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What are bad names to call your baby

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AmiorEzzy · 27/04/2013 08:46

I am expecting a baby boy what should I call him?

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DonDrapersAltrEgoBigglesDraper · 27/04/2013 08:51

Bad, as in good?

noblegiraffe · 27/04/2013 08:55

Hitler

DonDrapersAltrEgoBigglesDraper · 27/04/2013 09:00

Bernard.

scaevola · 27/04/2013 09:00

A name which is traditionally a girls name.

Anything that sounds rude with your surname.

turkeyboots · 27/04/2013 09:01

Weasel would be bad.

scaevola · 27/04/2013 09:02

Those were bad naming strategies not clear from difference betwee title and ZoP which you actually want.

Good naming strategies are: names you've always loved (especially if you can get DP's blood off the carpet when you realise his ideas are different), and names which honour ancestors.

scaevola · 27/04/2013 09:03

I know a Weasel! (nn for Louis/Louise)

noblegiraffe · 27/04/2013 09:09

Celebrities might be able to get away with Peaches or Apple, but Banana is a no.

TheFallenNinja · 27/04/2013 09:40

Anything that rhymes with swear words Grin

EhricLovesTeamQhuay · 27/04/2013 09:46

How and why can we tell you what to call your child? There are millions of variables. Don't call him Sue.

insanityscratching · 27/04/2013 10:08

Don't give him a name and then alter the spelling because the poor child will be forever spelling his name for people. So James would be good but Jaymz would be bad.

Dontbugmemalone · 27/04/2013 10:31

It depends on what names you like?

Agree to not rhyming with swear words.

CheesyPoofs · 27/04/2013 10:45

Satan
Judas
Hitler
Gaylord
Sue

breatheslowly · 27/04/2013 10:46

I'd try not to give him a name so unusual that most people's first thought is "that's not a name".

fussychica · 27/04/2013 14:29

A five minute wonder name eg named after some celeb of the moment
A made up name/spelling
A name which is silly with your surname eg Eileen Over
What everyone else has already said.

Corygal · 27/04/2013 14:38

Branding isn't wildly, um, privileged-sounding - Timberland, Mulberry and Burberry may not immediately suggest the next Chairman of BP.

katolla · 27/04/2013 14:41

The Wizard

MrsGeologist · 27/04/2013 14:43

I dunno katolla, The Wizard sounds pretty awesome to me Grin

Still18atheart · 27/04/2013 14:48

Intials which make rude words - i.e Christopher Rupert Alfred Perkins

MummyBurrows · 27/04/2013 14:57

I wouldn't recommend Voldemort...or Rumpelstiltskin (sp?)...or Shrek...and I guess Spiderman probably isn't a good idea either....

Mother2many · 27/04/2013 14:58

Apple

Sheshelob · 27/04/2013 14:59

The Wizard!

Any 'The' names are awesome.

The General
The Boss
The Man
The One and Only

Those are the names of my future children sorted.

AnAirOfHope · 27/04/2013 15:01

Dewaine
God
Littleshit
Littlesod
House
Boy
Fart
Ferat
Rat
There are loads lol

ThenWeTakeBerlin · 27/04/2013 15:11

Adolf
AryanNation
Beelzebub
Jesus

(The last two are illegal, I believe)

hellokitty124 · 27/04/2013 22:28

This is a joke question, right? Grin