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Ryanstartedthefire2 · 2023-05-16T10:57:43+00:00

Thinking of calling my son Campbell. Its a family name. It's quite serious and grown up so he will probably be called Cammy. What does everyone think?

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ourflagmeansdeath · 16/05/2023 18:13

I really REALLY don't like it but if you do then go for it.

I like Cam on its own actually

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Ryanstartedthefire2 · 16/05/2023 15:56

OK, maybe Cam is better?

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Ryanstartedthefire2 · 16/05/2023 15:55

Eek gammony golfer is not what we are going for.

He won't be English tho (does gammony specifically mean an English racist type I wonder)

Trust fund manager would be fine tho 👌

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SquarePegInRoundHole · 16/05/2023 15:20

I like Campbell and Cammy. The Cammy I know is short for Cameron but works for Campbell too. I don't think anyone would bat an eyelid depending on where you live.

SilentParrot · 16/05/2023 15:17

I know a couple of adult Campbells. One is a musician, nice guy. Another is one of the aforementioned gammony golfing types.

Nice name though,

DidyouNO · 16/05/2023 15:16

I live in Scotland and it's fairly common here. I don't like it though but it's not my child. I've never heard it shortened to Cammy though. That's awful!!

purplecorkheart · 16/05/2023 15:14

I am in Ireland and have never heard Campbell as a name other than the brand of soup. Sorry but I do not like it and I think the nickname Cammy isn't nice either. Sorry

Menopants · 16/05/2023 15:12

Campbell conjures images of gammony, golf playing, trust fund managers

Alex Drake · 16/05/2023 15:05

I like it, not heard it being used lots here (NE Scotland), I have one adult friend Campbell who is only known as Soupy :-)

lovelsa · 16/05/2023 15:00

My friend named her little girl Campbell (nn Cam) and she's super cute!

weebarra · 16/05/2023 14:57

It's my maiden name and I did think about it as a first name for one of my DSs. It's not uncommon up here.

Twiggywinkle13 · 16/05/2023 14:54

Fellow Scot here, plenty of Campbell’s about. I think Cammy is a cute pet name. I’ve recently had a DS who has a very Scottish name also and has a shortened pet name.

GlitteryFarts · 16/05/2023 14:53

I went to school with a campbell. I'd never heard of it before then as we are in the north west but his parents were Scottish. He was a dish every girl fancied him! Never got bullied for his name in fact he was very popular and well liked.

toomuchlaundry · 16/05/2023 14:51

I would think soup, but am a southerner.

OnceBitten25 · 16/05/2023 14:48

Campbell is a v common name where I am - wouldn't think twice if I heard it. Plenty of Cammys around too!

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Ryanstartedthefire2 · 16/05/2023 14:27

Thanks for the replies.

I didnt think it was such a controversial name. Maybe there's an England/Scotland divide happening as I'm up North and I always thought it was a pretty standard name.

I've never bought the soup. More of a Heinz tomato girl.

Someone said they could be bullied with this name. Is that cos it sounds like camel or because of the camp part? Or something else that I'm completely missing!

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Skybluepinky · 16/05/2023 14:04

Use as a middle name, it’s a name they’ll b teased about.

Purplecatshopaholic · 16/05/2023 14:01

Quite a common name up here in Scotland - I love it.

BriceNobeslovesMurielHeslop · 16/05/2023 13:58

*any more

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Dazedandbemused0 · 16/05/2023 13:53

Sorry but that’s a really rude comment from someone with a name as controversial as Tallulah! (Which incidentally I love but Mumsnet hates and mocks constantly. I’d expect you to be a bit more compassionate based on this!)

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I agree- I can’t get the reactions to this name at all. I think it’s nice, and actually I don’t really think about the soup at all, and more than I think about jam when I hear the surname Robertson.

TallulahBetty · 16/05/2023 13:55

Dazedandbemused0 · 16/05/2023 13:53

Sorry but that’s a really rude comment from someone with a name as controversial as Tallulah! (Which incidentally I love but Mumsnet hates and mocks constantly. I’d expect you to be a bit more compassionate based on this!)

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....you really think that is my real name?

Daisybuttercup12345 · 16/05/2023 13:53

Soup.
Cammay was a soap.
Cameron?

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TallulahBetty · 16/05/2023 13:51

LOL

Sorry but that’s a really rude comment from someone with a name as controversial as Tallulah! (Which incidentally I love but Mumsnet hates and mocks constantly. I’d expect you to be a bit more compassionate based on this!)

BriceNobeslovesMurielHeslop · 16/05/2023 13:52

I know a little Campbell and he is lovely! He doesn’t get Cammy though

TallulahBetty · 16/05/2023 13:51

LOL