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Boy name Spike?

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ImYourWomanJonSnow · 11/01/2017 14:27

So we're having another boy. With DS1 I have exhausted all boy names that I really like - it's a rare but not a unusually-sounding name if that makes sense, and more commonly used as a surname.

DP suggests Spike, I laughed at first but it's kind of growing on me. What do you think?

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GinIsIn · 11/01/2017 15:02

Dog's name here too....

blueskyinmarch · 11/01/2017 15:02

I knew a Spike. His real name was Michael.

EvansOvalPies · 11/01/2017 15:00

Good point, Lorelai - If my daughter brought a boyfriend home called Spike, I would chuckle and ask him what his real name was.

lorelairoryemily · 11/01/2017 14:58

Sorry but that's a terrible name!! 'Spike' will have to go for job interviews, apply for a mortgage and introduce himself to people, imagine if your teenage daughter told you her boyfriend was called that?! What would you imagine?!!!

EvansOvalPies · 11/01/2017 14:57

'Spike' Milligan was Terence Allan Milligan. Spike was his nickname. Spike is either a dog's name or a nickname. I rarely venture onto these baby name threads, but in this case I am seriously wondering about the sanity of the possible choice of baby name.

Decemberrat · 11/01/2017 14:53

@TheLivingAsheth Typical lazy journalist. Wink

I wanted to be a journalist too, until I did a week's work experience on the illustrious (free) newspaper the Leicester Mail, and then decided I'd really rather not... I still harness my inner Lynda Day regularly though.

mistermagpie · 11/01/2017 14:53

Don't name him Spike, he's not a pet. I hate this trend for names that are supposed to be 'cute' on a baby/toddler when they will have to grow up to be an adult, with a job and a passport and a bank account etc etc. I feel sorry for all these Teddy's and Spike's when they are 40 year-old accountants (or whatever) saddled with a silly name.

Chewbecca · 11/01/2017 14:51

Spike is Spike Milligan's nickname though, his given name is Terence.

I say keep it as a nickname, not their formal name.

TheLivingAsheth · 11/01/2017 14:49

Sorry, two "Rs" in Decemberrat!

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ImYourWomanJonSnow · 11/01/2017 14:48

TheWrath haha we're definitely not Susan and John. But I hear your point.

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twinjocks · 11/01/2017 14:48

I love it - and Spike Milligan would be my first thought too.

AmeliaJack · 11/01/2017 14:48

No, don't call your child Spike.

This is an adult person you are naming, not a cute baby.

If your DH had to go round for a day telling people his name is Spike, at the doctor's, his accountants, at the bank, completing a CV, speaking to his child's headteacher - would he find it embarrassing?

You are thinking that Spike would be cute for a baby, cool for a teenager. But what about for a graduate applying for a job as a policeman, teacher etc. What about it as a name for a middle aged father of three?

You also have to consider that your kid might not be the cool teenager you imagine. What if he's a shy bookish boy? Is he going to thank you for Spike?

There are a million fantastic names out there. Keep Spike for your guinea pig.

TheLivingAsheth · 11/01/2017 14:47

Grin Go on then @Decemberat, I'm always one for a badge. Especially a Press badge.
I actually am a journalist now and I think Press Gang has something to do with that Grin

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 11/01/2017 14:47

No. Not unless you're having a baby dinosaur. Grin

TheWrathFromHighAtopTheThing · 11/01/2017 14:46

Unless you and your husband are named something like Flibertigibbet and Walthamstow, rather than, say, Susan and John, you'd be unreasonable to saddle another person with that name against their will.

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ImYourWomanJonSnow · 11/01/2017 14:44

Thrilled yes that's what I'm worried about...

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ImYourWomanJonSnow · 11/01/2017 14:44

Spike Milligan was inspiration here...

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Thrilled · 11/01/2017 14:44

Great as a nickname but not as full name. Maybe sounds a little too try hard?

Decemberrat · 11/01/2017 14:42

@TheLivingAsheth, you know Press Gang's Spike was really James! Would you like to be my best friend? My extra special friends get badges...

TheLivingAsheth · 11/01/2017 14:40

Spike from Press Gang was really James. Spike Milligan was really Terence, Spike from Buffy was really William. Spike from the Discworld is really Adora Belle Grin

Decemberrat · 11/01/2017 14:39

Press Gang! Press Gang! Press Gang! (Yes, definitely worth watching. But I went to a convention and had nearly as big a crush on Julia Sawalha as I did on Dexter Fletcher - Spike. I might be a tad biased.)

Written by Steven Moffat who has gone on to do Coupling, Dr Who and Sherlock, so good credentials. I flatter myself I had good taste in quality writing even aged 10...

IWantATardis · 11/01/2017 14:38

FFS autocorrect Angry

BUFFY the vampire slayer

TheLivingAsheth · 11/01/2017 14:38

I'm the first to say how much I love Spike from Buffy but I would still not like it as a child's name.

IWantATardis · 11/01/2017 14:38

I'd be thinking you were a Buddy the Vanpire Slayer fan.

Isitjustmeorisiteveryoneelse · 11/01/2017 14:37

Love it! Maybe be biased as DDs have a (youngish) uncle Spike, or Spikey as they call him, he's v v cool. Go for it.