A mother who chose unique names for her kids claims haters have sent her death threats.
Mom-of-four Crystal Docherty, 34, opted for uncommon names for her children — with one named after a fashion label — because she wanted her little ones to stand out.
Crystal says she was influenced by her Traveller heritage when selecting the names.
But Crystal says she gets trolled online for the names she picked for Stinger, 9, Solitaire-Dior, 7, Shadoramay, 6, and Malibu-Alaska, 3.
She says strangers tell her they’ll be bullied at school and she even claims to have even received death threats over her unusual name choices.
But Crystal has no regrets and says in modern times people should be open to “different names.”
Crystal, an aesthetics assistant, from Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, said “I have been upset and angry when I get trolled for their names. You shouldn’t make fun of peoples’ names. There are some names that sound weird to others but it’s up to you what names you like and choose.”
Crystal — who is separated from her children’s’ father — named son Stinger after his great-grandfather, Stinger Loveridge, which she said was “an easy choice.”
For her first daughter, she got the suggestion for Solitaire from her grandmother, who had recently watched Live And Let Die from the James Bond series, which had a character of the same name.
“That name is also after the diamond — and I just added Dior because it sounded nice,” Crystal said.
She added that in her “Gypsy culture”, ‘Shadora’ means ‘holy’ and she added on May to make it more unique.
“I think she is the only Shadoramay in the world — I’ve seen Shadoras and I’ve seen Mays, but not both together,” Crystal said.
She said her youngest daughter’s name was inspired by Malibu Beach, after being suggested by her cousin.
While people online trolled her for the unusual choices – in some cases even giving death threats — Crystal defends her choices.
“In our Gypsy culture, people don’t have problems with names like these,” Crystal said. “We don’t really socialize out of our own culture, so when people say my children will be bullied, that’s not true.”
