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Thoughts on the name Ajax??

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JammieDodger94 · 31/08/2025 20:17

I know it's known as a cleaning product etc etc but that doesn't bother me. I think I quite like it as it's unique.

What are your thoughts on Ajax?
Nickname AJ

Goes with my other little one so Otis and Ajax?

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Blueuggboots · 31/08/2025 20:18

Pronounced A-Jacks or I-axe?

AmyDuPlantier · 31/08/2025 20:18

How is the existing name Ajax unique!?

Don’t do it love. Literally every adult he meets will think ‘cleaning product’. It’s not even a nice sound.

funkylittleboatrace · 31/08/2025 20:18

Isn’t it a cleaning product ?

SnowFrogJelly · 31/08/2025 20:19

Nooooooo it’s a bathroom cleaner

GentleSheep · 31/08/2025 20:19

Cleaning product or a football team!

RaininSummer · 31/08/2025 20:19

He was also a hero of the Trojan war if that helps.

MrMybug · 31/08/2025 20:19

Cleaner. Football team. No.

LimbOnTheBranchBranchOnTheTreeTheTreeInTheBog · 31/08/2025 20:19

I would go for AJ as a name over Ajax.

Kevinbaconsrealwife · 31/08/2025 20:20

Have you been watching “ Wednesday” ? 😊

JamesWebbSpaceTelescope · 31/08/2025 20:20

Not only is it a cleaning product (!!!!!) it is also a football team.

Lots better names out there.

RosesAndHellebores · 31/08/2025 20:20

I hope he grows up full.of vim

EndlessHolidayWashing · 31/08/2025 20:21

It's actually a name of a great warrior from the story of the Trojan war.

But everyone knows it as a cleaning product. Don't do it OP.

Personally unless you have a weird and wonderful name for your first born, you can't give your second born an unusual one.

PamIsAVolleyballChamp · 31/08/2025 20:21

Bleach or football team!

itsgettingweird · 31/08/2025 20:21

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought “isn’t that a cleaning product?!”

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JammieDodger94 · 31/08/2025 20:21

Blueuggboots · 31/08/2025 20:18

Pronounced A-Jacks or I-axe?

A Jack's

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CheeseWisely · 31/08/2025 20:21

Well I wouldn’t think cleaning product but I would think Amsterdam’s football team 🤷🏼‍♀️

Enko · 31/08/2025 20:22

To me it has to strong connections to cleaning and football. I don't like it

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JammieDodger94 · 31/08/2025 20:22

RaininSummer · 31/08/2025 20:19

He was also a hero of the Trojan war if that helps.

This was why I liked it

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SprayWhiteDung · 31/08/2025 20:22

I suppose it's a nicer name than Toilet Duck...

I went to school with a boy called Ajay - his was culturally an Indian name, so it may seem slightly odd if you have no Indian heritage or connections; but still infinitely better than Ajax (sorry).

NuffSaidSam · 31/08/2025 20:23

But it's not unique it's a cleaning product?!

Otis is lovely. Don't let your pregnancy hormones do this to his younger brother. Give this child a name that's actually a name and not a cleaning product as well.

Just use Mr Muscle as a nickname.

If you like AJ, what about finding names that suit those initials?

Nitgel · 31/08/2025 20:23

RosesAndHellebores · 31/08/2025 20:20

I hope he grows up full.of vim

😂

Stoufer · 31/08/2025 20:23

As the parent of a teen with a slightly unusual name, I would say NO NO NO - do not do it!! Your child will hate you for it when they are a bit older (mine is not happy with their name, at all…)

jamnpancakes · 31/08/2025 20:24

It's a toilet cleaner from years ago .

CheeseWisely · 31/08/2025 20:24

Following your update of the pronunciation I’d probably think ‘WTF’? honestly. I never thought I’d say this but Jax / Jaxson would be a better alternative with the same sound. Or something like Aidan Jax if you want to use AJ.

TheaBrandt1 · 31/08/2025 20:24

Are you mid pregnancy? I came up with some absolute corkers. My now teens are horrified by what the were nearly called. Ajax is even worse than my ideas to be fair.