Expecting a baby girl and we’ve decided on first name Hero. Our other children have unusual but not unheard of names with more traditional middle names but struggling to find a name that flows nicely with Hero. Our first mn pick was Emilia but gone off it a little now, any suggestions?
Our last name is rare but not ‘weird’ or able to be turned into a joke, and begins with an S.
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BoldandBright · 15/02/2023 12:40
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Startwithamimosa ·
16/02/2023 10:45
ZoyaTheDestroyer · 16/02/2023 10:39
Well said. I am also a teacher and my experience is exactly the same as yours. I have mentioned this on this board before but I once taught a Vietnamese boy called Phuc in a multicultural London school and no-one turned a hair.
Goingcrazyimsure · 16/02/2023 10:18
I'm a teacher and have heard kids being bullied with racist, sexist, homophobic slurs and bullied through attacks on the way they look or their clothes or their parents or their parents' car. The list is endless. But I have never once heard anyone bullied because of their name!
Bullies pick victims because that person is isolated in some way or because they will react in a certain way. They will then find a easy target in that person and use that. Kids are not bullied because of their qualities - their qualities are used to bully them.
There is a serious lack of understanding of bullying on this thread! If a bully wants to pick on someone they will find a way! We shouldn't be encouraging people to conform to avoid bullying - we should be helping children NOT to be the bully!
ZoyaTheDestroyer ·
16/02/2023 10:58
Startwithamimosa · 16/02/2023 10:45
I got bullied for my name, A LOT!! Until probably around 13, then it stopped.
ZoyaTheDestroyer · 16/02/2023 10:39
Well said. I am also a teacher and my experience is exactly the same as yours. I have mentioned this on this board before but I once taught a Vietnamese boy called Phuc in a multicultural London school and no-one turned a hair.
Goingcrazyimsure · 16/02/2023 10:18
I'm a teacher and have heard kids being bullied with racist, sexist, homophobic slurs and bullied through attacks on the way they look or their clothes or their parents or their parents' car. The list is endless. But I have never once heard anyone bullied because of their name!
Bullies pick victims because that person is isolated in some way or because they will react in a certain way. They will then find a easy target in that person and use that. Kids are not bullied because of their qualities - their qualities are used to bully them.
There is a serious lack of understanding of bullying on this thread! If a bully wants to pick on someone they will find a way! We shouldn't be encouraging people to conform to avoid bullying - we should be helping children NOT to be the bully!
BoldandBright ·
16/02/2023 12:18
HeroIsAGirlsName · 16/02/2023 05:36
I just asked my own Hero, who is now a teenager, and she is utterly baffled by this thread.
No, nobody has ever teased her. No, nobody sings the song. Yes, she's pleased it's her name. Yes, she is happy with her name. No, she doesn't think she will ever use her middle name.
She's also not come across much in person rudeness about it. I once had a checkout operator say something rude, but that's it.
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16/02/2023 13:47
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Whatdayisitalexa ·
17/02/2023 15:00
BoldandBright · 16/02/2023 13:40
Having looked up the meaning of Madeline we realised that it means ‘of the high tower’ which corresponds to the Hero & Leander mythology that involves her living in a tower. Too cheesy? I do love the name Madeline in its own right too. Had some wonderful suggestions from here.
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