Daughter's name is Sydney...

PDXnative · #1 (**permalink**) 10th June 2009, 05:22 PM

My daughter's name is Sydney. Will this be considered "odd" in Australia. It is a popular name in the US.

amaslam · #2 (**permalink**) 10th June 2009, 10:28 PM

No, it won't be. There are many other names that are 'odder' than that.

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Originally Posted by PDXnative

My daughter's name is Sydney. Will this be considered "odd" in Australia. It is a popular name in the US.

PDXnative · #3 (**permalink**) 10th June 2009, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by amaslam

No, it won't be. There are many other names that are 'odder' than that.

Like Paris Hilton?

anj1976 · #4 (**permalink**) 11th June 2009, 04:03 AM

yeah like paris hilton.. but does sydney sheldon ring bells

interplanetjanet · #5 (**permalink**) 11th June 2009, 11:15 PM

My husband and I were considering that as a possible name for our (as yet unborn) daughter. He's Australian, and he didn't seem to see it as odd.

PDXnative · #6 (**permalink**) 11th June 2009, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by interplanetjanet

My husband and I were considering that as a possible name for our (as yet unborn) daughter. He's Australian, and he didn't seem to see it as odd.

It is a great name. Kind of a strange question, but you never know. Kind of like the name "Randy". No big deal in the US, but in the UK.....

interplanetjanet · #7 (**permalink**) 12th June 2009, 06:14 AM

I recall there was a woman who posted here awhile back named Sheila. She was a bit worried about how her name would go over here, and I'd think that would be much worse than Sydney. If you think about it, Austin isn't an odd name in the US, and that's the name of a city.

anj1976 · #8 (**permalink**) 12th June 2009, 06:19 AM

Shiela is a very common name in India

PDXnative · #9 (**permalink**) 12th June 2009, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by interplanetjanet

I recall there was a woman who posted here awhile back named Sheila. She was a bit worried about how her name would go over here, and I'd think that would be much worse than Sydney. If you think about it, Austin isn't an odd name in the US, and that's the name of a city.

What is wrong with the name "Sheila"? It sounds like a nice name. Is there another meaning? There was even an 80's band that sang about it...

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sheilaB · #10 (**permalink**) 12th June 2009, 07:33 PM

Sheila here...

In my 30+ years in the UK, I have probably heard "G'day Sheila" millions of times, so I was thinking to at least double that in Oz, however, from comments received, I'm hoping it might not be as bad as I'm expecting....BUT it's a great way to get chatting and start a conversation over some humour