US are branding their babies...

[elvissa]

I once met a man from Africa called Mod. No, he wasn't listening to The Who.

I think coming from Essex means you have to have bad names. All my siblings have Lee as a middle name, spelt either Lee or Leigh depending on gender. Named after the jeans, or perhaps the Irish river, or Leigh-on-Sea? No, someone my parents met in Ibiza. Classy.

There must be children out there named Viagra or Pfizer - grateful parents thanking the drugs company. Any Prozacs or Paxils? (possibly not, as they lower the sex drive!). Microgynon from a pill-taker with a sense of irony? I knew of someone called Lloyd, after the bank - his mum hoped by naming him that, the bank manager would excuse her overdraft. I bet there's some Filas and Reeboks in Merseyside. Some little boys called Beckham, some little girls called Posh (or Posh-a, as in the car...)

 

[Anonymous]

(or Posh-a, as in the car...)

Only works if you have no tongue and cannot say 'r', surely....?

 

[Tyger_Lily]

I have friends who's sons are Tom and Jack.

Two a penny these days I know, but when their children were born 21 and 19 yrs ago everyone looked at them as though they'd called them Mufty and Tufty or something.

 

[Beakmoo]

This has reminded me I encountered the name Norman Conquest last week at work.
And this should really be merged with the weird names thread which is here somewhere.

 

[Anonymous]

I have friends who's sons are Tom and Jack.

Nice, basic names...perhaps out of fashion in a decade full of kids called 'Sky', 'Star' and other such weirdness...

 

[Tyger_Lily]

This has reminded me I encountered the name Norman Conquest last week at work.

Were you speaking to him? How did you not laugh if you were?

 

[Beakmoo]

Were you speaking to him? How did you not laugh if you were?

No, spoke to his father's solicitor. I do regularly speak to Rupert Bear though, we don't think anything of it now.

 

[Tyger_Lily]

I want your job!

 

[dot23]

Got some corkers for ya:

At work I used to know a Clare Beaver, Maria Kalshnikoff and, wait for it, Coral Chambers

My wife teaches english, and whilst in Turkey she found out one of her students names translated as "Mustard flies like an Eagle". Loads of Turkish names are funny, as they're often chosen for the sound by people who's first language isn't turkish (tribal types), or beacuse of the 20s census when families with no last name had to chose from a list (much like european jews).

 

[Anonymous]

bewitched!

Watching Bewitched today I was struck how "Darren" and "Samantha" names struck in the UK in the mid-sixties (when I first remember the show) - and not before. Anyone care to confirm/deny this theory. Not that I wish to be scathing. Friends /Neighbours of Shakespeare named their daughter Cordelia - so there is nothing new under the sun.

 

[Anonymous]

Carole, who also imagined that American parents were branding their babies like cattle . . .

Oh good, i thought I was sick for a moment there.not that I'm not sick but you know...

Try the little girl in a friend's first primary school class: Anette Curtain :laughing:

 

[Anonymous]

This is going to sound very snobby but surely these parents must know that people are going to sneer and laugh? Although I gave my sons very traditional names and got sneered at by my ex brother-in-law for being 'too bleedin' posh'...(it's called class you wouldn't understand ).

Yes it's hard being more intelegent and sophisticated than the general population. your bearing up well under the strsain my dear

 

[escargot]

Watching Bewitched today I was struck how "Darren" and "Samantha" names struck in the UK in the mid-sixties (when I first remember the show) - and not before. Anyone care to confirm/deny this theory. Not that I wish to be scathing. Friends /Neighbours of Shakespeare named their daughter Cordelia - so there is nothing new under the sun.

You're quite right- lots of parents find their kids' names in popular culture.

This has been discussed elsewhere, but it bears repeating- there were lots of Clares, Clairs and Claires after Gilbert O'Sullivan's creepy Number 1 of the same name, and plenty of Kayleighs (and Kay-lees and Kaileys etc ) after Marillion's Monster Slam-Dunk Hit.

In my doctor's waiting room this morning there was poorly little lad of about 2 who rejoiced in the name of George Harrison.

...........could have been worse..........if his Da's name was Starr...........

 

[Anonymous]

and plenty of Kayleighs (and Kay-lees and Kaileys etc ) after Marillion's Monster Slam-Dunk Hit.

'Kayleigh I'm just trying toi say I'm sorry.'


You'd bloody well have to be for calling a child after that peice of crap.

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