Why are children given stupid names

My Grandson ( little boy in my picture) is called Cree…it took us a while to get used to it but now we wouldn’t have any other name…
The River Cree is in Scotland and also the Cree Nation (North American) natives….but I think they just liked the name.
 
I think over the years I've posted this twice before, I'm sure on the same question.....but I had an uncle Enus (Pronounced A' Nuss)....😳
A common name in China is Fuk...or Fur Huk....if you have watched "The Gentleman"
And People from Preston call their kids...Cha...which in Bengali means.....illegitimate child of a goat herder...or in Hindi, it means......Eunuch
 
I once worked with a chap called Richard Thrust - he hated being called Dick.
On a similar vein (boom boom) worked with another bloke called Richard who liked to be called Dick until one day he was introduced at a very important meeting as Dick, Head of Operations
 
Probably a case of the parents wanting their kids to stand out. "Oh, River it's time for dinner my darling ."
Which would be ok if your family were of north America red Indian decent but for some kid from an estate in Croydon it's all a bit silly
 
the yanks have the monopoly on naming kids, love to watch The First 48 and some of the names of the victims and perps have are pure brilliance!
 
My next door neighbour is German. His first name is Fritz. He has unusual surname though, does old Herr Rebollocks 👍
 
Makes me cringe when you see so called celebs have a "love child" because you know that beyond any doubt whatsoever the the poor brat is going to be saddled with a stupid name.
 
If we could get a list of AVFTT Approved Names - Endorsed by the Old Men of An Obscure Football Forum together we can distribute it to the relevant authorities and people can start putting their lives right by not offending the old men of an obscure internet forum, which I'm sure is their main concern.
 
Curryman said:
If it's in a Church and/or carried out by a Priest/ Vicar/ Preacher or whatever you wish to call them, it's a Christening, and it's offensive not to call it that.
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If its carried out in a Roman Catholic Church by a priest it's a baptism, some people might get offended if you call it a Christening.
 
Next door neighbours son has twins a boy and a girl called Florence and Freddie. Good traditional names but I can’t keep thinking do they shop at Tesco ( think about it)?
 
The government of Dubai paid me $10,000 to name my son Fly Emirates. He couldn't figure out who to root last time Arsenal played Real Madrid.
 
Lytham_fy8 said:
If we could get a list of AVFTT Approved Names - Endorsed by the Old Men of An Obscure Football Forum together we can distribute it to the relevant authorities and people can start putting their lives right by not offending the old men of an obscure internet forum, which I'm sure is their main concern.
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Oh no, not the St Annes sand dune smart arse again.
 
Always an interesting discussion is children's names..people have such vastly different ideas of what's "okay".
When I was teaching, both Kaidon (spelt with an o) and Arlo were names that came up more than once so don't find them unusual personally.
The kids I felt sorry for were the ones with bizarre spellings of traditional names e.g. for Amy... Ameee and Amey (I kid you not). They will spend their whole lives having to correct people.
Or, the unusual pronunciations of traditional names e.g Laura pronounced "L "ow as in cow" ruh
 
BlackpoolWolves said:
Always an interesting discussion is children's names..people have such vastly different ideas of what's "okay".
When I was teaching, both Kaidon (spelt with an o) and Arlo were names that came up more than once so don't find them unusual personally.
The kids I felt sorry for were the ones with bizarre spellings of traditional names e.g. for Amy... Ameee and Amey (I kid you not). They will spend their whole lives having to correct people.
Or, the unusual pronunciations of traditional names e.g Laura pronounced "L "ow as in cow" ruh
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Yeah, I don't understand the motivation for saddling a kid with a name no one will ever say correctly upon reading or spell correctly upon hearing. I've got an impossible surname and that's enough of a pain in the ass.

But people complaining about perfectly intelligible names on account of "those aren't the names I heard growing up"? Ok, boomer.
 
The strangest one though is the boy who was known as Clifford until the age of 11 when it came to light his "official name" was something else.
When asked, the parents said, "oh yes, that's right, Clifford isn't his real name, but when he started school, he loved Clifford the Big Red Dog (kids TV show if you aren't aware) - so we decided to tell the school his name was Clifford to help him settle in. True story 🙂
 
FlytoKavala said:
Last weekend, a friend of the family attended a "naming ceremony" (used to be Christening but that's offensive now 🙁 ).
The baby boy was Kaiden and the baby girl was Nova. Heaven forbid.
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Anyone having triplets should be congratulated. No wonder the 3rd was called Heaven forbid.

I think the aim of calling it a 'naming ceremony' rather than a Christening is so to allow a child to choose a religion/secular choice of their own once Fraser competent.

We should never judge others through the lens of personal prejudices. How many Albert, George or Charles are there now? Save for the dysfunctional sovereignty?

On Saturday at full-time when we have beaten Fulham, will you judge me when I tell you my child's name? Probably not as it would be as relevant as the start of your thread.

3 pointson Sat sets us on the way
 
We're still nowhere near the Americans for mad names. I used to work in an office with a girl called Choclat. "1 o no e baby"
 
FlytoKavala said:
And while we are at it, why are Opal Fruits now Starburst and a Marathon bar is now a Snickers.
ps: why have Wagon Wheels reduced dramatically in size and why doesn't Ginger Beer set your mouth ablaze anymore.
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My department can't answer your questions without consulting our legal advisors first.
 
Lytham_fy8 said:
If we could get a list of AVFTT Approved Names - Endorsed by the Old Men of An Obscure Football Forum together we can distribute it to the relevant authorities and people can start putting their lives right by not offending the old men of an obscure internet forum, which I'm sure is their main concern.
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At one time the French had a list of approved names and anything else wasn't allowed. Don't know if that's still the case?
 
At BCGS in the 70's, four boys in the same class had..........

Bertram, Grenville, Ashwood and Marmaduke as middle names, I kid you not.


The teacher used to take a 'head count' register and take great pleasure in mentioning the full names of pupils in the class.
 
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