[Closed] Does your child's name give away his class?

The best way to cure a bully is to poison them ! failing that, a clean pair of heels !

DrP - Member
I'm in the process of changing my name to "captain-kick-ass-ninja-threeinchpunch-the-merciless".

I feel it's a clean reflection of my middle class aspirational personality.

DrCKANTTM

That's simply ridiculous. All the people that can one inch punch like Bruce Lee will mercilessly taunt you forever.

Bullies want two things. Either they want to dominate you, or they want a fight. Don't give them the satisfaction of either.

You've never met a bully have you?

Suggesting your kid fights back is most likely to result in them getting battered.

Been there and I lost a fight. I dropped under the radar though as technically the fight was broken up but he was winning but both ripped shirts/blood etc etc.

Fast forward to today. I've no doubt that anyone in my gym could kick my arse but I'll never find out as I'm outgoing, happy, chatty etc. Not avoiding, weird, quiet, nervous.

[i]Antur (m) and Morzine (f)

but we shorten Morzine to Moz
[/i]

Seriously, a girl called Morzine/Moz? 🙄

Whats wrong with it?

Saying that -what if over the next 10yrs Morzine becomes a French Las Vegas and is known for gambling, high-living and debauchery

Apparently, the woman in the OP has done Question Time, twice.

Who keeps booking her? They're the ones to direct anger at!

I've no doubt that anyone in my gym could kick my arse but I'll never find out as I'm outgoing, happy, chatty etc. Not avoiding, weird, quiet, nervous.

You've never met a bully have you?

Hah.. plenty, trust me.

I've no doubt that anyone in my gym could kick my arse but I'll never find out as I'm outgoing, happy, chatty etc Not avoiding, weird, quiet, nervous

That is exactly what I am talking about!

Should we stick to the standard names of [s]Mark,[/s] George, Paul, [s]Luke[/s] Richard and John?

FTFY

She is a vile human being, but I have to admit I flicker of judgement does pass though my brain when I first hear specific names (and I think most people do). If I said there's a boy called Tarquin and a boy called Wayne most people would get a picture in their head of a toff and a chav.

The difference is I kick myself for being a judgmental **** afterwards, and I certainly wouldn't stop my kid playing with either.

Also it's painfully obvious she's just saying hideous things on TV to fuel her minor celebrity status for as long as possible.

aracer - Member

Should we stick to the standard names of [u]Mark[/u], George, Paul, [u]Luke[/u] Richard and John?

FTFY

she has created a media personality (an updated Hyacinth Bucket) which is [s]almost a[/s] far more vulgar [s]as[/s] than those she "pretends" to despise

lol i come from quite a middle class family, relatives that are Mp's and stuff like that, but anyway always hated having a posh name, so changed its to a name of some trailer trash methamphetamine dealer from Georgia I saw on a american news website.. lol my parents were so pleased..
(I have grown up now and in hindsight would not have changed my family name just my first as this still seems to upset them somewhat, but its so much effort to get everything changed again.)

lol just watched the video.. omg what a **** townk that woman is..

I think if I was her child I would deliberately make friends with anybody called Tyson or Chardonnay just to piss her off.

When we adopted the boys, we didn't change their Christian names (sorry, I think we're supposed to say 'given names' nowadays), we just dropped some of the more interesting middle names. I don't particularly like the woman in the video, in fact I remember ranting at some of her ridiculous comments when she was on the apprentice, but like it or not, I imagine that all of us tend to judge people, if only briefly, on names, the way they dress, whether they have tattoos, etc. Slow news day, I would imagine, just ignore the snotty cow.

I have a overpowering desire to change my name to Chardonnay. 🙂

Nothing shows a greater absence of class than taking the piss out of what someone has chosen to call their child IMO.

Although what do I know, I'm the son of a butcher and was named Gary 🙄

i prefer to judge people based on where they're from geographically and if possible the colour of their skin, much more telling than just a name... after all, think of 'carl'.... standard, white chap, prob mid 30's working in IT yeah? NO... Black guy from the simpsons who works with nuclear power.

be careful out their folks x

My friend had a line; Everytime someone tried to kick off with him he just whispered "I'm going to bum you". This is as an adult, not a kid. That wouldn't really be appropriate.

It worked every time. The would be assailants either laughed or got a very confused, worried or embarrassed look.

How is the toffy birds kid ever going to score any decent weed? Parental abuse if you ask me.

think of 'carl'.... standard, white chap, prob mid 30's working in IT yeah?

I have a friend called Carl; he's in his 30's, white. But he doesn't work in IT. He's in the SAS.

i prefer to judge people based on where they're from geographically and if possible the colour of their skin

Whoah - you're completely missing out gender and sexuality as important means of judging people there. Take Jamie - works in banking, plays rugby, all round good chap - or is it the man hating lesbian?

I worked with a Carl in his 30s, white, IT - a bit chubby and quite aggressive.

My son's called Thomas - I like the fact he can be a Tom or Thomas or Tommy or...well that's probably it but you can fit in in most environments with that sort of a name.

I'm Tobias/Toby - not much flexibility there.

