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c w
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I just wondered what will be made of the names we give our children today, in the years to come. I have always had the desire to give my children relatively unusual names. However, soap operas and the like,
came along and undermined my plan! I gave my daughters the names Alexis, Bianca, Cherish and Seren Haf.
I have recently discovered this passion for being a little different did not begin with myself.I have ancestors with names - Lucretia; Margarita Castella: Rather exotic for Welsh families don't you think?
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Darcy
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I am somewhat alarmed by the popular trend of giving kids
weird names. I mean 'Apple'?? It's enough to give the child a complex. 
I work with children and I have to ask how to spell even the common names because there is now a variation on the theme -
Bilynda, Erikka, Kortney etc - and that's just the girls!
A really cute name is fine for a little baby but I always imagine them later in life in the doctor's waiting room. The nurse calls out "Peaches Boo Buttercup Jones - and a little old lady staggers to her feet.........
Darcy 
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KathyM
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I think it's good to have an unusual name - pity my parents didn't.....
I gave my daughter an unusual name (at the time) of Eloise Jayne ...... so she could use 'Jane' if she wanted a plain name ! ...she get's Ellie mostly...and today that seems really common with little tots !
I thought a girl should have an unusual name and a boy a good solid name......... so I called my son Mark Richard
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~~~~~~~~ Census transcriptions Crown Copyright, www.NationalArchives.gov.ukArdill, Bourke/Burke, Bellwood, Bridge, Cain, Church, Cragg, Dennell, Dunning, Gough, Haslam, Holmes, Jessop, Kidson/Kitson, Knowles, Markwick, Martin, Munden, Nickerson, Robinson, Seddon, Whittle, Varley & Walpole. Areas: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Marylebone & Tipperary |
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KathyM
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I can assure you my daughter is not a poor mite....or is her name ridiculous....or does she have any problem with it thank you....it's better than being boring ! AND people remember her name !!!!
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~~~~~~~~ Census transcriptions Crown Copyright, www.NationalArchives.gov.ukArdill, Bourke/Burke, Bellwood, Bridge, Cain, Church, Cragg, Dennell, Dunning, Gough, Haslam, Holmes, Jessop, Kidson/Kitson, Knowles, Markwick, Martin, Munden, Nickerson, Robinson, Seddon, Whittle, Varley & Walpole. Areas: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Marylebone & Tipperary |
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teddybear1843
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Names.
I always think about my Mum who is Audrey, Grandmothers who were Norah & Edith and Aunts Eileen, Brenda, Barbara & Jean. On the male side I have Robert, Donald, Geoffrey, Edward & David.
I don't need to look far for the birth dates for Edith or Norah as they had to be about 1910 and Audrey had to be in the Thirties and my other aunts had to be Thirties & Forties but the male's names are not datable.
We still have Robert, Edward, David etc in school today but no Audrey, Edith, Norah etc.
Just look at your own families and see how "datable" your names are for the last few generations.
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My Ggran named her daughters Daisy, Rose, May, and Lily.
Her sons were Arthur and Charles.
You might find a Rose these days, but the others are much less common.
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Canham, Harvey, Ship - Suffolk
Higgins. Bowden, Ayres/Eyre - Buckingham
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c w
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Darcy may have a point, "Peaches Boo Buttercup" may be a little much, even for me. However, why chose a name which may be shared with many of your child's classmates when there are so many wonderful names available.
I have had both an unusual maiden and married name and have been asked "how do you spell that ?" countless times, but it has done me any harm. Well, not that I have noticed!
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KathyM
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that's okay then.........sorry ! ....just having a 'maternal moment'
my Mum was names Doris .......can't say that there are many today ....
in the family tree we have lots of Alice's ....I now have a niece called Alice - which I think is lovely
My gran was called Elsie - again I think it is a lovely name - she hated it - but it is not one that had been revived is it ? My 'Eloise' is the nearest I was 'allowed' to get !
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~~~~~~~~ Census transcriptions Crown Copyright, www.NationalArchives.gov.ukArdill, Bourke/Burke, Bellwood, Bridge, Cain, Church, Cragg, Dennell, Dunning, Gough, Haslam, Holmes, Jessop, Kidson/Kitson, Knowles, Markwick, Martin, Munden, Nickerson, Robinson, Seddon, Whittle, Varley & Walpole. Areas: Yorkshire, Lancashire, Norfolk, Marylebone & Tipperary |
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My daughter's name is Ariel, after the little mermaid. (Pronounced how Sebastian the crab pronounces it.) However, it does get butchered quite often, but she seems to adapted fine. ( Anything from being called Oreo to the same pronucitation as a TV antenna.)
I wanted her to be unique, but, Ariel became a quite popular name. The scarey thing was, however, when we moved into this area...I discovered that there was not only another Ariel, but this girl had the same middle and last name as my daughter. Doctor's offices for the longest time had to identify them with birth dates only. 
My son, however, is Austin. Quite common, but Daddy's choice. LOL!!!! 
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Birchall, Cooper, Kearns, Hope, Desmarias
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