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No!!
Why not??...

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/alt/zanelowe/

Because I am a friend and not a groupie. How could I hold a candle to these firm young 17-year-olds anyway?!

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Apparently the Germans have thought this one through already, a baby's name must meet two criteria:

1) It must reflect the sex of the child
2) It must not endanger the well-being of the child.

It's the law.

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Apparently "Madison", one of the most popular girls names here in the US came from the movie Splash where the mermaid played by Daryl Hannah (a silly unisex name if I ever saw one) chose it by looking at a street sign. There was an article done on this recently where a reporter tried to find out where the name Madison came from and this turned out to really be the case. Similar to how "Wendy" came from Peter Pan all those years ago.

Oddly, at my old school (in the UK) we always called each other by our surnames (last names) so in a way I'm used to kids being called Turner, Lane or or whatever. But it's not for my kids - no I've stuck to using the names of female royalty! Rah rah!

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Weren't saying you were :p
Just that there were I think six Amy's in my old highschool, only one wasn't a slapper out of the bunch...another name that's unfortunately badly linked is Emma, nice name, but all the Emma's we know belong to either really thick people or there in the clink etc...

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Another version

Madison, a 3-syllable girl's name of Teutonic/Anglo-Saxon origin, means: Gods; mighty.

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Does the source of that quote predate the film? Madison was obviously a name prior to the film as it was the name of a street but its use as a girl's name apparently didn't start until after the film's success. Either way, the "Jennifers" liked it, similar to how the "Marys" before them liked Jennifer.

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There's a weatherman called Stone Phillips and another TV guy called Storm Fields.

What were their parents thinking ?

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now you're just making that up!! :mad:


;) :p :D

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Actually what's with American's giving their twins rhyming names :confused: ...or just siblings for that matter...I found a little boy called Braden in the playground...talking to his granma his brother was Hayden and the dad was Branden....bit too much if you ask me :eek:

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I have met a wee lad named "Hunter Fisher."

I wanted to ask his mum if her first name was "Gatherer" but I didn't have the heart. :p

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My husband's cousin is called Jill, husband's called Phil her kids are, Michael, Nicola and Victoria.

So on Christmas cards it's Phil, Jill, Micky, Nicky and Vicky :D

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My Uncle is called Jim, he has two sons James and Jay. And two dogs Jessy and Jimbo. My Aunty is the odd one out she's Sylvia...shame that :D

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someone i know back in england call there two daughters Harley and Teddy.:rolleyes:

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Ha, I have a similar issue. One of my wife's friends recently called their new son John Thomas. I've restrained myself from pointing this out so far. Should I tell her? thought it was only a British term but my wife reckons that it was used in an episode of "Sex and The City".