Don't Have a Ginger baby or give your child a common name

KME91

pigpen wrote: »

Did she not specify ugly children at one point in that bit so the other lady asked if she allowed her children to play with ugly children lol.

I'd love to know if my childrens names would be 'good enough' for her littlies to play with.. especially my boys heehee.

I must admit to being somewhat horrified when out for dinner one time and there was a 'classy sort' sat at the next table with Mercedes, Porsche, Sierra and.... Ferrari... Makes you wonder why poor Sierra got such a lowly name .. or if that was where they were conceived.. The parents were judged more on their own inappropriate behaviour than their well behaved children.. it was just a bit tragic.. but they could at least change their names. One of the girls I was at school with had a daughter whose name sounded like a disease.. the daughter married at 18 lol.

I think names are one of the gifts you give your child and often first impressions are made on a name.. A teacher gets a register before they see the child.. reading job applications you get the name first.. it is a bit mean to give them made up or silly names (thinking of the numerous 'DJ' 'Ceejay' etc types) Apologies to those whose children have such names.. you probably wouldn't like my choices either

And I really hate when you get a whole family with the same first initial!

Mercedes and Sierra were girls names before they were car brands, both of Spanish history. The Mercedes company was actually named after a little girl called just that. Arguably Porsche could be a derivation of Portia, although looking at when it became popular as a girls name it's more likely to do with the car. I've got nothing on Ferrari as a girls name though, that one really doesn't compute! :rotfl:

cgk1

Nenen wrote: »

It only takes one well-known, influential person to change people's perception of a name. For example, when I was growing up, the name Michelle was considered to be very working class; I would hazard a guess that since Barack Obama has been in office this perception has changed somewhat.

Since it's popularity hasn't changed in the slightest in the UK, doubtful regardless of the possible impact in the US.

midnightraven3

as i live from not far from glasgow, i can see why Macauley may be:o

think accents
Macauley
here, will be drawn out to maa-cawwwwwwwww-laaaayyy:(

pigpen

KME91 wrote: »

Mercedes and Sierra were girls names before they were car brands, both of Spanish history. The Mercedes company was actually named after a little girl called just that. Arguably Porsche could be a derivation of Portia, although looking at when it became popular as a girls name it's more likely to do with the car. I've got nothing on Ferrari as a girls name though, that one really doesn't compute! :rotfl:

I know.. and to use one seems ok but to name all 4 children 'car' names is a bit bizarre.. Ferrari was the youngest.. Maybe Honda or Hyundai didn't quite fit

I said to my mother at least Sierra wasn't named 'Escort' .. that would have been embarrassing for the poor girl.

paulineb_2

midnightraven3 wrote: »

as i live from not far from glasgow, i can see why Macauley may be:o

think accents
Macauley
here, will be drawn out to maa-cawwwwwwwww-laaaayyy:(

Yes, like HAW MCAULEY, GET IN FOR YOUR BLOODY DINNER!!!!!!!

paulineb_2

balletshoes wrote: »

a name thats going to cause them a headache - how do you mean?
I come from a very small town, but I live in a big city now - believe me, no-one would bat an eye at Macauley here .

Also, there are so many different ethnicities now, that what a "normal" spelling of a name might be in one country or culture, may be a different, but just as common, spelling, in a different culture.

Lets take the name Chelsea for example. Sometimes you see it with a spelling of Chelsee, what I mean is, sometimes people deviate from a name by adding extra letters in and I think its more common now.

You could call it creativity and Im aware that there are some names that can be spelled more than one way, such as Kayley, Kayleigh etc, but some of the names I see written down just make me go, why does there need to be all these extra letters just to make a name sound the same way?

And you'll always get that with certain names, its just that I think some names could be a bit simpler without all the faff added on.

Like if I decided to call myself Pauleen or Paulyne, it still sounds the same way as the traditional spelling. Im not having a pop at anyone who has a name thats ever so slightly different, just that 10 spellings of the same name does baffle me a bit.

tinkerbell28

I chose really old names for my children, with traditional spellings. As I like them, I like them more than kyliees, kamrons, jaycubs, zooeys, and Chardonnays.

So shoot me. I'm far from being a snob one of my sons best friends is a really "footballers wives name".

I don't discourage it, or anything ridiculous like that. I just like older names, I think generally they are classics.

I will admit to cringing if I hear a parent shout "Storm, come 'err Storm." Or if I get a party invite from a Gracie-Mai :rotfl:

Which tbh, living in the shires....I'm not alone.

zaksmum

I once heard a dog rough mother scream "ANGEL!!! get the f*ck in here and get your dinner!"

balletshoes

zaksmum wrote: »

I once heard a dog rough mother scream "ANGEL!!! get the f*ck in here and get your dinner!"

I know 2 Angels - one of them was my DD's best friend in primary school. Because I've known her for 8 years, I just think its a normal bog-standard name now. But every time I mention her name at my office, people still chuckle at it :rotfl:.

worried_jim

balletshoes wrote: »

but maybe in 18 years time there will be loads of Baylees and Cadances, maybe in 18 years time those will be the names of doctors, lawyers, dentists, engineers etc?

They won't be.