names i overheard on holiday.....

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everyday names, thomas, emily, charlotte, Isabelle, Eve, Lilly.

but also, Nelson, Arthur, Iris, Stanley.

anyone else overhear some different names while on holiday this summer?

Probably the two most unusual i have come across are surrogate and pocahontas. At least they'll be unique in their class I suppose!

Oh also remembered there was a Maia deer at our caravan park. I assumed joke at first but they really didn't seem the type.

Where Di you live? Arthur, iris and Stanley are really quite popular. I know at least 3 of each.

Doris was mine...

No sorry just remembered there was a Peppa, thought I'd misheard at first, but heard them say it again. She was dressed completely in Peppa Pig stuff too.

I recently came across Wade as a boys name - I quite like it

Arthur, Iris & Stanley are all very normal around here.

The only unusual name we came across on holiday was Jowan. But we were in Cornwall.

We met 2 brothers (about 5 and 7) called Steven and Darren.

I know lots of men with those names but never heard them used for a child!

A Peppa dressed entirely in.Peppa Pig stuff might have been answering to Peppa rather than her real name. I am waiting to see if anyone ever posts about a child called Fisher-Tiger which is DS's alter ego, and I do end up calling "Fisher-Tiger! snack time" at him.

DeeLighted, that's so funny, and unbelievably retro. Do you think the parents were aware of that, or just picked two names they liked?

I thought they might be family names? Lovely boys, really suited their names!

A nancho (I had to ask twice to check I hadn't misheard). Surrogate is pretty special

I thought I had come across a Pepper/Peppa but then realised the dad was talking to his daughter's toy, not to her. I hoicked down my judgey-pants and thought "awwwww" instead.

I would have thought that about Peppa too Deelighted but they said it a few times and we bumped into them again when they were discussing what to give Peppa for lunch. Agree though that she could just answer to Peppa, although she was a bit young.

My DS often answers to Tiger and dd answers to Semolina. Just waiting for those to come up...

Sennen, never heard it before but little boy, must have been about five.

Why cringe at Georgia, Stevie, etc?

Cindy, short for Cinnamon
a 4yo named Warren
Among DS' playmates: Maple, Felindra and Yuri
Overheard today at the hotel: "Plum, come here!" but then DS has just decided to answer only to "teriyaki" so..

If anyone heard me yelling for DH, they's think his name was Moomin. I've called him that for years (it started out as Monkey - Monkey-Moo - Moo - Moomy - Moomin).

He really hates the Moomins too!

Some years ago we came across an Osbert. He was in a supermarket & his mum was shouting for him. "Osbeeeeert" in a scouse accent just doesn't go.

Ds only answers to train quite a bit, get some llooks especially since he has very normal, run of the mill name!

we have nicknames for all our kids - let me know if you hear us shout Bam-bam, Mockster or Snowy etc !

I wonder how many name threads have been started over an overheard nick name!

twostep quite!

friends' DDs are nn Beans and Dotty (as in spots, nothing to do with her actual name)

then there's Banana, Tomatoes, Sticks (cousins)

and of course many a husbands nn "you idiot" - that's very common!

Many years ago my friend had a boyfriend called Clarence. We introduced him to my mum, who burst out laughing and said 'no, really, what is your REAL name?'

He didn't call again ...

Lilly, 'Plum' is usually a nickname for Victoria.

We know a little Edgar. Lovely as it is for my 92 year old great uncle, I dont think I got away with hiding a small chuckle when we first heard. He's about 2 now