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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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StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 29/09/2010 22:38

But the new baby could have his/her own special tattoo - perhaps in the form of a Polygon word puzzle. Then people would have all the challenge and fun of seeing what other words they could make from the name, and using the centre letter.

5DollarShake · 29/09/2010 18:23

So, in summary - damned if you do; damned if you don't. Confused

YunoYurbubson · 29/09/2010 18:01

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

"Because Mumsnet said it was naff, darling, so we decided to break the tradition. It's not because daddy doesn't love you as much, or that you're not special enough to be in the special family tattoo, really it isn't."

AbsofCroissant · 29/09/2010 17:12

Out of interest - is this how the other DCs were named? Or did this just come about for the newest one?

I know - shouldn't judge etc. etc. but FGS's woman - you're naming a child. This is going to be their identifier for life and you're choosing it on the basis that it works well in tattoo scrabble, not because it suits the child, is a good name, has special meaning to you, the name has a wonderful meaning

InMyPrime · 29/09/2010 17:07

Crisps were also the first thing that came to mind when I heard the name.

When I heard your reason for choosing the name, the <a class="break-all" href="http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=www.bothteamsplayedhard.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/50-cent-tattoo.jpg&imgrefurl=www.bothteamsplayedhard.net/2009/08/22/supercool-beas-and-back-tats/&usg=__H838WpD7NCtRjG7qc4d-pYf3S1w=&h=369&w=468&sz=167&hl=en&start=0&sig2=wmE20ZUIH4RaUNOU21pOdA&zoom=1&tbnid=GEhPyycloDzRmM:&tbnh=151&tbnw=177&ei=Y2OjTNTxJdDFswbT9M2KBQ&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfiddy%2Bcent%2Btattoo%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Den%26biw%3D1265%26bih%3D611%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=869&vpy=254&dur=437&hovh=199&hovw=253&tx=145&ty=137&oei=Y2OjTNTxJdDFswbT9M2KBQ&esq=1&page=1&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">image of 50 Cent came to mind.

I don't suppose your DP really is a gangsta rapper, by any chance? If so, the name certainly would be fitting for when your DC is hanging out with all the other gangsta kids... Hmm

hifi · 29/09/2010 17:05

CHAVTASTIC,bloody horrible

5DollarShake · 29/09/2010 17:05

Yes, I do think Baio would raise even more eyebrows than Tayo. Grin

Oh this thread has made my day!!

Hullygully · 29/09/2010 17:02

Potato?

stleger · 29/09/2010 16:59

I have some Tayto cheese and onion and salt and vinegars if anyone fancies a packet! I suppose Tayo runs the risk of Irish people thinking you can't spell, like Shaun and Neeve spellings?

BalloonSlayer · 29/09/2010 16:49

I thought Taco

But seriously, OP, tell us how many letters it needs to be and what letters it has to have in it and we'll try and come up with something.

"5 Down. Boy's name. T something something something. Any ideas?"

GladioliBuckets · 29/09/2010 16:45

What about Caeo? That's a real Welsh name (pronounced k-eye-o)

BooBooGlass · 29/09/2010 16:44

Baio?? Man , you'd have to be a realy big Happy Days fan. Even I don't love Chachi that much.

stillbobbysgirl · 29/09/2010 16:40

Makes me want a packet of luverlly TAYTO! In Ireland, people who have a more 'working class' irish accent pronounce Tayto - Tayo.

FFS woman, get a grip. How will this kid feel when you tell him he got his stupid crisp like name coz it fitted on Dads tatoo! Confused

FerminaUrbinoDaza · 29/09/2010 16:38

When I saw the thread title I thought Tayo was a cack-handed attempt at a phonetic spelling of the continental pronunciation of Theo. Which would have been bad enough.

But, you're naming your child to fit a TATTOO Biscuit

NomDePlume · 29/09/2010 16:27

surely this is a made up thread though ? Name has to fit in with crossword tattoo ?

gherkinwithapurplemerkin · 29/09/2010 16:25

Nom - it is made up.
To fit with her partner crossword tattoo.
Pfft.

snoozathon · 29/09/2010 16:24

I love this Grin

Please keep having more kids, and have a whole Scrabble game going on on your DH.

Ooh or or or

You could play the game where you have to get from one word to another by changing one letter at a time, so from Tayo to Taro to Tara to Cara Grin

NomDePlume · 29/09/2010 16:24

awful.

Sounds made up.

ShirleyKnot · 29/09/2010 16:20

bwahahahah @JulesJules.

Tomato is a lovely name

StayingDavidTennantsGirl · 29/09/2010 16:15

As a rule I don't like made-up names, and this one seems made up to me.

You need to think about how your ds is going to feel if he has to explain to people how his parents came to choose his name.

Baio (after the actor Scott Baio) would fit, I think. Or you could put an R and an L together in the middle, and have Arlo or Marlon.

Amo is latin for 'I love'.

What about Jason?

Of course, if the letters you need to fit in with are T and Y, none of my suggestions help.

PatriciaHolm · 29/09/2010 16:13

According to http://babynamesworld.parentsconnect.com/meaning_ofTayo.html this it means "town in new mexico"!

Do the other DCs have normal names - if they do it'll be stinkingly obvious what you've done!

JulesJules · 29/09/2010 16:13

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minipie · 29/09/2010 16:13

Brilliant Grin

OP, please tell us the letters it needs to fit with, and we'll make some other suggestions?

Flighttattendant · 29/09/2010 16:06

I like Pato as well.

marriednotdead · 29/09/2010 16:03

Tayo is often used as a shortened version of an African (nigerian?) name e.g Eyitayo. Have only encountered females with this spelling though.
As for your reasons Biscuit

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