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Fintan, Tudor or Titus, or something else?

144 replies

PhuntSox · 05/01/2018 14:16

Fintan, Tudor or Titus, or something else?

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RubyLennoxExists · 08/01/2018 15:58

Something else

TatianaLarina · 08/01/2018 15:58

I think they’re all great names.

TatianaLarina · 08/01/2018 15:57

Tudor is historical Welsh name (Tudur) - the Tudors were a prominent family in Wales in the Middle Ages... long before Henry VII won the English throne.

There was also Breton king called Tewdwr so I’m assuming its origin may be Celtic.

chocatoo · 08/01/2018 15:45

Something else. Try to imagine yourself calling your child over the playground. Try to imagine your child with the name as an adult. Be kind to your child.

Oysterbabe · 08/01/2018 15:40

I know a baby Sixten, NN Six. I think it's cute.

FreddieClaryHorshieLion · 08/01/2018 15:10

And apparently also the Romanian version of Theodore.

www.behindthename.com/name/tudor-2

MikeUniformMike · 08/01/2018 14:39

www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=tudor
not Theodore, according to the link.

Dolwar · 08/01/2018 11:50

Tudor is a Welsh boy's babe name not at all strange

Harebellmeadow · 06/01/2018 16:24

Steering away from the laughs: I actually know three small Boys called Titus - it is quite common and accepted in Western Europe, although I can understand if it is less used in England due to different pronounciations.
And very few people have read Ghormenghast and think of Titus Groan.

daisypond · 06/01/2018 15:26

I think Fintan and Tudor are OK, actually. Tudor is a form of Theodore, so I think it's valid enough. We use Stuart as a name, and that's a royal house name too. Titus seems more problematic to me, but because of the nicknames it'll morph into. Those ancient emperor names weren't unknown in the 18th/19th century in some parts - might be hard to pull off, though.

BertrandRussell · 06/01/2018 15:08

My step nieces and nephews had very very unusual names. They weren’t teased or bullied. But they just found it incredibly tedious to have to keep spelling and explaining and agreeing that yes they were very unusual, weren't they?

They all changed to a “known as” as they went to secondary school, and still use their new names as adults.

pipilangstrumpf · 06/01/2018 14:54

I agree. Kids rarely get teased for their names.

There are far more tease worthy names used regularly eg William-> Willy anyway.

I love Titus!

TheFallenMadonna · 06/01/2018 11:23

Children, IME, don't do much mocking of names. I know adults (including some teachers) do.

TheFallenMadonna · 06/01/2018 11:21

More tee-tas though.

BattleCuntGalactica · 06/01/2018 11:20

I do wonder sometimes if folks are actively trying to get their kids mocked at school in the future.

TheFallenMadonna · 06/01/2018 11:19

I've taught quite a few boys originally from Lithuania called Titas. I like the sound of it.

dotdotdotmustdash · 06/01/2018 11:13

I had a Titus, a Julian, a Gulliver and an Alexia (girl) in my primary school class in the 1970s. A regular inner-city state school too!

Middleoftheroad · 06/01/2018 10:55

Fintan of the three, though I prefer Finbar/Finbarr.

I prefer Billy the Fish.

Carbohol78 · 06/01/2018 10:36

interrupts what’s the dog in Richmond Park video?

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 06/01/2018 10:28

@PhuntSox, yes isn't it just, I like the nn Tiber too.😄

horatioisabrick · 06/01/2018 08:45

Siri is a lovely name imo :)

it’s a short form of Sigrid (Which I happen to like as as well).

DottyBlue2 · 05/01/2018 22:39

I met a wonderful Siri the other day, and her friend, Amazon Echo.

JustPutSomeGlitterOnIt · 05/01/2018 22:34

Mycats Grin

Titus sounds like something out of The Life of Brian

Marymaymay · 05/01/2018 22:13

It may be, but it’s not going to be fun for her at secondary school.