Kids with stupid names...

[Hugo a Gogo]

Levi, Dexter, Hugh and Theodore are not by any means stupid names in isolation

no-one wants a room full of Daves and Garys (in fact Gary was a made up name that Gary Cooper took on)

[The Beaver King]

joe_90 said:

Which one is yours?

None, thankfully. I'm not quite ready for kids yet; I'm only just about able to look after myself

Hugo a Gogo said:

Levi, Dexter, Hugh and Theodore are not by any means stupid names in isolation

no-one wants a room full of Daves and Garys (in fact Gary was a made up name that Gary Cooper took on)

Oh, I don't disagree.

Dexter is okay, as is Tillie and Hugh. It's the whole 'Tillie-Blu' and 'Hughie' that I think is a bit mad. I mean 'Blu'...? That's not really a name, is it? Unless you're a cartoon character.

Not keen on Hughie either; it's like a casual version of Hugh. Hughie is like a pet name your partner would give you.

[Koofler]

Not sure on this one so opening it up to the great & good:

Bumped into an ex-workmate at the weekend. We always got on well due to a shared love of ska/rocksteady/reggae.

He's named his son Rudy, as in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwuTHjoOOtk

I kinda liked it, but as I don't have kids I'm not sure I'm the best judge. I always greet my 8 year old Godson as 'Rude Boy', so may be biased......

[OllieC]

Koofler said:

Not sure on this one so opening it up to the great & good:

Bumped into an ex-workmate at the weekend. We always got on well due to a shared love of ska/rocksteady/reggae.

He's named his son Rudy, as in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwuTHjoOOtk

I kinda liked it, but as I don't have kids I'm not sure I'm the best judge. I always greet my 8 year old Godson as 'Rude Boy', so may be biased......

Normal if you are German, well, spelled with an 'i' anyway

[Monkey boy 1]

I have a friend who has a fairly common Christian & middle name being Jack Michael, but the spelling...... well

Jak Mykal.

[SilverSixer]

Watching my lad play U9s football a couple of months back, and two of the lads on the other team were called Derek and Colin. Incongruous sounding on children now that we are drowning in a sea of Josh, Jack, Jacob, Jospeh, Jayden, Jamie and seemingly anything so long as it starts with J so long as it isn't John (what is it with that, the J thing?).

I was thoroughly refreshed by hearing the names Colin and Derek again and wish them all the best.

I think we can expect a revival of names like that when the grandchildren of the 50s/60s generation start appearing, along with other names of that generation like Graham, Mick, Paul, Nigel, that sort of thing. There's been a revival of early 20th century names recently like George, Alfie, Harry - the sort of names that weren't overly common for children in the post war years but were very common around the WW1 time - with people naming children after grandparents (I did this myself with one child).

What's happened to Steve? Every second child in the 60s/70s was a Steven/Stephen. No children given that name now.

One day we'll have a Prime Minister called Josh. Mark my words. I hope I'm very old by then. Seems to have become crazily popular after a sea of achingly cool, glamorous movie characters were called Josh in the 80s/90/00s. You couldn't watch an American film/TV series without a Josh in it for a couple of decades. And half the UK seems to have bought in to the name as there was barely anyone called Josh before about 1980. My eldest niece came home from university recently with the first boyfriend. Josh. There's one in the family now. Gah.

[SistersofPercy]

AndyT77 said:

Steve in Stoke said:

I was talking about names with a teacher friend recently, and she said that when kids start at school she knows that the Ethans, Tylers, and Connors will always be the unruly ones in her class.

It's also quite funny to look through the local papers' Baby of the Year contests to see the litany of ridiculous names, and the babies with the stupid names also tend to have their ears pierced, both boys and girls.

I also go to a Post Office in one of the rougher area of Stoke (plenty of them to choose from to be fair) and whilst queuing to post my parcels their was a woman in front of me, in slippers, pyjamas and hoodie, carrying a 4 pack of Special Brew and shouting at her tearaway lad who was called "Halo"... Collected her "pay", and promptly spent most of it on scratch cards & Mayfair kingsize.

Which part? I used to live near Fenton and this situation sounds familiar!

Meir
Heard a 'Shiraz and Chardonnay' in B&M Longton once. Now there is a place for a look at the other side of life I'm telling you.

The Sentinel Baby Comp is my guilty pleasure. Never fails to make me howl I confess.

[knotweed]

Someone I used to know named her dughter Heaven-Leigh.

[backwoodsman]

Check out this news story for a collection of names.

http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Mum-toddlers-mir...

[RDMcG]

I knew someone called Trisanne years ago, Turned out that her older sisters were Ann and Diane……….

[Bullett]

backwoodsman said:

Check out this news story for a collection of names.

http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/Mum-toddlers-mir...

Wow! some crackers there.

[OllieC]

Salboy

Salboy !?

WTF is that

[ChemicalChaos]

The Beaver King said:

I think I might win this thread...

A girl I dated years ago, now has 3 children, the latest born last week.

Their names?

Dexter

Tillie-Blu

and

Hughie Theodore...

Could be worse - she could have called them Hugh, Pugh and Barney McGrew!

[MrBarry123]

joe_90 said:

Which one is yours?

At first I thought you were implying that he dated his own mother. Then I learnt to read properly.

[ESOG]

KoRns front man, Jonathan Davis, who is the voice inside my head since I was a teenager, names his first son, ready for this one, in a bid to be 'different and unique' Pirate. Yes, he names his first child and son, friggen PIRATE!! I think Jonathan Davis is the man in pretty much all aspects, but come on, PIRATE! That is so utterly stupid it actually infuriates me on some level.

[Pet Troll]

Looket said:

Another beauty was the Will Power I met in an interview a few years ago.

A 'Will Power' currently works in Cirencester Barclays, I asked him if it was a joke when I saw his name badge!

Another employee there is called Dustin.

[RizzoTheRat]

SilverSixer said:

And half the UK seems to have bought in to the name as there was barely anyone called Josh before about 1980. My eldest niece came home from university recently with the first boyfriend. Josh. There's one in the family now. Gah.

I hadn't realised that was a new craze, the only Josh I know is one I was at school with, so he'd be 41 now.


As for Dexter, does that make you think serial killer or small cow?

[Terzo123]

Since the kids have been found safe and well, i'll throw this into the mix

Willie Boy & Tojo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west...

[SistersofPercy]

ESOG said:

KoRns front man, Jonathan Davis, who is the voice inside my head since I was a teenager, names his first son, ready for this one, in a bid to be 'different and unique' Pirate. Yes, he names his first child and son, friggen PIRATE!! I think Jonathan Davis is the man in pretty much all aspects, but come on, PIRATE! That is so utterly stupid it actually infuriates me on some level.

Perhaps preparing for Gerard Ways (my chemical romance) daughter to have a fight.... 'Bandit Lee Way'

[Corpulent Tosser]

ChemicalChaos said:

Could be worse - she could have called them Hugh, Pugh and Barney McGrew!

But she couldn't have stopped there, she would have to have another three.