Baby Names

[MaryPoppins]

A lifetime of "there's no place like home" lines. And she'd never be able to wear red shoes of any kind.

Unless, of course, she took the whole thing quite seriously - bought a dog called Toto, painted the road yellow, only wore gingham dresses, and hung around with three rather strange men with a dressing-up fetish.

Eventually, they will change their name if they don't like it - George Osbourne is really called Gideon but he stopped using it.

Someone I grew up with let their elder children choose the names for the younger children. First couple were OK, but by the time they named the last one "Ottywell" it was going a bit far...

Hm, good point. She'd be taking the fetish a bit further than me, as my only real leaning is owning a lot of red shoes.

Blimey, brave people. (Nutters)

[Bagpuss]

They should, English people should be more proud of their heritage, its such a shame the St George flag is associated with hooligans and chavs.

Especially when St George was a Greek

[cailin maith]

Especially when St George was a Greek

You know what I meant....

[Gonzo]

Eventually, they will change their name if they don't like it - George Osbourne is really called Gideon but he stopped using it.

Someone I grew up with let their elder children choose the names for the younger children. First couple were OK, but by the time they named the last one "Ottywell" it was going a bit far...

An ex-girlfriend of mine was one of three sisters.

Their parents had chosen unusual first names for each of them, but also given them a couple of really normal middle names each so that they could choose to be known by those if they wanted.

They all use their unusual first names as adults though.

[Bagpuss]

You know what I meant....

I meant what you know

[Churchill]

Especially when St George was a Greek

St George was a what?

Btw, he was from here... Cappadocia which is now Turkey... FFS!

[Mich the Tester]

Especially when St George was a Geek

That's right, patron saint of IT contractors!

[Doggy Styles]

St George was a what?

Btw, he was from here... Cappadocia which is now Turkey... FFS!

Yes, I thought he was a Turk. Not that it matters I suppose.

Back on topic, you don't hear of many Herods about these days, do you. It's a good old bible name. I can imagine introducing a baby as Herod.