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mix56 · 26/01/2015 14:12

Tribunal in France has refused permission for the names for 2 babies Nutella & Fraise (strawberry) & have renamed Fraisine (19C name) & Ella...
What goes on in the minds of some parents?

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ApprenticeViper · 27/01/2015 14:28

There was an Emma Dale at my school. The daughters of a service user where I used to work were Heidi Boo, Candy-Jo and Pebbles Hmm

Anyone else know a Don Kiddick? Grin

morgyworgy · 27/01/2015 14:30

There is a gynaecologist called judith gash in my local hospital. There was only one career she could go into with that name

mix56 · 27/01/2015 14:30

Glad I started this thread, come back when I need a laugh !

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ithoughtofitfirst · 27/01/2015 18:40

This thread has made me reminded me how slow I am Grin

ithoughtofitfirst · 27/01/2015 18:40

Has reminded* ffs

msgrinch · 27/01/2015 18:44

I went to school with Wan Kin Lon

CalicoBlue · 27/01/2015 19:15

I have come across these first names:

Swan
Rainbow
Slobadanka - who liked to be known as Slob
Chinchimeny

Kelly1814 · 27/01/2015 19:17

Howling!!!!, someone please explain Yvonne Lacombe?

Misssss · 27/01/2015 19:21

I've sold things on a Facebook selling site to a woman named Gaye Cox. It must be the same one mentioned up thread! Poor thing!

LojizticallySpeaking · 27/01/2015 19:24

There's a lady who frequents our local FB selling sites called Jenny Vieve, I have no who she is but her name always makes me smile :)

FreeWee · 27/01/2015 19:32

Other people I have known
Mike Rack (my crack)and Ian Rack (I-raq to the Americans)
Michael 'call me Mike' Jackson
T Watt (married name)
Mathew Mathews (spelt 'wrongly' to make it doubly annoying)
Ronald McDonald
Gordon Bennett
Sherry Cherry (married name)

Lunastarfish · 27/01/2015 19:43

My mum insists she went to school with a Nora Bone

a girl from school called her daughter Chardonnay

I grew up with a Kandi

I once met a Jonelle (John Lewis brand name)

I know a Bunny

I had a client called Mrs Pussi

I worked with a court clerk called Patrick Law

(I can't decide out of Dwayne Pipes, Henrietta Dick or Kuhl Bir Shandi is the best - can we vote?)

avocadotoast · 27/01/2015 19:45

Dwayne Pipes is beautiful. I keep imagining a cartoon character with a lisp saying it.

Someone I know came across a client at their work who had got married and double barrelled their surname to Brown-Marks. Wonderful.

flora717 · 27/01/2015 19:49

Chianti & Chardonnay. Sisters who used a family centre I used to go to.
That's some lazy naming.

MyCarHasBrokenDownAgain · 27/01/2015 19:49

My grandad had a friend called Arthur Pye, and I knew of someone called Janet Spiss! Grin

CalicoBlue · 27/01/2015 19:50

We also had a Ghenghis Khan at work.

ChinaTeaSet · 27/01/2015 19:55

I went to school with a Sherri and Brandi

Ememem84 · 27/01/2015 19:56

i also have heard of (but don't know - a friend of a friend) called Philip Mateeties

Andrewofgg · 27/01/2015 19:59

Arthur Crowne?

Oh dear, you have to be an oldish fart to get that . . .

GoringBit · 27/01/2015 20:10

Going back to Strawberry, if anyone remembers El Dorado, the BBC's short lived Euro-soap, the flighty, flirty French wife (so not stereotypical at all) was played by a French actress called Framboise, which is French for raspberry. Maybe it was her stage name, or maybe the French don't faire une framboise...

ithoughtofitfirst · 27/01/2015 20:11

Ghenghis Khan Shock

m0therofdragons · 27/01/2015 20:13

My sil teaches abroad and a new pupil started last week. .. Malaria! She also taught boy/girl twins called Favorite and Fortunate (the boy was favorite).

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