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Lemondrizzle4A · 2026-02-11T09:15:21+00:00

Someone who loved Judge Dread was going to call child Dread. Thankfully was persuaded otherwise.

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Grammarnut · 12/02/2026 17:47

Needmorelego · 12/02/2026 13:57

It seems that person was referring to a vaginal infection 🤷

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Yes, but it means that lot as well.
In passing, I can't stand the name Beryl. I always think of Beryl the Peril, who ought to be a girls' role model but just irritated me because she did stupid things and didn't like school.

SuziQuinto · 12/02/2026 17:46

RollOnSunshine · 12/02/2026 17:45

Fanny Chmelar is always up there.

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Just ask Bradley Walsh!

RollOnSunshine · 12/02/2026 17:45

Fanny Chmelar is always up there.

carpool · 12/02/2026 17:44

My kids are in their 30's now and when DD was at nursery there was a child who had a younger sibling called Pebbles. The older child had a perfectly normal boring name so not sure where that came from - I guess they liked the Flintstones! I thought it was a nickname at first but mum said no that was her actual name. I refrained from asking if she had been a boy would they have called him Bam Bam.

Needmorelego · 12/02/2026 17:43

Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 17:40

Yes it was.

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That is quite amusing.

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Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 17:42

Chardonnay- say no more.

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Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 17:40

Needmorelego · 12/02/2026 17:35

Was that actually his name on his birth certificate though.
I used to know a boy that was called a similar name - for example "Bob Bob". That wasn't his name. It was Robert.
(not actually Robert/Bob Bob.... that's a similar example).

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Yes it was.

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Needmorelego · 12/02/2026 17:35

Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 17:12

Went to a school where a pupil was John John- why would you do that?

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Was that actually his name on his birth certificate though.
I used to know a boy that was called a similar name - for example "Bob Bob". That wasn't his name. It was Robert.
(not actually Robert/Bob Bob.... that's a similar example).

TruJay · 12/02/2026 17:33

RosesAndHellebores · 12/02/2026 13:13

@Rightsraptor when ds was born 31 years ago, our first choice was Hugo. The midwife cracked up and ridiculed it. She was uncredibly rude and put us off a name which is normal for our demographic. I hope you have never been as rude. I can still hear her laughing and saying "you can't call the baby that".

As you have generalised about new parents, presumably you won't mind me generalising about rude midwives who chat shit, don't losten and minimise pain.

I had a midwife do the same about my dd’s name, she even made the suggestion ‘oh not insert her suggestion then?’ where she’d changed one letter and it became a similar sounding name, e.g. I said dd is called Milly, midwife said with a disgusted face ‘oh not Molly then?!’ and just laughed hysterically like I was naming my child the most vile name in existence. It was bizarre and really rude! DD’s name is very uncommon and quite old English sounding and popular in the Victorian era, but it’s really not weird at all.
People are very marmite with my youngest son’s name too which is also traditional but rarely heard so people just say it’s weird. I love my kids names, as do they.

SuziQuinto · 12/02/2026 17:33

Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 17:31

Pre JFK.

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Oh, that's going back some time then. 1950s?
I once taught a boy called Jo-Jo which I thought was a bit silly.

Fingalscave · 12/02/2026 17:32

Does anyone else remember the line in Shirley Valentine where she says she thinks Clitoris is a nice name for girl, and anyway there are plenty of men called Dick?

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Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 17:31

SuziQuinto · 12/02/2026 17:15

Homage to JFK junior?

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Pre JFK.

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Needmorelego · 12/02/2026 17:31

SuziQuinto · 12/02/2026 17:28

Yes, I've taught a few girls called Destiny. It's quite a nice name.

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Miley Cyrus's real name is Destiny. She was nicknamed Smiley which evolved into Miley.
She changed it legally to Miley as an adult.
I wonder how many babies were named Miley after her - although it wasn't actually her name.

HelpMeGetThrough · 12/02/2026 17:30

momtoboys · 12/02/2026 17:27

One of my sons went to primary with a child named Josh. His parents spelled in Xjosh. At least twice in a year I heard the mum say "the X is silent" to another parent. What in the world.....

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No doubt called her other son Prick.

That’s Rick with a silent P.

Fingalscave · 12/02/2026 17:29

Liondoesntsleepatnight · 12/02/2026 14:55

Shitdik

That's hilarious 😂

SuziQuinto · 12/02/2026 17:28

Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 17:20

Taught a Destiny.

Yes, I've taught a few girls called Destiny. It's quite a nice name.

DowningStDesperation · 12/02/2026 17:27

Craftysue · 12/02/2026 17:05

Friends of my husband called their children Austin and Mercedes. They were real car fanatics. Apparently the company Mercedes was originally named after the owners daughter but both kids hate their names and both have used their middle names since becoming teenagers

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I used to encounter a family where the children were called Harley and Mercedes. They had a third and called him Bentley, though we'd all had discussions about whether he'd be called Austin or Dodge, or perhaps Riley or Lotus for a girl. It's the sort of stunt people normally pull with cats, no children.

I also knew one poor kid with a 'unique' name whose parents couldn't be relied on to spell it the way that they had decided it should be on her birth certificate.

BillieWiper · 12/02/2026 17:27

If a name sounds funny or weird I usually don't mind it in a way.
Names like Malcolm, Barry, Derek, Tracy, Susan seem worse just because they're so bland.

momtoboys · 12/02/2026 17:27

SpikeGilesSandwich · 12/02/2026 12:13

It’s the ones that are deliberately misspelled to look “unique” that are really bad. The poor kid is going to have to explain that forever!

One of my sons went to primary with a child named Josh. His parents spelled in Xjosh. At least twice in a year I heard the mum say "the X is silent" to another parent. What in the world.....

HelpMeGetThrough · 12/02/2026 17:26

TrickyD · 12/02/2026 17:17

Such a pity the Beckham child conceived in Brooklyn was not conceived in Peckham.

Good job they didn’t have a shag in Twatt (Shetland if I remember correctly).

ABeerInTheSunshineMakesMeHappy · 12/02/2026 17:25

Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 17:20

Taught a Destiny.

I’ve come across a few Destiny’s.
I think it’s a nice name.

ABeerInTheSunshineMakesMeHappy · 12/02/2026 17:22

Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 17:04

This reminds me of having to read Enid Blyton to a class and the sniggers for Dick and Fanny- I resorted to Ronald Dahl instead.

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I think the children in that story were Rick and Frannie in a reprint !

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Lemondrizzle4A · 12/02/2026 17:20

Taught a Destiny.

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TheIceBear · 12/02/2026 17:20

DiscoDuck40 · 12/02/2026 14:51

Travis
Beverley
Rigsby

all real children

I think Travis is kind of a cool name. And Beverley is common enough I thought

TrickyD · 12/02/2026 17:17

Such a pity the Beckham child conceived in Brooklyn was not conceived in Peckham.