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If I like Placebo Aurelius and Pomander Ashanti...

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Dovahkiin · 21/02/2014 01:34

..What other names might I like?

I'm looking for a name which has absolutely no personal or cultural significance for me or my family, which clearly denotes to other parents that I'm terribly well-educated and artistic while simultaneously suggesting that I don't care in the least what other people think.

Ladies, can you help?

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RalphRecklessCardew · 23/02/2014 19:47

Timur-i-Leng or Ghengis' actual name Temujin. Shurely everyone knows that Ghengis was his title?

Am partial to Jesus Shakespeare Whippet.

Alisvolatpropiis · 23/02/2014 15:40

Enobaria Ianthe.

cory · 23/02/2014 15:27

Have you explored Etruscan names, Dovakhin? Plenty more where Tarquin came from.

I think Fufluns Perpetuus has a certain ring.

Or for a girl, Kurvenas Volumnia.

Lovely names further in the Babylonian world as well:

Hammurabi (perhaps linked with something shorter: Sean Hammurabi?)

Utnapishtim (here I'd suggest Ethelweord Utnapistim)

Assurbanipal (James-Assurbanipial in one word, perhaps?)

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Dovahkiin · 23/02/2014 10:39

Nickname of Vulcan, surely? Awesome!

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Kveta · 23/02/2014 10:06

Some marvellous suggestions here! Personally though, I'd go for something long enough for several nickname opportunities.

Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis springs to mind.

Bluestocking · 23/02/2014 09:11

Bartholin Luxor for a boy.
Pandemonia Tuskegee for a girl.

ZingSweetMango · 23/02/2014 08:27

Batman Bin Suparman and Willie Stroker are my two favourites.Grin
thanks for that Ken

KenDoddsDadsDog · 23/02/2014 08:17

Don't use any of these although Jesus Condom might be a winner

ZingSweetMango · 23/02/2014 08:12

Feather Glitter Pixie

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Dovahkiin · 23/02/2014 03:12

Isambard Guadalajara?

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Minion · 22/02/2014 16:56

Pizzeria spinaci
Antiquity Houmous

MarmiteChocolate · 22/02/2014 14:51

May I suggest Ovary Canesten for a girl? I think Domestos would be ideal for a boy.

ZingSweetMango · 22/02/2014 13:06

Placenta Fridge Slime

ZingSweetMango · 22/02/2014 13:05

Pomegranate Gluestick

ZingSweetMango · 22/02/2014 13:04

Ammonia Calculator

Meglet · 22/02/2014 12:10

Fibonacci Meteor.

Minion · 22/02/2014 11:51

I think you should just go for a one word name, preceded by THE.
Like,
The Profiterole
Or,
The Lamp.

givemeaclue · 22/02/2014 08:34

Has nobody suggested lobotomy?

Or even phlebotomy?

There are one or two around but not reached the top ten as yet

ZingSweetMango · 22/02/2014 01:08

Crap Bag & Princess Consuela Banana Hammock (courtesy of Friends)

Olympia Bear Claw

Sudocream Titanilla FartFace

White Spirit

Broken Condom

SuperWifeANDMum · 22/02/2014 00:59

I certainly wouldn't think you were 'terribly well educated and artistic' by using Ashanti as one of your children's middle names, it's incredibly ghetto chic.

However Placebo Aurelius is wonderful.

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Dovahkiin · 22/02/2014 00:38

Thank you so much, ladies. Just loving Calpolicella, and it has so many nicknames possibilities too. I'm not sure I've found the perfect boys name yet, however. Something along the lines of Xenophon would be great, but obviously more unique.

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MartyrStewart · 21/02/2014 23:58

I always thought Tartiflette was a solid, unisex name.

GurlwiththeCurl · 21/02/2014 23:52

Catheta Inserta for a girl. Pretty name.

GurlwiththeCurl · 21/02/2014 23:51

Definitely Messalina Agrippinilla or Pontifex Maximus. Just right :)

Anjou · 21/02/2014 23:05

Yawn. Perhaps you should call your kid MyMumJudgesPeopleWhoCallTheirKidsNamesThatSheDoesntLikeAndSheWillRaiseMeToBeAsJudgementalAsSheIs? Why do you care what name someone chooses? How do you know it has no 'cultural significance'? And as for 'personal significance' - they chose it for their kid, so I'm guessing it signifies something to them.

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