To wonder where all the kids from the baby names are?

[Abbinob]

Was browsing the baby names forum doing a bit of daydreaming about a future not yet existant tiny squishy baby, as you do..
Algernon.
I have never in my life met a baby algie

I suppose that everyone you know has a top ten name of their generation, and all the children you know are also called by the most common names then it seems brave or risky to give a less usual name. But in my DC's perfectly ordinary Yorkshire state primary there are all sorts of unusual names including lots of those mentioned here. I don't think there's a Persephone, but there is an Athene and an Olympia as well as plenty of even less usual names, the usual contingent of Sophies, Noahs, Elizabeths, Georges and Isabelles, and plenty of -ayden and -May names. And they all play together happily with no teasing about names at all.

To be fair my DS is called..

Kodi. Like the name, dislike the spelling. But its his name so I like it now. I was clueless and young and I didn't think the fact I'd have to spell it for everyone and get funny looks. Totally outed myself now bit I doubt anyone iknowis on mn anyway

I have found a real-life Neveah!! I also thought that was a fantasy name made just for people to get riled up about. But there is a real one and she goes to my kids' school.

There is a Neveah at my kids school - younger sister of Alfie and Angel.

I know a Neveah too. I find it a difficult name to remember how to say.

There's a wafer-thin chance I'll have another child and if it happens, s/he will have a name that people double-take at, because I've got over my giving a shit about what other people think of my kid's name thing. A boy will be named after my Grandad, a girl will be named after one of my dead cats, who got given the name in the absence of a daughter to bestow it upon.

There is nothing weird about this AT ALL. Nope. Not a bit.

Kodi is lovely. Personally i would have gone with Cody, but the sound is the same and that is important. Honestly, spellings really are less important than the sounds - i mean how many times do people say your name and how many times do they write it?

MrsD i used to recruit nurses and midwives for Barts and The London. the majority of my recruits were African Ladies. Their names were fantastic. Wonderful names like Lovely, and Sweetheart and Patience and Hope. Really expressive. I always smile when i hear Goodluck Jonathan's name because it is so fabulous.

I think my favourite name on this thread (out of many many names) has to be Squish. I want to have a little girl right now and call her Squish. AWESOME!

If DS2 had have been a girl his middle name would have been Bluebell. I know Geri Halliwell has it but i have loved it forever.

I once posted about a friend who was going to call her son John (surname Doe). After my intervention (recommended by fellow mumsnetters) she changed her mind. Baby Linkon is growing up fast.

Not sure I did him a favour tbh

Theres been a lot of babies born round here recently, some of the names i havent heard before.

Kashmir-rayne
Tobias
Nelly (my god daughter)
Chase
Bentley
Nova
Tyne ( im from the northeast)
Lester
All very unusual IMO.

I know a Bentley! I thought they'd made it up, but not if you know one too.

I once met a six-week-old Wilfred, who'd be about 14 by now. I love that name.

(Barbarian you made me giggle. Poor baby Linkon.)

DH was desperate to call our daughter Boudicca. I vetoed that.

However, the name would have suited her down to the ground .

My son is a Kit (and, yes, his BC says Christopher. And, no, no-one calls him Christopher). Had he been a girl he would have been Tabitha. DD is Anna, I wanted to call her Ariadne, DH said no. I still love Ariadne.

In her class there are children called Fleur, Amelie, Elizabeth, Rufus, Archie, Oliver St John, Anwen, Rupert and Lyra.

In her old class there was Jayden, Tiffany, Kasey, Kadey, Jake, Miley and AJ.
There were also Matilda, Martha, Emanuella and Philip.

Her old class had a much more varied demographic than her current one.

archery i had never heard it before either.

I also know a miko who really suits his name.
When i was 11 my sister said i could name my nephew- i named him kian-cruz said ki-an, i feel sorry for him now, what the hell was my sister thinking letting an 11 year old name a baby

Other children I have met include Silver, Xanthe, Artemis, Hebe, Fox and Bear. They all suit their names very well.

Bear and fox though.... Maybe could sui as children but a grown man called bear?

I was thinking that too abbinob

Fox is a fab name. I know a Fox and think it is a great choice.

Hasn't done Bear Grylls any harm!!

Although just checked and his name is actually Edward.

We have Milo, Chase, Barney, Devon (boy and girl), Harper, Jasmine, India, Oscar (just off the top of my head) at various groups we go to. DHs old boss has an Orlando.

When i was at primary there were 4 Rebeccas, 3 Lauras, 3 Emmas, 2 Alice, 2 Annas, 2 Sarahs, in my class and many more in the school.

So many of the names I see on the name threads would be absolutely ridiculed in the corner of Fife where I live. I'm not condoning that, but it's true. I think it's very important to consider that when naming a child. For example, I am pregnant just now, and would maybe consider Ottilie or Penelope if I lived in a trendy part of Edinburgh, but not here. Yes, kids should be taught not to bully others, but in the real world it will always happen.

I tend to assume when I see the more outlandish names on the name threads that most respondants are from the SE of England, or certainly from the larger cities.

He was called bear from being a week old though, so you werent really wrong, i dont dislike the name just think its odd to call a grown man bear

Even if Bear is just a nickname it hasn't done him harm. In fact I think its part of his branding and marketing.

Mr Grylls is in the habit of over dramatizing everything he does to make it look wild and dangerous even when its pretty lame. Usually with a helicopter in close proximity.

Him and Levison would try and make a back garden barbecue with gas stove look like it was a wilderness camping session living off the land if it sold them a few technically illegal and therefore not recommended by Scouting knives or book or too.

Annoyingly I rather like the names Levison and Bear.

I tend to assume when I see the more outlandish names on the name threads that most respondants are from the SE of England, or certainly from the larger cities.

Nope. Semi-rural. Not SE.

Bullying happens because society lets it and accepts it. You might want to stew on that, when you say we should take that into consideration.