I thought the name "Apple" was weird...
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Topic: I thought the name "Apple" was weird...
Posted By: my4beauties
Subject: I thought the name "Apple" was weird...
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 10:58am
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Judge forces name change for 9 yr old girl.... http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/4819755/judge-forces-change-9-year-old - http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/top-stories/4819755/judge-forces-change-9-year-old ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 11:03am
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hahah there was a similar atricle on Stuff this morning - can't find it now..
But they had (for twins) Fish and Chips and "sex Fruit" Poor kids. ------------- 
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Posted By: MumsyMoo
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 11:03am
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O.M.F.G
Man there's some cruel twats out there. -------------  My wee girl is the love and light of my life!
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 11:13am
And here I am worrying about (possibly) calling No. 9 Rory  ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 11:18am
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I like Rory!
At least it's a real name! -------------
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 11:27am
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LOL WTF???? Some people are so mean...
My name is bad enough as it rhymes with Sneaker I can't imagine being called something REALLY horrible like this?? -------------  
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Posted By: MumsyMoo
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 11:28am
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Hehe - I like Rory too.
Maybe it's because I've met quite a few Spunk Monkey's by the name of Rory. Mmmm 
Hmmm, Spunk Monkey's... Could sound like the name of a Sperm Donor club... Eeeeek------------- My wee girl is the love and light of my life!
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 11:29am
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LOL eww Serenity!!!! -------------
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 11:31am
Oh goodness...... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 12:09pm
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I Rory as a name - especially for a girl - but I've been banned from using it by my friends (long story relating to my past) -------------  
 
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Posted By: pip1
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 12:17pm
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the name Rory is cool. i really like it.
WTF is with this one Cinderella Beauty Blossom . Poor poor girl. |
Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 12:18pm
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My friend had a baby last month and called it..
INFINITY ------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
Posted By: MumsyMoo
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 12:21pm
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Kaiz: Does she provide unlimited hot water?
*snigger* ------------- My wee girl is the love and light of my life!
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 12:26pm
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Lol serenity. I think they tried to make the name work by adding "We love her to infinity and beyond"..
------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 12:29pm
You guys are so mean my legal name is Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii Infinity Times Over.
Just kidding - although i do kind of like Infinity but only as a middle name (middle names can be odd in my books) -------------   
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Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 12:40pm
That bit reminds me of Toy Story... LOL ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
kaiz231 wrote:Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 12:54pm
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I was cracking up when I first read the name, but the poor girl! Talula isn't so bad, it's the rest of it.
But "Fish & Chips" - WRONG!
And ginger - I like Rory too. ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 1:04pm
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I know there are certain words you cant use to name you child and i thought that Sex was one of them.
I dont really think that they should force a name change on that girl though what if her name is part of their Hawaiian culture even though she doesnt like it? I mean the tribes in american use names like Dances with Wolves etc. Besides lots of people dont go by there given name i know heaps who are known by their middle names or nicknames. I use to hate my name as a kid but im glad it was never changed. I just think its taking another right away from parents i mean one celeb kid is called Pilot Inspektor and Michael Jackson was allowed to name his child Blanket which i think is wrong in worse ways than Fish n Chips or Benson & Hedges -------------
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Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 1:22pm
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OMG! And DH was hassling me for wanting to name DD2 Naimh (I didn't get my way).
Ginger, Rory was on our shortlist of names, I love it! For a boy or a girl or both? ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 1:23pm
Michael Jackson's son isn't named Blanket though is he? It's just a wacky nickname he gave him. That was what I read anyway, lol, so of course I believe it 
The way I read the article, the 9 year old girl wanted the change because she is so embarrassed by her name. I think by 9 she would be old enough to express her honest feelings about her name so its a fair call by the judge, chances are the teasing is only going to get worse as she gets older. I can't really imagine 'Talula does the hula in Hawaii' being a Hawaiian cultural name? JMO though, I've been known to be wrong ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 1:34pm
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Yeah but the girls birth hasnt been registered so its just a given name not a legal name anyway so she can call herself anything she likes really.
