Chicken bald back

[Charlottechicken]

Well, would you?

 

On Friday I had to use the train and all the children from the local primary school were on the platform, with their teachers, awaiting the train too. I wanted to use the ticket machine, which they were all standing in front of. As I approached, the eagle eyed teacher asked one of the little girls to stand aside "move out of the way, Ikea, so the lady can use the ticket machine"

 

When she said the word 'Ikea' I must have looked surprised and the teacher sort of rolled her eyes.

 

Wonder if there are any little Argos's out there too?

Edited October 18, 2010 by Guest

[Griffin]

Oh my word that's just hideous

[Ain't Nobody Here]

They probably thought they were being very trendy .

 

"Spar, would you leave Matalan alone " .

[Chucky Mama]

Yikes I think it is a Hebrew name though. It would be a shame if she had been given the name for genuine reasons only for everyone to think that she had been named after the shop

[lillybettybabs]

You could have Harvey and Nichols.......make out ya posh!

[Charlottechicken]

Yikes I think it is a Hebrew name though. It would be a shame if she had been given the name for genuine reasons only for everyone to think that she had been named after the shop

 

If there's a chance that it is a religeous name then that's different, but I thought that, like Tesco, it was an acronym

 

"Spar, would you leave Matalan alone "

 

Nooooo, I'll have to ask around now, there's probably a couple of lads in the same class with those names

 

Edited to add: ChuckyMama is correct, Ikea is a Hebrew name. However, Ikea the shop is named after the founders initials and hometown.

 

What a shame, you wouldn't risk a name like that would you?

[Looney]

That's certainly a name that makes you think of the shop first, even if you know the traditional meaning.

 

We're looking at possible names for new Bogwoppit at the moment, it really is a tough task, especially when there is an unusual surname involved.

 

Having looked at what names people registered their babies with in 2008 (the latest list I could find) there were a surprising number of baby girls called "Baby". Parents perhaps fans on Dirty Dancing? I'd certainly not come across it as a girl's name before.....

[Rhapsody]

Origin of Ikea

The Name Ikea is a girl's name . The origin of the baby name Ikea is Hebrew with the meaning(s) depending on Gender/Origin being

 

Hebrew- God is my salvation. The Hawaiian feminine form of Isaiah, God is generous, God is my helper. Ikea has the following similar or variant Names: Ikaisha Ikea Ikeasha Ikeashia Ikeesha Ikeeshia Ikeisha Ikeishi Ikeishia Ikesha Ikeshia Ikiah Ikya Ikyah Ikia

 

 

Still a daft choice though!

[CallyChook]

we were going to call baby Azrael Dragan if it was a boy... I'm glad now in hindsight that we're having a girlie!!

 

Azrael is an archangel (but of death) and Dragan is Slavic for precious son. But my friends all went "?" when I told them our thoughts!

 

My gran hates our chosen name for missus, but tough.

[Aunty e]

We are DYING on a baby boy name. Imogen was named within a few days of us knowing she was a girl, this one is still referred to as 'it' most of the time. We just can't agree, not helped by me hating almost all boy names with a passion and OH hating anything that isn't plain and dripping in testosterone. Silly names I like, but wouldn't use are:

 

Bedivere

Crispin

August

Quintus

Ivo (bit twee with Imogen as well!)

 

Names I quite like but OH doesn't are:

 

Perceval

Jasper

Tristan

 

Name we both don't mind, but I'm not in love with:

 

Edmund (Teddy when a baby)

 

Name I really really want and OH doesn't:

 

Corin

 

 

ARGH. Just want a name so I can at least attempt to bond with this baby. It's getting a bit short-changed at the moment.

[LuckyChickenLover-]

Cheesy joke time!

 

Three criminals were on the run from the police. They were walking around in a town square, trying to act normal, when suddenly they heard police sirens. "Quick," said one of the criminals, "If he asks your name, don't tell him, made up a fake one" The police get out of the car and walk up to the criminals. A policeman asks the first criminal's name. The first criminal looks around, and after a while, says "Mark Spencer". The policeman accepts this, and asks the next criminal his name. The second criminal looks around, and after a while says; "W.H. Smith" The policeman accepts this, and asks the third criminal his name. The third criminal looks around and replies " Tesco"

 

*Goes to get coat*

 

Back on topic, I haven't seen any shops names, but my English teacher said that she used to know someone called Abcde. I think it was pronouned Ab-see-dee .

 

According to some comedian, Aaron is the worst name to name your child, because it's the first name in the baby name book. It's like you opened the book, saw Aaron, and thought "Yeah, that'll do."

