Panda...

[lottilie]

A friend of mine is due in a few weeks with a girl - she's set on the name Panda. I questioned it at first, & she is insistent that it is no different to the increasingly used names Bear, Fox, Wolf etc, etc... I have got used to it and it is slightly growing on me but still can't shake the thought that she's going to get hurt at bad reactions!! Does anyone on here having anything positive to say about it? 😂

(I have suggested Pandora nn Panda but she's not sold at all)

Fine as a nn for Amanda or Pandora. On its own, just no.

AfterSchoolWorry what about Wanka for a boy??

Even as a nickname I think it's horrible. Also pandas are cute but they're huge, slovenly, greedy and pretty stupid - not exactly an animal I'd like to be named after! Haha. (Saying that I'd not like to be named after any animal. I think this new animal naming this is awful!)

Christ almighty--does she realize she is naming a human being?

Bear and Fox etc. are pretty stupid too, quite honestly.

I think it's great. She could have a sibling called Bear or Koala or Roo or something.

My sister was nearly named Panda. Think she's quite relieved it was DF's turn to choose the name as she has a very normal traditional name instead!

Pandas are not greedy! They have to keep eating all day because there is so little nutrition in the bamboo. Would you say cows are greedy for eating grass all day?

Having now stuck up for pandas, I agree that they are cute animals but Panda is a bloody stupid name for a human being.

Is your friend 15? Ridiculous! Can you imagine them growing up to be a doctor or barrister? No, they'd be stymied by their idiot parents giving them a fucking ridiculous name - perhaps they should consider renaming themselves to Cockwomble

Pandas are not greedy! They have to keep eating all day because there is so little nutrition in the bamboo. Would you say cows are greedy for eating grass all day?
Great comparison! It is like calling your child Cow.

Fabulous animal. Ridiculous name. Beg her not to.

Might be cute for a few weeks for a newborn... but a child grows up. Would SHE like to be called Panda as an adult???!!!???

I think she should panda to her whim.

How about Pandora or Amanda nn Panda

I can’t believe that someone would do that to a child. So unkind

Only for a NN for Pandora

Bear fox and wolf are hideous enough but Panda?

Provided the child will be going to an independent school, I don't think it's more out there than other similar names..

I love it as a nickname for Pandora but there’s no way an adult can go through life called Panda!

I like it

O ffs.

Panda.

Fiat?

Pandas are greedy animals, because they hog a massively disproportionate amount of conservation funding given they are just generally fairly crap at survival/breeding anyway. Just because they look cute and their babies do surprisingly loud sneezes. Bloody pandas.

I had a cat called Panda.
My neighbour is calling her baby Oak.
Madness.

Yikes. I struggle with names like Autumn, Summer, April etc too.

Kimya Dawson's daughter is Panda, I kind of like it!

WelcomeToGreenvale just came on here to say that!

I think people don’t react as badly to unusual names as mumsnet would make you believe, I’ve met people with all sorts of unusual names but once you get to know the person you just get used to the name and it doesn’t seem odd any more

As I read this thread, the name is growing on me. I think it's quite a nice name.