Oh god....I can't stop loving the name Tostig...but i can't, can I?

[minouminou]

Can I?
Be as blunt as y'all like.

I know I'd be pretty narked if I was the saint of throat complaints (minor) rather than something impressive like looking after an entire country or small children!

the patron saint of impetigo
poorly knees

You a Henry Treece fan by any chance?
I like it in theory but I think it would be cruel and unusual to actually inflict it on a child.

I would be worried about the 'tosser' thing too (as well as the IKEA soundalike). If you ask children, they tend to want 'normal' names. Adults tend to want more interesting names, but at least adults can decide to change them for themselves .

Your child might grow up to be a great Tostig who loves his name. Or, he could hate it forever and want to be called Sam...

i have to admit, rosa, i have no idea who henry treece is
it's a historical name, for me

just googled him
i got the name from history, but not a novel iyswim

I think I have fallen in love with Inigo. It's probably a good job I am having a girl as Inigo would have gone straight in at number 1 for a boy...

Henry Treece wrote historical children's fiction.
One of my favourites, Hounds of the King, was based on the story of Harold Godwinson and his brother Tostig.

yeah...i googled treece
also, the novel the last english king by julian rathbone features tostig, but i liked the name beforehand
oh god....stop me....i'm coming round to it again

Have you considered Hengist ?

A bit like Henry

Hengist is great, but we already have similar as ds' middle name

No, you are right, you can't!

What about Ptolomy? Seriously - is v cool, I think, if you are feeling brave, and the shortened version, Tolly, is lovely.

If it goes with your surname then why not? It reminds me of my brothers friend Torsten (who had scandinavian roots) lovely name if it fits.

I don't like the name ptolemy, i'm afraid, wilbur, but thanks for suggestion.
I'm not now considering tostig....well, i am, but i won't use it.
sigh.............chunky little blondie thing..........i can see him now

Reminds me of Stig of the Dump.

well, yeah, but i don't think stig o't dump will be in anyone's frame of reference in a few years
I'm not talking myself back into it here...honest

Stig of the dump was written in 1963 so it's been around for 45 years already...
I like both Tostig and Stigand, but then, like MrsBabookaloo the names "Derra" and "Tomlin" were on my list for imaginary children. Funnily enough now I'm PG I didn't even think of them!

There's an idea for a whole new thread!
"What names (real or made up) would you give your DC in an ideal world?"...

well, this is it.....we may well find out it's a girl at 20 weeks, then it'll be academic
stigella, tostette?
(i am jesting btw).

stigmata?

I just think tosser.

Sorry.

I rather like it. But then I think Stig of the Dump was fab and therefore the connotations don't bother me!

ghaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaghggggghghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
don't talk me back into it!

No, not keen sorry.