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I've got to get a strong sounding name. GF was really upset that he wasnt a girl.
Kingtut at school I was known as the Owl and later the school pervert) - asshole isnt that bad compared! .
I've got to get a strong sounding name.
Samson
Atlas
Hulk
Actually, Hulk Horachek sounds great!
hora, i like Facegina. thats a good solid name. or lenny
One of the guys I went to school with adopted the name Bruce when he left home for uni, previously he was Wyndas (not so abreviated form Aelwyn). Most adopted their surnames or abreviations/lengthenings there of if their first name didn't work.
Just a little warning - Filthy Lucre (pronounced Luca) used to be a common phrase, meaning bad money.
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I went to school with the name Arthur and moving down to England with a Scottish accent wasn't overly fun, especially as you are then called Arfer. Moving schools aged 13 and having to keep telling new people, especially girls was not fun, it took ages for them to believe you weren't taking the p1ss and when they realised it was true they just laughed. At 16 I left school and used my middle name (Scott), which is nice and ordinary. Maybe a more confident person would have been ok with it, but I really feel it held me back.
I will think long and hard before naming any future children.BTW I think Luca is ok, everybody will call him Luke anyway.
I also see name calling with Seamus 😕
Luca is ok - nothing springs to my mind to link Luca with name calling.
What about solid names like: Jack, Ryan, Wesley's cool? My mate's a big fan of X-Men and Wolverine so named his son Logan :p - I quite liked that.
SamsonAtlas
Hulk
Actually, Hulk Horachek sounds great!
KINGTUT 😆
It's interesting, as someone above said, most of us as kids knew each other by their last names anyway. There was an aweful repetition of the "safe" names (4 james', 15+ andrews) in the year and so everyone just got nicknamed with their last name. Worked fine, everyone was happy.
I went to school with the name Arthur and moving down to England with a Scottish accent wasn't overly fun, especially as you are then called Arfer. Moving schools aged 13 and having to keep telling new people, especially girls was not fun, it took ages for them to believe you weren't taking the p1ss and when they realised it was true they just laughed. At 16 I left school and used my middle name (Scott), which is nice and ordinary. Maybe a more confident person would have been ok with it, but I really feel it held me back.
You don't think arriving in an English school with a strong Scottish accent and telling everyone your name is Scott might have caused any problems? 🙂
The main problem I can see with Luca is he's going to spend his life having the same conversation:
"What's your name?"
"Luca."
"Luke?"
"No, Luca."
"How do you spell that?"
"What's your name?"
"Luca."
"Luke?"
"No, Luca."
"How do you spell that?"
and then...
"ah so you are half-Italian?" Err no.
miketually,
I think it's all in the accent, Arthur said in a Scottish accent sounds strong and kingly. Arfer said in english estuary sounds like an old dodgy second hand car dealer
All my lids have unusual old fashioned names, they love them and have never been teased about them. Kids are cruel, they'll find something to tease a kid about, it may be his name, may be his ears. If you like it do it, sod popular opinion.
Luca? Can't say I fancy it myself, but then again my daughters middle name is Brian so I probably can't really comment.
Brian. Yes really. Seemed a good idea at the time.
tribalchief, names that used to be square are now common place, but back in 89 it sucked. I have had some horrible conversations with my dad in the past along the lines of 'why did you put me through this f...ing torment?' It really did affect my life and I longed for the anonimity of being a Paul or David.
Not necessarily Italian. There's a guy plays for spurs, Luca Modric, who I think is Croatian
Whatever names you give him, make sure you use the first one, it'll be less irritating for him in later life. My first name is Andrew & I hate it when people who don't know me address me with it
Luka is the annoying git from Bayonetta...
Some people in our village have a son called Luca, parents have Aussie and Italian blood.
Our youngest son is called Jago. Not many of them around.
1111 - Memberhora, i like Facegina. thats a good solid name. or lenny
😆 lots
I am with you bagstard.
Normal simple names only please
If you want luke make it luke - not luca. My brother in law is Luuc
What if young facegina entered the British Secret service or Army?
