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To think most parents these days don't consider their baby's names for when they are adults..

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LondonAnne5 · 22/11/2017 14:42

Just that really.

I've lost count of the amount of times I've seen someone post a picture on their feed of their newborn with a name that is either really, really different or something that the child may not enjoy being called in the future when they are a teenager/adult...

E.g. Billi Mucklow naming her new baby boy Wolf Nine. It's different, yes and okay when he is a baby but I'm just imagining a professional middle aged businessman named Wolf and can't picture it.

I grew up with a very different name that is often mispronunced and is also a bit "babyish" for my age now which I do find awkward in a professional environment.
AIBU and alone in thinking this?

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cheesydoesit · 22/11/2017 14:47

Oh, I dunno. I just met a toddler called Alan today!

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LondonAnne5 · 22/11/2017 14:48

@cheesydoesit you win 😂

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Splinterz · 22/11/2017 14:48

The father in this instance named the baby from what I read. Nine is Andy Carrolls shirt number.

These people will all go to school together, inherit vast tranches of wealth and move in the same circles. I don't see Brooklyn hindered, nor Romeo and I doube Cruz and Half Past Seven Grin will be inconvenienced either. If they are they can simply change their name from Zowie to Duncan.

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cheesydoesit · 22/11/2017 14:48

And I know a Professor called Candy.

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Ttbb · 22/11/2017 14:48

I would imagine that a lot if parents aren't expecting their children to grow up to be professionals maybe?

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Needadvicetoleave · 22/11/2017 14:49

Thing is, the more common these names become, the more normal they'll be by the time the child grows up.

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Pandrawerschangedmylife · 22/11/2017 14:49

The world is split into people who love unusual names and people who hate them. I have an unusual name. My kids are called Marnie and Jude. I'm definitely on the more unusual side of the naming spectrum but would never dream of choosing a name I didn't really love just in case they want to be an accountant.

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MissBax · 22/11/2017 14:50

Wolf Nine?!?! 😂😂😂

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OuchBollocks · 22/11/2017 14:50

Had to Google billie mucklow. I don't think TOWIE types, or slebs in general, are representative of normal people. Most of the children I know are of the Evie/ Eva/Elizabeth/ Charlotte or Harry/William/George/Samuel varieties.

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araiwa · 22/11/2017 14:51

Maybe he will grow up to be a CNN news anchor for over 30 years.

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PurpleTraitor · 22/11/2017 14:52

You went from one example, to ‘most parents’?

From what I can see, most parents put a lot of thought into naming their children. Personally, I did the prime minister test for mine (put the name into a news anchor commentary mentioning the prime minister or president and see if it looks or sounds odd)

Most people don’t call their kids Daisy-Belle and Rock-Star.

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Needadvicetoleave · 22/11/2017 14:52

But yes, it was a consideration for me - could I imagine a surgeon, director, 'big wig' with my child's name.

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Bambamber · 22/11/2017 14:55

I don't understand why parents come up with unusual names or unusual spellings for common names, then get annoyed when people don't know how to pronounce it or spell it.

I do agree with you, I see some names and it's difficult to keep a straight face. But I reckon by the time the kids are older, it will be so common to have an unusual name that it won't be too much of a problem

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elQuintoConyo · 22/11/2017 14:55

so my DS Ron Burgundy Smith is ok?

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cheesydoesit · 22/11/2017 14:55

Ooh I love Marnie and Jude! Yes, I thought Alan was a very brave choice. Grin I liked it. He's definately the youngest I have met by at least 30 odd years. Now to see if Keith or Derek make a comeback. Perhaps in a few more decades? I find name trends quite interesting.

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Splinterz · 22/11/2017 14:55

Yup, I have to say, if the same didnt sit nicely as Chairman of the Bank of England, it wasnt happening in our house either.

But Im sure the parents of little Beyonce and Jaiden-Kai, or indeed Kaiden-Jay have similar aspirations for the fruit of their loins. And yes, I am a snob Grin

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fruitbrewhaha · 22/11/2017 14:56

By the time these babies are grown up, there will be no jobs. It will all be carried out by intelligent robots. So we may as well call them what we like.

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SandyY2K · 22/11/2017 14:56

A woman had the name she wanted for her child refused...she was crazy... she chose the name Cyanide

That's extreme... but some parents just don't think sensibly.

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JacquesHammer · 22/11/2017 14:56

I don't know really.

I named my DD after an adult (albeit a long dead one) so she passes the test.

I absolutely love unusual names though - if I ever have a miracle, there will be some eyebrow raising I'm sure (and a nice plain middle name for them to choose if they wish to in the future)

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dannydyerismydad · 22/11/2017 14:57

I have indeed met a baby Derek.

And I know a school age Alan. It's making a comeback!

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fruitbrewhaha · 22/11/2017 14:58

so my DS Ron Burgundy Smith is ok?
As will my DD Veronica Corningstone

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OKKOKIE · 22/11/2017 15:00

i'm one of those terrible people who want to call my daughter james. My OH prays for a boy.

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No1blueengine · 22/11/2017 15:01

i think this every time i meet a child called Alfie, Teddy, Harry, Dottie, Lottie etc etc or other diminutives given as a whole first name.

Just cant wrap my mind around Supreme Court Justice Alfie Smith. Give them a proper grown up name and just call them the diminutive until they grow into it.

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TheLegendOfBeans · 22/11/2017 15:02

I slightly have the opposite. My children have the names of imposing biblical characters because I don’t like shortening names unless the person asks me to.

So when you hear - say - Jedediah or Ezekiel you’d expect a bearded old sage, not a bonny bouncy, dribbly bundle of cuddles Grin

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 22/11/2017 15:02

Awwww a toddler called Alan.
That's beyond cute.

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