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Baby names

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Our little man has arrived but he is destined to be nameless!

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MuddlingThroughItAll · 28/10/2011 21:14

DS5 arrived yesterday at 9:54 pm (two and a half weeks early!) and with his scatty parents no where near choosing a name! After meeting him though we have narrowed it down to two combinations, both of which we love. They are -
Jeremiah Hendrix
Rudy Hendrix
(Hendrix being a middle name not our surname)
As we love them both we really want to get a wider perspective and see what others opinions are - we have already asked the midwife what her favourite is!

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MuddlingThroughItAll · 29/10/2011 23:13

We're going to have a long think about it tonight (when we have time!) and will hopefully come to a decision. Will let you know what we choose!

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PumpkinSizedEmmaRoyd · 29/10/2011 23:09

Rudy

thefirstMrsDeVeerie · 29/10/2011 23:06

I dont really buy into the bullying thing tbh. Kids will take the piss out of any name.

John or Joe have both been turned into reasons for taking the micky and you cant get much more mainstream.

Go with what you like. People only usually say rude things about names before you use them.

Midwives loved the name.

OH's family got it into their collective heads that we named him RUBY

Took bloody months to sort that out.

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MuddlingThroughItAll · 29/10/2011 22:59

All the other boys only have one though..At this moment in time we are actually seriously considering using Hendrix and a first name, nn Hendy. Would he be tormented and bullied for life if that was his name? I do love it but kids can be cruel!

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4madboys · 29/10/2011 22:56

what did your midwife say? ours LOVED the name Rudi, he didnt have a name till he was two weeks old as it took us a while to choose, its an important decsion. can you not have jeremiah as a middle name also? Rudi(y) jeremiah hendrix sounds good to me

thefirstMrsDeVeerie · 29/10/2011 22:55

If you call him Rudy [i] you get to call him Rudylicious.......

Just sayin'

crunchbag · 29/10/2011 22:55

Another vote for Rudy(i) :)

I would never make the connection with rude boy myself but then I grew up with boys called Ruud :)

thefirstMrsDeVeerie · 29/10/2011 22:54

Rudy Hendrix you HAVE to!

I can tell you from experience it works beautifully.

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MuddlingThroughItAll · 29/10/2011 22:53

Meg, I think 5 boys is enough for us :o

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MuddlingThroughItAll · 29/10/2011 22:53

We're just so torn, we can't make a decision as we know that when we do we will regret it and wish we had gone for the other :(

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MegBusset · 29/10/2011 22:52

Use one this time and keep having babies til you get another boy to use the other

4madboys · 29/10/2011 22:51

yes we use rudilicious as well

go for rudi(y) op its a fabulous name

MrsCornish · 29/10/2011 22:49

Rudy

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MuddlingThroughItAll · 29/10/2011 22:48

Thanks for all the replies, we live in a city but t'up north, don't think the term rude boy is used up here :o
As for choosing a name, we are no closer what so ever! We adore both and have practised using both and neither stands out over the other. What can we do?!

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thefirstMrsDeVeerie · 29/10/2011 22:48

My favourite is Rudylicious.

4madboys · 29/10/2011 22:47

i think she was being sarcastic goodasgold

goodasgold · 29/10/2011 22:44

megbusset I don't think that discussing names is going to make anybody a fully paid up member of the NAZIs, maybe you should research your facts better.

4madboys · 29/10/2011 22:42

ha ha i may do that this year!! i am currently having a ball dressing up 10mth old dd in tutus! and a spider outfit today

our rudi gets called roodlebug, or doodlebug, or rude dude pretty much anything that rhymes with rudi actually!

thefirstMrsDeVeerie · 29/10/2011 22:41

I have a dreadful habit of lengthening names. My Rudy gets called Rudolph, Rudolpho, Rudolpholini, etc

It is excellent at Christmas because I can quite legitimately dress him up as a reindeer. In fact I think its the law. He HAS to have his picture taken in a reindeer outfit with the appropriate caption.

I cant wait till he is 18 mwah ha ha..

4madboys · 29/10/2011 22:35

pmsl megbusset mind my rudi is blonde with blue eyes....

MegBusset · 29/10/2011 22:32

Be careful though... it's also short for Rudolph as in Hess, you don't want him growing up to be a Nazi do you?!!

thefirstMrsDeVeerie · 29/10/2011 22:30

I think that could consitute a gang 4mad

4madboys · 29/10/2011 22:18

we should get our 'gangsta boys' together sometime!

and yes it is quite popular in germany and some other eurpean countries, not so much in the uk tho.

thefirstMrsDeVeerie · 29/10/2011 22:15

waves back at fourmadboys

stickylittlefingers · 29/10/2011 22:15

My ersatz German grandfather was called Rudi. He was a lovely lovely man, who knew the Black Forest, and all the flora and fauna in it, like the back of his hand. So it has vey very good associations for me and it's a name I love (but don't have boys myself to use it on).

(Just to point out not everyone thinks about gangsters in connection with it. At all!)

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