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Can I name my DS Future?

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cerealnamechange · 02/08/2016 15:10

Am I being ridiculous, are hormones taking over? I love it and it keeps popping back up every time I think about names, I can't get it out of my head but the rational side of me tells me that he will hate me for it later in life!

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dontmakemedothis · 03/08/2016 11:59

Future makes sense for a baby

No, no it doesn't.

AStreetcarNamedBob · 03/08/2016 10:33

Why don't you change your name by deed poll to Future if you think it's an acceptable name for an adult?

Porpoises · 03/08/2016 10:31

Also it's gotta last his whole life. Future makes sense for a baby, but an 80 year old called Future?

Porpoises · 03/08/2016 10:29

A part of me thinks it's kind of cool... but then...

"Hi, I'm Jessica Smile"
"Oh hi, I'm future"
"Sorry?"
" my name is Future... yes, as in the word Future... don't worry no-one understands the first time, haha, silly name isn't it... "

You'd have to be a pretty confident person to handle that interaction every day.

Cosmo111 · 03/08/2016 10:19

It amazes me how parents can think of these stupid names without a second thought of these poor children that have to carry these names for life.........

HettyB · 03/08/2016 10:14

You can, but you shouldnt

Smartiepants79 · 02/08/2016 22:04

Just no.
It's not good.
If you are of uk origin it is not a name. It's just a word.
It sound pretentious and try hard. Don't listen to the hormones!!

pepperpot99 · 02/08/2016 21:52

No. It's dreadful. It doesn't even succeed in being pretentious. It's just dumb.

Sophronia · 02/08/2016 20:03

I know someone who called their DS Adventure

Thingvellir · 02/08/2016 19:02

There's a Victory and a Success in DS's class. Clearly naming children after random things is not so unusual these days....

Ilovenannyplum · 02/08/2016 18:56

No don't do it Shock

I'm sure Ciara or some other American singer called their baby Future

Lunar1 · 02/08/2016 18:56

Change your name to future if you like it.

Pinklily1 · 02/08/2016 18:53

It's awful, whether as a first name or a middle name. I'd blame the pregnant hormones!

Isaiah is lovely though, I see you suggested that too.

Vixxfacee · 02/08/2016 17:46

Future the rapper had a baby with ciara the singer and name him future. I am guessing that is where you got inspiration. I don't mind it tbh. Better than alot of names I see on this baby names section.

GinIsIn · 02/08/2016 17:11

It doesn't become any less ridiculous as a middle name - please don't, it isn't fair to your poor child!

Creatureofthenight · 02/08/2016 16:34

It's awful.

RortyCrankle · 02/08/2016 16:32

What about Tristan Cheesecake? No? Well it's no more silly than Tristan Future.

MrsJoeyMaynard · 02/08/2016 16:11

I don't think that Future works as a name. Not even as a middle name.

cbigs · 02/08/2016 16:10

Tondelay Grin

cbigs · 02/08/2016 16:09

Yeah ... It isn't great really op. To be honest it's not really a nice sound even if it didn't have meaning... In my opinion. But a middle name if you have to maybe?

LaContessaDiPlump · 02/08/2016 16:06

I just hope your surname is King Grin

I knew a guy called James Onion once. I hope you're not his wife...

dontmakemedothis · 02/08/2016 16:03

Yes, it's absolutely your choice and nobody else's. You did ask for our opinions, though. I mean, it's just a random word! You might as well call him Cardboard. Making it a middle name doesn't change the fact that it's stupid (in my opinion, of course!)

Edward Cardboard
James Cardboard
Robert Cardboard

TeaPleaseLouise · 02/08/2016 15:59

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Stormtreader · 02/08/2016 15:56

Tristan Future! OK, now it has a Johhny Quest vibe about it :D

Stormtreader · 02/08/2016 15:55

It just sounds like youre planning out who theyre going to marry:
"Do you, the Future Mr Stevens, take this woman..."

Take it from someone with an "unusual" name, if you love them then let them book blinking appointments, job interviews etc without having to do the whole tedious "how do you spell that? how do you pronounce that? Wheres that from?......"

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