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Octavia

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lavenderbagg · 09/01/2009 05:06

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Fillyjonk · 11/01/2009 10:44

also re posh names

both my kids names were fairly "posh" when they were born

NOW they both occasionally make it onto the "chavvy names" threads

tis life. I love their names.

I also don't think that whether someone is considered posh, kuwlchured, or whatever has a huge amount to do with their name. The child makes the name, not the other way round

(and YES I have read freakonics too and think his theory on names is rubbish-usual post hoc ergo propter hoc crap)

Fillyjonk · 11/01/2009 10:41

but not everyone wants pretty pretty names for their daughters.

I think it is a lovely name, it is really growing on me.

PoloPlayingMummy · 10/01/2009 21:02

It is beautiful name. If you love it, use it.

xxhunnyxx · 10/01/2009 17:53

Please don't name your child Octavia!
Sorry but I think it's truly awful. It doesn't even sound like a name of a person, it sounds like a shape or a car.
It's not even a pretty name, it doesn't sound nice, too harsh a sound.
Sorry but I do think it's possibly one of the worst names I've ever heard. That's how strongly I feel about it.

noonki · 09/01/2009 21:29

sorry I find it has such strong connotations which will be fine if your DD is strongminded and doesnt care to be considered as 'posh' all of her life.

My name sounds very posh, until I explain it's because I'm half polish. Now I don't care what people prejudges are about my name now. BUT when I was an insecure teen I felt I always had to say why I have my name.

But that said having had a listen to a Boy Named Sue and she may thank you for the Gravel in her guts and the spit in her eye!

Sidge · 09/01/2009 21:08

I love the name Octavia.

It was one I wanted for DD3 but DH said it was too poncey. Bearing in mind where we live he was probably right! I still adore it though.

LadyThompson · 09/01/2009 20:52

Thank you Kayz

Snobbish? Pretentious? A name can't inherently have these qualities, they are just what an individual may or may not impart to it.

As for waiting for the eighth child...my Octavia is my first and she is called that (partly) for its musical connotations. Oh, and also because we loved it of course. I couldn't give a toss about the car either.

LadyThompson · 09/01/2009 20:52

Thank you Kayz

Snobbish? Pretentious? A name can't inherently have these qualities, they are just what an individual may or may not impart to it.

As for waiting for the eighth child...my Octavia is my first and she is called that (partly) for its musical connotations. Oh, and also because we loved it of course. I couldn't give a toss about the car either.

thisisyesterday · 09/01/2009 19:45

i really love Octavia

kayzr · 09/01/2009 19:41

A lovely and very pretty name.

Dottoressa · 09/01/2009 19:40

The problem with Olivia is that it's so, so common (as in 'every other child is called Olivia', not as in 'it's a chavvy name').

The idea that the OP would choose a child's name because she is trying to prove she is posh is very bizarre.

Decima is quite some name. Good for them!

Hulababy · 09/01/2009 16:50

I prefer Olivia.

Octavia reminds me of the Skoda car (it is Skoda isn't it?)

BabyBaby123 · 09/01/2009 16:37

terrible - sounds like you are trying to prove you are posh

Northernlurker · 09/01/2009 16:19

I think I saw that Decima announcement too - I counted the other names up just to be sure!

belgo · 09/01/2009 13:50

thank you helenburns

mrswoolf · 09/01/2009 13:37

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othersideofchannel · 09/01/2009 13:20

Why on earth would anyone feel uncomfortable calling their child's name (the name they love and therefore chose) in a supermarket (or anywhere else)????

RachePache · 09/01/2009 12:45

Did anyone see the Telegraph name announcement for "Decima" sister to [nine other very meedja-dar-ling names]? Brilliant.

I like it but think it should only be given to an eighth child as I'm a purist like that. Tavy is a sweet nickname though.

Dottoressa · 09/01/2009 12:43

Snobbish?! Only in the eyes of inverted snobs, surely.

The supermarket test is fun. My DD has a name similar to Octavia (as in: similar idiom, similar lack of popularity), and I greatly enjoy using it in supermarkets! That's when I most enjoy her lovely name...

Sesi · 09/01/2009 12:31

I love it, also love Silvia. I seem to have a penchant for girls names which are car names.

Drum · 09/01/2009 12:29

Do the supermarket test. Can you imagine shouting, "Octavia, put that can/packet of crisps/man back!" or does the thought make you feel uncomfortable? Obviosuly, the reason Octavia is so unusual is because it's not a name that everyone loves, but if you love it and would feel comfortable using it then go for it. I know friends with names I considered a bit when their child was born, but I love the names now because I connect them with the child.

Drum

EyeballsintheSky · 09/01/2009 12:16

Love it. On my list for potential DD2

FlirtyThirty · 09/01/2009 12:14

Hate it...and I know one....who also hates it!
Like a previous posted mentioned, the one I know shortens it to Occy too...

Sorry - just not my thing; sounds a bit pretentious to me.

RnB · 09/01/2009 12:07

lovely. on my shortlist if I ever have a girl

othersideofchannel · 09/01/2009 12:05

Octavia is lovely. And it roll of the tongue nicely so no need to be shortened.

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