I used to know a girl called Jizzbucket but admittedly that may have just been her nickname.
I'm Christened Peter, but prefer Pete.
There's only one Peter in my son's school, and the headmaster couldn't remember ever having another one. I believe the parents chose it because it was a perfectly normal name which didn't happen to appear in the top 100 baby names list. Definitely Peter though 😉
There's a wee fella in my daughters class named aryan. His mother has blonde hair, bright blue eyes and wears what in my imagination are nazi jackboots. 😯
My mates wee boy is called John. Not many of them about now.
I used to work with an Indian girl who's son was named Aryan.
Traditional Indian name, apparantly.
As to the Peter thing, I'm 43 and there were loads of us when I was at school.
Lots of Pauls, Michaels and Davids too.
Not so popular these days.
qwerty - Member
I know of two Malena, which to me is the medical term for a black poo with old blood in it!
That's my mate's wife's name...I felt it best not to say anything.
There is a zebedee (boy) and meadow (girl) at my sons nursery
Because you give them the choice.
Using the diminutive as the given name is just selfish and infantilising.
(In my opinion, of course )
Christ, you sound like Liz Jones, the mad bat who writes for the Daily Wail; she's always bleating about 'infantilising'. 🙄
On the upside though, at least he doesn't read the Daily Mail.
Most original name I've heard is my mates friends wee boy who is called Shadow.
I bite my lip to stop from smiling when he is being disciplined!
Christ, you sound like [s]Liz[/s] Elizabeth Jones, the mad bat who writes for the Daily Wail; she's always bleating about 'infantilising'.
Christ, you sound like Liz Jones, the mad bat who writes for the Daily Wail; she's always bleating about 'infantilising'.
Well, in my opinion, naming kids with the diminutives normally used for babies and pets could be described as infantalising.
There, that's the second time I've used that word on here in seven years.
Care to debate the point or just throw another insult? 😀
Rusty you seem upset , shall i sign you a lullaby ? 😉
I've just broken two guitar strings. 🙁
Sign me a lullaby?
Ooooh go on.
I love that sign lady on BBC that works on the insomniac shift.
I bet you're not as good as she is. 🙂
shall i sign you a lullaby
He's cranky, not deaf, junky.
pretty sure i can sign my response yah bastards 😀
My wife worked with a Mr and Mrs Down. Nothing bad there you think?
They had twin boys - Ben and Neil....
🙄
There's a doctor in Castle Douglas with the first name of "Donald", you may say that's not strange but his surname is.........wait for it............. Duck!.
Welcome Dr Donald Duck / Dr Donald Duck to resuscitation .............giggle..giggle...
As for kids names my mates have used the following for their kids,
Poppy and Scarlet (nice names, suit the kids)
Nico (his dads greek so he gets away with it)
Tazmin (Taz for short and Tazmanian devil by her nature)
Paige and Josh (pretty normal)
Rebecca and Harry (normal)
Anna and Emma (normal)
There's a "Storm Huntley' who reads the traffic reports on Radio Scotland, would be even better if she also read the weather and had "hunter" for a surname.
I understand that names in one language may have a totally different and unintended meaning in another language.
But for english speaking parents in the US, [url= http://community.babycenter.com/post/a25845471/shithead_not_joking ]Shithead[/url] (pronounced sha-theed) has to be the worst! 😯
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I worked with a guy who had two sons :- one called Noel (normal name) and the other Leon (again normalish name) took me a wile to notice too.
Saracen is a name steeped in history.
At our nursery: Thor. I l'd have that name for mi sen 8)
I wanted to call Hora junior Felix 🙁
In a hotel in Cambridge a few years ago. Fairly crowded dining room for breakfast, usual low level chatter. This was broken by a loud American mother to her young son:
"John-Thomas - sit down. John-Thomas, if you want to have eggs you need to sit down NOW!"
You could see people across the room doing that 'did I hear her properly' face. As she repeated it a couple more times, those that did hear it put their heads down and shoulders started shaking with laughter. I hope that kid never comes back to the UK when he is older.
Taught a lad last week called Grade, also know of a lad named Doope (pronounced Dupe) & a girl named Peaches.
One of our local worthies has Armani (daughter) and Diesel (son). His favourite brands of trousers I am reliably informed.
I used to know a girl called Jizzbucket but admittedly that may have just been her nickname.
She wasn't from Lewis, Outer Hebrides, by any chance was she? Possibly an associate of
Maggie Horse (owns a horse)
Murdo Wellies (wears wellies)
Emily Big Tits (you know, she's got reeeeally biiiiig tits)
Maggie-Joan Splatterpants (once pissed herself)
John-Roddie Ballrash (first in his year to get pubes)
Whilst not (I hope) their actual birth certificate names, they are known exclusively by these.
