Met a baby with a brilliant name ..... [grin]

[ghosty]

The other day I met a lady with a 3 month old baby boy with a great name ....

Wait for it ....

Spike

Hands up if you would ..... (pmsl)

I know twins and the boy of the pair is called Spike. I thought it was really cool and the kids are delicious and can totally get away with it. Not really sure about Elmo tho, but I do love other boys names that end in o - Inigo, Rocco etc. You have to have a certain attitude for them, I guess.

do they even think about when that child is all grown up? lol, imagine it " the bank manager denim x will see you now" pmsl

I know 2 Spikes. Oh and a dog called Spike too.
I don't dislike it as such, each to their own, but it's too much like a nickname and I hope the poor guys don't feel held back by it when they enter the world of corporate finance / politics / etc!

My next door neighbour back at my parents was called Denzil (skinny blonde chap he was) and his brother was called Spike... never struck me as unusual at all!

Denim's awful. We know a coco... and there are obviously lots of scallies with keanu and satsuma and jellybean and the like round here lol

A cfriend of mine has a baby boy called Spike. I like it.

i quite like spike

i wouldn't use it tho, he'd have to be super-cool to carry it off i think...

I like Spike too actually lol..

i quite like Spike

ohhh, i like coco too. i'd quite like to be called coco!

obv. have bizarre taste in names...!

I always think "could I sing hello xxxx" with a straight face, and I think I could for Spike (though the temptation to sing hedgehog songs would be quite strong). But Hello Elmo - no sorry - I would have to lie and say the class was full.

There is a Cheyanne at ds1's school, but it only looks odd written down.

Personally, with regards to Spike, I think it is pretentious to use nicknames as a formal given name. I mean, real Spikes have to earn that name, like baby Rocky the fighter IYSWIM.

is she a Buffy fan?!!

I like Oscar - it's a proper name and it has a very interesting history

I love names like spike and rocky but am not cool enough to carry it off and it would cause a bit of a stir in the local farming community where everyone is either james or john!

ktp...what's oscar's hist??

Iggy lives in my manor. Named for Iggy Pop.

I know someone who called their boy -Thomas

Can you believe that!!!

Seriously having a strange name myself (my mother had already had 4 kids by the time I came along so short of ideas would you believe I was named after the local Mental Hosp as it was called in those days) I gave my DS quite a stange (old Irish) name but then DD a more common place name. I got sick of having to spell my name and my son's name. They do say though that you are more likely to get job interviews if you have a stange name.

I knew of someone called Levi when I was at school.

Chavtastic

no, levi not chavtastic, tis v old name!
i like it.

To this day I still have hassle with peple spelling and pronouncing my name. I've got used to it, people seem to have an issue with the fact it isn't spelt phonetically. I have been called Sean, Sharm, Sharna, Cyan, all sorts, which is why it is such a joy when someone spells it and pronounces it correctly! I share my name with the welsh weathergirl!

in genesis lockets (i'm roosmum btw!)
actually i really like it now i think about it

I'm sorry, it's not a name that I personally like but each to their own