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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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Janek · 12/12/2015 09:40

I know a finnish (i think) woman caller Kaiser, not sure how she spells it though.

Candycoco · 12/12/2015 09:37

Jenelle from teen mom 2. This generation will always associate it with her, not good.

CremeBrulee · 12/12/2015 09:26

Kaiser Sose - wasn't that Kevin Spacey's character in the Usual Suspects? And wasn't that synonymous with the devil?

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BondJayneBond · 12/12/2015 09:00

No, it's a title.

Like Emperor, Tsar, King, Caesar...

SweepTheHalls · 12/12/2015 08:59

Chief!

NickNackNooToYou · 12/12/2015 08:57

My first thought would be - 'I predict a riot'!

ouryve · 12/12/2015 08:57

Nice name for a German shepherd

LonelySatsuma · 12/12/2015 08:56

It was a popular name for pitbulls, rottweilers and dobermans when I was growing up...

Lweji · 12/12/2015 08:56

Whatever your preference, really think how your child will carry it.

It's not so much that people dislike it, it's that it's a title, not a name!

Maybe call him Doctor instead. See how it looks?

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TaylorKent312 · 12/12/2015 08:38

@Stasie it sounds silly but I just really like the name, came across it online and it's just stuck and I can't find another name I love as much

@Domino777 I do sort of like Caius, I don't love it but since Kaiser as a middle name is also being shot down, I might use something like Caius as a middle name.

But honestly people, I did not think it was that bad 🤔

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Stasie · 12/12/2015 08:33

Isn't Caius pronounced 'Keys'? Or is that just the college?

Domino777 · 12/12/2015 08:31

Caius

Stasie · 12/12/2015 08:28

Kai is alright (the little boy in the snow queen)

meanings are reall important IMO or at least, associations people have with names.

One of mine's named after my first love, one is named after a guy in a movie, and one is a great composer.

Did you have a reason for naming your child this?

maybebabybee · 12/12/2015 08:23

Good God no, that's awful.

I keep thinking names people suggest on these board are jokes but no, they are serious Confused

DoctorTwo · 12/12/2015 08:19

Welcome to The Keiser Report, I'm Max Keiser.

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TaylorKent312 · 12/12/2015 08:16

Wow, okay pretty much everyone hates it, which sucks but is understandable, I'll most likely go with another name now and if I still love it by the time DS arrives, I might only use it as a middle name

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CwtchMeQuick · 12/12/2015 06:28

My first thought was the Kaiser Chiefs.
I kind of like it in a strange way but I agree it'd be better suited to a dog

puthyjip43 · 12/12/2015 06:27

No

tryingtocatchthewind · 12/12/2015 06:26

How about Adolf or Genghis?

villainousbroodmare · 12/12/2015 06:23

War, rottweilers... no.

ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 12/12/2015 06:11

Makes me think of war immediately and I wouldn't want that association for my child

ineedamoreadultieradult · 12/12/2015 05:59

Kaiser Wilhelm

Cerseirys · 12/12/2015 05:27

Wilhelm (and therefore WWI)
Rolls
Training
Söze

All are what I think of when I hear Kaiser. Please call your baby something else!

FixItUpChappie · 12/12/2015 04:48

I think of Kasier rolls myself....sorry OP