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tayo - what do you think

119 replies

shell96 · 29/09/2010 14:04

what does anyone think of Tayo for a boy? I liked it til i saw it written down just now and i just keep thinking mayo!! Aargh its the first name DP and i have agreed on and now im going off it

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ChaosTrulyReigns · 18/07/2012 13:14

Anyone else lie awake at night pondering on the outcome of this?

ChaosTrulyReigns · 18/07/2012 13:14

Anyone else lie awake at night pondering on the outcome of this?

ChaosTrulyReigns · 18/07/2012 13:14

Anyone else lie awake at night pondering on the outcome of this?

ChaosTrulyReigns · 18/07/2012 13:14

Anyone else lie awake at night pondering on the outcome of this?

ChaosTrulyReigns · 18/07/2012 13:13

Anyone else lie awake at night pondering on the outcome of this?

ChaosTrulyReigns · 18/07/2012 13:13

Anyone else lie awake at night pondering on the outcome of this?

ChaosTrulyReigns · 18/07/2012 13:13

Anyone else lie awake at night pondering on the outcome of this?

ChaosTrulyReigns · 18/07/2012 13:13

Anyone else lie awake at night pondering on the outcome of this?

ChaosTrulyReigns · 18/07/2012 13:13

Anyone else lie awake at night pondering on the outcome of this?

ChaosTrulyReigns · 18/07/2012 13:13

Anyone else lie awake at night pondering on the outcome of this?

pinkthechaffinch · 01/10/2010 10:40

I used to know a W African lad by name of Tao (no Y in this instance).

Tayo-though-don't like-agree with other posters about Irish crisps.

ChynaDoll2006 · 30/09/2010 23:19

It's generally a Nigerian/west african name short for Adetayo or some other variation. Pronounced Tie-oh.

I suppose you should find out what it means before you decide one way or the other.

I don't think the tattoo thing is that ridiculous. If you had a name you LOVED and you rejected it because of that, then that would be stupid. But if you have no ideas to begin with it doesn't seem too bad to me. Too working class for you lot eh Hmm

stleger · 30/09/2010 13:22

I'd love to do to Tayto Castle... My name has Greek origins, but is very boring indeed. I wonder is it time to reintroduce names from other cultures, there are loads of Greek, Hebrew, Latin, Norman names used in the English speaking world, and many people seem to want to use Irish and Scottish names now.

PaigeTurner · 30/09/2010 13:15

Tayo is not a made up name, but it is African in origin so I'd not use it unless I had those cultural connections.

PaulineCampbellJones · 30/09/2010 12:53

I have been to Tayto castle!

stleger · 30/09/2010 11:33

Matteo, I like that, and it could be shortened. But, just for the sake of general interest, Tayto are also available in Northern Ireland but made by a completely different company to the Republic of Ireland. The cheese and onion are a completely different flavour.

ShirleyKnot · 30/09/2010 09:06

You've got a crossword tattoo on your chest haven't you Yuno?

Come on, you can tell me...

Grin

(I had some wine last night and it made me be RUDE to you and that is NOT ON as I love you really, sorry)

YunoYurbubson · 30/09/2010 08:45

But Shirly, putting it in the crossword is what is important to them.

I'm not denying that it's naff as fuck, but it is how they do things in their family. If you grow up in a family where tattoo crosswords of everyone's names are something special then the children will think it's a cool thing, and being left out of it would be really hard.

A1980 · 30/09/2010 00:36

I knew a Tayo who was a girl too. Mind you Tayo was her nn for her full name of Omotayo. I beleive she was of African origin.

So to me Tayo will always be a girls name!

RiverOfSleep · 29/09/2010 23:42

I love this thread!

I thought:

  1. Daylight come and me wan go ho ome
  2. Crisps (not Irish but I do like Roddy Doyle, is that why I know them?)
  3. Simon Mayo

rofl at calling baby Tattoo. Especially if you're
from Edinburgh, please say you are?

Fimbo · 29/09/2010 23:26

I am in fits at this thread. So sorry OP but you should have kept the tat bit to yourself. It was going ok up until that point.

bellabelly · 29/09/2010 23:17

I used to teach a lovely boy called Tayo (pronounced Tie-oh) - he was a lovely boy so I'm probably biased but I like the name. Would be an unusual choice for a white British kid.

MuffinMouse · 29/09/2010 23:10

Actually I really like Tayo when spelled Teo. Sorry to go against the tide here. I can't visualise the tatoo dynamic. Would Matteo or Teodore fit??? Teo for short. It's still pronounced Tay - o. Spanish for God, I think. I heard it a few years ago, the son of two doctors, who weren't at all chav. Well, that's my pennyworth anyhow. Smile

salvadory · 29/09/2010 23:01

I know a Tayo pronounced tie-o, he's Nigerian and it's a shortened version of temitayo. I like the name and the pronounciation, not keen on the tay-o pronounciation or the link with taio cruz or the tattoo crossword inspiration but I don't see it and think Mayo or tayto and don't think many others will unless you happen to be in Eire.

ShirleyKnot · 29/09/2010 22:45

Yuno

"Why are all my brothers and sisters in daddy's tattoo, but I'm not mummy?"

"Because we wanted to give you a name which was important to us and not part of a cryptic clue...

Daddy has your name tattooed on his back/neck/forearm...LOOK!"

Do me a favour.

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