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Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

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If you are a big fat lefty..

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EllenTheEgret · 08/03/2016 23:22

What did you name your DC?

Very much light hearted of course.. No offence intended towards non lefties or their dc's names, I'm just

A) nosey
and
B) looking for inspiration for names that my (very lefty) dp might not veto.

Thanks and please don't flame me!

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crapfatbanana · 11/03/2016 22:08

Names we had on our list:

Jessie
Morag
Niamh
Violet
Orla

Malachi
Oliver
Milo
Edward
Orson

TinySombrero · 10/03/2016 18:14

Peterloo!

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EllenTheEgret · 10/03/2016 18:10

Thanks all - that's definitely thrown up some new ideas.

Frida is a lovely name!

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TheBeanpole · 10/03/2016 02:27

I'm a big fat lefty and we have a Frida. DP vetoed Emmeline.

Cinnamon2013 · 10/03/2016 01:43

Frida (Kahlo)
Vanessa (Redgrave)
Camilo (Cienfuegos)
Che
Evo (Morales)

Qwebec · 10/03/2016 01:11

Me too Marci

Marcipex · 09/03/2016 23:31

I thought you meant left-handed

albertcampionscat · 09/03/2016 13:20

Christabel (Pankhurst) or Jessica (Decca) Mitford or Rosa (Luxemburg) or Clement (Attlee)

WhiteHairReally · 09/03/2016 12:29

Sylvia Pankhurst split with her mother and sister and was a socialist and for a while a communist.
Her name was actually Estelle Sylvia.

MrsMichelRouxJr · 09/03/2016 12:04

What a strange post

NameChange30 · 09/03/2016 11:46

Most/all of my friends are lefties. Most have picked pretty classic names. The really lefty ones have picked unisex and/or unusual names.

How about seeing if any politicians, philosophers or writers you admire have names you like?

RainOnTheRoof · 09/03/2016 11:39

I think I qualify as a big fat leftie! We just gave our children names we loved. My aim was not too popular, reasonably international and no class associations (not all of our names actually meet all 3 criteria). In the end one of my children has a very Scottish name (we are Scottish), one a Hebrew name and one a Greek name (the latter 2 both in general use in the UK). Family middle names. No particular left-wing connotations.

OneMagnumisneverenough · 09/03/2016 11:34

Didn't the Pankhursts, well Emmeline maybe, join the Tory party at some point or am I completely confused?

Sadik · 09/03/2016 11:24

I'm a leftie, but I must admit dd shares a name with an (in)famous empress.

However, names others I know have used:
Gerard (for Gerard Winstanley)
Kett (for Kett's rebellion)
Rosa (Parks/Luxembourg)

confusedandemployed · 09/03/2016 11:19

Rosa.

Not because of the Parks connotations but in retrospect I love that about her name.

I'd name any more Aneurin /Aneira or Taliesin (Tal). But mainly cos I'm Welsh and I love those names.

OneMagnumisneverenough · 09/03/2016 11:17

Annie (Besant or Kenney)
William (Morris)
George (Bernard Shaw)

OneMagnumisneverenough · 09/03/2016 11:11

I'm a Scottish leftie so mine have a different spin.

I do sort of have a Keir though it has a Gaelic twist. The other has a Scottish name as well but no particular references to Politics :)

motherinferior · 09/03/2016 10:29

I like Nye. And though I didn't call my girls Rosa I like that too.

SpecialStains · 09/03/2016 10:26

Dh will love this thread. Malcolm has been mentioned several times, but sadly (and for absolutely no good reason) I don't like the name.

tinymeteor · 09/03/2016 09:35

I like Maggie of Winston for our dog but couldn't do it due to the political overtones...

Emmeline is a goodun.

jimpam · 09/03/2016 08:53

I liked alba for a girl & was due a few months before the independence referendum. Quite a few people told me they thought it was too political for a baby born in scotland at that time to be named abla Baby turned out to be a boy though so avoided that one altogether.

AntiquityReRises · 09/03/2016 08:31

As a big fat lefty sliding into socialist I gave my child names I love. One very unusual, one very common. Did I not get the big red book of names or something?!?

WhiteHairReally · 09/03/2016 08:29

Once upon a time, Atticus was favoured by certainly the liberal if not the left leaning. Not certain of its status since 'Go call the Watchman' was published.

Thomas (Paine) Clare in the Community (R4) child was Thomas Paine Barker.

Malcolm (X)

WhiteHairReally · 09/03/2016 08:24

Leni for a girl. They just missed the n off.

Aneurin ( known as Nye) AND his surname was Bevan.

Sylvia (Pankhurst)

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EllenTheEgret · 09/03/2016 07:06

Thanks all!

I like:
Keir
Leon (after uber lefty Leon from Gogglebox )

Rosa
Jenny
Eleanor

Weirdly really like Maggie - I'm just about young enough to think Simpson not Thatcher

I was actually wondering what real lefties had called their children but this is good too

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