Names that would never fly in your country

On 7th August 2009 16:39, Diana Sinclair wrote:

I like the name Francis for a boy. Can you imagine? lol.

watch it you, my uncle frank was christened Frances and he was a big bloke (guy)

Thurston reminds me of Thurston Howell, 3rd, from "Gilligan's Island" and if you grew up in the 60's and 70's you watched Gilligan everyday after school!

LOL! I hated that show, but you're right, I did watch it with my siblings when we were kids. Thurston, I wonder what he would be called for short? Thur, Thurst? lol.

Our most original name that I've ever seen came from a rather odd couple.  Without breaking any patient confidentiality (I doubt that anyone knows anyone from our area...) a very young mom, with a decidedly middle aged dad, who had many grown children, had a baby boy.  The dad named him....Tuff Enuf.  Really.  He said that he had always had to be tough and make his own way, and his boy would have to be also.  Poor kid.  he's only a year old now, I wonder if the fights have started yet??

Poor kid. What the heck are some people thinking? Just because the father had a hard time doesn't mean he has to set his grandson up for trouble.

 

Diana, my ex of not so long ago was Nigel. He was an ass, so I hate the name now.

Isn't it funny how we can hate a name because of our association with one person? I am sorry to say that there was no love lost between my mother and myself, may she rest in peace, and I hate her name "Phyllis" as a consequence. I associate it with emotionally needy, weak women. I also can't stand the name Stanley, that was the name of my mother's third husband, and the step father I grew up with...a real b******.

I was given another name when I was born. It is a Welsh name. It didn't go down very well here in Liverpool. I was bullied over it to the point of not being able to say it out loud, especially if I met new people. It cracked me up! Once I was 18, the name went. It is still on my birth certificate but, I now have a deed poll with the name I have used for all these years!

I too was given another name at birth, and I had it legally changed when I was 18 years old! Bet you can't guess what it was. LOL!

This is a great thread Diana! BTW. I always loved the name Diana.

LOL, so have I Steph. That's why I chose it when I legally changed my name! Also, I was an impressionable young woman who was infatuated with one Diana Spencer who was just a year older than me at the time! Now every one know the secret of my name.

I picked Bible names for my children because I think a Bible name will carry you through life -

I agree, Steph, and I love your boys names. I also like the names Caleb and Jonah.  But I draw the line at Nebekenezer.

I have a friend at church whose sir name is BEAN. They named their 1st daughter Boston, their 2nd daughter Navy and their 3rd daughter Seven Danger!!!! 

So they have:

Boston Bean

Navy Bean

And Seven Danger Bean!!

I can't wait to see what the 4th child will be named!!  Could it be Kidney???

Was your name Phillis, Diana? Now you have to share, you know that.

I was born Susan, but given the name by the nurses at the hospital when my mother walked off never to be seen again. Susan was the most popular name of the time (50's), so that's why I was lumped with it.

 And just for trivia, Diana, my biological mother's name was also Phillis. Must be a bad lot.