Thaddeus and Balthazar

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My lovely possibly boy matching twins.

Yes????

Love the names! I have a Barnaby who we call Barney

@ReganSomerset if you ignore the origins, it's a really nice name 😊. If I was having mismatched twins I could have Lucifer and Lillith. Of course you could never actually use Lucifer. I like Lucien tho

@BedraggledBlitz that only makes me like them more lol

No Charmed or Buffy fans here? I could never take the name Balthazar seriously

@SleepingStandingUp I had found myself thinking that Lucifer was a lovely name. The only possible problem was that it was shortened to Lucy, not great for a boy.

Balthazar was one of the three wise men wasn't he? I quite like it. Thaddeus not so much.

I like them both, especially Thaddeus! Both are classic strong names.

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Only on mumsnet would people rave about those names

Seriously this is beyond reasonable and borders on abuse imo. People need to realise this "cute" and "original" name is going to negatively impact the poor child's entire life. Get over yourselves.

People need to realise this "cute" and "original" name is going to negatively impact the poor child's entire life

In what way will it negatively impact his life?

I like Thaddeus but Balthazar not so much.

How about Thaddeus and Malachi?

I love Balthazar. I would use Zar as nickname rather than Balt (?)

negatively impact the poor child's entire life

My child has an original name

Hasn’t had a negative impact yet

Only on mumsnet would people rave about those names

Thats rubbish as well

We had ds1 name picked out when i was 17 and dh 18

Long long time ago

100% fuck no .

@CurlyWurlyTwirly not necessarily. I only joined MN a few months ago and my children were named a few years ago. Old fashioned and very uncommon. Nothing unusual about their names in my children's school and there would be nothing out of the ordinary with a Thaddeus or Balthazar there either. Far better that than a Lilly-Mae, Ella-Rose or other hyphenated combo, Jayden, Hayden, Amelia, or the thousand Harry's we meet.

@Grufallosfriends how will it negatively impact them? Completely outing myself here but between my two children classes and the year above these are some of the names. I would say these are names that are normal for where we are and no one would bat an eyelid at them.
Persephone
Araminta
Octavia
Ophelia
Abraham
Gilbert
bartholomew
Rupert
Phineas
Barnaby
Dashiell
Seraphina
Zebedee
Titus.

Lovely names Kanga!

I still don't see how such names would negatively impact you?!

In my experience a memorable name is far better than a boring overused top 10 name.

With names like the op mentioned there would be all sorts of nicknames applied which are not under her control. It is quite possible that she would even hate what her children were known as. In a world where bullying is so prevalent why would you add more fuel to the fire? Even as the children age there are many repercussions of having a name like these, for example can you imagine the children being taken seriously? They may well be embarrassed or ashamed of the names when they begin to develop as young adults. I imagine it would be awkward when they are applying for jobs. And on a less serious note if I was to meet a kid named as such personally I'd wonder what drugs her parents were on at the time they named them. It's all well and good these names being "popular" in some parts of the world but do you know anyone named either? There is most likely a reason if you don't.

With names like the op mentioned there would be all sorts of nicknames applied which are not under her control. It is quite possible that she would even hate what her children were known as

Same with most names eg William (Willy) Isaac (I suck) etc

I know a Thaddeus who's been very happy with his name!

Apologies @Grufallosfriends that was aimed at the poster below you who said it would negatively impact. I tagged the wrong person.

I prefer Balthazar to Thaddeus.

Love Misha.

Love Thaddeus, hadn't come across that name before.

If you love the names then go for it. My mother always said biblical names were the steady and safe choice! And I don't think you need worry about bullying, it's not the 1970s any more, and we can all cope with unusual names.