To think my friend is an utter loon?

[Piggyleroux]

Prob should be in baby names, but need urgent help.

my best friend whom I've known since I was 12, is currently pg with her second child due next month. She already has an eight yo dd and this second child is a long time coming.

The issue is, her taste in names is truly shocking. Her dd is called Phatone, pronounced fertony, making her dd the brunt of some very cruel jokes at school. Her dd has already told me that as soon as she is 16 she plans on changing it.

Anyway, my friend calls me tonight to tell me that her and her dh have two names they like (they are having a boy)

Gryphon or Tedber.

Please, please dear mumsnetters, for the love of god, please make her see sense. (I told her I would post this on , she fully consents to canvass opinions )

You are bloody kidding, right? YANBU in the slightest!

I bet she's called Betty or Linda or something isn't she Her poor bloody dd!

see i like quite unusual names (dh used to go off in a huff saying "that's not even a name!" when i suggested such outrageous things as caspar or valentine or sheba), but those are waaaaay out of even my league

They are not names - they are just random scrabble letters arranged to make something - poor kids.

Gryphon? Griff for short? That's really cool.

Sorry.

i like Griffin, but not Gryphon

Tedber i saw in a magazine the other week and was rather bemused. it's not the worst name i've ever heard but it sounds rather made-up

Her dd really suffers. Her mates call her Tony, but she told me that she dreads the register or having her name called out by teachers. I feel sad for her. My friend is the loveliest person ever, but she seems oblivious to the suffering she has caused! And yes, she has an ordinary name.

Tedber.

TEDber.

when she named her daughter was she thinking of Phaeton??? (which is a boys name, but at least is a name)

OMG! Why oh why in the name of all that is lovely about a newborn would you then saddle him with a name he will have the piss ripped out if him for and spend his whole life spelling it out to people. And her poor daughter! My face two currently are Hermionie and Noah...just for when friend reads this can get better ideas! :o

Fave that would be not face-bloody iPad :)

I don't mind Gryphon.

But dear God, poor poor little Phatone

Poor poor children!!!

Weeeeeell, Griffin and Teddy are nice?

Tedber. Teddy bear. No.

Gryphon is ok, just.

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm is you friend special or did you just mis spell. do people not realise their children will at the very least have these names for 16 yrs. arghhhhh people grow up.

Isnt Gryphon the goblin out of harry potter?
Or am I thinking Gryphook? Gryphawk?

Phatone makes me think Fat Tony. Poor girl.

I am going to show her this thread.

Poor girl is called fat Tony I bet? As for the others well they may seem exotic to her buy she isn't going to live with the teasing is she? Poor boy. I bet he'll change his name as well!

I quite like Gryphon.

Her daughter's name is just cruel though!

:(

Bloody awful ... give the poor kid a normal name ffs (My DSs are John and Joe ...about as boring normal as you can get)

Dont do it. I have a Niamh which is a lovely name but she hate is due to pronounciation problems. Niamh is a lovely name IMO but your friends names are just crazy.

Are they made up. She seriously needs to think about how the names will affect her kids. My dd loves her 2nd choice name Erin and wishes i had used that. For DD2 and 3 i used name which are said as written.

Your friends names are truely awful, sorry

You're thinking of Griphook (which might actually be moderately more acceptable. A gryphon is a a mythological creature.

Phatone in the urban dictionary. Utterly ridiculous name.

Tedber - why?

*hates it

I'm so glad I gave my dd a really pretty and normal name. I nearly didn't though, so I'm glad I came to my senses. I think you should remind your friend that one day her child might be in important meetings at work etc and silly names are not going to do them any favours.