after an alcoholic drink though. Just in case you were wondering...

Shampayne?
I worked in a nursery and looked after a little girl called Velvet!

I met a girl called Boo the other day. Not a nickname.

Meh. My dd is called turkey all the time

In all my years of teaching, my favourite was Chyna because mum liked the food & it sounds exotic. I giggled like crazy & so did she. I asked her why with a Y and she said 'to be fancy'. I think I hugged her.

I quite like Velvet.

I quite like Velvet and Chyna too

always my daughter calls herself Boo for some reason. She talks in the third person a lot, "Boo loves you" that kind of thing! She's 9 btw! Fortunately it's just a nickname!

Well couldve been shampoo....so many great nn with that.

I'm struggling with Velvet, cause I can't see the problem...

But then dd has an 'unusual' name.

Velvet is nice. It reminds me of Elizabeth Taylor in the horse movie.

Was it Beau with a Northern accent? One of the Loose Women have s dd called that...

One of my dc is nn Boo after monsters inc...it was cute at the time, but has now stuck, oops.

We need a government list of approved names. To stop these idiots in their tracks. That is totally ridiculous.

I know a grown up Chyna - she is scary - I have often wondered how much nominative determinism was at play there

Did the mother ask if you want to be so rude?

Meant not want

My brother's a teacher and he has taught a Tia Maria, and a boy called Blade.

Really?

I can't see it somehow.

I recently met an Echo. Such a sad name...

No. Please just NO. You're a name troll, right? Nobody names their kid that. I refuse to believe it.

Nooooooooooooooooooo......

It's an awful name, OP, and we all know it.

On my phone I read the title of this thread and the next and thought she was called Bruce. That'd be far worse!

Bet Boo was named after the little girl in monsters inc. Disney has a lot to answer for.

Can't believe you asked why!

My DD2 has one of the names on this thread as one of her middle names <punches air and does a happy dance>

In your face baby name fascists

Blayde is an amazing name. Or not.

I used to look after a Backory-Binx at nursery...

His mother would say the name, glimpse at peoples bewildered faces and then say "yes, like Hocus Pocus"

Each to their own but not for me personally

Before we move towards the "Well my sister's cousin's windowcleaner knew a girl called Ladasha L-a" what are the most unusual names people have met and liked?

I know a little boy called Solo. I thought that was quite cool.

I heard of a real life Chablis the other day. I presumed it was spelt right though.

I don't believe you OP!

glamorama
trollopina
slagorella
cuntomana
shitoshanty
pissypanties
acnespotty
puffypastry
hairybollox
plastictitties
mankymanboobs

there is, like, literally no end to the beautiful names we can invent for our , like , children....

Donnie Cuntomanna is my Aunts name. I think its beautiful as are my cousins Slagorella and Mankymanboobs nn is Boobie, manky, manboob etc. The list is endless