help me convince dp that our next dd HAS to be called ida?

[jekyllandhyde]

i love the name ida, and i have my heart set on it, but dp won't even entertain the idea! btw i'm not pregnant but just thinking ahead if you can rid your minds of blue-rinses and nora batty style tights, don't you think this is a great name???

(or is it just me?!)

I think it is a beautiful name.

I kind of like it but I don't think many people will. There! Do I get a sticker for the least helpful post ever?

I like Ada too.

mmm. quite nice...... prefer ada or ava myself. hardly woth arguing about in principle..... when the time comes tell him if you're the one giving birth then you're the one with the final say on the name.....

can't get rid of the stereotype you mention... have you seen a scottish comedy show called 'Chewin the Fat'? Watch it and you'll be crossing over to dps camp quick smart!

Too short! It's one of my neice's middle names though (after a favourite granny).

Think very carefully about your surname and how well it will go with Ida. There is scope for disaster an unintentional comedy name.

Is your surname Know, for example?

well I have a few girls names that I love and DH just said NO, NO, NO, NO and errr....NO! To all of them!

"IDA and ADRASTEIA were nymphs of Mount Ida in Krete who were entrusted with the care of the infant god Zeus. They hid him away in the secluded Diktaion cave, nursing him with honey and the milk of the she-goat Amaltheia, while the Kouretes masked his cry with their shield-clashing dance."

There - a more positive association.

oooohhhh. i like it. have not thought of it before. i had a great aunt Ida.

hhmmmmm

Wouldn't go for it myself but, as long as your surname isn't Down, it should be fine.

It's a nursing home name.

Sorry

Sorry, with DP on this one, middle name maybe

i love Dora too

Ida?! noooooooooooooo

crackers lou

what happened wrt to his illness btw?

oops wrong thread

Oh god, NO.

And ja, that neighbour on Chewin' the Fat is iSa, short for Isabelle.

No way, sounds like a Italian trying to speak english "I'da do ita thisaway"

Sorry hun...

ok cheers all for your replies. i'm getting mixed feelings here! i know i know about the old-lady nursing home association, but hey, that is there/our generations problem not my potential daughters! (not that she even exists yet or course )

but to all you haters - just think about it, if it wasn't conncted to old ladies! it's really nice is it not? I recently saw a thread with the virtues of my own name being extolled to no avail, but i'm going to be an old lady one day. we all will! so come on. back me up here.

and oy artichokes, hands off!

ok cheers all for your replies. i'm getting mixed feelings here! i know i know about the old-lady nursing home association, but hey, that is there/our generations problem not my potential daughters! (not that she even exists yet or course )

but to all you haters - just think about it, if it wasn't conncted to old ladies! it's really nice is it not? I recently saw a thread with the virtues of my own name being extolled to no avail, but i'm going to be an old lady one day. we all will! so come on. back me up here.

and oy artichokes, hands off!

sorry for the double post, got a bit carried away obviously

and i meant THEIR/our generations

i type far too quickly to keep up with my grammatical anal retentiveness

stand corrected!

Isa, Ida... same connotations i'm afraid.