Skip or Skipp?

[crumblebug]

Expecting a boy in Jan!

Really liking Skip, I think that spelling is preferableto Skipp, any opinions?

Older brother is Jem

Give him a decent name he can use to go through life as an adult and use Skip/Kai/Kip as a nickname he can shake off when he is ready.

You are not naming a dog.

It will be remarked on all his life behind his back, wrongly of course but it will happen

Nah, it's not that out there. I like it.

What's outrageous is insulting someone's baby name choice after the baby has been born and named and when it's not been put up for discussion. Outrageously rude, even when anonymously done from behind a keyboard.

Whilst I agree that Jem shouldn’t be commented on, the pp was making a joke that 80s kids will get.

Jem is a common nickname for Jeremy or Jeremiah. I like it. I’d go for Christopher and use Kit.

I really don't like Kai. I'm Cornish and Ky is Cornish for dog. Pronounced the same.
Skip. Ok I suppose if you were living in 1950's America. But also reminds me of the kangaroo and a giant yellow bin.

Skip to m’ loo

@LostInTheColonies

If it's been used by the Rooneys, steer clear (Kai). Kai means food in NZ, so another reason to avoid it. The main male character in The Snow Queen is Kay, not Kai, and Kay is not good for kids of any gender. Crew is also terrible and Cru is even worse.

Much better, and in keeping with Jem, are
• Kit
• Hal
• Cal
• Nate

Love how you suggest avoiding anything used by the Rooney's (Kai) and go on to say how great Kit is, when they also have a Kit

Skip?? Ye it’s a bit

Sorry, no - skipper is a title or nickname meaning boss. Skip is the big metal things for rubbish

How about a proper name you can shorten?

@dotsandco

Not just school too, imagine the university graduation ceremony... or their cv when they apply for jobs, their name on a business card? When I worked in hr we would get 500+ applicants for jobs especially entry level and we did filter them fairly arbitrarily down to around 20-30, we obviously looked at qualifications but we also would through them out if we didn't think the name would fit the company!

@crumblebug

Expecting a boy in Jan!

Really liking Skip, I think that spelling is preferableto Skipp, any opinions?

Older brother is Jem

Neither.

Both sound like nicknames or pet names not full names for a child.

[quote gogohm]@dotsandco

Not just school too, imagine the university graduation ceremony... or their cv when they apply for jobs, their name on a business card? When I worked in hr we would get 500+ applicants for jobs especially entry level and we did filter them fairly arbitrarily down to around 20-30, we obviously looked at qualifications but we also would through them out if we didn't think the name would fit the company![/quote]

& then HR have the nerve to pretend they aren't discriminatory 😩

This is awful.

Please don't

[quote gogohm]@dotsandco

Not just school too, imagine the university graduation ceremony... or their cv when they apply for jobs, their name on a business card? When I worked in hr we would get 500+ applicants for jobs especially entry level and we did filter them fairly arbitrarily down to around 20-30, we obviously looked at qualifications but we also would through them out if we didn't think the name would fit the company![/quote]
Jesus. That's 100% a tw@tty thing to do.

Don't take advice from this person, OP

@Garriet

Or even Jem. Ffs.

OMG I HAD THAT DOLL! With the changeable hair and the rock outfit! I haven't thought of her for years

@Vanuatu

Pugwash NN pug

And Master Bates

Singing tune now

Damn it, I read through the whole thread to see if anyone had suggested Master Bates and @woodhill got there just before me.

I use to love Kai until it became a chav name. But Finn is lovely and always makes me think they must be a surfer with a name like that. Caspian is not bad or what about Morgan which apparently means Circling sea in Welsh (according to a name website).

[quote Garriet]@ThirdElephant I’m going to guess you never saw the popular 80s children’s cartoon.[/quote]
Nope, 90s kid.

You cannot call a human infant Skip.

No. SpaceRaider would be better than Skip.

As for Crew. Well. You could have Motley as a nn. That's the only good thing I can think of.

Kit is lovely of course.

Kai is the new naughty boy name

Zeke would suit you.

Shay
Hopper nn Hop

@crumblebug

It's from the nickname of a sea captain

Would Skipper with nn Skip be better?

No.

Skip and crew are just ridiculous sorry. I like Kai, I know a very nice one. I also think kit is a good fit with jem... Just out of curiosity,is jem a nickname for something or is that just his name?

What about Bouy??