to think that all these darling Jocastas are mythical?

[manicinsomniac]

Seriously, does anybody actually know a Jocasta?

I know it's the go-to 'mock the middle classes' earnest yummy mummy name on mn but I'm not convinced they're really around.

It only appears of one of the ONS name lists from 2006-2012 (there were 3 Jocastas born in 2007) which means there have to be fewer than 20 little Jocastas walking around the UK.

Does anybody know where the reference to 'little Jocasta' came from? Did it start from a specific thread? I know of other seriously posh names which actually do get used each year (if not very frequently) eg Araminta, Antigone, Persephone.

I know a Tarquin a Mercedes a Midnight a Hector an Athena and a Mescalina.

I have the name of a mythological goddess, it's not scarred me for life. I've always loved having a 'different' name. Besides, I was outdone in my year at school by twins called Hermes and Xerxes. TBF, their parents were Greek, but guess what Hermes' nickname was...

I also once worked with someone called Antigone. Except she insisted it was pronounced Aunty-gone, not An-TIG-onny. Poor woman went through life with most people pronouncing her name correctly, but to her mind, they were always getting it wrong. If people are going to choose something different, they should ensure they know how to bloody pronounce it properly! Ah well, everyone just called her Ann to get around the issue.

Oh, Baby Names board. Sorry! I see.

In that case I'm in agreement entirely.

I know someone with a daughter called Domino!

I was at school with a girl called Domino.

I've also dated both a Django and a Constantin in my time.

I know of a company that used the name Aphrodite as its trading name. The owners were Greek Londoners, and had anglicised the pronunciation to Aphro-DITE. Not Aphro-DIE-tee, which is the usual pronunciation used by people in the UK.

It turns out it's very hard to 'unlearn' how to say a name! I dread to think how many times I slipped up when talking to them.

MuttonCadet: No, you're absolutely right: it is "nomen est omen", and I wrote it on here right already, but messed up when in a hurry to go..

My name basically means "Christian" and "pure", but that's an omen fail. I'm pretty much a filthy atheist these days.. Nevermind - both grannies I was named by were pretty cool people.

I quite like Constantin(e), but keep having the voice shouting in my head "Coanstantin!" (attempt at writing an American accent) from the Keanu Reeves film..

Did anyone hear The News Quiz on radio 4 this Friday and repeated on Saturday? Sandi Toksvig refered to a fictional middle class child as Jocasta.
Is the lovely Sandi a secret MNer?

I don't know a Jocasta but dh used to work with a woman called Jacinta, which imo is of a similar pretentious ilk.
I know a little boy called Prosper. I always want to preface it with"live long and...."