Do you think 'Spud' is a good name for a baby?
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
United States
January 24, 2017 7:19am CST
Seriously....there is a family that I've known for 55 plus years...One of the kids has a daughter who is very pregnant..like she's due any day now with her first.
What bugs me is the fact they call the baby 'Spud'. They have done that since she announced she was having a baby. I must be more old fashioned than I realized as I think this is a little weird referring to your baby as a potato.
Her due date is the 26th so 'Spud' should be arriving soon. I pray they have a real name picked out and start using it soon!
What do you think....is Spud a good name?
Photo:pixabay.com/en/potato-vegetables-vegetable-food-1653301/
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Jan 17
Every time I hear it I think 'mashed' or 'baked'
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@LadyDuck (472087)
• Switzerland
24 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill I hope they will not give him a silly name. Here people can change their name if the parents choose something that sounds silly or offensive.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Jan 17
@LadyDuck anyone here can change their name legally. So if they do name the kid Spud it could be changed.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Jan 17
I pray they have a real name....Since they are Catholic I don't think the baby could be baptized with the name Spud.
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@LeaPea2417 (37381)
• Toccoa, Georgia
24 Jan 17
That is a tacky name and hopefully they will give the baby a normal name. (hopefully, it is a silly little nick name at this point that will soon be discarded after the birth).
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Jan 17
I think it is but it still annoys me that they would call an unborn baby that name.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Jan 17
I think it's a boy but not 100 percent positive...so King it will be.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Jan 17
@sallypup King Chuck rhymes with King Tut and that would get confusing!
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@sallypup (61662)
• Centralia, Washington
24 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill For sure not Charllie or Chuck. (King Chuck! Ha ha...)
@Morleyhunt (21744)
• Canada
24 Jan 17
As a nickname from doting parents it's wouldn't bother me, but not as a given name.
Friends of ours called their baby, Percival Aloysius, my brother and his wife called their bump Philander. Their children have very normal names after birth.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Jan 17
I know Spud isn't a real name, but I still think it's not cool to refer to your child that way.....but that's me.
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
27 Jan 17
@MorleyHunt Percival Aloysius! That sounds like a disease. 
@polyxena (2628)
• Sturgis, Michigan
25 Jan 17
What a name! I'd hope it's not what they're using. I was watching a video about people naming their children recently, and it kind of bothers me that parents don't put more effort into naming a child, Spud is not a good name, neither is Koala, and Abcde. While I give people points for creativity, I think in logical sense parents need to think long and hard about a child's name. Such as Spud, there's so many ways a kid could get made fun of, or how many people would guess that Spud's name is some kind of nickname
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Jan 17
Abcde...seriously? Thank goodness when they are old enough they can change them. I like 'normal' names!
@polyxena (2628)
• Sturgis, Michigan
25 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill It's just a strange name. All together
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
25 Jan 17
could be worse i suppose..there's a kid around here who's name is always in the paper for doing bad stuff-his name is "god"..i'm not kidding.
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
25 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill somebody with unattainable goals for their kid i'd say
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Jan 17
Really - who would name a kid "God"?
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@hereandthere (45645)
• Philippines
24 Jan 17
i hope spud is just a nickname. he or she might be teased with mr. potato head or mrs. potato head.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Jan 17
I could see all kinds of horrible names the poor child might be called.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
27 Jan 17
I hope they drop the nickname after the baby is born!
Oh, and please let them not have that as the child's given name!
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
27 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill There has been much worse names, of course. I have heard that one family named their children after dictators!
How horrible is that!
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
27 Jan 17
I hear ya LOL!!! The baby hasn't arrived yet so we're all still waiting for the name.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 Jan 17
well, I guess an unborn baby is a bit spud looking, but I do hope that's just a name and not The Name
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Jan 17
I never could understand ultrasounds so not sure if they look like a potato or not.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
25 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill some give blobs some look like a baby, think it depends on the machine and how good it is
@Marilynda1225 (83103)
• United States
24 Jan 17
I certainly hope they are just using spud as a nickname but have a real name picked out when the baby is born. But with all the crazy names kids have these days it wouldn't surprise me if spud was their name choice
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Jan 17
Since the rest of the kids have 'normal' names I'm hoping they have one picked out....if not that kid will have a rough life.
@just4him (317265)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Jan 17
I don't think so either and hope it's a nickname.
@just4him (317265)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
25 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill Especially since the 26th is just a couple days away, though babies never come on time.
@JudyEv (342225)
• Rockingham, Australia
25 Jan 17
It wouldn't really worry me in this case but I'd be hoping it had a 'real' name once it was born.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Jan 17
Well an example. Hey brother nsmed his boy after snoopy character
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@celticeagle (168369)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Jan 17
If you live in Idaho it is. About every other person has at least the nickname Spud. We are all spuds or tators here.
@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
28 Jan 17
No its an awful name that will cause him nothing but embarrassment his whole life. If that is just his nick name (I'm assuming its a boy) that will be fine as long as he has some normal birth name.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
28 Jan 17
He is a day late so no 'real' name yet!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Jan 17
Hopefully they find a real name soon.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
24 Jan 17
I have been the nick name giver in our family since my siblings started to have babies. But no spud would certainly not be my first choice.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Jan 17
Good, I was worried there for a minute!! LOL. that family gives each other all kinds of name, that they use in public - like Pony is the father (his real name is Peter) I can't remember all of them.
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@fishtiger58 (29820)
• Momence, Illinois
25 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill The only really silly one I ever gave was Maynard to my niece, it just came out of my mouth when she was a little girl and it stuck, she is now 29 married and pregnant with her first.
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
24 Jan 17
I don't think so and I sure hope it doesn't stick as a nickname once the child is born.
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
24 Jan 17
I'll let you know if they give it a real name LOL!
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
24 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill lol I sure hope so!! poor little baby!
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@Cali_Gal96 (18)
• United States
25 Jan 17
Slightly unrelated to the topic, but my daughter was due 1/26/16 I had her a day early.
But as far as Spud goes......maybe it's just a nickname? I hope. Maybe they want to name the baby in the moment. Who knows (:
@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
25 Jan 17
No news today of a birth - so it still could be the 26th!
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