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Kendal for a girl?

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PuppyMonkey · 17/05/2008 21:27

I am not preganant and I have no intention of having any more children. But I heard this today and think it is very nice.

So there.

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MeMySonAndI · 18/05/2008 08:34

we have a Kendal Bridge here

branflake81 · 18/05/2008 08:19

I went to primary school with a girl called Kendal so the name makes me think of her rather than the town. BUt can see why that would be a common association.

NurkMagiggy · 18/05/2008 08:07

Candle is nice.
Sonic Youth song.

belgo · 18/05/2008 08:05

It's not as bad as some I've seen on here.

Paddlechick666 · 18/05/2008 07:48

I have a very very good friend by the name of Kendal. Apparently named for a relation on her mother's side and nothing at all to do with mint cake or AA road maps!

There is always a raised eyebrow on introductions but she's a sparky confident woman and it doesn't seem to bother her.

LOL at posh cousins called Richmond and St Margarets

oxocube · 18/05/2008 06:47

Tommy

oxocube · 18/05/2008 06:46

Very american

Tommy · 18/05/2008 06:25

lol at mintcake - that was the first thing I thought of too.

All these "unusual" names remind me of an old Irish great aunt of mine who, when she found out that her new grand daughter was going to be called Hazel, said " All the saints in Heaven and you have to go and call her after a bloody nut..."

seeker · 18/05/2008 06:06

Have you met my children - Putney, Barnes and Mortlake?

They have posh cousins called Richmond and St Margarets (that's pronounces Simeon)

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PuppyMonkey · 17/05/2008 22:34

Better than Paris though..

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MadBadandDangeroustoKnow · 17/05/2008 22:22

Naming yor child after anywhere in the AA Bok of the Road is, in my view, a complete no-no. Otherwise ...

congratulations on the birth of Dagenham Auchtermuchty, a little sister for Whitstable and Wisbech.

hermia · 17/05/2008 22:14

Also knew one called Fizz.. short for Fizzle maybe.

Snowstorm · 17/05/2008 22:05

One of my oldest friends is called Kendra ... though that's a bit by-the-by.

dizzydixies · 17/05/2008 22:04

I quite like Araminta though

moodlumthehoodlum · 17/05/2008 22:02

Kendal Araminta (and if your surname is Cake, so much the better)

hermia · 17/05/2008 22:00

Ive met a girl called Kendal and it really suits her somehow. I like it but dont know what they call her in the playground.

expatinscotland · 17/05/2008 21:47

Ember, Kindle, Cinderella.

Yep, I'm seeing a pattern here. Of out of control pregnancy hormones.

Blandmum · 17/05/2008 21:46

Mint cake

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PuppyMonkey · 17/05/2008 21:44

Ooh yes, expat and there was that thread about Ember the other day...! I see a pattern...

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IdrisTheDragon · 17/05/2008 21:44

There was a giel called Kendal at the school where I taught. She will be in year 13 now I think.

seeker · 17/05/2008 21:44

Pendle for a girl. Skiddaw for a boy.

dizzydixies · 17/05/2008 21:43

am north east scotland so there must be two of them

TotalChaos · 17/05/2008 21:43

north west.

snurk at Kindle. given that's now the name of the amazon e-book reader device.

expatinscotland · 17/05/2008 21:42

a woman in one of my yoga classes was named Kindle.

as in fire.

dizzydixies · 17/05/2008 21:39

totalchaos come on then, where are you