Influencer Reveals Newborn Baby’s Name, But Fans Point Out His Unfortunate Nickname
AN INFLUENCER has stirred controversy with the name she wants to choose for her newborn baby.
Poppy Hollins recently gave birth to a baby boy and she already has two daughters with her husband Jay.
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And in a recent YouTube video, The new parents announced the name they almost chose for their little one.
Jay convinced Poppy to reveal the name, although the mother said, “No, we’re not 100% sure yet!”
“Oh, baby, come on, that’s about it, right? I like it,” Jay insisted.
After a three second countdown they said the name was “Vinnie J.”
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Poppy added that she wanted Vinnie, while Jay wanted to name his son after himself.
In the end they chose a double name.
“Little VJ!” laughed Jay.
Poppy giggled and said, “I think when he’s older he’ll be a rapper or something.
“VJ!”
But people were quick to respond to the video, which was shared on TikTok toowith the text: “Vay jay jay”.
“That was literally the first thing that came to my mind,” laughed another.
“I immediately thought of this,” said a third.
“That occurred to me too,” said someone else.
“That was my first thought too,” admitted another.
“That was the first thing I thought,” someone else wrote.
As another said, they had “tried to warn them”.
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Josie Griffiths, deputy editor of Fabulous, talks about the problems she had with her name as a child.
As a child, I wanted nothing more than a personalized keychain with my name on it.
But it wasn’t. The closest I could get were Rosie, Joseph (not so nice for such a little girl) and Joanne.
Josie is short for Josephine, a French first name, and I’ve been in my twenties without ever meeting anyone with the same first name.
When I try to introduce myself to people I get called all sorts of random names like Tracey and Stacey and it can be quite annoying.
Although I’ve met a few Josies in the past year (there are a few around my age), it’s still a much rarer name than most of my friends’ names.
Overall I don’t mind it, at least it’s not crude or spelled weird.
And that means I can get away with ‘doing a Cheryl’ and just calling myself Josie.
I’m getting married this year and some friends are shocked that I’m changing my last name. It’s not considered cool or feminist these days. I explain to them that I’m not that attached to Griffiths because I always just say ‘Hi, I’m Josie’ when I call a friend.
I like being unique and I will definitely try to achieve this when naming my own children.
You have to watch out for the crude names, so after nine years as a lifestyle journalist I will definitely avoid them.
“Luckily I’m not the only one who thought that!” said someone else.
“Exactly what I thought,” commented another.
But others were more pleased with the name.
“My nephew’s name is Vinnie, that’s a beautiful name,” someone wrote.
“Beautiful name!” said another.
“Ahhh, I have a Vinnie James – great choice!” exclaimed a third.
As someone else wrote: “I really love the name!”
“Awesome. My boy’s name is Vinnie Ray. Your family is so healthy,” another commented.
“Yesss!!!!!! Vinnieeee,” said someone else.
Vinnie is usually used as a nickname for Vincent, which comes from the Latin verb “Vincere”, meaning “to conquer”.
Vincent is also derived from the Latin name “Vincentius”, meaning “conqueror” or “victor”.
In the YouTube video, Poppy stressed that she wasn’t 100% convinced about the name yet. She added that there should be no rush in choosing a name for the baby, as they will carry the name for life.
Poppy and Jay’s daughters are named Rosa and Frankie.
