Bertha. What do we think?

[auntyfash]

I'm really liking this name, but my dh thinks it sounds a bit common. I say it's not common at all...your opinions please.

why not? Tosser!

Not really liking it sorry

To my elderly ears it sounds terribly old fashioned. "Big Bertha" was always a joke name.

Wanker yourself, btw, if we're handing out random insults.

Of course I meant it for a boy! I could never call a daughter that name. Tosser is and always has been a lad's name imo.

I find Emily and Martha old fashioned but they seem to be acceptable wanky names.

My other kids are called Fanny and Donna. I need something to go with those.

sounds very wanky to me

Bertha, oh lovely Bertha, you know she works like a dream...

Isn't Biffa Bacon mam called Bertha?

No, op, no.

Look here, I'm pig ugly, my husband makes Plug look handsome, my child has no chance! Maybe what I should have said in my OP was is Bertha a good name for a pug ugly child?

How about Beryl?

Nah, changed me mind. Gonna call him Beverly. After the hills.

yes Bertha is a good name for a pug ugly fat boy.

I know a couple of Bertha's both nicknames for fat lads. Also know a woman called Bertha, not sure if it's a nickname or not.

Sorry, but the Big Bertha associations are just too strong, even though it's over 60 years since the War.

My name is Beth and I am quite tall compared to the rest of my family and so was nicknamed Big Bertha.

It does not hold attractive connotations.

Sounds fat.