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Left wing boy baby name ideas?!

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slicerrice · 15/04/2017 15:29

Hi- does anyone have any left wing historical/political boys name ideas? I'm having a boy in August and after some ideas!
My DH is French so ideally the name needs to work in French too...

Thanks!

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PrimalChic · 16/04/2017 08:43

I know a Karl and a Kier. Both have leftie parents, neither grew up to be a Tory MP!

I don't see what the problem is with choosing a name that reflects your own beliefs or passions in life. My children are named after a scientist and a public figure I really respect.

lovecreameggs · 16/04/2017 20:37

Primal are they Beyoncé and sheldon? Wink

FeedTheSharkAndItWIllBite · 16/04/2017 20:59

Love the suggestion of Adam Marx.

You could also go for Charles, Kalle, Carlos or Chuck Marx.

I actually really like Chuck Marx. Huh... Interesting. Not sure why, tbh Wink

But I personally would go for a neutral name. Nathaniel? Thomas? Julius?

FeedTheSharkAndItWIllBite · 16/04/2017 21:05

Primal

My mother is very left-wing. Anti-gun, anti-capitalist, into expressive dance, against any kind of violence (even controlled violence in sports) and sent me to a Waldorfschool.

I turned out to be... quite different. And so did my little sister Wink

"left-wing name Marx" will most likely end up becoming a quite conservative man (imo)...

pushingthroughcracks · 16/04/2017 21:06

Wilberforce
Jesus Wink

Copperas · 16/04/2017 21:11

Thomas as a good utopian name? Victor or Serge?

Terfinator · 16/04/2017 21:15

Guardian

Geldof

Bono

Coldplay

MyNewBearTotoro · 16/04/2017 21:49

Corbyn

Floods123 · 16/04/2017 21:50

Hope child grows up to be a Tory.

PrimalChic · 16/04/2017 22:19

Love, if I ever get goldfish, I shall name them Beyoncé and Sheldon!

I guess what I'm trying to say is parents choose a name for the child that they believe reflects positively on them. Be it a reflection of beliefs, aspirations or culture. We all do it one way or another.

I love Adam, it would have been my DD's name had she been a boy.

Texasleftist · 03/12/2018 17:34

Militant Leftist names with french roots:
Jacobin
l’Égalité
Robespierre
Voltaire
Lafayette

pipilangstrumpf · 03/12/2018 17:42

Texas, this thread is over a year old and the baby probably already named!

Terfing · 03/12/2018 20:33

I do wonder what the baby was eventually called?

SheHasNotions · 03/12/2018 22:19

Blair? 😬

Maybe not.

SilverySurfer · 04/12/2018 10:34

Trotsky?
Gordon?

ButtonmushroomEx
Or take the humorous route and call him Skid?

Winning post Grin

brads88 · 04/12/2018 20:57

I don't know if they're particularly political but there are lots of nice French names... Etienne, Remy, Loic...

BasilFaulty · 09/12/2018 16:24

I really want to know what it was called!! Angry

knittedjest · 11/12/2018 03:39

Our lastname is Marx

I see. Did the occur naturally or was it a.... creative choice?

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