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Posted Aug 8, 2007 by NPY
Some names I *really* can't get my head around. Why would parents be so cruel and stupid? I know of a man named Earl Gray.  ?
Then there are those daft parents who go for "John Johnson" etc. Were they *that* unimaginative??
And I know exactly how those kids feel who share their name with half their class. Happened to me at school. While I don't agree with calling your kids Lulu, Fifi, Orange, etc, please try and think of something different, but normal.
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Posted Aug 8, 2007 by loonycat
Some names may sound kind of cute on a baby like Fifi, Trixie etc but also more like a pet poodle 
My daughter's name isn't that unusual but she was the only one in her year at school. Whereas there were dozens of Kayleys about at that time.
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Posted Aug 8, 2007 by NPY
yeah, I suppose Fifi or something could be cute for a baby, but it's not so cute when you're 15 and trying to be cool, or when you're 30 at a job interview. If it's a great poodle name, steer clear.
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Posted Aug 9, 2007 by U1250369
That's a really lovely baby. Pity about his parents
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Posted Aug 10, 2007 by NPY
Oh dear help that child!!!!! Are the parents insane?
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Posted Jun 28, 2008 by Malabarista - any plan where you dismantle the protocol binders and make silly hats is a good plan!
One of the babies in the maternity ward with me was named Bartholomäus Taferzafer. 
Also, take into account how the name will be abbreviated! We have a Jennifer Tahl at Uni...
And the trend around here to give names that even the *parents* can't pronounce is horrible. Usually American names - the same ones they mis-pronounce in dubbed movies.
Anything with a "th", for example. They've even started *spelling* "Catherine" as "Kessryn"!  And "Justin" becomes "Tschuss-TEEN" while "Jaqueline" is "Tschackelineh" 
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Posted Jun 28, 2008 by Malabarista - any plan where you dismantle the protocol binders and make silly hats is a good plan!
Oh! And another strange one...
I know a guy named Mario. His sister's name is Annette.
This would be perfectly normal if their parents didn't run one of the biggest puppet theatres in Germany, specialising in marionettes
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Posted Jun 28, 2008 by loonycat
Ok, now you've got me looking up babies names 
Under 'S' I've found Silence  and Shep  but my favourite is Sixsipita meaning black eagle 
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Posted Jun 28, 2008 by Malabarista - any plan where you dismantle the protocol binders and make silly hats is a good plan!
Silliest combination one I saw on a baby name website recently was Mohammed-Attila
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Posted Jun 29, 2008 by Matt
Oh, I once knew a child called Matrix.
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Posted Jun 29, 2008 by NPY
Help! Those poor kids. It's just so cruel.
Heard of one family that called their three kids Simon, Simeon and Simone. Or people called John Johnson, Adam McAdams or something. Talk about lack of imagination!!
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Posted Jul 7, 2008 by Matt
Well, I have come across a family (sons, daughters, neices and nephews) that were all named after the members of the Fellowship of the Ring.
But I think celebs top the idiocy meter for child naming. Bob Geldof needs a good spanking.
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Posted Jul 7, 2008 by loonycat
I hadn't even noticed that Mal! 
I've got a feeling it wasn't Bob who chose those  names as the theme continued with Tiger Lily 
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Posted Jul 10, 2008 by NPY
yeah, there was Tiger Lily and Peaches and can't remember the rest, but all equally random.
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Posted Jul 10, 2008 by NPY
And Michael Jackson's poor kids too.....
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Posted Jul 10, 2008 by Matt
oh, there's some names that you just feel for them.
A little lad starting school with my daughter recently, from an asian background I believe, has the name of -
asfuc
Pity the poor little beggar.
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Posted Jul 12, 2008 by NPY
Could be quite a popular name where his family is from, but unfortunate here.
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