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Have I bought the most ridiculous baby names book ever ??!

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Tillyscoutsmum · 01/08/2009 21:22

Entrants for boy's names include:-

Bingo

Bloo

Boleslaw

Cack

Conk

Honestly, on every page there are about 2 names out of 20 that aren't totally insane. I'm not sure I dare venture any further ......

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edam · 01/08/2009 23:58

Cnut - now there's a name you don't see very often these days... poor sod would be bound to develop dyslexia to the amusement of all his friends.

Funny how when I was at school, books were clear that his name was Canute. Are historians these days just more honest/less uptight? Or do they have filthy minds?

Tommy · 01/08/2009 23:52

so I guess Boleslaw is pronounced Bol-es-lav - which makes it more plausible I guess (if I were Polish)

you could have Boleslaw and Dijonaise and have a salad bar

CarmenSanDiego · 01/08/2009 22:07

Oh! I had one with Anal in it. Pronounced Ah-nahl

Giggling here at Boleslaw

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Tillyscoutsmum · 01/08/2009 21:58

LOL at Kuntala

I'm amazed my mother didn't consider Bingo for me - named after her second home

It's definitely a boy but Dijonaise might have been a contender for a girl. Apparently, its a combination of Dijon and Mayonnaise (like that makes it ok )

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dizzydixies · 01/08/2009 21:49

Spanky is fantastic

there was a lady who actually named her child Bingo on a names board on another forum

DiamondHead · 01/08/2009 21:49

Mine's has Kuntala for your cherished newborn baby girl.
Whatever your culture is - not one for an English speaking playground.

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Tillyscoutsmum · 01/08/2009 21:48

Boleslaw is apparently Polish and means "in glory"

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pasturesnew · 01/08/2009 21:46

This is fab, was wondering what to call the new baby, now happy with Bingo Bloo, suitable for a boy or a girl, too!

Tidey · 01/08/2009 21:45

Isn't Bloo from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends?

I'm wondering about Boleslaw too. Someone thought of Coleslaw, but decided it was classier with a B? Some kind of truncated version of Boyle's Law?

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Tillyscoutsmum · 01/08/2009 21:43

Page 236 offers us Spunk, Spanky and Spurgeon

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Tommy · 01/08/2009 21:41

Boleslaw is making me LOL

I always found that whichever baby name book you looked at, there were always more names that you wanted to out a cross through than a tick by

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Tillyscoutsmum · 01/08/2009 21:38

Its the 40,001 Best Baby Names Book (apparently The Very Best Baby Naming Book Ever).

Just goes to show that sometimes, less is more

I think we might go with Boleslaw - Bo for short

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Tidey · 01/08/2009 21:38

Fist names Sorry LynetteScavo.

Are you sure it's not a comedy name book, taking the piss out of the outlandish names people use nowadays?

And I think Cnut is a variant of Canute and Knut, as in King.

LynetteScavo · 01/08/2009 21:37

Clitus, howver is a "real" name.

LynetteScavo · 01/08/2009 21:35

Which book is it!

And thank heavens you bought a book instead of asking us!

Oh, and Cack isn't in the Oxford dictionary of fist names - therefore it isn't a name!

dizzydixies · 01/08/2009 21:32

I had an American one once and it had Celery in it as a genuine option

Cool baby names or something, serves me right for buying one with such a title!

iwouldgoouttonight · 01/08/2009 21:27

LOL!

In my baby name book is Cnut. I'm sure it must be a proper old fashioned name, but seriously, who would use it??

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