to judge this baby name?

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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.

There's a Loke, a Tor and an Odin at our preschool :)

My Dad was in school with a boy called Wipers. Years later, he saw it written down and it was Ypres! Made me laugh anyway

Down in Dorset the surname Bastard was quite common...pronounced basTARD

My dd goes to school with a girl whose name is pronounced "Gaoler" (or Jailer if you like to spell it that way.). I think her name might be spelt Jayla but it's definitely pronouced like a prison guard.

I'd be really interested to know if it is a traditional name in some country as it seems such an unfortunate name. As thought the Mum felt imprisoned by her baby in the early weeks and actually named her this.

I know a child called Kal-El, parents were big superman fans.

I know several little Queenies. I rather like it though it does always remind me of Bert's girlfriend in Adrian Mole.

I'm not super keen on the Kayden/Jayden etc names but then, that's why I didn't call my child that. Who cares, really? These threads always descend into total snobbery - i can't believe we haven't had the 'La-a' story yet.

Like a PP I do tend to judge when I hear of yet another baby Amelia/Oliver etc - so dull.

@Winteriscomingneedmorewood Are you or were you ever based in Hampshire? Many moons ago a school friend at my Hampshire school claimed to have known a Rory Lyons....she was very specific; said his sister was called Roxy Lyons. Could there be two? Maybe it's actually a great choice for a Lyons family!

There is a ladasha at my work. Not a La-a but ladasha is a name.

I encountered a petulant teenager in Topshop who was called Bonita. It sounded fabulous in her Mum's broad West Yorkshire accent.

I once knew 2 sisters who were called Porsche and Mercedes. And someone else called their baby Britney (after Spears). However in a very broad Manc accent it sounded awful!

My DS tells people his brother is called Aushie, buggerlugs, chicken pie, and Mr Manquid. He is called none of these.

Sam - no I am up north!!

DH used to work with a bloke who's name was 'Marshall Fear'. I thought it was amazing. I expected him to look a bit like Judge Dredd. He didn't sadly.

Where I used to live was a lovely lady who had 6 dc who all had double barrelled names. . So did her dsis 6 dc. . Left the shop with a headache one day when they were gathering them all up after paying at the checkout!!

I met a Ryan Ayr.

I don't understand some of these. What on earth is wrong with Avril? Perfectly normal name. Avril Lavinge anyone?

Names like John Lewis and Peter Jones will be ten a penny amongst the older generation.

Yes YABU!
I honestly would wonder why you care when it causes you no harm, not like someone is asking you to call your child Kasier. Why don't you tell us what your children's names are so we can judge them?

2200 Peter Jones's and 1100 John Lewis's in the UK, according to:

uknames.gbgplc.com/

Catching I also know of a Kal-el, wonder if it's the same one?
Has a brother called Rhaine (assume pronounced rain)

Eek sorry .. but I like it :-)

I've also known of a Feebee (instead of Phoebe) and Sofieer (Sophia)

newbian - plenty of people of my grandma's generation called Queenie. Not that I like the name but since all those other names are coming back into fashion, (Violet, May, Betty, Rose etc) no reason why Queenie shouldn't.

I have met a Phebe.

Sure bogofeternalstench but it's not American. Never met a Queenie in the US, born and raised there.

Moved from London to Sweden. Kids Swedish cousin is called Cajsa which is pronounced kai sa. Are you sure she was a Kaiser?

Not sure if it's true, but I was once told the name "Queenie" was used as a NN for the given name Regina, it being Latin for Queen.

Yep, I'm full of useless information...