kim and kanye's baby names

I do wish parents would think about the teasing their children will suffer from when they name them! That poor child called North West and as for Saint - the mind boggles! I can't help feeling these names say a lot more about the parents than the children!

Phoebes I have to confess that with social workers there is a tendency to respond in a similar way when you encounter some of the more bizarrely named children.

We have a newly adopted grandchild, who came with a very rare & unusual Christian name. Because of the child's age it is too late to change it and there are always some very strange looks when people need to know what it is. Also, in public, it could identify the child to it's former family, so we have to be very careful when calling the name out. I'm not even allowed to say what sex the child is, in case someone recognises me on Gransnet!

Frank Zappa's children did not change their names.

North is called Nori by the family which is a quite pretty name - they will probably call Saint something else at home. I help people research their family history and have seen names in the baptisms registers that you would shake your head at today - Sorrow and Misery being two I have seen.

I think that the most important thing you can do for your new baby is to give it a sensible name, not one that will mark it forever, whether in terms of class (yes, it does still exist!) or by showing that your parents haven't got a brain in their heads!

I am a retired teacher, and when we got the lists of names for the new children, we could be fairly accurate in predicting whether they would be lovely kids or total pains, just by looking at their names and we were mostly correct!

Of course, there was always a boy named Sue, but there was a reason for that!!

I quite like North for a girl. Don't like Saint at all though.

I met a family from New Zealand when we were on holiday this year. The daughters were called Peace and Harmony - their mother said they had had neither since they'd been born.

miep I not saying as she might look here

They sound like Railway Companies!

Frank Zappa gave his kids ridiculous names which they promptly changed when they were able. This couple and that dreadful family are so media hungry , I'm fed up with hearing about them . I think they are rapidly falling out favour publicity wise, what ever will they do ?

David Bowie named his son Zowie . He likes to be known as Duncan - so sensible; these offspring have more sense than their disillusioned parents....

But North isn't a girls name, it's a boys. So is West. South and East are girls names!

Not sure about Saint, but it feels more girly to me.

What was the name?

I had to swiftly change my reaction from to. when a friend told me the name of her gorgeous new grandson.
People who give their children weird as apposed to unusual names are thinking more of their selves than the poor children.

Thanks CariGransnet I would never have known- not that I am all that bothered!

It would be laughable if it wasn't so tragic. Poor kids. Its bad enough that these are their parents, although I'm sure they are loved and well looked after. They also appear to be rolled out as a fashion accessory at every opportunity. They put them on twitter too. Part of the brand !!

I admire the way William and Kate keep their children out of the limelight as much as they can. With 'proper' names. And allowed to be children.

Just don't get me started on 'proper' names ..... :-))

No actually very rich children who won't give a toss about their names.

These are ridiculous people who don't seem very bright to me. Poor children.

I hope they both have middle names, although none have been mentioned. The chances are that they will rename themselves like poor Satchel Farrow, bullied at school he renamed himself Seamus. He's now called Ronan Seamus Farrow and studies law.

It shows a massive ego, and a huge lack of imagination. Pathetic.

Utterly rediculous..

Is the 'First' and 'Now' part of the names or is it North West and Saint West?
With these kind of names you can never tell!

They are going to make a wonderful "First Family " when he stands for the next Presidential election as is his intention.