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Come and agree with me that we cannot give a girl this name!

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alexpolismum · 29/04/2009 20:22

Obviously it's early days yet as I've only just discovered I'm pregnant. But dh said to me this evening that if we have another girl he wants to call her Laodike! (pronounced La-oh-DEE-kee).

No no no no no no no!

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georgimama · 29/04/2009 20:23

Is that an actual name or a made up collection of syllables? If it is a real name with a pretty meaning I am prepared to be corrected on cultural grounds, but otherwise, no, absolutely not.

charmargot · 29/04/2009 20:24

Lay - o - dee - kee? Where does it come from? Never heard it before. Is it African?

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alexpolismum · 29/04/2009 20:29

It is a real name. It's Greek. Apparently she was a princess of Troy.

But I don't care where she might have been a princess of, I think it's dreadful!

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girlandboy · 29/04/2009 20:30

I can imagine having to explain the pronunciation for the rest of her life.

tiggerlovestobounce · 29/04/2009 20:31

There are lots of really lovely greek names, but I agree with you, I dont like Laodike.

seriouscase · 29/04/2009 20:31

Very hard for people to pronounce.
Sounds like you have time to talk him out of it!

differentID · 29/04/2009 20:32

no- I can just see some 9 year old mangling her name to loud dike!
Disclaimer- my bf has a 9 year old boy who does sometimes mangle names he sees for the first time.

TheDOGmamma · 29/04/2009 20:33

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charmargot · 29/04/2009 20:34

It's not the worst name in the world, but you don't like it so that's the end of it surely?

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alexpolismum · 29/04/2009 20:34

exactly, tigger! There are so many lovely names out there, and if he wants something from ancient Greece some of them are really beautiful! But this....!

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marmoset · 29/04/2009 20:35

I read it as 'Laddie' at first but even re-reading it, I think not. What about another Greek name like Phaedra? Obviously, most Greek princesses seem to have come to a sticky end but there are lots of pretty names in the myths.

marmoset · 29/04/2009 20:35

Oh PS Congrats!!!

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alexpolismum · 29/04/2009 20:37

he has just said "oh well, I bet I can bring you round by the time the baby gets here!"

No chance!

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Noonki · 29/04/2009 20:37

I quite like it!

differentID · 29/04/2009 20:37

What about Electra?

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alexpolismum · 29/04/2009 20:38

Thanks, marmoset!

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MrsMattie · 29/04/2009 20:38

No. Deeky, Dykey, NO.

hf128219 · 29/04/2009 20:39

She was Hector's sister in Homer's Iliad.

If you want a classical name what about Hero?

TrillianAstra · 29/04/2009 20:40

If you do call her Phaedra don't let her read this. But at least it's pronouncable (and pretty when you do pronounce it).

crockydoodle · 29/04/2009 20:40

I thought you were yodelling there

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alexpolismum · 29/04/2009 20:41

Really Noonki??

I'm going to have to have a gender scan this time. If it's a boy, he wants normal names.

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alexpolismum · 29/04/2009 20:43

Actually I quite like Phaedra. Much better.

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MrsMattie · 29/04/2009 20:59

I like Phaedra.

fizzpops · 29/04/2009 21:02

Love Hero hf - tis nice and Shakespearean too

There are loads of lovely greek names but this I read as lay-o-dike - not a very pretty name.

gigglinggoblin · 29/04/2009 21:05

hmmm, yes I think labelling a girl as 'lay a dyke' is a bit mean