to feel sorry for this little girl

[Kariba29]

Whilst shopping in town yesterday a woman and her little girl about 4/5 were walking in front of us when the girl got distracted and got left behind the woman called out Chardonnay, Chardonnay come here now, i looked at DH with a did i hear right look and he just smiled at me and nodded

Seriously, i thought it was an urban myth, do people actually call their children this?(shocked)

I hope she had had one to many when she thought of this name otherwise there is no excuse really!!

And lets not forget, Frank Zappa called his children...........

Moon Unit and Diva Thin Muffin

Have met a child called Levi Jeans and - no one ever believes me Kawa-Suki(honestly!) and used to have lots of fun telling people when I was pregnant I was going to call the baby 'Elvis - good for a boy or girl' or 'St Michael, 'cos I love them religious names'. Wasn't there a Wayne and Waynetta slob sketch where they called the baby after a cigarette brand?

But then I think those 'Edward Charles Willian StJohn' names are the same, from the other direction. Definitely chosen to keep kids in the same social strata.

A pregnant woman lapses into a coma as she gives birth to twins. two months later, when she awakes, she's told her brother was asked to name the boy and girl..

'my idiot brother named them?..Oh god, I just hope he didn't screw it up!'...'what did he name my daughter?' she asked the doctor 'Denise' he replied.
'Oh thats not too bad..How about my son?' she asked..'Denephew'

nah 'Chardonney' just smacks of undiluted Chav, drunken blonde tarts in Newcastle fighting on a saturday night, and middle aged mutton dressed as lamb sitting on a bar stool with a fag in one hand and a wine glass in the other, with a laugh that can shatter glass and a voice thats too loud.

linc - have we met?

My niece, little alopicia is having a terrible time at school and now we are worried about little Chlamydia... Kids are so cruel.

"It's a terrible name. If there was a Chardonnay in my DSs' class at school, I'd tell him to avoid"

Seen nasty comments about people's chosen names for their children but this one takes the! horrible!

It is as bad as been called Florence, Paris, India, or any other name that originates in the name of a city or region.

Because, believe me, for a lot of mortals, Chardonnay is not only a type of wine. Although I wouldn't use a name like that because I know most people's knowledge of French geography is rather limited.

If I had been wandering along the road and heard "the name that must not be spoken" I would probably have dissolved into giggles. And yes I do feel sorry for the little girl, she will be condemned on the basis of her name.

At least the chavs know how to identify themselves so that Tarquin and Ptolemy will be able to avoid them in later life ;-)

I think naming children is constantly evolving because there is more cultural mix than there used to for example and peoople are adopting foreign names either because they have foreigh origin themselves or just because they like the sound of it. Fashion also enter in consideration and not everybody has the same fashion sense (I actually have not got any myself).

I think when people totally ridicule a child's name it says much more about them than it does about the child or even his/her parents.

I knew a Lambrini - would now be in her mid thirties and of Greek descent.

I think it is an unfortunate case of the drink being named for the name, otherwise I think it is a pretty name.

Mongolia, why is it bad to be named after a place? My dd, Margate Seafront LOVES her name!

Just remembered that i once worked with a man who named his children after his 2 favourite things.

Jack
Daniel and
Charlie

Says more about him than his children though.

Ridiculous name. I would have laughed to myself if I'd heard it. Wasn't one of the kids in Waterloo Road called 'Sambuca'? Maybe we should be like Germany and have a list of approved names (well, maybe not, but I bet all the Apples, Brooklyns and Tallulahs out there wish we had).

Might not be a name that I'd choose, but I gave my two sons names which when ran together become a childrens TV show. I am very careful about caling them

Chardonnay is a variety of grape actually.
Victoria is a variety of plum.

Bluebell is a flower, and a name of a certain sleb's daughter.

Daisy, Poppy, Rose; these are all flowers and now popular girls names.

I wonder if there was this scale of debate when 'Rose' was first chosen for a baby's name?

I wonder what their other kids are called. Sauvignon would be pretty on a girl and maybe Claret or Merlot for a boy. .

I have a friend who has two sons named Tony and Blair - born when Thatcher/Major were in power...

My two girls have both got unusual names and I think it can be character building but lets face it, whether we mean to or not we do make snap judgements about people and Footballers Wives gave Chardonnay a particular image which will be hard to lose so yeah I do feel sorry for the wee girl too.

I had a great time when pregnant both times winding up the in laws with ridiculous names hehe.

And lets face it, anyone called Chardonnay is going to be an Essex girl, and all that implies.

Think Alison Steadman and Abigails Party.

On a side note, i have a personal phobia for men called 'Paul'. Every single Paul ive ever met turned out to be a total knobhead.....

I have NEVER heard of a Chardonnay in rl.

Tarquin and Ptolemy have never come across one at school either.

lincstash I have similar theories on the name Paul.

Oi! My rather gorgeous DH is called Paul! AND, I'm from essex