Cinnamon Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels4 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 My sisters boyfriend is named Doug.....I call him "Digby" because he hates it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Ah, didn't realise Melina was a greek name - that explains it then! I do love unusual names actually, and I'm sure most children will be able to rise to the demands of a 'stranger than average' name! I always think of the ?Johnny Cash song - 'A boy named Sue' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I wanted Sydney for a girl but OH vetoed it I think there was a girl on television at the time with the name and I loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Don't forget John Wayne - aka Marion. My name was originally a boy's name. I was the only one in school - boys or girls with it. Now I hear it everywhere - usually it seems to be directed to a naughty girl in the supermarket, but I still turn round in case the mum's are yelling at me. I do like it though, but I hate my middle name which is Joyce (no offence to any of you named the same - it is because of my dreadful aunt, who is rather a poison dwarf - oops no offense to vertically challenged people too ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne 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! I know of a venereologist whose daughter rejoices in the name of Candida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I read the as ventiloquist at first If anyone has any sensible baby name ideas.... please shout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I know its a democracy but really what were they thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZAROO Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 They called their child 'Tula Does The Hula In Hawaii', the judge issued a ward of court so she could change her name. I remember somebody on another forum changing their name by de-pol for charidee.....(sp) to Joanna or something ; whatever " dump yard dog"-Smythe....Wonder if I can find that link? Rohan and Ethan aren't too far out then.... Actually a friend of mine has daughters Tula; Mina and Indigo!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Devon is also a male name, & there are often male Devons in American TV shows Funnily she is one of 2 girl Devons in her year at school. Apparantly the mum of the other Devon was furious at me for 'stealing' her daughters name,even though I did no such thing - there is only 2 weeks between the 2 Devons & I guess she assumed that I copied her Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cooks Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Apparantly the mum of the other Devon was furious at me for 'stealing' her daughters name,even though I did no such thing - there is only 2 weeks between the 2 Devons & I guess she assumed that I copied her some people are so petty! she sounds lovely! NOT!... going to go hide back under my pile of tissues... I love the Name Devon especially for a girl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 I love Devon and Cleo - both great names, unusual but still relatively sensible My niece called her little girl Madison - OH is a bit old fashioned when it comes to names and he can never remember it. He keeps calling her Morecambe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 Yes, I think the Americans love calling their children British place names. One of the Disney programmes had a young man called, well, it sounded like "De Vorn" - only to see "Devon" spelt in the credits. How stupid, Cinnamon, of the other woman - did she think you were bugging her house to find out the name. Perhaps she overheard you! None of us know my niece's name - it has been totally hush hush. As little bro is an avid wargamer and American Civil War historian, I assume it might be Belle Star - Confederate spy, I think, as long as it isn't Beaky. I wanted to call my son Cameron or Frazer. With DD I wanted Kirsty, but a relation called their daughter Kirsten - telepathy maybe. One of the ladies that I keep in contact with from my old job is called Cleo - I think of the pretty little Disney goldfish when I hear that name. Snowy wrote: My niece called her little girl Madison - OH is a bit old fashioned when it comes to names and he can never remember it. He keeps calling her Morecambe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 We are vaguely acquainted with an individual who has children called Carling after his favourite tipple and Blade after SUFC. The worst part about it is that Carling is a girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimmyCustard Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Parents have a friend who called their son Mango. I keep adding chutney on the end and getting told off................... Kimmy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels4 Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Parents have a friend who called their son Mango. I keep adding chutney on the end and getting told off................... Kimmy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 My mum has just come running - she thought I was choking. Well almost! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Well, my name is pretty boring. Sorry to any fellow Lauras out there . My second cousin had twin boys and named them Oliver & Morgan. I quite like Morgan as a boys name. Cinnamon .. One of my best (girl) friends is called Devon. I love the name . You think that Laura is a boring name - well you can't get much more boring than Jane - especially for ladies of my age - there were about four in my class at school! I like Morgan as well and some friends of ours named their son Morgan. The only problem is that it reminds me of Bananas in Pyjamas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexgirl73 Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Well I have the lovely name of Alexandra, but not one person calls me it To my side of the family I'm Sandra (which I completely and utterly detest ) and to friends I made since I left school and my OH's family I am Alex, which I much prefer. I tried to give my girls names that couldn't be shortened. Raechel (yes I know it's spelt funny, but with a surname like Smith you have to lively things up ) and Hayley. But they end up being called Rach and Hayls by their friends But as for those 'people' naming their child Adolf Hitler, surely that consitutues child abuse!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 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? When I was naming my son there were certain names that I wouldn't touch with a barge pole due to the children that I taught in school. Callum, Jordan and Adam were always dodgy names a few years back. I know somebody who wanted to call their son Ulysses Prometheus when the rest of their children could hardly string a sentence together. Thankfully they had a girl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fowlbird Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 No cake for odd-named kid. What were that family thinking . (And I thought Peaches and Fifi Trixiebell were bad .) the Nazis were keen on forcible sterilisation weren't they? I'm beginning to think it might be necessary for some... and if that makes me sound fascist, so be it - I still haven't forgiven my mother for my names Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fowlbird Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Adolphina? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 ok, I know a man called Lyndsey, a man called Mandy and I went to school with a boy called Dominic, but his mother couldnt pronounce it, she called him Donimic I like my name but dont like the shortened version, so I always shorten it myself for people (im Catherine, dont like Cath, so introduce myself as Cathy - confused ? yep, me to ) I also love it when people dont think about the surname and firstname together, and sometimes get interesting combinations, cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I'm another Cath hater - I've always been Cathy (With a C!!! - why do people always assume it is with a K???) Think I actually prefer Snowy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 and I went to school with a boy called Dominic, but his mother couldnt pronounce it, she called him Donimic One of my boys is called Dominic. He tends to be called Dom by everyone...except me. He had a teacher who insisted on calling him Donimic *tuts* and has had more letters, cards and invitations addressed to Demonic than enough. *HuH* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
