has anyone ever told you their dearest newborns name and you've had to choke back a giggle?

we were shocked when a Norbert came into our class - he is 5.

But now he is just Norbert and he is lovely.

Memphis makes me go as does his sister Skylar.........

I am dreading the moment my children will have to face that sort of comments but in the same time, I do not want to denie them their origin and religion also I do admit that my first choice name for DD3 was Osama which I changed to "save him" and myself from stupid comments.
I do regret the fact that I gave in but DD3 has another beautiful name so that I don't regret.

ah that is interesting

I think it was a shortened version of something but it might well have been just two first names together, or something

the point the women were making is that Sammy/Samy is a nice common name whereas the child's full name made people think he was muslim. And of COURSE all muslims are terrorists

[angry} at these women too. BTW

My DH is called Samy, the arabic name, It means "elevated" it is not a short version but the proper name.

I was at a baby group a while back and someone introduced her baby as (I think) Sammy, but explained it was short for an Arabic name (I can't remember exactly what)

Anyway, not one but 3 women advised her in strong terms to call him Sammy because "otherwise people will think he is a terrorist" .

I think names are usually very personal choices from the parents and criticising such a choice is useless and can be very hurtfull.Names are usually chosen to give the child an identity, not to please the neighbours!

My children do have foreign names and while I do undestand that people can sometimes mispronounce them (which does not bother me the least) I hate comments like " why on earth would you choose such a name?" which I get quite often.

Once at a baby clinic, one of the ladies there (who just happened to not be in her prime youth) had a look at DD1's read book and made a comment about DD1's name to her collegue, thinking I would not understand presumably as married name is unmistakably foreign. It really did hurt me.

My cousin is called Hunter, he's grown up now though.

I know all about Sappho and I'm not sure I'd use it but if I heard someone else had I'd think it was pretty cool.

I feel very strongly about names but I've never sniggered at someone's choice just because I didn't like it

DP was watching the boxing last night and there was a boxer called Tyson Fury, that was his real name his Dad was a fan of Mike. But he couldn't have been anything else with a name like that, I couldn't see him in court and representing the accused Mr Tyson Fury.

I don't think I would ever laugh at the name someone gave their DC, it's a childs name, the world would be a very boring place if everyone was called the same 10 names.

I think in 15-20 years time theres going to be two distinct sets of names there will be the traditional Elizabeths/Matildas etc and the more exotic Destinys/Storms/Demi-Leighs.

When I hear 'Lola' it always makes me want to sing 'Is a showgirl'
I quit like the name really, just the association makes me smile.
I had a friend who called her DS 'Hunter', which is a bit strange, but as he got bigger he was the smallest, most sensitive child around and really did not suit his name, iyswim.

wouldn't sappho cause them a lot of problems if they turned out not to be gay?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sappho

Sappho is ace

Dougas is fab

Not a big fan of barbara personally, but it's a perfectly good name

This thread has made me like hubert

sorry but pmsl at liaison
hope they always remember the 2nd i

my ex-fil name is GILBERT, makes me think of chicken gibblets (????)(hes really nice actually so feel rotten about that ,but i just cant help it!)

Some of the names on here were all contenders for DD1 or 2. I love Freya, DD1 was very nearly Mia that I would have shortended to Mimi (don't know why I say shortened as its longer!) and I really loved Anya, it just didn't go with our surname (plus I know everyone would pronounce it a different way to the way I love and I wasn't prepared to keep correcting everyone!)

I once came across someone called Wiggy, i thought it was a nickname, but no it was on her passport and drivers licence! Now that really did make me snigger!

Possibly. Lockets, but does anyone name their child for that simple reason alone? I know I didn't - I loved the names, but there were also family and cultural reasons for using them.

I also considered how the names would sound as they grew up and the assumptions that people, including strangers, teachers, employers, juries (worst case scenario here!) might make about them. I also thought about what it would feel like to introduce yourself at all stages of your life with that name.

I honestly can't believe Glint's parents went through this process!

Attila - seriously.
I am sorry to baby Herbert who we see at one of our group do dahs as it still makes me smile whenever I see him.

A very sensible new colleague told me her son was named after the hospital he was born in (that we both work in). I am still mortified that I might have caused her offence in what I said - giggling in your mind might be ok... but never again will I say anything other than "how lovely/ unusual" etc.

But honestly, does anybody call their child Glint and not expect eyebrows to be raised? I thought people used names like this because they WANTED people to comment! There isn't any other reason, surely?

agree SFD it is not just the OP being prsttish here

fgs these are KIDS NAMES . I actually think it rather unkind to laugh at the name someone has chosen for their child.

sorry for snipey post OP - I shouldn't have been personal.

whenever threads like this appear some people are going to be hurt.
OP do you generally enjoy snurking at choices other people make? Do you tend to stick to the middle ground in most things so as not to be sniggered at yourself.

and no my children are not called Ginger Nuts or the like but still...ffs.