Baby names

[mockney piers]

I do love looking on there for the weird and wonderful.

There really are 7 (this is all over 18 by the way as i think it comes from the electoral roll) Chardonnays in the country, and 2 incorrectly spelt Chardonays too!

In my new job I work with a Sorrel, which incidentally I think is a lovely name, which got me thinking about other herbs and spices.

I see we have a Saffron on here, 600 odd of you.

The are:

2 Thymes

1 Dandelion

6 Chards

24 Peppers

3 Mints

4 Tarragons

20 Verbenas

4 Chiles, 4 Chillis and 2 Chilis

78000 Rosemarys

and no Aniseeds in this country.

Look, i just do this sort of thing, I can't help it okay?

[Ruth_Baldock]

I also work with a Sorrel...*shifty eyes* Who are you?! Who do you work for?!

I think it's a lovely name! Tarragon, less so. Although...looking at it written down, it looks nice.

Loads of 'Chillis' at my secondary school, takes me back...

[Belle]

Sorrel is lovely...I read a book as a child with a Sorrel in it, have always liked it since then. Also like Seren. And Romy/Rosemary. None of these my husband likes!

I love Rory - am Scottish so particularly liking Scottish boys names at the moment. Although not Gordon...

[Pilch]

My partner and I are planning to call our daughter Harper (due May 23). We both really love the name. Heard a story recently of someone giving their son the middle name of Danger. Purely so when they grow up they can say: "Danger is my middle name". Hilarious. I want to give my daughter the middle name of X. Just X. Harper X I think is great. I think she may grow up with superpowers with a name like Harper X. Don't think my other half will let me get away with it though.

But yes, Harper is a good name.

[Pickle]

One of my school friends was Sorrelle, loved it as a name.

[Fuschia]

Belle child no 1 has campbell as second name, child no 4 has ruaridh

[helena handbasket]

My girl name was Mabel but my husband wanted Annabel, which I thought was a bit too precious. So we found Amabel in the Book of Baby Names from Yore (or something like that) which suited us both.

No girl came though, which is probably a good thing because five years later I still for the life of me can't pronounce it.

Fuschia is it pronounced Rory? I really like it.

[Fuschia]

Yes perhaps with a dash of rury

[Fuschia]

Child no 2 middle name - padraig

[sillywoman]

Fuschia Wrote:

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> Tully in the book is a girl

Sigh.:(

[helena handbasket]

Fuschia Wrote:

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> Child no 2 middle name - padraig

Okay, I'm thinking Patrick ish?

[snowboarder]

I liked Soren for a boy. Husband wasn't having any of it. Wasn't there a Sorrel in a Noel Streatfeild childrens book? I was a big fan.... Also liked the trio of Pauline, Petrova and Posy in ballet shoes...

[Belle]

Yes snowboarder that's the bk I meant!

Danger middle name - friend of friend just did this, wonder if it's the same one?!

[crystal7]

Loved the Noel Streightfeild books! Sorrel is lovely was on my list last time but OH having none of it!

I know a little girl called Rowena which I like- they called her Ro-ro as a baby.

[GSJ57]

My sister's name is Rosemary and she was a Ro-Ro too when she was little!

[Belle]

Just ran through what I thought were our boys names contenders with husband - turns out he only actually likes one of them! Better start thinking of more...

[snowboarder]

I like Rowan for a boy or girl actually....

[Fuschia]

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Gaelic, yes

[new mother]

I and my friends tend towards more traditional names so there are some Marys, Elizabeths, Sophias, Catherines etc.

As a variation on Margaret, I like Marguerite which strikes me as much more feminine somehow.

Am I the only one shocked by the parents immaturity in giving the middle name Danger? It struck me as quite pathetic.

[new mother]

Unless, of course, their surname was "mouse" ;-)

[helena handbasket]

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I'm loving your names.

My husband wanted to name our son Aethelred. If you guessed that it didn't happen you would be right.

[mockney piers]

Ajo.

[Belle]

Yes agree it's a bit unfair on the child with the middle name which is purely for a joke, though guess better than having a silly first name. I think I read somewhere that 'Delete' is a first name now. Why/how?!

[Earl Aelfheah]

Helen GV Wrote:

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> So rahrahrah have you had your little girl yet??

Annoyingly not. Will be induced on Friday if it's still not arrived.

[vesti]

Thought I'd just have a little look at a nice sounding thread and now blood is boiling.

Be nice if people worrying about names to call their kids would also worry about not offending others with terms like "pikey".

Pikey is pejorative. Can we just not use it.