More on baby names
I found out a while ago that if I'd been born a boy, I'd have been named "Peregrine".

Thank fuck I wasn't.



Anyway, after I was born, my father was lazy about getting his arse to the registry office to declare my birth. He kept putting it off, until one day my mother told him that if he didn't do it right this minute, she'd go herself and call me Arthur. Great, thanks mum.

I ended up saddled with a less-than-great name anyway, in the end. I have one of those names that, whilst technically it can be used for both sexes, 99.9% of the time is used only for boys. My mother, however, really liked it as a girl's name; this means that my entire childhood was spent making friends (or enemies) by introducing myself with the words: "Hi, my name is ******, yes it is normally a boy's name, yes I am a girl, but technically it can be used for both boys and girls, and yes my parents are weird". In one long garbled sentence. I finally got out of it by moving to London for uni and adopting a nickname that is derived from my real name, but which is pleasingly feminine.

Grrr parents.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:14, 28 replies)

I suppose
Bob is a bit more sensible.

is it short for Kate..?
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:17, closed)

Blackadder!
No, Bob isn't my nickname at all I'm afraid. Nothing to do wtih what my real name is.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:21, closed)

I think I've just convinced
my pregnant best mate to call her kid "Harlot" (if it's a girl, obviously; "Mucus" for a boy).
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:21, closed)

I feel your pain, Bob
Had my dad had his say in the matter, I would have been called Jody whether i had been a boy or a girl. Instead, small but powerful Mrs Rakky gave me a name which, while it doesn't sound that unusual (as in it is very similar to many common names in spelling and pronunciation) it is just different enough to confuse the hell out of people, be consistently pronounced incorrectly and subject to some of the most garbled spelling I;ve ever encountered. On one memorable occasion my mother left me a note where she'd crossed my name out twice after having spelled it incorrectly herself. She saddled me with the sodding moniker, she should at least be able to spell it. :)

I now don't bother giving my proper name until I know that someone is likely to make the effort to say it right...
(Rakky (forgot her password) The muffin maverick, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:22, closed)

Since the Oscillating Gibbon doesn't seem to be around at the moment,
I'll post these on his behalf. He wants to call his kids - in no particular order:
Rambo
Rambo III*
Tegwyn
Bullyme
...sod it, I can't remember the rest. Hopefully he'll dive in at the last minute and flesh the list out.

Still, Ms BobFossil - for unisex names I'm guessing Leslie or Hilary. Do I win anything?

*_{So he can say, when asked "We don't speak of Rambo II..."}
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:25, closed)

Supreme Crow
Neither Leslie nor Hilary.

It's a name that is so commonly associated with being male that it'll be almost impossible to guess.

Unless you know anything about the 16 Revelations of Divine Love.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:27, closed)

Well, since you put it that way...
...I give up.

(I'm persistent, me)
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:28, closed)

Julian!
What do I win?

/Google is my friend
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:29, closed)

Is it
Rumpelstiltskin?
( Cawl, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:29, closed)

Bert
You win the knowledge that I have a really stupid name. As does everyone else here now (I mean everyone else here wins the knowledge that I have a stupid name, not everyone else here wins a stupid name).

Anyway, I don't call myself Julian these days, I have a good nickname!
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:30, closed)

There's nothing wrong with it
It is more commonly used as a boys name, but big deal.
I'm sure you're still a very lovely, feminine lady anyways.


*offers*Goat...?
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:31, closed)

I'm guessing you call yourself Julie, usually.
Makes sense. Certainly beats being asked where Timmy and George are all the time.
( Kroney, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:32, closed)

BobFossil
Damn, I had money on it being "Graham".

Bugger.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:32, closed)

@PJM
Pfft.

Graham, the sexiest of all girls names.
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:34, closed)

Julie?
Feck no. I really hate that name. Dunno why, there's nothing wrong with it, but I just hate it. Nope, I'm a Jules.

I'd love a goat, thanks!

*pulls up a goat*
*sits*
*stands up and removes horns from buttocks*
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:34, closed)

That's not where the horns are asposed to go!
*shows Bob the art of Goat love-making*

Cheerio everybody, catch you all tomorrow..!

*waves*
( Bert Monkeysex is waiting for the mods to delete him, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:36, closed)

*waves*
See you goat-fucker!
*grins*
( Cawl, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:36, closed)

*reads*
*learns*
*horns*
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:36, closed)

*notes
use of the verb "to horn" for future use*
( Cawl, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:40, closed)

Oh, I dunno.
You might have had fun being Pippin.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:46, closed)

I
Know a girl who gets called Graham. I'm not sure why.

Maybe she's actually a dude...
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 17:58, closed)

Big Daddy's real name...
Was Shirley Crabtree.
Poor fella, no wonder he acted so macho.
(davywavy, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 18:04, closed)

Macho?
As I recall he used to wear a leotard, slap his tits and wave his belly at people. if that's macho, then I'm fucking Hercules!



Oh, and my money was on Brian. Bugger. Julian's fine though, I like it.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 23 Apr 2008, 18:16, closed)

Good for you
I was betting on Reginald.
(osok Rebel without a clue, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 21:58, closed)

@ CHCB
I went to uni with a Harlot.

She arrived at uni a Charlotte, and the poor innocent lass spent 3 years quite in favour of the new name in the belief that it was nothing more than a shortened version of her sunday name.
(Moniker, Wed 23 Apr 2008, 23:15, closed)

Arthur's not a bad name for a girlie
Peter? (Or Peta.)
(CdrVimes, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 0:18, closed)

wandering in late as usual
one of my female friends has the nickname "Trevor"
(Halfy By light alone, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 8:26, closed)

my mum
was meant to be called elizabeth, but when my grandfather finally made it to register her birth, he saw that 5 of the girls previously registered were called elizabeth, so he registered her as jane. then forgot to tell my grandmother for a couple of weeks, so my mum spent the first month or so of her life as elizabeth, before being called jane.

i was going to be Rupert if i'd been a boy. in bloody glasgow. i'd have been lynched...
( ascorbate, Thu 24 Apr 2008, 10:46, closed)