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tabitha
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My two are Saul & Georgina. We wanted names that were a little bit unusual without being outrageous. As yet neither of them has come across another child with the same name ....I'm sure they will but it's unlikely there will be two or three in the same class at school!! We did try to think how they would feel as adults with their names and settled on two "older" but less used names 
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Bevan, Hill, Tustin, Watkins, Teague (Herefordshire, Radnorshire). Rockett, Lillycrap, Govett, Gready, Saunders (Somerset). Sussex, Smale (Devon). Oliver, Kennedy, Cummings, Wright (Co. Durham). Farish (Cumberland, Scotland). Cox (London, Middlessex, Buckinghamshire).
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nora T
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as i have said before on roots chat, my youngest son, and his son, are both named heathcliffe, and both like their names, and have found them an advantage, but what i think is a bit odd , is old names like nelly, are laughed at , but alter one letter, to kelly, and thats ok, regards {old name} nora T 
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i am researching the timmis family salop. staffs, and cheshire, also the culverwell family, congleton cheshire,and staffs.also jervis, jarvis, staffs and wales,also reece, staffs and dudley
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Keith Bateman
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My parents chose Keith & Roy - as neither could be shortened at school.
Fine I like mine - even now I have been informed of its Scottish origins 
Only trouble with schooldays - boys had to have nic names - so if they couldn't shorten yours they came up with even worse ones 
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tabitha
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Don't you think it's amazing how children grow into the sort of stereotypes and expectations a name creates?
Like girls with strong/boyish names seem to become tomboyish, or with flowery girly names become "proper" little girls......do you think it's because parents treat them differently or one of lifes unexplainables .......
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Bevan, Hill, Tustin, Watkins, Teague (Herefordshire, Radnorshire). Rockett, Lillycrap, Govett, Gready, Saunders (Somerset). Sussex, Smale (Devon). Oliver, Kennedy, Cummings, Wright (Co. Durham). Farish (Cumberland, Scotland). Cox (London, Middlessex, Buckinghamshire).
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nora T
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thank you su, i love the name heathcliffe,but not nora!, and also i agree with tabitha, that children do grow to be like their names, if you were making a film of wuthering heights, my son would look like the perfect heathcliffe. by the way in the book there is no e at the end, that is my little addition. regards nora T
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i am researching the timmis family salop. staffs, and cheshire, also the culverwell family, congleton cheshire,and staffs.also jervis, jarvis, staffs and wales,also reece, staffs and dudley
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c w
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What I have found a little odd was the trend of naming a child after the place where he or she were conceived! I suppose it is fine if your child has the name Paris, Brooklyn, India or even China. However, in my case it would not work so well. To inflict my children with names such as Porthcawl or Wales would have been rather cruel, don't you think?
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Chidgey (west Somerset) Morgan(Radnorshire & Tredegar, Mon.) Griffiths (Tredegar, Mon.) Morgan (Monmouthshire) Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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jax
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My cousin's wife started her labour in Tescos and went on to call the baby Tessa because of that !!!! Poor mite 
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Jones, Venner, Kenealy, Morphett, Tree, Maxted, Page, all from or around Lydd, Ivychurch, Romney Marsh.
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c w
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hello jax,
Be thankful she was not shopping at Somerfield, Safeway, Iceland or worse still Kwik Save .
What would she have called the poor child then?
Perhaps others would suggest a few names. I have already learnt most on this board have quite the sense of humour.
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Kazza
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Hi c w,
With the dafter names about now, Apple springs to mind, it can only be a matter of time before we hear of a Kwik.
I used to love the old flower names until I was told that when girls with Welsh names went into service abroad (England) in the Victorian era, their employers could not pronounce the likes of Rhiannon, Eirian, Ffion or Gwenllian so renamed them with popular flower names like Lily and Rose. Went off them a bit then. 
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c w
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hi kazza
where I am Ffion is now very popular and my own daughter is called Seren Haf. I however must admit she was born in December, but the Haf seemed to fit so well, also the midwife was called Haf.
Could I also ask you a question? I am ashamedly not a Welsh speaker; Is there an accent over the "A" in Haf, asI have heard various oppinions? !
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