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 !

lol

ATM the (arguably, I suppose) second most powerful person in the world is called Condeleezza.

(though yay GO OBAMA etc)

So I would not be too worried about naming my child Daisy.

'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.'

Sorry Lilibet but that comes across as silly and a bit ignorant, maybe.

'Used to be old fashioned'?? Surely that would indicate they were around a long time ago?

'There would be plenty in every generation'.

Yes, well, I have a 5 year old Peter and there isn't another one in the whole school - possibly the whole city - so how do you work that one out?

Oh bugger, my ds is going to end up working at Mr Clutch or be the smelly one in the staff room that has to hide the fact he is living in the school, or he will be a builder.

I may be a little or when I hear a particularly chavtastic baby name - but as I work with the child they sort of grow into the name and it stops being weird. I don't think I treat them differently.

I'm desperately trying to remember what m mothers bank manager is called, as it's somehting quite whacky.

When she first met him she said "I bet your parents are disappointed you ended up working in a bank"

Pmsl Lynette!

High fives Custy, for calling her dd a sensible name, only wish my mother had the same thought. My own name is hateful. It was very underused when I was growing up but is now considered chavvy.

one thing about names (which i can speak on from personal experience) is taht you never know where your child is going to end up geographically. the name you give might be normal in one part of the world but weird in another.
you can't account for things like that.

(but ffs princess tii'aammi or whatever? that's just dumb - where ever you go!)

Fimbo, yes, I would not call a child Fimbo

Very underused...

Cherie Booth managed to be rather successful in law even with that sort of name.

LOL Flight

If somebody can judge a person by their name alone without meeting that person or knowing anything about them then how bloody shallow is that? . A name is a name - the person didn't even choose it themselves, so why judge? Utterly ridiculous people.

My Mum was going to be called LESBIA until someone pointed out to Granny that it might not be a good idea.....

.....so they called her Anne!!

LOL @ Lesbia - I was going to say it was not a real name, but I googled;

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesbia_Harford

My poor mother!! LOL!

my name was trendy in the 60s.
never hear it used now.
I'm not that keen on it but I don't have a middle name to use instead, and I don't hate it enough to change it (unlike my aunt, who changed hers by deed poll after her mum died).
my dd has a traditional name!

Fimbo my name is now considered chavvy too!

I have a Poppy. I named her after my Mum who is not called Poppy but was born on Poppy Day. I am quite happy that my Poppy will be on the board or CEO or whatever she likes because of her personality and inteligence.
Re sensible names, DD2 is in a class of 23 and there are 4 James and a Jim!
Rx
PS There can be some confusion I must admit though, as here in Ireland potatoes are often referred to as poppies! So my colleagues refer to DD as Spud!
PPS No-one ever forgets DD1's name, but can never remember DD2s which is much more mainstream.

Cupcake?

Now a successful lawyer:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupcake_Brown

The lengths some will go to to tell us her dd is a lawyer!

Cupcake Brown was erroneously named when a nurse misunderstood her mother's post-delivery request.

I'm trying to figure out what her mother actually meant to name her.

I know a woman called Daisy who is a very high powered lawyer.

Paddington- I was named after a famous 60's actress that my dad loved. The other options were Heather and Fiona. Why they could't have stuck with one of them I don't know.

yes but I do think that the real issue here has been missed

you actually want your child to become a lawyer? Are you sure on that one?

According to her memoir, Cupcake's 'mom' had a craving for cupcakes every day...when the nurse asked her mom what she wanted to call her daughter, her mom said, 'cupcake' and then passed out. Cupcake's dad didn't like this name and he had her mum agree to call her La'Vette instead.....years later, she decided to rename herself Cupcake in honour of her mom's memory. The memoir is an interesting - and funny - read.

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