if you shouted your kids name down the bacon aisle

Have been somewhat embarassed calling my little half-brother's name in public places, he was named after his maternal grandfather but he shares it with a Ninja Turtle!

I had chosen my DDs name in the early weeks of pregnancy, then came that bl*ody Charlie & Lola programme followed by a load of Z list celebs using the same name. I couldn't choose another name as I'd already become so attached to my wee LolaBump. Was well hacked off tho when I discovered that giving her my mum & grandma's name as her middle name meant she was named after an overpriced jewellery line on very cheesy major tv shopping channel.

LOL!

I don't think my two would raise much of an eyebrow, although DS1's name is fairly rare (although there is another MNetter with a DS of the same name as I found out the other day), DS2's is fairly popular. I generally shout "come on guys" at my two and thought this was OK but it raised a snigger from an older lady the other week and she then repeated "guys" and laughed again .

The best one I have heard recently was a boy called Spain.

I really like Noah.

Hi there

I know someone who called their child Beckham.

Hi,

think I know the most chavtastic twin names ever!

A friends sister in law called her twin daughters...... Dolce and Gabbana (sp) - imagine it said in a thick Glasgow accent and your there!

I cant believe they let them register them - in Sweden theres a law against people naming their children silly names should be brought in here!

Just been looking through the programmes for a ballet thing my dd did recently - had all the childrens' names listed - there is a Poppy Field!

DH also like finnian

I liked finbar best but I childmind a boy called fin so I thought it would get complecated

Xena, funny thing is, although I never considered them myself, I like Rafferty and Merlin too. Might call some cats those names now that I think about it.... (cos there will be no more children)

I thought (fleetingly) about the Finn/Thin thing, but actually ds1's name is never shortened to Finn anyway.

TBH I've taught many kids called Fathi (pronounced Fatty) and never thought twice about it, regardless of their size.

DumbledoresGirl DH wanted to call DS2 finbar, but higher up his list was rafferty and merlin.
DS1 goes to school with 2 Dempseys and one of them has a brother called cash

the name might have been FeeKnicks

thing is I can totally understand why people want to pick unusual names - I did it myself. so I am making a resolution to try not to be rude about name choices, whatever I privately think, because it is pretty horrid when people are v.rude about your choice (has happened to me a couple of times recently - once from someone who used to be a very good friend who I'd lost touch with - I was on our first meeting in years when she said 'oh god what did you call her that for - the poor kid')

And I heard someone shouting out "Phoenix" the other day - think it was a girl, though I would have thought more suitable for a boy?

oh god no! and she's banned from ever going out with a Tristan, I can tell you - imagine the jokes!

stleger are you from North Cork be any chance, village beginning with a "D"? (Just thinking this because of your MN name...)

Love Isolda, (and Isolde) very pretty! As long as you resist the temptation to call your son Tristan!

I have a DD called Isolda.

I love Finn for a boy, but know quite a few baby Finns. Hmmm - Finn and Isolda sound lovely together though....

I like William but there are loads of them being born to friends/acquaintances at the mo. is a very strong family name on both sides

Finn was our top choice for ds2, love it (Finn McCool!) but as he was such a porker when he was born, we decided not to - purely cos of the Fat Finn bit . The irony is he is waif-er thin...he would have been nicked-named skinny-finny I'm sure. Wish we'd stuck with it, as I said in a previous post, his name is becoming the sort of name bellowed in the fruit-shoot and sausage rolls aisle now. (it means Fair warrior though )

PMSL at you ggirl!!!!

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I know your DH's name then I think dino
I know a few nice men with that name too

I think Finn and Finbar are very lovely names but then I know lovely people called them. names are so affected by who you know called that

DD's name is beautiful. but people do look at me askance when I say it, as I say, don't care! it's unusual but it's a perfectly valid name and we have very good reasons for choosing it

goodness only knows what on earth we'll call this baby though...especially if it's a boy, I find boy's names very hard

Finbarr was patron saint of Cork where I live. It is sometimes shortened to Barry. My boss has a brother called Finbarr who is both rich and handsome!