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Dh Likes Andromeda Anna!

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imlateimlate · 12/10/2009 19:23

Dh wants us to use Andromeda with the nickname Anna. Andromeda would be hidden on the birth certificate most likely.

What do the mums net jury think?

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Jamieandhismagictorch · 12/10/2009 19:24

Preeetentious.

Anna is nice though

SausageRocket · 12/10/2009 19:25

Oh good heavens no.

Anna is nice, Andromeda is crackers

starwhoreswonaprize · 12/10/2009 19:25

Andromeda... isn't that a sexless person?

Tidey · 12/10/2009 19:25

I've never been able to comprehend why people put a name on the birth cert that they have no intention of ever using. The name Anna is lovely, why make things complicated for your DD when she goes to school, interviews etc and has to explain that 'Yes, that is my name, but no-one's ever called me it'?

cookielove · 12/10/2009 19:27

that is what the child in my sister keeper is called, has he been reading jodi picoult??

hocuspontas · 12/10/2009 19:28

Agree with tidey. Why have a nickname - if you don't like the full name don't use it!

imlateimlate · 12/10/2009 19:37

No he hasn't read Jodi Picoult, he liked the name before. Though this may have encouraged him more after I told him it was the girl's real name.
The long name would be used sometimes if dh had his way.

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sophiesmummie · 12/10/2009 19:46

It seems to be a 'real' name:

The girl's name Andromeda is pronounced an-DRAH-ma-dah. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "leader of men". Greek mythology: an Ethiopian princess, the daughter of Cassiopeia, was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to a sea monster until Perseus rescued her. Also a northern constellation. Also the name of a shrub that blooms in spring.

cookielove · 12/10/2009 19:49

you'll only use the full name when you tell them off

200yearoldhorsehair · 12/10/2009 20:18

I suggested Andromeda to DP, and Cassiopie/a.
He said no.
I like it, but it's the kind of name I like.

OrangeAnge · 21/10/2009 11:32

Not quite the same but in a similar vein...I know a young woman (30 ish) called Diodromida - her dad is an astronomy geek! She is called Dio by everyone who knows her.

mrswoolf · 21/10/2009 12:08

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persephoneplum · 21/10/2009 12:16

I love Andromeda

DuelingFANGo · 21/10/2009 13:14

I've seen this mentioned a few times on mumsnet recently. What does it come from?

mathanxiety · 21/10/2009 16:42

Sounds like an androgynous dromedary. There are a lot of more attractive Greek mythology names, imo.

Rosebud05 · 21/10/2009 21:08

Sounds like a Doctor Who character to me. Sorry. But I like Anna lots.

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