 

No offence ro anyone who called their kids Aaron

[Looney]

It is really hard, and I think you do have to stick to your guns with names when you find one you like as you can absolutely guarantee that someone won't like it...we didn't officially announce Bogwoppit's name until two days after he was born to make sure that it suited him and when we did I remember OH's Mum discussing our choice with OH for 40 minutes on the phone - as if we hadn't put any thought into it at all I was furious!

 

My friend called her little girl Melina, which is a Greek name (Dad is Greek) and got very cross when people kept telling her that the name sounded like something medical and rather unpleasant.

[CallyChook]

It does rather resemble that unpleasant complaint but it really doesnt matter.

 

My old boss was called Candida (thrush).

 

 

boys names I liked were

 

Arthur

George

Devin

Angelus

Rowan

Raven - unisex name!

and lots of very wacky ones.

 

My son is called Caed Aiden Auryn. Caed is ancient welsh and means "from the marshlands" and I was living at my parents on the edge of a moss/marshland so it made sense. Aiden means firey one, and Auryn is latin/roman for golden child. It made a lot of sense.

 

this time, we have decided on Raven even if she has blonde hair (and most likely will do), Lilith because I have ALWAYS wanted a girl called lilith, and May, after my gran. Other names for girls I love are Eva and Isla - oh and Maddison - but we have lots of friends with kids called those names so we had to be more original

 

I can see that i get it from my parents though, Cally isn;t the most usual name and my sis is called Chani - both from sci fi stories/shows.

[Rhapsody]

It does rather resemble that unpleasant complaint but it really doesnt matter.

 

My old boss was called Candida (thrush).

 

 

boys names I liked were

 

Arthur

George

Devin

Angelus

RowanRaven - unisex name!

and lots of very wacky ones.

 

My son is called Caed Aiden Auryn. Caed is ancient welsh and means "from the marshlands" and I was living at my parents on the edge of a moss/marshland so it made sense. Aiden means firey one, and Auryn is latin/roman for golden child. It made a lot of sense.

 

 

 

I have one son called Aidan and one called Rowan!!!! Great minds think alike

[CallyChook]

*virtual hi-5 to Rhapsody*

[Aunty e]

I like all of those - OH not keen on Welsh names, which is a shame as I like a lot of Welsh boy names, we both like Rowan but not enough, and we both like Arthur, but have an extremely large, fluffy and famous black cat called Arthur

[Cinnamon]

My girls have unusual names: Devon & Cleo.

If either were a boy,they would have been a Spike.

 

The Ikea thing reminds me of an old Wayne & Waynetta sketch where they called their new daughter Spudulika (Spud-U-Like)

 

I like a lot of rather Biblical names like Noah, Isaac,Eli & so forth,but we made a decision to steer clear of those & of any names that are passed down through the family (all boys in my husbands family have the middle name William, & I was darned if ours was going to!)

 

The little boy next door is called Ieuan,& I suspect that is celtic or something.Took me ages to actually be brave enough to write his name in their Christmas card for fear of getting it wrong

[Chucky Mama]

I was out once and there was someone shouting for their child who ignored them completely. I think it may have been because they didn't want to own up to being the owner of the name 'Star Thing' - ouch

[Cinnamon]

Alicia Keyes has just named her new child Egypt

[lillybettybabs]

Alicia Keyes has just named her new child Egypt

[Cinnamon]

I guess we should be thankful she didn't name it Florida (think about it.......)

 

So many people ask where I got the name Devon from.

No, it is not where she was concieved,but it was a male character in a book I read while pregnant.

We did plan on calling her Sophie,& that is her middle name,but in a haze of gas & air I insisted on Devon,& it stuck.

According to my health vistor I supremely annoyed another Henley mum who had,unbeknown to me,named her daughter Devon 2 weeks before.

Nauturally when secondary school came the 2 Devons ended up in the same form & are to this day mortal enemies

[Looney]

My girls have unusual names: Devon & Cleo.

If either were a boy,they would have been a Spike

 

I've always said if we had another boy I would like to call him Spike (whether actual name or nickname) but have yet to come across anyone else that hasn't looked at me like I'm totally bonkers! With the surname Wildgoose to work with, it is limiting in some ways but completely liberating in others as the name will be slightly unusual regardless!

[Griffin]

Mr Griffins best friend goes by the name of Spike Faery. It's not the name he was born with but I love it!

[Charlottechicken]

I guess we should be thankful she didn't name it Florida (think about it.......)

 

 

Clever!

 

Or Sycamore

[Alis girls]

When they are named after pop stars or actresses renowned for their beauty but are as ugly as sin - I think that is cruel.