The names, J'inar, Facegina.
Sue.
Luca no unless you are italian
Luke, Lucas yes
Somehow the choice of name is possibly least likely to be the source of playground name calling - he might pop out with red hair yet - having a red haired son I don't have a problem with that, but one advantage - they learn to fight well!!
Sue.
Or Bernard.
Pook - Member
Sue.
See YouTube clip, page 1.
i've always liked solomon, which can be shortened to Sol, which is a cool name.
i'm gonna call my kid solomon (and maybe axel, if i marry a german woman)
I've got a nephew named Luca, 8 years old. He's been fine with it, but he's a New Zealander. In this country names largely seem to polarise to either the conservative, or ridiculous.
will it's name affect the resale value? given your MTB selling after 5 mins history?
solomon > salamander > sally
just ask the FACT man who posts on here
Please please please don't give him the Second Name as First Name thing, far too many ****s poncing around called "Campbell" and "Farquar" around here but that might just be Edinburgh.
will it's name affect the resale value? given your MTB selling after 5 mins history?
We had a dry run with a little Westie
Even though he is the BIGGEST pain in the ass 😆
Hels - those are reasonably common and traditional Scots first names.
Luca is a good name. Don't worry about the piss take potential. Well, Adolf might be a bit far, but you know what I mean.
My eldest girl is called Rae. She has never had any confusion among kids about having a boy's (sounding) name - only adults get confused.
Luca's nice, but this is a good point (assuming you have no Italian heritage):
"What's your name?"
"Luca."
"Luke?"
"No, Luca."
"How do you spell that?"
That said, some kids' names are spelt deliberately stupidly these days IMO.
(unwraps another Werthers)
There's a kid at my son's nursery whose name is Daniel, yet his parents have spelt this Danyall. That's a lifetime of the above conversation for that wee guy.
Plus, the more abstract the spelling, the harder it'll become to obtain those super rear windscreen sticker things for your car that advertise to all road users behind you the names of your children, like they care in the least. Love those.
Arthur. A strong name, unusual yet 'not' unusual and possibly future-proofed.
Next door neighbours have just had their first. He's caled Arthur. My mother's reaction was to describe it (positively) as a strong name. But she's Welsh (King Arthur, etc.).
Our youngest son is called Jago. Not many of them around.
Went to school with a Jago, who was also known as Jake.
having a red haired son I don't have a problem with that, but one advantage - they learn to fight well!!
As a red-haird son, I concur. 😀
I'm not sure it matters anymore. Since minor celebrities started calling their kids after any town they might have conceived in, or just putting two existing names together to form a new nonsense name, it seems anything goes.
But wasn't Suzanne Vega singing from the point of view of a woman in "My name is Luca"?
How about a nice traditional name?
My kids are Agnes and Arthur.
Redheaded girls are stunning. FACT.
Redheaded girls are stunning. FACT.
I am not putting on a dress for you..!
Well hell-lo Sailor
[i]Facegina[/i]
Thats the 2nd time today I've spat my drink over my keyboard. What a great name.
hora - Member
Redheaded girls are stunning. FACT
And an excellent management training resource.
In my time, I've encountered (I almost said come across, but that sounded a bit odd.....) kids with the names Lambrini, Martini, Stella, if it's OK to name the child after whatever alcoholic drink had been consumed prior to conception then Luca is fine by me.
In my son's case, he should be named Vodka Red Bull, but the fashion for alcoholic inspired names hadn't arisen 10 years ago, so very straightforward & conventional Joshua it was.
In that case he would be known as:
My fave tipple (and pic is of models own setup) 😆
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So would that be Gay Ginger then Hora?
Ben(jamin)'s nice, so is Tim(othy) or Michael (Mike), Anthony (Tony), Jon(athan, James, Mark. All pretty bomb proof.
My name is Karin, so I have the pronounciation/spelling conversation A LOT. Karen, Carlin, Carine, Corinne, Karly, even Kevin once. It's like car in a garage .. car - in .. Karin oh yes, ok Kurrin.