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Baby names

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My kids say they have horrid names!

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MmmMum · 16/12/2008 20:46

I have 6 kids... 4 dd's and 2 ds's... both my son's and one of my daughter's hate their names and middle names.

I feel like such a failure!

Linnie A
River D
Russell-Jay A
Nemea L
Coral V
and
Acacius J

I think they are lovely, does anyone like them?

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VersdeSociete · 16/12/2008 21:23

Yes, I still mourn "Shark" (which I only wanted as a mdiddle name ffs). Cosmo, Duke, Seymour... sigh

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MmmMum · 16/12/2008 21:24

My dh did have his say, he picked some of the names.

Linnie isn't short for anything but i have met another Linnhe (spelt like that).

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DingdongmerrilyonDOO · 16/12/2008 21:24

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Nancy66 · 16/12/2008 21:25

they might grow to love their names. My name (whilst not in your league!) was considered pretty unusual when i was at school (it's NOT Nancy by the way) and I hated it - because, like other kids, I wanted to fit in.

I remember asking my mum when I was about 7 if I could change it to 'Maria' but from about 18 onwards I really loved my name and now I'm glad I'm not another: Vicky, Claire or Sarah - which were the popular names in my day

LiffeyCanSpellGeansaiNollaig · 16/12/2008 21:26

This thread has to be a windup. My children never comment on their names (even though it's like a little hobby for me) it wouldn't occur to them that they might be called something else. So I can't picture young children saying "i wish I were called Emily".

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MmmMum · 16/12/2008 21:26

tbh i'm hurt that they would want to change their names.

it's the names they have grown up with and have always been called.

i really hope it is a phase.

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mumof2andabit · 16/12/2008 21:28

Well I like em! Unusual is good people. Op has obviously put a lot of thought and love into their names.

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MmmMum · 16/12/2008 21:29

My nearing 8 year old has said this Liffey. Well not exactly but my older son has got it through his head that it isn't a nice name and insisting that he should of been called 'Ben'.

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LiffeyCanSpellGeansaiNollaig · 16/12/2008 21:30

Did you think they would share exactly the same very unusual tastes as their mother?!

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MmmMum · 16/12/2008 21:32

Liffey - Nobody really likes their name... but i didn't think that they would dislike theirs to such a huge extent.

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VersdeSociete · 16/12/2008 21:33

I really think that individually they are not terribly outlandish - would not raise eyebrows at my DCs's school anyhow. Coral and Russell-Jay - really not even especially unusual apart from the hyphenation thing.

hecAteAMillionMincePies · 16/12/2008 21:34

I like Delilah and Virginia, but not the others, since you asked. Well, maybe Jasper, but I kind of feel that's more a dog name. Alyssa not so bad I suppose. just my opinion though. And it doesn't really matter what we all think, does it?

It DOES matter what your children think though. - if they really hate their names, they can always change them by deed poll, it's really no big deal.

VersdeSociete · 16/12/2008 21:34

Egad, extra "s" crept in there - "DCs'"

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MmmMum · 16/12/2008 21:42

agree with you that it matters what they think hecAte but really it is a big deal, for so many reasons.

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MmmMum · 16/12/2008 21:42

agree with you that it matters what they think hecAte but really it is a big deal, for so many reasons.

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piscesmoon · 16/12/2008 21:53

I quite like Russell but not the rest.
The problem is that when you give them names that are a bit different you don't know whether they will have the personality to carry them off!

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MmmMum · 16/12/2008 21:55

i actually really really like your children's names.

i think some people are just narrow minded and can't get round the fact some people are creative and not boring. i don't have any children but i can assure you i hope to follow your footsteps and not call my kids the conventional names like 'Dave' or 'Lisa'.

Also i think your daughter will come to terms with it but i think your boys won't adjust as easy.

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MmmMum · 16/12/2008 21:56

that's what i would of said to me but i didn't get it from no one.

thanks anyway.

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MrKipling · 16/12/2008 21:58

I don't like them at all tbh.

Maybe I'd feel differently if I met them. But I don't think they're nice names.

Clary · 16/12/2008 22:02

FWIW my ds1 really loves his name - which is unusual (not as unusual as the OP's DCs' but still the only one in school) - "because I'm the only one Mummy".

Maybe yours will come to see that as an advantage. I'm not mad on my name (I find it rather un-euphonic) but I am the only one most people know which means I can ring someone up and say "it's Clary" (not my actual name ).

Can you not put it to them like this? Surely Acacius is better than being another endless Oliver J (20 boys in DS2 yr and 3 called Oliver)???

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MmmMum · 16/12/2008 22:05

I think will try that out on them tomorrow. That's the best advice i've had.

Thank you, i think it might even work a little.

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SantasNuttySTaff · 16/12/2008 22:08

river, nemea (sorry sp?) and coral are lovely names

i love the fact that you have chosen something different and i think the fact that you have named them after god/goddess says alot about how special you think your children are, and the fact that you have spent alot of time thinking about what you wanted to call them so dont feel like you're a bad mum

your children will get used to them i'm sure it's just a phase

fwiw my dd has a fairly unusual name forename and middle and my dh and i got alot of rather nasty comments at the time, but it has a special meaning to us as does she so we feel she's named appropriately.

VersdeSociete · 16/12/2008 22:09

Hmm, reading a few posts down, was that a failed name change which MmmMum then "saved" with a followup post? Ah well. Not v harmful trollery...

subtlemouse · 16/12/2008 22:10

Nobody aged between 24 and 4 with any of these names has been registered in England or Wales. Unless OP is a) Scottish or b) other nationality, this is a wind-up

VersdeSociete · 16/12/2008 22:13

Yes, as given away by failed name-change below.

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