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Is Beckham too out there?

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StinkyPooper · 26/07/2026 23:13

Bit of a long shot but how do we feel about Beckham as a first name? Obviously it’s hard to separate from David, Victoria, and all that at this point, but wondering if it’s too loaded or if it still works as a forename?

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 28/07/2026 11:19

I wouldn’t say it was particularly out there. There are plenty of celebrity Surname names out there, eg Lennon. Harrison. I would ask though if it was after David Beckham

LambriniBobInIsleworthISeesYa · 28/07/2026 11:06

This is even worse than when people name their son “Lennon”. If you’re such a massive John Lennon fan, call the fucking kid John!!

But at least that’s John Lennon, internationally renowned genius and peace activist who was assassinated, rather than David Beckham (checks notes) the sarong-wearing former footballer who is very much alive and doing adverts for Walker’s crisps.

BCBird · 28/07/2026 10:55

No. Chose David instead or Victoria

JMSA · 28/07/2026 08:46

Awful. Honestly tantamount to child abuse! 😆

Purplecatshopaholic · 28/07/2026 08:44

Sorry op, if that’s for real it’s hilarious. Haven’t they patented the name? Victoria would probably sue you, lol.

Thistimearound · 28/07/2026 08:37

So you wouldn’t be naming the baby after David?! Everyone would assume you were because it’s not exactly a used name otherwise - it’s the surname of a famous footballer, and likely a surname that most of us wouldn’t have even heard of if not for him.

Giraffehaver · 27/07/2026 23:05

This has made me cringe inside out

JuliettaCaeser · 27/07/2026 20:46

Are you mid pregnancy? I came up with some properly mental names then. Teens genuinely horrified at what they were nearly called

Thatcannotberight · 27/07/2026 20:44

Calliopespa · 27/07/2026 19:37

When I first glanced at this post I read it as: "..called her DD 'Shih Tzu Beckham' ," which would be even worse than just being called Beckham.

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But not much worse. 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Calliopespa · 27/07/2026 19:37

Thatcannotberight · 27/07/2026 07:59

One of my neighbours, a massive MU fan, called her Shih Tzu Beckham. Becks for short.

When I first glanced at this post I read it as: "..called her DD 'Shih Tzu Beckham' ," which would be even worse than just being called Beckham.

Besidemyselfwithworry · 27/07/2026 19:27

mathanxiety · 26/07/2026 23:54

I think it's too closely associated with David.

Beckett might be an alternative?

Leeds Beckett uni has a poor reputation I wouldn’t!

Firebird83 · 27/07/2026 17:40

It’s weirdly popular in the US in states like Utah. I wouldn’t use it if you’re in the UK.

dontforgettofloss · 27/07/2026 17:37

I knew someone who gave their son the name Cantona, as a middle name about 30ish years ago, no word of a lie, I cringed so much

MrsKeats · 27/07/2026 15:13

Come on op.

Holidaymodeon · 27/07/2026 13:07

lol . Memories of kids at school being called Pele from his heyday , beckham is so far from his heyday , guessing this is a joke post

Bakeittillyoumakeit · 27/07/2026 12:34

I baffled by the 'still works' - when did it ever work?

nc42day · 27/07/2026 11:11

Oh stop it, don't be silly.

It's hard to separate from Victoria and David? Run that past me again...

Aur0raAustralis · 27/07/2026 11:09

Mapleunicorn · 26/07/2026 23:17

Sorry but it’s completely synonymous with the Beckham family. I would assume anyone who named a child that was a massive fan of them and I would feel quite sorry for the child. Please don’t.

This. It's way too loaded, sorry.

Topseyt123 · 27/07/2026 11:08

Bloody hell NO! Terrible idea. Choose a proper name. One that your child won't end up hating you for, one that won't make them think that you actually hated them the moment they were not.

It is very, very closely associated with David and Victoria and all their shite.

YoQuieroVino · 27/07/2026 10:58

CordwainerBird · 27/07/2026 07:52

I assume this thread is a windup but I have seen a young Beckham on a class list. So they do exist. I never identified the child or the parents (it was in the programme for a show with more than one school) but I still remember it several years later, they’ll be in their teens now.

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I have a distant relative called Ryan Giggs Surname. So I could well believe this one to be true.

Whoops75 · 27/07/2026 10:57

Aside from brand Beckham it’s not a nice name, can’t see the appeal at all.

DoubleShotEspresso · 27/07/2026 10:56

Jesus no- Bad idea OP!

angelos02 · 27/07/2026 10:42

That is possibly the most chavvy suggestion I've ever heard!

Juryduty · 27/07/2026 10:41

OP, are you in the UK? Because I've never met anyone with Beckham as a first name and in the UK it has a very singular association, which is David Beckham and his family. I would assume that you're a David Beckham superfan, which might be annoying for the child if he grows up to dislike the celebrity association. But if you're living in (e.g.) the Caribbean then maybe it's not such a big deal because DB doesn't have the same cultural relevance there.

DonaldWheresMaTweezers · 27/07/2026 08:32

Currently people will assume you're a superfan of the Beckhams.

By the time your DC is grown up, David and Victoria will be in their 70s and probably no longer much on people's radar, though who knows what their descendants might be up to!

Removing the celebrity association, I don't think it's a particularly great name in itself - it's a rather average-sounding surname, it doesn't suggest anything you might want a name to suggest - no elegance, ruggedness, intelligence, creativity, geekiness, sportiness, quirkiness etc. It's a bit dull.