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Does anyone really call their child Jocasta?

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keSnowBi · 06/01/2012 17:30

I ask because it's always the MN name people trot out to describe unbearably entitled children with pushy parents and I've never, ever met one or (to my eternal sadness) heard it being called out in the playground.

Am I missing out?

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Inkpaperstars · 27/01/2021 20:55

I like the name Jocasta. Not enough to actually use it I don’t think but I do like it. The big downside to me is the likelihood it would be shortened to Jo or Josie which I don’t like, the alternative I guess is Cassie but I don’t love that either.

Peeteea · 27/01/2021 18:48

I love this name but I really don’t think I could get past her character’s story in Greek mythology. Shame because it is a very nice name. Didn’t know it had any other connotations though to be honest so this is news to me!

Madamfrog · 27/01/2021 17:48

@feelingratheroverwhelmed

The Pobble's Aunt is called Jobiska 😁
Jocasta is a beautiful name (even though Oedipus possibly makes it tease-worthy).

partyatthepalace · 26/01/2021 22:08

@startail

DH has a cook book called the "paupers cookbook" by Jocasta Innes. His mum gave it him to go to university.
I met her once, she was very rich and posh Grin
Jocasta1997 · 26/01/2021 21:07

My name is actually Jocasta:)

PercyFilth · 08/01/2012 16:54

I've had The Pauper's Cookbook since I was a student, it is legendary! There are several recipes in there that I constantly return to.

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keSnowBi · 08/01/2012 14:51

DH has a cook book called the "paupers cookbook" by Jocasta Innes. that title with that author is so brilliant it should be in the 'examples of snobbery' thread!

Rachel it's a quirk of the English language and the British mind that we can create a word to stand as shorthand for a whole concept which can be easily understood by many people. It's why English is so rich in metaphors. Anyway, as per greenmoo's comment it's clearly all about perception not reality.

Poor name! I do like it, though no way DH would let it in the shortlist for my bump...

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seeker · 08/01/2012 08:56

I use Jocasta as a catch all name for the child of pushy/entitled/deluded parents because Jeremy Hardy does.

Lonnie · 08/01/2012 08:51

I like it and I am so not a pushy parrent laughs
Ive never met one but I have met a Ptolemy and a Tarquin (who was lovely)

ItsSnowDarling · 08/01/2012 07:53

I know one - a lovely name for a lovely girl.

hohohoshedittant · 08/01/2012 01:32

I know a Ptolemy. but no Jocasta.

MrsJohnDeere · 07/01/2012 22:06

I know 2 Jacinthes but have never met a Jocasta.

pranma · 07/01/2012 22:06

I know a Ptolemy too he is about 3 and isat preschool with dgs

hermioneweasley · 07/01/2012 22:05

I knew a Jacintha, but never met a Jocasta. Or a Tarquin.

PieMistress · 07/01/2012 22:01

Aberdeen funnily enough our family are Scottish!

AberdeenAngusina · 07/01/2012 21:59

Only three in Scotland between 2000-2009, and only two between 1990-2000. In fact, only eleven between 1900-2009, and none between 1855-1900.

So, eleven between 1855-2009, of whom three were in the last decade; it's clearly gaining in popularity!

PieMistress · 07/01/2012 19:46

One of my second cousins is called Jocasta. Never thought to dislike it TBH as she's a family member. I quite like it.

rachel234 · 07/01/2012 13:04

Why are some of you so 'judgey'? Many people, espcially outside the UK, choose names because they love them and without knowing that some Brits find them poncy/chav. There is therefore no need to judge a person based on their name, especially if their parents genuinely had no idea that a name has these associations.

southeastastra · 07/01/2012 12:41

jocasta innes is a designer isn't she, i remember her from home front tv show

SevenAgainstThebes · 07/01/2012 12:40

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pictish · 07/01/2012 12:35

I knew a Jocasta at secondary school...she was a couple of years older than me, and I didn't know her well, but she used to ride our bus and she seemed very nice.

AlpinePony · 07/01/2012 12:34

Went to school with one - utter cunt.

marsiay · 07/01/2012 12:30

Jocasta is good name and meaning of this names pretty more than name.
More detail is is here
www.babynology.com/meaning-jocasta-f27.html

PercyFilth · 07/01/2012 12:24

Re the Pobble, it was Aunt Jobiska

kalidasa · 07/01/2012 07:22

Incest associations perhaps a bit offputting . . .

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