Thaddeus and Balthazar

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My lovely possibly boy matching twins.

Yes????

@Asdf12345 I cannot believe you posted that.

I’m not particularly keen on Thaddeus or Balthazar.

I do like the not so many miles away names Thackeray and Bartholomew though.

I knew a dachshund called Thaddeus, he had a brother called Timothy....🤣

@OhMsBeliever OMG I considered going but realised I would just be far too embarrassed to actually do it.

He may love you now, a wink is a serious thing.

Meh pretentious doesn't bother me. I'm not insecure enough to think my kids are inferior and need boasting with a name to make them special. They'd be special is we picked John and Jack , I just don't like them

Thackeray cute
Bartholomew nn rhymes with Fart

The twins in the Sherlock Holmes novel, The Sign of Four, are called Bartholomew and Thaddeus. The characters are as pretentious as the names sound.

Balthazar?! Isn’t that a Pokemon character? It’s certainly not a name that’s ever crossed my radar, I can’t imagine having one in a class I teach, I’d certainly find it very peculiar! But people lumber their kids with strange names, I work with an Adonis and at first I thought it was hilarious (he doesn’t doesn’t look like one ) but I’m used to it now, seems normal. Big name to line up to though isn’t it.. his parents were a bit cruel!

Throwing another Balthazar into the ring...

Fuck no. NO.

I swooned over Balthazar Getty when he was in Young Guns way back in the day.

Go for it OP. IME folk generally only regret safe names . I have a Fabian and a Raphael nn Rafe. Don't regret a thing. A friend wanted to call her DS Sonny and chose James as it was a bit out there. She regretted it.

I think both names are ace.

I don't know why but to me Thaddeus and Balthazar sound like a pair of big ginger Tom cats.

Do that the he I were the names of some of the mumsnet Halloween ravens.

They were

@FunnysInLaJardin love your names. DH said no.

I know a little Balthazar! His brother is Cassius. I love Balthazar.

Thaddeus sounds ugly to my ear. The actual sound isn’t a nice one.

Actually there is also a woman who posts on here sometimes, who has a following on Instagram and her twins boys are Balthazar and Lysander.

So it turns out I know of two Balthazar’s under school age!

@SleepingStandingUp
Thank you! I would have have said Balt-hazar which sounds weird and like 'walt'- a slang word for something rude!

@Mummyshark2018 aahyes that would sound much worse

@FogCutter they really really do!

I like Thaddeus very much, but Balthazar would make me think you were Satanists or something. Balthazar sounds a bit bonkers ... sorry.

What the

Balthazar would make me think you were Satanists or something

“We felt that Beelzebub was a tad common so opted for Balthazar instead. You must excuse me now I’m afraid I have a cockerel to sacrifice before baby signing”

Lucifer?

No. Sound like Thor's sidekicks.