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ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 9 Jan 2011 17:52

named your children after the place where they were conceived - what would their names be? My daughter would be Port St Mary and son would be Sandown!!

Rambling

Rambling Report 9 Jan 2011 17:54

'Borth' lolol

ButtercupFields

ButtercupFields Report 9 Jan 2011 18:02

Campden Hill Gardens:-))

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 9 Jan 2011 18:16

"Chandelier"

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 9 Jan 2011 18:17

My Karen would be Nadine as we lived at his parents house in Nadine Street SE London lol I preferred the name Karen though.

 Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 9 Jan 2011 18:21

Ashford then Kent for the middle name,

*** Mummo ***

*** Mummo *** Report 9 Jan 2011 18:23

Wimbledon...........son
Fareham................daughter.

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 9 Jan 2011 18:25

Just had a horrible thought - if I had had one in between dau and son it would have been named Famagusta or Famagee as it was popularly known!

Dawnieher3headaches

Dawnieher3headaches Report 9 Jan 2011 19:02

1st would be Brixham
2nd would be Hastings
3rd would be Nuneaton I know eexactly where and when so could be Sofa lol

Wend

Wend Report 9 Jan 2011 19:21

1. Kew, but not Kew Gardens!!
2. Ranelagh - part of the name of the road we lived in
3. How did that happen? or 'Sweet Surprise'!

Cath2010

Cath2010 Report 9 Jan 2011 19:26

Good job I wasn't named after the place I was concieved as according to my mum I'd be Morris Minor, lol.

Cath xx

Wend

Wend Report 9 Jan 2011 19:29

Lol Cath!!!

PS - I learned to drive in a Morris Minor, but that was all!!!

Carole

Carole Report 9 Jan 2011 19:39

Daughter would be Lincoln, son would be Blackpool!

Linda

Linda Report 9 Jan 2011 20:24

my youngest daughter would be called Browngraves, we lived in a road with that name. Thank god I moved.

LD

LD Report 9 Jan 2011 20:30

Sherwood Forest !

KempinaPartyhat

KempinaPartyhat Report 9 Jan 2011 20:44

Weird names for Boys:

Abba
Abyss
Amen
Andrew's (note the apostrophe, as if the mother were reminding herself of who
the father was!)
Apple
As-Matik (say it fast, you'll see what I mean)
Bear
Blade
Brando (8 different ones!)
Charm
Confession
Dwarf (I don't even want to think about that kid's childhood)
GQ (must have been a handsome lad)
Gal
Go
Godly
Gospel
Hey (makes it easy to call him in for dinner, Hey! Hey! HEY!)
Holy
Infinite (3 different Infinites, you do the math!)
Knight Sir Lancelot (I'm not kidding)
Lisa (A boy named Lisa?)
Nadir (which means "absolute lowest point", thanks Mom.)
Stalin
Stallone
Truth ($100 bucks the kid becomes pathological liar)
Unique (15 different Uniques, and one Uneek, which when you think about it,
makes him unique)

I found this !!!!!

KempinaPartyhat

KempinaPartyhat Report 9 Jan 2011 20:45

Weird Names for Girls

Alaska
Albert
Beautiful
Beautiphul (beautiful, but in a strange way)
Boat
Chaos (what were they thinking?)
Chevy (I mean, why not Saab?)
Chevette
Choice (as in, "If I had one, I'd have chosen another name!)
Cuba
Dynasty
Final (does this mean her younger sister is a mistake?)
Galaxy (hope she ain't shy)
He (a she named He?)
Infinity (I guess infinity is any gender)
N/A (as in, not applicable?)
Nada
Precious Angel
Prince
Promise
Providence
Sin
Sparkle
Story
Symphony
Tall (you better hope she is, that's all I have to say)
Tangerine
Tequilla (this means Mom won't get upset the first time you come home wasted)

Treasure
Unique (15 of these as well!)
Virgin (ok, so her name will be obsolete around her 16th birthday?)
Wednesday
ZC (I can't even begin to speculate on that one)

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 9 Jan 2011 22:47

Gosport and Fareham Lol!!

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 9 Jan 2011 23:05

OMG Kemp - you gave me such a shock - I thought you had had multiple births!!!!!

Linda

Linda Report 9 Jan 2011 23:51

I knew a girl whose mother had lived in the village where I was born, so when she had her daughter she named her after the village "Merryn" but she left the St out. Always reminded me of home.