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To think the people in the baby name forum are on crack!?

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incognitolady · 27/06/2024 23:55

Shag and String were just suggested (in a seemingly serious way) in the boho boy name thread.

What is going on in some people's brains!?

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KatyaKabanova · 28/06/2024 07:32

Yuckyyuckyuckity · 28/06/2024 07:28

And Ottilie! I can't stand the name, it sounds so... oily.

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Just sounds like Otter to me.

Tagyoureit · 28/06/2024 07:33

PissedOffNeighbour22 · 28/06/2024 07:19

When I was looking around nurseries a couple of years ago there was a kid being an absolute terror. He was being followed round by a member of staff saying 'no Maverick, don't do that'.
Maverick. Why would someone even think that's a good name to consider? Not as awful as Malice though.

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There's a Maverick at our school, also a knob! He was a bit mean to my son once, my son having heard me say the following, decided to say to him "are you this annoying because you're angry at your parents?" 🤣

KatyaKabanova · 28/06/2024 07:35

Tagyoureit · 28/06/2024 07:33

There's a Maverick at our school, also a knob! He was a bit mean to my son once, my son having heard me say the following, decided to say to him "are you this annoying because you're angry at your parents?" 🤣

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😂
There is nominative determinism. If you're called Storm, you're not going to be placid. I knew someone called Tuesday, she loathed how ridiculous and inconvenient it was. "see you Wednesday, Tuesday"

Pottedpalm · 28/06/2024 07:39

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Wounded! My DTs actually have very ‘ordinary’ names but as both are new/soon to be parents I do look at the Baby Names threads 🙂

BeyondMyWits · 28/06/2024 07:43

GirlOfThe70s · 28/06/2024 07:28

Many years ago I met an American woman who was talking about her children. Her son was called Click. I asked if that was a nickname, and she said, no, his full name is Click.

Has he got a twin?

(Sorry... 😄I work in computing)

Tagyoureit · 28/06/2024 07:44

My old school friend had a crazy family friend who named her baby Pebbles!

This was 25 years and I still occasionally wonder how Pebbles is getting on in life

Soukmyfalafel · 28/06/2024 07:49

It's the people who name their kids really weird aristocratic names hoping that the child will then be incredibly rich and successful that are the funniest.

But each to their own I guess. My names got ripped apart as being too hippyish and odd, then tons of other boys had the same names where I live from many different walks of life. Obviously not that 'wacky' after all.

sashh · 28/06/2024 07:50

Viviennemary · 28/06/2024 07:06

The outlandish idiotic names some folk are inflicting on their DCs makes me think anything goes these days. I think it's time the government supplied a list of accepted names and anything outside the list would need to be considered. So all daft names rejected.

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Its not new, my grandad had a relative called Squire.

KatyaKabanova · 28/06/2024 07:51

I don't mind hippy names, really. They're often quite gentle and nice. River, Willow and Autumn are all pleasant and not outlandish.

SmellsLikeMiddleAgeSpirit · 28/06/2024 08:00

I've never heard the word "flow" quite do often as I read it on the baby names board. It's ridiculous.

Siblings are individual people, not verses from a poem. And middle names used to be more about honouring family members or have some other significance, rather than just two names that "flow" well or sound pretty together!

SmellsLikeMiddleAgeSpirit · 28/06/2024 08:06

KatyaKabanova · 28/06/2024 07:32

Just sounds like Otter to me.

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Ah yes, Ottilie and Lydia! See also Elodie, Imogen (ugliest name ever) and Willa. Swooned over on MN.

A short while ago there also seemed to be a big push (on MN only) for people to name their daughter "James" for some bizarre reason. Predictably, no one was suggesting girls' names for boys though... that would just be silly Hmm

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 28/06/2024 08:09

Namechanged1974 · 28/06/2024 07:04

I've name changed because this is outing but one of my friends called her first born Ebony-Storm back in 1997

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There was a boy at our primary school back in the 90s whose name was Attila-Armani. I often think of this.

