Gautham

[Username12345]

My cousin would like some middle name suggestions.

Thank you.

"It's an Indian name; some of the responses seems a bit er, ignorant."

Nonsense. If you are in an English-speaking context and your child will be living in an English-speaking context, you generally give your child a name which will not sound "funny" in said context. And if a name sounds funny, well, it will continue to sound funny even if people "know" that it comes from other country (and they may, in fact, not realize that it comes from another country).

I wouldn't call my child "Ben" or "Deborah" or "Imogen" or "John" in Japan (to give just a few examples) because they would sound funny. Doesn't mean the Japanese are "ignorant"; it's just that those names suggest unflattering things in Japanese.

(Although, as it is, I actually don't think Gautham is too bad. I've heard worse.)

Krishna.

On the "Snowdrop" thread the OP had to give up on her preferred name choice because it was pointed out that, combined with her surname, it made a rather silly/amusing phrase. Canvassing for unfortunate associations is one of the main benefits of using an anonymous forum such as this.
It's not racist to not be aware of the origins of every name that could possibly be presented here. Nor is it racist to point out a very obvious association that will undoubtably be made to a name. It is more racist to suggest that a greater level of delicacy should be afforded names that are foreign.
If I was the OP I'd be grateful to have these insights in advance rather than be surprised my Batman comments down the track.

I have no interest in what people think of the name. It is not an 'opinion on this name' thread. But I know it's hard for some to focus.

Don't recognise the name? Take the 5 seconds it takes to Google something. It stops you looking stupid and making ignorant comments.

My cousin has a shortlist now so those of you who actually helped and posted something worthwhile, Thank you.

Everyone else, I'm sure I'll see you on the threads where there is a name to be made fun of.

Username why do I get the feeling that you just started this thread in he way that you did, simply to prove some sort of point?

Well, the batman references totally passed me by. I think it's a fairly well know Asian name.

Some of the comments are a bit

How about Gautham Alexander?

Username12345 Why so cranky? The point of name threads is to get an idea of the kind of thing that people think of a name - the kind of things that people IRL will also think but might be to polite to say.

No one here has said anything mean - if I was your cousin I would probably want to take the Batman thing into consideration. She can dismiss it if it doesn't bother her, but at least she'll know.

People are being helpful by giving you their honest first impression - not cruel or racist. IRL people won't be sitting there googling the name, but plenty of people will make a Batman association. It's worth knowing in advance surely?

"Don't recognise the name? Take the 5 seconds it takes to Google something."

Look, people IRL are not going to Google a name before reacting to it are they? If you want to know what sort of IMMEDIATE reaction a name is going to get, then that's why you come to to sodding name forum.

As another poster said, one gets the impression you started this thread in order to make a point about something or other.

OP If you wanted you could've also taken "5 seconds to google something"

Google "boys names that go with Gautham"

Good point Uri on a discussion board you get a discussion (amazingly enough) and discussions can go in directions not originally dictated by the person who starts the discussion!

I suspect the OP is a bit defensive as the name has already been selected and she associates it already with her cousin's boy. That's fair enough but it's worth considering that this feeling will be multiplied when the baby is born if people make Gotham City jokes or ask 'Are you a Batman fan then?'.