Ridiculous child names
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Just having a rant really, what is it will silly child names now?
I've got a few friends on facebook with kids named Milo, Teddy and Bear, I can't imagine school is going to be fun for them!
Anyone agree or am I just being a grumpy 'outdated' person?
I've got a few friends on facebook with kids named Milo, Teddy and Bear, I can't imagine school is going to be fun for them!
Anyone agree or am I just being a grumpy 'outdated' person?
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In Dublin, if you were called Moses I doubt you'd survive to the age of 10. Jimbo Jones and his ilk would have you beaten to a pulp every 5 minutes.
Ah! I didn't know that.
And there have been Teddys around for hundreds of years too. In fact the use of Teddy as a name predates the use of Teddy to describe a bear.
My maternal relative's first name is Trixibelle, and she's 94.
It's a family story that she was named after a celebrated music hall singer. Her parents (who were devout music hall attendees) died in a train or road accident before she was old enough to be interested in learning the story of her name. So we don't know which music hall singer it was.
Of course, she has had a bit of teasing over her name. She once was asked for her "proper" name when she went in a post office to renew a dog licence. The person thought Trixibelle was the name of her dog.
That's a Swedish version of Emily, isn't it?
My nephew (Miles - cool name) has a little toddler called Jarvis - which I love!
As in Keanu Reeves? To be fair, it's a Hawaiian name, and he does have Native Hawaiian ancestry.
any others I may not like, but I wouldn't criticise them (well I would but then I'm a bit of a bitch
Moses is a very traditional name bibical name. These days Moses tends to be more common amongst African Americans. But Moshe and Musa the Jewish and Muslim versions of Moses aren't at all unusual. I know several Musas
In Turkey Alma (apple) is a girls' name. So I don't see why giving someone the English version is strange.
Weren't Teddy bears named after a 'Teddy' Theodore Roosevelt.
It would rock me to the core
That's ridiculous. There's children of many nationalities living in Dublin nowadays and many unusual names heard on the street. I agree Moses would be a strange name for an Irish person to name their child and would probably produce a few snickers, but most kids growing up here nowadays are used to strange, exotic and unusual names.
You'd better start giving an dirty eye to anyone named Fiona, Pamela, Vanessa or Jessica because all these were invented by novelists.
Silly names IMO.