Recent Sibsets from the Telegraph

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British Baby Names: New sibsets

And I did a French degree. And lived in France for a bit. FOR SHAME.

At least she wasn't called Antoinette, marys.

I think the names that look like surnames aren't. I think they're the mother's maiden name or something.

And not the one you want as a namesake.

The announcements appear in the paper as eg

Davis (surname)

To Edward and Catherine (nee Jones), a boy, William Arthur. A brother for Eliza and Harry.

Have they stuck with Tracey and Sharon? I know a Chinese guy who changed his name to Rowan upon arriving in the UK as Mr Bean was his favourite tv programme!

As good a reason as any.

My name is now very in vogue among Telegraph readers. In the early eighties it most definitely wasn't & I hated it so much I used to tell people my name was Joanne. It was the most insipid normal name my four year old brain could come up with.

Anyone else see Inigo and immediately think "you killed my father. Prepare to die"

MarysBeard I am at Christabel Cross.

I used to have to deal with Taiwanese people a lot in my last job, apparently they all elect western sounding names when they are around 13, and they keep that for corresponding with westerners.

I dealt with an Irene, a Wesley, a Roseanne and a Frankley.

Lol @ Irene

I did a linguistics module at university with a lot of a Chinese/Taiwanese/Korean students. People in the class included:
Judy
Cherry
June
Jack
Helen

There was also the most beautiful girl, I mean really really stunning who had chosen Fanny. I could never look her in the eye I was 18 and very judgemental

Thar's kind of terrible in a way isn't it? I used to work in a Japanese firm and for the first week I was terrified to call anyone by their name in case I mispronounced it, until a lovely person told me that their names are spelled phonetically ands just "Say what you see"

I rather like Leopold.

Elmo is ghastly though.

squoosh more of the sandpit persuasion, sadly.
I can see it would be a dashing kind of name for the right type...

say what you see

Did she say it in a Roy Walker from Catchphrase way?

It's good , but it's not right

tirty tree treads

I watched about 8 episodes of Catchprase back to back last year when housebound - it was terrific. Just the hairstyles alone.

Ooh, I KNOW one of those families, no idea they'd shoved their kids name in the Telegraph though.

PLUM though, sweet lord jesus. It's not even a nice word to say, and it means testicle. What is wrong with people? "A daughter, Sophia-Penelope Knobend Georgiana"

Oh I loved the wanking Mr Chips. That innocent minded girl didn't have a clue!

My cheeks hurt from watching that clip

It's the way the audience are dying, the male contestant is dying, Roy Walker is DYING and the female contestant is all uh wha?