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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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CountlesScreamingArgonauts · 09/01/2023 19:55

I usually enjoy unusual names even if they are not to my taste, but I thought Bacchus was a bit much.

ToWhitToWhoo · 09/01/2023 19:52

Daisymaybe60 · 09/01/2023 19:40

I had a Great Aunt Effie, christened Euphemia, and another called Eppie (Hephzibah). Both born in the 1880s. It made a change from all the Margarets and Katherines in the family tree anyway.

I know an Effie in her early 20s; not short for Euphemia, but apparently based on her first name beginning with F ('Ef').

Elsanore · 09/01/2023 19:50

Not quite an item of clothing, it's an accessory, but my niece has a boy friend named Satchell !

Jillybloop393 · 09/01/2023 19:41

Bananarama21 · 08/01/2023 19:26

Il bite and give a clue someone you wear around your neck

Scarf? Neckerchief? Aaaahhh hold on .... Tie?! It's Tie, isn't it, or more likely Ty???

Daisymaybe60 · 09/01/2023 19:40

I had a Great Aunt Effie, christened Euphemia, and another called Eppie (Hephzibah). Both born in the 1880s. It made a change from all the Margarets and Katherines in the family tree anyway.

Fluffnotscruffy · 09/01/2023 19:39

Suja1 · 09/01/2023 18:36

Tadhg is an Irish name, pronounced Tie. I've taught someone (around 10 years ago) called Tye

That is not how you pronounce Tadhg.

it’s pronounced tie-gh

wooo69 · 09/01/2023 19:37

dooneyousmugelf · 08/01/2023 20:02

I was a bit surprised when a cousin named their child the same as one of my DS. The same cousin also named their first child the same name as our other cousin's DS. So 4 children share 2 names. It's not like we're all distant relatives either 😂

My son in law has a first cousin with the same first name (mums are sisters)

Alaperchoine · 09/01/2023 19:33

😂😂

Member736785 · 09/01/2023 19:32

Probably outing but I’ve never voiced my views on quite close family having a Jude and then choosing Jade. Nothing wrong with either name on its own (albeit I’m not keen on either personally) but together…🤔

Crunchymum · 09/01/2023 19:27

Both seen in Dr's waiting room (came up on the little screen back when you could get appointments). Pumpkin and Xyla. Different surgeries and a good few years apart but blimey. Both in their 20's too.

ProperCupofTea · 09/01/2023 19:24

Even fairly ordinary names can sound very different with an accent. We have a 'Kent' in the wider family. Problem is that's in New Zealand and if the poor little bugger ever comes to the UK and introduces himself he's going to cause much amusement.

We also have a Kale (parents didn't know if was a type of cabbage but they do now!) and lots of old fashioned granny names, some with 'unusual' spellings Maisie/Mazie, Dorothy/Dorothea, Nora/Norah. Maori names are also popular in NZ even with those of non-Maori backgrounds and sound lovely if pronounced correctly but often aren't (Nikau, Mikaere, Aroha).

Blogswife · 09/01/2023 19:16

Yes but then they grew into their name and couldn’t be called anything else now !

Chicaontour · 09/01/2023 19:13

A notorious family in Dublin have children named Fendi Blú, Dolce and Cavalli .. you couldn't make it up.

AnotherNameChangeYes · 09/01/2023 19:10

fyn · 09/01/2023 18:47

If they about my age (30), presumably inspired by Effie from Skins! I wouldn’t think it was an odd name at all

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It’s not necessarily the Effie (I know the Skins character), it’s putting it with Boo to create some hideous cutesy name that has ‘I want my baby to be on Insta’ all over it.

No teenager wants to be called Effie Boo.

Idonotcareforcarrots · 09/01/2023 19:06

Chardonnay I thought it was an urban myth that parents would call their daughter that, but no it’s real.

Suja1 · 09/01/2023 19:06

Yes, that is probably correct, although not always pronounced that way at school.

Rhaenys · 09/01/2023 19:01

Suja1 · 09/01/2023 18:36

Tadhg is an Irish name, pronounced Tie. I've taught someone (around 10 years ago) called Tye

I thought it was pronounced Tige, like Tiger without the r at the end?

eastegg · 09/01/2023 19:01

Maytodecember · 09/01/2023 18:56

Not family but I’ve known someone who called their child Zeus, but pronounced Zay-us.
A little girl named Monet. ( which some people misheard as Money)
And a Boudicea- pronounced Bow-di-see-a not even Boudicca.

Poor kids will be spelling their names out for ever.

Ah Boudicea! The first name of Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques if memory serves.

BettySwallocks · 09/01/2023 19:00

Bananarama21 · 08/01/2023 19:39

Something even.

Thighs

venus7 · 09/01/2023 18:59

Adultchildofelderlyparents · 08/01/2023 23:27

I was hoping it would be Croc until you said around the neck.

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Cravat? Please god no............

eastegg · 09/01/2023 18:58

WaddleAway · 08/01/2023 19:18

Jumper? Skirt?

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😂
Pants? Socks?

venus7 · 09/01/2023 18:57

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.

Kanga pants? Holster? French knickers? A la Harry's fight, 'shards of dog bowl'?

Maytodecember · 09/01/2023 18:56

Not family but I’ve known someone who called their child Zeus, but pronounced Zay-us.
A little girl named Monet. ( which some people misheard as Money)
And a Boudicea- pronounced Bow-di-see-a not even Boudicca.

Poor kids will be spelling their names out for ever.

mauvish · 09/01/2023 18:56

and die of mortification every time their name is mangled by a dental receptionist.

Try it, I've had this all my life (and not just at the dentist!) It's not fun.

Anyway -- anyone know a baby Ethelfreda? My DD does.

fyn · 09/01/2023 18:47

AnotherNameChangeYes · 08/01/2023 23:53

I know through friends, an Effie Boo.

Wtf is that about.

If they about my age (30), presumably inspired by Effie from Skins! I wouldn’t think it was an odd name at all

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