My child is a her rather than a him and if you can tell what class she is in by her name, then I take my hat off to you.

Love the fake handclaps @3:50...I wouldn't let my kids play with another child who's mum did that 😉

She's horrible, but if I'm honest, i'm no better. If I hear someone calling their kids Tyson / Jordan / Chantelle (plebs) or Piers / Cassius / Xavier (toffs) it creates a negative impression on me.

I'm even more full of s*** as I have a child called Dan (pleb) and Oscar (toff). I know they are OK though 🙂

I like to base my view of people on their bikes, personally I don't speak to people with SRAM gears.

My child is a her rather than a him and if you can tell what class she is in by her name, then I take my hat off to you.

She's an idiot for falling for that trap, the shows researcher knew what would happen, especially once it goes viral, hi 5's back stage at itv no doubt.

My son's called Thomas - I like the fact he can be a Tom or Thomas or Tommy or...well that's probably it but you can fit in in most environments with that sort of a name.

I'm sure he'll fit right in with the other 3 Thomases in his class at school 😉

Our children's names were deliberately chosen so that when we shout them across the playground we don't get 10 kids looking our way. Hence the unusual names of Peter and Mark.

True, Thomas is quite common in his school - middle class area if that matters. But then I've been in the same class as other Tobys at several schools.

I've got a Tom as well. We decided he would be Tom around 5 years before he was even born, have no interest in whether its popular or how its perceived by others.

My other lad has an unusual name, Beech. Its for a number of family and geographical reasons. Once more don't care in the slightest what other people think of it. He loves it, as does everyone else in the family.

If other people want to make judgments on him and us then let them, who actually cares what other people think?

"......will the parents of Belle Endeacott (really) report to the [i]Good Kicking Area[/i]......."

My two boys are called Chavface and Primarni, and I bet they could beat the living shit out of that disgusting woman's kids.. So I think that's one nil to ME you snooty cow..

narrow minded people like her should be rounded up and shot

I didn't name my kids, there previous fathers did.

...[i]when she was on the apprentice...[/i]

Ah, now I judge people by that. If their parents watch the Apprentice my kid's going nowhere near the scumbags!

This entire thread is the product of ****wit TV. (Judgemental: Yes, but, True: Definitely)

You lot need to get out more.

Besides whats wrong with Mercedes-Chardonnay for a girl?

My son is called Baba Ghanoush and my daughter is called Crème Fraiche.

That must present her middle class, deli loving brain with a moral dilema

I imagine that all of us tend to judge people, if only briefly, on names, the way they dress, whether they have tattoos,

3dvgirl - Member

I like to base my view of people on their bikes, personally I don't speak to people with SRAM gears.

She's made her way onto page one of my "come the revolution" notebook.

Rare that anyone gets a new entry straight to page one, she's excelled in that regard. Currently she's above the offspring of Bernie Ecclestone but below Piers Morgan, obviously.

my kids are going to be called 'liferuiner' and 'unwantedsurprise'

or Dave and Davette

a couple of support workers who work for me sometimes are called, they're brothers by the way, wait for it.... Clinton and Linton 😀

My brother's kids are called Rufus and Torben. It's one step away from Troilus and Cressida IMO. 🙂

Our children's names were deliberately chosen so that when we shout them across the playground we don't get 10 kids looking our way.

I was named after the neighbour's dog. When you're 5 years old, happily playing in the garden, and a voice suddenly bellows "Ben! Stop licking your arse!" it's quite confusing.

I wanted to call our daughter Minnie, but I was overruled.

Besides whats wrong with Mercedes

Nothing at all ! I thought the car was named after the daughter not the other way round?

Worst name i've ever seen was someone called L-a, yip you've guessed it - pronounced Ladasha.

Mercedes is a long established girl's name; the car was originally named after someone's daughter.

I do despair when my friends call their children the most popular name going.... they're lovely names and all but when they're at school with 5 other Jacks and Isabellas they won't thank you. My best mate called his son Jack and his Daughter Isabella! when he told me he thought he was being so original.
My daughter is called Rowan and we have a similar one lined up for jek junior no2 when he or she turns up (currently awaiting conception)

As the owner of a now very unfashionable 1960's neam, I had to go to great lengths to hide my working class origins by putting "Dr" in front of it 😉 . My two boys have standard, timeless names (although there were quite a few Thomas's in his year), but my mono-sylabled surnamed nephews have Albert and Wilfred.

Mercedes is a lovely name. So good he named a car after his daughter.

She hates location names and calls her kid India, last time I checked India was a location, big triangly bit in Asia. Have to check its still there!

She needs a really good sorting out. Her head is well up her own arse and I bet she was a bloddy delinquent kid done ok for herself.

Stoner Jr v2.0 was named Jack after his late great grandfather who he just missed out on knowing. His middle name is Oliver so he can ring the changes if he wishes.

Stoner Jr v1.0 has an old family name that's quite rare - at least it was until I found out there's a character in Home and Away so named 🙁

My son's called Thomas - I like the fact he can be a Tom or Thomas or Tommy or...well that's probably it but you can fit in in most environments with that sort of a name.

