to think that eventually somewhere a teacher will say "I am NOT calling your child that every day"

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I am thinking of names like "joop!" [sic]

How on earth are teachers/other adults who have to deal with children every day supposed to go along with these ridiculous names without cracking up or dying of embarrassment?

Spare a thought for the reception teacher when you name your child "Weston-Super-Mare" or whatever!

well yes ideally, but they are only flesh and blood fgs

could you address a child as "Chlamydia" day in day out? I would develop tics

I would say a name is a defining part of a person if they are saddled with something utterly ridiculous.

It also gives the teacher an indication of the type of background that child is likely to have come from, a situation which extends itself with more consequences when your child leaves school and has to send a cv to an employer.

They should deal with it as it is what they are called! There are plenty of names out there I think are just odd but I would never comment as it is not my business or concern.

But then again, there are some names that are just unacceptable aren't there - I mean names like hitler or devil (!) I am sure registrars refuse to allow these names?

I met a lady with two boys called Trafford and Cantona once! Not my cup of tea but she loves the names so it's not up to me to have any judgements on them!

this subject seems a little familiar

we have a Lambrini (type of cheap alcoholic drink) in my placement class - I found it pretty funny but obviously you cant show that to the children so :)

I suppose one day a teacher is also going to turn around and say "Oh FGS not ANOTHER milly/jack/josh/chloe" (or whatever the top 10 names are these days)............

I will quietly judge stupid names. I bet some teachers do to.

YANBU

We resist the urge to call the register which includes a child called Tekeila (yes, really) in a fake Mexican accent because a) we have to, b)it would be cruel not to, the kid didn't ask to be called that and c) we are trained professionals who are used to masking what we feel in public. Our thoughts are are own!

I work in healthcare and was told by a colleague who was a midwife of a baby girl who was named 'female'. This was because when the baby was born the midwife had put 'female x' on the baby's ID band. The parents had read it as 'fee-marl-ee' and thought the midwife had picked the name for them.
Quite scary really.

Not sure if you're BU or not. I imagine the first few times the teacher has to call a child a ridiculous name they would consciously think 'that is a ridiculous name for a child' but then they'd just be used to it and probably not think about it.

I agree with bubblewrapped, a name could have a big effect on how someone's life turns out, and does give a clue to what type of background the child comes from.

Saw a kid on telly the other day called Armani. Poor chap.

I LIKE Spike and Dixie

If Fifi Trixibelle Geldolf, Peaches Honeyblossom Geldolf, Little Pixie Geldolf and Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily Hutchence Geldolf can get through school then Bob seems to have definitively proved that the tolerance thresholds for extreme names are rather higher than you may think...

YABU

Teachers laughing at children's names whether they be called "galaxy" or "Fuqar" is unprofessional and a sure sign of a bad teacher.

Also from a teacher.

Thing is it's not a class thing any more (was it ever??) - I know some people from rather decent background who (IMO _ have given their children silly names, equally some from "chavvy" backgrounds who have given their children quite traditional British names.

A friend who teaches has a Shrek in their class.......

and with the influx of "foreign" names (and spellings) that we see these days I suspect it's not quite so easy for a teacher (or anyone else) to say "oh they've deliberately spelled their child's name wrong to be "unique").

I myself fell foul of this a few years ago whenI commented on a "Tomas" ........ (here on MN) to be quite rightly put in my place and told it was the European spelling of it.

I have met a girl called Boo and a boy called Bear and they are both cute and seem to suit their names!

Although Zowie Bowie sensibly decided he'd rather go through adult life as a Duncan.