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Galena · 06/01/2011 20:50

My cousin linked me to this, and I immediately thought of the MN Babynames forum!

Here ya go.

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McGinger · 09/01/2011 09:13

Seeker, I don't know.

I Googled it and repeated on here what it said on the baby name websites I found it on.

It's how we found her name in the first place, with a baby name generator online, as we had no idea of a girls name we liked.

seeker · 09/01/2011 09:10

So, it's probably from Tanzania or Kenya.

McGinger · 09/01/2011 09:07

I said African, specifically it is Swahili.

seeker · 09/01/2011 06:51

did someone on here say a name was African? How can a name be African? Africa is a continent made up of something like 60 different countries speaking I have no idea how many different languages.

It's like saying a name is European - that would include English names, but also Greek, Romanian and Norwiegan ones!

RedHeels · 09/01/2011 06:38

Valium - what's wrong with Abbey? Westminster Abbey? As in a religious building? Smile Very different to Abbie.

Astrophe · 09/01/2011 06:12

I was in a park today (In Australia) and heard a Dad scream "c'mon Glaydon!". But most Australian children I know have names like Isabel, Jamie, Thomas, Sophie etc.

CheerfulYank · 09/01/2011 05:03

Redneck is not the same as bogan or chav, actually. I mean, it's the same as in "here's a derogatory term for a group of people that some of them embrace" but the "type" of people ensconced by the term isn't the same.

Ensconced? Is that the word I want there? Oh well. :o

mathanxiety · 09/01/2011 04:47

I actually know a Kassidi and a Rieffe; neither name is on that list but they should be. I think there's a little cultural insensitivity on the list all the same.

onimolap · 09/01/2011 01:33

Both Skyla and Savannah are on the list.

onimolap · 09/01/2011 01:26

Littleyellowteapot and Bullet:

The "X" is the symbol for Christ - as in Xmas, hence Xal = Christal

I came across a Dzejdin recently.....

CardyMow · 09/01/2011 01:18

Shock DS2's name is on that list. Ayden is not chavvy/ redneck/ bogan - It was my Great-grandad's name!

monkeyslut · 08/01/2011 01:26

Manu is also the name of a rather delicious here in australia.

Deciduousblonde · 07/01/2011 16:54

stripeybumpsmum..a friend of mine HAS called her son Manu, and his twin sister Shanti. Their father is Indian, so I gather they are eastern names :)

donnie · 07/01/2011 15:02

BANJO ROCKET?
CHAOS?

bleedin ell.

YouCantTeuchThis · 07/01/2011 15:01

this site also tickled me!

ShowOfHands · 07/01/2011 14:59

I agree. Dimple is sweet.

ValiumTinselton · 07/01/2011 14:59

just looked on google tools and the Turkish for Dimple is Gamze.
I like it! I think there is a Turkish population in Australia. So if they meet a Dimple they will get it.

ValiumTinselton · 07/01/2011 14:57

SOH, I know of a Turkish woman, her name in Turkish is something like Gambee (can't remember exactly) but she always goes by Dimple as that's what it means. It's actually a nice word to use as a name.

We can laugh at that list, but there's actually a bit of inspiration on it too, for people who would like some fresh ideas.

Even though the list is mocking bogans, I think to absolutely NO ability to recognise foreign names,therefore mixing them up with dakota=pheonix is perhaps a bit bogan in itself!

rachel234 · 07/01/2011 14:37

Mercedes is a common Spanish name, nothing wrong with that imo.

McGinger · 07/01/2011 13:33

Sorry just came back to this!

You pronounce it N-eye-ah. Hope that makes sense!

It's african, and it means purpose or aim!

diddl · 07/01/2011 12:51

Thought it said Boden at firstGrin

diddl · 07/01/2011 12:50

What´s the criteria for a name being put on there I wonder?

Spotted Mercedes-what´s wrong with that?

Doesn´t seeem to take in other languages/cultures so quite ignorant.

ShowOfHands · 07/01/2011 12:34

I've met a Demmy-Ocean before. She ambled through life reeking of patchouli and looking for rainbows under which to toot on her handmade ocarina.

TCOB · 07/01/2011 12:13

BACARDEE Grin Grin Grin
One of my SIL's friends called her baby Deja-Vu...perhaps even too out-there for the list?

stripeybumpsmum · 07/01/2011 12:05

Actually, re last post. Manu should be many but on basis many of that list appear to be names made up of random scrabble letters, perhaps Manu should be considered?