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Have you ever seen a baby or child and thought they didn’t suit their name?

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BeefRoastDinner16382927 · 01/01/2021 18:20

Just wondering really!

Sometimes I can’t explain it but I see kids and the parents reveal the name and I just don’t feel like the children suit the name?

I can’t explain why but yes I’m just wondering have any of you felt like this?

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TheVanguardSix · 03/01/2021 09:46

Not really, but I have to agree with 17caterpillars that Aurora never works. Same with Aria, Arabella, Aurelia, and Ophelia. There's just something 'too much' about these names. They're heavy handles.

JustanotherTuesday · 03/01/2021 09:42

I used to know a blonde haired, blue eyed little girl with very pale skin called Ebony.

Stokey · 03/01/2021 09:33

Naughtiest child at my kids' school is called Angel. They all call her Devil instead.

zigaziga · 03/01/2021 08:49

@Abracadabra12345

I often have trouble trying to “fix” a name to that child because they just don’t suit it. I have to mentally change their name from the one they should have had to the one they are actually called Smile
Yes that’s my own rule too. If I don’t think someone suits their name I must find a name I think they do suit ASAP.
SleepingStandingUp · 03/01/2021 04:15

I love the name Balthazar. It was on our list. I reckon one of the twins could have pulled it off

Bigoldmachine · 03/01/2021 03:54

A baby boy called Balthazar. Bazzie for short (which didn’t suit him either)

EuphieKat · 03/01/2021 03:37

Not a child, but a lady I know is the least ‘bonnie’ Bonnie I’ve ever met!

SleepingStandingUp · 03/01/2021 01:59

@Mally2020

Yes all the time and it always seems to be the weird or outlandish names
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Mally2020 · 03/01/2021 01:46

Yes all the time and it always seems to be the weird or outlandish names

SleepingStandingUp · 03/01/2021 01:05

A very blonde, shy, awkward girl called Raven.

My kids have quote distinctive names and I do wonder what people will imagine before meeting them and if they'll live up to it

YouBoughtMeAWall · 03/01/2021 00:57

Or rather, nevaehs.

YouBoughtMeAWall · 03/01/2021 00:56

All the neveahs.

Superstardjs · 03/01/2021 00:56

I taught a child called King David. To be fair, few kids can carry that off at 4 and it was (to put it mildly) somewhat irksome to have to refer to a child as 'King David' whenever I wanted to get his attention.

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 02/01/2021 22:47

I know a very small/dainty rugby playing mitzi

My dd had grace on her list... glad we didnt chose it. I think bulldozer would be more apt
Blue eyed blonde fair skinned Santiago
Blue eyed blonde fair skinned gethin
Very small/petite little boy called max

17caterpillars1mouse · 02/01/2021 21:45

Yes, every child I've met named Aurora. Starting to think the name suits nobody

NavyBerry · 02/01/2021 21:10
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AngelDelightUK · 01/01/2021 23:08

I used to know twins called Precious and Princess. They were anything but. One of my neighbours is a rugby playing 15 year old called Pixie.

I’ve never met an Angel who is actually an Angel either

NavyBerry · 01/01/2021 22:58

Met a little Precocious once who was abandoned by her parents, abused, placed with one foster family then another and she had no idea where she belonged... really sad

Fluffyandsilly · 01/01/2021 22:09

I met a 7ish year old about 20 years ago who had been named Keith. Poor little bugger.

sorryforswearing · 01/01/2021 22:05

I know two blonde Ebonys which seems totally wrong to me.

UntilYourNextHairBrainedScheme · 01/01/2021 21:52

I used to teach an Areal who didn't suit her name, and live near an Apollo who was just a very ordinary, polite but shy awkward skinny teen (and not Greek to possibly explain the name). I haven't seen him about in a few years - maybe he grew into his name, who knows - it's a lot to live up to.

Some nsmes just are a lot to live up to - not so much virtue names, but very poetic/ romantic/ highly literary ones.

I always wonder about kids called Cain / Kain, or Jude, especially if they have siblings...

Abracadabra12345 · 01/01/2021 21:48

I often have trouble trying to “fix” a name to that child because they just don’t suit it. I have to mentally change their name from the one they should have had to the one they are actually called Smile

ellesbellesxxx · 01/01/2021 21:44

I once taught Princess.... her language was colourful and she liked to slap people who didn’t do as she wanted. Not very princess like?!

Dollywilde · 01/01/2021 21:34

Sometimes I think it’s an age thing. My DD was too ‘little’ for her name when born and we had a family nickname for her but as she grows she’s growing into it if that makes sense.

VenusClapTrap · 01/01/2021 21:32

I met a young Seraphina who didn’t suit her name at all. It’s quite a name to be saddled with if you’re not a wafty Disney Princess type.

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