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On a scale of 1 to 10 - how much of a bad idea is this name?????

181 replies

coby · 22/01/2008 21:04

1 = not a bad idea at all, it's a wonderful name

10 = what on earth are you thinking???

The name is

Portley (for a boy)

Go on - do you worst

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Haylstones · 23/01/2008 16:29

Sorry if causes offence but makes me think of a slightly chubby portaloo.

Haylstones · 23/01/2008 16:29

8

LittleBottle · 23/01/2008 16:27

LOl at 'booby'

I knew a boy whose middle name was Tintagel once!

GetOrfMoiLand · 23/01/2008 16:08

Coby' other names

Isaac - I like this against all better judgement as when I was growing up wit was a farmer's sons name.
Michael - no - dull, also could get shortened to Mike (urgh)
Mason - chavvy
Ephram - Is it not spelt Ephraim? Mmmn not sure
Montgomery - I like this, and Monty
Elliot - I like this
Marshall - urghh

bubblepop · 23/01/2008 16:00
  1. doesnt portley mean 'fat'?
twospecialgirls · 23/01/2008 15:20

10 is this another one of those joke threads that was done the other day !!!!!!!!!!!!!

bundle · 23/01/2008 15:18

I think it's a baaad idea

Boco · 23/01/2008 15:17

I think you should go science fiction and have Portkey instead.

LoveAngel · 23/01/2008 15:17

Portley? Off the richter in it's awfulness.

harpsichordcarrier · 23/01/2008 15:16

I am just PMSL at the idea of calling a child Portley
honestly, that has really cheered me up

AnAngelWithin · 23/01/2008 15:14

100 sorry. awful name.

Buda · 23/01/2008 15:12

Just in case you wanted any further clarification - 100!

I love the Isaac though. I know 2 of them and also 2 Zacharys known as Zac.

I knew a Monty years ago. He was gorgeous!

dancerandprancer · 23/01/2008 14:41

10 , 10 and 10 again. Poor wee mite.

Mum2b2BabyRoo · 23/01/2008 12:54

10 (sorry!)

burstingbug · 23/01/2008 10:14

DS1's middle name is Monty. fwiw

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coby · 23/01/2008 10:00

NappyAddict - No I meant Ephram. It appears to have three spellings Ephram, Ephrem and Ephraim. I prefer Ephram but looks unlikely for us. 'tis Jewish and I know a proper Jewish Ephram so if spelling is right for them it is fine for me too .

overthehill don't want a Cornish name for DS. It's bad enough living down here and having to carry a large bell around and shout 'OUTSIDER' as I walk down the street without having the locals lynch us for 'stealing' one of their names (as well as their jobs, houses, etc). Nah they're not all that bad really .

krippledkerrymum I should be

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soapbox · 23/01/2008 01:07

Isiah might be a nice alternative to isaac?

TippiHedren · 23/01/2008 01:04

10

nappyaddict · 23/01/2008 01:00

btw did you mean ephraim? i only ask cos my ex's surname is ephraims and wondered if you had mispelled it cos pretty sure ephram isn't a name but i do no ephraim is a first name aswell as a surname.

nappyaddict · 23/01/2008 00:55

10 - purely on the basis it isn't a real name.

expatinscotland · 23/01/2008 00:51

10

KrippledKerryMum · 23/01/2008 00:50

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overthehill · 23/01/2008 00:48

I once worked with someone called Isaac & decided - too late, regrettably - that it would have been a really good name for ds - and it means "laughter", I think. This Isaac was actually known as Mick, though, which I thought was a bit of a comedown!

If you did want a Cornish name, there are hundreds of really exotic ones, especially the names of places/churches/saints, and I'm sure there'd be something interesting but not too weird/potentially embarrassing.

I must say, I'm certainly with the others on Portl(e)y, which has to have 11 out of 10.

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coby · 22/01/2008 23:32

I shall check the river's 'bits' when I go over it tomorrow (although logically thinking I need to be a little further south for proper confirmation )

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controlfreakygobshite · 22/01/2008 23:31

also a jewish girls name...