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To be surprised at friends/family’s baby names

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AllyCatTown · 08/01/2023 19:03

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

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pinkpotatoez · 08/01/2023 19:57

Jean?

PollyAmour · 08/01/2023 19:53

Is baby Cape a boy or a girl? If I was going to name my baby after an item of clothing I'd go for Tuxedo. Tux for short. Or perhaps Bandana, or Cummerbund.

Newnamenewname109870 · 08/01/2023 19:52

It’s got to be Chain then!

KirstenBlest · 08/01/2023 19:50

Bow.

Anisina · 08/01/2023 19:49

I quite like Cape. I think it is actually a name.

violetta100 · 08/01/2023 19:49

Wow. Chain sounds like he'd be a good playmate for my new cousin once removed, Hades... (wish I were joking)

Rabbitsandhabits · 08/01/2023 19:49

Cape as in Cape Town. That’s really weird

TheYearOfSmallThings · 08/01/2023 19:48

Aw I was about to suggest Cameo. I would have liked a little Cameo!

BellePeppa · 08/01/2023 19:48

PollyAmour · 08/01/2023 19:13

I've got friends with baby girls called Doris and Ethel, and baby boys called Frank and Ralph, and every time I see them (they are adorable, as are all babies) I think they wouldn't be out of place in a residential care home for the elderly.

Names go in and out of fashion though, and I must admit, I prefer 'real' names to unique new names.

I always feel people who call their children ghastly old lady names that never sound nice are just trying to be clever and edgy (and quite likely middle class), I never feel it’s done from the heart or they think how that child might feel in the future.

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AllyCatTown · 08/01/2023 19:48

I’m glad I started this 😂

As to my original question I didn’t have any outlandish ones to share and obviously it’s none of my business. I’ve just notice a few people who seem quite stylish and out there on different things in their lives have gone for really common popular names which surprised me.

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Eranzer · 08/01/2023 19:47

Oh crikey it's Cape.

Greensleevevssnotnose · 08/01/2023 19:46

There are two capes that I know, it's a lovely name

Bananarama21 · 08/01/2023 19:46

Someone has mentioned the name already the last clue is its also a name of a place.

nc1013 · 08/01/2023 19:45

If it's crystal It sounds more like a stripper name to me

FurAndFeathers · 08/01/2023 19:45

Bananarama21 · 08/01/2023 19:40

Begins with the letter C

Cravat?

TheYearOfSmallThings · 08/01/2023 19:44

Chinchilla? Cowl?

frustratedashell · 08/01/2023 19:43

If it's chain I hope their surname isn't mail

Anisina · 08/01/2023 19:43

Shawl? Bandanna? Snood?

CastleTower · 08/01/2023 19:43

Collar?

Bananarama21 · 08/01/2023 19:42

Someone has said the name recently. I can't confirm it as it would be too outing.

RichardOsmansXraySpecs · 08/01/2023 19:42

hoppityscotch · 08/01/2023 19:41

Cape?!

🤣😆😂

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AllyCatTown · 08/01/2023 19:42

Chunni?

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BertyFlanter · 08/01/2023 19:42

Bandana? Running out of options here @Bananarama21!

nc1013 · 08/01/2023 19:42

Crystal? (Necklace)

RichardOsmansXraySpecs · 08/01/2023 19:42

YukoandHiro · 08/01/2023 19:41

Chain?

I bet it's chain.