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Sparky wife Mar 2nd 2008 6:59 am

Re: Naming Babies
 

Originally Posted by NikiL (Post 6007619)
Could be a lot worse than Zolar, apparently someone wanted to name their daughter Chlamydia - they heard the word and thought it would make a pretty name :eek::eek::eek: Thank God the registry office pointed a few things out to them!

Nice to know sex education is working :ohmy:

Wow, close your brain and try and say the word Chlamydia. Does it sound pretty?

Hmmm, I can't close my brain off though. :D Wonder how many Chyamydia people there are? :eek:

crocodileseamus Mar 2nd 2008 8:28 am

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many many many years ago worked in a health centre, as a doctors receptionist and had to register twin girls, I promise you their names were Denise and Eloise, - hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

A really nice girl I know down at the school had her 3rd little boy a few weeks before my last little one and she called him 'RIO', they are lovely people and wee Rio is too, but in this backwater town, - hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey it is only my opinion:rofl:

Wendy Mar 2nd 2008 8:35 am

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Originally Posted by Fly Away (Post 6006493)
I wanted to call my daughter Lydia Ann, but as our surname starts with 'V' she would have had L.A.V. as initials....:rofl:

My OH wanted to call a girl Sidney.:blink::blink:

My stepdad wanted to call his daughter Sydney, but his wife wouldn't let him. So they gave her that name as a middle name - from being 6 she made everyone call her Sydney as she hates her first name!. :D


Originally Posted by nanny2six (Post 6006557)
no offence Wendy:o:o but i told my daughter not to name any of her daughters Wendy:eek: and the reason, her surname is House. I swear its true.

:lol:

Nickie Mar 2nd 2008 8:35 am

Re: Naming Babies
 

Originally Posted by Fly Away (Post 6006493)
I wanted to call my daughter Lydia Ann, but as our surname starts with 'V' she would have had L.A.V. as initials....:rofl:

My OH wanted to call a girl Sidney.:blink::blink:

We have a couple of Sydneys at the preschool i work in..and they are both girls, i think its a pretty name. :thumbsup:

My friends son is called Sonny, not too bad is it until you realise her surname is Day!!!

Nickie

Vash the Stampede Mar 2nd 2008 8:36 am

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Originally Posted by Call me AL (Post 6005951)
"Roger my f*****g arse" I spluttered.

If you're not careful, she'll take that as an offer... and then you'll be sorry! :blink:

Marmalade Mar 2nd 2008 8:38 am

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One of the boys I have had in my class was called Justin Case:eek:

Nickie Mar 2nd 2008 8:42 am

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Originally Posted by Vash the Stampede (Post 6008030)
If you're not careful, she'll take that as an offer... and then you'll be sorry! :blink:

:rofl:

Nickie

Nickie Mar 2nd 2008 8:43 am

Re: Naming Babies
 

Originally Posted by Marmalade (Post 6008035)
One of the boys I have had in my class was called Justin Case:eek:

:lol:

Dont these parents think??

We could have had Drew, Drew Andrew hmmmmm i think not. :rofl:
ooh what about Andrew??? Andrew Andrew yeah fab :thumbsup:

Now im just being silly. :o
Nickie

Fly Away Mar 2nd 2008 8:47 am

Re: Naming Babies
 

Originally Posted by Wendy (Post 6008026)
My stepdad wanted to call his daughter Sydney, but his wife wouldn't let him. So they gave her that name as a middle name - from being 6 she made everyone call her Sydney as she hates her first name!. :D



:lol:


Originally Posted by Nickie And Kev (Post 6008027)
We have a couple of Sydneys at the preschool i work in..and they are both girls, i think its a pretty name. :thumbsup:

My friends son is called Sonny, not too bad is it until you realise her surname is Day!!!

Nickie


OMG, my OH must have been ahead of his time.:rofl: I'm glad we didn't chose it now we're moving to Oz - we would look really silly.:rofl:

On the same vein, I went to school with a Scarlet O'Hara and a Patrick (P.) Green.:lol:

desperatehousewife Mar 2nd 2008 9:04 am

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So far we've got 4 girls and they've all got a first and middle name:

Robyn Louise, Layla Jane and the twins are Abby Eve and Ella Jem.

I tried to make sure at least one of their names is very "normal" so they can use that when they're older if they want.

I'm due my 5th (and definatly last! :eek:) girl in 5 weeks and my favourite name at the moment is Gracie Mae but who knows what it'll be next week! :)

Lindsay

NikiL Mar 2nd 2008 9:05 am

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Comptroller and Auditor General of the National Audit Office is called Tim Burr.

kez81 Mar 2nd 2008 10:09 am

Re: Naming Babies
 

Originally Posted by Nickie And Kev (Post 6006676)
Hey, our daughter is Kelsey. :thumbsup:
Dont you find it hard to find things with her name on!!! we tend to call her Raymond!! :thumbsup: :D


We had a neighbour who has 5 children.....Hope (G) Jordan (B) Chandler (B) Mackenzie (B) and Xandor (B)!!!

What can i say!!!

We have Kelsey Jane, Jessica Alice, Rachel Sarah and Harvey William.

I like middle names.

Nickie

Well what can i say excellent taste!!:D

yeh it is a nightmare to get things with kelsey on them plenty of chelsea though!!

i have kelsey rose and macy-lee

Kooky. Mar 2nd 2008 11:17 am

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The subject of silly/unfortunate names has cropped up several times on my message board. Satchel (Woody Allen's kid) usually crops up as one of the most stupid.

There's now a fashion here for Chinese babies to be given a Western name as well as a traditional one, or to adopt one themselves when they're older, and you get some crackers. Small girls called Doris, boys called Ignatius, and obvious spelling mistakes with names almost but not quite normal. One of the daftest was a bloke on telly explaining quite seriously that he'd called himself Chelestier because he likes Chelsea FC, plus there is a suburb here called Balestier that he liked the sound of.

However, one of the best names I ever heard was "Cardinal Sin", who was an archbishop in the Philippines.

Iwannabethere Mar 2nd 2008 12:00 pm

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Saw one in the Daily Telegraph years ago. Little girl named Iona Leopard (no middle name for the poor little mite to use instead). And a friend of mine claims to have gone to school with a Jon-Johnny Johnson!

Having been given an unusual name that is often mispronounced to sound like a boy's I have a daughter with two perfectly normal names - Rebecca Eve. Wouldn't wish an unusual name or spelling on anyone.

BTW, give it 18 years or so and Zolar will probably sue for emotional trauma! :eek:

Call me AL Mar 2nd 2008 4:45 pm

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I think i'll get divorced and find myself a nice Filipino, they don't care what you call the baby.
I saw campaign posters for a mayor called "Bambam Peewee Trinidad" over there (I actually have the photos), and they think nothing of calling a child "Godwin O'Hitler".
Male children called "Holy Mary", females called "Dennis", "Glorious Chaos", although theres nothing more disturbing than sitting down for a chat with a forty year old man that insists you call him Babe. :eek:


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