To be surprised at friends/family’s baby names

AllyCatTown · 2023-01-08T19:03:01+00:00

Anyone else been surprised at what people in their lives have called their children?

Are your children’s vaccines up to date?

TheAustralian · 23/01/2023 04:15

Bananarama21 · 08/01/2023 19:14

Yes one of the children in the family has a ridiculous name, hes named after an item of clothing. I feel sorry for him as all the other kids in the family have normal names even his brother. When I've mentioned his name in passing to people always ask me to repeat the name.

Singlet?

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 22/01/2023 23:31

I can’t believe it’s not butter!

That's just re-inventing the wheel, when we already have the perfectly good name of Marge

ToWhitToWhoo · 22/01/2023 23:16

BellePeppa · 22/01/2023 19:59

Yes, I’ve watched a few South American novelas and the names Vera and Hilda seem like totally acceptable names to give to glamorous non elderly characters 😯

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I wouldn't be surprised if these names came back into fashion here before long, just as Amelia and Ruby and Archie and Arthur have.

madeyemoody · 22/01/2023 20:26

@Bananarama21

I'm guessing
Denim or Levi

I know a Denhilm which is pronounced Denim

BellePeppa · 22/01/2023 20:01

Sleepforafortnite · 22/01/2023 19:42

Siblings at school, Rocky, Tinkerbell and Butterfree I did question if butterfree could be butterfly although odd not as odd as butterfree. There are more siblings unfortunately I don’t know their names

I can’t believe it’s not butter! 🥴

BellePeppa · 22/01/2023 19:59

Reugny · 08/01/2023 20:22

Lots of so called old lady names are very common in other cultures.

And while they may be fashionable now there are people in their teens and older with those names who are definitely not all middle class.

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Yes, I’ve watched a few South American novelas and the names Vera and Hilda seem like totally acceptable names to give to glamorous non elderly characters 😯

Sleepforafortnite · 22/01/2023 19:42

Siblings at school, Rocky, Tinkerbell and Butterfree I did question if butterfree could be butterfly although odd not as odd as butterfree. There are more siblings unfortunately I don’t know their names

Marcipex · 18/01/2023 16:14

@Algor1thm this one is definitely Bo

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 18/01/2023 16:04

Yeah my sisters best friend has just named her baby Cash. She has two girls with really traditional names (think Elizabeth, Charlotte kind of names) then Cash. I think it’s really bizarre

Should have at least gone with Penny!

Catswhisky · 18/01/2023 10:11

I know of a Heaven-Leigh who will be in her early 20s now. Also a Tiger-Lily who is known as Tiger.

IHaveEmotionalMotionSickness · 18/01/2023 08:47

Yeah my sisters best friend has just named her baby Cash. She has two girls with really traditional names (think Elizabeth, Charlotte kind of names) then Cash. I think it’s really bizarre

Algor1thm · 18/01/2023 07:01

SemperIdem · 18/01/2023 07:00

Bo is a unisex Scandinavian name.

The other two are ridiculous!

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Isn't the scandi name Bo pronounced boo though?

SemperIdem · 18/01/2023 07:00

Marcipex · 15/01/2023 11:39

I know a Bo (boy) and a Patsy-Bo (girl) and a Beaux (girl)

Bo is a unisex Scandinavian name.

The other two are ridiculous!

Hannumk · 18/01/2023 00:29

Dicky

Iwasntgettingasandwich · 16/01/2023 11:45

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 15/01/2023 23:16

I know a Betsy-Boo. Fine while she's under 5.

Did she arrive approx. nine months after her parents were doing the doo?

Excellent!

FurAndFeathers · 16/01/2023 01:43

Bananarama21 · 08/01/2023 19:14

Yes one of the children in the family has a ridiculous name, hes named after an item of clothing. I feel sorry for him as all the other kids in the family have normal names even his brother. When I've mentioned his name in passing to people always ask me to repeat the name.

@Bananarama21
Cowl?

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 15/01/2023 23:16

I know a Betsy-Boo. Fine while she's under 5.

Did she arrive approx. nine months after her parents were doing the doo?

CountlesScreamingArgonauts · 15/01/2023 23:14

I know a Betsy-Boo. Fine while she's under 5.

Marcipex · 15/01/2023 11:39

I know a Bo (boy) and a Patsy-Bo (girl) and a Beaux (girl)

AnotherNameChangeYes · 15/01/2023 07:50

Snappyfrog · 15/01/2023 05:55

is it definitely Boo? …I know an Effie Beau…

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Definitely Boo.

Ive also met a Millie Bee.

I guess they can drop the second parts when they’re grumpy teenagers.

Snappyfrog · 15/01/2023 05:55

Doidontimmm · 09/01/2023 21:08

@AnotherNameChangeYes I know an Effie Boo!

is it definitely Boo? …I know an Effie Beau…

OnlyOpenMouthToChangeFeet · 15/01/2023 03:32

I can't understand why parents never consider initials when thinking of baby names, and how they will go with their surname. Perhaps that's because our surname didn't lend itself well to certain initials!

The one that that stands out to me at the moment is Stacey and Joe Swash's children. Rex and Rose Swash, poor little mites. R Swash? Really?

Also I remember the first visit to my future MIL, and her local bread delivery man was outside, his name was Christopher Hiscock, Not that unusual in itself. But written across the side of his van was

"Mother's Pride
C. Hiscock"
😂

Calmondeck · 15/01/2023 03:11

I have a Walter, which even makes me raise my eyebrows at what we were thinking. But of his closest buddies, there is Darwin, Ernest, Reggie, and Winston. I often expect to see these babies in tweed jackets smoking pipes.

Trishafeminisha · 15/01/2023 00:58

We've got a Banjo and Zeus in our extended family! 😂 FFS

Sallyssn · 14/01/2023 23:48

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