Reading the baby names threads recently there have been a lot of more 'unusual' names that have come up and besides the "He'll never be a High Court Judge" lot, there have been suggestions that a child will be purely bullied by his peers on name only...
In your experience or opinion how true is this?
I always assumed that kids are accepting of things like names and that it tends to be the adults who have the problem with an unusual name, ie - a five year old is not going to know the reason that some adults will have a raised eyebrow or a cat's bum mouth towards a 'Gaylord' - purely example only, I dont want to be slated by any mums of little Gaylord!
It would just be interesting to hear what your experiences are with this - would be helpful to include the name too, if poss.
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So come on then, was anyone actually bullied or knows someone who is/was solely because of their name?
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Polkadotfanatic · 23/09/2012 11:35
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