Suede

[OrmIrian]

Now I have heard some names over the last few years that strike me as odd. But MN frequently tells me otherwise (Velvet being a case in point a few months ago ). DH tells me not to be narrow-minded [sigh]. But DD came back from swimming the other day and told me she had met a girl called Suede. I asked her to repeat it and no I hadn't misheard it.

Am I just hopelessly old-fashioned or is Suede exceptionally strange name for a child?

[OrmIrian]

BTW I am assuming that was the spelling.

[MaggieBelleVirgo]

oooh it's a bit rude. lIke Velvet, but older, more worn out velvet.

[HumphreyCobbler]

very strange

I think velvet is rather odd too

[FlightHattendant]

Oh dear.

we met a boy called Gage the other day.

I made him spell it

[MaggieBelleVirgo]

ps, I think velvet is a ludicrous name for a baby too. journo suzy godson (??) called her poor child this. slang for labia isn't it.

odd choice

[cluckyagain]

Perhaps Turnip would be better......

[OrmIrian]

Is it really margo Ah well no worse than Willy for a boy I suppose.

[OrmIrian]

Sorry maggie not margo

[JackieNo]

FlightHattendant - a (rather strange) friend of ours called his son Gage - they've moved away since, and I'm not sure where they're living now, but maybe it's the same one - can't be that many, can there. I can't remember when he was born though, so can't work out how old he'd be now.

[TheGashlycrumbTinies]

Velvet is the name of the the girl in National Velvet, I don't think it's dreadful, but Suede .

[FlightHattendant]

Oh...he was around 9 I think. He was a sweet boy complex family situation from what I could gather.

[CarmenSanDiego]

I quite like Suede Less girly than Velvet, I think.

Gage is popular in the US

[TheGashlycrumbTinies]

It really slang for labia?

[pinkmagic1]

Came across a boy called 'Diesel' recently. Wondering if he has a brother called 'Petrol'!

[squeaver]

Is it "Swed" or "Swayed"?

[JemL]

Wasn't Gage the name of the little boy in the film Pet Cemetary?! It always reminds me of the animatronic little boy stabbing someone (haven't seen it for years!)

[Jujubean77]

Velvet sounds like a prostitute

[bleh]

I thought it was only slang in the Victorian era, hence the TV show "Tipping the Velvet" which was Victorian slang for Lesbianism?

[MaggieBelleVirgo]

Oh right, well, I've read the book and seen the programme, so for me now, that's what it means. I can't de-programme that expression out of my head!

[pointydog]

Your dd must have got it wrong, orm.

Dd2 (when she was 4) told us about a new girl at her nursery called Flipper.

Turned out she was called Philippa.

[TiggerIsEisCat]

pointy PMSL @ flipper

i had a friend whose dog was called suede after the 90's indie band not a good childs name but ok for a dog i reckon

[MovingOutOfBlighty]

You havent misheard. I know of a family with a Denim and Suede. Yuckadoodah.

[pixiestix]

Flipper!
I remember being in hysterics in primary school when we learnt the word "Vagina". My best friends aunt was called Regina and we all misheard and thought she was named after her mum's lady-bits!!!

[MaggieBelleVirgo]

Denim and Suede! omg, sounds like cheap scent by Lentheric, aimed at teenagers.

[Concordia]

i miss the band suede.
They were good but not good enough to name a DD after IMHO