Acourding to the all knowing E channel (which would only ever tell me the truth!!! hahaha) His son is named Blanket -------------
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 1:37pm
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Of all the weird names in the article Number 16 bus shelter was the weirdest oh and Keenan Got Lucky.
It made front page of the southland times (slow news day down here) so im reading the article again -------------
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Posted By: MumsyMoo
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 1:43pm
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What about the twins in the States: Benson and Hedges?
Benson, maybe... Hedges... Hmmm, I don't think so. But why would you want to endorse a cigarette company in that way!? EDIT: To remove stupid link that doesn't even work properly... Gaaaaay! ------------- My wee girl is the love and light of my life!
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 2:26pm
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Two words.
ON DRUGS 
You'd have to be (or just a terrible, terrible person) to name your child something like that. Surely people that name their kids stuff like that should be sent straight to CYFS. I think I trump you all though (cos I like doing that)... I taught a boy who's mother was a druggie and had 12 kids to god knows how many different partners. His legal first name was Lucifer. Yep. You read right. So of course he was known by a different name and none of the other kids were any wiser, but seriously? |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 2:36pm
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I thought Blanket's real name was "Prince Michael III" - Blanket for short...
emz - if Lucifer was a girl they could call her Lucy? Doesn't work for a boy though, somehow... Honestly. Lucifer. I know a Hades...(as in; The Abode of the Dead - where they wait for Judegment Day).Mind you, he is absolutely gorgeous and a sweet little boy! -------------
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Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 2:40pm
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Hades?!?! That poor kid. ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: MorgansMum
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 2:48pm
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I was going to a prenatal swimming class with one of the lawyers who was working on the family court case, she said the parents seemed oblivous (sp) to the fact that their child would have to grow up with a name like that, from what I remember she called herself something really plain!!! ------------- Morgan, Libby http://www.TickerFactory.com/"> 
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Posted By: Peanut
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 3:07pm
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My DH taught brothers called Fairlane and Fairmont.....Ford fans perhaps? -------------  
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 4:42pm
| We had a Harley at school... yep last name was Davidson *rolls eyes* |
Posted By: surfergirl
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 4:54pm
I have a confession...
My dog's called Apple...we bread some dogs one year and named the puppies all alpha names, so a, b, c, d...etc. You guessed it! We got stuck with Apple. I regret it to this day! ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: mummymegs
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 5:08pm
| I can only think that labour must have been so terrible that the parents decided to punish the poor child for life. |
Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 5:10pm
LOL Rory is one of our 2 boys names aswell hehe just gota wait and see what name it looks like when it arrives ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 5:23pm
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I love the name Rory for a girl. And Rowan. And Regan. All usually boys names but so sweet for girls I think.
My mum once told me about a child named Mighty Mongrel Mob - MMM for short. I'm a big fan of 'normal' names. Some of the made up ones around these days just freak me out. Reckon you'd ever take seriously Prime Minister 4 Real Clark, or Bishop Sex Fruit Pompellier
My best friend and I used to joke that names are getting so ridiculous that we'd name our babies Terracotta Pot and Casserole Dish
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Posted By: Tiff
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 7:27pm
We loved the name Rohann (Rowan) for a girl too
I had a lot of CYFS caregivers in at work and one had recently taken over care of twins......Gin and Tonic. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: Jay_R
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 7:33pm
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Indeed you did tiff beautiful choice
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 7:34pm
Yep, that was in the news a few years ago but the Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages vetoed it. I like unusual names, but there is unusual and then there is just bloody cruel! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: AliaDawn
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 7:47pm
What's wrong with the name Lucifer? It means Bringer of Light, and I think it's lovely... I don't quite like it enough to use it for a child, but not far off it... If you subscribe to the typical christian faith, it's possibly slightly disturbing, but otherwise perfectly fine IMO. -------------  
 
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 7:57pm
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There's also Natas, which is Satan backwards.. but I personally like that name LOL
Oh & My step daughters name is Lucretia which is the femme form of Lucifer -------------
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 8:36pm
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I knew some people who had twin boys called Harley and Norton.....and yes they were complete bogans!!! In the UK I worked with a an older lady called Daffodil, and she had sisters called Rose and Lily...I think she was hard done by!!! (Everyone called her Dilly)
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 9:41pm
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If DP had been allowed naming right my son would be called Starley the same as his dog and racecar!!! I had to put a veto on all car names.
