Rhodesia

[Cortina]

Rhodesia (?) Rhody for short?

No.

Is this after Cecil Rhodes

Um, you should probably do some research on Cecil Rhodes before you decide to inflict that on your daughter!

No, it's a bit "loaded". How about Adolf instead?

Adolph's not so feminine though. If I was going down that route, I'd use Adolpha or Aldolphia.

Cecily would be better.

or Rhoda?

rhodesia is awful. like thingy baldwin and bassinger calling their child eye ur land.

Ireland, India, Rhodesia, China....?

She would never be able to visit Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe would be a good nickname?

I know one and she's beautiful and talented and it's got me thinking.....

...

Wales!

Zimbe would be nice (zimbee)

cecil rhodes

No. NO. No. No. No.

It carries an awful amount of baggage that name, and i am not sure your daughter/son would want to have to carry that with them - are you aware of the name change from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe and all that it entailed .... the name carries a history .... i would step away ....

No. And .

Message withdrawn

And the next one could be Kampuchea, maybe?

• where did you get the idea from, has someone else called their baby Rhodesia?!

You musn't do it, it's just so loaded as skihorse says.

I say this as someone from that part of the world as well.

No no no no no no no. Man, as a Southern African I would think you were either dim or totally pro megalomaniac British men.

nooooo!

absolutely not.

what about Rhona?

Or Rhoda. Close, but not actually Rhodesia

But Mali, that's nice. And Chad for a boy. Central African Republic and Democratic Republic of Congo I would avoid.

• would that be Northern (Zambia) or Southern (Zimbabwe}