Judged for my kids' names?!

[HughGrantFan28]

Hi fellow mums! I'm new to the site, not too sure how it all works LOL
I have always been a massive Oasis fan (sorry Blur fans) and they have influenced me and inspired me throughout my entire life, so when i found out i was having two little twin boys, i thought it would be amazing to name them after the Gallagher brothers! I thought it was a sweet idea, but people seem to frown and laugh thinking it's a joke!! Have to say it does hurt a bit. All the best, Catherine xx

I expected it as a little joke????

You used your children’s lifelong names as a joke????

Beyond words, not exactly role models either. Such poor taste to name your children after pop singers, poor kids they may hate oasis music.

I have a dog called Bob and wanted to call his brother Marley. My ex husband talked me out of it, and I'm kind of glad he did now and could not imagine calling my kids after my favourite singers. Bit childish, but at least the names aren't too outlandish I suppose.

I have brothers called Noel and Liam, we are also of Irish heritage, and they are 58 and 56!! So they are the original brothers!

Great band, very important to mine and my families lives. Honestly Liam and Noel are fantastic Irish names. If you have a third boy Paul is also a brilliant saint’s name, honestly living in Ireland they are amongst the most popular boys names. Hold your head up high and make sure they wear Man City blue on a regular basis 😊💙

You could always pretend you don't know who Oasis are if anyone mentions it.

My friend named her sons Ross and Ben (big Friends fan)

Oh and my DH is called Noel 👍

You might get people assuming an Irish link somewhere. DD has a Ukrainian name so people assume I'm Eastern European, not that I just liked the name (and my Dad suddenly announcing he hated the Irish version of her name!). If you're happy to explain that, go for it.

Liam and Noel are lovely names and Oasis are amazing so I'm very impressed. I wouldn't laugh

Lovely names,
just say well I love the names and the band and sure that's the main thing, don't sweat the small things in life and be content with your decisions.

It is funny, get over it but if you like the names then do it... Trust me every year teachers look at the new intake of kids and their names, lots of rolling of eyes and deep breaths are taken as they mostly know which kids are going to be the precious little things and to be the problems! They are not wrong!

I called my daughter reeva and her name actually came about as I was watching the oscar Pistorius trial at the time and I fell in love with the name

I once taught a girl called Tia Maria. She didn't seem bothered...

I once taught a girl called Tia Maria

I went to school with a girl called Bacardi

I knew a woman at work who named her baby Cara Mia...

Avoid any matchy matchy names for twins as it's naff.
Twins need their own individual names - not always to be know as the twins or always be one half of something. Give them their own individual identity. Never dress them the same - that's double naff.
See all the research from TAMBA/Twins Trust as to why this is so important.
(I am a mother of twins).

I once knew two children who were called Ronnie and Reggie 🙄🤔. Who calls their children that? Liam and Noel seem quite normal by comparison.

Poodles03

That's my point, many people call their kids after things that mean something to them, just you wouldn't know it. If anyone criticises you'll often find they did something similar with previous relatives names when deciding what to call their kids, is that really any different to naming your kids after rock stars, if those rock stars mean something to you?

Trust me every year teachers look at the new intake of kids and their names, lots of rolling of eyes and deep breaths are taken as they mostly know which kids are going to be the precious little things and to be the problems! They are not wrong!

Oh interesting. How do they mostly know? I think names like Hugo and Milo are now ordinary names when once they were aspirational? Names like Evie and Ruby are ten a penny. Apart from obvious Disney princess Aurora type names, how do they interpret names?

For goodness sake - if someone told me their sons were called Noel and Liam I wouldn't bat an eyelid. I would pick up the Oasis connection, but wouldn't necessarily think that the boys had been named after the Gallaghers. They are both perfectly sensible names, and plenty of people call their children after musicians. Ignore the nasty people on this thread OP, it seems some of them have nothing better to do than try and put other people down.

Not as bad as the woman who called her twins Kylie and Charlene.

That's so disrespectful. At least you named them after members of a great band unlike people who name their children after bands such as The Beatles

Debra

@pallasathena You sound utterly terrifying and way harsh. HER reality is that the band and their songs carry significance and, as she said, helped her throughout her years.

Isn’t it supposed to be children who judge and make fun of names as they don’t yet know any better? Luckily their peers won’t have the foggiest.

OP you absolutely don’t have to give an explanation for this to anybody or explain any of your life choices. You could’ve called them Pear and Plum, Just don’t give a flying..,

They are both very nice names and as your boys get older, less people will make the connection.

I had no idea there was a series of Usborne children's books about siblings called Poppy and Sam until I took my two to toddler group for the first time and all the mums there thought that's where I'd got their names from

What about Liam and Leon?