I went to a college open day with my daughter today, and i was really glad she wasn't called....

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poppy or daisy type names

but a lovely traditional name.

she wants to do Law - and i would have felt silly saying "poppy wants to do law"

i really think people should think beyond the immediate future.

not putting on hard hat cos am hard !

I know a judge named Cherry, I doubt she's taken any the less seriously for it. (She was lovely to me, but fearsome, I would do almost anything to avoid getting on the wrong side of her. )

Yeh, I'm really going to choose my child's name so that some snotty teacher 5 years down the line doesn't decide that my child is destined to be a stripper and not a barrister. . How ridiculous.

I used to be a teacher, fwiw, and in London in the 21st century, anything goes with names and I would never dream of treating anyone differently because of their name.

Some people are conformists, some aren't. Some people worry about their newborns chances of becoming accountants. Some don't.

how boring life would be if we all called our kids Tom, Ben, Sam etc....

Don't be too sure about school staff, they don't all favour those with the nice boring, safe middle class names you know

Well down here in france, almost france South England, I get told my name is wierd! I like Poppy and Daisy as names. When I was younger I always wanted to be called Rachel.

Mnay of the names that are popular now (like Poppy and Daisy, etc) will be very much the norm when those children are older - so they won;t seem out of place at all.

Simplysally - if I google mine I just get a small pig who talks to spiders

pretty accurate really...

In Germany you get to choose from a list.

That's a lovely name Fllight .

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Thanks Sally. I can't guess yours!

I have known some miserable Joys as well.

God, what a pile of arse!! And yes, my DD is called Poppy. Think it's a beautiful name, classic, that'll suit her whether she's an astronaut or a ballet dancer.
Am sure there's a newsreader called Tulip, she seems to be doing ok for herself.

PG with no 2 now - a boy. Any suggestions for sensible names, that'll ensure he'll be a life saving brain surgeon in the future? .

Although, i was at a party recently where there was a little girl called Shakira - what do you think she'll grow up to be??

Each to their own, i guess

How long is the list? Is it issued as a pamphlet or do parents have to go on line? How does it work?

I don't know Liffey. I don't live there myself, have just been told that's how it works. Bit odd really isn;t it.

Home ed is illegal as well. you can go to prison.

i think poppy and daisy are fine,they are traditional names!

and i must admit i love all those names Lockets!

my children have traditional names-not because i sat down and said i want a traditional name.dd is named after my grandmother,ds1 after my idol,ds2 after my grandad and a train(ds1 chose).i wonder what people think of the name molly though?is she destined not to do well because of her name?

i don't think any name makes a difference.

people always seem a little surprised when they meet me at work, i have a very stolid name.

My dd is a Phoebe

First link I could find, might be a bit inaccurate but gives you the gist:

So you think nothing can stop you from giving your baby that perfect baby name? Think again. You may have an Illegal baby name.
By the YeahBaby.com editorial staff

So you've endlessly searched YeahBaby.com for baby boy names and finally found the fit for your upcoming arrival. Since you love Mark Twain novels, you've decided to name your baby boy 'HuckleBerry.' You're done, right??? Well, not if live in Germany. All German baby names must be approved by the German Standesamt, also known as the 'Office of Vital Statistics.' And your name HuckleBerry is going to be rejected!

German law mandates a baby name must reflect the sex of the child, and not endanger the well being of the child. Once a baby name is chosen, the expectant parents must register the name with the Standesamt. The Standesamt relies on a guide book which translates to 'the international manual of the first names'. The manual is referenced for making decisions on whether a baby name is acceptable. If additional information is needed, a German official will research the name which may necessitate calling a foreign embassy for additional information.

If the Standesamt rejects a proposed baby name, German parents may file an appeal. Should the parents lose the appeal, they will have to submit a different baby name. Since there is a fee for each name registration, having a baby name rejected will cost you additional Euros.

The Standesamt's website lists recent baby names decisions which went through the appeal process. The name 'Matti' was recently rejected as a baby boy name because the name did not clearly identify the gender. The name 'Calotta' was recently rejected because it was similar to the French word 'Calotte' which means cap. But the Standesamt ruled the names 'Legolas' and 'Nemo' were acceptible baby boy names.

German baby names tend to be quite traditional in nature, and this may well be due to the process in which Germans must choose a baby's name. The top 5 German baby boy names are Maximilian, Alexander, Leon, Paul, and Lucas. The top 5 German girl names are Marie, Sophie, Maria, Anna, and Lea.

And now back to the name 'HuckleBerry'. The Standesamt's website states they 'were surprised by the HuckleBerry application.' The name was considered 'a strange thing', and besides, HuckleBerry was considered an outsider in Mark Twain's novels. It is for these reasons the Standesamt rejected this name!

Scheitze. I thought I was being original with legolas

I have a personal prejudice against naming children with shortforms - ie Evie - nicknames - eg Buster, Sonny and most of all against made up names, I call in evidence Princess Ti'aamii (sp? who cares?).
But I really think that in the future these names will be so common that we will not raise an eyebrow even at, say, Professor Buster Sutherland, or Dr Princess Ti'aami Savvas

Poppy and Daisy aren't traditional names. How many Poppys and Daisys do you know that are in their thirties, forties or fifties? If they were traditional there would be plenty in every generation.

They used to be old fashoned but now are trendy.

Very few 'traditional' names IMO, James, Catherine, Elizabeth, David etc.

Names that endure through every generation.

nothing wrong with them, but they are not traditional - they are trendy.

god i hope we do raise an eyebrow, it really does denote a type of person doesn't it

yes lilibet, i agree well said there

interesting!

As an aside, when I was considering doing law, I was told that RG universities would look down on my application if I chose law ALevel.

I used to work as a consultant in a City based recruitment firm and we would visualise what the person would be like from the name only and if they would be suitable. Very interesting exercise indeed.

Actually Poppys' were all v upper middle class superb candidates. However we would run into real problems with names that were "made-up" like, well in the Tiaaamiiiieee / Deshawna genre of names.

Clients would refuse to see them point blank. Nothing we could do.