Boudicca

[Kustan1972]

Do you like the name?

Do you know anyone called Boudicca?

Icenit around from time to time...

Yaaaass!

Apart from the obvious huge NOPE for this name anyway, she would have people telling her constantly that the spelling/pronunciation of her name is 'wrong' etc as well (whichever you chose).

I think the PP above nailed it when they said 'would you want to be called Boudicca'?

No, you can't use it.
Watch some horrible histories for a start. She didn't have a pleasant end.

No and no

I LOVE IT. I still wish id used it for dd.

Yes in horrid Henry, Google her

Boudicca was on DH's shortlist (of one) for DD.
He didn't get his way.

The lady in charge of SNARL which is the campaign about the Croydon Cat Killer is called "Boudicca Rising". I thought it was made up at first. I imagine her getting out of bed every morning going "RAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!".

It's hideous. Sorry.

Boudicca and Boadicea are the same person. It's just a different pronunciation.

Anyway OP this post of obviously a poss take but it's a no from me. What about Victoria (same meaning - victory)?

Me too @DramaAlpaca 😹

Are you considering the name to validate attaching tiny rotating knives onto her carriage wheels ? Historically incorrect carriage apparel allegedly, perhaps you should choose a name from the Roman Racing post instead.

I quite like it. It's quite a lot to live up to though.

Boudicca and Boadicea are the same person. It's just a different pronunciation. Yes, I think that’s why the second one was brought into the thread.

Or ‘that is why’, I should have said.

if you like unusual names, its probably best to not ask for opinions on them either on mumsnet or real life. In the UK anyway. I dont think people give a shit in america etc about only using classic names

i worked for a company who have a ship named Boudicca. it’s a good name for a ship. for a child? not so much.

I LOVE it. It was on my shortlist every time. You'd likely use a cool but tamer nickname anyway, so I don't see the issue with shouting it out in the playground.

Are we really saying you can't use a historical name because there's a bit of gory history behind it? Pretty much every 'royal' name has a pretty lurid past, not a reason not to use it. Off the top of my head, Anne and Catherine were both beheaded, Henry was a murderous philanderer who probably died of syphilis (clearly most of my historical knowledge centres around the Tudors) - all names nobody would bat an eyelid at. If we didn't use names with some negative connotations we'd have very few left! Most people aren't going to know the historically accurate story of Boudicca, the connotation is really more 'warrior queen' than anything else.

FWIW I rather like it. Also like the nickname Bohdi or Bo.

Usually I hate all names on the name board, but I do really like this one.

However dc1 has an uncommon name that I love which I didn't realise when I named him. I do always wonder if there are so few others because it's a hideous name even though I like it.

No. And no. Apart from the historical one. And the vicar of dibley, whose embarrassing middle name it is.

How about Helen for a famous female from the past?

I researched the history of the last house I lived in, and in the 1909 census there was a housekeeper living there called Boadicea.

I rather like it, but subtle it ain’t.

I know of a Boadicea in my town. She mostly goes by Bodi.

God poor kidcimagine if she’s a quiet low key sort and has to start secondary with that name. Would you like to be called that op?

Lol @ Helen being an alternative to Boudicca

I love it! But then i'm often told i'm a bit odd.

I did once meet a Gaia which has a similar sort of earth-mother feel going on.