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Moriarty

34 replies

loveofotters · 16/06/2009 21:35

My oh is set on this, if not for a first name then a middle.
I was pleased with the comments our (probable) girl's name received: Joyce Isabella.
So what do you think of Moriarty for a boy?

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Cicatrice · 19/06/2009 22:33

Moriarty is a great name for a cat. But not a person.

madnortherner · 19/06/2009 12:39

Morty's good, Gladders - cute for a LO and cool when older I feel.

Also a good comprimise with OH perhaps, loveofotters?

PuppyMonkey · 19/06/2009 12:24

I went to school with a Noel and a Liam Moriarty. (I know, what are the chances???)

It's a great surname. Not so good as a first name.

Paperclipcollector · 19/06/2009 12:21

Moriarty is an Irish surname I think?

LittleWhiteWolf · 17/06/2009 12:37

I actually like it, but then again my dad named our cat Moriaty and we called him Mozzie for short so I have good memories associated with the name. Albeit for a cat...

gladders · 17/06/2009 11:40

moriarty is silly

malachy is v sweet

how about morty - heard it on holiday - an improvement on moriarty at least? (assume was short for mortimer?)

or monty

EyeballsandherSunburntNorks · 17/06/2009 11:10

I can hear it in an Irish accent. Not sure about any others though

Theimperialcharliecat · 17/06/2009 10:59

lucky enough I mean

Theimperialcharliecat · 17/06/2009 10:59

I am going against the grain here but I love it and have considered it as a middle name if I am ever lucky to have a ds! I also love Malachy.

bettybeetroot · 17/06/2009 10:42

my dh calls ds Moriarty when he is being naughty (which is alot at the moment!) dh says my fil called him this also as a child when he was being a brat!

MachuPicchu · 17/06/2009 08:59

It just makes me think

'are you there Moriarty, are you there?'

Sorry

VeryAnnieGertie · 17/06/2009 08:56

He's fallen in the water!

BelleWatling · 16/06/2009 22:29

I LOVE it!

Seriously

Tambajam · 16/06/2009 22:23

Evil villain.

slowreadingprogress · 16/06/2009 22:19

it's hysterical! If your other half wants a child named after a pathological criminal mastermind, then.....

but I think you may as well call a child 'Hitler'

nigglewiggle · 16/06/2009 22:18

The Hooded Claw?

Boco · 16/06/2009 22:16

If we're going fictional villains, how about Fu Man Chu?

MoominMymbleandMy · 16/06/2009 22:12

I would think of the Reichenbach Falls, I'm afraid.

I think Mycroft would be much nicer, and he was even cleverer than Sherlock.

pasturesnew · 16/06/2009 22:12

hilarious DH suggestion! No way.

janeite · 16/06/2009 22:12

Dreadful. Sorry.

Joyce Isabella is nice.

playftseforme · 16/06/2009 22:09

not nice, sorry

Thunderduck · 16/06/2009 22:07

whispers..I think it's a horrible name.

Greensleeves · 16/06/2009 22:04

well yes, but also countless thousands of other children, many of them Irish

Thunderduck · 16/06/2009 22:03

Malachy was that creepy child from Children Of The Corn.

Greensleeves · 16/06/2009 21:57

Moriarty isn't for me, personally.

How about Malachy?

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