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Think long and hard before you saddle your child with an "unusual" name

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rubyloopy · 11/08/2008 17:04

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solo · 11/08/2008 17:31

Ruby, just act like a goddess...feel like a goddess...hell! BE a goddess. With a name like Thora you can be!

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rubyloopy · 11/08/2008 17:23

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solo · 11/08/2008 17:20

My Dd is Willow and I sometimes wonder why I/we named her that. Then I think...it's a lovely name and it suits her fine

Tigerschick · 11/08/2008 17:20

Not knowing your name, I can't comment on your situation but; DH's Nanny was christened Clipsy with no middle name. She hates it. As soon as she was old enough to have a say in these things she introduced herself as Peggy ... She was quite cross with us for not giving DD a middle name.

By the same token, I also know someone called Elizabeth Anne. She hates Elizabeth and has always been known as Anne ... my point being, it's not only 'unusual' names that can cause upset. You just have to go with a name that you like and hope that the child likes it too.

Kif · 11/08/2008 17:19

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solo · 11/08/2008 17:19

Cool ruby. It's a nice name, stop fretting hun! I didn't fit in at school either, but for different reasons. At the very least you had the option of using your middle name. Short of changing my whole personality and conscience, I had no option but to be an outsider. And Ethel is too old fashioned!

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rubyloopy · 11/08/2008 17:17

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Dynamicnanny · 11/08/2008 17:15

Thor's a lovely name

hatrick · 11/08/2008 17:15

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solo · 11/08/2008 17:14

Carnenere, I have no idea if that is the right name, but it is quite nice isn't it?

ImnotOK · 11/08/2008 17:14

Thora is nice

Dynamicnanny · 11/08/2008 17:13

Is it Ethel?

sweetkitty · 11/08/2008 17:13

I have two very common 70s names double barrelled together. Usually people just shorten my name or assume my surname is the second part of my name. Also with my Scottish accent it was a complete pain when I lived down South especially over the phone.

And I am not even going to start with all the "jokes" I have endured over the years about having the same name as a well known cake brand.

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rubyloopy · 11/08/2008 17:13

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Carmenere · 11/08/2008 17:11

I think Thora is a very nice name and it is not even that unusual.

solo · 11/08/2008 17:10

Was I right? if so, don't feel so bad about it, I for one don't think it's bad.

Carmenere · 11/08/2008 17:10

I have an very unusual first name and it is, I think, an asset. It has made me who I am, I have had to live up to it in some ways. Of course it is a bit of a PIA spelling it and explaining it but I never have a lack of conversation when I first meet someone. It is a real name though, with history and etymology, and I think that that is very important.

solo · 11/08/2008 17:09

Thora is not a horrible name. It brings to mind the god named Thor. Just a feminine version.

snowleopard · 11/08/2008 17:06

You have tell us what it is now! It's got to be a baaaaaad old lady name if it isn't even starting to come back into fashion.

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