With the added advantage of an easy transition to Thomasina, should he decide that being a boy isn't for him 🙂

Of course names lead people to make assumptions. The point is surely not whether you make an assumption but how you react to it.

Would I make assumptions if my daughter had a friend called Apple-Blossom or Chavmella (only one of these is real)? Yes.
Would I try to persuade my daughter not to be friends, or even try to influence my daughter's attitude to their friend based entirely on their name? No.

I know a very down to earth Tristram, and a highly posh Gary. So there!

Besides, it's all in the pronunciation. I know a fairly posh lady whose name is Sharon, pronounced 'Share-on'. Much classier IMO.

[i]I didn't name my kids, there previous fathers did. [/i]

'their'

Yep, sounds right...

[s]Yep[/s], Yes, sounds right...

We thought long and hard about our childrens names, only because we are both teachers/lecturers and like it or not, we both associated certain names with nightmare students we had taught.

My brother's kids are called Rufus and Torben. It's one step away from Troilus and Cressida IMO.

I was nearly a Giles. The fact that I wasn't I give thanks for daily.

My wife was at school with an brother and sister pairing of Everhard and Ophelia.

And their surname was, Dick...

There's a study been made (I think it was in Freakonomics) where identical CVs were given 'white' names and 'black' names. And the black named-CV's were offered fewer interviews.

Of course we judge on names, just like we do on looks and body language - how else do you assess someone you've not met before? Basic risk assessment from the days we lived in caves.

I have to admit that, as somebody else mentioned, I judge people by their bikes. Well, not exactly, but if I see somebody on a nice bike, and they're wearing trackies tucked into their socks / baseball cap / anything by g-star raw, often with a fag on the go (can you tell I live in Barnsley?) I usually think 'you've nicked that you scrote'. Oh and Phil, they're crap names for kids. My suggestion would be 'kid dynamite'. He'll sound a bit like a boxer, so there'll be no bullying problems when he gets older. Winner winner chicken dinner!

Everhard Dick? Surely not.

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I wanted to call our kids Tarquin and Pharquar or at least any Surname for a Forename, but alas ’r lass said ‘Naye’. I think Rupert and Tristran are so please we went for common names, so that they would not stand out in the playground.

I named my boy Sue - how do you do.

I loved Seb Coe's quote, when asked why he became a runner.

When you go to school in Nottingham and your parents have called you Sebastian, you learn to run fast"

😆

Well, I shot a man, in Reno I think it was, just to watch him die. Top that!

We wanted Welsh names that non-Welsh people would still know how to spell and pronounce.

grum - Member

Everhard Dick? Surely not.

I work with a Donna Gall and another colleague has just named her daughter Luna King Dick

Torquay Boys' Grammar School circa mid 90s.

Chris Peacock
Dicken Hares

I sh** you not.

when they're at school with 5 other Jacks and Isabellas they won't thank you

We used surnames at my schools - not common now? Mine's about as rare is they get so that's helpful I suppose.

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Stoner Jr v1.0 has an old family name that's quite rare - at least it was until I found out there's a character in Home and Away so named

I think you mean Dawson's Creek. 😀 Don't worry though, just popular culture.

The best I have come across has to be a boy called Dixie Pink Dicks. As if calling a boy "Dixie" or "Pink" wasn't bad enough!

Other funny names going around are Deo (Deoderant or God?), Diesel, Rainbow... I could go on 😀

I quite like "Bronwyn" or "fair of breast" is you prefer

Just to prove silly names get properly shared around, there is an academic I have come across called "Brick" 😀

We used surnames at my schools - not common now?

Only if your forename is Tarquin, Oscar or Rufus (SWIDT?)

Rainbow is the surname of some friends .They are not hippies either

Just been driving down the motorway and bought a couple of diet cokes. One was "named" Jordan and the other Kerry. Hard to know quite what to do!?!?!

My only 2p, there was a statisctic about hard vowels in them (or some such), basicly a disproportionate number of successfull people were Sam's and James', etc.

I have two Daughers -

Amelia Grace Righelato-Sutton (Millie)
Charlotte Louisa Righelato-Sutton

I'm Sutton and my wife is Righelato.

See, I'm all for equality, and not making your wife take your surname, and giving your kids double barreled names, but where does it stop? They can't do the same when they marry or they'll have 3 surnames (4 if the bloke already has 2).

See, I'm all for equality, and not making your wife take your surname, and giving your kids double barreled names, but where does it stop? They can't do the same when they marry or they'll have 3 surnames (4 if the bloke already has 2).

Ah, but he's thinking ahead there. The obvious thing for them to do in such a situation is to keep the last bit of their surname (to double barrel) and drop the more complicated first part 😉

My girls are called Burberry and Ellizabeth-Duke. Gets to be a bit of a mouthful so kept it simple with my son, JJB.

I think you mean Dawson's Creek.

I have no idea if that's worse or not.

Anyway, you can shut it - you and your "Cook's Tour of Britain" named offspring 😛

Stoner - Member
I think you mean Dawson's Creek.
I have no idea if that's worse or not.

Anyway, you can shut it - you and your "Cook's Tour of Britain" named offspring

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