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Please tell me I didn’t just see this....,,,,

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Mapleleaf Sun 03-Dec-17 22:43:47

well I've come across a fair few over the years in my work, such as Tiger, and I always used to feel for the little ones who had names that were not the easiest to spell, or ones that Parents mis-spelled. Stephaine rather than Stephanie is one that springs to mind.

Wheniwasyourage Sun 03-Dec-17 21:01:38

I don't know - never thought to ask!

Friday Sun 03-Dec-17 20:59:17

Was he wearing blue suede shoes?

Wheniwasyourage Sun 03-Dec-17 20:57:14

I know someone who overheard a mother once shouting at a child called Elvis to hurry up!

callgirl1 Sun 03-Dec-17 20:52:48

I remember from years ago, the film star David Carradine named his son Free Seagull.

LadyGracie Sun 03-Dec-17 20:11:14

I’m positive the programme is filmed in Bristol.

Maggiemaybe Sun 03-Dec-17 18:58:33

Good grief! I did overhear a new mum telling a friend what they'd named the new baby girl. "Oh, Porsche like the car?" asked said friend. "No, Portia like the Shakespearian character" was the frosty reply.

Bongo Motor Head! That's just cruel.

Nanawind Sun 03-Dec-17 18:09:12

At my DGC's school 4 children from the same family called Mercedes, Mini, Allegro and Jaguar. A different family's son was called Bongo Motor Head. Both families parents were born in the UK.

Katek Sun 03-Dec-17 17:52:49

Oh certain children can and do take the mickey out if those with odd/different names. Seen it time and again in schools, they’re not all little innocents, believe me.

glammanana Sun 03-Dec-17 12:29:17

My second DGS has a foreign first name which I had never heard until he was born it is from his fathers Country Portugal and very common there as is John is here,he has never been teased as children do not discriminate and I couldn't imagine him being called anything else.

Maggiemaybe Sun 03-Dec-17 12:07:56

The programme is filmed in a GP surgery in Slough, one of the UK's most ethnically diverse towns, so I would think it more likely that this child's parents are simply from a different culture.

Smithy Sun 03-Dec-17 09:22:48

Imagining a young chavvy mother standing at the door shouting "Diamonti (shortened version) haway yer tea's ready".

Maggiemaybe Sun 03-Dec-17 08:44:54

As Jalima suggests, this is a "real" name in some countries. Not common, but there are a couple of footballers called Diamontino, and there is a female equivalent with an a at the end (yes, I had to google it!).

Friday Sun 03-Dec-17 08:30:12

Nellie I was being sarcastic!

Nelliemoser Sun 03-Dec-17 00:01:49

Friday I would suggest that many long service teachers and social workers etc, are never in the least surprised at the names some parents call their children.

NotTooOld Sat 02-Dec-17 23:05:23

Fortunately I don't think kids get teased about their weird names these days. I had an unusual first and second name and was bullied (we didn't call it that then) at school. I made sure both my children have nice but sensible names.

Katek Sat 02-Dec-17 22:38:28

Wish I had imagined it...,.it was on GPs Behind Closed Doors.

aggie Sat 02-Dec-17 18:53:50

It is a name. And a racehorse , so says Mr google smile

vampirequeen Sat 02-Dec-17 18:44:05

grin

Friday Sat 02-Dec-17 18:08:44

Must be your imagination, no one would be daft enough to call a child by such a ridiculous name.

M0nica Sat 02-Dec-17 17:53:38

I think it is a race horse.

Jalima1108 Fri 01-Dec-17 21:06:01

Is it Portuguese - or Brazilian?

MissAdventure Fri 01-Dec-17 20:40:17

grin
That's... err.... imaginative!

Katek Fri 01-Dec-17 19:25:28

What did I see? A child (boy) on tv called Diamontino.......