hahahahahahahahahaha heard this the other day, sooo pretentious

[ClaudiaSchiffer]

Boadicea

Honestly, for real. Belonged to a little girl at acting class. FFS!!!!

my old black lab was called this...nickname Bo.

how did they pronounce it?

bow da see ya

or

boo di ca???

boh duh see uh

there are a few ways you can spell/say it.

It was boh duh see uh. The teacher was asking how to spell it, the poor child was about 6 and she will have that hassle for THE REST OF HER LIFE. Unless she see sense and shortens it to Bo.

Everyone should be called Jane. Keep things simple

Even the boys

loving the soft vowels there!

I know a little one called this. She actually suits her name especially shortened to Bo. Have also heard it said Bo dee sha and this particular child is the first time I have heard it as Bo da see ah. Definately not the most unusual name around these parts.

You are pissing yourself laughing at a child's name?

I think you need a hobby.

Hi Alice, yeah I am laughing at her name, not her you understand, I'm sure she is a delightful 6 yr old but I do find pretentious names enliven the gaiety of the day. But come on, do you not think as parents we could maybe curb our desire to be individual and ooo so creative and think for a moment about the life of the child we are naming?? I'm not against wierd and wonderful names but can't I laugh at pretentious parents at all any more?

Why, you're no fun . . .

Oh I can beat that. We once used to know a family with a Boudicca (and really you should have the Celtic original not the Latinized version if you want to be authentic ) and then they had a son... Caratacus

Brilliant nooka

Yeh, I though historians established some time ago that it should be pronounced Boo-dik-ha not BO-DOH-CE-A. Jeez, if you're doing pretentious, at least do it right.

I bet she's a feisty little soul though isn't she? She'd have to be with that name. Do you remember that girl band called CLEOPATRA, their catchphrase was "CL-EO-PAT-RAH, COMIN' ATCHA" LOL, it reminds me a bit of that as in "BOO-DES-E-AAH, feel the fearrrr" said in an equally impetuous/cutesy irratating, 'don't mess with me' way.

I must refrain from so much inane drivel. Apologies. Off to bed.

she just had to be at acting class didn't she..lol

They are wrong anyway, it should be Boudicca if they are thinking of the Iceni queen.

i wanted to call ds5 this had he not been ds5

Very silly. There are plenty of perfectly good, unambiguously pronounced queen/empress names around.

Strong female historical name.

I like it actually...

The Boudicca I knew was a feisty Afro-Caribean kid, and it was a great name for her. I don't like the Latinised version much (cool for a pet though).

LOL!@Boudiccea!

I did have a moment where I thought Cleopatra was a contender for DD, though

Great name, love it! Wouldnt inflict it on a child of mine tho. Hmmm maybe a middle name...

It sounds like you live in Notting Hill.

ridiculous

One of the teachers at my ds school has a dd with that name, but she is known as Bow. it is a little unusual and I have never come across it other than in the historical sense.
I wouldn't have thought she would get teased about it, as you would have to know the history of the name, and most people who would take the p---, probably wouldn't have that much intelligence. She may get comments along the lines of it being unusual. it is a Difficult name to carry off especially if she turns out to be a shy and private type of person.