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)

We have a Harold, that's an old mans name isn't it? But we shorten to Haay atm, would like to start using it though to differentiate from the many other namesakes bound to be in his nursery class.

Stirling apparently is an old mans name too. Oh well, ho hum.

(I like Ichabod. And Ezekiel. Good job I have a marginally sensible DH)

We used to live next door to a grown-up Spike. he was most un-Spike-like, all thin and weedy.

The name that takes me aback round here is a baby called Roy. No one is called Roy nowadays!

I know an Odin - I mean who would.....

Elmo would be great.

For a guinea pig.

it just reminds me of that annoying tweeny...

My dh taught a child called C.I.D. Seriously.

The school secretary rang his mum to find out what his initials stood for.

His mum said, 'they're not his initials, he's called sid'.

Olihan LOL!

I know a 10 year old Arnold

My cousin wanted to call one of her boys Elvis. Due to the looks of horror on everyone's faces she settled on Presley as his middle name instead.

Pixel I may know your cousin as I know someone who did exactly that.

I have a friend called Spike who has a cat called Dave

I'm afraid it's unlikely Chicagomum as my cousin was killed a long time ago. Her boys are all grown men by now (my cousin was quite a bit older than me and started her family young).

My dd's friend is called Kimball and it really suits him.

I know a 6 year old called Spike too!

I like Spike but more as a nickname than a proper name. I really like Levi and love Stirling, Peachyclair, it was on my shortlist for both DSs.

To whoever sniggered at Cheyanne: my half sister is called Cheyenne (pr.shy-ann) and she is utterly not chav. Her father (my father) is sixty, her mum is forty and both are ordinary, middle class people who wanted something pretty and unusual.

My son also has an unusual name which 90 per cent of the population also seem to sneer at, it's really annoying, especially as he has just learnt to say it but constantly gets funny looks and pitying smiles from folk when he tells them what it is. His name too is 'old', respectable, non-offensive and not chav (obviously the current hang-up). However it seems unless you have something in the top twenty of the annual Times list you are either a) dumb Vicki Pollard-type or b) trying to make like a celeb when you should really know your place and choose something sensible (read:dull).

ulysses

DH has just reminded me of another classic name of a child he taught.

Brace yourselves for this.................

HASHley.

Honestly, I swear on my life, that was his name.

Kid at a playgroup the other day was called Gulliver????

Kids will call him "Gullable Gulliver"

I know an Ozzy a Milo (mum never heard of the Tweenies when she named him) and a Rudy. I could go with Rudy not sure about the other two! I like Finlay

I hate it when people try so hard with names, it sounds crap and poncy!

They are trying to be cool but so far away from it.

Rupert

Fennela Bosomworthy

that is a great name

I used to work with a very sweet, silver-haired, middle-aged woman called Elvis!

Woman telling her toddler son off in Mothercare a few weeks ago - Tiger .

Knew of a baby called Scarlet Marmalade. Didn't ever actually see the baby but was in school with both parents and they were both redheads...

I've heard of a Scarlet Marmalade - must be the same one, surely?