I found inspiration for choosing baby names by looking in my fridge.

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Chardonnay, Champagne and Stella jumped out at me right away though they may be a little European for some.

Olive is a good old fashioned sounding name that we don't hear much these days, well not since On The Buses finished.

The cooling fruit gave us a number of really trendy names, Peaches, Mango, Apples etc but these aren't to everybody's tastes.

The one I eventually chose for my daughter was Danone, a nice healthy sounding name and funnily enough we fed her with plenty of yoghurt during her formative years.
It's a real shame she's now a bit on the fat side but your shape can't always reflect your name, though my teenage son Pizza probably wouldn't have agreed.

Yes, you are quite right, it would be Taramasalata on the BC.

Am thinking Blette (French) for a middle name - so much nicer than Swiss Chard.

Rosé? - sounds a bit like José

Marmalade, Tamango, Celeriac, Nutella and Lavazza.

Not just names to make you stand out in life but a challenging episode of ready steady cook.

Well Helen Baxendale has beaten you to it! She has a Nell Marmalade, Eric Mustard and Vincent Mash. I actually quite like the names! It makes me wonder why I gave the middle names of my DCs so much thought, they're never used anyway so why not have a bit if fun!

In the school I teach in there really is a little girl called Brie. Bit cheesy really.

Seriously Ham69? I know she has a Nell Marmalade, but Mustard & Mash?

Personally, I think Lasagne (or Lass-Anya if you prefer) is a dreadfully underused name .

DS 1 - Out of date Carrots - I wanted him to have more than one middle name

DD2 - Half Eaten Pork Pie

What about Pepsi and Max for my G/B twins? DH wants to call them Kit and Kat but we are boycotting Nestle

Tamango is of course short for Tamarind Mango....I'm considering putting it on 'the most beautiful names you've ever heard' thread.

DD1 - Sushi
DS1 - Unagi
DD2 - Cauli-Flower
DS2 - Pepper

All this mention of baby cheeses makes me look forward to Christmas all over again!

DD is Mozzarella which I think is really cute and pretty and DH liked it because it goes so well with older DS Parmesan. MIL very unimpressed as we're not Italian and she can't understand why we didn't go with good British classics like Cheddar and Cheshire.

My daughter Harissa suits her name with her fiery temperament, and her brother Ketchup is living up to his name even more now he's in his older teenage years as it appears he will go with anything.

..and the cat is actually called Chivers.

Can't stand all the frills. My neighbours have gone for Petit-Filous for their new daughter. For goodness sake, it's so posh and poncy and she'll spend the next 50 years correcting people who say 'Pet-It-Fill-Ous'

There's nothing wrong with a good name like Cheese. My sons name btw. Or Milk. Or Egg, or Carrot.

Can't stand useless mispellings either, like the woman across the street and her lot. New baby is Maroowahna. FGS. Her other potential girls choice was Hassh-Coocee. I told her not to keep the cookies in the fridge, just the ingredients which might stay fresher that way, but she never listens to me anyway. Humph.

I give up.

Brilliant thread . You are all so clever and funny.

I have just found out I am expecting twins. Are Chicory and Salsify too exotic?

Yes they are Fish. Whatever happened to good old stabdard names like Plant. Herb. Root. Leaf

My crusade continues

Spring-Onyon

I think your problem would be that Salsify is clearly a really feminine girly name while Chicory is a bit unisex, could go either way. Are you prepared for a lifetime of people asking you whether your twins are g/g or b/g? Alongside Salsify you really need something manly like Radicchio for a boy or something frilly like Arugula for a girl, IMO.

Taramosalata's a lovely girls name.

Branson and little Gherkin here, I named them whilst pickled

Would Boursin be too out there? I really don't want people to say it wrong, eg Bower-sin.

What about Pepsi and Max for my G/B twins? DH wants to call them Kit and Kat but we are boycotting Nestle

. Hilarious.

The chavs across the road have just had twins - Malibu and Coke, a brother and sister for Viennetta and Angel-Delight.