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'Astala' for a boy?

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DaSmallPunsMum · 15/04/2012 13:50

Peaches Geldof has called her son Astala. I personally think it's a beautiful name, it's Hebrew in origin. Thoughts?

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smokeandglitter · 17/04/2012 16:20

DaSmallPunsMum I appreciate it probably was, but I know more girls called Indigo and in my opinion - which you asked for - it sounds girly. A lot more so than Jonah, which in my opinion is lovely.

mrsbugsywugsy · 16/04/2012 15:55

Indigo and Astala both sounds like girls' names. And made up ones, at that.

lisaro · 16/04/2012 15:42

belgo; Still think John Bob is better then Astala.
Feck me - Jimbob is better that that, and it's still bloody awful!

ExitPursuedByABear · 16/04/2012 15:20

Another vote for John Bob here.

Go on OP, call your son Indigo Astala.

nizlopi · 16/04/2012 15:14

Indigo? Because its more 'different'?

Well, aren't you a special little snowflake :) well done

belgo · 16/04/2012 14:56

I thought we'd been quite restrained on this thread TBH. I'm surprised at the accusations of 'vitriol'.

Still think John Bob is better then Astala.

NurseJennyLee · 16/04/2012 12:37

Blathers
I am chalking it up to 'pregnancy hormones', though I don't remember mine making me hysterically defensive of z-list schlebs.

Personally I would avoid using the same name as a celebrity, especially one so unusual. People will know (and will think it's extremely naff).

Blatherskite · 16/04/2012 12:33

Anyone else finding the indignation that a bunch of strangers not liking another strangers baby name choice is causing a bit concerning?

Seriously op, if you wanted everyone to go "Astala is lovely hun" and congratulate you for naming your child after your favourite Crayola crayon, then you're on the wrong webiste.

NurseJennyLee · 16/04/2012 12:29

Oh but OP what will you do if she changes her mind and calls him Dave? Indigo Dave is different.

squoosh · 16/04/2012 12:27

I wouldn't be at all surprised if Peaches Geldof makes a great Mum. She seems to me to very bright and capable. Admittedly in the past she has come across as a spoilt, attention seeking uber brat but y'know lots of people are like this at a young age and come through it the other side with a some life lessons learnt and a steadier head on their shoulders.

Let's give her a chance.

Hving said all that, Astala is truly awful :)

notso · 16/04/2012 11:53

You can't 'stick up' for someone based on articles in mind numbing sleb magazines!
You have formed your opinion based on what PR people and media want you to hear, not from an actual relationship with Peaches.
Nobody has to sell a story or pictures, most of these people could quite easily afford to have their Babies and disappear for a while if they so wished. I can't believe you are so naive as to assume the money they get has nothing to do with it.

The name is ok, nothing special. If you really love it then use it.
It does sound better with Indigo than Jonah, but I think Jonah is a much nicer name. Indigo sounds more feminine to me, where Jonah is stronger.

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DaSmallPunsMum · 16/04/2012 11:35

Every celebrity shops stories to Hello about their children so that they have control over what photos come out of baby and what is said. Only last week I was reading Beyonce's Hello and OK bump and then baby picture interviews, and Sienna Miller is doing it too. I was fascinaed by her mum and thought she was a wonderful woman, so exotic on The Tube program. Of course i'm not her 'pr', shame you cant stick up for someone and get flack for it, but you can be disgustingly rude about a young mum you dont know behind the comfort of your computer and its ok. Weird society we have become. And Indigo was actually originally used as a boys name, smokeandglitter. I think Jonah is nice but am leaning more towards Indigo as its more unusual.

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Bucharest · 16/04/2012 07:14

May be Hebrew, but looks like she's been at the scrabble letters.

oikopolis · 16/04/2012 01:45

i heard about this and thought it very

the name's pretty silly.

i also feel quite sorry for the child tbh. Mummy's already shopping stories to Hello! and the poor lad's not even out in the open air yet.

lisaro · 16/04/2012 01:06

OP - does she pay you pr fees?
Ridiculous name, but I nsuppose she had to live up to her own. How long before he's making a living by birthright?

smokeandglitter · 16/04/2012 01:01

I love Jonah, not Indigo for a boy. Too girly imo.

But to be honest, smallpunsmum, just go with whichever you like, not Peaches or mumsnet or anyone. I mean (tongue in cheek) you know what they say about Peaches Geldof, master of the English Language... I'm sure she has a fantastic grip on baby names and nappies too.

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DaSmallPunsMum · 15/04/2012 23:37

Yes of course i'm her! Having a jolly jaunt round Mumsnet checking out the message boards publicly?! I have researched celebrity names whilst looking for my childs and as I always loved the names Paula Yates gave her girls (Pixie, Tiger, Fifi and of course Peaches) I was interested to see what Peaches would name her son and loved it. There are some terrible celeb baby names though I found in my research- pilot inspektor and moon unit anyone?! i just think Indigo Astala has a ring to it but not so much Jonah Astala. Which leads me on to... Jonah or Indigo as his first name??

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DaSmallPunsMum · 15/04/2012 23:36

Yes of course i'm here! Having a jolly jaunt round Mumsnet checking out the message boards publicly?! I have researched celebrity names whilst looking for my childs and as I always loved the names Paula Yates gave her girls (Pixie, Tiger, Fifi and of course Peaches) I was interested to see what Peaches would name her son and loved it. There are some terrible celeb baby names though I found in my research- pilot inspektor and moon unit anyone?! i just think Indigo Astala has a ring to it but not so much Jonah Astala. Which leads me on to... Jonah or Indigo as his first name??

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NurseJennyLee · 15/04/2012 22:42

Da are you Peaches?

She's insufferably up her own arse. If she has this baby and quietly gets on with it fair play to her... Like that's going to happen though. Call me snarky all you like, she's an utter tool.

The names not too out there though.

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DaSmallPunsMum · 15/04/2012 21:04

She states in the interview very clearly that as her mother and father hired a nanny to raise her and the lines between who was the real parent became blurred for her and caused her sadness in later life when the nanny left, she will categorically not be hiring a nanny at any point in the future. She's a journalist/broadcaster and her fiance is a musician it says in her Hello! interview so why would she need to? So much vitriol for someone you don't know, CPtart, how sad for you to be so embittered on a mums forum of all things. It's a joyful time in this young womans life who tragically lost her own mother at a young age. Appaling! I like the sound of the name, but don't know if it will go with what we are thinking of for our sons first name which is maybe Jonah or Indigo?

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smokeandglitter · 15/04/2012 21:02

I think it sounds feminine.

southeastastra · 15/04/2012 20:43

it's good!

Blatherskite · 15/04/2012 20:42

Sounds like a pop group.

A rubbish beepy, repetitive vocals type of pop group

CPtart · 15/04/2012 20:32

She'll not be having a nanny...ha! Heard all that before. I give it 6 months.
Ridiculous name.

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DaSmallPunsMum · 15/04/2012 20:29

I read her interview in Hello when she first announced her pregnancy. Have a new-found respect for her now, she only really got bad press when she was a teen, and it was always so silly and trying to make her into her mother, who she isn't. Anyway shes a 23 year old woman now with a baby boy on the way and came across as eloquent and intelligent. I think she'll be a great mother personally, and shestated in that interview that she will not be having a nanny as she doesn't like the idea of someone else other than her and her fiance raising their boy. I wish her all the best really, people on here can be so spiteful! I like the name and it's pronounced as-TA-la not as-TAR-la she said in the interview too. I am considering it as a middle name for my boy thoughts?

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