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please remember your child will probably live for more than100 years into the future

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southeastastra · 30/08/2008 21:53

so don't saddle the poor things with silly names

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Blandmum · 31/08/2008 22:07

wiki, it say

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods

so it would seem that Tiger is a nickname too.

Give your child a real name, and if they want, they can have a nickname later. Harder to do it the other way round.

Why are people averse to using pet names, while giving their child a standard one?

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southeastastra · 31/08/2008 22:07

ow i didn't mean to start so an emotive thread frazzled, it was just the harley thread that made me start it...

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MamaMaiasaura · 31/08/2008 22:03

ohhh, see i am not all that clever Tiger was a real name tho?

Blandmum · 31/08/2008 22:01

But Spike milligan's real name was Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan.

Spike was a nickname

beanieb · 31/08/2008 22:00

call them sharon.

MamaMaiasaura · 31/08/2008 21:59

I met a tiger and spike, brothers and their mum had t-shirts made up with their names on them. Her reason for giving them thoise names is that EVERYONE gets a nickname, so she gave them theirs. Dont agree that everyone gets a nickname and happily chosedn 2 traditional names for my boys that can be shortened if they wish... Although the names she chose were way out there after i thought about it actually realised 2 very successful people with those names, spike milligan and tiger woods

frazzledoldbag34 · 31/08/2008 21:56

Southeastastra - as I said earlier give us a couple of your 'sillies' and 'sensibles' to illustrate your point - interesting to know what other people think of as acceptable / unacceptable......

Jajas · 31/08/2008 21:54

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TotalChaos · 31/08/2008 21:52

particularly when Elias is very similar, and a sensible name!

spudballoo · 31/08/2008 21:51

I work with a Honey. It's actually embarrassing to talk to serious, business people and say, "oh could you call Honey and arrange xyz"

I know siblings called Gypsy and Pirate. Just so so so so SO unthinking.

Blandmum · 31/08/2008 21:47

I was quite taken aback at the MN who was seriously considering the name 'Alias' as a name for her child.

I stand by my original view that calling your child 'Otherwise known as' is a bloody stupid thing to do

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southeastastra · 31/08/2008 21:41

started this thread on a whim, inspired by the harley thread, but do think some silly names are coming up

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Hulababy · 31/08/2008 21:13

What seems unusual now will seem normal to our children, who are growing up with these names within their normal lives.

Same goes for names at different stages of life. The child just becomes that name, and the name will seem very normal on that person regardless of their age or their status in life.

TheNaughtiestGirlIsaMonitor · 31/08/2008 21:13

Madison is a perfect example of the point PP was making thoguh. Taht struck me as a masculine, trendy, silly name.

But it was the number 3 name in the US, so it became so mainstream that its origins (Former US president, Avenue, Mermaid) became irrelevant. It doesn't even make people pause for thought anymore, it's just so mainstream.

TheNaughtiestGirlIsaMonitor · 31/08/2008 21:11

Mackenzie for a girl. Or Makenna. That strikes me as silly.

ThinWhiteDuchess · 31/08/2008 13:29

Agree with Broccoli re the multi-cultural aspect. Who are we to judge anyway?

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frazzledoldbag34 · 31/08/2008 13:21

Well exactly. So I'm interested to hear what the OP would define as a 'silly' name so we can judge comment...

cheesychips · 31/08/2008 13:19

Well fish and chips wouldn't be my choice but once Summer, India, Skye and River would have been thought ridiculous and are now (largely) accepted.

frazzledoldbag34 · 31/08/2008 13:14

Well, I don't know, but I think most people would agree that to name twins 'Fish' and 'Chips' is 'silly'.....no?
Other than that don't know where the line is drawn....

cheesychips · 31/08/2008 12:50

Who defines silly?

zippitippitoes · 31/08/2008 11:30

in a 100 years they will all be old hat tho?

i think imagining that life expectancy will be 100 is optimistic

the figures for glasgow are currently 54 for some areas

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