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Turquand?

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freyapoodle · 09/01/2009 04:45

Just come across this, what do you think? For a boy of course. It's a bit like Tarquin but not so foppish I thought.

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mathanxiety · 13/06/2010 20:52

Not again. Thought this had been laid to rest in January.

Hedwig3 · 13/06/2010 20:23

My first thought was that Farquaar and Tarquin had been mixed together.

CoupleofKooks · 13/06/2010 20:07

turquand is really something
come back if you have any more ideas, we all need to hear them

scottishmummy · 13/06/2010 20:04

sounds like a colour chart swatch.tarquand is the new turquoise

jennycd · 13/06/2010 20:01

I don't think it's foppish (like Tarquin) at all. But, it sounds to me like a tough, African American rapper's name. I'm picturing twins- Turquand and Tyrone :-)

Squishabelle · 25/01/2010 11:53

Its a joke.

ChippingIn · 25/01/2010 11:39

Ummm NO, you couldn't do that to a child you loved - surely!?

AliceSung · 25/01/2010 11:18

Terrible! You would need to be a Lord to pull that name off!

madlizzi · 05/12/2009 22:51

excuse me whilst i have a tena-lady moment

Abubu · 06/11/2009 11:59

He'll be made fun of for the rest of his life....

skydancer1 · 06/11/2009 09:47

Sorry but it sounds like a brand of turps or possibly Turkish delights.

boodleboot · 05/11/2009 16:23

Tur - d is the NN that springs to mind.....

voulezvou · 05/11/2009 15:26

One word.

NO!

birdofthenorth · 05/11/2009 11:29

PS Startingagain... I like Blaze!

birdofthenorth · 05/11/2009 11:28

Sounds like Turqoise Wand. So many teasing opportunities.

And what would his nn be? Turq (turk)? Quand?!

Even more pretentious than Tarquin in my view, sorry!

JoeyBettany · 05/11/2009 10:50

I think Turquand and Shelmerdine would make a lovely couple

startingagainafter14years · 03/11/2009 19:47

Ooh. I love strange names but that one sounds awful. I think you have to find the name by the meaning it has for you....

I've just had a baby boy (20 days) and we've named him "Blaze". A lot of people say it sounds like a Super Hero (which I agree with!) but for me it means "Uncontrolable Fire" which is a great way to explain the love he makes me feel and how it burns through me uncontrolably.

Also - I don't think Blaze would get so much stick at school as Turquand...!

seeker · 16/08/2009 14:42

TurquandCacos - it's an archipelago in the Pacific.

mrswoolf · 16/08/2009 14:40

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pixiestix · 16/08/2009 14:19

No, no no no. Just no.
Bloody awful.

GibbonInARibbon · 14/08/2009 19:41

Never. Ever.

MaggieBeauLeo · 14/08/2009 19:34

Turd for short.

stuffitlllama · 14/08/2009 19:31

lol

you are mad

and i have at least one of the other allegedly pretentious names on this thread

but you are still mad and bad for giving this headroom

kittywise · 14/08/2009 19:29

no

mathanxiety · 14/08/2009 19:25

No, too like turban, turd, torquay, turkey... Please keep on looking.

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