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Why?? (Actual names given last year)

135 replies

Tealdeal747 · 04/11/2017 12:59

There were girls called:
Dyc
Kc
Juri
Cauvery
Boex
Mu
Priceless
Dhax
Han
Euan
En
Das
Chu
Purity
Rut
Dikshita

And boys called:
Boi
Timotei
neophytos
Bode
Solo
Metatron
Blyss
Sing
Mate
A
Kohl
Godstime
Saxs
Rygg
Boon
Caio
Nimrod
Rouxx
Pride
Fountain
Goddominion
En
Daire
Creed
Braxtyn
Orinate

I used to think it was good that in the U.K. There isn't a set list of names and parents are free to name their dc whatever they like but surely some of these are cruel?

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Popchyk · 04/11/2017 14:40

Not everyone intends to live in the same country all their lives though.

Perhaps some of those parents intend to return to their country of origin in a couple of years and picked names that are perfectly ordinary there.

I suspect that few British couples currently living in the UAE for work purposes give their children Arabic names.

Fekko · 04/11/2017 14:33

I've not heard it for a girl. But 'A'?

FrancisCrawford · 04/11/2017 14:31

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Fekko · 04/11/2017 14:31

Some of those Ames - I recognise their origin but others, even if they do have a wonderfull meaning and history somewhere else just don't work well in an English speaking country. If you live somewhere you'd do your homework surely.

As I have recounted often on here, a friend's name means something along the lines of 'Shit Piss/Poo Wee' in some of my family's language. Even she says that it's pretty unlucky but would provide endless amusement at customs.

pinkliquorice · 04/11/2017 14:29

Timotei is Greek
Creed is Latin

Mu is Chinese
Nimrod is Hebrew
.....Sad

wobblywonderwoman · 04/11/2017 14:26

I think Purity is typical in the Baptist community. Maybe best not to judge

MikeUniformMike · 04/11/2017 14:23

Boon is a surname. Nimrod is fab.

pinkliquorice · 04/11/2017 14:22

Dikshita is Hindu, if you are not Hindu and don’t like the name don’t name your child it but grow up and respect other people’s rights to name their children.

habibihabibi · 04/11/2017 14:20

Dikshita is a Hindu name.

lljkk · 04/11/2017 14:12

KC is fine. Confused
Most of them are ok, really.

But Oh man... Dikshita, eek. Orinate, eek.

daisypond · 04/11/2017 14:09

OK, Euan for a girl is unusual - I missed that.

pinkliquorice · 04/11/2017 14:09

Seriously what is what all these threads?
Go ahead name all your children from the top 10 list so there will be 5 other kids in their class with that name, be boring, that is completely fine, they are your children and if you think of them as being only that special and important, go ahead.
But let others name theirs, I personally like a few of the names in the above list but there are ones I don’t, what am I going to do with that? Not name my children those names and not complain about it online and make myself look petty, rude and judgemental.

Iamtheresurrection · 04/11/2017 14:03

In fairness Euan is unusual for a girl.

Alittlepotofrosie · 04/11/2017 14:03

What a nasty racist thread. Clearly some of those names are from other cultures but no they don't fit into your narrow minded acceptable box of middle class England so they're not real names.

raisinsarenottheonlyfruit · 04/11/2017 14:02

Euan was on the girls list though.

InfiniteSheldon · 04/11/2017 14:01

Just going to say what everybody else has said some of these are really normal names

Littlegreyauditor · 04/11/2017 14:01

Dáire is a very ancient, very traditional Irish name, so you can fuck right off with your snobby, casual xenophobia OP.
At least your sneering little post has briefly made you feel superior, eh?

BlackBanana · 04/11/2017 13:59

You know you've mixed some completely average but just not white English names in there, yes?
Which makes your post come off kinda racist, fyi.

pinkblink · 04/11/2017 13:57

Caio is a Welsh name, I know two. Euan is Scottish, what a judgemental post Hmm

DramaAlpaca · 04/11/2017 13:52

What a narrow minded & ignorant OP. It's quite nasty to pour scorn on names that are perfectly normal in other cultures.

MadeForThis · 04/11/2017 13:48

Euan and daire are pretty common names

daisypond · 04/11/2017 13:47

Euan is a normal name, isn't it? It's Scottish. I know a couple of those. It's a version of Ewan, but quite standard. I know a Mate as well - it's a form of Matthew and has two syllables. And Dikshita is Indian, I think.

DuggeeHugs · 04/11/2017 13:39

Chu is the anglicisation of a Chinese name, so not exactly cruel.

Skyllo30 · 04/11/2017 13:27

Daire is an Irish name, pronounced Dara.

I saw Priceless and was wondering if it was a Nigerian name - I know people of Nigerian heritage named Precious and Blessing.