Parents reveal ‘unique’ names of six children inspired by film and sporting stars
While choosing a name for your baby can sometimes cause a bit of friction, most couples usually have multiple choices before the birth.
However, one couple decided to go rogue and name their six children after characters, bands and sports stars they both love. Pippa Tinsley, 32, and her husband Luke, 33, initially named their first child Joel Schofield.
While it doesn’t seem like an uncommon name, Joel is related to Good Charlotte lead singer Joel Madden, and Schofield is from the main character on the TV show Prison Break, Michael Schofield.
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As the Mirror reports, the name given to their eldest, 15, was initially a bit ridiculous, but the couple fell in love at the prospect of having more children named after those they grew up to idolize.
Their daughter Bambi takes her name from Pippa’s favorite Disney movie and their son Rocky-Tyson is named after Luke’s obsession with boxing.
The boxing theme didn’t stop there, however. Her six-year-old son is called Hatton – after boxing legend Ricky. Their eldest daughter, Autumn-Kyla, 13, was chosen in honor of her nanny, Sara Houghton, 58, who loved the name.
And Sara-Lileigh, 11, was named after the same Nan and is pronounced ‘Sara-Lily’ – an unusual spelling that Pippa and her mother ‘invented’ to make it more unique.
Pippa, a full-time student studying hairdressing and nails from Grantham, Lincolnshire, said: “There are so many common names out there why not stand out a bit.
“We’re both obsessed with boxing, so we knew there would be boxing-inspired names.
“Joel boxed a bit recently while at school and Hatton started at Amir Unsworth Boxing Academy where his father used to coach him and he is now old enough to join.
“I also knew I was going to have a Disney name for one of them, and Bambi was on a list of ridiculous names, just kidding, but it just stuck.
“Some people still don’t believe that’s really her name. To be honest she is such a wild child – we should have called her Mowgli.
“I love all of our kids’ names and I don’t care what anyone thinks – they’re fun and unique.”
Pippa gave birth to her eldest son Joel, 15, when she was 16 and was a huge fan of the American rock band Good Charlotte. She was also a huge fan of the popular TV show Prison Break and all things Disney related.
Referring to her daughter Bambi, Pippa said: “I’ve been tagged in so many Molly Mae stories – it makes my head spin!
“It’s funny, Bambi was always just our daughter’s name, it was never talked about that much. I liked Belle at first, but it was my father-in-law’s dog’s name, so that was off the table.
“Luke and I both realized we love the name Bambi and it definitely fits her.”
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Two of her boys – Hatton, six, and Rocky-Tyson, three – are a combination of real and fictional boxer names. Pippa said the name Hatton came to her in a dream and although she initially disliked the name Rocky for her youngest son, she quickly came up with it.
She added: “I don’t like associating their names with anyone else. I love how different all their names are and none of them are really rude. They are all really special and have a story behind them.”
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