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Please tell my sister this is a horrible idea

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Siilka · 17/09/2022 12:43

So, my sister told us last night her names ideas, and she was asking which we prefer. They decided that her husband and her would mix their names to create a new name.

So if it is a girl

Jamifer or Jeniams

A boy :

Jems
Jamer

We all told us it was horrible. But she insist on saying "stranger will find that cute". What do you think

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WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 17/09/2022 12:58

Also, what if they have a second child of the same sex? Way to give them a huge complex when Mum is Jennifer, Dad is James, Sister is Jamifer and they're Linda.

Ethelfromnumber73 · 17/09/2022 12:58

France98 · 17/09/2022 12:57

She's at the wind up

Sister or OP? Hmm

Dilbertian · 17/09/2022 12:58

She's got to be pulling your leg!

We didn't even tell anybody our shortlist. If people need we would say ridiculously implausible things like that.

YesitsBess · 17/09/2022 12:59

Jamifer has absolutely ended me.

I’m picturing a tiny Lucifer brandishing a pot of strawberry conserve in a menacing fashion.

IncompleteSenten · 17/09/2022 13:00

Either she's winding you up or you're winding us up.

In case it's neither - nobody will find those names cute.

They'll think they are stupid.

Cos they are.

nachoavocado · 17/09/2022 13:00

Is she pregnant? If not was she pissed?

They sound bloody terrible

MrsTerryPratchett · 17/09/2022 13:01

Naming a child like tweens name 'ships'.

Priceless.

averageavocado · 17/09/2022 13:01

I think your sister is not old enough to have a baby, and should stick with www.sylvanianfamilies.com/en-uk/

Siilka · 17/09/2022 13:01

Nobody asked about her baby's name. She just told us last night herself, she seemed so excited and happy. We just said congratulations. She is serious.

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diddl · 17/09/2022 13:02

Ethelfromnumber73 · 17/09/2022 12:58

Sister or OP? Hmm

Both!

NiteCat · 17/09/2022 13:03

If it's Jennifer and James, why not use the name Jess for either as it contains a bit of both.

Emrthecorgi · 17/09/2022 13:05

Dreadful idea

Oojamaflipp · 17/09/2022 13:05

YesitsBess · 17/09/2022 12:59

Jamifer has absolutely ended me.

I’m picturing a tiny Lucifer brandishing a pot of strawberry conserve in a menacing fashion.

Ooh interesting, are you pronouncing it Jam-i-fer? I was going for Jaym-i-fer (as in James)...

I think I like Jam-i-fer more now I'm picturing jam-making devils?!

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 17/09/2022 13:06

They could go all Game of Thrones - taking a normal name but just changing one vowel sound, to make it sound stoopid different - and call the child Jannifer.

DinaofCloud9 · 17/09/2022 13:06

Haha ridiculous. I don't believe she is serious.

ColadhSamh · 17/09/2022 13:08

She must be on the wind up. Cannot possibly be serious. Poor child.

mrsDracoMalfoy · 17/09/2022 13:09

Jamifer is brilliant, horrible but brilliant 😂

Dannifaye · 17/09/2022 13:09

Those names are awful.
If she’s adamant she wants to honour their names :

Janey
Jay
Janis
Jens (pronounced Yens)

IggityZiggity · 17/09/2022 13:10

She is definitely winding you up 🤣

YetAnotherSpartacus · 17/09/2022 13:11

Surely she's joking (or somebody is).

dottiedodah · 17/09/2022 13:11

Jamifer Short name Jammy! Just No a thousand times over!

Georgeskitchen · 17/09/2022 13:12

I believe many kids who have been given silly names (looking at you , celebs) often change them.to something more sensible in later life 😀

Nadal · 17/09/2022 13:12

This isn't real surely.

Ask her how she would feel having a mix of her parents names. Hopefully she will get the point.

midlifecrash · 17/09/2022 13:13

Jeniams is even worse.

this is a Balonz isn’t it

MissMogwai · 17/09/2022 13:15

Jamifer instantly made me think of this 🤣

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