We are stumped for a name…so as STW can be pugilistic I want to test-run/roadtest a name…

Growing up, from 5- 20yrs old. Do you think this name would be a disadvantage?

Luca.

Luca "skywalker". Kids that age won't know about starwars though. Also sounds vaguely sicilian, capisce? Why go sicilian, why not luke or lucas?

I like Luca and Luke but my father in law put us off it. Everytime he heres it he says "LOOK both ways". Best said in a Dublin accent btw!

Luc -> Fuc -> Fuca -> ..

Stick to Bingo.

Does he live on the second floor? Upstairs from you?

Are you of Italian descent?

Ne ne ne neeeh ne…Luca Puka

Are you of Italian descent?

Thats the only 'negative' thought that I had as well.

Absolutely any name will be twisted into something nasty by other kids if they want to find something. You just want to avoid the really obvious ones ( like someone I work with whose first name and surname together sound like pe-do…)

Luca sounds fine. As above Suzanne Vega's song is the only obvious reference I can think of and it's a decent enough song so I don't see that as a major issue.

I quite like it and can't think of any significant disadvantages in terms of future mickey-taking etc. over and above other names….

Kid's always find some kind of nickname regardless or the actual name.

Without knowing your surname though it's difficult to cover every base. For example, if your surname was Puker, I'd reconsider. 🙂

The naming bible:

[Not just worksafe. It'll get you a promotion.]

What's your last name – that makes a big difference? For instance, if your surname is Head, you wouldn't call your child Richard would you?

lucat me (in that strange way some people say the double "o")

But ultimately I'd hope that any kid could deal with a little name-manipulation at school, it's all part of growing up and if you're not a wilting flower it's not going to even ruin your day. Call it what you like and tell it the MTFU when it comes home crying 🙂

Lucas? As two friends link Luca with a girls name.

Luca Horacek?

Look at Wh0re? Pretty weak.

Hint: Horacek's not his real surname. Are you going double-barrelled with lisa's surname too? That makes a difference

How about a normal simple name. giving your kids unusual names for the sake of it is vanity. Unless you have a cultural heritage that is not your basic brit anglo saxon go for a basic brit anglo saxon name – preferably one that is monosyllabic or has a nice monosyllabic shortened form.

I hated my name when growing up and would have loved a simple common name

FFS

http://www.baby-names-guide.co.uk/top-baby-names-2009.php

nbt its my Mums side. Post-divorce years ago. When we moved up to Manchester I experiment with my Dads but I stopped using it after a year as it felt wrong.

I think it depends on your ethnic background. I'm strongly in favour of first names that match surnames. I find it very difficult when I am in Germany to explain to people why my first name is so 'English' in comparison to my German surname. Especially when there is a perfectly "English-sounding" equivalent that would be easier on the ears in Germany.

But I was named in Canada, where such mixes as mine are perfectly normal.

Consequently, all of my kids have names that draw on their Eastern-Central European backgrounds, yet sound relatively 'normal' to British ears.

On the other hand, TJ, I had a relatively (then, not now!) uncommon name and like the fact that I wasn't one of 3 or 4 with the same name growing up.

My son's name is similarly uncommon. I'd suggest that it's the wacky names or silly spellings that are a pain for people growing up based on what I saw growing up.

Lucas is a nice name…but like you say, very popular.

If I have aboy, he's getting called Séamus.

Nice name, a boyfriend of mine many many years ago had a kid called Luca. (He was of Italian background and his former wife was Chinese.)

Anyways the only negative aspect of the name was that a few years after Luca was born that song came out by Suzanne Vega about the kid that had been abused "my name is Luka" and all that. Today's generation may not remember tho so you might not get quite so many raised eyebrows.

hora – Member

FFS

http://www.baby-names-guide.co.uk/top-baby-names-2009.php

Just cos it's popular doesn't mean it's what you have to do. Loads of people watch Eastenders, does that mean you have to?

How about Lukasz which as I'm sure you're aware is the Polish version of Luke, and thus more in keeping with your ancestry

Hora, I know, but is it the one you use on your passport and the one you;r going to give BabyHora? That;'s the one you have to consider

You've had nine months to think of names!!

We had chosen a boy and a girls name and she was named within seconds if entering the world last Saturday.

Luca is nice, any family names you can consider?

you keep editing your post while I'm typing 🙄

I like Luca!

silly spellings

Jeebus, don't get me started on this one.

Examples recently from friends…

Sofie (supposedly "French"….FFS…you live in frickin' Bristol babs!)
Karyn

You realise that for the grown up portion of your child's life, it will be saying "No, that's Sofie with an "f", then "I,e"

Trying having a Gaelic name with a Gaelic spelling…

Bit too close to Lucorrhea
Its something we found out about at school..

If I have aboy, he's getting called Séamus.

Immediately some name calling springs to mind on that one!

Lucy?
Lucky?

How about a normal simple name. giving your kids unusual names for the sake of it is vanity.

We could start just numbering them, it'd be far easier.

Does it pass the supermarket test? Just imagine he's running away from you in Tescos, and you have to shout his name – would you feel embarrassed shouting "Luca, get back here you little sh*t!"? 🙂

We could start just numbering them, it'd be far easier.

Spot the catholics in Tesco then….

"Seven! Eight! Get your arses back here you little shits!"

My choices have been binned. I wanted Morrissey. Morrissey doesnt work as a middlename 🙁

Just imagine he's running away from you in Tescos, and you have to shout his name

While i dont know hora, if he's anything like everyone else at Tescos that test is completely invalid. It's an out-of-control child racetrack.

A neighbours kid is called Luca, can't comment on how "school safe" it is, he's only just started school.

Its just my view – I wanted a normal name with one syllable.

Being called Jeremy, having a lisp and going to a relatively tough Glasgow comprehensive was not always easy and a more common name would have helped.

Luca – lukemia, puke, puker, flook, flooker, luca the fooka.

All pretty good really, any name is going to have playground connataions, who cares, BTFU. (B=Baby)

luca sounds a bit soft, better not send him to work with rollerskates on or he'll catch a beating.

call him diesel.