Cangar · 28/06/2024 08:21

A short while ago there also seemed to be a big push (on MN only) for people to name their daughter "James" for some bizarre reason.

Doesn’t Ryan Reynolds have a daughter called James? Some celebrity anyway

Soukmyfalafel · 28/06/2024 08:22

KatyaKabanova · 28/06/2024 07:51

I don't mind hippy names, really. They're often quite gentle and nice. River, Willow and Autumn are all pleasant and not outlandish.

We've gone for nature names too. I didn't think naming a child after something natural was weird. We like nature, so seemed fitting to name our children in that way.

I have heard some really odd names, or overly macho names that made me cringe at first, but you just get used to them and they grow on you. I hated my name as a child as it was different and I got the piss ripped out of me, but I like it now. Doesn't suit me though. I look more like a 'Jane' sort of person 😂 It has never stopped me getting a job either like some people think it does. This was in a time when if you didn't call your kids a name in the top 20 you were odd.

Soukmyfalafel · 28/06/2024 08:27

middle names used to be more about honouring family members or have some other significance, rather than just two names that "flow" well or sound pretty together!

I couldn't do this. Brother named after dad, and their name was ex boyfriends name, so not an option for me! It would have felt odd. I chose my middle names after giving birth when I was high on oxytocin and exhausted and unfortunately it shows. I don't like them now.

Trixiefirecracker · 28/06/2024 08:28

I work in forest school so many, many ‘interesting names’ including Tulip, Cinnamon and Peregrine (all friends). Sparkle and Rain were sisters. My favourite though, was a kid named Feral.

MaryMaryVeryContrary · 28/06/2024 08:30

KatyaKabanova · 28/06/2024 07:32

Just sounds like Otter to me.

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Same. Name given by try hards who want to appear upper MC and wear Boden head to toe

brunettemic · 28/06/2024 08:30

A friend once said to me the people at the registry office should he able to veto names on the basis the new parents in question are clearly delirious from sleep deprivation in some cases 😂

Cangar · 28/06/2024 08:33

MaryMaryVeryContrary · 28/06/2024 08:30

Same. Name given by try hards who want to appear upper MC and wear Boden head to toe

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There are a few Ottilies in my son’s primary school and they all have perfectly nice families. People are so weirdly viscous about class markers and scathing about people not staying in their place.

Calliopespa · 28/06/2024 08:35

Cangar · 28/06/2024 08:33

There are a few Ottilies in my son’s primary school and they all have perfectly nice families. People are so weirdly viscous about class markers and scathing about people not staying in their place.

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Yes that is true.

Though I always have to have a little snigger at Tarquin and Magnus!

Generally speaking however, I agree.

MaryMaryVeryContrary · 28/06/2024 08:37

Cangar · 28/06/2024 08:33

There are a few Ottilies in my son’s primary school and they all have perfectly nice families. People are so weirdly viscous about class markers and scathing about people not staying in their place.

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I didn’t say they weren’t nice.

Cangar · 28/06/2024 08:39

So when you said they were try-hards who want to appear upper MC that wasn’t meant to be negative?

MaryMaryVeryContrary · 28/06/2024 08:39

Both my kids names were in the top 30 that year (and probably still now). They weren’t THE most popular names but having been given a ‘classic, timeless’ fugly name myself I know what it’s really like to go through life with a name that isn’t remotely pretty, popular or nice sounding. I swore I would never do that to my kids, as a teen you just want to fit in, not have to explain to somebody you fancy your name is Agnes/Barbara/Doris.

MrBigsCat · 28/06/2024 08:43

I genuinely know siblings Ross and Rachael and I’m curious to see if they are going to have a chandler or a joey next!

MathiasBroucek · 28/06/2024 08:57

MaryMaryVeryContrary · 28/06/2024 00:00

What makes me laugh is ‘oh no not X name, it’ll date’ but then they’ll go on to suggest Audrey or Mabel

Oi! My cat is called Audrey 😂