Unfashionable Names

[Legs]

A friend of my wife's called his firstborn son Amadeo (pronounced, apparently, a-MAY-dee-oh). Truly bizarre.

My missus says she would have been called Benton if she were a bloke. Still never found out from my outlaws what the rationale behind that was...

 

[XmisterIS]

My real, full and unabridged name is Reginald Poncenby Tarquin Willoughby Boocock. None of those names are fashionable. I weep nightly.

 

[Legs]

You haven't got another brother have you too - cos if so I claim you as my cousins!

Nah, just the two of us.

 

[Dave Davenport]

I've got a mate who's middle name is Beaver, as was his father's and father's father etc.

 

[blockend]

So there it is...Dolce.

I thought you meant Dulcie and imagined the parent might have been a Howard's Way fan.

 

[Bayerd]

I wouldn't be surprised if Gladys made a comeback in the next few years

My son's female classmates (14-16) all seem to be either Annie, Anna or Katy

My daughter's an Annie, now 14 months old, we thought that there wouldn't be too many others.....

I've got a mate who's middle name is Beaver, as was his father's and father's father etc.

nothing wrong with having beaver in the middle....

For the record I'm an Adrian, mostly rare enough to not have to use my surname at work (everyone else knows me by my nickname), middle name Gordon, can't see that one coming back thanks to Jilted John....

 

[slowmotion]

Barry is an abbreviation of Barrington, and is obviously a top class name.

I have never met a Ruby aged under eighty.

Anybody seen an Eric recently?

My daughter goes to school with a girl named Hepsibar. West London is seriously odd.

 

[Ashtrayhead]

I wanted to call my son Augustine, after my grandfather and an uncle, but the wife wouldn't agree so he was named Martin....after me!

My sisters ex-husband's middle name is Cuthbert, which we only found out on their wedding day during the vows. That caused a ripple of mirth!

 

[slowmotion]

I wanted to call my son Augustine, after my grandfather and an uncle, but the wife wouldn't agree so he was named Martin....after me!

My sisters ex-husband's middle name is Cuthbert, which we only found out on their wedding day during the vows. That caused a ripple of mirth!

Ashtrayhead, there is nothing bad at all about naming him Martin.

We get by, somehow....

 

[Bayerd]

I have never met a Ruby aged under eighty.

I know a Ruby, she turned 3 last week..

That caused a ripple of mirth!

So did my brother in law's middle name-

Lester!

 

[slowmotion]

I know a Ruby, she turned 3 last week..



So did my brother in law's middle name-

Lester!

Bless that little Ruby, wonderful ! A gem.

 

[summerdays]

Nah, just the two of us.

Well I would have been surprised if you were one of my cousins ... all of them think the bike is a creation of the devil! and wouldn't be seen near a cycling forum.

I know a Ruby, she turned 3 last week..

I know quite a few Ruby's (though definitely not as common as muck) and the same with Annie, and I have come across one child called Eric.

My teenagers' friends tend to be lots of Jess's, Abi's, Alice, Beth, Beccy, Ciara, Clare, Claudia, Ella, Ellie, Hannah, Lauren, Molly, Nicole, Sophie and Zoe (for the girls names - they are the ones I can think of that they know a number of)
Probably the most common boy's name amongst their friends would be Matt.

 

[Vidor06]

I have another mate whose middle name is an old family name and its Hiram.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I have another mate whose middle name is an old family name and its Hiram.

Quality! That's Hank Williams real first name

 

[ChrisKH]

You alright ChrisKH? you ent arf rambling on?




Edit: not that I'm one to talk of course

PMT (Pre match tension)

I'm alright now.