The Dogmother Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 There's a boy in my school called Zax (might even be a double xx ) Isn't that vacuum cleaner? When I had Rosie, in the floods of Easter '98, a friend called her little girl Storm... lovely name for a tempestuous sort, but she's a meek, colourless little thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 One of my favourite musicians, Kimya Dawson, called her little girl 'Panda' which I thought was very cute. I've seen photos of her and it sort of suits her. I do think you need to be aware though, when naming your child, of the potential ridicule your child would receive at school. My Sister and bro in law were considering naming their baby Lucca if it was a boy, their surname is Shaw!! We tried to explain, diplomatically, that that might not be the best idea Thankfully the baby was a girl and they called her Lucy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Some people raise their eyebrows at my eldests name,Devon, but as a Sarah I was determined not to give my children boring conventional names. I was one of 6 Sarahs in my school class & it was a nightmare. Typically there is another Devon in her year at school It is a popular male african american name too. Cleo came about from watching Carry on Cleo when I was pregnant. I just liked it,& it really suits her colouring.........probably wouldn't have called her it if she was blonde Both girls would have been Spike if they were a boy. In Devons year there is a pair of twin boys called Mungo & Torquil Cleo has a lad called Eden in her year,which I like a lot, as well as a girl called Summer Rose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Cinnamon wrote: [both girls would have been Spike if they were a boy. Spike was my first choice for a boy too. Trouble was I adopted my first son as a newborn and all the nurses at the hospital were really excited for me and kept on asking me what I would call him. I lost my nerve over Spike as I thought they might say "You can't name him that! we are not going to let you have him afterall stupid really, but I was really paranoid, the adoption process makes you a bit barmy My second son was also adopted but not as a newborn, he came pre-named and as he was such a pitiful little mite, had been abused as a baby I just didn't feel I could change his name after everything he had been through 'Tis weird though not naming your own child Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 We met a 3 yo old girl called Eden 5 years ago on holiday in Greece. I like that name. I wanted to call Ethan "William" afdter my dad & his dad, but we let Alexander pick a name.... tip- NEVER let your child do that! In fairness Alexander did pick a nice name for Ethan, it's just that it's quite popular now. Alexander got the name from a child's Dorling Kindersley "body" book he had got which is about how human bodies work , as there was a family in it who had a baby boy & they called him Ethan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 My neighbours have two boys; Elijah and Spike. Their daughter is called Audrey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 MIL and me wanted to call SIL and BIL's baby 'Charlie', whether it was a boy or a girl, but they took no notice of us! If I had a little girl I'd call her Amelie, after my favourite film or if it was a boy I'd call him 'Billy'- my dad's name is Bill (William) and my all time love is Billy Joel so I could kill 2 birds with one stone In fact, I might even have called a girl 'Billie'. Oh well, I'll have to be satisfied with naming the chickens instead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Harry is named after Deborah Harry NOT the dratted Harry Potter, why couldn't she have called him Stephen or Peter He was going to be Oliver right up to the time he was born, but I think Harry suits him Juliette is named after Juliette Binoche, a french actress. Juliette was going to be Lola until we actually listened properly to the words of the song I still like the name though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Juliette is the name of a character in a novel by the Marquis de Sade, my name is the other character's/sister's name! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 My neighbours have two boys; Elijah and Spike. Their daughter is called Audrey. Audrey!!! Good lord! Poor thing. Sorry if I offend but I simply can't get on with the name Spike. You have to imagine where destiny may take them and go for ageless and classless names. I bet there aren't many high court judges or eminent physicians called Spike. I honestly believe that a name like that will get in the way of the child progressing. Assumptions will be made about them from the start. I have a good pal who is a reception class teacher and she knows exactly what to expect when there is a Britney or a Kyle in the class.....if not from the child, then from the parents. Also names move downwards on the social scale....not upwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 My neighbours have two boys; Elijah and Spike. Their daughter is called Audrey. Audrey!!! Good lord! Poor thing. I did think Audrey was a lovely name, conjured up visions of Tautou and Hepburn but then I suddenly thought of Roberts, hmmmmm My favourite name used to be Chantelle (pronounced shon-telle) until I heard a woman on the beach a few years ago say, in a very broad accent; "eeeeeeeee, our (pronounced 'hour' without the H) Chantelle's (pronounced shan-telle) got a right good tan!" Our friends, the husband is French, called their little boy 'Jules', we all call him 'zhool' but it works just as well with the English pronunciation. Their other little boy is called Oscar (after Oscar Wilde), Jules is after Jules Verne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Wouldnt it be a dull place if we all liked the same names. My problem was liking the same names as my husband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Egluntine wrote: I bet there aren't many high court judges or eminent physicians called Spike. I have no idea if there is a high court judge named Spike, but there was an eminent comic writer and a very eminent film maker both called Spike Personally I think Spike is a classless name, it is a name that makes me Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Egluntine wrote: I bet there aren't many high court judges or eminent physicians called Spike. I have no idea if there is a high court judge named Spike, but there was an eminent comic writer and a very eminent film maker both called Spike Personally I think Spike is a classless name, it is a name that makes me Tessa Yes but it was a nickname. His real name was Terence! