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North?

111 replies

AlyTab · 27/06/2018 06:55

Ok so we are still coming up with names. We are in our 2nd trimester now so we've still got a while to finalize our choices.

A name we've found that we like too is North. Just to be clear, absolutely no connection to Kim Kardashian whatsoever. Can't personally stand her, but I really like the name and the nn 'Nori'.

Would love to hear your opinions if that's alright :)

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Battleax · 27/06/2018 12:26

Hahaha. No.

HappyLollipop · 27/06/2018 12:24

Everyone will think you named your DC after Kim and Kanyes daughter no matter how much you say you didn't! North is such a rubbish name but they use the nn Nori which is lovely and good enough as a stand alone name (god knows why they couldn't just name her that!)

lifechangesforever · 27/06/2018 12:12

Absolutely everyone will associate it with the Kardashians.. regardless of your reasons for it.

There's no getting away from it.

Norah/Nori are cute - I don't see why that can't be a standalone name.

FizzyGreenWater · 27/06/2018 12:08

You don't really get the option to say 'nothing to do with the Kardashians' though - they're the only other people that have used North as atotally made up name, of course it is utterly 'to do with them.^

It's not great as a name, use it if you want, everyone will say 'oooh like the Kardashians' for the rest of his life. Up to you!

YoucancallmeVal · 27/06/2018 09:55

It is neither pretty nor classy. It doesn't even sound nice.

halcyondays · 27/06/2018 09:37

People will definitely think you're a Kardashian fan.

kaytee87 · 27/06/2018 09:34

Great minds Wink

OuchLegoHurts · 27/06/2018 09:33

Cross posts kaytee Grin

OuchLegoHurts · 27/06/2018 09:32

Let's face it, it's a direction.

kaytee87 · 27/06/2018 09:31

It's not a name, it's a direction.

Ontopofthesunset · 27/06/2018 09:30

Why is it nice? What is nice about a point of the compass that is associated typically in this country with cold and winter? "The frozen north" etc. It's not even attractive from sound point of view and begins with No so if you deconstruct it it becomes quite negative.

And Nori is dried edible seaweed. I didn't know that the Kardashians used Nori as a nickname for North but I can't see how you would have thought of it otherwise because it's not an obvious diminutive. And would it be pronounced 'no-ri' like the seaweer or 'nor-ree' like North? Which then just sounds like gnawing and ignoring.

RedDwarves · 27/06/2018 09:27

The sort of "name" you can only get away with if you're a celebrity.

sockunicorn · 27/06/2018 09:24

i love the name north but i couldnt name a child it after the kardashians ruined used it

bellinisurge · 27/06/2018 09:22

Totally sounds like a Kardashian wannabe name. My late father was given the name of pre WWI music hall star. Who nobody remembers now. Will you be able to say the same for your baby? Stick to Nori. That's ok.

IdLikeABiscuitPlease · 27/06/2018 09:21

I wouldn't personally.

I specifically gave my DS his name so it was 1 easy to spell & 2. Wouldn't hinder him in terms of school and career.

ErrantBakedBean · 27/06/2018 08:53

I like it. Also ALL names are made up or taken from words, which were themselves made up at some point. (Would love to see people however many hundreds of years ago saying 'Victoria?! Like victorious?! How daft'). You will have to put up with people assuming the Kardashian link though.

SlimGin · 27/06/2018 08:51

I like it. It does remind me of KK but I imagine your surname isn't West, which is the main reason why North West sounds silly, in my opinion.

Also, eventually, people will stop associating her with the kardashians. As PP said before me, she knew a girl called Suri and thought of Tom Cruise's daughter. But I read Suri and got absolutely no connections with Tom cruise as I'd forgotten all about her!

PremierNaps · 27/06/2018 08:40

But you must like Kim Kardashian because her daughter is called North and she uses the nickname Nori for her. 🤔

TatianaLarina · 27/06/2018 08:34

Sorry I just don’t believe you’d have come up with North as a name without KK.

Even if you don’t like her you’re still copying her.

And yes Nori is seaweed.

shiklah · 27/06/2018 08:32

It’s up to you what you call you baby but if you call her north everyone will assume you are a huge Kim Kardashian or Kanye fan.

I teach a Suri and have taught a Brooklyn, both times the parents have told me with great emphasis that they are not a fan of tom cruise/the beckhams - it was very odd!

Wildlingofthewest · 27/06/2018 08:25

Awful

Don’t give your child this silly name!

LoveInTokyo · 27/06/2018 08:21

Ridiculous. Not a name. Everyone will think of the Kardashians.

SemperIdem · 27/06/2018 08:07

Saying North as a given name is “nothing to do with the Kardashians” would have been a bit like parents in the 1970’s insisting calling their daughter Moon Unit was “nothing to do with Frank Zappa”.

ShovingLeopard · 27/06/2018 08:07

You mean those classical, stood-the-test-of-time names, Dwangela?!

Confused Grin

thereareflowersinmygarden · 27/06/2018 08:01

'Haters' like people reading their CV in twenty years time, who cares what they think, ay?