to be upset by their reactions to his name?

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DS is nearly 2, and everytime I tell someone his full name, they make a face :( Our families, friends, and now people we meet at playgroups and nursery.

It's a fairly unusual first name, but really common middle name, and for some reason everyone finds it fun to snigger at him. I'm starting to worry that he'll be bullied for it at school. DP says to ignore them, and that they are just jealous that his name stands out from the crowd, but I can't help being upset by it :( I'm thinking even about stopping using his first name altogether.
AIBU to wish people would just accept him?

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Haaaaaaaa Ludo Chris! I love it!

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But it sounds like ludicrous.
(Assume this is another silly name thread?)

Ludo Chris? Is this a windup?

This is a joke post, right?!

Are you introducing him as Ludo-Chris? Or as Ludo? I really like Ludo as a name in its own right, but I can understand why people are raising their eyebrows if it's paired with Chris. Are you able to drop the Chris and just use Ludo?

Is he friends with sausage stanley from yesterday's crap thread

Ludo Chris - are you serious??? Sorry but I'm not surprised people laugh.

you do realise that pretty much says 'ludicrous' if you say them together, don't you? I certainly wouldn't go telling people both names, just choose one and stick with it.

Ludo Chris? If this is for real, did you seriously not ever think to say the two names out loud together before committing to it. Of course you have the right to call your child whatever you want but equally others have a right to express their opinion on it.

Oh, I thought it might be Stu

Middle name Pidd

Oh no, now I feel if this is a wind up!

Didn't take much notice of the Chris bit.

Cool name, not keen on the two together but Im not a fan of middle names.

Im sure I used to have a game called ludo as a kid.(Abit random but the first thing that came to mind)

I always found that kids with different names are often fairly confident and popular.

Takes me back to when we were name-hunting for DC1, I said around the dinner table: "You should SEE the names they've got in the books. Names that no one's ever going to use. They've got Attilla ... Adolf ... They're ludicrous."

My BIL piped up: "Ludicrous is quite a good name."

So he wouldn't pull a face at you.

NFW!

this has GOT to be a joke!!!

made me nearly spit my tea out!

I'm trying to think of an unusual boy's first name but common middle name and failing...

Not James or John - these are common middle names but also fairly common first names...

Any unusual first names I can think of like Cedric or Percival are not common middle names AFAIK...

I think you'll have to post your DS's name to get a response whether YABU or YANBU. But you'll have to be prepared for honest responses - some posters will hate it, some think it's a bit meh but others may love it!

But really what does it matter what we think. And I really can't think of a name "bad" enough that a child would get teased. Unless he is named after somebody notorious and unpopular - like Adolf or Osama...?

Ludo is fine, but when you said Chris is the second name, I smell a rat - so have a .

Unless you genuinely made a mistake like my cousin's friend whose twins are Ella and Sam

oh

YANBU
I have an unusual name and I love it! It will become part of who he is. If you feel bad about it you might give him a complex...stop giving the full name and embrace the joy of Ludo :)

Ahh! I see where the name is going now.

Have you thought of Randloph?

Oh! Just worked it out! Ha ha!

Whoops X-posted

Ludo Chris is a GREAT name

or cross?