Elle's baby

[Holly02]

I'm happy for her and everything, but REALLY... why do these celebrities have to go for these ridiculous names??? I read on the net today that Elle MacPherson has named her baby Aurelius Cy Andrea. I remember being horrified last year too when I read that Helena Christensen had named her baby Mingus - I mean what are these people thinking??? The poor kids.

[eidsvold]

a friend in australia just told me that Holly - she must have liked GLadiator as that was someone's name wasn't it - marcus aurelius?? I think they gas must get to them!!

[mollipops]

Ooh and Aussies love nicknames - what would you make out of Aurelius I wonder...? Yes Mingus sounds a bit too much like fungus to me. And Claudia Schiffer just had a Casper...hope he's friendly! (Apologies if anyone out there has a boy named Casper!)

[EmmaTMG]

With the name Mingus I just see a mental picture of Ming the mercilus (spelt wrong!!) in the film Frash Gordon. Bl**dy Awful if you ask me.

[lou33]

Mingus is a Danish name, which is where she comes from, and Caspar, with that spelling I would think was German. Dunno about Aurelius ! I hear quite a few unusual names here in Surrey though, Mungo and Fergus seem to be quite popular, among others.

[mum2toby]

I got told by a rather tactless workmate that my sons name is more for Dogs than humans. He's called Toby!! hmph...... he's right off my xmas card list.

A rather notorius family near where I'm from called their daughter Pocahontus (spelled wrong!)!!!! These people onbviously don't like children!

Bron: Minger is used loads in Scotland in that context. I once had a rather interesting and heated discussion about what the past tense of that would be..

He has mung?
He minged??
He manged???

Anyone know?

[mum2toby]

Pamina: I am from Scotland and I LOVE the name Milly! In fact that might be what i call baby no.2 if it's a girl!! (not pg BTW..I hope!).

[Bozza]

Its definitely "minged" (the past tense that is).

[Holly02]

Mollipops, I was wondering that myself - what could you possibly shorten Aurelius to??

Eidsvold - yes you're right, I'm sure that was the name from Gladiator!! Surely "Marcus" would have been a kinder name to give the baby???

Mum2toby your post made me laugh A bit tactless of your workmate but it made me giggle... I can just imagine him wondering what he did wrong when he doesn't receive a Christmas card from you this year.

[SofiaAmes]

Oh isn't taste funny.... I think Aurelius (a roman emperor, I believe) is a wonderful name and Mingus (jazz musician) too. Personally I can't stand normal names.

[Holly02]

SofiaAmes, it's very true we all have different taste but would you really have called your own child Aurelius..!? Just wondering of course, you're entitled to do whatever you wish! I just don't think I would like to give my child the kind of name that might make him a target for merciless teasing by other children, which we know kids tend to do.

[mum2toby]

Lol Holly02.... your post just made me think of 'Ming the Merciless'!! Sorry, I'm a sad person and these simple things make me laugh lots.

chortle

[eidsvold]

Holly the only consolation is that he will probably attend a school where others have unusual names... however there is unusual and UNUSUAL!! I mean my daughter's name is unusual here in the UK but not so unusual in Australia.

Mum2toby - as I read your post my first thought was your son was called Max or Jake - they seem to be the most common names for the dogs I know.

[aloha]

Mingus was indeed named after the jazz musician (American, not Danish) but they gave him his surname, not his first name. Personally I much prefer the first name - Charles. BUT I did read that his dad Norman Reedus once fired off a furious message to a chatroom where people were criticising him and Helena for their choice of name - so I better watch out!

Anyway, I think calling things 'minging' is only recent slang and will probably have gone out of fashion in a few years.
Not crazy about Aurelius (Aurelius Busson!), but his dad's name is Arpad & he's done Ok, after all, he's a multi-millionaire whose girlfriend is Elle Macpherson.
I actually quite like Caspar - friendly ghost or not. Sounds rather dashing.

[bloss]

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[pupuce]

I suspect Mingus is more common in Denmark... do not forget that some of these people are not British and names which do not appeal to Brits - because unheard/sound funny/unfamiliar - are not necessarily so in other countries.... I wouldn't be too quick to make jokes (Isn't that a form of bullying???)
If my kids came back and made fun of someone's name I would not allow it.

[aloha]

Funnily enough, I was so intrigued by this name that I actually looked MIngus up on google to see if it was more common in Denmark - it isn't. They have said they named their baby after the jazz musician and I suspect they just wanted a really, really unusual name. I don't think it's that bad! Anyway, if baby Mingus Reedus (hmmm) gets his parents' looks (not to mention money!), I don't suppose it will hold him back much. Ditto baby Aurelius.

[bundle]

still think Mingus is better than Damian

[KeepingMum]

Isn't the Scottish name Menzies pronounced 'mingis', maybe they wanted this name, but with different spelling, is it still a common name in Scotland or just a surname?

[aloha]

No, not Scottish, not Danish. Here's his dad's explanation of why they called him Mingus, after the jazz musician Charles Mingus - \link{http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cat/mayday/reedus/article/warticle/html\here

[aloha]

Oh, I give up!

[aloha]

Oh, I give up!