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ConfusedAndNew · 06/07/2013 11:25

Hello everyone,

Could I possibly get an opinion on these names? My partner and I are worried about potential issues/problems/bullying in the future, so any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Btw...Littleun will be taking my partner's surname which is very rare in the UK.

Here's the sort of shortlist!
Binky Ramone (girl obviously, my favourite!)
Logan Kassidi (boy)
Skylar-Rae (boy)
Thaila-Koltyn (pronounced Tyler Colton, girl)

DP has their heart set on Yolandi. I'm just not too sure.

Any suggestions/advice would be fantastic!

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steppemum · 06/07/2013 23:10

If it isn't a joke...

Can I point out that Thalia is an actual name, pronounced Tar - Lee - Ah
not Tyler.
That is a bit like saying her name is Jane pronounced Joan?

LynetteScavo · 06/07/2013 23:01

Actually Binky Ramone is growing on me. But I think it should be hyphenated.

LynetteScavo · 06/07/2013 23:00

Erm.....Logan is nice. Smile

The rest are bloody awful.

Queazy · 06/07/2013 22:54

I'm not keen. Skye for a girl is nice and I like

SandraClegane · 06/07/2013 21:49

This has got to be someone taking the piss.

MoonHare · 06/07/2013 21:24

Ha ha, very funny Biscuit

BlueBowTie · 06/07/2013 21:24

Do you actually want to hurt your child?

UpTheFRIGGinDuff · 06/07/2013 21:20

This is a joke.... right?!

VegPatchLurker · 06/07/2013 21:14

All awful

ZolaBuddleia · 06/07/2013 21:12

Blimey, there are some belters there. Are they anagrams?

rockybalboa · 06/07/2013 21:10

Joke post right?!?

Ruprekt · 06/07/2013 21:07

Any more thoughts OP?

ByTheWishingWell · 06/07/2013 15:11

I prefer unusual names, so I'm with you on trying to pick something a bit different, but they're honestly all awful. I'm sorry.

Binky Ramone- could be used as a (very) private nickname, but it's not a name to be saddled with at school. I think Ramona would be nicer than Ramone, which sounds very masculine, but definitely get rid of Binky.

Logan Kassidi- Logan's fine. Kassidi looks like a trying-to-be-different spelling of Cassidy, which to me is definitely a girl's name.

Skylar-Rae- is fine. For a girl.

Thaila-Koltyn- I initially read this as Thalia, which I like better if you're going for quite unusual names. Hearing Thaila as Tyler, it's a boy's name, and she would be forever correcting people and spelling it. Please don't hyphenate with Koltyn (preferably don't use it at all!)- I'm with the poster who mentioned dodgy 80's sci-fi on that one!

Yolandi or Yolanda would be fine (for a girl!).

TigOldBitties · 06/07/2013 14:18

I like Logan, Skylar is a bit effeminate so has bullying potential and I think more associated with being a girls name, so even without the bullying aspect, it might just be constantly annoying having a girls name. Although maybe Rachel Zoe will have changed things.

I don't like Binky, makes me think of dummies or Made in Chelsea and I think it would only suit a certain kind of individual.

Thaila is pretty so prefer that. I can't see the point in the hyphen. I can't believe you would ever should the full name across the park etc, at school it will be shortened most likely to Ty, and the few people I know with hyphenated names always just use the first part in adulthood. Just give it as a middle name.

angusandelspethsthistlewhistle · 06/07/2013 13:40

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twofingerstoGideon · 06/07/2013 13:27

Yolandi = a cross between yoni and leylandii. Lovely.

bugsybill · 06/07/2013 13:18

Sorry I misread I thought your surname was littlun! Grin

As it isn't maybe I could suggest Inky short for Inken (old Norse name iirc)

bugsybill · 06/07/2013 13:13

I like Skyla for a girl better.

Logan is very nice.

Please don't choose binky. Nickname is fine but please find a more substantial first name since binky littlun is very twee.

Thaila would be better as spelt Tyler and it is fine for a boys name (despite Katie Hopkins). Maybe Taylor for a girl would be better? Or Taya? Or Taisiya which is Russian with taya for short?

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 06/07/2013 13:12

This is a joke, yes? Sorry but they are all abominable.

Binky is cute as a nn, to be used only at home. Thaila-Koltyn sounds like the name of a machine from a bad 1970s sci-fi series.

RoadToTuapeka · 06/07/2013 13:07

All awful imo, and yes as per previous poster I read a book (about a north American family); binkies were universally understood to be pacifiers/dummies.

wigglesrock · 06/07/2013 13:04

What about Ramone as a first name?

Ruprekt · 06/07/2013 13:04

What else could they be called?

wigglesrock · 06/07/2013 13:03

Rae as a first name is nice for a girl.

I hear Logan, I think Wolverine Blush

I hear Binky, I think child's name for a comforter

MortifiedAdams · 06/07/2013 12:38

Dear me.

IHeartKingThistle · 06/07/2013 12:37

I know of Yolande but not Yolandi. I quite like it.