snowbunny

Many girls here are given surnames as first names because people think they'll be taken more seriously than the endless parade of Caitlyns, Chelseas, Ashleys, Brittanys...

There is also a serious "roots" movement to give a child an "ethnic" name from one's heritage, so you start to see names that are Gaelic, or "olde English". Supposed to be more classy and "real."

I was one of an endless number of Amys in the US and my mother also swore that no one she knew was named Amy until AFTER she named me and saw another baby named Amy in the grocery store (we ended up in high school together). I was soooo relieved to learn that Amy is NOT a common name in the UK.

I know a few Gemmas here, but no Tamsins, for example (Tamsin is a variant on Thomasine!). A very few hip Siobhans. Devin/Devon is used as both a boy's name and a girl's name.

Ray

Wow .. never heard of the infamous Amy Turtle then...

anotherlimey

One of the Queen's aides was called Adam Fox Edwards, he was a squadron leader in the RAF, what a cool sounding name with a job like that.

I had an [little] argument with my fiancee last week over baby names when I refused to call any of our children Caydance, Kateland, Brandon or Nicole (so chavvy).

snowbunny

Nope.... please enlighten me, my Google window has overheated and melted.

snowbunny

Nah, he needed to be Alpha Fox Echo

and watch out for flyboys as they are pervy

anotherlimey

I know loads of girls in the UK called Amy, it was very popular amongst the girls in my year at school.

Ray

After Fox Mulder ... who else !!

snowbunny

uh oh.... crap. I'll have to rename myself.

Bob

aye, plenty in my old school too...only one wasn't a slapper though...

woodsey

oh yeah, didn't think of that, doh..

snowbunny

I am not a slapper, unless you count being whacked in the face for saying things like that!

Ray

Quite right ..you tell him... I thought you was a groupie...

snowbunny

I am a superfan or an intense character, depending on whom you ask. Zane Lowe calls me the former. Do you know who Zane Lowe is?

Just because I am down with Patrol does not mean I go down on Patrol.

anotherlimey

I heard on the radio once a family with the lastname 'Leer' called their daughter 'Crystal Shandy', why do parents do these things?

snowbunny

They can't in France and Sweden.