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If you HAD to name your child after a borough of North London...

61 replies

00100001 · 13/01/2017 09:08

Been a while since I posted one of these threads.
The government has passed a new law - you MUST name your children after a North London borough.

What would you choose?

You must choose one boy and one girl.

Official rules allow hyphenation, but no shortening of the name.

Special North London Borough Rules - Boroughs with "and" in the name, may be split into separate names (e.g. Dagenham and Barking, you can choose either Dagenham or Barking)

Barking and Dagenham
Barnet
Brent
Camden
Ealing
Enfield
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Haringey
Harrow
Havering
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Newham
Redbridge
Tower Hamlets
Waltham Forest
Westminster

Grin
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00100001 · 16/01/2017 22:31

I see some of you can't follow simple reasonable laws Grin

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CordeliaFrost · 16/01/2017 18:39

If you can put aside the slang term, Barnet would be OK for a boy, gives the nickname Barney.

CordeliaFrost · 16/01/2017 18:37

Boy - Camden (Cam)

Girl - Kensington (Kenzie)

This would only be under duress though.

PhilODox · 16/01/2017 18:18

Southwark. So I can secretly snigger at people mispronouncing it. And mispelling it.

I'm not a nice person, am i? Blush

Barbi (can) for a girl.

Roseandbee · 16/01/2017 18:04

I like Camden and Kensington, i think Kensy is nice. I feel they'd work for either sex

Trills · 15/01/2017 11:18

Why North London?

Snobs.

Girl: Isla (like Isla Fisher), some people would call her Izzie for short, nobody would ever know her full name was Islington.

Boy: Harry - people might think he was short for Harold or perhaps Henry (Prince Harry is Henry y'know), but it's actually Harrow.

Carnabyqueen · 15/01/2017 11:04

Girl: Camden
Boy: Harrow

Ham69 · 15/01/2017 01:50

Twins Arsenal (boy) and Angel (girl)

HardcoreLadyType · 14/01/2017 16:53

Girl - Haringey

Boy - Camden

Manumission · 14/01/2017 16:52

Edith Grin

It's only a matter of time before some mentions the Crescent of Mornington Smile

SwedishEdith · 14/01/2017 16:45

I'm going to ignore the rules and go for Hanger Lane Gyratory.

But, checking the map, Perivale is nice for a girl - possibly pronounced as as Periv-Ali

OvariesBeforeBrovaries · 14/01/2017 11:40

Camden for a girl.

Harrow for a boy.

ClaryIsTheBest · 14/01/2017 11:38

Girl:

Forest, Harrow or maybe Chelsea

Boy:

Hounslow or Barnet

BlackbirdSingsInTheDeadOfNight · 14/01/2017 11:30

All the best names have been taken so I shall be going against the Government and instead plumping for tube stations on the District line. I hope I won't be jailed for my non-conformist decision.

Girl: East Ham
Boy: West Ham (obviously)

stillnotjustamummy · 14/01/2017 11:02

Islington. I used to live there.

Lessthanaballpark · 14/01/2017 11:01

Barnet for a girl then I would coiff her with a beehive in the hope they come back in fashion.

Beebeeeight · 14/01/2017 10:56

Brent Camden and Harrow are the only realistic ones surely?

KoalaDownUnder · 14/01/2017 10:43

Well, I'm in Perth, WA. So I'm going to use suburbs north of the river here.

Let me introduce my daughter Mirrabooka and her brother Innaloo. Grin

DorothyBastard · 14/01/2017 09:15

Girl - Forest
Boy - Brent

Cosmicglitterpug · 14/01/2017 09:01

Boy. Ealing
Girl. Islington. (Izzy)

Elbi · 14/01/2017 08:58

Girl - Ealing
Boy - Redbridge

Actually quite like those....

Lovetunnocks · 13/01/2017 23:58

Harrow for a girl. Hounslow for a boy.

MaudOnceMore · 13/01/2017 23:49

I have long said that my twins will be Dagenham and Auchtermuchty

CantHelpDancingWithTheDevil · 13/01/2017 23:47

Dagenham and Redbridge for me..

nancy75 · 13/01/2017 23:43

I'd have deptford boy & dulwich girl, I prefer south of the river!