Names rarely used

[Reemul]

I have 7 nieces. Oldest is 24 youngest 2 are 10

Phoebe, Martha, Molly, Daisy, Bethany, Summer and Emma

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I had a granny Isabella, but that was too old fashioned for her daughter, my mum, who was Isabel, as was my sister and a cousin of the same granny - though sis was an Isabel and my cousin an Isobel. Name fashion comes goes.

 

[Fade and Die]

I had a granny Isabella, but that was too old fashioned for her daughter, my mum, who was Isabel, as was my sister and a cousin of the same granny - though sis was an Isabel and my cousin an Isobel. Name fashion comes goes.

Dad had a great aunt called Virginia, her daughter was also Virginia, but they was only know as Old Ginny and Young Ginny.. even when Old Ginny died and Young Ginny was 90 her name never changed….

I remember they lived in a railway carriage in a field in Pitsea, and gave me a Beano album in 1974

 

[Orikoru]

I once came across a customer with the christian name I-A
It’s pronounced Idasha.

If you were an adult with that name, you'd just change it wouldn't you? To an actual name.

 

[SocketRocket]

Dads second name was Bertram, he hated it. I guess mine 'Brian' isn't getting a comeback any time soon

 

[GreiginFife]

I once came across a customer with the christian name I-A
It’s pronounced Idasha.

Surely that should be Ihyphena.

 

[Crow]

I once came across a customer with the christian name I-A
It’s pronounced Idasha.

Surely that should be Ihyphena.

Or myparentsareknobs.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Or myparentsareknobs.

I do get quite grumpy on this one. So many names now are self indulgent by the parents, with no thought that their child has to live with the name given for the rest of their lives. It's a millstone for some, through school and then into adulthood.

 

[Orikoru]

I do get quite grumpy on this one. So many names now are self indulgent by the parents, with no thought that their child has to live with the name given for the rest of their lives. It's a millstone for some, through school and then into adulthood.

So stupid. Let's give our child a name that gets us in the Daily Star Online. To hell with them having to actually live with it.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I often laugh at the name of some of my clients, they include Erastus, Garnet, Aida

 

[srixon 1]

My dad's name is Ambrose, never heard of one before or since obviously he goes by his much more conventional middle name and dreads visits to the doctors where his full name is shouted out to the waiting room and has to endure the titters from the other patients.

We used to have a cat called Ambrose. No idea where we got the name from.

 

[Captainron]

Trevor

Janet

 

[williamalex1]

In Sc

Mum was called Effie. Unusual as it was, it was also my Dad's mother's name.
My grandfather, like me, was Richard. Common enough but good luck finding one below the age of 40.

In Scotland, Effie is short for Euphemia

 

[Voyager EMH]

There's a lot of Dicks around.

 

[Oddsocks]

Numbers 2, 3 and 4 for boys do not go very well with my short Scottish surname.

Numbers 4 and 10 for girls would be laughable.

Can’t see #1 for the lads working well with a Scottish sir name either.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Can’t see #1 for the lads working well with a Scottish sir name either.

I think Muhammad MacDhiarmaid works fairly well.