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Tolomey?

54 replies

Mole007 · 10/05/2011 11:03

At the height of hyperemesis-induced sleeplessness, I came up with a rather random shortlist for names for our second, due end of July. We have quite a common surname, so I wanted something a little out-of-the ordinary, and something as good as the name we have for DS1 (Adair James Francis). On the list was Tolomey, which I really still quite like. However, my ever so considerate mother has spent no little time in telling me what a terrible choice it would be.

Gettng quite stressed at our inability to agree a potential boys name, I have set DH the task of coming up with his shortlist given that he had rubbished all my attempts. He came down yesterday and, having seen my drug-addled shortlist, suggested Tolomey.

Is it as awful as my Mother suggests, or will she come round eventually?

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Montsti · 28/10/2011 11:43

Not a fan, I'm afraid, but Bartholomew is beyond gorgeous!

SlinkingOutsideInSocks · 27/10/2011 21:49

Yes, two completely different names, but as this thread shows, the vast majority of people will assume you got Ptolemy embarrassingly wrong. :-/

sue10 · 27/10/2011 16:15

Mole007 - what did you decide on the end? I am due on a few weeks time and we have decided on 'Tolomey'. You were right in that there are two ways of spelling this name. Tolomey is a short version of Bartholowmew and 'Ptolemy' was a Roman citizen of Egypt who wrote in Greek. He was a mathematician, astronomer, geographer, astrologer, and poet etc...

Two completly different names!

Seeker, ya post made me laugh :-)
XXX.

seeker · 10/05/2011 21:37

{grin]at Wordwork.

"Went to school with a Ptolemy, was known as Ptol - His brothers were called Caesar and Saul. All drop dead gorgeous looking they were the coolest kids in school."

Well, so long as you can ensure that your boy is super cool and drop dead gorgeous, then go for it - he'll be able to get away with it. If, however, there is the slightest chance that he'll have a late growth spurt, late puberty, braces, spots, and glasses, then don;t.

Pancakeflipper · 10/05/2011 19:42

Anyway Tolomey sounds a fancy sausage.

Pancakeflipper · 10/05/2011 19:41

Hullygully - I'd presume you've not slept it correctly - it's Ptrolley.

Snorts at Ptarquin. Grin

Wordwork · 10/05/2011 19:35

Ptolemy, Caesar and Saul! They must have been the kings of cool to pull it off. I am in love with them from afar.

Achneinmeinbein · 10/05/2011 19:28

Well I think Tolomy is a nice name! Ptolemy annoys me because I want to pronounce the P and it looks redonkulously pretentious. But your spelling - well I did at first thing deliberate/accidental misspell like everyone else but actually think it looks nicer than Pt and has a lovely sound. You might start a trend and make Tol the more normal spelling!

But would seem I'm in the minority on that one...

What about Solomon then you could have a Solly instead of a Tolly.

eatyourveg · 10/05/2011 16:59

Went to school with a Ptolemy, was known as Ptol - His brothers were called Caesar and Saul. All drop dead gorgeous looking they were the coolest kids in school.

campion · 10/05/2011 16:46

Shouldn't it be 'Tholomy' if it's short for Bartholomew? The 'th' is sounded in the name.
Only ever known two - one was / is Barty and the other Tolly.

I'm with your mum.

(Love 'yewneek', DELHI. It could become a name in itself!)

Wordwork · 10/05/2011 16:39

It is a very good name for a ptortoise.

BendyBob · 10/05/2011 16:34

Lol at WordworkGrin.

It is a little bit pretentious, although I do remember a friend's tortoise years ago was called Ptolemy.

Wordwork · 10/05/2011 16:29

I might just think "Ptosser."

Grin
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speakercorner · 10/05/2011 16:22

"I would think it was mis-spelled Ptolemy."

Me too!

thisisyesterday · 10/05/2011 16:11

yes, i too assumed you had mis-spelled Ptolemy

Hullygully · 10/05/2011 16:02

I've always had a soft spot for Trolley

GwendolineMaryLacey · 10/05/2011 16:00

Isn't it Tholly, not Tolly? I've heard of several Thollys but none without the h.

GwendolineMaryLacey · 10/05/2011 15:58

"I'd assume you'd heard Ptolemy, failed to look it up and guessed at a spelling."

Me too :)

mistlethrush · 10/05/2011 15:27

Glad to have caused a bit of merriment Grin

meaning and derivation of Tolly

I'd go with Bartholomew and Tolly for short

MelinaM · 10/05/2011 15:21

Ptolemy spelt very obviously the wrong way!!!

mathanxiety · 10/05/2011 15:11

I thought Tolly was short for Bartholomew. But it's more likely to be Bart, thought there's an old Irish nn Batty which is charming in its own way.

Hullygully · 10/05/2011 15:07

What about Ptoby or Pthomas. Perhaps Ptheodore or Ptimothy?

seeker · 10/05/2011 15:02

Truly, really don't.

bronze · 10/05/2011 15:01

Still spelt wrong anyway. Tolomy is short for Bartholomew