Did they realise?

Sorry to monopolise but I had a domestic science teacher called Miss Pepper.

The leader of a local RSPB group was Tim Goose.

When my M-in-L was in hospital the three other women in neighbouring beds were Warren, Hare and Bird (my DH was Head of Natural History for our area)

I wanted to call my first DD Charlotte, my dad commented (on my miserable 3rd day) that it sounded like a pickled onion. I wept for hours and renamed her.

My DD has just told me that a former school friend of hers has a boy and a girl called Joseph and Mary!

Rose that is what my dad was worried about 'WET & Windy' Wendy!

I have a friend called Joan Jones.

We had a teacher at school who was called Miss People. Late in life she married a Mr. Peaple.

I taught a Chinese girl who had the English name of Windy. We tried to persuade her that Wendy would be more appropriate but she stuck with Windy as she said her aunt had chosen it for her.

I wanted to call DD2 Penelope, the older two DC said they would call her Penelope Pitstop, who was on tv at the time.

We called our daughter Sheila (a family name on both sides) thinking it wasn't easy to shorten etc. Then after she started at school Sheera Princess of Power came on tv! As you say Rose you can't account for the friends.

My mother wanted to call me Wendy, penstemmon, but my brothers said they would call me 'Windy Wendy' because I burped a lot. Thank goodness, because it would not have gone with my surname which began with a W.

One of the teachers at the school they attend is Mr Nutbeam , thought at first they were kidding , but no , that is his name !

I have a friend called Lynsey and she married Mr Lindsay. Certainly caused a lot of confusion at times.

Number

My initials are, now and before marriage, JLS, no relation to the pop group!

mind you PENT I have heard that if your intials make a little word is supposed to be lucky !
Don"t know if that is true ?

My Mum wanted to call me Wendy Elizabeth but my dad refused as my initials would have been WET. I ended up with only one name..not Wendy or Elizabeth. Mum won with my brothers though: PET and JET!

Gill this was in Wimbledon Chase in the 80s!

But did you embrace it when offered?

And I knew an Olive Branch

DH's grandfather was Jack Frost but I have been assured he was a very warm person

I knew an Olive Green. One of my teachers at school was Miss Stagg and she married a Mr Wild, so to us she was Wild Stagg.

Our music teacher at school was Miss Frost, when she married a Mr. Glass, we referred to her as Frosted Glass.

It was a long time ago but when I was in school our school secretary was called Hazel Nutt.

My father wanted to call me Charity. Fortunately my mother disagreed. Especially as I married a man whose surname was Ward. Sounds like something in one of the old funded hospitals!

You think so carefully about your children's names and then their friends and siblings, if they have any, just wreck it all! Or the girls marry someone and end up with a surname which is odd or hilarious with their first name.

Two of my friends were called Sin (Cynthia) and Hell (Helen).The teachers didn't approve of me yelling their names in the playground.!!