Favorite Jilly Cooper names?

[EmilyRoo]

I've just started Riders (having never picked up a Jilly Cooper novel before) and am fascinated by how Rupert is such a lout. Then there are loads of characters and dogs....

So, any names from any of her novels you'd use on an actual child? (or maybe you already have )

[ellangirl]

Not saying i'd actually use these, but...

Tabitha
Aggie (agatha)
Fen (fenella)

Red
Lysander

[coffeeandcream]

Perdita
Lysander
(I love Shakespeare names!)

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

Flora
Lysander

[peeriebear]

I named my friend's dog Ethel...

[nulgirl]

Jake and Billy are pretty normal.

Oooh I love Jilly Cooper books. Haven't read one for years. I remember reading Rivals when I was about 16 and it blew me away.

Might see if I can buy it on the kindle. Got a bank holiday to myself as am off work but kids are at school. 6 hours of romps and naughtiness. Perfect.

[Susieloo]

I was desperate to call ds Ace or Red and had just talked dp into it when Matt and Emma Willis called there son Ace so I went of it, I nicknamed my friends little boy ace when he was born and it's stuck, I think he'll thank me when he's older

[Badgerina]

Who are Matt and Emma Willis when they're at home??

[Susieloo]

He was the bloke from busted and she is a tv presenter and does those programmes on itv2 after the main itv show like I'm a celebrity etc, think she is doing the same for celebrity big brother at the moment.

[Badgerina]

Ah right. Thank you for enlightening me

[thenightsky]

DH is nagging me to get my holiday books ordered frm amazon... reckon i'll nip down the oxfam book shop and see if I can find Riders, Rivals and Polo

Not read em since the years they came out.

Due a revisit i reckon

[Cydonia]

I wanted to call DS Rupert but wasn't allowed :( I didn't help my case by saying his nn would be Ruby, after I discovered that the jockey Ruby Walsh's name is Rupert.
I like Francesca/Chessie for a girl (Polo) but her character was a bit of a cow!
I actually did look through the character lists in all my Jilly books for inspiration!

[LetsKateWin]

Octavia

[fedupofnamechanging]

Riders and Rivals are available on kindle for about £4 for the two. Just finished rereading Riders this morning.

Love the names Malise (Gordon) and Tory (Lovell)

[ColouringIn]

Ooh but wasn't Chessie a bit...er....kinky?

I like Agatha (Taggie)
Lysander
Billy
Jake

[blondiep14]

My dsis has always vowed to call her son Red since the day she read whichever JC book(s) he featured in!
I think I'll be a bit upset if she doesn't!

[thenightsky]

Wasn't Tory short for Victoria?

[thenightsky]

I do wish I'd called DD Perdita though. She is such a 'Perdita'.

[colleysmill]

Tabitha
Abigail
Jenna
Flora
Helen

Marcus
Viking
Lysander
Roberto

Although Id love to have the balls to have named ds Rannaldini :)

[frutilla]

Love Perdita but can't use it as have a relative with that name.
Fenella
Octavia
Emily

[Stiefeliblue]

My Ds is called Declan

[KenDoddsDadsDog]

Declan O'Hara swoon. Does your DS have catsick yellow socks?

[GetDownNesbitt]

Taggie
Tabitha
Lysander

[Binkybix]

ooooh I LOVE these books and am currently reading Riders for the millionth time! I like: Dino (prob would not use), Fenella, Luke, Perdita, Red, Bibi, Francesca (chessie), violet....can't think of any more at the moment but there's loads more I'm sure :)

[fivegomadindorset]

Harriet

[bionic77]

Janey Lloyd Foxe called her little boy Christie. Or Jake Lovell's son Isa