I would sooner poke my eyes out with a sharp stick than name my child....

[binker]

Kyle
Ellie
Jaden/Jayden
Chanelle
etc etc... and apologies if you have called your child any of the above
I put Ellie because a squillion little girls are called that.
Freya is a nice name but there are so many now - it really turns me against such names,no matter whether they are nice

I knew a boy once called Bifford. Biff for short. It didn't go down well in Falkirk, apparently.

Well, if I can't have Margarine, how about Listerine?

I have never laughed so much at a thread - and my ds is called Patrick, which was one of the names that someone said they would never use! What does it matter what people in cyberspace think about my child's name? And anyway the jokes were mostly about words that could never really be used as names - Wireless, Carpet and Vladyvostok for example! I will be amused on and off all day at the thought of the twins Avarice and Adolf.

I know a baby born last week who has been named Alan. What does that say?

im voting for any of the chardonnay/chardonney/chardonayetc so so rough i just think cheap wine and footballer's wives eeeeuuugggg chavtastic i say

im responding to the OP

did i start it - no
did i respond yes
have u addressed the same point to the other 500+ posters...when u have rounded all them up and made the same point then im listening

as i said tell ,it to the other 500+ and not just the last person that posted

o and you have a nice day too

binker dont worry i felt reaqlly terrible about my comment, which wasnt to offend people but just to help someone out. And that backfired (although i admit the joking way i said it didnt come through on here, so my mistake) I felt bad about it last night as i am a nice person really too!!
i hope i didnt cause more upset.....
morning all.

Thank you for the Maud comment Alex8. This is certainly a very pleasant, erudite and kindly thread.

for you GGG. For what it is worth, I think Maude is a beautiful name and suited your DD perfectly.

I was hoping you wouldn't have to see that ggg.

aw ggg

actually i love the name maude also

My grandmother and her sisters were called Gwendolyn, Maud, Dulcie, and Margorie (sp?) As a child I though they were all very old fashioned, but I wanted to name my daughter Gwen (DH wouldn't have it)I can see all those names being really fashionable now- except Marg.

I really like Elsie, and don't know why that hasn't become popular. Any one know of any young Elsies?

so should we just number them and be done with it?

Does this thread really deserve two days in active convos? (I mean, it isn't about a serious parenting or news topic, is it?) Shall we let it slide into oblivion?

My mum had a friend who's seconname was Bathsiba. He father wanted to call her Bathsheba, but couldn't spell it. Thinking about it, I'm not sure if I can spell it wither !

A girl I was in school with has a father who has the two middle names Javelin and Pyramid. his father was pissed when he names him.

Nowt so odd as folk.

sorry blu

Sorry in advance Blu, but just had to add that when I lived in the States a woman there had called her baby Lemonjello. No kidding.
Pronounced(as best as I can) Le mon je lo.

No judgement just mentioning

I do often wonder whether it's just that people can't spell the names they have in mind, and/or have only ever heard it without seeing it written down.

It's surely time to link to this piece of hilarity again.