Grade and Meadow- whats wrong with those names?!
Sick of the usual British-bland disciples names (I have one of them FFS).
Saracen is a name steeped in history.
Only if the middle names are Kili and Flyer.
youngest son ... maybe 10 ... helping his mum by counting the ticks on exam papers ... Suddenly he pipes up "mum, why do all the lowest marks go to kids with stupid names?".
Inciteful child. He will go far! 😀
If I had another son I'd definitely go with either Arthur, Felix or Darklord Destroyer.
hora - MemberGrade and Meadow- whats wrong with those names?!
Sick of the usual British-bland disciples names (I have one of them FFS).
Didn't know whineycockbag was the name of disciple? 😆
I did this on a twins thread, but I met a twin brother and sister once in Manchester called Oscar and Oscarina.
Did you offer them a bi-twinfest with you?
Didn't know whineycockbag was the name of disciple?
Just spluttered tea over my keyboard. Now trying to suppress giggles in a busy, quiet office.
So you're saying I shouldn't call my son Commencal?
Sick of the usual British-bland disciples names
It's hardly a British thing. Every country of Christian background is full of them, albeit expressed in the local language. As ours are.
I briefly worked with a Cain.
If you think bonkers names are a new thing, don't. There are some incredible things in old censuses. I've got a book of them.
Banana Bill Shaw (1919-2003)
Charlotte **** (1799-1870)
Fanny Felcher (b. 1874)
Willy McBum (b. 1870)
Eliza Boobies (married in 1861 in Tiverton)
Earwacker Deadman (b. 1849)
Thomas Vegetable (b. 1825)
But for all you people who think you're being original:
Mabel Helmingham Ethel Huntingtower Beatrice Blazonberrie Evangeline Vise de Lou de Orellana Plantagenet Saxon Toedmag Tollemache-Tollemache (1872-1955)
Friends of mine had a dog called Chloe which was knocked down and killed. Several years later they had a daughter which they also christened Chloe, which I've always thought very odd.
I had a wee Staffy called Piggy **** Face, but I had her put down when my kids were born as she was a proper little daddies girl and would have been dead jealous..
I've named all my kids Piggy **** Face in her memory
So you're saying I shouldn't call my son Commencal?
My sons middlename is Fox. No I don't own Fox forks or praise them. I like the name.
Will he get beaten up at school? Having seen him/how he interacts so far with other children he aint no pushover. 😆
Will he get beaten up at school? Having seen him/how he interacts so far with other children he aint no pushover.
this is a bit of an issue with me at the moment..
My lads are 3 and 1.. I'm trying to raise them to be kind and gentle and intelligent, but it seems that every other dad with kids around the same age is raising their kids to be tough enough to resist bullying.. resulting in a peer group of disruptive and aggressive boys which are going to make school a bit of a farce..
all the teacher's time will be taken up with behaviour management leaving naff all time for education..
Hasn't it always been a mixture of kids like that, yunki? I'm sure its not "every other" dad.
She wasn't from Lewis, Outer Hebrides, by any chance was she? Possibly an associate of[SNIP]
Emily Big Tits (you know, she's got reeeeally biiiiig tits)
So that's where my ex ended up...
Im inclined to agree with dezb. I dont want my son to be agressive (he's not), but some kids are naturally like that, its down to the parents (and to a lesser extent teachers) to tame that from the more boistrous ones.
How about Cam'ron - I kid ye not.
Hasn't it always been a mixture of kids like that, yunki? I'm sure its not "every other" dad.
you're probably right.. I'm just fretting cos mine's such a big wuss.. 😀
Most of the names mentioned aren't actually 'weird' or 'funny' at all; just that some people are obviously rather ignorant of other cultures. I can't believe someone might find 'Thor' at all strange; have you no knowledge of a culture which played a major part in shaping British culture? Thor is a very popular name in a country just over the North Sea. As are other 'howlers' such as Odd and Bent.
There appears to be a resurgence in old Jewish biblical names amongst middle class jews here in North London. Jewish names were substituted for more 'acceptable' British ones by Jews fleeing persecution in Europe and not wanting to stand out in Britain, where anti-Semitism was still quite widespread. So now we've got Noah, Solomon, Amos, Jacob, Seth, Aaron, Ezekiel, Edith, Leah, Shifra, Yona and others, amongst our friend's children. Many of those names were once popular in Britain, alongside other traditional Jewish favourites such as Peter, Paul, Michael, David, Mark, Benjamin, Rachel, Sharon, Sarah, Helen, Ruth, Judith etc etc.
Good to see people experimenting with names, makes life more interesting. Shows what a wonderfully diverse society we live in.
I was good friends with twin brothers when I was in college called Carl and Carlos.
We often referred to them as Los and Nolos! 😀