Children's Names

Well, fortunately for Molly she was a girl and not a boy called Ralph.   

now everytime I hear the name Ralph all I think about is : "My cat's breath smells of cat food"

now everytime I hear the name Ralph all I think about is : "My cat's breath smells of cat food"

There is that, too.   

Look on the bright side I've just flicked through the channels and caught a bit of the "Rebel Billionaire" one of the contestants is named "Candida" does she know she's named after an infection

Look on the bright side I've just flicked through the channels and caught a bit of the "Rebel Billionaire" one of the contestants is named "Candida" does she know she's named after an infection

LOL, same as a character in a book I read!  And it was written by a Brit!

If Roy and I had children, we'd probably name them with a Hindu first name (cause his parents would care more than mine) and an 'English' or 'American' middle name.  The Hindu name would most likely have to be something that could be shortened to sound more 'English'...such as Ajay or Nikhil for a boy, then he could be called Jay or Nick if he wanted (Roy is actually Royinder...but he prefers Roy). Though I do like the name Kedar.  I like Jaya, Maya or Kala for a girl.

If Roy and I had children, we'd probably name them with a Hindu first name (cause his parents would care more than mine) and an 'English' or 'American' middle name. The Hindu name would most likely have to be something that could be shortened to sound more 'English'...such as Ajay or Nikhil for a boy, then he could be called Jay or Nick if he wanted (Roy is actually Royinder...but he prefers Roy). Though I do like the name Kedar. I like Jaya, Maya or Kala for a girl.

Is it Hindu names that depend on when the baby is born for what names you can chose?

My family on my father's side is all Muslim, and some of my cousins -- particularly the female ones -- have such beautiful names. Yasmin, Tasleem, Shaheen, etc. The boys' names aren't quite as nice: Afsar, Satar, etc.

My son's name is Jadon Isaak.  Jadon means "God has heard" and Isaak means "laughter".  In the bible, Sarah laughed when she found out she was pregnant cos she was so old.  I, however, did not laugh when I found out I was pregnant.  I got over that pretty quick tho!!

My name is Mary Leslie.  I've always gone by my middle name which has been kinda nice cos if anyone calls my home and asks for Mary then I know they don't know me personally and I can act like I'm not home.  Of course, only men in the UK spell Leslie with an -ie, or so my father-in-law says and he should know cos his brother is named Leslie.  So, not only does my husband have a wife named Leslie Hills... he has an uncle Leslie Hills as well. 

Has anyone seen the episode of Friends when Ross and Rachel are trying to pick out baby names?  HILARIOUS!!!  There was also a sketch on Saturday Night Live about choosing baby names that was pee in your pants funny!!

One of the worst names I've ever seen was listed in the birth announcements in the newspaper a few years ago.  It was Im'Unique LaChina.  Im'Unique.  It's a nice gesture, I suppose, but I think it's only unique in the fact that no one else would ever dare name their child something that hideous.  Therefore, she'll definately be unique.  I wonder if her mom's name was Im'Anidiot?

My brother in-law's given name at birth was Anthony and the called him Ant for short.  No lie... his name was Ant Hills.  He understandably changed his name.

my husband's friend name Verity Loveday Fryer....she's 35 and still in therapy.

Oldest daughter-Victoria Ann 
Victoria since we both liked it and Ann is my middle name. 
Youngest daughter-Evelyn (pronounced Eve-lyn) Jane
Named after both Grandma's (Gillian Evelyn and Betty Jane). 
No one would pronounce Evelyn's name correctly in the states.  I gave up after a while.

back in my "dazed and confused" stage , I use to want to name my son Pink Floyd
  and my daughter Sunshine Daydream  lol. 

I wanted to name my last son Ozzy. Not because of Ozzy Osbourne but I thought it would be a cute name for a little boy. My husband wasnt having it so we just named him Jack. "Just Jack" 

First daughter is McKenna Nicole
Second daughter is Sydney Preston
Third daughter is Grace Elizabeth

Wondering how McKenna and Sydney will fit in as names in the UK. Pretty uncommon where we live in the states, but not weird. I'm hoping for the same in the UK.

First daughter is McKenna Nicole

Giving surnames as forenames is still seen as quite unusual in some parts of the UK, especially for females and especially if the surname-as-forename has no personal relationship to your family (for ex., a child might have his/her mother's maiden name as a middle name).  Up here, I don't see a lot of gender ambiguous names like Sydney, but it may be more common in the southern UK.  It's definitely not a trend in some parts to give children 'unique' or 'uncommon' names, although ethnic names - traditional Welsh, Scottish or Irish names - can be quite popular in certain regions.