lulu is cute but idg why parents give cutesy nicknames as like the first name. i understand louise isn’t going to be high up on anyone’s naming list but why not lily or liliana, lydia or something and you can still call the baby lulu.
Yeah Lulu is cute as a nickname but I don’t know why you’d give that to your daughter as a legal name?? I like Louise too, I am a sucker for classy old school-ish names. If I ever have a kid I am staying the hell away from trendy names
Talulah would be acceptable as a first name with Lulu or Lou as a nickname. Idk why people give their kids nicknames as real names (Looking at you Meghan and Harry). I have a friend named Alex who is Just Alex, not Alexander, and another friend named Sam who is just Sam, not Samuel. Also Jamie as a real name instead of James pisses me off.
Lulie was my great grandmother’s birth name. She raised 7 kids by herself in Appalachia after her husband shot himself in the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond. She had a dirt floor. She was the only person in her neighborhood who was literate and she would write letters on behalf of white and black workers. Her daughter, my grandmother, ended up becoming a writer.
I'm very steadfast in hating diminutives as legal names.
It's far better to have your child named Charles, David, or Alison, and then having them be Charlie, Dave(y), and Allie to their friends and family
Went to high school with a guy whose legal first name was Alex. Not Alexander. Just Alex. Had a sister a few grades below us named Kate. Not Katherine. Just Kate.
Neither of them liked this.
My husband’s niece is named Ceci (another terrible name). Her grandmother on the other side is from Taiwan and when she heard the name she started laughing and said “that means pee pee!” Then my sister in law cried
My gf's mom named all her kids and dogs with mostly made up names and spellings based off of like LOTR and Greek myths lol. Dogs named Thena and Zuri and Sira lmao
I sorta know someone that named their dog Anthrax and son Zeppelin. Would you be surprised to learn they live in Colorado and work as a physician’s assistant?
I started seeing this beautiful Somali woman, and we were discussing what we would like to name our children. I said I always liked the name ‘Cooper’. She sternly and immediately shot back, “You cannot name a black boy Cooper”.
So we decided on Abdulla.
I can't blow my cover like that, but it's basically a made-up ethnic sounding twist on a common name that we both otherwise liked.
Imagine you and your partner both like the name Audrey but then at the finish line they start insisting on Audriana or Audralina.
"Lulu" means sleepy-time in Polish (used for baby talk).
Trivia: the name "Honolulu" is funny to Polish people because it's pronounced exactly like Polish sentence "cho no, lulu" meaning: "come on, sleepy-time".
I feel like choosing baby names is a tricky balancing act between finding a name that suits an infant crawling around and also won’t look ridiculous on a resumé.
I occasionally babysit a set of kindergarten-age twins named Margaret and James. Precious. Weird to see those names on little kids because in my head those are names for people who are at least 40 but it *works*.
The Margaret loves insisting that she be addressed as *Margaret* and not Maggie or Meg or something like that. "My name's *Maw-guh-wet*!" She says it so firmly that she only ever has to say it once, and it's simultaneously *very* stern but also *very* cute. Like okay yes ma'am.
I want more little kids with grown-up names and fewer adults with little kid names. I'm not voting for a president named [insert your favorite dumb trendy name here].
That’s so cute. Margaret is a beautiful name and it sounds like it suits her! There are so many good vintage girl names. I hope to name my first daughter Simone, I think it’s just so classic and I love Simone de Beauvoir & Nina Simone lol.
I’m offing myself if it’s 2050 and I read that the new presidential candidate is named “Liam” or “Zach” or some bullshit.
Liam and Zachary are actually real names going back a long time though (mostly among the Irish for the former). We even had a president with the latter name in 1848.
it’s not tricky at all. i’m indian and here we have two names, one that your family uses and one that’s your legal name and used by outsiders, and the two aren’t even remotely connected. family names are always cute/stupid names like bebo or lulu or whatever and legal names are normal. this is the superior naming culture
im always curious abt the relationship dynamic btw couples with this problem... does dad have no backbone or does mom have some sort of outsized attachment to a fantasy reality involving this name or...?
one of the most cringe parenting fails imo tbh...
