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AIBU?

AIBU to think this is a really, really bad idea?

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Beancounter1 · 21/10/2021 22:05

15 baby boys were given the name 'Lucifer' in 2020.
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www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/babynamesinenglandandwalesfrom1996

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BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 21/10/2021 22:06

Surely it's only a bad choice if you believe there is a devil, and that his name is Lucifer?

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Heartsandroses · 21/10/2021 22:06

And I know one of them!
I thought she was taking the piss but nope,that’s what she went for
His brother is a Toby

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Beancounter1 · 21/10/2021 22:14

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz

Surely it's only a bad choice if you believe there is a devil, and that his name is Lucifer?

It matters because other people may believe this. Names are a public thing - it is about how everyone else sees you.
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BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 21/10/2021 22:22

I think you are being ott.

I wouldn't bat an eye at a Lucifer. lord knows it's better than some names in my kids class.

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OnlyFoolsnMothers · 21/10/2021 22:23

I loved the name Damien

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Katjolo · 21/10/2021 22:26

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz

I think you are being ott.

I wouldn't bat an eye at a Lucifer. lord knows it's better than some names in my kids class.

Really? I'm surprised.
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Sparklesocks · 21/10/2021 22:27

It’s not a name I’d choose, but equally I don’t think it’s any more shocking or worse than some of the others on the latest list!

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bestcattoyintheworld · 21/10/2021 22:28

It's marginally better than Adolf I suppose.

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Sparklesocks · 21/10/2021 22:28

Maybe you could go as Luc or Louis instead Grin

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AliceinBorderland · 21/10/2021 22:30

I don't know it is preferable to the silly trend of naming boys Teddy at the moment.

Lucifer is bad ass ...Teddy just embarrassing.

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hopingbutlosing · 21/10/2021 22:36

I'm not religious but surely the name Lucifer is absolutely wrong.

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mumof2oneofeach · 21/10/2021 22:38

Lucifer means morning star 🌟

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FlowerArranger · 21/10/2021 22:41

Off the top of my head, the only worse name I can think of is Judas...

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AliceinBorderland · 21/10/2021 22:41

Lucifer was the archangel before he was cast to hell and became the devil iirc.

It is actually an archangels name.

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FlowerArranger · 21/10/2021 22:42

@AliceinBorderland

Lucifer was the archangel before he was cast to hell and became the devil iirc.

It is actually an archangels name.

That too.

And Milton gave him all the best lines!!
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iamtheoneandonlyyy · 21/10/2021 22:47

It's just a name, it's quite cool if you like that kind of thing

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TuftyMarmoset · 21/10/2021 22:50

YANBU. Some parents forget they are naming an actual person who has to live with the name for their whole life. I’m on my phone and can’t view the data properly now but there were a number of boys named Baby as well 🤦‍♀️
And as I pointed out on another thread, 3 boys named Seedy.

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elenacampana · 21/10/2021 22:53

I can see 15 boys going by Luc by the time they’re 15 🤣

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whynotwhatknot · 21/10/2021 23:04

LUcifer the show has been very popular and he was an angel

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Spongeboob · 21/10/2021 23:05

There's definitely worse options out there. I couldn't get worked up about it. Unless the parents are sacrificing goats in public and have carved a pentagram into his forehead etc.

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Tombero · 21/10/2021 23:07

Well, at least it’s only 15 and not 666 of them. That would be a worry.

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Bagamoyo1 · 21/10/2021 23:07

@TuftyMarmoset

YANBU. Some parents forget they are naming an actual person who has to live with the name for their whole life. I’m on my phone and can’t view the data properly now but there were a number of boys named Baby as well 🤦‍♀️
And as I pointed out on another thread, 3 boys named Seedy.

Exactly!
I think it’s really really bad parenting to give your child a wacky name. A child is not a toy, not a plaything, not even an extension of you. It’s a living person, who will spend the majority of its life independent of its parents. If you want a wacky name, get a pet.
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Alfxn · 21/10/2021 23:08

Oh god I'm with you, op. What a terrible thing to inflict on a child.

Would any of you like to be called lucifer??

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Bagamoyo1 · 21/10/2021 23:09

@iamtheoneandonlyyy

It's just a name, it's quite cool if you like that kind of thing

Quiet cool for the parents, who evidently do “like that kind of thing”. But what about the child? What if they don’t want to stand out in that way?
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RaininSummer · 21/10/2021 23:16

I really like it but I suppose it would be challenging to live with.

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