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Anonymous1098 · 2025-08-17T22:16:30+00:00

A little different, but what is everyone’s thoughts on the name Banks for a boy?

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DappledThings · 18/08/2025 10:18

Very silly

THISnewbeginning · 18/08/2025 10:14

SprayWhiteDung · 18/08/2025 10:08

Sarah Palin has a DS called Track. She also has a DS called Trig, which isn't even a full noun, but just an abbreviation of a noun that's usually only used by maths teachers. It's so bizarre giving your child a random noun as an actual first name.

Why don't they change their own names instead, if they're so set on somebody having to go through life with a wacky noun-name? Quite convenient for them to be called normal names like Hilary and Sarah, isn't it?

Don't tell me: "But Banks, Track and Trig are clearly boys' names; and we're women, so it would be silly for us to be called any of those!!"

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Hilarious Duffs - Banks is a daughter

PInkyStarfish · 18/08/2025 10:12

@SprayWhiteDung Trig is a boy's name of Scandinavian, Norse origin meaning "true".

PInkyStarfish · 18/08/2025 10:11

Trivia -

Hilary Duff has a son called Banks.

The name traditionally meaning ‘edge of a river’.

I can’t imagine that Hilary gave birth to her son on a river bank but who knows, maybe that’s where he was conceived!

SprayWhiteDung · 18/08/2025 10:08

THISnewbeginning · 18/08/2025 09:56

I dont hate it

Someone ... I think maybe Hilary Duff has a daughter named Banks

Sarah Palin has a DS called Track. She also has a DS called Trig, which isn't even a full noun, but just an abbreviation of a noun that's usually only used by maths teachers. It's so bizarre giving your child a random noun as an actual first name.

Why don't they change their own names instead, if they're so set on somebody having to go through life with a wacky noun-name? Quite convenient for them to be called normal names like Hilary and Sarah, isn't it?

Don't tell me: "But Banks, Track and Trig are clearly boys' names; and we're women, so it would be silly for us to be called any of those!!"

notanothersummercold · 18/08/2025 10:03

Absolutely ridiculous and you must know that op.

SprayWhiteDung · 18/08/2025 10:01

Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 18/08/2025 09:52

Well, it's easy to spell, I'll give it that. But that's about all it has going for it. Apart from the 'Banks Wanks' thing, there's no immediate abbreviation (not that that is necessarily a problem), and it's - well, it's just a word. No particular reason it shouldn't be a name if you're dead set on it, I've heard worse, but it's just a bit... well, it's a WORD, isn't it?

True, the word is an easy one to spell... but because it's so odd as an actual name, you'd be left clarifying "No, that IS my first name: Banks, as in Barclays and NatWest" - which would just go even further to frame the weird context for it as a person's name (and have people asking if you have a sibling called Postoffices).

THISnewbeginning · 18/08/2025 09:56

I dont hate it

Someone ... I think maybe Hilary Duff has a daughter named Banks

MrsSkylerWhite · 18/08/2025 09:55

It’s a surname.

SprayWhiteDung · 18/08/2025 09:55

Avocadohoho · 18/08/2025 07:04

It’s an American thing. I’ve seen it used on instagram etc. Using random words as names.

They certainly do!

I'm reminded of that episode of Outnumbered, where they had the man called Brick (as his first name) - to which Ben asked in amazement "Is that a name?!"

In the USA, they also seem to give initials as names - not, say, Thomas James who is informally known as TJ, but his actual registered official name would just be TJ. That was the case with the famous singer JR Cash, who was told that he had to have an actual name (when joining the army, iirc), so he chose to be officially known as John/Johnny.

ErrolTheDragon · 18/08/2025 09:54

SprayWhiteDung · 18/08/2025 09:48

Nothing wrong at all with William (known as Bill) for a first name.

Dingsocieties IS a highly unusual middle name, I will grant you!!

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Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 18/08/2025 09:52

Well, it's easy to spell, I'll give it that. But that's about all it has going for it. Apart from the 'Banks Wanks' thing, there's no immediate abbreviation (not that that is necessarily a problem), and it's - well, it's just a word. No particular reason it shouldn't be a name if you're dead set on it, I've heard worse, but it's just a bit... well, it's a WORD, isn't it?

SprayWhiteDung · 18/08/2025 09:48

NeverOneBiscuit · 18/08/2025 01:47

No.

Building Societies?

Shops?

Stations?

Banks?

Nothing wrong at all with William (known as Bill) for a first name.

Dingsocieties IS a highly unusual middle name, I will grant you!!

ErrolTheDragon · 18/08/2025 09:44

Cinaferna · 18/08/2025 09:21

I only know one Banks. He's an outstanding dancer, so I associate it with him. And Banksy, which makes me think it's quite a creative name. But I don't like it very much without those associations because banks: HSBC, Santander etc. Why would you?

Banksy isn’t a name though, it’s a deliberately anonymous pseudonym. Apparently it started with him signing his art as ‘Robin Banx’.

Bringmeahigherlove · 18/08/2025 09:25

Hard pass.

BCBird · 18/08/2025 09:25

If surname u could have Robin as forename 😆

thinkagainafter · 18/08/2025 09:23

Oh come on OP

Cinaferna · 18/08/2025 09:21

I only know one Banks. He's an outstanding dancer, so I associate it with him. And Banksy, which makes me think it's quite a creative name. But I don't like it very much without those associations because banks: HSBC, Santander etc. Why would you?

Duckies · 18/08/2025 07:39

Sounds like a butler (or nanny), sorry.

Avocadohoho · 18/08/2025 07:04

It’s an American thing. I’ve seen it used on instagram etc. Using random words as names.

REDB99 · 18/08/2025 02:10

The desire for a ‘unique’ name has reached new levels of ridiculousness. Just call him James and let him get on in life without a bizarre name.

NeverOneBiscuit · 18/08/2025 01:47

No.

Building Societies?

Shops?

Stations?

Banks?

Pemba · 18/08/2025 01:47

No, don't be silly. Pick an actual first name for your child's sake. There are so many lovely ones, why on earth would you be considering 'Banks', WTF?

cheesycheesy · 18/08/2025 01:44

What’s with the stupid made up names

JillyGiraffe · 18/08/2025 01:42

Makes me think of a butler! So many lovely forenames out there…