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Quick survey, what do you think of the name..........

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kittythescarygoblin · 15/10/2006 21:08

Ronnie, not Ronald. I really like it, but not sure if I've got the guts to chose something so unconventional

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80sMum · 15/10/2006 22:18

I think it's rather a nice name. I too would go for Ronald officially, then Ronnie as a pet name for hime as a a boy , followed by Ron when he's adult. A bit out of vogue at the moment, but it'll come back in and in 20 years or so there'll probably be loads of little Ronnies sround!

suzycreamcheese · 15/10/2006 22:22

hey and dont forget - ronald coleman, ronald searle, and what i call fil ronaldo!

SoMuchToBats · 15/10/2006 22:23

Aaahh... my lovely (sadly late) uncle was a Ron, so I rather like it.

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kittythescarygoblin · 15/10/2006 22:23

I think you're right 80smum. A few years ago we'd have been having the same conversation about all those biblical names that are really popular now. Names like Alfie and Archie also weren't at all popular until very recently.
I think it very much depends on how much you hear a name being used. If you hear it alot then you get used to it. Not sure about Barry or Brian though, but no doubt they'll come back and we'll think they are really trendy

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CristinaTheAstonishing · 15/10/2006 22:31

How about Roland (not Ronald) shortened to Ronnie?

dmo · 15/10/2006 22:32

i love alfie
dont like ronnie too much
not keen on names like paul. simon etc

do like some old names

deff not brian my sons called Ryan and kids call him brian

suzycreamcheese · 15/10/2006 22:32

its more fun to set the trends than follow them!
nice to plan, if thats what your doing kittythescarygoblin - i thought i would be sure and know his name when i saw him, too knackered to think after and had no plan and with dp in charge he was announced to all as zebedee!
actually, quite like it now! kept a bit of it for middle name!
go with what feels right for you goblin!

ShinyHappyPurpleSeveredHeads · 15/10/2006 22:34

No sorry.. makes me think of gangsters and murderers.. and er.. pykies..

helsy · 15/10/2006 22:37

Quite like it actually although I don't usually like shortened names like Alfie, Bertie, Billy.
I don't know anyone with that name - which is always a bonus - but then I don't know any Ethelreds, either.

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suzycreamcheese · 15/10/2006 22:37

what's a pykie?

80sMum · 15/10/2006 22:39

It's true that names come in and out of fashion. When DD was born in 1983 the very popular names were Gemma, Hannah, Lucy, Emily, Sarah, Louise etc. Against the trend, I called DD Grace and many people thought it horrible and old-fashioned. Now, of course, it's popular again. Had similar experience with DS's name too.

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kittythescarygoblin · 15/10/2006 22:41

suzy, they are 'gypsies' and travellers, the connotation is not a good one!

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ShinyHappyPurpleSeveredHeads · 15/10/2006 22:44

Suzy that is a rather controversial question which I brought on myself. Think it must be regional term as DH didn't know what one was until I 'southernised' him a bit.

A pykie is a gypsy.. but not to be compared with those who choose to live the travelling life but not causing any problem to anyone else.. but the kind who arrives en masse with lots of others and illegally camp on bit of (often inappropriate!) land.. steal electricity (from lamp posts etc!).. have fierce dogs which roam around and out of control children and who leave when they feel like it (and only then) leaving all kinds of crap and dirt laying around. They give a bad name to other travellers.

Brad Pitt hilariously plays one in Snatch. It is actually stated that his virtually incoherent accent (which he invented for the film to the amusement of the cast!) is 'pure pykie'!

They don't necessarily have children called Ronnie though.. that's just in my mind I expect..!

suzycreamcheese · 15/10/2006 22:49

its still classic name, connotations are from who you know / admire and i do like it.

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kittythescarygoblin · 15/10/2006 22:50

I do too suzy

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suzycreamcheese · 15/10/2006 22:55

tis definately regional then, dp knew when i asked him! they seem to have made quite an impression on you!

wafer · 15/10/2006 23:53

i know an adult Ronnie of Maltese origin. I think it's a happy, friendly name and not at all 'pykie'. I wouldn't consider it a scary name to go for. If I have a son I'm going to call him Hector which might not be popular with everyone, but hey, what do I care, noone in my family has particularly conventional names anyway, particularly not on my dh's side( of Nigerian origin)

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kittythescarygoblin · 16/10/2006 07:09

Lockets, my dd2 (ch no.4)is a kitty and my whole MN name is what we call her!

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HRHQueenOfQuotes · 16/10/2006 07:59

Kitty - go for it if you want to.

I personally don't like it - but then you probably wouldn't like the names we've given the DS's and are thinking of for no.3 when it arrives next summer!

HallgerdaLongcloak · 16/10/2006 08:11

Aren't most Ronnies these days girls? Short for "Veronica", I think.

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kittythescarygoblin · 16/10/2006 08:23

Lockets I'll find out in a copule of weeks, I've got 2 boys and then 3 girls. I don't know why but I've become really fascinated with this whole Ronnie business. I haven't found any positives where I am so I thought I'd get a more general MN view! it had better be a boy now!!

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lemonaid · 16/10/2006 08:24

Ron Weasley!

Hmm, not sure about Ronnie. It doesn't grab me but I don't think 'blechhh' either.

Does that make me your first "don't mind"?

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