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They're suggesting Veruca??

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Elbi · 21/09/2017 12:37

Guys, this name list. thestir.cafemom.com/pregnancy/207174/brand_new_baby_girl_names Can't tell if it's supposed to be serious. I fear it is.

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MaroonPencil · 22/09/2017 08:56

I'm just reading "21 popular British Baby Boy Names". Reuben- both a delicious sandwich and an adorable baby name, apparently.

"Jenson - meaning son of John it's perhaps a little too quirky for us in the states." And yet Melanin and Veruca are just fine?

MaroonPencil · 22/09/2017 08:50

I honestly can't tell, This. It seems like it is, but then they include actual names like Pippi - if it was a joke wouldn't they all be ridiculous? Also, they have loads of other lists- boy/girl twin names etc.

ThisIsntMyUsualName · 22/09/2017 07:51

Erm... I think it's a joke isn't it?

SocksRock · 22/09/2017 07:46

I know a Hestia, and I've come across Iseult before. Pippi is OK, but you'd spend a lifetime say "no, it's a i on the end, not an a".

Apart from that they are just WHAT.

Although I do like the character of Mazikeen...

RJnomore1 · 22/09/2017 07:39

In fairness, veruca salt were a great band.

Still wouldn't call a baby veruca.

Lweji · 22/09/2017 07:39

Linux. Grin

Might as well Python or Basic too.

AnguaResurgam · 22/09/2017 07:35

American baby-naming is so different from British!

Two nations divided by a common language indeed

MadameJosephine · 22/09/2017 07:34

Thankfully when the time came she changed her mind and her children are actually called Anthony and Laura

MadameJosephine · 22/09/2017 07:33

This reminds me of years ago my friend and I were being silly thinking of dreadful kids names and my friend came up with Fungus Ghengis for a boy and Genitalia for a girl

buttercup54321 · 21/09/2017 23:23

Stupid

Liadain · 21/09/2017 19:41

Who the hell even thinks of calling their baby the name of a weapon? They'll be promoting Glock and Uzi next

Oh I just had to comment after reading to say this - I once taught a Calibrate. It mightn't be Caliber, but these people are out there!

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Rubyslippers7780 · 21/09/2017 15:35

Reminds me of ' Shirley Valentine' when she says she likes Clitoris for a name...after all plenty of men walking around called Dick!!

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steppemum · 21/09/2017 15:00

whoops - Hestia I mean

steppemum · 21/09/2017 14:53

I liked Hestis.

But - Zeplyn - the flying bombs in WW2 - great name Hmm

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Elbi · 21/09/2017 14:44

Yeah Freezer I quite like Hestia too! Just a bit meh on the meaning.

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MumBod · 21/09/2017 13:11

I always think Chlamydia would make a pretty name...

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 21/09/2017 13:10

Names that no one else will have. No shit Sherlock. Grin

Dixiestampsagain · 21/09/2017 13:08

I was trying to work out if it was a piss-take too, Elbi but I'm thinking it's not!!

Dixiestampsagain · 21/09/2017 13:06

I actually know an Anakin, but as did the rest of the suggestions-flipping heck!!!

ItchyFoot · 21/09/2017 12:58

The first one sounds like how my little sister used to pronounce magazine Grin

MaroonPencil · 21/09/2017 12:55

There was a Candida in Pulp.

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