Today I heard a mother calling a child called........

[mrsshears]

Starsky!!!! I kid you not

I know a Gypsy who is 10, so way before gypsy weddings.

I always call DS5 Bear, so no doubt someone round here thinks that's his real name.

I prefer Phoenix to Felix.

We know a Rogue. (Girl, after that film I think.)

And the Libya was the other side of the country from Wales. And not a Welsh accent!

I suspect it was the childs real name for reasons i wont mention to avoid a flaming

Greenwichgroove there is a Lucy Lockett in ds class at school, her real name! I didn't believe ds when he told us but tis true!

Ran into an Akira (boy) aged 8 & girl ages around 6 called Vanilla (seriously) in Epping forest at the weekend!

Have heard Keegan called many times round here. For boys and girls.

Came across a Pepper (girl) at a baby group today.

Starsky? I like it, but then people are always slating me for liking names that make them

I heard an Elgar being shouted for in the playground the other day.

"We have a child at nursery who is refered to as Squidgletbum by her family"

DS was Squidget as a baby!

"I always call DS5 Bear, so no doubt someone round here thinks that's his real name."

I know a young woman called Bear. No idea what her real name is, known her years. it really suits her!

Sapphire is a perfectly normal name nothing weird about it ! It is Arabic and my daughters name

DS's MN is Phoenix. S'not weird.

We often call DD bugsy,or bug it's nothing like her real name...

Sapphire is a perfectly normal name nothing weird about it ! It is Arabic and my daughters name

Granted if the child had looked exotic I wouldn't have looked twice, but this was a very ordinary looking child in a Scottish supermarket - it was just a bit at odds - she definitely did not look like a Sapphire - it sounded very affected in a broad Scots accent :)

Mine is ginger and very pale so?

I think gemstone names are beautiful if a little impractical. Would love a little Diamond or Amethyst.

Or Topaz.

Suits my little girl perfectly

BUSBY

A child called BUSBY in my parts.

So cruel

In the last week I've heard Newman being told to stop kicking the heads off flowers and Hercules to hurry up because he's making everyone late.

I'm a fan of extremely boring, traditional names, but I LOVE gemstone names! Dunno why since they're so out of character with the names I love...Can't really have an 'Eleanor Jewel' can you?

Libya - at least it wasn't Labia. (Round hereparts we get em all. Chlamydia, Cheese knees - though that might've been Chesney. Never can be sure....)

Cheese Knees sounds like an insult!

Half of these names seem far more normal than hideous popular names I know of. What is wrong with Sapphire, Phoenix, Nel/Nelly? Goodness me, some people have no imagination! I'm now wondering what people must think when I call my DS ''Basil'' and my DD "Flossydrops". Nothing like their actual names BTW.

I met a (female) Tiger-Trinity last week.