Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 No cake for odd-named kid. What were that family thinking . (And I thought Peaches and Fifi Trixiebell were bad .) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Blimey. He will love his parents when he gets older Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Crikey ! Those poor children When we were naming ours I wondered if I was being a bit daft when I chose names that could be shortened to warm friendly family names (Katie & Toby) but they could then use their full given names when they are high-flying barristers - or equally, happy dustmen! (Katherine & Tobias). Also the full moniker is used when they are in BIG trouble!!!! Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 My word...and my family thought that Baden Alexander was an odd name. Poor kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 They sound like a charming family...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Poor kids Only in America!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 They sound like a charming family...... I second that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels4 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Poor kids Only in America!!! I'm sure other countries label their children with odd names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 so he calls his first child adolf hitler because he "likes the name" but then gives the second child aryan nation as a middle name!? white supremesist if ever I heard it! I don't blame the shop for refusing to make the cake, good for them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Poor kids Only in America!!! I'm sure other countries label their children with odd names. Very true! There was a story quite recently about parents in NZ that wanted to give their child a really unusual name and it went to court to prevent them from doing it! If they liked the name Adolf, fair enough. But to give the name Hitler as well...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Good lord. That is child abuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Poor kids Only in America!!! I'm sure other countries label their children with odd names. Very true! There was a story quite recently about parents in NZ that wanted to give their child a really unusual name and it went to court to prevent them from doing it! If they liked the name Adolf, fair enough. But to give the name Hitler as well...... They called their child 'Tula Does The Hula In Hawaii', the judge issued a ward of court so she could change her name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missuscluck Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 One of my good friend is a regestrar and we often have funny converstaions about what the ladies of Crewe ar calling their kids currently. Apparantly Isobel is top fave at the mo for girls but spelt in all sorts of wierd ways like Izzobel. The latest funny is a boy called Christainoronaldo. All one word for the boys first name, then second and third names added. The regestrars are trained not to criticise name choice but she did ask "are you sure". I have a customer at work called Helen Backs I think she married a Mr Backs though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I'm inclined to agree with Poet - some underlying disturbed parents methinks. But it is a free country so they should be able to name their children whatever - however awful. I feel sorry for the children. My brother's cats were called Monty and Rommel - not so bad. But then with his baby scan results he has been calling it Beaky because it has a big nose! I am sure his wife will find a nice name. Still, we had to make sure we didn't have any childrens names starting with B otherwise it could be turned into a product and I could imagine the other children calling them by the product's name. I was told no flaura or fauna, so I told OH no cars or football teams. We thought we picked names that couldn't be shortened - even ending my son's name with "ran" rather than "ron". He is commonly called Ciz by his cousins and DD is called Ez . You can't win!(I call her Madam Mim - so applicable even down to the hair colour). DS hates his name because people can't pronounce it - I told him that only MIL can't pronounce or spell it - there are a few actors that share his name and "Ooops, word censored!"ody gets them wrong, and they haven't changed their names either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 urrchhggh. Totally wrong to label your kids with your political views, surely? Particularly such dodgy ones! I've heard a story of parents calling their child Clamydia. When explained to them (by midwife in the hospital) where they'd heard it before, the ever-so-classy mother said something along the lines of "it's OK, none of me freinds will know waht it means either". I think (hope!!) it's jsut an urban myth.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 Well Candidas a name. Theres one in Pulp Names are not a good subject with me at th emoment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ardene5 Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Hi Everyone, Can you imagine when with poor child has to study the First & Second World Wars in school and what teasing that will go off. Those parents need banning from choosing named for their children should be a world ban on names like this or on any dictator who has killed people. Here is hoping they put a stop to this daft naming. Best regards Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I have a problem with those who make up names to make them unique. Trouble is, those words are often not as made up as they think. Two that I have come across recently are Ilea and Melena (both have medical connotations relating to the bowel - 'nuff said!) Just hope they never go into the medical profession when they grow up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted December 23, 2008 Author Share Posted December 23, 2008 I know a (very nice) woman up the road who named her second child Calvin-Castle . She insists on using the hyphen and the "Castle" . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenanne Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I can understand wanting to name your kids something unusual, or at least, not the same as half the maternity ward. And some of the more unusual names are lovely-sounding, too. But.....not everyday objects, medical conditions, or..... I could go on. And on. "Fridge Magnet Smith" doesn't have a great ring to it, really. But often one persons evil murderous dictator is anothers' political hero: depends on what side you're on (and who wins!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I have a problem with those who make up names to make them unique. Trouble is, those words are often not as made up as they think. Two that I have come across recently are Ilea and Melena (both have medical connotations relating to the bowel - 'nuff said!) Just hope they never go into the medical profession when they grow up! My friend has a daughter called Melina and people keep pointing out it sounds like a medical term (meaning black poo??) . Melina is a Greek name (her father is Greek) and means 'sweet like honey'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 My girls (Devon & Cleo) have unusual names, & they have been met with a raised eyebrow more than once. But I love their names, & they suit them. Whaen you have been stuck with a name as common as mine,its nice to give your child something a little more memorable There are boys at their school called Mungo,Digby & Torquil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 My eldest is Stanley, and that met with more than one raised eyebrow, especially when he was tiny. Many people seemed to thing it was unkind to give him such a traditional name. One lady even said we were cruel to give him an 'old man's name'! ( I won't tell you what her baby was called! ) However there was the other half of the population who loved his name, even to the point of saying 'I wish I'd thought of that when we were naming xxxxxxx'. In my job I meet so many children it is very hard to think of names that don't immediately remind you of a child you have taught. Do all teachers give their children uncommon names? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I have always liked Sydney for a girl too............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Whaen you have been stuck with a name as common as mine,its nice to give your child something a little more memorable But I've never come across another Cinnamon .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
