Giving kids famous lefty names

rkn
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Submitted by rkn on 29 April, 2007 - 16:16.

Would any of you ever do this? Or are you going to admit to having been given a lefty name?

I was in Tesco earlier and one of the guys working there's name tag said his first name was Marx. Zobag used to know a girl who's name was Rosa (and her dad insisted it was after Luxemburg). Somewhere in my family is a woman who's first name is Guevara.

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Refused "wee fuck'n' strings"
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29 April, 2007 - 16:26

I wouldn't do it unless I genuinely liked the name. Anyway, I've already decided that my first son will be Gunnar (after no-one in particular) and my first daughter will be Shira (Hebrew for 'poetry').

petey "They gonna eat your shoulders."
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29 April, 2007 - 16:31

i once had a cat named rosa luxemburg

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29 April, 2007 - 16:33
newyawka wrote:
i once had a cat named rosa luxemburg

Neighbours thought you were insane when the cat got lost and you went outside shouting "COME BACK ROSA LUXEMBOURG!!!!!"

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OliverTwister "Tied directly to Bekken and the Philly camp"
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29 April, 2007 - 16:33

I would only name my kid after someone non-famous

if my first name was guevara I'd probably change it and become a republican.

throwhen "Long Live the ATHA Central Committee!!!"
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29 April, 2007 - 17:28

i named my daughter of soren kierkregaards ex-fiance

Tacks "in it to win it"
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29 April, 2007 - 18:51

i knew a kid called che.

His dad was the bassist in skunk anansie, he a was a nice kid.

Rob Ray "The difficulty with unions is how to turn grump into thump."
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29 April, 2007 - 19:26

Nah it'd only cause confusion if they subsequently became revolutionary heroes.

martinh "Wears loud shirts for the poor & oppressed"
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29 April, 2007 - 19:56

It's very common in certain cultures, particulalry in the Latin American left. I used to work with a Chilean exile whose boyfriend's first names were Jose Lenin. Some comrades from way back used middle names (Emma* and Alexandra** and I can't remember the boy's middle name).
My kids have middle names from relatives and first names unconnected to any revolutionaries.

Regards,

Martin

* after Goldman of course
** After Kollontai

Thora "differently ethical"
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29 April, 2007 - 20:50

I know someone with a dog called Durruti (sp?)

I would only name my kid after a famous lefty if it was a cool name anyway - like Voltairine. Though I actually really like the name Unity at the moment, but I'm worried it would just make people think of Unity Mitford.

petey "They gonna eat your shoulders."
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29 April, 2007 - 21:00

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WeTheYouth "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - Tolkien"
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29 April, 2007 - 21:21

a friend of mines grand son is called che, my sons will have to be called chris but im sure a cool middle name like Zapata, Bakunin, Durutti etc etc.

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29 April, 2007 - 21:39
Thora wrote:
Though I actually really like the name Unity at the moment, but I'm worried it would just make people think of Unity Mitford.

WTF?

Unity is the kind of name rich hippy liberals would give their kid to let everyone know that even though they're rich they still intend to mentally scar their children.

jef costello "Beautiful, just like Nuremburg"
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29 April, 2007 - 22:12
WeTheYouth wrote:
my sons will have to be called chris

all of them? That could be confusing.

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29 April, 2007 - 22:13
jef costello wrote:
WeTheYouth wrote:
my sons will have to be called chris

all of them? That could be confusing.

You have no idea!!! grin

In a related note, I have a friend called Desmond. His dad, grand-dad and great-granded are also called Desmond.

WeTheYouth "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - Tolkien"
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29 April, 2007 - 22:35
jef costello wrote:
WeTheYouth wrote:
my sons will have to be called chris

all of them? That could be confusing.

Kinda traditional, my dad is called chris, my dads dad is called chris, my grandads dad is called chris and so on.

Thora "differently ethical"
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29 April, 2007 - 23:02
Refused wrote:
Thora wrote:
Though I actually really like the name Unity at the moment, but I'm worried it would just make people think of Unity Mitford.

