To think this really isn't a bloody name?

[ballinacup]

My cousin and her DP have just had their first baby together (she already has three sons, it's her DP's first).

Cute little thing, very sweet.

They've called her Thirteen.

Thirteen

Apparently this is because she was born in 2013 and cousin's birthday is on the 13th of June. I'm sure they think they're very unique and interesting, and yet I can't help feeling that they have forgotten that they're naming a person. Someone who has to go to school and introduce herself as Thirteen. Someone who has to apply for university as Thirteen. Someone who has to, every time she says her name for the next (hopefully) eight or nine decades, put up with a confused pause followed by '... Thirteen?!'.

I know name snobbery gets bashed on MN and I'm fully prepared to be told it's a beautiful, unique signifier and that no one will ever bully her for it but seriously... Fucking Thirteen?!

Unlucky....

Oh. Dear. God.

YANBU it's ridiculous.

God that's harsh (of them)

Oh dear.

Do they realise that a lot of people are a bit supersticious about the number 13?

Maybe they think Thirteen was actually her first name in House?!

Um.

Well. If it was a different number I think possibly it could be nice.

Did anyone point out how many people are woo about 13 being unlucky and that might be a bit awkward for their DD?!

I would have at least gone with "thirteena"...

It's beyond stupid and into a whole new realm of fuckwittedness

I quite like unusual names but thats a whole different level of 'unusual' to put it mildly. It sounds like a name you'd be given upon entering a Victorian workhouse.

Do they hate the baby?

Have they at least given her a proper middle name?

YANBU that is stupid and cruel

Unlucky for some... She will hear that FOREVER.

Yes, they're aware of the superstition surrounding the number. Apparently, though, she's a lucky baby because... Well, apparently the doctor said she was a 'special baby'. So they decided Thirteen was perfect for her.

Because she's special.

And, apparently, so are they.

Jeez, thats gonna be a social faux par for life, poor kid.

Maybe they could call her Tina for short??

It is very erm unusual, but on the other hand i do know someone called Tuesday.

ow.
I can understand giving numbers as names, but far far too many people think the number Thirteen is unlucky - she will find a lot of problems with that name.

poor thing :(

There's a child in my daughter's class called Six. Still better than Thirteen though, particularly with the 'unlucky for some' connotations.

Unlucky.

Poor girl.

Oh that's awful. I'm all for unusual names but try think of the adult who will have to live with it, rather than the cute little baby!

She could change her name by deed poll I suppose, there's always hope. Or maybe she'll grow to like it. Maybe

I like "Tuesday" and "Wednesday"...

Middle name?

Fortunately she has a beautiful middle name, which I assume she will use for pretty much everything, as soon as she is able to express a preference.