Jimbo9

The other day the paper listed the 30 odd likely squad for the NSW side in the upcoming state of origin rugby league tests. What struck me was 5 players were called "luke", 2 were called "trent" and there was one "brent".

Up to now I had thought only aussie women had silly names (kylie, narelle, tegan etc)

What's the aussie fascination with weird names?

Why name your son after a river in stoke or a dodgy borough in London?

JackTheLad

Hmmm where the heck did Schapelle come from?

JTL

Jimbo9

And her sister is called Mercedes - Just as well she wasn't preggers in jail - we dont need a Ferrari Corby in the world!

JackTheLad

Hyundai!!

Excuse me I just sneezed

JTL

Megalania

Have you considered the possibility that the said names might not be Christian names?

DollyDaydream

We heard these names whilst we were over earlier in the year (which got me slightly worried!!!!) ...

Raelene
Brianna
Trenton

& some others that you'll hear...

Jarrah
Kayla
Shania
Tayla

Come back Emily, Samantha, Julie

D D

lel_smiff

Are you saying "Luke" is a silly/weird name too? That one goes back to the Bible.
Agree about the others though. I much prefer (what seem now to be) old fashioned names like Jonathan, William etc.

gogdownunder

Australians give their children first names not christian names. They give them names they like & don't need to consult you or look at a map of england to do so, lol

Pollyana

You're not allowed to call them Christian names now, its all forenames or first-names
They don't seem to stick to tradition here as much as in the UK, even when they do use an older name its often got a weird spelling.
I can't believe I had never heard the name Narelle before - now I work with 4 of them, also with a Kaylene, Pamylla, and an abundance of women called Peta. That is really confusing as when an Aussie says it, its almost impossible to tell whether they are asking for Peta or Peter.
I've met kids called Lancaster, Trayzee, and Meeshell and Takiri (all English speaking familie & genuine spellings)They give the kids short versions of names - rather than giving the long version then shortening it - like Becka. I asked her mum if she was Rebecca, but no, its just Becka.
Different way of life I suppose, but it does seem odd when you first hear the names around you.

ohippy

Glad to hear this - my kids are called Tallulah and Nakita, so should fit in well when we get there !!

gdcollectables

There's a shed load of Troys and Lachlans here ,

with Kylie (aboriginal for boomerang) still being the favourite female choice - there's 3 Kylies on the management noticeboard of the local supermarket!!!

Loopy

I still like Jaxson, Brock, Chenae, Bryce, Morgan, Thursday, Chye, Tonia, Tyler, Brodie and best of all Jesse. I love Jesse for a boy, almost tempted to have another child in the hope it's a boy & I could call him Jesse! OK, maybe not!

Loopy

Merlot

Helps them stand out as something more than a bland, cultureless country
Only kidding folks, mind I have heard that being said - seriously.

Yep I never realised there are 437 spellings of Nicola and that "Janice" is pronouced "Jan-eece" and that "Karen" is pronouced "Care-en".

M

renth

Mercedes isn't an unusual ame. The car was names after a girl, not the other way around.

bondipom

Ja Rule is the funniest one I have heard of but I am sure some Chav inthe UK has named their kid that.

There are plenty of traditional English names that are still hanging around as well as names from the post war migrants from all over the world. The offspring of the migrants seemed to have been mainly given Anglo/Celtic names whilst the next generation seems to be less hesitant about their background. A lot of generalising there.

Vive la difference.