Names overheard in the park today

[AliciaBotty]

Children I met in the park today:

Leon
Hamish
Sidney & Violet (siblings)
Stella
Leo

London. Anyone else got any good ones?

[Bartlebee]

Today ds met a girl called Inigo (he said it was indigo but he may have got it wrong) & we met a springer spaniel called Rupert.

[Marcipex]

I have a Rhubarb, though we spell it Roobarb.

[telsa]

Inigo, I heard yesterday.

[ACM88]

...not whilst they are young anyway! Children can be horrid as they grow up and listen to their parents

[ACM88]

Also in London fields OP I've heard some wonderful names, not really unusual for the area,

Astrid
Kato (boy)
Rhubarb (may well have been nn)
Marigold
Albie
Benoit
Horatio
Ptolomy

Love to hear a variety of names, and a child responds no differently to someone called Jack or Horatio.

[Ham69]

King and Keith
Twins in my DS's class are Humphrey and Herbert which I love.

[0898]

which makes a nice change from DS2's nursery whose girl participants are named Ava, Eve, Eva, Amelie and Amelia

[0898]

Trendy-but-not-london park:

Sorrel
Hugh
Magnus
Marcia
and a boy who appeared to be called Black

[CaulkheadUpNorth]

South Birmingham

• Millie

-Alfie

• Evie
• Shady
• Blake
• King and Keith (twins)
• Abigail
• Aaron

[BioSuisse]

DD started her new school year last week. There is a new boy in her class called Zippy. I have no idea where he is from or whether it is his full birth name. Am dying to find out.

[Marcipex]

I had to say OWLFAAAAAY out loud to work it out:)

There's a little girl on the way to school called SAMMEERRRRR.

[StrawbRhi]

Names I hear called screeched in the street are;

OWLFAAAAAY
Jay-DAAAAAAAAN
KELLAAAYFUKKINGEDDERENAAAAAH
PEEEEEDAAAAR
LILLAY-MAAAAAYUH


I love my cul-de-sac.

[JustAShopGirl]

We met Constance and Evangeline (I love that name!) in Home Bargains today - we knew their names because mummy was "loud parenting"

"Constance darling, we don't need cup A soup, we need ramen noodles"

"Evangeline - please put the jelly beans down sweetheart, it is not Monday" (I'm guessing they only get their sweet ration on a monday - but who knows)

[ValerieTheVodkaFairy]

You can't leave us in ignorance like that, Ragwort!

Bless the kid, hope he got his Happy Meal

[Ragwort]

I heard the most poncey names outside Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, better not mention them in case the parents use mumsnet - and it was loud parenting at it's worse. Every soldier, horse, policeman was described in great detail. Grandma actually said to the boy 'you know your daddy will have dinner with the Colonel of that regiment'. The boy rather let the side down by saying could they go to MacDonalds or Subway for lunch .

I had to move away as they were so irritating.

[MollyBdenum]

Regulars at my local playground include:

George
Daniel
William
Jackson
Dante
Rosalind
Lucas
Alice
Maxime
Ivo
Frank
Isla
Summer
Jessica
Thomas
Kian
Phoebe
Theo
Siri
Frances

[ValerieTheVodkaFairy]

In the park a few days ago

Patricia
Eva
Jacky (boy)
Emmett
Annie
Selina

I've also met a few Nathans, which I am really surprised at. None older than about 2, so it seems to be getting popular in the last few years. I was surprised, as I thought it was a real 90s throwback

[thegreylady]

I am the one who can offer a Ptolemy,known as Tolly. He will be in year 2 next year. Interestingly no one bats an eyelid at the name unless it is on mn. He was in a group with a Declan, an Archie, a Freddie an Edward and a Ralph. Its just an ordinary group of school friends meeting up with mums and grans for a play. One of them is my dgs (not Tolly).

[EdithMasseysEgg]

Alex and Abbie (siblings)
Maddison
Gloria
Ella
Sophia
Lottie

Overheard in a Park in Glasgow's West end. Loved hearing "Gloria" being bellowed by a weegie mum!

[zimbomaman]

Jean-Baptiste
Arnaud
Clovis
Adele
Leona
Loup
Nathan
Chloe

In a park near Paris yesterday. Apart from a couple they are quite similar to the ones you are all hearing in the UK.

[Marjal12]

Nice to see the number of Summers mentioned - when we named our daughter that 3 years ago we were regarded as quite 'out there' by our social circle (although we've never had any negative comments about it). In fact we've since been credited as the inspiration for some friends choosing more unusual names for their kids. We're in NI though, where it wasn't in top 100 names the year she was born. I knew it was around 25/30 for England and Wales though so good to see its' popularity coming through on this thread!
Names I've come across in park recently are:
Phoebe (2)
Suzi (3)
Joni (4)
Shiloh(5), Ezra (4), and baby Asher - all siblings
Lots of Lukes, Noahs, Archies, and Olivers too!

[iklboo]

Ooh, could have been Evadne!

[burgatroyd]

Count unity is great but slightly tarnished by Unity Mitford Nazi sympathiser.

iklboo was the name Evadne? Beautiful name with tragic myth.

www.behindthename.com/name/evadne/comments

[nilbyname]

Fergus and Luna- siblings
Teddy
Kittie
Arthur
Chase
Stanley
Floss
Bonnie

All
Friends kids. Total Gypsters.

[sweetkitty]

We met a very traditional Emma and Jack today

I know sooooo many Emma's