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children's names

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Tusky · 05/06/2001 09:57

I'm fascinated by what people choose to name their children (proper names rather than nicknames I mean) -has anyone chosen a name that they now regret or have 'gone off', or named their child from a tv program or celebrity etc... ?

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Joe · 09/10/2001 11:33

I used to go to school with a girl called Portland Smith

Wornout · 09/10/2001 11:52

I lived arounf the corner to a girl called Khiora!
And no I have not made it up.

Wornout · 09/10/2001 11:53

arounf!!!
Sorry I mean around.

Rozzy · 09/10/2001 19:37

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Debsb · 10/10/2001 11:25

Saw a name in the credits on TV on Monday (can't remember which side/program unfortunately).
The person was obviously welsh so his parents had called him Dai, wouldn't have been a problem if his surname hadn't been Young.

Mel · 12/10/2001 18:43

Bexi - you really made me laugh! You're right , Fathers have alot to answer for!!!!

Copper · 13/10/2001 15:06

You know the fashion for naming babies after conception/birth memories? like Brooklyn Beckham? It goes back quite a long way. Florence Nightingale was born (and conceived?)in Florence. I could never work out why her sister was called Parthenope until I discovered it was the Greek name for Naples.

Margaux Hemingway was called Margaux after a bottle of Chateau Margaux drunk on the relevant wild occasion. Well, my neighbours decided to call their daughter after the tipple of the night - so she's called Kiri! Which isn't even alcoholic! Good thing her mother didn't drink Vimto or Tizer!

Crunchie · 13/10/2001 18:44

Well we chose Poppy and Daisy about 5 yrs before we had kids!! We were getting a dog after being together a year or so, and although the we had named the dog when she was born, we were then trying hard to decide if we really liked that name. Both Poppy and Daisy were mentioned but we decided there and then when we had our 2 little girls they would be called Poppy and Daisy! Luckily 5 yrs later we have Poppy Maria (2.5) and Daisy Imogen (7 months). Of course now everyone asks what will be call a third, Daffodil? Usually I say no, if it's a boy then Basil!

Seriously it's so hard deciding on names, we had William Douglas Freeman West, for a boy 1st time around, but I wanted Thomas the second time. I think Tom West sounds like a really nice person (could be biased as I'm married to a Tim West!). I also flirted with Sebastian (too poncy, according to DH) Nataniel (Nat West, I don't think so), Benedick (Shakespearean, due to Dh being an actor) Harry or Henry (too posh). So thank god it was two girls. Poor Poppy only got her middle name an hour before she was born, we had to name her because she was born at 27 weeks (pre-eclampsia) and we needed to know who she was. Not just 'Girl West', just in case.

Minx · 13/10/2001 19:59

Crunchie - who are you? Prunella Scales?

Crunchie · 15/10/2001 09:07

Ha ha I wish, but her son is Samuel West.

Seriously though it does mean my dh cannot act under his own name and is Tim Freeman as a stage name. One funny aside though, Prunella Scales is the sister of a good friend of our's father. At Tessa's wedding her Aunt and Uncle were there, and I found myself talking to the 'real' Tim West! I had to explain that when he dies perhaps my dh could have his name back!

Hilary · 09/10/2002 15:17

Sorry to revive this thread a year on but HMonty, I can't beleive you have a Jonah too! We've only ever met one other. You're not in Lincolnshire are you? Otherwise this makes three. How old is he?

SoupDragon · 09/10/2002 15:52

Hilary - I know (of) a Jonah too! He's (um does some hasty calculations) 6 I think. South London though.

Bobbins · 09/10/2002 15:54

i like the name Jonah. The little boy from Sleepless in Seattle is called Jonah I think

Hilary · 09/10/2002 16:07

Oh no, loads of them! We thought it was unusual!

I've never seen S in S, I'll now have a good excuse to borrow a 'girlie' film from Blockbuster next time we go, rather than sci-fi nonsense (sorry, fans of S-F)

Interesting hearing of others of your children's names though, isn't it? Esoecially if they are a bit unusual.

Hilary · 09/10/2002 16:09

My Jonah is nearly 4 BTW. The other Jonah we met must be about 6 now but we didn't know any when we named ours.

We thought if he hated it, he could call himself Jo instead and we wouldn't mind. Having said that, there are 2 Jo's at his new nursery and he is adamant that he is Jonah and won't even let me call him Jo at home at the moment.

Katherine · 09/10/2002 16:11

I'd really like a Jonah but we called our son Noah and I think it would be a bit too themed! Our daughter is Harriet Grace and am really hoping for a buy this time round as I want Jude or Reuben. I want a name which is unusual enough that half the class don't turn round when the name is called out but not too wacky.

Going back to the original theme of this thread I was at school with twins called Corin and Reece!

Katherine · 09/10/2002 16:12

A buy! Or a bargain! Sorry I meant a boy of course

Hilary · 09/10/2002 16:15

That's weird cos we desperately wanted a Noah but thought it would be too themed. We chickened out and went for something else. I sort of still wish we had but, with dh being a church minister, we thought it might be a bit twee!

Hilary · 09/10/2002 16:16

And I like Jude and Reuben too and would have called ds2 Reuben excpet our good friends have a Reuben and we didn't want to offend. My niece's middle name is Grace which is a lovely name. Similar first name too to your dd.

Harrysmum · 10/10/2002 09:31

Sat with dh last night going through the baby name book to see if we can make a better effort of having a name before ds2 is born (now 27wks). Problem is the only two we can vaguely agree on are Dylan and Thomas which would be quite silly (esp as we ended up calling ds1 James Harry; the original plan had been Henry James, couldn't do that to the child, agreed on James Henry as an alternative but put Harry in the end as that was what we were calling him on a day to day basis). The poor child id going to be with us before we agree at this rate.

spacemonkey · 10/10/2002 09:54

Boy's names are so difficult aren't they - when I was pregnant with dd we decided on Felix in the event of a boy. I still like the name a lot, but am glad we didn't choose it in the end. When ds came along he was Alfie for about a week, then we decided on Guy - our reasoning was (apart from liking the name!) it's short and macho enough to prevent Rupert-like beating up in the playground while still being a little bit out of the ordinary. Dd is called Astrid, which came completely out of the blue because when she was born she had beautiful silvery blonde hair and looked kinda scandinavian - we had been intending to call her Sadie.

I've always felt sorry for Frank Zappa's daughter - Moon Unit - aargh!

allatsea · 10/10/2002 10:22

A friend of mine was at school in the 60s. He had a friend called 'Strange Conveyance'. Apparently his parents were in dispute with the local council about whether or not the railway carriage in which they lived was classified as a home(thus liable to rates) or a strange conveyance and thus not liable.
Another friend's sister called her son Sean, (pronounced seen, not shaun).

Clarinet60 · 10/10/2002 12:04

spacemonkey, I love Astrid and Sadie.
What is it about men and the name Sebastian? I loved it but dh wouldn't hear of it.

spacemonkey · 10/10/2002 12:14

I used to go out with a chap called Flavian whose brothers were called Sebastian, Augustus and Marcus. And they weren't even posh!

lou33 · 10/10/2002 12:25

Did they make regular visits to boot alley at school because of their names spacemonkey?!