Noah or Thatcher?

[honeybee95]

We are naming our DS Noah, but we have always loved Thatcher, but we both agreed it's a bit out there and I just wondered what you would have chosen?

Noah or Thatcher? Older DS is Jude.

Noah. Thatcher isn't a name.

@honeybee95

Yes I want opinions, but the people saying don't call your child that, or surely there's more options...I've already said we are calling him Noah 🙄

Why bother with the thread then?

@honeybee95

Yes I want opinions, but the people saying don't call your child that, or surely there's more options...I've already said we are calling him Noah 🙄

You want opinions.... but only if you like the sound of them??

Exactly! What a completely pointless thread.

Thatcher is unuseable in uk, even if you were a massive fan of Margaret Thatcher, and I assume you must be to even consider this, it's just not fair to burden your child with a name that has such deeply unpleasant connotations.

You are absolutely right.

Except for the bit about it still being a nice name- it’s not, it’s a harsh, impersonal word which doesn’t make a good name at all... no warmth, it doesn’t roll off the tongue. Particularly dislike it when boy names are something like this - actively hard and harsh.

This is a pointless thread. You’d already chosen Noah.

Very different names! I don't really like Noah as every other child is either called Noah or Oliver but Thatcher has grown on me since I first read it. I deff prefer it to Noah. I live in the south west so everyone would say Fatcher as well so don't know if that's a consideration

Oh damn sorry I just read the thread 🤦🏽‍♀️

Thank goodness you are calling him Noah. Thatcher’s just B-A-D.

Thatcher is appalling, I know one and his grandma and grandpa literally cringe when the introduce him.

Jude is nice. Too many Noah's at my kids school.

You made the right choice. Politics aside, Thatcher is pronounced Fatcha where I live which is not pretty.

I’m not a great fan of occupational surnames as given names but at least e.g. Fletcher and Cooper relate to largely extinct crafts. There is still a lot of demand for skilled thatchers in many parts of the country and using an extant occupation as a name is just that bit closer to calling your child Plumber or Doctor.

Noah

As everyone says, a big No to Thatcher. I thoroughly dislike Noah, it's a whiny sort of name, but anything's better than Thatcher.

On a positive note, Jude is a great name.

Just couldn’t do Thatcher for the glaringly obvious reason. So would have to be Noah. There are other -er names I kind of like, Asher and Archer, although I’d never use myself. But Thatcher has too much behind it and would get instant ribbing, even hostility where I’m from.

Noah is great

Thatcher - no, deffo not.

Noah

Why are we here?

Pretty certain a Thatcher growing up now wouldn't be called anything to do with milk snatching.

Unless your circle of middle-aged and old adults is particularly immature and cruel?

(don't get me wrong, I don't think it's a good idea for a name, but none of the child's peers will have any idea)

@merryhouse

Pretty certain a Thatcher growing up now wouldn't be called anything to do with milk snatching.

Unless your circle of middle-aged and old adults is particularly immature and cruel?

(don't get me wrong, I don't think it's a good idea for a name, but none of the child's peers will have any idea)

Where I live some people spit when they say her name. She didn't only snatch the milk she took the heart and soul of some communities who are still paying.

I know this is a bollocks thread but it's worth saying just in case anyone really considers it.

When he's 5 his peers will no idea of any baggage surrounding the name Thatcher (kids are very accepting of names), but by the time he's 20 they will. A name is for a lifetime, not just childhood. Would be awful to inflict such a politically charged name on someone.

Go with Noah.

Noah!

The other just reminds me of Margaret Thatcher

Jude and Noah are lovely together!