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Tresemme

Tresemme??? Disney and Dolce and Gabanna??? Oh my God!!!.

I know an Alexander Alexander, ok not the worst but seriously, how completely unimaginative would you have to be to be that mans parents? "I know! how about Alexander?"

I've heard of a Clinty, so called after the world famous "clinty swood"...

I heard a De Niro being yelled out in the park yesterday. Looking for inspiration for boys names at the mo but definately won't be adding that to the list.

Girl next bed to me in hospital when I had ds called her baby girl Cissy-Sparkel.

Dh just reminded me of a guy we used to know, who wass in his 60s. He was one of 12 - and his dad was called Lawrence, so he was Lawrence Junior. Then the 2nd to last kid (bizarrely) was ALSO called Lawrence, but was called Larry - so two lawrences in same family.

Also knew a David Davies...

Polaris. In softplay centre about a year ago.
Not sure if she had any siblings - Trident perhaps?

Holli-Tot with sisters called Heidi-Boo and Hobi.

Cupcakes I work with a David Davies and once dated a (different) David Davies. I think it might be a Welsh thing?

These threads always come across as snobby and 'aren't the working classes funny with their name choices'. All a bit of a cringe for me!

ok I saw one in the Daily Telegraph the other day - Loveday Celestine Primrose Kennedy (Kennedy was not a surname or the mother's maiden name). All the names separately ok, but a bit much for one child I thought.

Whelk - Florence-Jolly and Lionheart were from a very posh Britihs-Swiss banking family...

Elsie/Ethel/Alfred/George/Charles/Arthur take your pick

I know a Starsky and a Little Twinkle, and a CalvinKlein [sic].

Nelson and Yorick

I worked on Summer camp in America and there were two sisters, Cinnamon and Ginger. Poor loves.

I was at school with Robert Robertson we nicknamed him Ditto.

As mum of twins I did my best to steer clear of the matching names but I do know (as in actually know rather than heard of) a Mercedes and Portia (I really hope they spelled it that way but I fear not!)

Wolf makes me think of Gladiators!

I don't think it's necessarily snobbery. Very middle class children I have known with funny names include Gandalf, Bofar, a whole family of planets and Geronimo.

Chateau, I met a small Starsky in a playground recently.

When DS1 was at nursery there was a Quaid.

I actually think that a lot of names on this thread are nicer and more interesting than the boring Jack/Alfie & co.

We all have different tastes. But why the need to make fun of other peoples' choices?

but it's OK to call other people's choices "boring"?

tatty- there must be more than one then, because I live in a different city to you [puts on Advanced Search SKills badge]

No, you're right, it's not ok to call a name boring. But it's not quite as bad as calling a name "the WORST name ever".

Well, I think if I had chosen a really unusual name, I would be fully prepared for some to love it and some to hate it, it wouldn't bother me if someone thought it was the worst name ever, if I liked it.