Strange baby names

David Bowie's son was registered as Duncan Zowie Jones. He was only known as Zowie until he was old enough to object.

I do love the old fashioned names. My DGS3 has the sort of name that makes everyone look round for the very old man with the cloth cap and whippet when it's called out at the doctor's. It really suits him. His best friend at Nursery is Arnold.

Cross posted, phoenix.

One of my DGSs was going to be Ada, if it had gone the other way. I love it!

When I was teaching it was the unusual spellings and the hyphenated names that always got to me. Kylee-Marie, or Kayleigh-Anne, or Tracie-Louise

Corbyn is quite a common name here in New Zealand and I doubt it has any connection to a British MP.

There was a boy at my DDs school called Thor . . .

Grandma70s I think Edith is a lovely name. Not keen on Elsie though..apologies to any Elsies !

I personally don’t like little cherub like babies being lumbered with old men names I don’t like old lady names either I think each generation should stick to their own I mean an Edith and Albert just don’t go with little kids in my head no disrespect to anyone with grandkids with those names because children invariable fit their names after you get used to them but I m pleased all my grandkids have fairly modern names (not the Chardonnays and Porches thankfully)

The problem is that (with luck) sweet little cherubs turn into old men and women eventually! The name has to be suitable for both. What is sweet at three or four may be very unsuitable at sixty.

Celery

Was it Eleri?
I do know a Persephone
And at least one Angharad
and our Hermione has been called Hermy One

I do know a couple of Camerons

Kittyeye I remember my friend at school telling me that her mother's name was Elise and I thought that was lovely - then she confessed that it was actually Elsie but she disliked that, it made her feel old and Elise was more like a film star.

Names seem to be a funny mixture of bizarre, exotic and old fashioned mundane now.
Someone I know has DGC called Dottie and Galahad.

My new GD is called Ivy I wasn't sure at first but it suits her.
My GS are also Archie, Edward, Stanley. Wasn't sure about Stanley either but he is a little Stan

My neighbour’s baby is called Franklin and we are assured it will not be shortened! GS has a class mate called Lysander, which I think is rather splendid.

Regarding Edith, my dgd is called Edee. I love it.

My youngest granddaughter has been given the two middle names of her great grandmothers; one is a classic, but rarely used nowadays except as a middle name and the other is very dated and old fashioned, but gaining in popularity. I am really touched that my son and his wife both wanted to honour their grandmothers in this way.

My son and DIL named my littlest GC after their own maternal grandfathers. Both traditional names. I thought it was lovely

A friend's new GS is called Leoniades.

My friend has just become a grandma for the first time. To Wilf.
Hmm.

These parents who choose ‘alternative ‘ spellings - how would they like it? Imagine going through life saying ‘no, it’s Jaxon’.

That said, I really feel for anyone called Lindsay out there.
Or Lindsey.
Or Lyndsi.
Or is it Linzi?
Or maybe Linsey.
Or Linsay.
?

My niece named her youngest son Ted, just that, not short for Edward. I'm the last school my DVD attended there was a child called Echo, I never knew whether it was a girl or a boy.

Granddaughter. Why does kindle change DGD.

There was a "wanted" young man on Crimewatch. First name Konna

Our nephews youngest boys are Teddy and Reggie.

My cousin who is a home sick Brit married to an American and living in Michigan has a three year old son they named London. Daughter is Lillibeth.

Urmstongran another friend's GS is called Wulfric. I find it really hard to pronounce, I struggle to get my tongue round it.

There's also a Phoenix and a Zion amongst my acquaintances' GC.

Lindsey.

Definitely Lindsey, Urmstongran!!

ps for a girl, although I did know a Lindsay (male)