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When my mind was addled with pregnancy hormones, I wanted to call my baby...

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MaryAstor · 05/11/2012 23:05

Oak.

A good, strong, very English name, I thought. Unusual but beautiful. Incredible that it is not widely used. Very smug about landing on such a perfect name.

If I hadn't been so off my face on morphine and sleep-depravation post-birth I'd have legged it to the registry office then and there to make it official. A few days post natal, I realised that the top 100 names are popular for a reason, and the fact that Oak was not ranked among them spoke volumes.

See also: Bran, Heath, Prospero.

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borisjohnsonshair · 10/11/2012 23:31

When I was pregnant with DS1, I had a book called "Name Your Child". It was written by a man called Eric Partridge, so the front cover just said "Name Your Child.... Eric Partridge". I can remember thinking what a great name it would be, and what a great story Blush.

DS ended up with a name that's in the top 50 thankfully.

amazingmumof6 · 11/11/2012 02:29

boris I wonder if anyone did call their kid Eric Partridge!

brilliant story,LMHO

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