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Kurtis

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bac1985 · 03/07/2014 12:18

Kurtis Frederick Coughlin.

What do you think? :)

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Fideliney · 04/07/2014 13:12

Nice. Smile

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bac1985 · 04/07/2014 13:03

Kurt Frederick George Coughlin

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Fideliney · 04/07/2014 10:08

I would. Kids do notice these things sooner or later (the class bullies, I mean).

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bac1985 · 04/07/2014 09:06

Would a second middle name help?

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Fideliney · 04/07/2014 06:13

The initials KFC shouldn't be too bad.

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They will, they will!!!!

SignYourName · 04/07/2014 06:09

Realistically, how often is he going to be known by his initials or include his middle initial unless he later chooses to?

Worst case scenario, he ends up with some weird nickname that bears no resemblance to his real name, like half the teenagers and young men I know. In 20 years' time someone at university will say "how come you're known as Ken / Sandy / whatever when your name is Kurt?" and he'll say "my initials are KFC, it developed from Kentucky / Colonel Sanders / whatever when I was at school" and the conversation will move on.

Nereida · 03/07/2014 22:00

Curtis and Kurt are two different names. Kurt Frederick Coughlin or Curtis Frederick Coughlin would be better, I would try to avoid the KFC initials though!

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bac1985 · 03/07/2014 19:26

I like Kurt Frederick Coughlin. The initials KFC shouldn't be too bad.

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mygrandchildrenrock · 03/07/2014 17:24

My very old husband has Curtis as his middle name and he is Scottish! I love it and wanted to call one of ours it but husband vetoed it!

MrsBungle · 03/07/2014 17:23

I don't mind Curtis. Sounds very American up my ear.

Choccyhobnob · 03/07/2014 17:18

Total geek here but CFC (chlorofluorocarbons) are the components in some aerosols which contribute to damage of the ozone layer, heard about them a lot at school (but think in the last 20 years most companies have gone CFC free) BUT I don't think that will be the first thing people associate with your child's initials!

As an Arsenal fan the Chelsea link would totally rule it out for me though Wink

DrFunkesFamilyBandSolution · 03/07/2014 15:40

Cfc is Chelsea football club just incase you're an Arsenal household!

Like Curtis, not kurtis

ilovelamp82 · 03/07/2014 15:35

I love it. Against the trend but with the K.

weebarra · 03/07/2014 15:31

No. Curtis is fine.

rachel234 · 03/07/2014 15:22

CFC is absolutely fine! It's not like POO or LOO, in fact I had no idea what aerosols are and, more importantly that they're known as CFC.

Middle names are SO rarely used anyway.

squoosh · 03/07/2014 15:08

CFC is nowhere near as bad as KFC.

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bac1985 · 03/07/2014 15:05

I don't want to get too concerned about initials.

I've never heard of CFC aerosols. But thanks for spotting it :)

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Gingerjv · 03/07/2014 15:02

Curtis is a wonderful name! But not Kurtis) Is this the only option for name? maybe try others to avoid KFC)

donnie · 03/07/2014 14:55

CFC is just as bad - as in the aerosols Hmm

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bac1985 · 03/07/2014 14:39

Maybe just Kurt and add a second middle name so its not KFC :)

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smokedgarlic · 03/07/2014 14:31

Curtis is amazing . I love it . If you don't want it I do !

squoosh · 03/07/2014 14:25

Okay, I take it back, there are NO German Kurtis'!

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 03/07/2014 14:20

I know of two Curtis' (no Kurtis') - both are teenagers, roughly 16ish, and both have a brother called Mitchell.

I can't say that I particularly like or dislike the name myself - but it was definitely more popular back in the 90s & goes with names like Jordan, Tiffany, Shannon, Shelby etc. etc.

rachel234 · 03/07/2014 14:20

Curtis is much nicer!

And Kurt is the German name, pronounced Koort.

Biscuitsneeded · 03/07/2014 14:16

It's not a nice name whichever way I look at it, but on balance better with a C.
Germans might be called Kurt, never Kurtis.