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If you're not a white Brit - what names in your culture make you go "holy C**p what were they thinking!"?

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lambbone · 15/04/2014 16:06

I am a white Brit, so I get all the threads on here which basically go "you can't call your DD Magenta Pixie what if she wants to be a High Court judge"

I work in a massive school which is only about 1/4 white Brit so there is a terrific array of names - none of which convey any message to me other than being the child's name.

Perhaps it is only us class obsessed Brits who read messages into name choice?

So - are there names in your culture make people go Hmm Or Shock

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mathanxiety · 16/04/2014 19:21

You could be a high court judge with the name Gobnait. It's not a name for the faint hearted however. The only one I knew emigrated..

I knew a girl named Morag who absolutely hated her name, but it's another that you could see with Dr before it or Esq after it.

I don't think there's the whole class thing associated with names in Ireland, certainly not at all to the extent it goes on in England (don't know about Wales or Scotland). You would be hard pressed to find Tarquins or Penelopes in Ireland, whereas Jayden, Trevor, Derek, etc are much more acceptable.

MrsJoeDolan · 16/04/2014 17:07

Irish. Name of many of my aunts - Gobnait - pronounced Gubnit. Irish for Daphne apparently. DM not happy I didn't want to saddle DD with that moniker.

Alisvolatpropiis · 15/04/2014 18:11

I am a white Brit. I just want to see the answers, I'm intrigued!

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