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Leighyum

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YerAuntFanny · 02/08/2018 17:19

Why? Just. Why?

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YeTalkShiteHen · 03/08/2018 16:06

It is great! The name DD goes by (nickname for her given name) was more common, but not massively.

It’s really fascinating to see what influences names and also the introduction of names from other countries/cultures.

WaxOnFeckOff · 03/08/2018 16:10

It is. Here is the article that goes with the link to the app.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-45031042

YeTalkShiteHen · 03/08/2018 16:14

Thanks I’ll have a look!

olderthanyouthink · 03/08/2018 16:20

I have a somewhat yooneek name (couple extra letters), according to births, deaths and marriages there are 4 of us in - I guess - England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland.

There's more on facebook but not that many, mostly in the US.

My nan was suggested the name and told to spell it this way as its the Irish spelling... it's really not.

WaxOnFeckOff · 03/08/2018 16:27

Births, deaths and marriages only covers E&W I think, plus they only report when there are more than 3 born in a year so there may be more. Did you try it in the link I posted above olderthan?

BlancheM · 03/08/2018 16:38

I lovely young neighbour of mine is considering Thatcher for her son- which might raise some eyebrows in this deindustrialised town.

FeminaSum · 03/08/2018 16:50

I can do worse than Leighyum.

I used to know a Susej, pronounced soo-jay. Yes, that's Jesus backwards, and no, those letters do not make those sounds.

LookAtIt · 03/08/2018 17:54

Just spotted random FB personalised stuff and this appeared. It took me a second to figure out what it said!

Sorry but are you sure it's actually someone's name. Not a joke nickname or someone called Leigh Yum (Chinese surname? Not sure)

I feel like I'd need something more to believe it was a name someone had actually called their kid? - FB personalized stuff doesn't necessarily mean actual real name ....does it?

ladydickisathingapparently · 03/08/2018 17:55

Thatcher! Oh my word.

DH had a colleague (not from the UK) who called her son Harlow. She thought it sounded glamorous. As someone born in the windswept misery of the Essex town by that name I can assure you that Harlow is not suggestive of glamour to me Grin.

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 03/08/2018 18:37

I know a Harlow, but she's a girl.

iklboo · 03/08/2018 18:44

I used to know a Susej, pronounced soo-jay.

I'd have pronounced that 'sausage' if I saw it written down without your explanation Grin

D0do · 03/08/2018 20:37

Harlow for a girl? That's unfortunate.

Famous anecdote, possibly apocryphal:

In the 1930s, ex-Prime Minister's wife, Margot Asquith, met the platinum blonde film star Jean Harlow, who repeatedly pronounced her name Margott. Eventually Lady Asquith said “My dear, the final ‘t’ is silent, as in Harlow.”

Rude and snobby, but it makes me laugh. One of several reasons I would never name a baby girl Harlow.

YeTalkShiteHen · 03/08/2018 20:56

In the 1930s, ex-Prime Minister's wife, Margot Asquith, met the platinum blonde film star Jean Harlow, who repeatedly pronounced her name Margott. Eventually Lady Asquith said “My dear, the final ‘t’ is silent, as in Harlow.”

Took me longer than it should have but it did make me chuckle.

Monday55 · 03/08/2018 21:09

Blasphemy !!

AndNoneForGretchenWieners · 04/08/2018 00:19

dodo Grin

toffee1000 · 04/08/2018 02:41

I’ve seen Teighlun. One of his siblings is called Charlie.
Yewneek spellings might be ridiculous, but if you’re going to have a group of kids you should try and give them all daft names, for consistency. It looks odd if you have a Jack and a Sophie and then a Lewsee and a PhuckingDoant.

Mousefunky · 04/08/2018 10:54

The yum at the end though Grin. And I thought Maizi in DS’ class was bad...

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YerAuntFanny · 04/08/2018 19:53

Well, I've been a bit quiet. Went off and forgot about this but I have to hold my hands up on this one...

Looking back at my screenshot I now see it's just Leighum, no Y. I misspelled it, oh the irony

Still though, why not just Liam? It changes the whole pronunciation of it!!

I'm pretty sure it's legit as it's a personalised pencil case and gym bag for starting school. Surely you wouldn't nickname those?

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BabySharkDooDooDooDoo · 04/08/2018 20:33

Still of the view even minus the y leighum is a wanky way to spell liam Grin

YeTalkShiteHen · 04/08/2018 20:36

BabySharkDooDooDooDoo aaaaaaargh I’ve just got that bloody song out of my head and then I saw your username Grin

BabySharkDooDooDooDoo · 04/08/2018 21:42

yetalkshitehen i humbly apologise Grin my ds has just recently discovered it and loves it. I needed an nc as hadnt done one in yonks and thus my new nn was thought of as he sang along to it. Im not so much a fan... Grin the monkey version is utterly shite though

BlancheM · 04/08/2018 22:44

What about Leighuh instead of Leah 😂 I'm sure there was someone on Catfish called that

WaxOnFeckOff · 04/08/2018 22:47

If numbers weren't illegal we'd have L8on by now. Be thankful for small mercies....

1da for a girl?

NCPuffin · 04/08/2018 23:02

I can offer you Summer-Rayne - ticks all the boxes: double-barrelled, is a real thing (not a name) and has a yooneeq spelling! I think the irony of there being a draught in this child's first summer is probably lost on her mother...

Wolfcub · 04/08/2018 23:14

If you say sausage in a Manc accent for the Jonny Depp Sauvage perfume add (sauce-aage) then that’s how I read backwards Jesus/ Susej