Recent Sibsets from the Telegraph

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British Baby Names: New sibsets

Christ a lot of MN favourites on there.

Somm of them are as ridiculous as the Kizzy-Mae types MN like to take the piss out of .

Leopold and Wilbur?
Louis, Willa, Walter and Magnus?
Arki and Katinka?
Lizzie and Lottie?

Where's usualsuspect

Algie? As in algae or is it pronounced differently?

Short for Algernon I would imagine, soft g.

Oh yes, I assumed it would be a girl

Wilfy?
Digby?

BTW I really like Wilf, but Wilfy is just cruel.

What does:

"Christabel Maris Tessa Crossley, a sister for John
Clea Helen Marie, a sister for Alexander and Theodore"

mean?

Have they called one of the children John Clea Helen Marie?

My DSs name is listed there on your post getorf, can you guess which one it is?

Clue, It's the least ridiculous one.

It's not Katinka is it? I guess Mae

It's not Katinka is it? I guess Mae

DS means BOY GOML you spanner

I think I know.

It's definitely Wilbur.

Oh yeah.....

Mind you you're a spanner as well - there is a full stop between John and Clea.

So NER.

Usual is it Louis?

No, there isn't a full stop.

Yep, louis pronounce lou-is, which is the wrong way to pronounce it according to the baby name mafia experts of MN.

But there SHOULD be a full stop there shirl, use your loaf.

Thank god you said Louis, usual, if you admitted you named some poor innocent baby Leopold I would have been horrified.

I expect the telegraph lot pronounce it Lou-ie though

Look they called their baby MARIS as in MARIS CRANE.

I wouldn't put anything past them.

I know someone who was called Stella Maris (as in star of the sea).

I don;t know if that is pretty or ridiculous.

Percy? poor little sod.

I know a Leopold, the poor boy has 4 middle names as well!

I like Maris , as long as the surname isn't Piper.

Willoughby and Barnabas
You can imagine the mother cooing across the leafy playground 'will-eeeeeee, barn-eeeeee'

Maris Piper!

Georgiana is a beautiful name. You would have to be v posh to cvarry it off though.