Kids names, the choosing of...

[gratedenini]

I`m hardly one to talk ,but just heard on the radio that Jamie Oliver has named his son Buddy Bear. WTF??

I`m sure they thought long and hard about it, and the names might have some special significance (i f**kin hope so)...but if he wasn`t a famous person etc and lived in a two-up two-down street house in Rochdale--would they have chose those names? I think not.

I often wonder if our kids will get stick because of their names and if they will resent us later in life.

What do you think?

den

[jump]

The Bear part is tad too much but I wouldn't see a problem if it was just Buddy.

[ampersand]

The Bear part is tad too much but I wouldn't see a problem if it was just Buddy.

[RABun]

I called my son Jolyon

He hates it - and holds it against me and thats not even that radical.

Not sure Buddy Bear is any worse than King Larmer!

[ampersand]

I called my son Jolyon

He hates it - and holds it against me and thats not even that radical.

Not sure Buddy Bear is any worse than King Larmer!

[Steve P]

pronounced jew-lay-an, joal-yon or joal-ay-on?

or none of the above?

[RABun]

pronounced jew-lay-an, joal-yon or joal-ay-on?

or none of the above?

Edited September 17, 2010 by RABun

[ampersand]

or Joly-on

[RABun]

yeah my last one was that. phonetically. i think...

[ampersand]

the middle bit is pronounced eeee not Ay as I

it gets confusing when we're dealing with differing accents lol

[The Nal]

Apple is the worst celebrity name I've heard. Apple. For f**ks sake.

Other shite celeb baby names.

Moxie CrimeFighter (Penn from Penn and Teller)

Zuma Nesta Rock (Gwen Stefanis kid)

Princess Tiaamii (Jordans kid)

Blanket (Wackos kid)

[ampersand]

Blanket (Wackos kid)

[gratedenini]

I called my son Jolyon

He hates it - and holds it against me and thats not even that radical.

Not sure Buddy Bear is any worse than King Larmer!

[jump]

I know some people called Pebbles and Blu and after you make the inital joke about it, it doesn't occur to be strange.

[pehaw]

Blanket (Wackos kid)

[saratink]

i have no idea what i'm gona call my kids!!

maybe open the baby book with closed eyes and point at one?

[t8yman]

Moxie CrimeFighter (Penn from Penn and Teller)

[The Nal]

The Pope has a kid?

[jump]

Possibly, but I was referring to the drug addicted, relentless paedophile that was Michael Jackson.

Edited September 17, 2010 by jump

[eFestivals]

I called my kid T.Rex.

He loves it.

[The Nal]

I called my kid T.Rex.

He loves it.

[rachbon]

i think buddy is really nice, but bear is a bit daft. jamie and jools oliver's kids have quite normal names compared to a lot of celebrity kids.

i love unusual names but when i have kids i would try to pick names that are a bit different, but not so much that they would get slagged for it.

[The Nal]

i think buddy is really nice, but bear is a bit daft. jamie and jools oliver's kids have quite normal names compared to a lot of celebrity kids.

i love unusual names but when i have kids i would try to pick names that are a bit different, but not so much that they would get slagged for it.

[t8yman]

I knew a kid called Miles Long. No joke.

I've never met a Hugh G. Rection, Mike Hunt, Mike Hawk, Hugh Janus, Eric Shawn, Howie Feltersnatch or Jack Mehoff yet though.

[RABun]

Doe he hate it cos he gets stick at school about it etc? Doesn`t he get Jo? Does he consider it a bit feminine...and why did you choose it?

Of course, nowadays the names read out in school at 9am is a veritable jamboree compared to times gone by.

The King bit of Larmer is part of his official name as in Larmer Dalyon The King of The World (maybe he should be part of the Pope thread ).

Its funny, the King bit is sticking. I dont use it much ,but at festivals people often do.

Its ok now at 4yrs old, but in a few years... well.

Same with Hendrix Santana.... most people love it (to our faces) and suits him so.... but once again, in 10yrs it might be a different kettle of poissons.

den

Edited September 17, 2010 by RABun