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To think some of these names are bloody ludicrous?

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MycatsaPirate · 04/01/2017 20:35

www.tatler.com/news/articles/december-2016/posh-baby-names-2017

Tatler have done 'all the hard work' and picked out the best names for 2017.

I give you:

Scar, Czar-Czar and Power for girls

and

NPeter (the N is silent), Wigbert and Yak for boys.

Among others.

Is Ptolemy out of date now then?

:o

Bonus points for the first person to hear 'Wigbert! Put that down and come here now' when out shopping.

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drinkswineoutofamug · 04/01/2017 20:39

I thought you were referencing to some on the names on here at first 😂
Who in the right mind would called their kid power ?
Or then again have the surname west and called their kid north ?

throwingpebbles · 04/01/2017 20:40

I'm convinced this is some kind of weird practical vote by Tatler.

throwingpebbles · 04/01/2017 20:40

*joke! Not vote

airforsharon · 04/01/2017 20:40

I'm snorting cheerfully at Yak, sounds like someone being sick. I'm curious as to how they're defining 'posh' though - I had a great aunt Queenie and she was as common as muck Grin

StillaChocoholic · 04/01/2017 20:41

Haha I'm gonna suggest Wigbert to DH!

The80sweregreat · 04/01/2017 20:41

Yak? Really. More like yuk!

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MycatsaPirate · 04/01/2017 20:43

Hum is on the girls list. If you have boy/girl twins then Hum and Yak would go lovely together!!

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NoSherryForMe · 04/01/2017 20:45

Of course it's a joke!

SarfEast1cated · 04/01/2017 20:45

I love Gethsemane though Get-sem-a-knee I think - bible story...

Whatslovegottodo · 04/01/2017 20:46

Love how John and David are included! They fit so well with Quail nd Xman...Confused
Also can you imagine looking down at your newborn DD and calling her Scar Hmm

SarfEast1cated · 04/01/2017 20:47

Uxorious a bit weird though - means 'having or showing a great or excessive fondness for one's wife.' Grin

whifflesqueak · 04/01/2017 20:48

my baby girl has one of the less absurd names on the list.

I don't think it's particularly posh either.

Soubriquet · 04/01/2017 20:50

I love Opal.

I would actually use that

Whatslovegottodo · 04/01/2017 20:51

whiffles yes I agree some nice normal names like Nancy and Una in amongst some made up sounding horrors.
I'm usually live and let live with names but if someone called their daughter Scar I would think they have lost the plot.
Maybe I have watched too much Lion King...

justdontevenfuckingstart · 04/01/2017 20:51

If I still had the equipment needed to make a baby then Yak would be top of my list. I may spell it Ychaxcjk tho.

TabbyTurmoil · 04/01/2017 20:52

My name is on the girls' list Hmm

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MycatsaPirate · 04/01/2017 20:53

I love Nancy, Opal and Tansy. All pretty names.

Not entirely sure about Scar, Koala or Deonnaire.

Especially Scar.

Wasn't Scar male in the Lion King?

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SalemSaberhagen · 04/01/2017 20:53

Wigbert is my new favourite name. Ever.

TheWitTank · 04/01/2017 20:54

Grin The silent N on NPeter made me laugh so much!Grin
Totally wanky.

MrsMeeseeks · 04/01/2017 20:54

Euripides!

Euripides trousers? Eumenides trousers.

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MycatsaPirate · 04/01/2017 20:55

Tabby I did say that SOME of these names are ludicrous. Some are very lovely.

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soundsystem · 04/01/2017 20:55

Wigbert is amazing! Next time I get a chance to name something that isn't a human baby I'm going with Wigbert.

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MycatsaPirate · 04/01/2017 20:57

I agree that Wigbert is the best name on those lists :o

There will be a whole host of posh Wigberts and a whole host of cats and dogs called Wigbert amongst the rest of us.

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WetNovemberDay · 04/01/2017 20:57

I am going to makeit one of my lifes ambition to meet a NPeter.😂

kelper · 04/01/2017 20:57

MrsMeeseeks that just made me laugh out loud!