Unfashionable Names

[Legs]

Cornelius Lycett

Lysaght, actually...

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Frank (Francis) is another uncle stalwart less heard now.

Francis is my son's name. It was also my great-grandfather's name.

 

[vernon]

And I know of a sub 10 year old called Ruby Tuesday, but then I guess if your surname is Tuesday what else would you call your daughter

Mindy?

 

[RUTHIEBAV]

... I've been reading through these chuckling away and feeling very smug when it hit me:
my younger sister is called Jacqueline which is shortened to Jack and then she called her son Jack. So we have Big Jack and Little Jack.

My older sister called her son Aidan, his father (my sister's husband) is Adrian. Its a bit of a tongue twister challenge when they're both in the same room I can tell you.

My younger sister was bullied by all of us to call her daughter "Lovely" ... why, why you ask - so do I to be honest. So her middle name is Loveleigh.

Not feeling so smug anymore

Ruth (yeah and that's not so great either!)

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Lysaght, actually...

Thanks for saghting me straight

 

[threebikesmcginty]

And I know of a sub 10 year old called Ruby Tuesday, but then I guess if your surname is Tuesday what else would you call your daughter

Weld?

 

[Beardie]

My nephew is called Edward.

This is shortened to Ted, which is also their dog's name.

 

[Campfire]

My mum's name is Dorothy Davies, the Davies being her middle name (family originally from Anglesey), my Dad's name Alan. My paternal g/parents were Ethel and Harry, my maternal ones Annie and Richard (Dick). Annie is now fashionable.
You don't see many Ethels around nowadays but Richard is quite fashionable too.

 

[Fnaar]

Edmund eh? About 15 years ago? Black Adder fan was he?

It might have been a cunning plan...

 

[User10119]

I have a cat and a son, both named after characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The other cat and the other son also have mildly silly names, although they are at least non-slaying related.

I blame my dearly_beloved.

 

[Jezston]

Just remembered I had a friend at uni who's name was Rod Dunlop. It wasn't until after I'd known him a couple of years he revealed his true name:

Archibald Roderick Buchanan-Dunlop III

Awesome!

He didn't sound terribly posh to me - had a fairly plain if well spoken slightly northern-english accent. However that was apparently a very posh accent for where he came from - Scotland!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

He didn't sound terribly posh to me - had a fairly plain if well spoken slightly northern-english accent. However that was apparently a very posh accent for where he came from - Scotland!

Scottish nobility (who are often English by origin anyway) are far, far posher than English nobs. They have to try harder, you see...

 

[swee'pea99]

Just remembered I had a friend at uni who's name was Rod Dunlop. It wasn't until after I'd known him a couple of years he revealed his true name:

Archibald Roderick Buchanan-Dunlop III

Awesome!

He didn't sound terribly posh to me - had a fairly plain if well spoken slightly northern-english accent. However that was apparently a very posh accent for where he came from - Scotland!

C'mon fella, this thread is for unfashionable names.

 

[postman]

I guess Wayne is not popular this year .

 

[ianrauk]

Bet he never gets tyred of his name

*get's it in before Aperitif turns up*

Archibald Roderick Buchanan-Dunlop III