To be surprised at friends/family’s baby names

[AllyCatTown]

Anyone else been surprised at what people in their lives have called their children?

I know someone who named their twins Ronnie and Reggie too!

@godmum56

No, quite the opposite. They put their parents through hell and terrorize their siblings. Neighbours and visitors are regularly subjected to vulgar behaviour and expletive tantrums.

And you know exactly what I meant. But, carry on trying to be clever...

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie named one of the children "Shiloh". Shiloh Pitt sounds nice until you Spoonerise it. Imagine the poor child's life at school...…...

DB & SIL. Two DD's. Hope and Peace.

Just find it tacky.

We've had scarf and tie... Stole? Necklace? Not snood!

My sister in law's a teacher, and she had a 'Sharlit' in her class years ago. Not so much an unusual name as crap or inventive spelling. She said she thought they liked the sound of it, but didn't know how to spell it.

I’ve come across something similar - in my case it was Abbey-Gale. I think your sister in law is spot on in her analysis!

I heard of an Abbeygayil.

Cravat

Choker?

Collar

We've got a Banjo and Zeus in our extended family! 😂 FFS

I have a Walter, which even makes me raise my eyebrows at what we were thinking. But of his closest buddies, there is Darwin, Ernest, Reggie, and Winston. I often expect to see these babies in tweed jackets smoking pipes.

I can't understand why parents never consider initials when thinking of baby names, and how they will go with their surname. Perhaps that's because our surname didn't lend itself well to certain initials!

The one that that stands out to me at the moment is Stacey and Joe Swash's children. Rex and Rose Swash, poor little mites. R Swash? Really?

Also I remember the first visit to my future MIL, and her local bread delivery man was outside, his name was Christopher Hiscock, Not that unusual in itself. But written across the side of his van was

"Mother's Pride
C. Hiscock"
😂

is it definitely Boo? …I know an Effie Beau…

Definitely Boo.

Ive also met a Millie Bee.

I guess they can drop the second parts when they’re grumpy teenagers.

I know a Bo (boy) and a Patsy-Bo (girl) and a Beaux (girl)

I know a Betsy-Boo. Fine while she's under 5.

I know a Betsy-Boo. Fine while she's under 5.

Did she arrive approx. nine months after her parents were doing the doo?

@Bananarama21
Cowl?

Excellent!

Dicky

Bo is a unisex Scandinavian name.

The other two are ridiculous!

Isn't the scandi name Bo pronounced boo though?

Yeah my sisters best friend has just named her baby Cash. She has two girls with really traditional names (think Elizabeth, Charlotte kind of names) then Cash. I think it’s really bizarre

I know of a Heaven-Leigh who will be in her early 20s now. Also a Tiger-Lily who is known as Tiger.