Noah Parker / Nosy Parker

[vickysh]

Help!
I've chosen the name Noah and my partner has chosen the middle name Parker.
But the more I say it / hear it, the more I hear 'nosy parker'
Does anyone else think that the names are too similar? Too much of an easy target for name calling etc? Or am I making too much of it?
Honest answers please! Thank you!!

Nope i don't think they sound similar. Love Noah Parker.

If it’s just a middle name, no one will ever use it. More of a problem if Parker was your surname.

To my ears it sounds more like 'No, a Parker'

It’s a bit harsh, but I’m not getting the nosey Parker vibe. Rosie Parker would be worrying though

Oh Noah. I thought it said Norah Parker.
Yes I’m afraid I’m feeling the Nosey Park thing, sorry. Think because they both begin with the No sound.

Parker is a surname so unless it is a family name to pass through the generations it just sounds like nosy parker.

Keep Noah but tell him to choose again.

I don't think the young folk say nosey parker anyway. I don't think you should worry. As a previous poster said, Rosie Parker maybe but not Noah Parker. And if anyone does say anything it will just be a 'hilarious' dad or uncle. Not a school age person.

Haha it definitely sounds like nosy parker to me! However you probably won't say his full name out loud much. Maybe it could be an amusing in joke?

I think it’s fine as it’s a middle name

I've never heard the expression 'nosey parker'. Sounds old fashioned

Who's Rosie Parker?

Oh I see (engages brain, well it is late!). But Noah Parker sounds more like Nosy Parker to me than Rosie P. I would avoid.

I see it's for a middle name, not the last name. I would just get your partner to choose something else for the middle. Parker isn't very nice anyway, why would you choose it voluntarily, if not a family name?

I do not hear Nosey Parker at all. I think Parker is a great name with much history and tradition.

Yep, sounds like nosey Parker. Not good in my opinion

I hear - "Know a Parker?" , so a flip to Nosey Parker isn't a stretch.

Sorry.

Love the name Noah, and as a middle name I think Parker is fine - it won't be said aloud much!

It doesn't make me thing of Nosy Parker.

99% of the time he'd just be Noah Surname, lots of kids won't know his middle name, go for it

@Snoopy90 are you 7 years old? It’s really not an uncommon phrase or a particularly old fashioned one. I’m 31 and it’s been a well used phrase my whole life.

I've never heard the expression 'nosey parker'. Sounds old fashioned

Really?! I’m 24 and have heard it god knows how many times. Not old fashioned at all