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Is it really that 'wierd'?

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kayzr · 03/02/2008 09:24

Dh and I are thinking of ttc #2 this year. When dh told mil that we were thinking of Imogen if we have a girl she said "cant you think of any names that aren't wierd"
Ds is called Freddie and 10 months on she still says couldn't you have called him something normal.
Are Imogen and Freddie that wierd?

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calzone · 03/02/2008 15:40

Tell your DH that you have gone off Imogen and have decided on Deidre after an Aunt on your side!

She will soon love Imogen.

I love that name and am trying to persuade any of my 3 SILs to go for that name if they have a girl!

cupsoftea · 03/02/2008 15:37

lovely names

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kayzr · 03/02/2008 15:36

MIL's name is Pamela.
Im saying nothing more

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MAMAZON · 03/02/2008 14:55

adore the name freddie and dd's friend is called Imogen and its a very pretty name.

whats MIL's name, start a convo about baby names and say that someone wanted to call their child (insert mils name) and say how silly it was as its such a dull/old fashioned/stereotypical name

see how she likes it

Fimbo · 03/02/2008 14:53

Imogen is a lovely name.

I think its the older generation thing - my mother still thinks we should have given ds the middle name of Brian after my father

RosaLuxOnTheBrightSideOfLife · 03/02/2008 14:48

I was just thinking yesterday how much I liked the name Imogen. My ILs hate all our DDs names, so we made sure we told NOBODY what we were planning to call them until they were already born. MIL still managed to make some snotty remark about how nice all their MIDDLE names were though.

cory · 03/02/2008 14:46

Your MIL seems unaware of the fact that fashion in names changes. Imogen and Freddie are normal names today, though 30 years ago, they would indeed have been unusual. These days John is much more likely to get a raised eyebrow. Another 30 years and no doubt we will be back to the Johns and Michaels and Alisons.

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kayzr · 03/02/2008 12:20

She said to dh that children are not pets and they should be given normal names. I think she thinks we're going to call our next dc Fido or something

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ThreeBluecubs · 03/02/2008 12:16

I think sometimes the older generation who don't have much exposure to young children get a bit out of touch with what names are current. She's probably thinking along the lines of Pauline or Susan (no offence to any Paulines or Susans out there).

3andnomore · 03/02/2008 11:47

Imogen is a gorgeous name
Freddy is not to my taste, but not a weird name at all...
what is it with Inlaws, lol...juswt ignore your mil

alfiesbabe · 03/02/2008 11:45

Imogen is beautiful, and definitely not weird - I know quite a few.

LadyVictorianSqualor · 03/02/2008 10:34

That's the way it goes though isnt it! When I named DD Ella over 7 years ago it wasnt common, but now theres one in every street.

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kayzr · 03/02/2008 10:24

Lady Victorian I'd never heard of another Freddie where we live until we had ds. Its really wierd. My friend called her dd Lily as she didnt know anyone with a Lily now she knows 5 other Lily's

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Hulababy · 03/02/2008 10:13

Both names are definitely not wierd; just normal nice names.

LadyVictorianSqualor · 03/02/2008 10:12

I think they're both nice names, I wouldnt be so sure of them not being Imogen X and Freddie Z though, I know quite a few children named these names recently.

belgo · 03/02/2008 10:00

lol kayzr, great response

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kayzr · 03/02/2008 09:56

DH did say to her that the other name we had chosen was Ferrari and she looked like she'd seen a ghost

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ZippiBabes · 03/02/2008 09:54

no they are nice names, not weird at all ignore mil

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Buda · 03/02/2008 09:53

Love the name Imogen.

DS's 2nd name is Frederick after DH's late Dad (Fred) who made me promise not to ever call any DS Fred or Freddie!

FrannyandZooey · 03/02/2008 09:45

how blinking rude
they are both very normal and nice

meep · 03/02/2008 09:42

She seems to like quite classic names - but I would have said that Imogen is also a classic name so she should like it!

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kayzr · 03/02/2008 09:37

She likes William, Harry, Tom, Edward, John.
Girls Ellie(its neices name), Laura, Victoria, Sophie,
I have nothing against these names but I dont personally like them.
I dont want my kids to be like John R1 in their class. When I was at school in my class there were 8 John's and 5 Laura's, I loved being the only Kayleigh

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WideWebWitch · 03/02/2008 09:36

I like Imogen very much
not weird at all