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Today at work I met 2 children called

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Saltire · 09/07/2009 17:42

Jamaica and China! My face must have gone when the mother told me becasue she said "well we can't all go through life with boring names like yours"

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cat64 · 10/07/2009 09:55

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Pyrocanthus · 10/07/2009 09:24

Trinidad must be Trinity in Spanish - good Catholic name.

Pyrocanthus · 10/07/2009 09:20

Trinidad is a proper Spanish girls' name I think - not so sure about Tobago though, suspect it has something to do with a smokeable cop.

MamaLazarou · 10/07/2009 08:31

To be fair to the OP, it would be difficult to hide the shock at being told a child was named Jamaica, and the mother should be prepared for that. Jamaica indeed.

I love China for a girl - I suggested China Blue to my husband but he thinks it's silly (The spelling 'Chynna' looks like it should be pronounced 'Chinner').

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Saltire · 10/07/2009 08:18

I didn't deliberately pull a face, I must have done it involuntary, becasue thats when the mother made the comment about my name.

BTW Jamaica was a boy and China a girl

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savoycabbage · 10/07/2009 05:50

You can't pull a face when people tell you their children's names!

MadameDefarge · 10/07/2009 03:16

aw Saltire, you must lead a very sheltered life, re children's names! Round here China and Jamaica are positively staid.

Ozziegirly · 10/07/2009 03:07

LOL at ActivityApple.

Frasersmum123 · 09/07/2009 20:48

We had a Genoa at school which I thought was very exotic. Her surname was Winstone though so people used to take the mickey a bit.

edam · 09/07/2009 20:42

Jam for short?

shoshe · 09/07/2009 20:39

DD's name was Chynna!

RorysRacingMa · 09/07/2009 20:35

I once knew a guy called China, and now he's a published and well perceived of author. Not that my influence had anything to do with his writing skills.

Jamaica makes me think of the joke tho' too

hullygully · 09/07/2009 20:30

My name in real life is Papua New Guinea and my sister is Democratic Republic of Congo (Demmy for short).

KerryMumbles · 09/07/2009 20:29

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monkeyfacegrace · 09/07/2009 20:27

At school I had a brittany, arizona and paris in the same class.

hullygully · 09/07/2009 20:21

Unfortunately, I'm not. We also have siblings Trinidad and Tobago.

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hullygully · 09/07/2009 20:15

At my dcs very posh and arty school, we have brothers called Marshall and Solomon Islands.

Lizzylou · 09/07/2009 18:46

Argentine/Argentina, s'nice
It means Silvery, or of Silver or something to do with silver

Will file in my "names for my fictitious girl book"

weegiemum · 09/07/2009 18:31

Venezuela would be nice for a girl ....

DiamondHead · 09/07/2009 18:27

I had a Victorian relative called Argentine.

DiamondHead · 09/07/2009 18:26

Yes China is vagina, that's why the T'pau song was considered so hysterical when I was at school.

'China in my hand'

HuffwardlyRudge · 09/07/2009 18:25

It was a bit crappy of you to do a face when someone told you her children's names though.

Lizzylou · 09/07/2009 18:25

Must dash, have to bathe Uzbekistan and Argentina

Actually, Argentina would be nice for a girl........

Frasersmum123 · 09/07/2009 18:23

China reminds me of this

Chyna

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