WTF?

Unity is the kind of name rich hippy liberals would give their kid to let everyone know that even though they're rich they still intend to mentally scar their children.

I aspire to be a rich hippy liberal.

xConorx "facts tend to cloud my judgement"
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29 April, 2007 - 23:31

I'd call my kid Brian McClair
he's not a "famous lefty", but he is famous, and a lefty.
A number of socialists have come out of Scottish football. Brian McClair was once asked in a Match questionnaire: "What scares you the most?" to which he answered: "A Thatcher government."

Lone Wolf "An explanation is not the same as an excuse. "
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29 April, 2007 - 23:31
Thora wrote:
Refused wrote:
Thora wrote:
Though I actually really like the name Unity at the moment, but I'm worried it would just make people think of Unity Mitford.

WTF?

Unity is the kind of name rich hippy liberals would give their kid to let everyone know that even though they're rich they still intend to mentally scar their children.

I aspire to be a rich hippy liberal.

I would say you are halfway there... wink

Love

LW X

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30 April, 2007 - 07:41
Refused wrote:
my first daughter will be Shira (Hebrew for 'poetry').

*ahem* not meaning to be discouraging, but,

same pronunciation, no?

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30 April, 2007 - 08:52
Feighnt wrote:
Refused wrote:
my first daughter will be Shira (Hebrew for 'poetry').

*ahem* not meaning to be discouraging, but,

same pronunciation, no?

Close but not quite. It also almost sounds like "Shearer". grin

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30 April, 2007 - 08:53
Thora wrote:
Refused wrote:
Thora wrote:
Though I actually really like the name Unity at the moment, but I'm worried it would just make people think of Unity Mitford.

WTF?

Unity is the kind of name rich hippy liberals would give their kid to let everyone know that even though they're rich they still intend to mentally scar their children.

I aspire to be a rich hippy liberal.

Actually thinking about it, I wouldn't mind a rich hippy liberal wife.

*thinks of all the cool gadgets he could buy*

I wonder if "LOOKING FOR RICH HIPPY LIBERAL WOMEN" would go down well in a personals ad.

jef costello "Beautiful, just like Nuremburg"
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30 April, 2007 - 09:16
Refused wrote:
I wonder if "LOOKING FOR RICH HIPPY LIBERAL WOMEN" would go down well in a personals ad.

no, using all capitals like that makes you look like a nutter.

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30 April, 2007 - 09:17

I was hoping it would make my boobs look bigger. sad

ftony "crews are for boats"
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30 April, 2007 - 12:19

i genuinely like the name Leon, but if i call my kid leon he would constantly have to apologise to the big bad anarchist kids for Kronstadt or risk getting an Atomic Wedgie.

Tacks "in it to win it"
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30 April, 2007 - 12:22

leon was always a west indian kids name in my area. I think you could call your kid leon if you stopped mixing in politics.

Just don't call him lev innit.

Joseph K. "the thinking man's idiot"
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30 April, 2007 - 12:24
ftony wrote:
i genuinely like the name Leon, but if i call my kid leon he would constantly have to apologise to the big bad anarchist kids for Kronstadt or risk getting an Atomic Wedgie.

that or be an ice-cool hitman confused by juvenile sexuality

petey "They gonna eat your shoulders."
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30 April, 2007 - 14:54
jef costello wrote:
WeTheYouth wrote:
my sons will have to be called chris

all of them? That could be confusing.

george foreman has five sons all named george

Joseph K. "the thinking man's idiot"
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30 April, 2007 - 14:58

but he got hit repeatedly in the head for a living wink

Tacks "in it to win it"
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30 April, 2007 - 15:10

ROFL grin

tigersiskillers "now slightly more sane, and that's official"
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30 April, 2007 - 17:05

Surely giving your kids lefty names is morally only one step up from noncing?

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Jesus.

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