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has anyone ever told you their dearest newborns name and you've had to choke back a giggle?

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peacelily · 06/12/2008 22:29

prob offend some people this but can't please everyone.

For me it was when uber competitive Mum at baby massage introduced me to Hubert.

Apols to any mummies of Huberts out there

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PadDad · 21/01/2009 14:07

I was holding forth in a family restaurant about how how both of us liked the name 'Medea' but would never actually give it to our DD, because of the connotations.

A goth next to me chipped in with how he had been thinking of 'Imotep', but had rejected it.

When he left, he called out for his daughter, 'Come on Loki'!

SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore · 21/01/2009 14:21

I nearly wet myself laughing

hannahsaunt · 21/01/2009 14:36

Bono.

Bubbaluv · 21/01/2009 14:53

sirname - Woody, Ds's First name...BJ.
And BJ was the actual name, not a contraction of a Benjamin James or something.

Bubbaluv · 21/01/2009 14:54

Surname I mean!

NattyPlus2andAHalf · 21/01/2009 14:55

chesmai...

mrswoolf · 21/01/2009 15:04

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helenhismadwife · 21/01/2009 20:12

Yes I have had a few names that have made me choke; toffee, Edgar,wolf, bj and diesel were the most memorable Im sure there were a few more. Part of the fun of being a midwife

hotCheeseBurns · 22/01/2009 18:33

The girl in the bed next to me in the hospital ward named her baby boy "Cuba" and kept saying it in her awful awful whiney chav voice... Erghhhh...

PerfectEm · 22/01/2009 18:40

I've had that recently actually, someone told me their daughter's name was 'Sparkle Jewel'!

wetwipe · 22/01/2009 18:48

A few that get me are names that 'everyone' has. Jayden.............

Helenismadwife----BJ really?
Perfectem--thats kind of cuite tho!

MrsStig · 22/01/2009 18:54

hotcheese...I bet there is a sibling called Havana. Or even Havanah.

PerfectEm · 22/01/2009 18:56

No way! It's terrible. I think she let her son name him. Bleugh!

PerfectEm · 22/01/2009 18:57

*her

wetwipe · 22/01/2009 19:00

My SIL has named her kids,
ruby rose, and amber illy.

faithb · 22/01/2009 19:21

My husband's name is Scarlett

hotCheeseBurns · 22/01/2009 21:13

I think Scarlett is a lovely name... For a girl anyway.

helenhismadwife · 22/01/2009 22:06

yes really wetwipe

she had a cj and a dj as well

StewieGriffinsMom · 22/01/2009 22:10

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BumblBeee · 22/01/2009 23:19

Gypsy

BumblBeee · 22/01/2009 23:20

Actually I think I quite like Ignatius!

RiaParkinson · 22/01/2009 23:26

Edgar is dreamy

CatchaStar · 22/01/2009 23:36

Gregor, Hamish and Leyland spring to mind. It's down to personal taste, but they seem so un-baby like.

A friend of mine named his dd Mikkaylah as well which I thought, was, well.......ummmmmm, yes, different? Not a fan of the name, but just thought the spelling made it worse, especially when he spelled it out for me.

wrongsideof40 · 22/01/2009 23:44

I'm sure I've put these up before but .... how about
Family 1 - Franklin, Amundsen, Hudson & Frobisher
Family 2 - Piers, sapphire , isis and Bruno

After the initial jaw - hits floor moment - they grow on you !

serin · 22/01/2009 23:58

St. Ignatius of Loyola, good Catholic name if ever there was!