US names
May 11th 2005, 10:52 pm
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US names
Have you noticed how many young people here have been given unusual names. Cities and Countries are very popular like Paris and India or Savannah. One of the funniest names I saw yesterday was a young black girl named England! I bet her parents thought that was real exotic. 
However the biggest surprise is that young children are given English sounding surnames as their christian name. Like Parker or Walker or even Lane. When I have mentioned the simularity to friends they didnt seem to know what I was talking about. Has anyone else noticed this? Where did these names come from?
However the biggest surprise is that young children are given English sounding surnames as their christian name. Like Parker or Walker or even Lane. When I have mentioned the simularity to friends they didnt seem to know what I was talking about. Has anyone else noticed this? Where did these names come from?
May 11th 2005, 10:54 pm
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Re: US names
England???. Roflmao!
May 11th 2005, 11:04 pm
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Re: US names
So true, you only have to watch T.V for 10 minutes to be made hysterical by ridiculous names, I mean, Dallas Raines, Wolf Blitzer, FFS.. I can't actually believe these are their real names but who knows???
Talking of surnames being used as first names, 2 kids at my Moms club are called Keegan and Ainsley..
Talking of surnames being used as first names, 2 kids at my Moms club are called Keegan and Ainsley..
May 11th 2005, 11:17 pm
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Re: US names
Originally Posted by woodsey
So true, you only have to watch T.V for 10 minutes to be made hysterical by ridiculous names, I mean, Dallas Raines, Wolf Blitzer, FFS.. I can't actually believe these are their real names but who knows???
Talking of surnames being used as first names, 2 kids at my Moms club are called Keegan and Ainsley..
Talking of surnames being used as first names, 2 kids at my Moms club are called Keegan and Ainsley..
A really common name for boys seems to be Tyler (in England our next door neighbours had Tyler as their surname).
There is an actress called Parker Posey. Stupid but I guess it helps her Hollywood career - you wouldn't forget a name like that!
May 11th 2005, 11:20 pm
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Re: US names
Originally Posted by Englishmum
I think that Ainsley isn't that unusual - there is that TV chef in the UK called Ainsley Herriot for example. My Aussie friend's 7 year old daughter is called Ainslie (that's how she spells it).
A really common name for boys seems to be Tyler (in England our next door neighbours had Tyler as their surname).
There is an actress called Parker Posey. Stupid but I guess it helps her Hollywood career - you wouldn't forget a name like that!
A really common name for boys seems to be Tyler (in England our next door neighbours had Tyler as their surname).
There is an actress called Parker Posey. Stupid but I guess it helps her Hollywood career - you wouldn't forget a name like that!
May 11th 2005, 11:22 pm
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Re: US names
I've heard London used as a first name down here. Lucky they didn't pick Soho 
May 12th 2005, 12:03 am
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Re: US names
It's not just US names that can be weird, when my sisters ex did his teacher training in the UK he had a girl in his glass called "Buttercup Brazil"
May 12th 2005, 12:10 am
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Re: US names
Originally Posted by ScyLarc
It's not just US names that can be weird, when my sisters ex did his teacher training in the UK he had a girl in his glass called "Buttercup Brazil"
May 12th 2005, 12:23 am
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Re: US names
My wife went to school with a kid called Zowie Bowie :scared:
Not the name given to your average poor person.
Not the name given to your average poor person.
May 12th 2005, 12:24 am
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Originally Posted by sibsie
. Another friend's surname was Parrot and she called her daughter Polly.
May 12th 2005, 12:30 am
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Originally Posted by Chandler
My wife went to school with a kid called Zowie Bowie :scared:
Not the name given to your average poor person.
Not the name given to your average poor person.
May 12th 2005, 12:44 am
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I heard a mother shout for her daughter 'Charity' earlier, that's just cruel.
May 12th 2005, 12:51 am
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Re: US names
Originally Posted by ladylisa
Have you noticed how many young people here have been given unusual names. Cities and Countries are very popular like Paris and India or Savannah. One of the funniest names I saw yesterday was a young black girl named England! I bet her parents thought that was real exotic.
However the biggest surprise is that young children are given English sounding surnames as their christian name. Like Parker or Walker or even Lane. When I have mentioned the simularity to friends they didnt seem to know what I was talking about. Has anyone else noticed this? Where did these names come from?
However the biggest surprise is that young children are given English sounding surnames as their christian name. Like Parker or Walker or even Lane. When I have mentioned the simularity to friends they didnt seem to know what I was talking about. Has anyone else noticed this? Where did these names come from?
what I hate the most is "Junior" for crying out loud give the kid his own name!!!
May 12th 2005, 12:55 am
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Re: US names
James Smith, James Brown or something similar.
May 12th 2005, 1:00 am
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Re: US names
Originally Posted by Englishmum
I think that Ainsley isn't that unusual - there is that TV chef in the UK called Ainsley Herriot for example. My Aussie friend's 7 year old daughter is called Ainslie (that's how she spells it).
I have two highlights that I look forward to during the week when reading the local rag. One is the "Cheers and Jeers" section and the other is the birth announcements. What cracks me up is the made up names like Braden/Jaden/Caden and the imaginative spellings - I must've seen "Caitlin" spelled 20 different ways.
No offence intended to any other parents here. I'm just worried about being able to spell kids names correctly on future invitations to my daughter's parties.
PS - There's a family in our neighborhood with the surname Milan; their children's names are Paris, Sydney and Athens. The father is called Rome.