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

[mrsshears]

Starsky!!!! I kid you not

I've had funny looks from people when I've called DD by her nicknames - Sweetpea (like Swee'pea, Popeye's DD!) and Honeysuckle. She is 18, and has a 'normal' name.

I saw a thread on here a few weeks ago about a boy called Muffin and wondered if the OP was talking about my DS. His real name is not Muffin.

I met a little Bacardi a couple if weeks ago. He was a delight.....

bridget are you sure it wasn't Pacey and Dawson???

Starsky is very cool.

And just for the record DS isn't actually named Jim-Bob, or anything similar on his birth certificate. Even I'm confused about that one!

duchesse, I have decided that you are the coolest person on the planet. On the grounds that:

1. Your MIL has a boyfriend.
2. His name is LeGay.
3. He shortens it to Gay.
4. He comes from Yorkshire.
5. He is 70.

This is the life I wish I had!

You can't quite be sure with overheard names though, you'd hear me and both my bigger kids calling "Buggle" to our toddler - it bears absolutely no relation to his actual name, in fact there is only one letter in common and it's not the first one, and is a totally unintended nickname that came about organically and was set in stone by the 4 year old calling him that all the time - if the toddler is doing something dangerous/ destructive he stops when we shout "Buggle!" but laughs when we shout his actual name (which we do also use and he does know is him :) )

dd is "Pixie" which isn't her actual name but could be and would suit her. I'm sure people have wondered.

Her real name isn't Victoria and she's not a pop star btw!

My daughters middle name is Phoenix??? Can't say that's odd.
I used to work with a "Tuesday"

DS has a variety of nicknames, though he has recently taken to calling me a "pickle" when I'm doing something he disapproves of

Know a Miracle and Armani around here...

Arwen pmsl

Dad's oldest sister, her husband and their eldest son were known as Moley, Ratty and Toady by the family. I have an aunt who went by Tommy until she was 16, when she was asked to choose something more ladylike for finishing school purposes.

I know a few Keegans, and also Keaghans -- it's Orirsh doncha know..

Also, the name Sorcia should really be spelled Sorcha and pronounced Surr-uh-kha

I think Starsky is a great name for a chihuahua.

I know a little girl called Tiger, her mum is my twos gymnast teacher. It suits her so much and I wish I had called my DD. Its way better then Elenor or Rubin or Tarquin. In real life I know no children called MN names apart from Jacks and Hughs.

Why thank you Morris.

I think that our time will come. One day. When all our children have left home and we are retired. (will that ever even happen??)

I heard Cosmo and Comet at the zoo yesterday. They were brothers I think.

I always read these threads for name ideas as I love unusual names. Luckily my two haven't appeared yet

What's wrong with Arwen though? Sounds sweet..

Arwen makes me cringe because I always think of Liv Tyler in LOTR and how she butchered one of my favourite characters from the books.

If she sad 'I choose a mortal life' one more time.. Shakes fist dramatically

Whats wrong with Arwin? I wouldn't even say that was an unusual name.

Not my choice of name, I just have a personal vendetta because of LOTR

But I agree that it's not that unusual, and where I only the minority of children have unusual names. It's a pretty name.

Is arwen a real name then or a lotr made up name? It sounded welsh to me.. Or am I making that up??

I'd call a son Starsky, it is fabulous.

I had a couple of rabbits when I was a child. One called Starsky, the other called Hutch. :)

My son shared a childminder with a little boy called Tyger. (He's now an actor and I quite like the name now, maybe not with that spelling though.)

I think Arwen is a realy Welsh name, and Arwel.

Your DC shared a childminder with Tyger as in the relentless children and two suffering parents actor, DaisyDB? Cool.

DaisyBD, sorry, got your name wrong!

Tyger? I had assumed that was a stage name. You mean the one from Outnumbered?