Naming babies after place names

[CklarahAndMarbellasMum]

My DD, aged 6, is called Marbella. Do you think it's chav to name DC after places?

If not, what place names do you like as names for DC?

[scottishmummy]

aye!peckhams is the local shop

[MadBadandDangerousToKnow]

The son I'll never have is Dagenham Auchtermuchty.

[scottishmummy]

auchenshuggle
plains
gorgie

[Lotster]

Pizza Hut toilet?

[NumptyMum]

That would make it a more classy name... not that I know much about the London Peckham. I always like the drive down the M74 when we go past Ecclefechan, have always thought it would make a great non-swear word, but now that I think about it perhaps a name for a DS...? so long as it didn't get shortened to 'Fech'...

[scottishmummy]

i meant packhams hyndland

[NumptyMum]

(I just didn't want anyone thinking I meant that the Peckham in London WASN'T classy when comparing it with the rather swish deli in West End Glasgow... IYSWIM)

[scottishmummy]

but em peckham SE15 aint classy.a euphemism would be "vibrant"

[MrsSchadenfreude]

You have daughters called Marbella and Cklarah? Do you pronounce it "Mar-bella" or "Mar-baya"?

Yes, Marbella v chav IMO, but each to their own. Cklarah - won't even go there, except to say, if you're for real, that she will spend her entire life spelling it for people.

[scottishmummy]

Rimini
lesbos

[LovingtheSilverFox]

Yank - ours would be Hainault, which would be very odd. And what happens if you don't move and have more than one??

[CklarahAndMarbellasMum]

It's prn. Marbaya MrsSchadenfreude. My grandad lives there and I have fond memories of the place.

I like place names and I guess it's all down to tastes and opinions.

Some other names I like are:

Orlando (boy)
Rome (boy)
Roma (girl)
Barcelona...lona for short (girl)
Santiago (boy)
Ohio (girl/boy)
Dakota (girl)
Chihuahua (girl)
Brittany (girl)

[usernametaken]

Westward Ho! looks fab with the added bonus of an exclamaition mark!

Adds name to list.

[AnarchyAunt]

Chihuahua

Right...

[missmem]

Chihuahua is just wrong! What is wrong with you!

[Bettymum]

DH wanted to call our DD (at the time she was still a bump) Columbia. It actually sounded really quite good with our surname and I was very tempted...

[LovingtheSilverFox]

I know a Rimini, although I don't know if that's how she spells it. My uncle lives in Corpusty, I think that would be nice !

[ScummyMummy]

Peckham SE15 is quite classy enough for everyday use, thank you very much.

[scottishmummy]

not slagging SE15 off but classy dont spring to mind when i think peckham

i do think

urban
busy
pacey

like all places has its good and bad points

[ScummyMummy]

Do not fear, SM, I am just wittering mindlessly. I don't even know what classy means or whether it's something I would value in an area, tbh.

[scottishmummy]

classy i think frou-frou over priced deli.lil overpriced boutiques,wags

so not necesarily desirable

[bleh]

One of my DNephew's would be Mpumalanga, going by the Beckham's logic.

[Lotster]

Username taken - Westward Ho! wouldn't be ideal for a girl, nobody wants to be called a ho....

[MamaLazarou]

Are the 'L's pronounced in Marbella, or is it Mar-baya?

I am sure you are joking, in any case.

[MamaLazarou]

Oops, sorry - I see someone else has already asked. And from your 'Chihuahua' comment, I deduce that you are definitely on a wind-up.