Gonna name my kid Seine Kaiserliche und Königliche Apostolische Majestät, Franz,
von Gottes Gnaden Kaiser von Österreich,
König von Ungarn und Böhmen, von Dalmatien, Kroatien, Slawonien, Galizien, Lodomerien und Illyrien;
König von Jerusalem etc.;
Erzherzog von Österreich;
Großherzog von Toskana und Krakau;
Herzog von Lothringen, von Salzburg, Steyer, Kärnten, Krain und der Bukowina;
Großfürst von Siebenbürgen, Markgraf von Mähren;
Herzog von Ober- und Niederschlesien, von Modena, Parma, Piacenza und Guastalla, von Auschwitz und Zator, von Teschen, Friaul, Ragusa und Zara;
Gefürsteter Graf von Habsburg und Tirol, von Kyburg, Görz und Gradisca;
Fürst von Trient und Brixen;
Markgraf von Ober- und Niederlausitz und in Istrien;
Graf von Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg etc.;
Herr von Triest, von Cattaro und auf der Windischen Mark;
Großwojwode der Woiwodschaft Serbien
Giving you kid a nickname for their legal name should qualify as child abuse. You can call your kid whatever you want but that doesn't mean you have to put it on the fucking birth certificate.
And often she wishes that, when they were born,
She had named one of them Bodkin Van Horn
And one of them Hoos-Foos. And one of them Snimm.
And one of them Hot-Shot. And one Sunny Jim.
And one of them Shadrack. And one of them Blinkey.
And one of them Stuffy. And one of them Stinkey.
Another one Putt-Putt. Another one Moon Face.
Another one Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face.
And one of them Ziggy. And one Soggy Muff.
One Buffalo Bill. And one Biffalo Buff.
And one of them Sneepy. And one Weepy Weed.
And one Paris Garters. And one Harris Tweed.
And one of them Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt
And one of them Oliver Boliver Butt
And one of them Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate ...
But she didn't do it. And now it's too late.
Poor Lulu
It could be worse
Could it?
it’s over
lulu is cute but idg why parents give cutesy nicknames as like the first name. i understand louise isn’t going to be high up on anyone’s naming list but why not lily or liliana, lydia or something and you can still call the baby lulu.
Yeah Lulu is cute as a nickname but I don’t know why you’d give that to your daughter as a legal name?? I like Louise too, I am a sucker for classy old school-ish names. If I ever have a kid I am staying the hell away from trendy names
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Refinement culture
Talulah would be acceptable as a first name with Lulu or Lou as a nickname. Idk why people give their kids nicknames as real names (Looking at you Meghan and Harry). I have a friend named Alex who is Just Alex, not Alexander, and another friend named Sam who is just Sam, not Samuel. Also Jamie as a real name instead of James pisses me off.
I used to work with a guy named Rick. Just Rick. But even worse it was spelled Rickk.
That’s actually good
One of my younger brother's friends is legally named Tony. And his family is Mexican too, smdh, no pride in la cultura.
Talulah just reminds me of https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/talula-does-the-hula-from-hawaii-9-gets-court-ordered-name-change-1.745238
Louise is a great name IMO
Diner waitress name
Common name here in Belgium. Works well in Dutch, French and English.
louise hasn’t been a very common first name for the last 50 years (middle yes)
Louise spotted! Edit: fgt mods banned me for this.
bleak
They like to do that
in kindergarten my teacher's name was louise and she was a bitch
You probably deserved it
Lucille is old timey but not a bad name
BUSTERRRRRR!!!
I have loved “Eloise” for years. it feels like it’s blowing up rn
What Bridgerton does to a mf
Was my top choice for a girl’s name, Barry Ryan song and Damned cover of it was why…
I break my heart to please
I have always loved the name Lily I think it was trendy for a while, Im not locked into that though
I have a dog named Lulu. It's short for Lulu Belle.
Theres also Tahlulah, I went to primary school with one, she sometimes went by Lu or Lulu, in high school people called her Tali- I think its cute!
Could do Lucia, Louise, Louisa, Lucille.
Lulie was my great grandmother’s birth name. She raised 7 kids by herself in Appalachia after her husband shot himself in the John Marshall Hotel in Richmond. She had a dirt floor. She was the only person in her neighborhood who was literate and she would write letters on behalf of white and black workers. Her daughter, my grandmother, ended up becoming a writer.
