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Brady / Hindley

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Glindy · 11/08/2025 19:29

So I like the name Hindley for a boy -Wuthering Heights Hindely Earnshaw is my associate, but obviously I hate the Myra connection.

It also got me thinking, why is Brady such a popular name but Hindley just isn't and many people probably aren't aware it is a real forename.

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x2boys · 12/08/2025 09:11

Glindy · 11/08/2025 21:08

My point was more around misogyny.

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Not everything is misogyny
Very over used on here.

WalkDontWalk · 11/08/2025 23:27

Glindy · 11/08/2025 20:31

It wasn't trying to be funny, but im surprised nobody things its misogyny - she was no more abhorrent than him.

But she had a more distinctive name.

kim204 · 11/08/2025 22:01

In 50 years and working in numerous schools I've never met a single Brady. It seems it's an Irish name though so may be more popular there. Hindley is only a surname - apart from a fictional character - as far as i can see.

TofuEater · 11/08/2025 21:48

Hindley Earnshaw is a drunken bully. Why would anyone name a child after him

Needmorelego · 11/08/2025 21:43

@Glindy ok apologies I see you said the character is from Wuthering Heights.
I've never read it (or watched a telly/film version) so it sort of went over my head.
Anyway.... having read the character description - I think it really doesn't sound like a nice name to use because that character sounds horrible.

tripleginandtonic · 11/08/2025 21:40

Hareton is probably a better bet.

Needmorelego · 11/08/2025 21:38

Glindy · 11/08/2025 21:31

I said who it was. But also, Google.

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Ok.... I will.
I thought this was a conversation though 🤔

LookingAtMyBhunas · 11/08/2025 21:36

It's not even a nice sounding name.

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Glindy · 11/08/2025 21:31

Needmorelego · 11/08/2025 21:19

@PurpleFlower1983 I still don't know who this is? I did ask earlier....

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I said who it was. But also, Google.

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Needmorelego · 11/08/2025 21:19

@PurpleFlower1983 I still don't know who this is? I did ask earlier....

Isxmasoveryet · 11/08/2025 21:16

Are you aware ur child will grow up go to school work etc saddled with that name that don't just stay babies

DiscoBob · 11/08/2025 21:14

Glindy · 11/08/2025 20:48

Troll hunting is not allowed.
Once again, it is not a joke.

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Well it should be. I'm not troll hunting. It's insulting to people who've lost their kids.

PurpleFlower1983 · 11/08/2025 21:14

I wouldn’t do it.

Plus, Hindley Earnshaw is a horrible character.

Needmorelego · 11/08/2025 21:11

Glindy · 11/08/2025 21:08

My point was more around misogyny.

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Yeah.....I don't think it's that.
People wouldn't use it as a name not because of her - but because it's a terrible name for a first name.

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Glindy · 11/08/2025 21:08

Needmorelego · 11/08/2025 20:54

@Glindy so what's your point of this thread.
You want to name a future baby of yours Hindley? Is that it?
Then my answer is still "no" as I think it's a clunky name that sounds like (or is 🤔) a surname and just isn't very nice sounding.

My point was more around misogyny.

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ConfusedSloth · 11/08/2025 21:08

I don't understand why people are accusing OP of being a troll or trying to be funny. It's not like this question hasn't come up before (why Myra Hindley is more infamous than Ian Brady and the offshoots of that).

Needmorelego · 11/08/2025 20:54

@Glindy so what's your point of this thread.
You want to name a future baby of yours Hindley? Is that it?
Then my answer is still "no" as I think it's a clunky name that sounds like (or is 🤔) a surname and just isn't very nice sounding.

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Glindy · 11/08/2025 20:48

DiscoBob · 11/08/2025 20:44

Yeah it's gross and people are answering it in earnest. Like oh no it sounds like a serial killer.

Op is such a troll. Why do you do it?

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Troll hunting is not allowed.
Once again, it is not a joke.

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DiscoBob · 11/08/2025 20:44

Hardtothink · 11/08/2025 20:02

I reported the thread to MN.
But MN obviously think OP has the right to have a laugh about child murderers .
Disgraceful.

Yeah it's gross and people are answering it in earnest. Like oh no it sounds like a serial killer.

Op is such a troll. Why do you do it?

Needmorelego · 11/08/2025 20:42

@kierenthecommunity I think Brady as a first name is more popular in the USA but wouldn't be considered particularly "unusual" in the UK.

kierenthecommunity · 11/08/2025 20:35

Even if Myra never existed, I wouldn’t be inspired by Hindley Earnshaw for a baby name. He was awful 😂

I wouldn’t say Brady is ‘such’ a popular name - I only know of the fictional Brady Hobbs on SATC and he was named after his dad’s surname

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Glindy · 11/08/2025 20:31

It wasn't trying to be funny, but im surprised nobody things its misogyny - she was no more abhorrent than him.

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Hardtothink · 11/08/2025 20:13

Thehop · 11/08/2025 20:10

Please don't, this is awful.

Isn't it just?
I cant believe this thread is considered acceptable by MN
I remember the trials of these two monsters.
I remember the horrific details of what they did to the victims.
And relatives are still alive.
Yet OP thinks child murder is something to joke about.

Thehop · 11/08/2025 20:10

Please don't, this is awful.

x2boys · 11/08/2025 20:05

ConfusedSloth · 11/08/2025 19:39

Maybe it's because when you Google "Brady", the top thing to come up is Tom Brady but when you Google "Hindley", the first thing to come up is a young offenders institute just outside Wigan.

Even ignoring the murderer connections, Hindley isn't a good option.

Hindley is actually a place near wigan also.