Heard this one in the playground last week

[WhyCantIuseTheNameIWant]

Lady I assume was mum calling "dan" which sounded mire like "den"

Then the little guys mate turned up shouting "hi Denver"

Different, but I don't think I would would use it.

Harlow is popular, dagenham less so.

Oh well I stand corrected on the English place names front!! Camden and Brixton, well there you go. And every bit as ridiculous "unusual" as Denver and Brooklyn . Probably Walthamstow will catch on next, or maybe Putney...

I suspect that if you know the place, placename names just sound ridiculous. There are lots of Shannons, and Irish-Americans in particular find it 'Celtic' and winsome, but to me it's primarily a rather dreary industrial free zone with a godforsaken airport in the middle of it.

@ FartemisOwl Maybe for their second born.

Are you sure it wasn't Demba? I thought a boy at DS's school was Denver until I saw it written down.

I had cats called Brixton and Stockwell but not appropriate for a child....

Nobody who had ever visited Brandon would name a child after it. I suppose if you live in Wales you'r the other side of the country.

Denver was in Norfolk first. Just sayin'.

You might call your child Brandon as a celebration of the fact that you got out of Brandon with all of your limbs when at one time you thought it wasn't possible and you'd end your days mired in the heinous wasteland, desperate for sunlight and air that isn't fetid with the stench of decay.

Bohemond Brixton and Stockwell are excellent names for pets! And they could be joined by Clapham and Kennington if you ever decide to get more...

Denver reminds me of the cartoon Denver the Last Dinosaur

Its a nice name.

Armani I was just singing that theme tune to myself as I scrolled down the page

glad I'm not the only one.

I have taught a Britain, a Devon, a London, a Brooklyn, a Dallas, a Dakota and a Chester ....

I love London.....

As well as Braxton

Casey for a boy

I like Sidney for a girl. I know one

Not heard Denver as a name before. On holiday this summer, there were brothers called Hudson & Oakley. There do seem to be more American style surnames-as-first-names about these days.

I have no particular feeling about them really. I don't hate them but don't like them either. And certainly haven't come across one I'd want to use.

I might name my next one Croydon then - bang on trend.

That said, I do know a Dallas (boy) and a Boston (boy).

I quite like it!

Also I always chuckle at this threads because my toddler daughter has a very conventional name but all close friends and family call her by a totally quirky nickname that she acquired as a small baby. Also I frequently call my little boy the name of whatever TV character he is obsessed with at the time! Currently kwazii from the octonauts

Thetford!

In DD's (16) year at school there is an Indiana and a Devon (both girls).

Remember Georgia is a place name as well.

I'm still dismayed at hearing three children called Chardonnay, Merlot (boy) and Foster being bawled at in the supermarket yesterday....... Be thankful there wasn't a Pernod I guess.

I know someone who has a Denver and a Dallas. I think they're awful names.

Other gems:

Cairo
Capri and Rio (sisters)

Georgia was named after King George the second though...
I know a Hudson,a Lincoln, a Memphis, a Daytona, an Arizona and a Montana.

I like it.

I like place names for names though.

I know a family (not all sisters, some are cousins) called Atlanta, Sydney, Dakota and Savannah - think they're all lovely on their own (I have a Savannah myself) but maybe a bit much together!

I've also taught India (f), Austin (m), Orlando (m), Paris (m), Indianna (f) Chelsea (f) and Milan (m)