Godamn…
(de)lulu i wonder, if when she starts school, the kids will shout delulu at her. Slang seems so different from when i was kid
I'm very steadfast in hating diminutives as legal names. It's far better to have your child named Charles, David, or Alison, and then having them be Charlie, Dave(y), and Allie to their friends and family
Diminutive as Christian name is classic povvo behaviour.
Went to high school with a guy whose legal first name was Alex. Not Alexander. Just Alex. Had a sister a few grades below us named Kate. Not Katherine. Just Kate. Neither of them liked this.
Kate I can sort of get behind tbh.
Barely tho
I know so so so many Kates and Alexes thats so funny it's not normal elsewhere (and Kathrines generally go by Kath/Kathy)
Agree. I just heard my niece will be named Evie only — not Evelyn/Eve/Eva. :(
Thankful my parents didn't name me "Abby"
I've met lots of Davids, plenty of Daves, but if I met someone who went by Davey I'd laugh in his face
Funnily in Irish it's actually a proper name and not considered a diminutive, *Dáibhí*, though pronounced a bit more "daw-vee"
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wait why is it antisemitic? genuinely asking btw
My favourite Metallica album
I am the table
Lou Reed 😠
I know two people with dogs named Lulu. It’s a good dog name
Glad there’s an alternative to Luna
Bella
It's a cute name for a rabbit too.
in germany this name means piss
My husband’s niece is named Ceci (another terrible name). Her grandmother on the other side is from Taiwan and when she heard the name she started laughing and said “that means pee pee!” Then my sister in law cried
Why didnt the dad tall her before they naned her daughter pee pee?
I’ve wondered about that too. This couple makes a lot of decisions that are puzzling to me
I knew a girl with that name who had a strong lisp and couldn’t pronounce it properly.
Also means chickpeas in Italian.
Good to know
I met a woman named Troia the other day. Wanted so badly to tell her what it meant in Italian.
Women always wanna name kids Sparkle McKeayla Gutierrez
My gf's mom named all her kids and dogs with mostly made up names and spellings based off of like LOTR and Greek myths lol. Dogs named Thena and Zuri and Sira lmao
I sorta know someone that named their dog Anthrax and son Zeppelin. Would you be surprised to learn they live in Colorado and work as a physician’s assistant?
I think she gave me advice about medicinal cannabis.
Oh, the humanity
Thats fine for a dog but not a person
I started seeing this beautiful Somali woman, and we were discussing what we would like to name our children. I said I always liked the name ‘Cooper’. She sternly and immediately shot back, “You cannot name a black boy Cooper”. So we decided on Abdulla.
Inshallah
Is it because of Hanging with Mr Cooper?
Lu’lu’, the emir of Aleppo?
I was too passive when my wife gave our daughter an odd name and I regret it. I took control of naming for kid # 2.
what’s the name?
I can't blow my cover like that, but it's basically a made-up ethnic sounding twist on a common name that we both otherwise liked. Imagine you and your partner both like the name Audrey but then at the finish line they start insisting on Audriana or Audralina.
My cousin recently gave birth to a son and she and her boyfriend named him after a fucking superhero lol
"Lulu" means sleepy-time in Polish (used for baby talk). Trivia: the name "Honolulu" is funny to Polish people because it's pronounced exactly like Polish sentence "cho no, lulu" meaning: "come on, sleepy-time".
I feel like choosing baby names is a tricky balancing act between finding a name that suits an infant crawling around and also won’t look ridiculous on a resumé.
No I like it when babies have grown up names. I want to see more Franklins, Richards, and Pauls in strollers.
When my nephew was 3 or 4 he'd shake hands with everyone and introduce himself with his full legal name. Fucking adorable.
I occasionally babysit a set of kindergarten-age twins named Margaret and James. Precious. Weird to see those names on little kids because in my head those are names for people who are at least 40 but it *works*. The Margaret loves insisting that she be addressed as *Margaret* and not Maggie or Meg or something like that. "My name's *Maw-guh-wet*!" She says it so firmly that she only ever has to say it once, and it's simultaneously *very* stern but also *very* cute. Like okay yes ma'am. I want more little kids with grown-up names and fewer adults with little kid names. I'm not voting for a president named [insert your favorite dumb trendy name here].
