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Confessions of a flippant baby namer

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merryberry · 12/09/2009 10:58

Had to give my older boy's middle name this morning. Eyebrow was raised, explanation was given: 'It means happiness in Hebrew'.

Truth is, me and DH just loved the geektastic Gil Grissom character in CSI. 'Happiness' is a handy beard for sin of naming pfb after TV character.

Hoping to hear something worse to overshadow ours.

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golgi · 19/09/2009 22:15

When I was pregnant with my second, I was trying to explain imminent arrival to toddler first-born:

"You are going to have a little brother"

"Like Peppa Pig?"

"Yes, like Peppa Pig"

"Likkle Brother George"

I didn't have any other name in mind. So my son is named after George Pig.

DoNotPressTheRedButton · 19/09/2009 20:33

DS2 was named after a racing driver Dh much admired

Well so we tell people- really he was named Stirling because babies are so damned expensive and the cost was doing our heads in .

mustrunmore · 18/09/2009 20:40

ds1 is named after we saw a keyring promoting a business with that name, and liked it! Well, we'd seen the name, and then my Mum bought a second hand travel cot with the zip-pull on the bag replaced with the keyring. It was fate

Sunshinemummy · 18/09/2009 13:24

My name is Sunshinemummy and I am a flippant baby namer.

DS's first name is after a character I loved from an 80s TV programme. DH has not yet worked this out. DS's middle name is after the name of the greastest ever Everton player (and it's his grandad's nickname) which was DH's choice.

DD is named after a character in The Maltese Falcon, which is set in San Francisco and is a place where DH was spending a lot of time while I was pregnant. Her middle name is after my mum who died when I was 18.

chegirl · 16/09/2009 11:34

Sorry Dee I sort of outed myself by mistake. I was gathering the courage to break the news on our thread. I was going to do it soon - honest

Anyway - Shabs knows so really you should be telling her off for keeping it quiet

Deemented · 16/09/2009 07:59

Now hang on just a cotton pickin minute...

Chegirl - you're upduffed??? Why did i not know this???? (or did i, and just have placenta brain?)

chegirl · 15/09/2009 22:43

I just remembered that I said to my OH on the way to the registry office 'ohh shall we add *** to his names?'(DS3) and OH said 'if you want'

Thats fairly flippant isnt it?

TamTam29 · 15/09/2009 18:37

rosietoes - all my aunties are known by different names for that same reason! DG decided he didnt like the names my DN registered them with so gave them different ones.

bluebump · 15/09/2009 18:14

I don't have a middle name but my DS has 2, his first name and middle name initials are T.H.E and his surname is an animal (my DP's surname) - everyone else realised this except us , even the registrar pointed it out.

rosietoes · 15/09/2009 18:03

My parents decided on a boy & girl name for future sprog. When I was born, Pop trotted off to register my name. He came back with big smile & told my mother he decided in the end to name me after her!
I'm a 'junior' and it's caused no end of confusion ever since.

TamTam29 · 15/09/2009 15:30

i was given my middle name on the spot at my Christening as the Priest didnt think my first name was a Christian name or a "proper" name.

All the family started suggesting names at random & I ended up with my Nan's suggestion!

NewbeeMummy · 15/09/2009 15:09

DD may still be named after my favorite bicycle - but it's Julianna, so not that obvious one would hope

HigherThanAWombat · 15/09/2009 14:57

It's from the extended universe.

HigherThanAWombat · 15/09/2009 14:57

Not Padme either.

thell · 15/09/2009 14:48

Padme?

Some lovely names in sci-fi / fantasy.
I'm especially partial to Anakin, and Arwen and Galadriel.
I'm training to be a Holistic Masseuse, and wanted to all myself Lothlorien Therapies, but my friends say it's too cheesy :p

HigherThanAWombat · 15/09/2009 12:20

And if/when I have a daughter she'll most likely be named for a Star Wars character. And no,not Leia.

thell · 15/09/2009 10:13

Crash - I hope she's called T'Pau

HolidaysQueen · 15/09/2009 10:00

mb - i've never told my DH that one of the main reasons I really liked Leo for DS was because of my favourite character from the West Wing... And I have been known to mention Gil to him as an option should we ever have a DS2!

HigherThanAWombat · 15/09/2009 09:49

No kids yet but I'm planning on naming a future ds after Angus Young,the guitarist in my favourite band AC/DC.

I'm also a Star Wars geek so I'm sure my ds won't complain too much when he finds out that the alternative would be Anakin.

HigherThanAWombat · 15/09/2009 09:41

Congratulations Chegirl. What wonderful news.

crashfistfight · 15/09/2009 08:24

MB I really like the name Linden. Also the name of a US prez.

DD was named after DP's our favorite indy 80's band.

I love it and somehow it just works

thumbwitch · 15/09/2009 01:36

Chegirl - fantastic news, congratulations!

My DS has my maiden name as his second middle name. I fully paid for that, as I had to fill in all his forms for emigration and passport and Aussie citizenship and having 3 quite long "first" names is a trial. He will not be happy when he has to do it himself, poor boy

ErikaMaye · 14/09/2009 23:47

Chegirl congrats

If DS was a girl, he'd be being called Nefer. I suggested it almost as a joke to DP as it means "The Beautiful One" (Nefertiti meaning "The Beautiful One Has Come" for those of you that are interested!) and he fell in love with it. So now we're just going to give him rather a lot of names instead

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merryberry · 14/09/2009 22:22

thank you meandmymonkey. then try ds2, whose middle name is Linden because I a) like th tree and b) wanted it as his first name (short version, Den, Denny) so my two boys together sound like east end ganster circa 1962. Ah well, at least the girl who never way avoided being an Ada, after Byron's daughter, cos she invented machine code...

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merryberry · 14/09/2009 22:16

Potta, Ff?

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