Elle's baby

[Holly02]

I'm happy for her and everything, but REALLY... why do these celebrities have to go for these ridiculous names??? I read on the net today that Elle MacPherson has named her baby Aurelius Cy Andrea. I remember being horrified last year too when I read that Helena Christensen had named her baby Mingus - I mean what are these people thinking??? The poor kids.

a friend in australia just told me that Holly - she must have liked GLadiator as that was someone's name wasn't it - marcus aurelius?? I think they gas must get to them!!

Ooh and Aussies love nicknames - what would you make out of Aurelius I wonder...? Yes Mingus sounds a bit too much like fungus to me. And Claudia Schiffer just had a Casper...hope he's friendly! (Apologies if anyone out there has a boy named Casper!)

With the name Mingus I just see a mental picture of Ming the mercilus (spelt wrong!!) in the film Frash Gordon. Bl**dy Awful if you ask me.

Mingus is a Danish name, which is where she comes from, and Caspar, with that spelling I would think was German. Dunno about Aurelius ! I hear quite a few unusual names here in Surrey though, Mungo and Fergus seem to be quite popular, among others.

I got told by a rather tactless workmate that my sons name is more for Dogs than humans. He's called Toby!! hmph...... he's right off my xmas card list.

A rather notorius family near where I'm from called their daughter Pocahontus (spelled wrong!)!!!! These people onbviously don't like children!

Bron: Minger is used loads in Scotland in that context. I once had a rather interesting and heated discussion about what the past tense of that would be..

He has mung?
He minged??
He manged???

Anyone know?

Pamina: I am from Scotland and I LOVE the name Milly! In fact that might be what i call baby no.2 if it's a girl!! (not pg BTW..I hope!).

Its definitely "minged" (the past tense that is).

Mollipops, I was wondering that myself - what could you possibly shorten Aurelius to??

Eidsvold - yes you're right, I'm sure that was the name from Gladiator!! Surely "Marcus" would have been a kinder name to give the baby???

Mum2toby your post made me laugh A bit tactless of your workmate but it made me giggle... I can just imagine him wondering what he did wrong when he doesn't receive a Christmas card from you this year.

Oh isn't taste funny.... I think Aurelius (a roman emperor, I believe) is a wonderful name and Mingus (jazz musician) too. Personally I can't stand normal names.

SofiaAmes, it's very true we all have different taste but would you really have called your own child Aurelius..!? Just wondering of course, you're entitled to do whatever you wish! I just don't think I would like to give my child the kind of name that might make him a target for merciless teasing by other children, which we know kids tend to do.

Lol Holly02.... your post just made me think of 'Ming the Merciless'!! Sorry, I'm a sad person and these simple things make me laugh lots.

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Holly the only consolation is that he will probably attend a school where others have unusual names... however there is unusual and UNUSUAL!! I mean my daughter's name is unusual here in the UK but not so unusual in Australia.

Mum2toby - as I read your post my first thought was your son was called Max or Jake - they seem to be the most common names for the dogs I know.

Mingus was indeed named after the jazz musician (American, not Danish) but they gave him his surname, not his first name. Personally I much prefer the first name - Charles. BUT I did read that his dad Norman Reedus once fired off a furious message to a chatroom where people were criticising him and Helena for their choice of name - so I better watch out!

Anyway, I think calling things 'minging' is only recent slang and will probably have gone out of fashion in a few years.
Not crazy about Aurelius (Aurelius Busson!), but his dad's name is Arpad & he's done Ok, after all, he's a multi-millionaire whose girlfriend is Elle Macpherson.
I actually quite like Caspar - friendly ghost or not. Sounds rather dashing.

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I suspect Mingus is more common in Denmark... do not forget that some of these people are not British and names which do not appeal to Brits - because unheard/sound funny/unfamiliar - are not necessarily so in other countries.... I wouldn't be too quick to make jokes (Isn't that a form of bullying???)
If my kids came back and made fun of someone's name I would not allow it.

Funnily enough, I was so intrigued by this name that I actually looked MIngus up on google to see if it was more common in Denmark - it isn't. They have said they named their baby after the jazz musician and I suspect they just wanted a really, really unusual name. I don't think it's that bad! Anyway, if baby Mingus Reedus (hmmm) gets his parents' looks (not to mention money!), I don't suppose it will hold him back much. Ditto baby Aurelius.

still think Mingus is better than Damian

Isn't the Scottish name Menzies pronounced 'mingis', maybe they wanted this name, but with different spelling, is it still a common name in Scotland or just a surname?

No, not Scottish, not Danish. Here's his dad's explanation of why they called him Mingus, after the jazz musician Charles Mingus - \link{http://www.ne.jp/asahi/cat/mayday/reedus/article/warticle/html\here

Oh, I give up!

Oh, I give up!