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The Law has changed, and you are only allowed to call your child a number...

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00100001 · 30/05/2020 16:34

it can't be the numeral (eg has to be One, not 1), it must be English and natural numbers. Pi and i for example are banned (don;t ask why, I didn't wrtore the rules...Grin)

no abbreviations or portmantaeus, however hyphenation is allowed.

Pick a boy's name and a girl's name

my boy would be Five

my girl would be Nine or Seven

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MajesticWhine · 30/05/2020 17:29

I have 3 DDs : Twenty-seven, Fifteen and Sixty-one.

howlatthetrees · 30/05/2020 17:33

I think for a boy Seven, I think it sounds cool and Ninety for a girl

PrincessHoneysuckle · 30/05/2020 17:34

Eight as it's my favourite number and my birthdate

tinytemper66 · 30/05/2020 18:19

When I was born my dad called my sister number one and as I arrived 10 mins later, me number two. Chip is still there!

Kardashianasssss · 30/05/2020 18:22

Twenty, Sixteen would be my girls
Five and nine would be the boys

IVflytrap · 30/05/2020 18:54

One and Three

Because they'll be pronounced "Won" (as in winner) and "Free" by a lot of people. Which are both nice meanings to have. Grin

I haven't decided which for which gender, but luckily they're gender neutral names.

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00100001 · 30/05/2020 19:26

@Doubtingmustafa

Sixtine obv because it’s an actual name
You must spell it sixteen, though...
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BabloHoney · 30/05/2020 19:28

For a girl, Eleven! Like Stranger Things Smile

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00100001 · 30/05/2020 19:31

@Whitelisbon

One, Two, Three, Four and Five. The dts can fight out Three and Four between themselves.
Surely the eldest would be Three?
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whatausername · 30/05/2020 19:38

Fifty-six

NatashaAlianovaRomanova · 30/05/2020 19:40

For a girl it would be Six because as a 14yo Blossom fan I thought it was a cool name that I was definitely going to call my future DD.

For a boy Zero - this could pass as a name these days.

whatausername · 30/05/2020 19:40

Letters positions in the English alphabet added together. Seemed most logical way to do it.

whatausername · 30/05/2020 19:41

Letters' rather 😳

Mucklowe · 30/05/2020 20:12

Million for a girl, nickname Millie.

Seven for a boy.

Ellmau · 30/05/2020 20:13

Five Thousand

YangShanPo · 30/05/2020 20:21

Can we have Welsh names? I'd have Pedwar for a boy and Chwrch for a girl.

YangShanPo · 30/05/2020 20:25

*chwech sorry

LightDrizzle · 30/05/2020 20:26

Trillion - girl
Billion - boy
Unless they were siblings in which case Seven for the boy.

ILoveAnOwl · 30/05/2020 20:40

Thirty eight and fifty two. Obviously.

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00100001 · 30/05/2020 22:25

@YangShanPo

Can we have Welsh names? I'd have Pedwar for a boy and Chwrch for a girl.
Law clearly states English. Sozzlemuffins.
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Tillygetsit · 30/05/2020 23:08

Ds1 8 as he was born 8th of the 8th
Dd1 22 as she's duck mad (2 little ducks)
Dd2 14 because it sounds like a name. .

AuntieStella · 30/05/2020 23:11

Googol and Plex

Or Thirteen (boy) and Thirty-Seven (girl)

Japanesejazz · 30/05/2020 23:15

69

Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese · 30/05/2020 23:23

DD would be Fifty. I think it works well with our surname

DS would be Two, his nickname is Moo, and Two rhymes, so isn't too far off what we call him already

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00100001 · 31/05/2020 08:10

@AuntieStella

Googol and Plex

Or Thirteen (boy) and Thirty-Seven (girl)

Plex wouldn't be allowed, Googol is pushing it... Grin
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