Thaddeus and Balthazar

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My lovely possibly boy matching twins.

Yes????

I would not agree with there being less bullying now, if anything there is a lot more and many more platforms for it to take place on.

There is a Balthazar living near me, who is one of 4, whose siblings also have the most ridiculously pretentious names. And I live in a place where my children have a lot of Montys, Ruperts, Sebastians, Jaspers etc in their classes.... I'm afraid a lot of people judge, and not kindly.

There is a Balthazar living near me, who is one of 4, whose siblings also have the most ridiculously pretentious names.

What is 'pretentious' actually supposed to mean?

Have you considered that they may actually like their names? That his parents may not be 'pretending' anything?

@Panicmode1 what on earth is pretentious about Monty, Sebastian, Rupert, Jasper etc. Normal, classic names that will take a child into adulthood nicely. Judge away.

@MumdayMania Malachi was in my list for DS1but everyone's negativity ruined it. I adore it tho.

@WhatNowDear this borders on abuse well good look reporting me to SS fro picking a name you don't like. this "cute" and "original" name is going to negatively impact the poor child's entire life but it isn't original, it's literally in the bible. I mean, for providence what more do you want? It's hardly Questizabelle and Fingustina is it??? Get over yourselves get over what exactly? Liking old biblical names? The horror, I must be such a terrible person.

@Kanga83 I suspect your live somewhere posher than me. I think I was meant to be posher than I've turned out lol, those names are awesome. I adore Persephone but I worry about people pronouncing it right.

I like malachi

I knew a malachi when ds1 was little

You'll be pleased to know my girl names are far more sensible.
Arabella, Ariella, Arianna etc.

Is it Balthazar one of the 3 kings? Poor kid won't be fun for him.

Saint Balthazar; also called Balthasar, Balthassar, and Bithisarea,[1] was according to tradition one of the biblical Magi along with Caspar and Melchior who visited the infant Jesus after he was born. Balthazar is traditionally referred to as the King of Arabia and gave the gift of myrrh to Jesus. In the Roman Catholic Church, he is regarded as a saint.
You can name the other Caspar and if you have a third son Melchior.
I'm not being horrible just pointing out what's on the horizon.

@kanga83 Nothing. They are all lovely names and relatively common in the very nice part of the world in which I live. So by calling your child Balthazar (and the siblings names which are equally 'try hard'), it makes you look rather pretentious - and there have been lots of conversations around the tables of the ladies that lunch here, which haven't always been very kind about the choices. If they were going to private school then maybe it wouldn't matter, but they are in state schools. Even at the (public) schools my brother and I went to, Balthazar and Thaddeus would have been sniggered at.

I can just get over Thaddeus, but not Balthazar. You are just asking for teachers to name him a little demon!

Can't even get a good nickname for that either. Such a heavy name to bear.

@Panicmode1 I think I'd rather be thiught pretentious than be the sort of woman who sits around bitching over. Lunch about children's names. If one of us needs to get over ourselves, it's not me. You'd think they'd muster enough class to find something else to talk about.

Dear god no. Cassius and Atticus are much better. Go with those.

I agree sleeping

Luckily my friends don’t sit around criticising childrens names

I think I'd rather be thought* pretentious than be the sort of woman who sits around bitching over* lunch about children's names.

I agree

Horrible names. Imagine being a teenage boy and being called Balthazar.
You are being selfish, thinking of yourself and not your poor child who will have to live with that ridiculous name.

there have been lots of conversations around the tables of the ladies that lunch here, which haven't always been very kind about the choices

Wow, you seem to have lovely friends

Wow

I’d heard the baby names board was a bear pit

I thought ...how bad can it be

@Rufusthebewilderedreindeer You don't think the OP posted these names to cause a reaction? Please.

No I don’t

I like the names

And if I didn’t i would either not comment at all or just say

I really dont like those names

Not ‘oh my god you are ruining thats childs life ‘ which ive seen on here

I think you can have an opinion without being mean...but i know this is mumsnet

Oh the irony of posting on a forum asking for opinions about children's names, and then sagging off those who do so in real life.

Panicmode, there's a difference between asking about opinions for potential babies and bitching about actual children's names!

Sorry potential baby names