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Baby name challenge

91 replies

seeker · 28/07/2008 18:11

Just to prove you don't have to go "made-up" to give your child a name that no one else in the school has, I challenge you all to come up with names that are real, proper people names (not the names of geographical features, cars, wines or plants) that nobody on here knows anyone under 10 called.

I'll start.

Barbara, Monica, Sharon, Agnes, Alan, Grant, Trevor, Jeffrey and Malcolm.

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controlfreakyagain · 28/07/2008 23:08

i know at least one

vincent
hermione
betty
agnes
monica
harriet
mary

bet no one knows a norman or an edna?

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Astrophe · 28/07/2008 23:02

Helen
Noni
Sue
Carol
Jane
Judy

Tony
Richard
Garth
Grant
Gregory
Mark

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rodg82 · 28/07/2008 22:57

Ulrika johnson just named her son malcom! Plus ive looked after a Trevor, jackie, brenda, alan,kevin,percy,albert....all under 6 yrs old and within the last couple of years!! I quite like random "old" names - think they'll be the florence/stanley/ruby names of future! Not sure id call my own child any of the name ive just listed tho i must admit!

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LynetteScavo · 28/07/2008 22:50

hw2004 - Hilary is quite popular in the US.
I know a Stanley, Vincent, and ofcourse there is baby Janet on Eastenders.

Clive - now there is a name due for a revival.

fin42 · 28/07/2008 20:57

Dorothy, Diana, Lesley, Sharon, Jacqueline, Elaine, Lynn, Gillean, Pamela
Ian, Mark, Paul, Stephen, Keith, Carl

JentlyDoesIt · 28/07/2008 20:14

Ivan - tis Ds's name and we get loads of comments on it. Never met anyone under the age of 60 with that name. Named after my grandad
Sheila is one of DD's middle names, after my gran.

stumpywombat · 28/07/2008 20:08

I met a baby Vincent the other day. Bet Hermione is more popular after Harry Potter.

Duncan, Doris, Herbert, Dick, Mary...

choccypig · 28/07/2008 19:12

I know a little Eliza.

iarel · 28/07/2008 19:10

marjory, eliza, barry

iarel · 28/07/2008 19:08

roland, gareth, frederick, linda, regina, colin...

scorpio1 · 28/07/2008 19:07

Kevin

thelittlestbadger · 28/07/2008 19:07

Jean/Jeanne. also Keith.

frazzledoldbag34 · 28/07/2008 19:05

Humphrey?
Hermione?
Vera?
Vincent
Kenneth
Keith
Can't imagine it somehow.....

I know a baby Harriet actually.
And doesn't Jonathan Ross have a Betty?

I also know a baby Reggie.....presume his full name must be Reginald?!!!!

hw2004 · 28/07/2008 19:01

Iarel - I know at least 3 harriets at ds' nursery. in fact if this baby had been a girl it was on my final 3 list.

iarel · 28/07/2008 18:58

betty, harriet, archibald?

silverfrog · 28/07/2008 18:57

Caroline
Deborah
Colin
Sheila
Patricia
Wendy

hw2004 · 28/07/2008 18:57

I'm called Hilary and I have not met anyone under the age of 30 to be called that. Not surprised - i hate it!! DH says it's a librarian's name (no offence to librarians!!)

nobodysfool · 28/07/2008 18:56

Nobody would call a baby Sharon or Tracey here is Essex!

TheFallenMadonna · 28/07/2008 18:54

I know three Stanleys under the age of 10. V popular around here.

frazzledoldbag34 · 28/07/2008 18:52

Oh yes and a friend has a baby called Stanley.
Which I really like but she gets loads of negative comments about his name.
Boo

frazzledoldbag34 · 28/07/2008 18:50

Oh and actually we met a 6 year old Monica on holiday last year. It suited her.

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