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Boudicca

66 replies

GlitterGlueGun · 09/11/2020 07:47

...And other strong women's names.
Also like
Jekka
Hecate

Thoughts, suggestions?

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tara66 · 09/11/2020 08:55

NO! Anyway she had a bad ending - so not so great.

SugarHockeyIcedTea · 09/11/2020 08:43

@TwoLeftSocksWithHoles

Boudicca is fine BUT only if you fit scythe blades to the wheels of her pram and buggy. Grin
This is a must! I can see a whole new range of prams being created as we speak!😂
KiriAndLou · 09/11/2020 08:32

m.youtube.com/watch?v=svuoXcj9CkI

Watch from 2:25

MissDollyMix · 09/11/2020 08:27

God it’s awful. Please don’t do that to your child.

EmpressJKRowlingSpartacus · 09/11/2020 08:27

@Yesyoudoknowme

And how would you pronounce that? I was brought up being told it was Bow-da-cee-are and I think unless you are around 'young' people all the time that is how they would say it - heaven knows how you are supposed to pronounce it now... Bow-dicker?
That’s the Boadicea spelling. Boudicca / Boudica is pronounced Boo-dicca.

While she was one amazing woman, I don’t think I’d use the name nowadays.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 09/11/2020 08:26

Boudicca is fine BUT only if you fit scythe blades to the wheels of her pram and buggy. Grin

ivfbeenbusy · 09/11/2020 08:25

Awful

Grapesoda7 · 09/11/2020 08:25

I like Boudicca but the teacher they all hate in the Horrid Henry books is called Boudicca Battle axe, so that would put me off using it for a child.

TenThousandSpoons · 09/11/2020 08:23

Boo-dicka or Bow-de-see-a? Either way Boo/Bo are nice nicknames.

Hecate and Jekka are ugly sounds. Hecate to me sounds like an evil witch and I’ve never heard of Jekka.

How about Joan?

KiriAndLou · 09/11/2020 08:20

What about Emmeline? After Emmeline Pankhurst?

Ada after Ada Lovelace?

Porcupine83 · 09/11/2020 08:18

Hecate is associated with witchcraft and evil. As a character in Macbeth which LOTS of children study for GCSE she could be made well aware of that!

Agree with PP about difficulties with pronunciation of Boudicca.
I love the idea of naming your DD after a strong woman but IMO these are not great names.
Never heard of Jekka. But don’t dislike it.

habibihabibi · 09/11/2020 08:15

I went to school with a Boudicca, only she was always called Poohdicka . Now she is just Bea.

WunWun · 09/11/2020 08:13

I don't particularly mind Jekka or Hecate, but Boudicca is a step too far. Or a leap too far in fact.

RaininSummer · 09/11/2020 08:08

I think they are a bit too much to be honest. I will add for consideration, Marie for Marie Curie and Maya (Angelou) but I there are loads of other strong women's names.

Yesyoudoknowme · 09/11/2020 08:06

And how would you pronounce that? I was brought up being told it was Bow-da-cee-are and I think unless you are around 'young' people all the time that is how they would say it - heaven knows how you are supposed to pronounce it now... Bow-dicker?

mdh2020 · 09/11/2020 08:02

Sorry but no to all of the above. There were many strong women in history who have more acceptable names such as Deborah and Judith. How about Ruth for RBG? Or Sylvia for the Pankhurst? I’m sure others will have more suggestions.