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 My birth mother named me Jillian. Adoptive parents chose Victoria - apparently everyone was aghast (early 60s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Bronze wrote: Yes but it was a nickname. His real name was Terence! Well there you go, it is such a great name that Mr. Milligan chose it as his nickname, mind you with a name like Terence I don't blame him No offence to any Terences on this forum Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 You have to imagine where destiny may take them and go for ageless and classless names. No you don't You pick names that you like & that you think suits the child & your lifestyle. Neither of my girls would have suited a classic classless name,which I think are mostly dull & show a lack of imagination. I should know - I am stuck with one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 You have to imagine where destiny may take them and go for ageless and classless names. No you don't You pick names that you like & that you think suits the child & your lifestyle. Neither of my girls would have suited a classic classless name,which I think are mostly dull & show a lack of imagination. I should know - I am stuck with one Or in my case you pick names that your husband will let you use. Only my eldest would have the same name if it had been down to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 Sorry...I disagree. There are plenty of names that are ageless and classless without being dull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 We made a deal when I got pregnant. No dull boring names. No fashionable at the time names No names after family members (caused huge upset in the in-laws house,that one!) No Biblical names (although I love Issac & Noah) When it came down to it,I got the final say. I made him agree just a few minutes after the birth - poor chap would have agreed to anything at that time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Bronze wrote: Or in my case you pick names that your husband will let you use. Only my eldest would have the same name if it had been down to me My second choice for a boy after Spike was Barney DH who was then merely OH said "over my dead body will we call him Barney he will get nicknamed Barmy Barney" He ended up being called Lewis after his dead paternal grandad. I like the name a lot If I had had a girl I would have named her Ottillie to be known as Tilly. Never had a girl so called one of the dogs Tilly instead Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 No Biblical names (although I love Issac & Noah) I wont point out then that Cleo is also short for Cleopas who was one of the two people Jesus appeared to on the road after his ressurection. As I said before odd how we're all different. I didn't choose family names to please people (accept my husband) but each of my children has a family connection. Matthew is named after my brother (sadly dead) his middle name is my maiden name. Jamie is James which is DHs middle name and Nias middle name is Evelyn after my Gran who died while I was in hospital before I had her [Nia]. I like unusal names but they have to be 'proper' names so no Spike for me. My favourite names at the moment are Eira and Eleri, Gideon and Elijah. Other would look at those names and go oh my goodness but it would be a confusing world if we were all called George like George Foremans children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 No Biblical names (although I love Issac & Noah) I wont point out then that Cleo is also short for Cleopas who was one of the two people Jesus appeared to on the road after his ressurection. She sometimes gets a bit fed up of being called Cleopatra at school,but kids who know it will wind her up So we pointed out to her that Cleo is short for Cleopatra who was a renowned beauty,warrior & queen, & she now just sticks her nose in the air if anyone teases her One other problem we have with naming babies is a very difficult surname, starting in A & ending in ey, so anything like Rosie is out as its too sing-song,& anything ending in A like Anna is also out as it just sounds bizarre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 20, 2007 Author Share Posted December 20, 2007 I like the Gaelic names such as Niamh although there can be mispronunciations. I know a lady whose daughter is called Orlaith and she pronounces it Or Lathe. Orlaith is the Gaelic spelling of Orla. So it is best to do a bit of research if you like the look if a name but haven't heard it pronounced. I am not keen on surnames as firstnames. Taylor (sorry Claret), Bailey, Paige for example. There was a girl in my sons class at secondary school called Paige Turner. A bit like Lydia Teapot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Anyone seen 'Green Card'? Loved the female character's name in that, Brontë I always liked the name Bramwell for a boy, Bram for short (like Bram Stoker) p.s. I know it was Branwell Bronte Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
