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Kaiser

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TaylorKent312 · 12/12/2015 01:17

I love love love the name Kaiser, it fits well with our last name and DH is on the fence but I'm sure I can convince him but is Kaiser too strange a name and how bad would you react if you met a boy with the name?

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KERALA1 · 14/12/2015 19:10

The name of our drug dealing ex neighbours attack dog. This name was frequently yelled to the accompaniment of gangsta rap and thick people swearing. For these reasons I utterly utterly detest it.

Boredofthinkingofnewnames · 14/12/2015 18:01

Teen mom 2. Awful.

LifeIsBetterInFlipFlops · 14/12/2015 18:01

Imagine him being lumbered with that name...dreadful.

ScrambledEggAndToast · 14/12/2015 17:28

Hideous

StDogolphin · 14/12/2015 17:26

If you do call your baby Kaiser make sure you give him the middle name William Grin

EBearhug · 14/12/2015 16:43

Kai is a common German boys name. But not Kaiser, for all the reasons above. Wouldn't call a baby Caius/Gaius, but that's probably down to the mental scarring of Latin A-level, and most other people won't be so affected.

I knew a Polish Kasia (print. Kash-uh) - she was lovely.

toffeeboffin · 14/12/2015 16:36

How about Karl? or Kyle?

MangosteenSoda · 14/12/2015 07:02

Also knew a Finnish (female) Kajsa which didn't seem weird, but knowing the spelling - Kaiser - makes it strange for me. I'd always be wondering if the parents knew what it meant.

I taught a little Adolf in South Africa which definitely made me Hmm at first, but then I got used to it and it was just his name.

timelytess · 14/12/2015 06:52

I've taught Asian (Indian sub-continent) girls called 'Kaiser', pronounced 'Kay-zah'. It didn't seem strange.

But Kaiser as in Bill or Chiefs - no.

Alisvolatpropiis · 14/12/2015 06:21

It isn't a name, it is a title.

mathanxiety · 14/12/2015 02:32

How about Kaspar or Casimir?

Mrsfrumble · 13/12/2015 01:04

Well I hope everyone reading this thread has already seen The Usual Suspects... Grin

SirChenjin · 12/12/2015 22:19

Your DP is a sensible person. Tell him to stay on that fence while you get back to the baby names book.

mrsschu · 12/12/2015 22:15

Yep, reminds me of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Who had a deformed arm. The deformed arm is obviously not a reason not to use the name but it has lots of not so good connotations for people. Dreadful name. And it is like calling her child King, Tsar etc...

Oysterbabe · 12/12/2015 21:13

This isn't a joke is it?
Dear God you cannot do that to a child.

squoosh · 12/12/2015 19:42

How would I react?

I'd salute probably.

Then I'd check the date.

Madbengalmum · 12/12/2015 15:26

Chiefs, err no

IsadoraQuagmire · 12/12/2015 15:14

No one wants to be reminded of Janelle Evans! I'd like it as a name for a Rottweiller or German Shepherd (though, actually, associations with Janelle would ruin that for me too)

Mouthfulofquiz · 12/12/2015 14:40

Kaiser Permanente springs to my mind, which is sad, but there you go!

Ifiwasabadger · 12/12/2015 14:39

Isn't Kai one of the Rodney's kids? That's a no from me too.

FixItUpChappie · 12/12/2015 14:37

I like Stasies suggestion of "Kai" - that is very nice

JacobFryesTopHatLackey · 12/12/2015 12:30

janek I know a Swedish woman with that name too. I think her name is spelt Kajsa.

JacobFryesTopHatLackey · 12/12/2015 12:28
afreshstartplease · 12/12/2015 12:06

I also think of Jenelle Evans when I hear this name! Sorry!

Sophronia · 12/12/2015 12:01

I know a Kaiser Alexander who is about 4, he usually goes by Kai though. I agree it sounds like a dog name.

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