To think naming a new baby Gypsy will give her a life long affliction.

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Having been saddled with an unusal Christian name myself I must ask this question.

What would you shorten it to - Gyp. Sorry just can't bear it. Life's tough enough without a name that is outside even of the unusual spectrum.

I had Russian hamsters too! Mine were called Robbie and Vinnie, they never escaped as they were always to busy shagging.

I had Russian hamsters too! Mine were called Robbie and Vinnie, they never escaped as they were always to busy shagging.

I like Gypsy, but am curious about why you've asked?

bloody double posts!

I knew a pony called Gypsy, she was a right moody mare too!

Our non-pesky hamster is called Bobby Big-Balls as he is blessed in the testicular area. We call him Bobby for short, or when the Queen visits.

In the past I have had hamsters, of varying levels of peskiness, called NugNug, Rex and Spiderfudge.

LadyFlumpalot you may ask why; It was discussed during a coffee break this morning. Somebody knew somebody who's daughter was considering it as a name for their expected baby. I rather hoped that she who remains unknown would read this thread and dismiss the idea.I speak as one who has suffered from a unwise choice of Christian name!
I have known a Gypsy, she was very pleasant but slobbered a lot. As she was a Labrador this was only to be expected. Her kennel mate was named Whisky, I would not name a baby that either.

This is the kind of name people will respond to by saying "mmm, that's unusual" whilst secretly thinking "who would be that mean to a child?"

I've loved that name since reading the Chalet School as a kid. Really pretty.

Lovely for a horse. Pinot - our hamster (Bob) is similarly favoured gonad-wise. (40% bodyweight?) He looks like he's on a furry spacehopper.

I really like it but wouldn't call my child it. I'd think it was lovely on somebody else's though!

I remember Gypsy from Home & Away. God she was annoying.

My immediate thoughts are "young parent" or "small terrier type dog" plus all the usual gypsy images (through experience not repute before anyone jumps down my throat)

I dont know giving any child a name that makes them stick out so much is a good idea...but if you just have to at least give them one if not two more sensible ones they can use too.

The poor child will end up with either the P or D word as a nickname (derogatory terms for folk of the travelling persuasion).

Boris and Lenin could squeeze out of the smallest bars you've ever seen on a cage. Boris escaped for 2 weeks once, Lenin decided to join him I had to leave food and water in the middle of the room. I finally caught them and decided to get a Perspex cage, that soon stopped them.

Seems to be a fairly common pet name then, so not really good as a child's name! Plus I'd always be thinking of the stripper played by Natalie Wood

I have a Gypsy who is lying on my bed at the moment licking her bottom. She's a cat.

My hamster was called Hamble, after the playschool doll...

HTH

i had a friend at school called gypsy. it wasnt a prob in primary school didnt know her in secondary school, kids will pick on something. i hink as a name its quite nice.

Annoying one from home and away
scrape around brain... chalet girls

I had russian hamsters called
omsk and tomsk
om and ob
boris and ivan
b

Is it fair to name and shame your Gypsy on MN Deaddei?

I actually think it sounds lovely, in theory. However, I think she'd get teased and called "Pikie" as a nickname.

Oooh, I think it's a lovely name! Pity it's almost unusable due to it's connotations. Damn you Romany Travelling People!!

aliceliddell at furry spacehopper - yes yes!!

Onion Hamble made me go wooosh back to my childhood then! Thanks :) The other one was Jemima wasn't it? Hamble was plain in comparison - I loved her most though.

AIBU to not know what half of the "bad words" that people are referring to actually are?