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Unfortunate name choice

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Rose789 · 31/08/2020 18:03

A friend of a friend has just had a baby and called her Summer Eve.
Summers eve is a brand of feminine hygiene products in the US. Akin to someone in the US calling their child vagisil.
I have spent a lot of time in the states so it may not be something that many people in the U.K. know about. I messaged my friend to say oh my goodness I can’t believe the name they’ve chosen for the baby. Now my friend is (jokingly) pissed off that I’ve told her as she’ll not be able to think of anything else.
But I also have friends in the US who have friends/family members called Randy. Again completely different connotations in the U.K.

Not an AIBU but it has amused me

OP posts:
Delbelleber · 31/08/2020 21:54

I wouldn't give a shit about Summer Eve but Randy no way!!

MrsSchadenfreude · 31/08/2020 21:56

Randy Bumgardner used to work for State Department. I think he moved to the White House a few years ago.

GlacindaTheTroll · 31/08/2020 21:59

'Just when I needed you most'

by Randy VanWarmer

TwinkleRocks · 31/08/2020 22:26

@katy1213

I'd have been laughing behind their back even without the unfortunate connotations! It's a dreadful name!
Same with me and the name Katy. Dreadful. It's like catty and who wants those unfortunate connotations. Might as well call your baby Bitch. Also, it's like your parents can't spell Katie.
KarlKennedysDurianFruit · 31/08/2020 23:56

It's not a great name, but no one in the UK will make the connection, it's not like they called her Woah Body-Form

Oncemorewithfeelin · 01/09/2020 00:29

They sell Summers eve products in Australia too.

nexus63 · 01/09/2020 00:32

i was in nuneaton last year, the girl was called summer-breeze and the boy was called lazarus, a neighbour from years ago called her daughter molly-kate, in glasgow the word mollicate usually means pull to pieces, destroy. the child may shorten her name to summer when she is older. summer-eve is not any worse than calling your daughter apple as one of the celebs did...lol

acatcalledjohn · 01/09/2020 00:48

@leafeater I knew someone called Randy Rogers Grin

OwlBeThere · 01/09/2020 01:03

i've never understood the jenny taylor thing, to me it sounds nothing like genitalia.
Jeh-nee Tay-luh
Jeh-nuh-tay-lee-uh.

not the same.

also, i think Summer Eve is a very pretty name. i'm in my 40s and never heard of this brand, despite spending a lot of time in the states.

Hollyhobbi · 01/09/2020 01:11

Not as bad as Ethan Dicks. His sister has a more sensible name!

doskant · 01/09/2020 01:14

When I was young there was a brand of sanitary products called Fleur. Then I met a Fleur, not realising it was a legit name. I was young enough that periods were new to me and initially felt really sorry for her. Then I grew up.

The Randy example reminds me of a friend who was upset everyone was calling a new friend “Loose”. He thought it was terribly unfair to suggest she was a tart. Then he realised her name was Lucy.

EveryPlanetHasAYorkshire · 01/09/2020 01:38

You can buy Summers Eve products from Amazon UK. No idea if you can get them anywhere else here though.

EveryPlanetHasAYorkshire · 01/09/2020 01:41

I went to a school with a Katy. She lived up to her name as she was a complete bitch.

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 01/09/2020 01:44

Sometimes people try hard to not give their children names that could cause future embarrassment, sometimes they don't care.

One of my old university lecturers had a son called Benjamin Richard. Nothing wrong with that until someone realised that in short form it was "Ben Dick" and sounded like Bendix appliances.

Austin Healey's parents apparently did it deliberately.

A friend of mine whose surname is White had a laugh toying with the idea of calling their DD "Isla" - but then didn't and went with something else.

Another friend in Scotland knew an Andrew Peacock who went by Drew.

You can't win, sometimes - and there will always be someone to pick up on it. So long as you don't laugh at the child themselves, it's ok to realise.

There's also this advert from Australia

Thunderblunder · 01/09/2020 01:48

There’s an American football player called Randy Bullock.
I kid you not.

ViciousJackdaw · 01/09/2020 01:51

Thankfully, the name Kylie has fallen out of fashion. Never mind Ms. Minogue, anyone who has worked in a nursing home will be thinking the same thought...

Unfortunate name choice
bettsbattenburg · 01/09/2020 03:44

@ShakerCan

Small child in UK called Jenny Taylor

When you hear it you can’t I hear it Blush poor kid when some school mate twigs.

I know an adult Jenny Taylor.
thetrees · 01/09/2020 06:47

I can't see the problem unless the baby decides to live in the states in which case she can just be called Summer.

I know a grown up Joby. It's true that a jobby is a word for shit in Scotland but he has always lived in England so it's never been an issue

lborgia · 01/09/2020 06:49

Yep, also in Oz,and the minute I saw the nameI thought of it. And I’ve only ever seen magazine ads, not sure I’ve even seen it in the supermarket.

Also in HK, Singapore, pan-Asia. Haven’t googled anywhere else, but was interested to know how many women are made to feel bad about their normal smell.

I’m expecting some interesting ads on my screen now.

AuntieStella · 01/09/2020 06:58

@ViciousJackdaw

Thankfully, the name Kylie has fallen out of fashion. Never mind Ms. Minogue, anyone who has worked in a nursing home will be thinking the same thought...
It's not quite the same

As I said above, if you google Summer Eve, you get a whole page of the brand products (plus how it is/was trending on TikTok)

If you google Kylie, you get a whole page of Jenner, with a tiny bit of Minogue, and no inco products whatsoever

edenhills · 01/09/2020 07:38

Sorry to miss the point of thread but i just googled summer eve. Vaginal doushing! I am in my 40s and have never heard of such a thing. Why would anyone want to do that!

LittleDoritt · 01/09/2020 08:48

My friend named her children Sam and Ella and we giggled similarly but no one had the guts to say anything to her. I don't know if she's twigged yet...

BadLad · 01/09/2020 09:03

Nobody yet claimed to know La-a, pronounced Ladasha, or @illa, pronounced Atilla?

MinnieJackson · 01/09/2020 09:50

Lol Shatner Nicks!

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 01/09/2020 11:39

@LittleDoritt

My friend named her children Sam and Ella and we giggled similarly but no one had the guts to say anything to her. I don't know if she's twigged yet...
Similar but different - friends of mine bought a Jack Russell and named it Charlie. A few months later they bought another dog and called it Lola.

NONE OF US picked up on it for months, including said friends, until one day I said "the reason DS2 isn't happy coming to yours is because of Charlie and Lola" and Ding! Lightbulb moment.

I like Sam'n'Ella though Grin