What did your friends call their kids and you had to stop the snort..

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Oh, I wish I could remember what it was, but one work friend of DHs called his DD something pretentious and DH said to him "Why don't you just start bullying her now and be done with it?"

cameron. suppose it nt that bad, but I knew a very eccentric old proffessor by the same name. And it is jsut soo wierd!

Tiger

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my dad was on the train the other day and a mum with a liitle boy got on - little boy dressed in navy duffle coat with gold trimming, long blonde hair, mother wearing pearls and alice band and the kids name..... DIGBY

ooo I like Che

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lol at poor old Digby!

child at DD's nursery called Aphrodite - a lot to live up to huh?

child at DD's nursery called Aphrodite - a lot to live up to huh?

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I was at school with a kid called Oral....

yentl (a neighbour's daughter)
lovely (my cousin's daughter)

Indigo (very blonde girl)

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Issymum, that's got to be after Aneurin (Nye) Bevan, founder of the NHS!!!!

ooh I rememberd now a friend called her daughter Tennessee. after Jack Daniels.

Issymum..that's my son's name.

We had two recently: Dudley, which at least ensures he will be the only one in his class, and Nero, which presumably ensures he will be the only one in the country.

Luckily I heard both names third hand so had composed myself by the time I had to make appreciative noises. The worst snort scenario I ever had was a woman in the street shouting "Tiggy!" after her daughter. I thought it was a bit twee but quite sweet till she then shouted "ANTIGONE!" I nearly choked - the poor, poor girl.

Actually, I do, honestly, like Aneurin. It was on our list for ds.

Oh - just thought of another one - twins, Gabriel and Madeleine. Both gorgeous names but a bit snort-worthy when you realise they were the names of the ragdoll and the toad on Bagpuss!

my nephew is called 'Hamish', which is ok if you're of Scottish stock or live there, but if your parents are from Yorkshire and Essex it's a bit odd.

Half the kids are my dds' school are American - I can think of at least 10 bizarre names immediately.