Thaddeus and Balthazar

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My lovely possibly boy matching twins.

Yes????

Love it

Was going to call ds2 balthazar

Which would have matched ds1 beautifully

Simply divine.

You are setting them up. Thaddeus I think is ok (Teddy? Tad?) but Balthazar? No one will know how to pronounce it or spell it and people will think it pretentious.

Tongue twister! Surely this is a wind up

Where I live up North those names would guarantee your boys be a target for bullies, but you probably live somewhere very upmarket....

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Thad or Thaddie perhaps

Is this a joke? Are pp being sarcastic! I'm confused.

Balthazar is a fantastic name! I nearly convinced DH with DS1 (we were going to use Baz for short...!). It is on standby for if we ever get a dog.

I like them.
Thads and Balz for nicknames.

Do you live in Middle Earth?

Is this a joke? Are pp being sarcastic! I'm confused

Nope...im being serious

Love the name balthazar

Dh wasn’t keen and between us we came up with another name...i had 30 names on my list including balthazar and dh had 6

Two of the names were the same and we went for one of those

Errrr, no.

Are you going to shorten them to Thaddy and Bally?

Sounds more like something from Greek mythology, but it works there. Not today though.

It you could shorten Balthazar to Balonz.

@Rufusthebewilderedreindeer Omg I need to know ds1's name!!!!

@sirmione16 nope, but I'm not sure we have the guts

@FloatingthroughSpace erm no, Midlands and not a posh bit...

@Celebellynobit the kids will blend in of we move 🤣🤣

I dated aThaddeus in the 70s, I haven't met one since. I liked the name though it did get shortrned to Ted by most people. The other name is good too. He was one of the three wise men I think.

Yes he was sue

Ted has always been short for edward..wouldn’t occur to me that it may be short for Thaddeus

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Well if you don't live in Sloane Square or South Ken and aren't aiming for Eton, I would say a firm "nope" unless you want you kids to have the mickey ripped throughout their formative years.

I guess it will be character building.

Do you live somewhere very very posh?

Really? I think your pregnancy brain has melted. Poor wee souls getting landed with such try hard we’re quirky names/ parents are knobs.

I wouldn’t

Never ending story is an amazing film. Sadly I think the reference will be lost on kids.

Love Balthazar really not keen on Thaddeus

Love Balthazar, not so keen on Thaddeus though. I know a Balthazar and think it's a great name - also - (to give you a bit of hope) he's a grown man and people don't question it.

It would be a no from me

Thaddeus was one of the twelve disciples. Normal name.

Balthazar, while traditionally the name of one of the magi, my mind always goes first to the demon. But I do love julien mcmahon so...