good lord!

[TenPastEleven]

This is the ONS web link to all registered baby (girl) names in England and Wales for the last however many years. I'm not a fan generally of criticising other people's choices but some of these are - er - surprising!

e.g: Victory - appeared 4 times in 2016
Unique - 5 in 2013
Strawberry - 3 in 2012
Sin - 4 in 2007
Zvikomborero - none at all except 4 in 2012 - why?
(this one is weird): Tilly- yes that's Tilly hypen. Not just Tilly, not Tilly-something. Just Tilly-. 4 of them in 2007.

and my personal favourite: Bilge. 4 little Bilges born in 2012. I really hope that's a name that works well in a different language.

www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/adhocs/008710babynames1996to2016

OH and I meant to say, no Balonzes

This has cheered me up. Why the hyphen with nothing to hyphen it to?

Well, I suspect several of those are perfectly acceptable names from other cultures so I'm not going to criticise them. But Strawberry is a bit of a strange one, I agree. As is Tilly- . I wonder if that's a registration error, if such things happen, because that is odd.

I like strawberry.

I also have said zvikomborero several times and, assuming the z is silent, i really like it.

Maybe it is pronounced Tilly Dash

Nothing weird about Victory.

I expect Tilly- is to have a hyphenated name but split it across the first and middle names.

I quite like Victory Strawberry isn’t that bad either

Tilly- and Strawberry are the only really weird ones, but I don’t think the others are crazy, and must be popular in other countries. That being said, naming your child Olive is perfectly acceptable so why can’t strawberry be?.

I knew a little girl called Zvikomborero when I lived in SA.

She was the first girl in the family for a number of years and there were about 12-13 boy cousins born before her. The name means something like many blessings which was very fitting for her family.

Bilge is a Turkish name.

Yes that makes sense for Tilly

I quite like Victory.

I found a sweet little personalised bracelet that had been dropped at the zoo with the name "Bilge" on it. We were wondering if it meant something pretty in another language, good to know it does and people aren't just calling their kids Bilge with the English meaning!

(I hung it on a fence, hope little Bilge came back to look for it)

Just a cheap, fabric kids bracelet btw, nothing worth handing in in case anyone thought I should have.

They can’t be on MN. We all know it’s spelt Youneeq!

These threads are just ignorant. Even the OP acknowledges that these are names that are entirely ordinary in other cultures. And it’s funny how people will call their offspring Beau or Belle or Cher but not Beautiful or Precious — are people really that monolingual?

@reenascreena what culture is Tilly- from?

Tilly- is probably an administrative mistake. Bilge is a Turkish name and Strawberry is quite cute and nicer than Olive (or Apple) imo.

I was looking at a similar list for Boys names and found there were something like 15 boys called Squish last year, and several Beans.

Bilge means "wise" in Turkish.

I don't see why Victory is any weirder than Victoria or Victor, apart from simply being more unusual? It was in use for American puritans centuries ago. Also similar to Liberty.

Remember that "none" actually means "two or fewer" on these lists. Could easily be 1-2 kids called Zvikomborero ("blessings") and then 4 one year.

I assume, Prosecco, that, as a pp said, that 'Tilly-' is either an error or somehow indicates stats for Tilly hyphenated with something?

I quite like Victory. I'd rather be called that than dreary old Patience or Prudence.

Bilge is an unfortunate name for a child being raised in an English speaking country. That's why it's helpful to google the fuck out of a name and see what stumbling blocks it may throw its owner.

Victory could be shortened to Vic or Vicky as they grow up so not the end of the world...

Strawberry is only as bad as Plum or Apple, both of which I’ve heard before (albeit Americans). I pity those children.

Does anyone remember that show Lipstick Jungle? There was a kick-ass fashion designer called Victory Ford. I've loved the name Victory since then. And it's just a feminine version of Victor 🤷🏽‍♀️