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This kid will have it bad every which way. Not only is dinkle a euphemism for the male anatomy, but even the shortened Dink is a slang term meaning idiot or jerk. Wow. Poor kid. This mom has no sense whatsoever.
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without googling it, that was the first thing that came to mind...geez, what is that woman thinking??? and her husband is allowing this??? poor baby...
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I would have laughed too. Seriously, that is the worst name in the history of names!! I agree with the others and inform this woman what her child's name means!!
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The shoes were the first thing I saw when I googled it but That is only ONE of the meanings to the name. There is another, more personal meaning. I don't really want to go any further in the description.
All I can think of is that poor child. I have heard of parents naming a girl Merry Christmas and a son Douglas Fir(not the best if you don't want teasing) but Dinkle?????
Will the Dept of Births, Deaths and Marriages (or whatever your country calls it) step in and veto this name once the parents register the child's birth and apply for a birth certificate?
In Australia it takes a few weeks for the official word to come through but you can name you child practically anything here that is not offensive or trying to add status (eg Like calling the first name Queen/King etc).
Will the Dept of Births, Deaths and Marriages (or whatever your country calls it) step in and veto this name once the parents register the child's birth and apply for a birth certificate?
In Australia it takes a few weeks for the official word to come through but you can name you child practically anything here that is not offensive or trying to add status (eg Like calling the first name Queen/King etc).
Maybe that is the child's only hope!
No. In the USA, people are allowed to name their children whatever made up or non-sensical or just plain stupid thing they want. Sometimes that wonderful and ends up with a child with a great, unique name that doesn't send people into hysterics when it's said. Sometimes, it means children get to be named "Dinkle".
I try not to judge when it comes to name of children. We have a Autumn Rose, a Liberty Starr, and a Savanna Rayne. Yes, we did think about what people would think. In the end we still liked the name. You wouldn't believe the looks when we introduce Liberty to people. Some thinks its wonderful.....others say "what did you say" Granted "Dinkle" Is not high on my list nor would it be. But my father was named after his uncle "Amos" imagine how that was.
A boy in my DD(5) Kindergarten class has the name Amos. Everytime I see him I want to say, "How's it going Famous Amos". So far no one has made fun
of him and I hope they don't. In her Pre-K class there was a Cooper. The teachers called him Super Duper Cooper once and after that some kids started
the Cooper is a Super Duper Pooper.
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I went to school with a girl named Gidget Rock. She was extremely popular and on the homecoming court. I don't think that one is bad at all. Not in comparison to some of the goofy junk coming out today. When I was in school, people with rhyming names were always really popular too. Jody Brody was one of the more popular ones...I think because people just like to say it. One of my good friends is Nikki Nowicki and she is never just called by her first name...everyone has to say them both.
Among schoolkids or friends such a name is no big deal, but I'm thinking of how ridiculous the name would be if the person must testify in court, seeks to become a lawyer, doctor or other distinguished profession...etc.
There's something demeaning and foolish about a mature adult having to answer to Gidget as her legal name if you ask me. Dinkle would clearly be far worse.
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My brother told me that when he was in medical school & doing his OB rotation, he saw a patient with twin girls named "Excretia" and "Secretia."
And one of my good friends, who was doing med school in NYC, told me about a patient who named her son, "Shi Thead," pronounced "Shi-theed" but...well...you can see how it's spelled.
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It is unusual...but you never know, it may be the most popular name of 2017. In 2000, we told our family we were naming our son "Aidan." Pretty much unheard of at that time (except for Aidan Quinn--- where I got the name). Their mouths dropped. They tried everything to talk us out of it. My father told me it was too ethnic. Both my husband's mother and my mother said they were only going to call him by his initials...A.J. Well, now my poor son can't go anywhere without hearing at least 10 other mothers yelling for their Aidans (all younger than him). My younger son's class has 4 Aidans. You never know...today's odd name could be tomorrow's most popular lol. Had I known how popular it would become, I would never had chosen it. At least he doesn't have any other Aidans in his class...it didn't catch on for another year or so.
I agree though--that name really is different lol.
Wow..please tell her what a Dinkle is...it is not the best name. I just keep thinking dinky winky! I have two boys in my class this year. They are twins named Andy and Andrew...I thought this had to be a mistake but sure enough...two different kids.
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