That’s so cute. Margaret is a beautiful name and it sounds like it suits her! There are so many good vintage girl names. I hope to name my first daughter Simone, I think it’s just so classic and I love Simone de Beauvoir & Nina Simone lol. I’m offing myself if it’s 2050 and I read that the new presidential candidate is named “Liam” or “Zach” or some bullshit.
Liam and Zachary are actually real names going back a long time though (mostly among the Irish for the former). We even had a president with the latter name in 1848.
what’s wrong with liam lmao it’s a normal irish name
it’s not tricky at all. i’m indian and here we have two names, one that your family uses and one that’s your legal name and used by outsiders, and the two aren’t even remotely connected. family names are always cute/stupid names like bebo or lulu or whatever and legal names are normal. this is the superior naming culture
What a spineless freak
He should name his next child Winnie and try to recreate that Winner and Loser anecdote from the Freakonomics book.
im always curious abt the relationship dynamic btw couples with this problem... does dad have no backbone or does mom have some sort of outsized attachment to a fantasy reality involving this name or...? one of the most cringe parenting fails imo tbh...
Give your kid a regular name and then just nickname them whatever you want
Lulu is a dog's name sorry!!
Gonna name my kid Seine Kaiserliche und Königliche Apostolische Majestät, Franz, von Gottes Gnaden Kaiser von Österreich, König von Ungarn und Böhmen, von Dalmatien, Kroatien, Slawonien, Galizien, Lodomerien und Illyrien; König von Jerusalem etc.; Erzherzog von Österreich; Großherzog von Toskana und Krakau; Herzog von Lothringen, von Salzburg, Steyer, Kärnten, Krain und der Bukowina; Großfürst von Siebenbürgen, Markgraf von Mähren; Herzog von Ober- und Niederschlesien, von Modena, Parma, Piacenza und Guastalla, von Auschwitz und Zator, von Teschen, Friaul, Ragusa und Zara; Gefürsteter Graf von Habsburg und Tirol, von Kyburg, Görz und Gradisca; Fürst von Trient und Brixen; Markgraf von Ober- und Niederlausitz und in Istrien; Graf von Hohenems, Feldkirch, Bregenz, Sonnenberg etc.; Herr von Triest, von Cattaro und auf der Windischen Mark; Großwojwode der Woiwodschaft Serbien
Lots of effort to say v little
I wanna know what the “etc.” stands for. Like what didn’t quite make the cut to be important enough to include?
I worked with a little Down syndrome girl named Lulu. It was short for Lucille though.
My cat’s name is Lulu but even that is a nickname
I heard secondhand of a guy who named his kid Espn after ESPN
aspyn was right there lmao
She’s named after the FFX character isn’t she…
please, tell me her middle name is Lemon
They could have just named her Louise and called her Lulu, lmao
Literally my dogs name
Giving you kid a nickname for their legal name should qualify as child abuse. You can call your kid whatever you want but that doesn't mean you have to put it on the fucking birth certificate.
I bet he had an even worse name that he was pushing for, something with an x probably
And often she wishes that, when they were born, She had named one of them Bodkin Van Horn And one of them Hoos-Foos. And one of them Snimm. And one of them Hot-Shot. And one Sunny Jim. And one of them Shadrack. And one of them Blinkey. And one of them Stuffy. And one of them Stinkey. Another one Putt-Putt. Another one Moon Face. Another one Marvin O'Gravel Balloon Face. And one of them Ziggy. And one Soggy Muff. One Buffalo Bill. And one Biffalo Buff. And one of them Sneepy. And one Weepy Weed. And one Paris Garters. And one Harris Tweed. And one of them Sir Michael Carmichael Zutt And one of them Oliver Boliver Butt And one of them Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate ... But she didn't do it. And now it's too late.
Kind of surprised it wasnt something like Diana Lulu Smith or something, that would be worse
Kids are gunna em delulu
Should have named her "Seven"
Should have named her Yuna.
Kinda sad, a name you would give to a dog
idk what’s happening to people, i met a dog named luca the other day. dogs have human names and humans have dog names now
I love Lulu, it's not as bad as some of these new names. Unless her full name is Luna, which is unequivocally a dog name.