Names I wished i hda had the guts to use

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I wanted to call the sluglet Ngaire - pronounced Nyree - which is a very common NZ name. Dh insisted that the English would not be able to either pronounce or spell it, so it's her middle name.

I had tried softening him up with some more outlandish ones Te Aroha, Waimaramara, Hinemoa etc, but he just didn't get the bait. My aunt had a lovely time coming up with names to shock him - Ekatahuna, Paihuitua Karangahape - any kiwis reading this will laugh as they're all place names. He just blinked slowly and said NO.

Slug - what about Tutukaka for sluglet 2? Very apt if they fill nappies like my ds does.

You know, I don't think it really matters how outlandish they sound when you start off, by the time they are yours, it all sounds normal (this is from a woman who always has to explain to the vet why dh named our cat after a video game).

All our friends seem to have named their kids the strangest things (but lovely, just in case any of you are reading!) - after famous comic book artists, characters in Star Wars, herbs, Welsh monsters, you name it. Poor old dd's unfashionable victorian name seems quite staid in comparison (but the midwives still looked stangely at us when we announced it).

Little girl down the road is Somaya. Don't know if that's a particularly Bangladeshi name (the girl is Bangladeshi), but I think it's just beautiful, and amazingly enough, DH didn't instantly nix it, either.

If I were black or had married a black man I would love to call a DD "Kenya", but it just doesn't seem to suit since we're a whiter than alabaster family.

i`ve got friends called africa,america and argentina,amor(love),libertad(freedom)piedad(pity)dolores(pains)i could go on and on

I knew a guy called Aladdin, which I loved (although it also sounded strange at first).

Can't wait to tell my friend Rufus that he's named after cheap dog food tee hee!

I want Darcy for a girl. I haven't broached the subject with friends or family yet but am expecting some reservations. Mind you the Irish names here are beautiful and I'm seriously considering deciding to use an Irish name instead.

It's a bit surprising I'm thinking of names for a girl when I'm not even pregnant yet but for some reason I just know I'll have a girl next. I knew I would have a son first and didn't even consider girls names. I didn't find out what it was but during labour the midwives got so used to me referring to him in the male tense I had to actually ask them what it was when he was born.

Edgarcat - I also have Jane for a middle name being in the 30 year old(ish) category. Surprising considering my first name is a very unusual boys name which everyone asks me about and I can only respond "I don't know where it originates from. My mother chose it and she doesn't know either".

DD's middle name is Rosebud, wish I'd used it as her christian name as she is joining 3 others with the same name at school in September.

I added a sneaky 2nd middle name to our agreed names for DS2 when I registered him so he'd have the same number of names as DS1. Perfectly normal, common name but with the amount of fuss DH caused over it, I wish I'd gone the whole hog and chosen something more unusual! Scooby-Dooby for example.

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Edgarcat - It's not Nigel. It's kind of common in Australia but doesn't seem to be anywhere else. It's similar to female names but the pronunciation of it is in the male form. I tend to get called the female name that is closest to it and never correct anyone as then I always have to explain that I have no idea where it came from. I won't go on as I don't mean to tease.

Soupdragon - my dad did taht for my little brother - he came over all catholic so named him after the saints day. Unfortunately for db he was born on St Augustines day :0

This is my first posting to Mumsnet and have been fascinated reading conversations on lots of different topice.

I am expecting DS no 2 in 6 weeks and would love to call him Felix. DH says it's too associated with the cat food brand and won't agree. Would be interested in what others think ? Would I be committing him to a life of ridicule ?

This is my first posting to Mumsnet and have been fascinated reading conversations on lots of different topice.

I am expecting DS no 2 in 6 weeks and would love to call him Felix. DH says it's too associated with the cat food brand and won't agree. Would be interested in what others think ? Would I be committing him to a life of ridicule ?

one of my old pupils was called Felix and I have to say he did get a lot of stick about it.....

I like Felix, I also like Barney, Mungo and Ruben but ds wouldnt let me so ds is Ben. His middle name is Barney though. If I have a girl Pebbles will be the middle name.

sorry, should read dh would let me

My sister is a mdwife and she delivered a .....Chlamydia the other day. She said to the mum, how pretty, do you know what it means, the mum didn't (the mum and partner are only 16 yrs old) They said Oh well, we just like the sound of it!

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I think it would depend on where you live and the people you associate with Mrss. For example if you live on a tough sink estate Felix might tend to make him visit boot alley courtesy of all the other kids a bit too often, but if you live in a genteel leafy affluent suburb then there are probably a few other Felix families around so it would be ok.

I knew someone who was nicknamed Felix because he was a cat burglar.

One of my DS's names is Tomaso.
He has alredy been called tomato a few times, I sometimes wish we'd left off the final "O".
We thought of the name, because it's DH's Godfathers name and means,"devoted twin"

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