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Hercules?

34 replies

comeinnumber49yourtimeisup · 05/09/2009 15:34

DP loves it, I would rather give the little one an easier start in life. Would love to hear your thoughts!

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jkklpu · 07/09/2009 22:48

I prefer Samson myself

serenity · 07/09/2009 19:36

There's a Lysander thread? ears perk up

FarkinBarkin · 07/09/2009 17:27

Makes me think of Kevin Sorbo. And not in a good way.

Suggest a little experiment to your dp. For two weeks you will call him Hercules whenever you are out in public together. Discuss it again after that.

BunnyLebowski · 07/09/2009 17:19

Just me that thinks of The Nutty Professor then??

GrungeBlobPrimpants · 07/09/2009 17:18

Only if he were able to go to school with Lysander and Jolyon (2 other baby name threads today) to a school specially designed for their own personal safety

No. Please no.

bigstripeytiger · 07/09/2009 17:12

Apparently it is also a fairly normal name in Shetland.
Might raise a few eyebrows elsewhere though?

frazzledoldbag · 07/09/2009 17:08

I know a little Hercy. Awfully, awfully posh tho.
I have to say I do quite like it {hides}
but then my baby son is called Hugo
[yes really}

MrsVik · 07/09/2009 15:14

My OH suggested 'The Hulk' in case we were having a boy. It just goes to show, just because they speak, it doesn't mean we should listen.

TheChilliMooseisasmadasahatter · 07/09/2009 12:14

No.

LaTrucha · 07/09/2009 12:07

My DH saw absolutely no problem in saying no to every name I liked but I was very polite about his.

Say no.

HecatesTwopenceworth · 07/09/2009 12:07

please don't.

countrybump · 07/09/2009 11:57

I saw the name 'Hercules' on the side of a train the other day and considered it for a while - put it down to pregnancy hormones in the end!

But, I do know a grown up Hercules, who has only ever been known as Hercy (Her-key), and it seems to suit him!

cathcat · 06/09/2009 14:57

I am not saying I approve but there is a Hercules not a million miles from me. But the family is landed gentry so perhaps that helps them get away with it. Are you titled, at all?

chubbychipmonk · 06/09/2009 14:50

Whats the surname?

diddl · 06/09/2009 13:39

Are you sure your partner didn´t say it in jest?

CristinaTheAstonishing · 06/09/2009 13:22

No.

MamaLazarou · 06/09/2009 13:21

It's a wonderful name, but I just don't think it is fair on the child. Shame.

RudolphHucker · 06/09/2009 12:50

Leave the bastard.

pickyvic · 06/09/2009 12:46

errrrr....no.

id go back to the baby names book i think!

ZZZenAgain · 06/09/2009 12:02

Les for short or maybe Herc?

I think it is ok but I wouldn't choose it. Any other names you are mulling over?

serenity · 06/09/2009 11:51

I know a child called Herakles (Greek form of the Anglicised Hercules) but he's Greek, so it's fine, and fairly normal. I'm not sure if I would do it for a non Greek child tbh. We didn't even risk any Greek Greek names for our Cypriot-but-raised-in-the-UK children!

SoupDragon · 06/09/2009 11:47

Why the hell would you do this to a child??

catinthehat2 · 06/09/2009 11:47

No, just go for it.

Really - ignore all these people taking the piss, what do they know.

Start a trend!

janeite · 06/09/2009 11:37

Sorry but I think it is both awful and quite, quite ridiculous.

Firawla · 06/09/2009 11:36

dislike it, sounds a bit of a joke tbh

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