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What would you think if you heard this name called out to a child in the park?

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YouWillBeDeleted · 18/05/2008 21:00

Oden.
This isn't actually my ds' name but his younger brother couldn't say his name and ended up calling him this and its turned into a very frequently used nick name for him by all of us. After reading some of the threads where unknown parent have been judged for what they shout across the supermarket to their children i wondered what reception the name 'Oden' would get? (I wont be offended whatever you say)

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YouWillBeDeleted · 21/05/2008 17:10

Lol, not from liverpool, we're in birmingham. Our ds2s nickname is shmikel (like the dog in corrie lol) so when we are all out together we must sound like a right bunch!

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nooka · 20/05/2008 17:00

I'd think Odin too. Nicknames are fun. I do slightly wonder at what point I should stop calling ds his nickname (wiggle) in public, but the other day he wanted reassurance that I'd still call him that when he grows up, so I guess I've a while yet He's nine.

UnquietDad · 20/05/2008 16:58

As long as you're not from Liverpool.

"Now den, Oden. Ey, ey, ey."

SummatAndNowt · 20/05/2008 16:53

I'd say don't worry about judgy people! They're all over and, worst of all, they all have different opinions! You can never win! NEVER!

tigana · 20/05/2008 16:47

I would think cool name. Would make tentative. link to norse god or whichever
Or possibly think that you were shouting "Aiden" with a strong accent!

JodieG1 · 20/05/2008 16:45

It made me think of odeon cinemas.

ElizabethBeresford · 20/05/2008 16:42

Ummm. Not sure. It sounds too "sorry can you repeat that?".

I don't dislike it, I'm just not sure what I've heard. It's like Boden at the Odeon Cinema!

Chuffinnora · 19/05/2008 21:37

I like it.
I wouldn't worry about it I frequently call DS by his nickname - YoYo. I get a few strange looks but I know it's not his actual name.

ellenjames · 19/05/2008 21:33

god my dd calls my son henry puppy and its stuck! he is only 20 months old but we really must stop it soon. Its hilarious to see reactions when i forget and shout out "puppy" in a public place! like the nickname by the way.

MinkyBorage · 19/05/2008 21:31

I love it

dizzydixies · 19/05/2008 21:29

girl at my work has an odin, which is fine but sooooo doesn't go with her other wee boys name

what about Auden, I think thats lovely?

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YouWillBeDeleted · 19/05/2008 18:42

His real name is just a traditional boring boys name, nothing whatsoever like Oden so don't know how his brother came up with it!

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Chandon · 19/05/2008 18:04

so what´s his real name, Owen?

Oden sounds quite Boden to me.

Alishanty · 19/05/2008 12:36

I would think of the scandinavian god and quite like it. It's unusual without being too 'out there'.

seeker · 19/05/2008 11:46

And, actually, for the same reason my friend's little boy is usually called Ozver!

seeker · 19/05/2008 11:46

My children call each other Matmic and Dace - from ds's first attempts at saying their names, so Oden seems quite normal to me!

alarkaspree · 19/05/2008 11:42

Is his real name Boden?

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YouWillBeDeleted · 19/05/2008 11:39

I really wish i'd named him Oden now. Oh well, there is always next time!

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tarantula · 19/05/2008 09:52

I like Odin. Would think eihter scandinavian or pagan or interested in Norse mythology or a viking reenactor. Would probably stike up a conversation out of interest tbh.

TheFallenMadonna · 19/05/2008 09:47

I used to teach a boy called Odin. He wasn't posh, and his mother wasn't pretentious. He was smashing.

merryberry · 19/05/2008 09:45

i'd duck reflexively in case of thunderbolts hurled from on high

Amandella · 19/05/2008 09:39

I quite like Oden - sounds unusual but not too unusual. Nice!

TsarChasm · 19/05/2008 09:39

I did once know a Great Dane dog called Odin.

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YouWillBeDeleted · 19/05/2008 09:32

I am having a slow day, its taken me 5 minutes to work out you mean odeon lol

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Nancy66 · 18/05/2008 21:54

I would think you named him after a cinema chain