PeteBrant

My Nan's name is Winifred Winifred Florence Tucker.

Infractme!

It wasn't Scarborough, I didn't have any idea that was one of the best in the UK either, thanks for sharing Wayne. As I was heavily involved in the SU I met more than your average number of fellow students and none of them were called Wayne.

The only person I've ever met called Wayne is the guy who comes round and empties our septic tank.

D.K.1

The only people I have known called Winnie have been older ladies, which is why I suggested it to Matteeboy

Markus

InfractMe! - Care to enlighten us all by posting your actual name?

Longjing

Someone I work with has three kids~: Florence, Agatha and Alfred. He is quite Victorian.

The ones that irritate me are the made-up ones. Like the cobbled together guff that Jordan has just called her baby. "We like it" they say "and we don't what other people think". Fine, but how does the child fit it? It's not a pet ffs.

richardg

i've been busy with researching family tree over the last few years, so was well-armed with family names for our little one who arrived in dec 06.

legb4rsk

I was thinking of calling my eldest daughter Isla
when she was born.My surname is Mann.

Sonic'

Sebastian and Gertrude are the names I have picked, but don't tell Donna, she has no idea yet .....

PeteBrant

That would have been just about the best thing ever.

Infractme!

No I don't care to. It's personal information that only the foolhardy would share over the net.

However what I can assure you is that I don't have a made up name, a chav name or one from a celebrity. My first name is from the Holy Book if that's any use...............

CrisPDuk

Were your Mum and Dad into Bob Marley then

pwhittle

we called out little girl Holly, which was on our list, as she arrived eary, just before Christmas. Trouble is, if you look the meaning up, it says something like: British. Green tree. Dead interesting that one.

It's more common than I thought, but gets a lot of good comments

Matteeboy

Girl - Matilda (Tilly), Maisie and Mable (all the Ms)
Boy - Lucas, Stanley (all family connections)

Infractme!

Problem with 'Maisie' is the connection with chavs and the opportunity for them to spell it maysie, masie, masy, mazy, masieye, mazieyeye etc etc. Not to mention it's a contraction which is another naming faux pas.

Likewise the name 'Poppy' as used by everyone's favourite fat tongued open mouthed mockney wackner chef.

CrisPDuk

No offence intended, but I really hate parents who think it's cool to give their kids topical names if they're born near christmas


CrisPDuk (not my real name) - D.O.B: 18th December

Infractme!

I can't think of any other than holly&ivy.

Balthazar? young Frankincense? Rudolph? Office Party? Jesus? Quality Street?

stilover

How is giving your Christian name away foolhardy? Nobody will know you without your surname.

So your either called Jesus, or going by the picture ......... Caterpillar

pwhittle

who said it was cool? No offence, but do you think for a minute I'd care what you thought?

Besides, we were rather more concerned that she was close to dying than to wonder if our choice of name was 'cool'

Infractme!

Foolhardy because, believe it or not, there are people sad enough here to trawl through previous postings and build up a profile. I deny them that option by a mixture of obfuscasion and mis-information. That being the case I'm hardly going to come out with my name.

There's more than the name 'Jesus' in the Holy Book. The picture of the 'Very hungry Caterpillar' comes from another type of 'holey' book.

matchmaker

We called our sons Andrew and Grant - they seem happy with them.

I was going to be named after my dad until he put his foot down and said NO!

His name was not unusual when he was born (1913), but I'd hate to have it today. I ended up called Alan. Instead of....................




























HOMER!

Markus

So you're perfectly happy to cast dispersions on others' names. Isn't that a tad hypocritical. As for it being personal information and foolhardy to share it, I think that is a little silly, it's only your first name after all, it's not as if you can be tracked down by it, unless someone really has far too much time on their hands to do so. And if you worry about that then you really should get out a little more.

I wonder if, perhaps, you may not consider your name chav like but others may do so and you are simply not wishing to be ridiculed. Seems you don't mind passing judgement on others, but do not wish to be judged yourself.

As for your name, well, the book, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" was written and illustrated by Eric Carle, so perhaps your name is Eric or Carl. I can't see it being caterpillar, ice cream, salami, watermelon, lollipop, butterfly, or a day of the week.

As for Holy book, depends what relegion you are. Could be Peter, Paul, Saul, Luke, Mark, Matthew, John, Judas, Noah, Joseph, and many others, if you're going from the Bible that is.

Matteeboy

Slating christian names?

Oh dear!

As for the chav paranoia - aren't some people taking it a bit far?!

I'd rather be a happy, healthy chav with a good family and friends, than some stressed out, overweight middle class bore who's life revolves around house prices, moaning about immigrants and which 95" plasma TV to buy.

Infractme!

I'm glad I'm neither. I'm not slating first names either, I'm merely stating that by choosing the wrong one for your child you hamper it's prospects in life. Surely the idea is to give them 'a leg up' rather than provide hurdles for them to jump?

Matteeboy

Well clearly it would be an error to call your kid "Jordan" or similar but I hardly think "Maisie" and "Poppy" are chav names.

But even if they are, so what?!

Success doesn't care what your name is, it cares what you do in life.

Branding certain names as "Chav" is not far off judging all immigrants as the same and arguing that life was so much better under Thatcher.

Infractme!

I'm not casting aspersions on other people's names. I merely read an article that agreed with my own viewpoint and posted it. It followed on from a post I made some time ago bemoaning some people I know who've given their children 'burberry' names and probably damned them to a life of mediocrity as a result.

Sadly there are people on here with too much time on their hands who would and have used information like that to 'get' people they didn't like. Therefore my name remains a matter for me.

There's only one Holy Book and as far as I'm concerned it sure as hell 'aint the christain bible.

The reference to Carle's book was merely another sort of 'holey' book as I explained earlier...........

Infractme!

The name 'Poppy' in particular is one to avoid- chiefly because of the mockney nobber I mentioned earlier. Unless of course you want to be labelled as a lower middle class wannabe with a sad celebrity fixation and your child likewise.

The point is that it's in a parents power to give their child a name that will be an asset to them, not a stigma. So why not do the best for your beloved offspring?

Devildog

Mat,

Please, reconsider

No Matilda, Maisie or Mable is ever going to survive School. And as for Lucas (Electrical) and Stanley (kinfe?/tools?) oh dear....

Yet another reason for not having kids - no need to have to name the little ****ers

Infractme!

Surely it's just as important naming a dog? My Uncle had a black labrador he named after the Dam Busters dog. It used to be great fun (not) calling him back when you took him for a walk. That's policemen for you though I guess........

Devildog

Unfortunately, it does. Perception is reality, sad as it is. The name doesn't necessarily make the person, but it certainly shapes what others perceive the person to be.

Right or wrong, the word stereotype doesn't exist out of chance.

Matteeboy

You not only miss my point, you also further slide down my "worth knowing" scale with each post you make.

I know two Poppys - one a public school educated girl of 28 who works in TV and should really be a model, the other a middle aged horse lover who goes out of her way to help others and lets wife ride her thoroughbred for next to nothing.

You are yet another sad cretin who judges people by the most stupid means.

Have you done anything interesting in life?
Are you actually worth knowing?
Is a desperate crawl up the social ladder all that matters to you?

I can guess the answers already.

Edit - oh god, Devildog is exactly the same. Right, I'm calling the child Jordan whatever sex it is.