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Son has the name of a celebrity... I didn't realise.

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Charlotteee1402 · 03/12/2016 20:47

I don't watch much TV, so didn't watch this program. Really gutted.

He's 8 months, but no one has really ever said anything. I've had a few "oh, like..." but I've just smiled, thinking "who?" and just got on with my day.

Would you change it?

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Doilooklikeatourist · 03/12/2016 21:07

My DC were at school with Harry Potter
Old enough to have been named with the full knowledge of the name and the books and films

Pluto30 · 03/12/2016 21:06

I have no idea who Louis Walsh is, so...

SueGeneris · 03/12/2016 21:06

I have heard of Louis Walsh, I think, but not sure who he is. Is he a talent show judge or something? Anyhow, I wouldn't have thought of it if I heard your DS's name.

MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 03/12/2016 21:04

Axel Rose? BikeRunSki?

MaryWortleyMontagu · 03/12/2016 21:03

I had never heard of Louis Walsh until this thread. I had to Google to find out who he was!

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Charlotteee1402 · 03/12/2016 21:02

Lulu? He could get that anyway, even if his surname wasn't Walsh

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badhotfanny · 03/12/2016 21:01

Bike. I know an Alice Cooper - is it you? Grin

I went to school, in the 80s, with a girl called Samantha Fox. As far as I know, she didn't really get much flak. It could have been worse.

Patriciathestripper1 · 03/12/2016 21:01

Oh I hope no one calls him lulu at school.
Didn't you realise when you were naming him?

TroysMammy · 03/12/2016 21:01

There was a girl a few years younger than me in comprehensive school called Hayley Mills.

WellErrr · 03/12/2016 21:00

^^actual quote from LW to a young black contestant on X factor.

WellErrr · 03/12/2016 20:59

'You remind me of a young Lenny Henry'

LuluJakey1 · 03/12/2016 20:59

I went to school with a girl called Lucinda Bedde which provoked lots of giggles.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 03/12/2016 20:58

Like Boris Johnson. Grin

FatOldBag · 03/12/2016 20:58

Cute name, I think it's fine - not like Michael Jackson or something where you automatically think of the celeb.

BikeRunSki · 03/12/2016 20:58

I have the same name as an extremely well known male rock star. It raises a few eyebrows and the odd comment, but not on a bad way. I suspect that Louis Walsh will not be that well known for that long. My namesake's heyday was a good 20 years ago, but people still know who he is.

Soubriquet · 03/12/2016 20:58

You don't need to post his birth certificate!!

HardcoreLadyType · 03/12/2016 20:58

Oh, x posted.

I don't think anyone will think about Louis Walsh when your DS is old enough for his peers to be watching that kind of television.

It would be like a teenager today being called Jim Davidson, or something like that. Someone who used to be a bit famous.

Arsenicinthesugarbowl · 03/12/2016 20:57

His name is fine!!! I was thinking something truly outlandish!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 03/12/2016 20:57

My dd went to school with a Michael Jackson. He wasn't teased all the children were fascinated by him abs thought it was fab

Fuckityhi · 03/12/2016 20:57

One of my dc has the name of a marvel superhero. I didn't know until well after he was named.

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Charlotteee1402 · 03/12/2016 20:56

Hang on, I'll get out his birth certificate...

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Charlotteee1402 · 03/12/2016 20:56

No! I actually hadn't Confused he is Lou-ie

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MovingOnUpMovingOnOut · 03/12/2016 20:56

Seriously? I think you're having us on Grin Grin

Soubriquet · 03/12/2016 20:55

That's not too bad

Easily forgotten as a celebrity as he hadn't been around much lately

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 03/12/2016 20:55

OMG. You'd never heard of Louis Walsh.

Is he Louie or Louis though.

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