aibu to think there are some names...

[ptolemy]

tarquin, persephone, lucian, penelope, aurelia, cuthbert, brodwin, prunella, hubert, montgumary, primrose

just always sound like they have a million other names following them as well

eg, persephone elizabeth geurtrude huntington smythe jones

tell me the most upper class and most funny names you have heard

Disclaimer: this thread is meant to be posters with a sense of humor if you lack this and take things too seriously this thread is not for you so off you pop for your free range organic roast pheasant and elderflower cordial pip pip

seriously though folks, do you think that if you give your child an unusual or weird name, you must be prepared for some non-favourable reactions? Because after all, it is everybody's business isn't it - a name isn't a private thing.

I know a Zebedee. I think the parents were trying to be individuals rather than Magic Roundabout devotees, but who the fuck knows?!

Oh, and I do know a Tarquin and Persephone who are brother and sister.

I know a Wenceslas (sp) as in good king!

Persephone is the one that springs to my mind-the mum wasnt upper class at all but had a 'put on' snooty voice and when asked her DDs name (I had to write it down) she insisted on spelling it even though I said I knew how to spell it as if i was some sort of moron who couldn't possibly have known how to spell such an unusual name.

It's nothing new - I went to school with Annabel Chetwynd-Talbot and Leonora Booth-Clibborn. Lovely girls - I'd love to meet up again one day just to see if they ended up living in stately homes

Can I add Merriment Marmite Chocolat to the list? Never met him, but his birth was registered just before DS2's, and the registrar was a little bemused, shall we say...

My friend (who is currently pregnant with her first) was intent on calling her boy and girl Yannick and Ophelia. This was in school.

Ophelia isn't too bad, but both are so bloody pretentious!

BatmanLovesRobin NO! That's wonderful in a really awful way!

The worst thing about the marmite chocolat name is his first name sounds like murraymint too.

Our DC have unusual names - one not actually a name (until now), one very very rare. But neither of them are actually bonkers, toff-tastic or hilarious - people don't laugh or look shocked, they either say they are beautiful/cool, or if they're the more conformist type, they just mumble that they're a bit odd.

But anyway I do know my DC are unique anyway! It's just that we like the idea of our DC having unusual names - either they'll love it and feel special, or they'll hate it and they can change it/use middle name/nicknames. I wish I had a madly unusual name.

Best mad name I have heard of was Panda, but it wasn't someone I knew personally. Have known a Timon, Titus, Eden (a boy) and a Loveday. Quite like all of those though!

We know one called Apollo.

Panda is well within the range of normal imo.

ebeneezer, i mean really.

a colleague has a child called Rufus. Another friend of mind has initials BJ. I think that I am now irrelevanting!

i knew some well posh folk when i was a student,right poshington posh
and have worked with some posh folk too.with names to match
i am token scheme wean pal
cant name names though too distinctive. but i still snigger
....so to all the horahs i know, i salute you

When i catch up with old friends via facebook, or seen in costa etc, I have met many a Reuben and Tobias, especially amongst those that would consider that they have moved up in the classes system.
The poshest sounding name i know of Hugo Java Clarence-Smitherington!!!
My oldest child has a name where people always add an or en onto the the end of his name and has to be corrected, no its K..., the middle two are William and Lucy and my youngest i thought had a nice slightly unusual name but according to MN is going to be in a class full of them in 3 years time.

BatmanlovesRobin

I know of Merriment Marmite Chocolate too! She's a girl, named after the parents favourite things.

I'm a teacher, I know a lot of strange names:how about Tyger, Bacall & Hayworth (sisters), Merlin, Wensdae, Field, Cambridge, Echo-Tango, oh and loads more, will have a think....

"Field" is fantastic!

On that drama Any Human Heart that was on recently, there was a character (female) called Land - DP & I loved it!

All of the above are nothing compared to the wonders of the 'unique' name, so fashionable in certain circles. Try Shivon, Taiwan, Chyna, names such as these are an affliction and are often accompanied by double barrelled surnames. If I was a Persephone I would be proud and say it loud!

Somerset, Atlas, Nemo and Raphaella

We have quite a few at work. One Tiger and I think there's one called Lord fgs

There's also a Neil, an Alan and an Ian - all in the same class. And a poor kid who looks just like a miniature Jimmy Carr

Oberon, sonny elvis and merlin.

i once knew a blue and my dh best friend was called brown (hes american)

lol chyna in glasgow is a wee gemmie .not posh.at all
aw riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight there china