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Original poster

to judge this baby name?

337 replies

PyongyangKipperbang · 17/09/2017 19:21

Or rather the parents that chose it?

Overheard in the local shop a young girl (8ish) telling her friend that her new baby brother is being called....Kaiser. She wasnt joking.

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CamperVamp · 17/09/2017 19:29

Well, to give her the benefit of the doubt it's not that different to calling a child Prince or Queenie or Duke (not unknown in America)

meanapparently · 17/09/2017 19:30

I'd judge yeah. I hate it when people give their kids names which may damage their future prospects. Someone I know has just called her baby boy Ozzy Hmm

CamperVamp · 17/09/2017 19:30

And it might be Kai, misheard by an 8 year old.

CamperVamp · 17/09/2017 19:31

Ozzy is great!

PavlovianLunge · 17/09/2017 19:31

Maybe she's a fan of the Usual Suspects.

LewisFan · 17/09/2017 19:33

Maybe their surname is Chief Grin

wowfudge · 17/09/2017 19:33

Maybe they are German speakers? Bloody awful name though.

Brittbugs80 · 17/09/2017 19:34

might be Kai, misheard by an 8 year old

Reminds me of a child I looked after who insisted his neighbours were called Conker and Tuna (Connor and Junior)

HappyLollipop · 17/09/2017 19:34

It's one of those American names because there's a girl on teen mom called jennelle who's son is named kaiser which I think made it more popular too.

PointlessUsername · 17/09/2017 19:35

I actually like it.

Winteriscomingneedmorewood · 17/09/2017 19:36

On hols in Wales about 8 years ago there was a Jamiroquai (?) in Poundland....
Wonder if he got Jam for a nn.

x2boys · 17/09/2017 19:39

Yep teen mom Janelle Evans Kaiser must be about three now it's not a name I would choose but it's not the worst.

formerbabe · 17/09/2017 19:40

I've heard worse.

Ansumpasty · 17/09/2017 19:41

I've heard a lot worse.

RJnomore1 · 17/09/2017 19:42

Ha you've all just reminded me of dd1s little friend Custard who lived next door to her gran.

His mum called him Curtis!

Original poster
PyongyangKipperbang · 17/09/2017 19:44

I just cannot imagine naming a kid after the honour title of the bad guy in WWI.

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NataliaOsipova · 17/09/2017 19:44

Is his second name Wilhelm by any chance....?

babyinthacorner · 17/09/2017 19:44

I know a girl called Kaisa, it's a Scandinavian name.

NataliaOsipova · 17/09/2017 19:45

Pyongyang. Cross post! My thoughts exactly. What would they go for for number 3? Tsar? Fuhrer? Chairman? The list is endless.....

stopbeingadramallama · 17/09/2017 19:47

What a terrible name 😐

x2boys · 17/09/2017 19:48

I.knew a Kasia I went to school with her but it was pronounced kasha I think her parents were polish?

Ttbb · 17/09/2017 19:48

That's actually a fairly common name-most people are so ingnorant of history and baked goods these days that they probably don't even get the connotations

Charolais · 17/09/2017 19:52

I live in the U.S. and some of the names here are hilarious. There was a woman named ‘Vendetta' on the TV yesterday.

Butterymuffin · 17/09/2017 19:54

Fans of the Kaiser Chiefs maybe?

BurnTheBlackSuit · 17/09/2017 19:56

My child told me his friend was called Dude.

(Turned out it was Jude)