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Boudicca

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EllenDegenerate · 02/08/2016 16:25

Am I being mad?

Willing to be told it's pregnancy hormones but I'm really warming to this name.

I even like Bo as a nn.

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EllenDegenerate · 07/08/2016 11:25

It's fine.

OH is pretty much opposed to it. It took me a while to convince him of Romilly.

So for now it will be Romilly unless I take another flight of fancy, but in such an instance I will be sure to confer with you all first Wink

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BestZebbie · 06/08/2016 16:27

If you use the name, please do read up on the history in depth before finally doing so - there is a lot of rape and cutting off women's breasts and sewing them into their mouths and burning children alive in temples in it, possibly not quite as great a role model as the 'strong woman in chariot' image popularised to support Elizabeth 1 ( also a ginger queen)

i8sum314 · 06/08/2016 16:20

Shock at sisters Boudica and Ulysses! I can only imagine how seriously the parents take themselves!

CodewordRochambeau · 06/08/2016 16:03

Kimmy it's now widely accepted that Boadicea is an error, based on a mistranscription. Boudicca (boo-dik-ah) is correct.

KimmySchmidtsSmile · 06/08/2016 13:41

and Buddug apparently in welsh bithig
ooh theres also a penguin in happy feet 2 called Boadicea nn Bo

KimmySchmidtsSmile · 06/08/2016 13:36

Boadicea
bow/duh/sea/a

Have I been saying and spelling it wrong all this time...

JustHereForThePooStories · 06/08/2016 13:27

Don't do it.

I know a Boudicca. Sister to Ulysses.

MrsHughesCarson · 06/08/2016 13:25

Boudicca is awful, Romilly is lovely.

P1nkP0ppy · 06/08/2016 13:23

Please don't.
Just. Don't.

roseteapot101 · 06/08/2016 13:18

i think you have a bad case of baby brain

OlennasWimple · 06/08/2016 13:10

I'm surprised by the strength of felling on here: it's a real name, it's a string woman's name, and I quite like the sound of the name.

It wouldn't be my first choice, but it's a long way from some of the names that crop up here sometimes

LunaLoveg00d · 06/08/2016 13:04

It's your pregnancy hormones. Please don't.

ChanelNo314 · 04/08/2016 23:39

It's miss Battleaxe's first name!
Grin

Theydontknowweknowtheyknow · 04/08/2016 23:32

What about Iceni?

Shemozzle · 04/08/2016 23:22

I love it! Boudicca was so kick ass and I love the potential nicknames. Bodi, Boo, Bo. I put this on my list while ttc for number 3, but the only thing holding me back now is there is always debate over the pronunciation. My partner and I both pronounce it differently and I've read about 4 different variations.

squoosh · 04/08/2016 16:37

It's a bit much.

BeastofCraggyIsland · 04/08/2016 16:31

Actually Romilly is a good example of what I meant in my last sentence; it's a lovely name.

BeastofCraggyIsland · 04/08/2016 16:28

No, just no. Also, just because you don't name your child something 'unique'/pretentious like Aphrodite, Beowulf or Odysseus doesn't mean that you automatically have to call them whatever the top 3 names of the day happen to be either. There is a middle ground of names that aren't super common but aren't an embarrassment either.

DerelictMyBalls · 04/08/2016 13:29

Surely there is a happy medium between pretentious and 'boring'? Which other names do you like?

Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 04/08/2016 09:44

Unless you live in castle, then no

neonrainbow · 03/08/2016 22:19

Romilly is not boring its beautiful. You could have Ro as a nickname if you like Bo. Please dont do Boudicca. Its not fair on your child.

HallaWalla · 03/08/2016 12:10

I know a girl called Boudicca, it's a great name, my only reservation would be that it's quite an ugly sound.

BlossomHillOne · 03/08/2016 12:08

Awful - I know of one. I thought it was an unusual choice, then I discovered the parents pronounced it Boe-Dee-Sha...

HoratioNightboy · 02/08/2016 21:25

Boudicca is a brilliant name - I think you should go for it!

Sophronia · 02/08/2016 19:58

I know one, her siblings have unusual names too.