Comments on: What’s in a name?

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:58:50 +0000

Hey Spud,

You may or may not remember me from a certain online purple place many many moons ago… You were a great support when I lost my Bertie.
Well these days I’m now in England with a new Mr Steph and I absolutely still adore the name.. so much that the currently pooing on my lap 7 week old Maximillian has Albert and Ernest as his middle names.
Indeed we’ve recieved much criticism for his name and I never divulge further than ‘they’re family names’ when asked ( Ernest was Mr Steph’s grandfather) but he’ll grow to know about his half brother. :)

By: Relyn

Relyn — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:28:24 +0000

Pirate?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????

When my ex-sister-in-law was expecting, she told me she wanted a girl. And, that she would name said girl Jezel Shatara and call her Jazzy. CRIPES!!! We spent the next seven months praying for a boy. Alex has turned into a wonderful young man. The sister-in-law is now an ex. Wonder why?

By: beth

beth — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 13:33:16 +0000

my maiden name initials….BS
my married name initials….BM

your bertie….beautiful and perfect !!!

By: julochka

julochka — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:24:06 +0000

in denmark, you wouldn’t be allowed to name your kid pirate. we had to have a letter from odin to name sabin sabin and it was my grandmother’s maiden name. they’re really strict here…

and seriously, you have to take the barrette out of the kid’s hair if you don’t want people to think he’s a girl…

but i could totally see a british PM named digby…or at least a mayor of london.

By: lyanne

lyanne — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:08:28 +0000

I was shocked to hear, or perhaps I misheard, that Michael Jackson named his – Paris [okay], Prince Michael [bloody hilarious] and, the best – BLANKET? WTF? we know he was crazy [sorry MJ] but Blanket. Even Bubbles got a better name. I love Bertie and Digby. Both rock. I quite like Bert too though.

By: Polly

Polly — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:19:25 +0000

I never had to worry about choosing names so I didn’t realise it’s such a major task! Now I understand why my very good friend’s reaction was a very loud “I’m not telling you!” when I asked what name she chose for her unborn child.

By: Aswirly

Aswirly — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:49:34 +0000

You are KILLING me! ROFLMAO… Seems like you can’t win when it comes to naming. Man, your family was brutal! And “pirate” and “Gypsy”? That’s just cruel. My hubby is determined to name our first child Speed, so the kid’s name will be Speed Richards (boy or girl). I’m NOT impressed. lol

By: VEG

VEG — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:09:43 +0000

BWAHAHA! I love this post. Mainly because I always remember Robin Williams’ adage on naming your child:

“Pick a name unique enough that when you call them on the playground they are the only one that comes running. But not so unique that they come running because they are being chased”

By: Eliza Claire

Eliza Claire — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:37:54 +0000

I love the names of your two boys, their names suit them.

When my sister called her son Harrison I wasn’t sure. It was 1998 and Harrison was unusual. It’s so commonplace now, but I can’t imagine my Harrison being anything else.

I disnt realise how common Ethan was when I named our 1st born. If I had, I think we’d have been really stuck. And I adore Boo’s real name (Ysella, pronounced ee-ZELL-ah) but it worries me that shell spend her entire life wishing we’d chosen Cecily instead.

By: B

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:07:27 +0000

Oh, no! Another thing to worry about when I have children! Feel the anxiety?
I used to hate my name when I was a child, Blanca means white, so there were plenty of jokes! But I love it now!