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Original poster

My friend just named their son Tiger! what do I say?

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missytequila · 10/01/2011 14:36

they work in fashion so I assume that they think its 'cool'.. but I find it ridiculous, up there with Apple... middle name is persian and doesnt match at all.

what do you say when you need to pretend the baby name is ok?

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Mrsfluff · 10/01/2011 15:54

Tiger is my DD's middle name :)

JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 10/01/2011 15:48

Meh. I like it.

I take it the "!" doesn't form part of the child's name, however

MollysChambers · 10/01/2011 15:43

Fucking hell what were you thinking????

Hmm. Maybe that's a bit blunt actually...

renaldo · 10/01/2011 15:40

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renaldo · 10/01/2011 15:40

Tyger form outnumbered's dad is called Ben Dover ( former porn star)

mathanxiety · 10/01/2011 15:33

Just make polite noises. It's their precious baby after all - but why would you do that to a child after Tiger Woods...

RussAbbotDancer · 10/01/2011 15:31

Hardly original or unusual in a boho way when top shagging golfer called it though, eh?

Tony Tiger probably a shagger too. Definitely screams virility, stripes, etc.

LimburgseVlaai · 10/01/2011 15:26

at huge hunk of meat as baby gift.

nickelbabyjesus · 10/01/2011 15:25

here if you don't want to appear to be looking at advertising

nickelbabyjesus · 10/01/2011 15:23

i've got cutre stuffed baby tigers in the shop!

they're so very cute - here look, halfway down the page on the right

ArcticLemming · 10/01/2011 15:21

You'll just get used to it. My DD's lovely little friend has a very er.. unusual name and I'm now surprised when people smirk / spit their tea out / ask me to repeat it when I mention her by name - I just don't think about it any more.

StewieGriffinsMom · 10/01/2011 15:20

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sobloodystupid · 10/01/2011 15:18

First name Tiger, second name Persian, hmm theme rug?

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missytequila · 10/01/2011 15:17

yes I know I have to be kind, and of course I will pretend.

but the funny, sarcastic answers are so much fun!

maybe I will buy some stuffed tigers and other assorted jungle toys and see if they get the joke..

no offense to anyone who likes the name, to each their own. but what if the poor boy is skinny and shy....

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sobloodystupid · 10/01/2011 15:17

If you want to be all highbrow about it clasp your hands to your chest and declaim "Ah of course, William Blake - much underused of course, but the darkness of his poetry is enchanting..."
I, however, like it as a name,

NannyState · 10/01/2011 15:13

Do you have to say anything much?

Do 'the done thing', whether the name is Tiger or John. Smile sweetly and say 'ahhhh...bless. it really suits him'.

mollymawk · 10/01/2011 14:49

It's grrrrrEAT

[sorry]

[but also LOL at snice]

4andnotout · 10/01/2011 14:48

I was quite tempted for one of our dd's as coupled with their surname they would have been Tiger Lilley, dp vetoed italong with Walter

Sazisi · 10/01/2011 14:46

I like it :)
I knew a girl called Tiger, really suited her.

shufflebum · 10/01/2011 14:46

There's a 3 year old boy in our village called Tiger, her has a big shaggy mane of blonde hair . Mum recently had DS2 and was toying with the name Bear, thankfully pregnancy hormones disapated and they went with Finlay instead!

Ooopsadaisy · 10/01/2011 14:44

Sorry - my previous message was incredibly unhelpful.

I am in a destructive mood today so please ignore that.

Yes - be polite and smile and buy him a huge hunk of meat and an old tyre as a new baby gift.

snice · 10/01/2011 14:43

ask 'would he like to come to tea?'
They will get so fed up of that joke

GwendolineMaryLacey · 10/01/2011 14:43

Has she actually signed the forms? Tiger as a name for a person is a bit, well, sexual for me...

GwendolineMaryLacey · 10/01/2011 14:42

Damn, Oopsadaisy beat me to it :o

ILoveMyBrick · 10/01/2011 14:42

I think it's fab, only wish I was brave enough to use it

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