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Exactly. If names didn't change and alter with the times, I would be called Dionysus:blink:

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I guess it is best to name your kids with names that you are prepared to shout out from the back step.
I had heard someone had called their child Kerosene pronounced
Ke-ros-sen-ay. Think that is an urban myth too.

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This is a fun site. It is from the birth records for NSW from the past 111 years. You can track the popularity of certain names. My name, Paul, reached its peak in the 1960s when I was born. Not popular at all now.
The old names like Lily, Ruby and Grace are popular now.
http://www.nsw.gov.au/baby-names

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Perhaps they were of Icelandic heritage?

Erik Erikssen
Magnus Magnusson

Yes, some names may appear strange, but this is a country built from a multitude of beliefs, countries, heritages etc and those influences are bound to become more prevalent as immigration continues.

The 3 websites give the names in rank order for 2011, 1981 and 1950. Just as clothing fashions change, so do names.

2011

1981

1950

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Did he work for Deloitte?

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You have got to be having a giraffe :blink:

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He was only called Johnny as a nickname, his Christian name was James. He was an acquaintance of my grandfather who was a CPO at RAF North Coates & also ran the pub in North Coates village, where incidentally he [Johnny] also shot down a Messerschmitt in a dogfight.

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Would someone really call their kid Chardonnay! :blink: Would they call the following kids Cabsav and Shiraz! :blink:

I actually think their are two ends of the extreme here, there are the bogan underclass and then their are the Mosman yummy mummy types who also pick ridiculous names for their little darlings. I actually think the Mosman yummy mummies in their ridiculously expensive over sized sun glasses and associated bling are worse than the bogans.

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Exactly.My daughter came home last week from school informing me that a new hot guy has joined the school.His name-Loveroe( not sure on spelling).:eek:He is Scottish.

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You would certainly see those names in Australia.

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As a teacher with a special interest in phonics, xx does not exist as a phoneme or a blend in the English language.......Jaxon I could take phonetically, Jaxxon I cannot. However, there is probably someone who will disagree!

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I am not! True story Guv.

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sounds more like "crosstian"

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i would be interested to see names in alphaneric form like Ad3773 (Adelle) or Boi2.

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That actually works but naming white kids ebony is like corn rows on white people. But you should never name your black kid Charles, Susan or Nigel or colour their hair red - with a straight perm no less.

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It is true, there was a phone in on the radio one day about bogan names and someone says they know a kid at the school and had the exact same name and spelling. :eek:

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Fantastic! Finally my name is in the top 100 most popular. It's just a shame it was in the 1950 top 100. :sneaky: It also seems that my name was at the height of its popularity in the 1920s.

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First Born appears in 1980 but the rest of us don't get a look in. :lol:

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Timo Glock, the F1 driver springs to mind there.. :lol:

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I used to sponsor a girl in Uganda called Chocolate.

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When I first started teaching in the South Western suburbs of Sydney there were supposedly a pair of Asian twins called Pepsi and Fanta.

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X was a symbol for Christ in some places when chrisianity was banned, hence, alos, the use of Xmas for Christmas, It is the Greek letter Chi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xmas

explains it fully..

Here endeth the lesson..

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Chocolate was her name eh... uh ha... Is that what they're calling it now ;)

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At my work we have Kirsten, Kristin, few Kylies, Khrystie, Krystal, Khate! They're all over 20 so can't blame the Khardashians.:-)

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I was just thinking that I never come across people with strange names at work.
Imagine interviewing someone for a role!

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Try having to write some of these names on cakes...I have to double and sometimes triple check what I'm meant to be writing! :blink:

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Because you live n work in a bubble;)

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I'm NOT reading this thread.... Not with the GranddaughterGruffallo due in 5 weeks time....

We have had the no strippers, no hookers and spell it R EYE T conversations... But they have decided on a name.... And I dodnt know its not Bogan, coz they wont tell me what it is:frown:

So I'm steering clear.... Just in case you're wondering

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It was at work that we had to get used to having Norwegians around. A number have double-barrelled first names, like the French Jean Paul, only rather more unusual to the English speaker -eg Bent Martin, Odd Kare, Odd Erik.

Aussie ones I find strange - Brock (short for Broccoli?), Jorji

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Here in the Uk there seem to be a lot of Mai's in certain sections of society.

Ellie-Mai
Lily-Mai
Lacey - Mai
Billie-Mai
Kayley-Mai

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and people named after cars,,, Mercedes, Porche, Kia, Lexi (lexus) and Kapri

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i was not serious :p i know what you mean.

in the US there are signs saying Ped Xing which is where people cross the road.

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Lexi is short for Alexa or Alexandra. It is only Bogan if the child was registered with the short version of the name. Otherwise it is fairly posh.

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nice try....he he..

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So no Sharon Lut's or Wayne Kerrs

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When asking a shopping centre to call someone to the concierge desk, my favourite remains Mike Hunt.

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I'm fast and expensive baby :thumbsup:

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True story - I went to school with a Wayne King :blink:

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I did actually know a guy named Michael Hunt. It took me years to figure out that one. Never even dawned on my until years later when I my wife pointed it out - always called him Michael instead of Mike. At least his parents weren't that cruel, he was adopted into the last name from a second marriage.

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I used to work with a Joe King. :lol:

AND a Peter Nutt.