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Leighyum

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YerAuntFanny · 02/08/2018 17:19

Why? Just. Why?

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frogface69 · 06/08/2018 01:05

I know a Lilley.
And a Padditta. They conceived the day they saw 101 Dalmatians. I understand they meant Perdita.
Oh, and a Toadie, an Oak and a Koaden.
Two sisters Destinee and Ebonee.

Dhalandchips · 05/08/2018 23:50

I heard someone shouting 'Nivea' at a child the other day. Strange to call a kid after face cream!

GameofPhones · 05/08/2018 23:34

Also in my school days there was a brief fad for double-barrelled first names on the French model like Jean-Pierre. A girl I knew called herself Melly-Kate for a while.

rainbowsanduniicorns · 05/08/2018 23:26

Leighyum*

rainbowsanduniicorns · 05/08/2018 23:26

I know of a Leighyah, which is pronounced as "Leah". One of my facebook friends granddaughter.

Her and Leighyam would be good siblings 😂

GameofPhones · 05/08/2018 22:41

Don't kids often change their own names though? In my days at school kids often substituted their middle name.

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YerAuntFanny · 05/08/2018 22:19

@Sessy19, saying that it sounds harsh or ugly is an opinion.

Saying it's associated with "criminals and dirtiness" is stereotyping and is indeed snide as fuck!

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YeTalkShiteHen · 05/08/2018 19:52

Not defensive at all, I don’t actually know anyone called Liam.

It was snide as fuck though.

Sessy19 · 05/08/2018 19:45

It’s an opinion, don’t be defensive! 😂😂😂😂

ladydickisathingapparently · 05/08/2018 16:00

YerAuntFanny according to an acquaintance of ours we gave ds2 a name “only used for naughty boys...”

DH said “well we named after my dead granddad but thanks for your concern....”

Hmm
Puremince · 05/08/2018 14:20

According to Scotland's people, there have been 211 Aulays since 1855. There were only three Ollies born in Scotland before 1955, two of which were female. So in Scotland Aulay was an unusual but established name, whilst Ollie (rather than Oliver) is more recent.

YeTalkShiteHen · 05/08/2018 14:10

Dirty or criminal? Fuck me your judgy pants must be giving you a wedgie!

Puremince · 05/08/2018 14:09

I know a couple of Aulays, and have never considered it an odd name. I'm in the north east of Scotland.

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YerAuntFanny · 05/08/2018 13:00

I have a Liam, he is neither dirty (well no more so than your average teen boy) or a criminal Hmm

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ladydickisathingapparently · 05/08/2018 11:56

I love the name Liam, but totally put off by Marie-urrrrr on Coronation Street when she had Beybeh Leee-urrrrrm.

Cauliflowersqueeze · 05/08/2018 11:54

Arry

I’ve taught two.

madja · 05/08/2018 11:49

Summer Curtain
What the actual fuck??? Shock

Sessy19 · 05/08/2018 11:19

Regardless if it’s spelling, I can’t stand the name Liam/Leeham/Leighum/Lea-M. It’s such a harsh, ugly sound....I associate it with criminals and dirtiness!! 😳

SecretWitch · 05/08/2018 05:48

NCPuffin My son attended school with two sweet girls, one named Summer Curtain and one named Fairybelle Joy. We have lost touch with Summer but Fairybelle is now a practising midwife.

toffee1000 · 05/08/2018 05:16

Shuntel... that took me a while.

Faroutbrussel · 05/08/2018 02:01

Saw on the news, a........ Shuntel.

Wolfcub · 04/08/2018 23:14

If you say sausage in a Manc accent for the Jonny Depp Sauvage perfume add (sauce-aage) then that’s how I read backwards Jesus/ Susej

NCPuffin · 04/08/2018 23:02

I can offer you Summer-Rayne - ticks all the boxes: double-barrelled, is a real thing (not a name) and has a yooneeq spelling! I think the irony of there being a draught in this child's first summer is probably lost on her mother...

WaxOnFeckOff · 04/08/2018 22:47

If numbers weren't illegal we'd have L8on by now. Be thankful for small mercies....

1da for a girl?

BlancheM · 04/08/2018 22:44

What about Leighuh instead of Leah 😂 I'm sure there was someone on Catfish called that

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