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Spike?

94 replies

TheFantasticFixit · 28/09/2013 23:46

DH and I both love it but to been met with horror by our parents. Thoughts?

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Onesleeptillwembley · 01/10/2013 22:04

Oh wow. Didn't think it could get worse, but Spyke? Really? Just why?

YouHaveAGoodPoint · 01/10/2013 21:24

Grin. Spyke just looks like a typo version of Skype to my dyslexic eyes

birdofthenorth · 01/10/2013 21:00

I think I am in the "love" camp, but if I met an awful Spike I think I could be persuaded otherwise! I think I also love Ike. Fewer dog/hedgehog connotations!

caz05 · 01/10/2013 13:08

I know a Spyke (rather then spike) I like it

Growlithe · 01/10/2013 11:21

Do people still call their dogs Spike? Sounds like a dog in a 1970s kids comic.

Now it just brings to mind Spike Milligan for me, who was a genius. So for that reason, it is a great name.

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TheFantasticFixit · 01/10/2013 11:11

Flogging - are you psychic?! That's exactly how I picture my son!

Merlypuss - I love you!

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mistlethrush · 30/09/2013 21:34

I knew a cellist who was called Spike as his nickname. Its a good nickname - particularly for a cellist - but I wouldn't name him that.

Hellonewworld0 · 30/09/2013 21:29

No.

Floggingmolly · 30/09/2013 21:27

I get a mental picture of a shaven haired toddler with an earring, wearing a track suit and drinking a can of red bull. It's bloody awful.

miffybun73 · 30/09/2013 21:25

Absolutely love it, think it's cool, adorable etc. but I wouldn't use it myself as my taste in names is very conservative (Boring ?) :)

MERLYPUSS · 30/09/2013 21:23

It is the best of bestest names! You will always get people that say 'it's a dogs name' or some such bollocks. I love it and would've had it but could not think of an equally cool name for the other dt.

Flossie82 · 29/09/2013 22:19

Great name for a hedghog

DevonCiderPunk · 29/09/2013 22:16

Love Spike! DS was very nearly a wee Spike.

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TheFantasticFixit · 29/09/2013 22:07

Thanks all! Great to have your feedback - even yours, wembley, and Daleybump (I'm so flattered that you actually had a RL conversation as a result!). It's sadly a bit late to swap the baby for a Doberman though.

I'm off to have a couple of gins after this thread Wink

Thanks To everyone who loved it..!

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daughterofafarmer · 29/09/2013 21:03

It's another no from me.

What about Rex?

YouHaveAGoodPoint · 29/09/2013 15:16

Naming NOT claiming Blush

YouHaveAGoodPoint · 29/09/2013 15:16

Sorry, but it's another no from me. I did automatically think of it as being a dogs name although that's not necessarily a bad thing. My two eldest are both named after pets. Grin (The next door nieghbours dog and my aunties cat)

I think its a bit cutey for me.

However, I am a great believer in people claim g their kids whatever they want. My best bit of advice is not to tell ANYONE until after the child has been named then they just have to like it. Smile

WorldPeaceAndFreeProsecco · 29/09/2013 14:57

I have a William who I'd love to call spike as a nn but it's not catching on and everyone calls him Wills.

Bit of a cockup really as my ds1 is Harry. It only dawned on me when Wills was about a month old.

everlong · 29/09/2013 14:57

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SomethingOnce · 29/09/2013 14:54

I'm not keen, but could it be short for Spencer, if you absolutely must?

KateCroydon · 29/09/2013 14:47

Only if he'll grow up to be a hot vampire.

JazzAnnNonMouse · 29/09/2013 14:38

Buffy

DaleyBump · 29/09/2013 13:26

Actually my point was that it's not just me who thinks it's a dog's name.

squoosh · 29/09/2013 12:40

Yes DaleyBump you've made your point, you think it sounds like a dog's name.

squoosh · 29/09/2013 12:38

I don't really like it, it's a bit 'I was born in 2007 and my parents are media types'. Spike's brother would be called Woody and his sister would be Tallulah.

If you do love it then give him a normal name and use Spike as a nickname. It would take a certain type of character to pull this off effortlessly, could become a bit of a burden if he's a shy, sensitive sort.