He really wanted Alexis for a girl till he was talkin to a mate on the phone about puttin A Lexis engine into our Altezza and quickly vetoed it himself. -------------
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Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 10:19pm
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there were 2 kids at sarahs kindy called cookie and twistie lol
they were hard case kids too funny tho as i was doing a heap of enrolments at work a few months back and some of the names !! like "rainbow wind" WTF hippies i say :P ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 10:25pm
if my neice came out a boy, she was going to be called....damien lucifer!!!!!   thankfully she was a girl  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 10:48pm
What's wrong with it is that it gives the child such a stigma, you would not believe what this kid had been through with a name like that (hence why he was called something else)... he was told time and again by people about demonic things to do with his name so he starting acting up (like you might if your mum was a loser druggie anyway) and ended up moving foster home to foster home. What chance does a child have of ever being in a respectable profession with names that insight ridicule, anger, mocking etc. And unfortunately, while a lot of names have lovely meanings, people do not go around saying 'hi, I'm *a bringer of light*' that say 'hi, I'm Lucifer'. Just m2c. I think its really rude of parents to name their kids some things, its not like the parents have to live with it, the kids do. It may be cutesy or cool at that point in time, but eventually the child will be an adult, someone's parent, grandparent, or maybe a leader of our country. Noone would elect someone into power called Lucifer. |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 11:28pm
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Hehe I hung around a girl at school, her name was Storm ..Storm Waters sooo suited her though! She was awesome. Her nickname was Stormy
Her brother had the same last name and his first name was along the same lines, I can't for the life of me remember what it was... ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 24 July 2008 at 11:34pm
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A bit OT but we haven't exactly got "normal" names for our cats. The mother cat is Buddims, and her two kids are 'Fagz' and 'Meimei (pronounced Me Me).
I STILL giggle when my parents call for them outside They're 6 & 7 years old now ...funny how certain names stick. The boy was named Fagz because before he was fixed he had HUGE man bits and when he walked ....ahh you get the picture ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 10:41am
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HAHA Steph.. Love ya cats names
Our cats are Oliver (normal) but her suits it cause he's an OLD gentleman.. ya know? Hummer - Cause he purrs nonstop Arnta - Cause I dunno why, he was named when we got him from Raoul's mum -------------
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 3:24pm
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Well said, emz.
I couldn't agree more 
I feel sorry for the kids who have unusual spelling, too. They're forever having to spell their name out to people. -------------
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Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 4:20pm
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Like mine - Anikka? Keziah? Lucretia? Raoul? LMAO -------------
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Posted By: bookwyrm
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 5:48pm
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I like the name Rory. My best friend's boyfriend is Rory and he seems to like it :)
I have had stick from people for calling my son Phoenix. Apparently, I wasn't thinking about my son when he grows up. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Tiff
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 7:13pm
Yep thats us....well not the h but the double n (just though it looked pretty and more feminine), plus people will wonder if she's a boy.......funny coming from someone who doesn't usually go for unisex names.
Oh well DH and I often have to spell our name and it hasn't caused us too much grief ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 7:16pm
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I dont think Phoenix is too bad Tara, he prob will have to spell it a lot, but if he really hates it - he has a cool middle name that he could use!!! Believe it or not I used to get teased heaps about Samantha...I guess growing up where / when I did it was quite unusual. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 7:25pm
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Phoenix isn't that uncommon, I know a boy called Phoenix, I like it.
I am forever getting asked how to spell my girls names, Maya and Sienna fair enough coz there are other spellings, but Mercedes? Like the car, duh! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 8:07pm
Yep thats us too!! I always thought I would call my child an easy to pronounce name, but we didnt! Lol! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 9:04pm
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I used to be like that too - hence Hannah for our first daughter. But we even get asked how to spell that!!! These days, you can't take any spelling for granted (such as Jaykib etc) so spelling is just becoming normal. We have to spell our surname and our street address, and DH and I have alternate spellings for both our first names, so by the time I got to baby #2, different spellings didn't both me. And then I got really different with Krystiana - traditional-ish name but definitely a different spelling. Actually at first I wanted her to be Krystal, and that's how I got the spelling.
