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Parents warned to stop calling their children Lily or Jack

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FrumiousBandersnatch · 04/12/2013 18:37

From the Daily Mash:

www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/parents-warned-to-stop-calling-their-children-lily-or-jack-2013120481701

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sykadelic15 · 04/12/2013 18:59

Well buggeration. I really liked the name Lillian :( It's been my "go to" for 5+ years... /sigh

SoupDragon · 04/12/2013 19:01

Parent Stephen Malley said: “I have to admit it can be quite confusing having three sons called Jack and two daughters called Lily, but it’s infinitely preferable to not calling them Jack or Lily.

[arf]

nilbyname · 04/12/2013 19:04

Lol lol lol, that's so funny, especially the unjack bit

UpTheFRIGGinDuff · 04/12/2013 21:34
Lebkuchenlover · 04/12/2013 22:25

Ha, ha. In our Cubs group we have 4 Jacks, two of which share the same surname, so it can indeed get very confusing!

DziezkoDisco · 04/12/2013 22:38

I know two families with kids called Lilly and Jack. Better not like his on fb!

addictedtolatte · 04/12/2013 22:47
Biscuit
SoupDragon · 05/12/2013 07:07

I guess we all know what addictedtolatte's child is called. :)

Wishfulmakeupping · 05/12/2013 07:30

Un-jack very funny

Saucia · 05/12/2013 07:35

Grin I did actually consider both of those names when pregnant!

Meglet · 05/12/2013 07:36

I'd be pleased if this was true. My name is common, I work with 4 others with my name and IIRC it's still in the top 30 for girls. It would be nice to be more idividual.

Kyrptonite · 05/12/2013 07:43

DS is jack. DSD is Lilly Grin

Oops I'll see what they want to change their names too

JapaneseMargaret · 05/12/2013 08:02

And THIS is why people actively avoid popular names!

Lebkuchenlover · 05/12/2013 15:29

I think we sometimes forget WHY we name a person?!

We name him/her so that he/she can be identified as uniquely as possible. Being one of four Lilys or five Jacks (or Evie, Harry or other super popular name) doesn't excactly do that - they need to add a modifier (surname initial or other adjective) to be identified.

There are 1000s of lovely names out there - lets make some use of them!

Kyrptonite · 05/12/2013 16:13

I thought we named them because we liked the name.

JapaneseMargaret · 05/12/2013 17:24

Well, that's one reason why you might pick up name.

Tapiocapearl · 05/12/2013 20:16

How popular are the names really though? I know about 150 kids, 3 are called Jack and two called Lily.

Kyrptonite · 05/12/2013 20:31

I know 2 Lilly's (1 is DSD) and 3 jacks. I work in a nursery and we never have more than one of them. Usually multiple Thomas's though.

SoupDragon · 05/12/2013 20:33

DS2s class has 5 Jacks :)

misswishy · 05/12/2013 20:36

My dd was the only child with her name in the entire school..... It's a classic name..yes it's in the Bible!

patienceisvirtuous · 05/12/2013 20:40

I know someone who referred to her bump as jack-a-lily - her names of choice :o

Kyrptonite · 05/12/2013 20:45

Grin 5 Jack's? Bloody hell. For some reason my Jack answer quite happily to Elizabeth so I'll just keep calling him that. Or his preferred and rather apt choice of Loki!

WorkingtoohardMama · 05/12/2013 20:46

My dd is lily, after my nan and I still love it and it suits her completely - but everywhere we go we encounter another lily or 2, and it does make me wonder whether we should've picked something else.

I loved that article, very funny!

Levantine · 05/12/2013 20:49

I wanted to call ds Jack but decided it was too popular. I have only met one in seven years, there are however three other children with his name in his class this year

Mrswellyboot · 05/12/2013 20:50

Poor unjack !

Such a lovely name. Didn't go for it though. Luke, Ava, Eve also very popular