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abiygayil!! Daanyaal (male)!! oh the shame , I really didn't think we were so bad with kry8yve spellings here

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omg 2 boys were called 'T'. As in a cup of?

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Dattatreyanath (male) any ideas!?

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Arwen, Elbereth - clearly quite a few ringer parents here!

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Quite weird to see that with all the interesting spellings absolutely no one was given my name, Lora, last year.

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anyway on your picks...
Breeze could be an attempt to anglicize the Irish name Brid / Bride, a form of Bridget...But then again that's probably just be wishful thinking

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I agree with the other posters that Calum is a gorgeous name but male only! Milton, Jack, Dalziel and Yves likewise. Although I have to admit I do semi like Yves on a girl but she would have an easier life if it was spelt Eve.

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pmsl at Lemony, a misguided homage to Lemony Snicket!? G has to be the absolute worst though, but closely followed by Gauge-Emma (in 2nd place only because the poor soul has one nice name to fall back one). I would love to be there to watch their future teachers try to keep a straight face while reading the class register for the first time!

This message was edited 9/13/2007, 3:29 PM

I don't think these are bad [m]

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I actually love these, and would use them:

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Blessing - GP
Breeze
Coast - GP
Medow - Meadow
Rejoyce - Rejoice
Serendipity
Serenity
Thistle
Tru - True

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Praise I like, but wouldn't use

Thanks for posting the link

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Just got round to reading the list in full. It's fascinating. You could be here all day going through the unusual spellings! A few more jumped out at me:

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Demi-Lee - for the number of spelling variations (and it's horrible)
Glad - I wouldn't be with this name
Goldie - makes me think of the old Blue Peter dog!
Justice
Maggie-May - Parents were Rod Stewart fans?
Meah-Sharne - that would be a creative spelling of Mia-Sian? Odd combo as well.
Porphyria - thought this was a disease? I'm sure it's what King George died from (as in the film The Madness of King George).
Trinny - someone's mum's a fan of What Not To Wear?

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And how many variations of Abigail and Lily would you like?

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And for boys:
Ace
Diesel - Just not attractive connotations for a baby imo
Jock - thought this was just a nickname for Scots?
Mac - another typical nickname for a Scotsman. hope his surname doesn't start with Mac
P-jay - slang for pyjamas!

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But the name which really wins the prize is:
Henri-Jay-Karl-Alexande - imagine having to write this on every form you fill out?

Thanks for posting this. I'm a little surprised how unconventional some of these "names" are. I'm also a bit surprised that certain names (mine, for instance) are used fairly often in Scotland. It'll take me awhile to go through the list, but what fun!

Wow, some of those are pretty bad! King and Calum on girls?! wtf? =/

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I like/love*

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Blessing - This is definitely GP but I prefer it on a boy.
Breeze - I like this as a mn only.
Calum - I love this...its very Scottish. Again, I only like it on a boy.
Jack - I like it for a boy only.
Maia*-Mae - I don't like hyphenated names but I like Maia and Mae.
Mischa Bee - I like Mischa and I think Bee's a cute nn for Beatrix or something like that.
Serenity* - I love this!
Tate - Nice on either sex, imo.

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The rest are pretty awful, in my opinion. Poor babies =(

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I agree that most of these are truly awful! Saying that, I can understand people choosing Serenity and Serendipity although I wouldn't personally use them. I also don't have a problem with Tate for a girl as I've never heard it on a boy. And it's a bit like Kate.

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I'm sure Nana, Ping and Po probably have non-British parents. And in other countries, they're probably ok as names.

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I know the actors Keith Allen (Lily's dad) and Tamzin Malleson have a baby daughter called Teddie. I think it's much better for a boy. And spelt Teddy. And then only as a nickname.

Calum - What did they think?
Jack - Uh! it's jackIE, not Jack! *aargh*
King -- Did they want a boy? Horrible
Lean - Like it but prefer Leanne
Lennix - I acutally like this one
Mason - SON!! SOOON people! It's a boy name.
Mecca - Haha!
Medow - Yep, spell it right.
Milton - My God..hermaphrodite?
Tate - Not on a giiirl!!
Tru - Spell it True, and only as a middlename but it's still horrible.

I can't believe there are so many boy names here. And the few girl names I can see here aren't great. I don't mind/like:

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James (but only for boys)
Milton (the same)

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The rest are terrible.

Oh so many to dislike! I especially hate (for a girl):
Jack
King
Milton
Teddie
Yves
G (is this even a name!?)
Breeze
Blessing
Magic

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I suspect and hope that
Nun
Po
Sin
Ping
are not orginially British/Scottish

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I like:

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James (for a boy)
Jack (ditto)
Mae
Teddie (for a boy as a nn and spelled Teddy)
Tru (again, as a nn)