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

I know a Victorine

I know a Plum.

Bilge is, as others have said, Turkish and is pronounced, sort of, like Billgay. 'Wise'.

I love these lists! There’s nothing wrong with pointing out that they’re unusual names and discussing them as long as we’re not being mean. I love unusual names - I’d be so excited to meet a little Strawberry!

Tilly- will be Tilly-Mae or Tilly-Rose or something, and they’ve filled it out wrong, and put the latter half of the hyphenate I. The middle name box.

I know a Victorine

That was my great-grandmother's middle name. She hated her first name, Flora, so went by Vicky.

I toyed with Flora for DD but it seemed odd to choose it after my G-G when she'd hated it.

I really like Strawberry. I mean I wouldn't actually use it but I like it a lot. I'd even quite like to be called Strawberry myself!

Victory is rather pretty.