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Thanks to whoever it was who posted the link to this year's names used in Scotland. I love that they provide a list of all the names used. Here's my take on what the parents of some of the weirder ones might have been thinking!

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Let's give our daughter a boy's name:

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Beau
Drew
Evan
Felix
Hayden
Levi
Naoise
Spencer

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Let's give our daughter a boy's name, but attempt to give it a female twist:

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Alice-Drew
Lennix
Logyn

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Boys' names on girls are so yesterday. Let's just call our daughter:

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Man

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Let’s give our son a girl’s name:

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Cassy
Eden
Georgia
Honey
Hope
Samuela

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I like the name Katy, but I'm determined that our daughter will have a Scottish-looking name:

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Caitaidh

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I like the name Cherish, but I have a lisp:

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Cherith

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I want to name our child after an obscure place:

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Alaska (g)
Cuba (g)
Mali (g)

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Shiloh (b)
Tibet (b)

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I want to name our son after an obscure place, and spell it badly:

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Kuba

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I want to make sure our child grows up to love the Lord:

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Divine-Grace (g)
Faith-Symphony (g)
Trinity (g)

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Believe (b)
Praise (b)
Soul (b)

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I want to make sure my daughter does no such thing:

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Pagan

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My daughter will never know her father, but I want her to remember where he is:

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Jael

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I want to make sure my daughter doesn't grow up to be an alcoholic like her father (maybe this is Jael's sister?):

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Temperance

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I want to name our child after something we'd eat or drink:

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Chardonnay (g)
Kandy-Sheree (g)
Peaches (g)
Sweet (g)

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Rice (b)

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I love the name Amelia, but it's so popular. How can we make sure our daughter stands out from the crowd?

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Amaylyuh

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Ditto with Lucy:

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Luighsighe

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Let's name our daughter after a car:

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Ka
Lotus
Mercedes

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Let's name our daughter after a car, and spell it badly:

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Marcedez
Mercedez
Porsha

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Spaces and capital letters are so yesterday:

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Alexanne (g)
Analucia (g)
Gracealexandra (g)
Kerriannah (g)
Rosangel (g)
Roxabella (g)
Sofiane (g)

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Joeddy (b)
Johndean (b)
Johnjay (b)
Johnpaul (b)
Robertjohn (b)
Shaunpaul (b)

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I want to honour Cameron Diaz, but there are so many children called Cameron:

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Diaz

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I want to name our daughter after the Timmins family in Neighbours:

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Bree
Janae
Janelle

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I want to name our daughter after an article of clothing:

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Jersey

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I want my son’s name to reflect the fact that I am a raving Communist:

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Che
Lenin

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I want to use a hippy nature name on our child:

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Bracken (g)
Bramble (g)
Brier (g)
Ice (g)
Light (g)
Misty-Blue (g)
Possum (g)
Ruby-Blu (g)
Sno (g)
Wren (g)

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Blue (b)
Bracken (b)
Flint (b)
Forrest (b)
Fox (b)
Marlin (b)
Shadow (b)

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I want to name our daughter after a magazine:

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Marieclare

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I want to name our child after a pop star/group/song:

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Alanis (g)
Dela (g)
Mika (g)
Nelly (g)
Rhythm (g)
Siouxsie (g)

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Bowie (b)
Cobain (b)
Keane (b)
Marley (b)
Ozzy (b)

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I want to name our son after a shop:

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Jean-Lewis

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I want my child to be a scientist:

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Data (g)

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Atom (b)

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I want to name my son after a footballer:

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Zidane

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I don't want our daughter to get confused about her position in the family:

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Babyjane
Sister

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I want my son to learn to save his money:

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Isa

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I want to name my child after a figure from history:

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Boudicca (g)

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Fawkes (b)
Marc-Anthony (b)

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I want to give my son a name that is freakishly close to the name of a rude body part:

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Enis
Titi

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I want my child to have a healthy respect for honesty:

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Tru (g)
Truli (g)

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Promise (b)

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I want my child to hate me forever:

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Lucky (g)
Precious (g)

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Blessing (b)
Marvellous (b)
Precious (b)

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S xx

This message was edited 12/20/2007, 3:23 PM