I once heard of twins - Orange and Lemon Peel - in the States of course, and yes their names got changed after going thru the Court too! Some people really are cruel. ------------- |
Posted By: PippaLockysMummy
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 9:12pm
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There was a girl who went to my school called Paige Book and also my friends mum knew an Alec Treck Lightbulb!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Nikki02
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 9:30pm
| About a year ago on Close Up there was an interview about a couple that wanted to call their son '4 Real' but were not allowed to cause it had a numeral at the begining of the name. But they were fighting it. In the interview they were saying how their next kids were gonna be called '4 Ever' & '4 Sure'. Now I know you always get teased at school one way or the other but why would you want to set your kids up for it. As a parent don't you want to try & make it not happen at all. I think its cruel to do that to innocent children. |
Posted By: Candkids
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 10:14pm
lol my names not unusual but im FOREVER having to spell it out! as its aparently "unusual" to be spelt that way with a c ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> DD 10.5yrs DS 6yrs DS 11mths 5 little angles watching from above |
Posted By: kiwisj
Date Posted: 25 July 2008 at 10:25pm
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I have one of the most common names ever - Sarah - and I'm always having to spell it out over here. Even back home I had to make sure people put the 'h' on the end Having to spell my name out is no big deal I reckon, but names like Sex Fruit and 4 Real are just a bit .. well .. mean IMO!
I've seen some crackers over here in Asia though. Plenty of Twinkies and Wincys (like the spider!) and Pinkies ... and a friend had a GIRL called Stiffy in one of her classes at school Then there's the girl in my friend's office called German Man (German is her "English" name, Man is her surname) 
There was actually an article in last Sunday's paper about "weird" names and why people have them. Not all of them over here are their parents' choice - one guy changed his name to Purpink by deed poll! Hehe .. sorry to go on! Oh, I could write a book about the names I've come across ..... ------------- SJ Callum - Dec 2008 Daniel - Oct 2010 |
Posted By: my4beauties
Date Posted: 26 July 2008 at 9:12am
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I know a lady once called "Gaye Queen". She now calls herself Gaylene and her last name has changed due to remarrying. Obviously both names aren't unusual, but the two together don't sound very nice! ------------- My babies: R (9),G (7), J (5) http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 26 July 2008 at 9:40am
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My sis went to school with a chic called Asofa yip A Sofa and my mates last name is Goodwilly guess what they pick for his bro Adam so we get A Damn Good well you see where thats going dont ya -------------
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Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 26 July 2008 at 1:01pm
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Lmao ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 26 July 2008 at 2:17pm
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Haven't bothered to read the rest of the posts yet, just wanted to post this first , from wikipedia :
Jackson's third child, Prince Michael Jackson II (also known as Blanket) was born in 2002 |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 26 July 2008 at 2:27pm
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I just looked at a site for hawaiian names, the english name and the Hawaiian translation , and my name Kelly , is Keli (boring ) but Caitlyn's is Kaikeline
Tis fun , you should have a look
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Posted By: MyBelly
Date Posted: 26 July 2008 at 9:03pm
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Yup there was a kid in gisborne going to be called "Triple M" or Mighty Mongrel Mob, there is also a guy "I Am" and a lady "Eve Holy Ghost God" all living in gisborne, and i taught a twin called "Kaos"
I even got told that "Eden" was a very unusual name
But i think its cruel naming a child an awful name (although in some weird way i do like the name Apple! )
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Posted By: 2bmumof3
Date Posted: 26 July 2008 at 10:03pm
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My MIL said whilst she was in the maternity ward with DH another lady in her room couldn't decide what to call her child so said she'd name her the first thing she saw....."cO2" ------------- Sara Corban (22/11/04) Connor (18/04/06) Chelsea (21/05/08) 
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