Giving children weird names

[dave50]

Why do poeple usually from deprived backgrounds give their children weird 'made up' names? i find it amazing that a lot of the time (not all) you can usually tell what the parent is like by the child's name. Has anyone else noticed this?

[milly143]

What makes you think it's just children from poor backgrounds? All the kids with weird names I can think of come from some of the wealthiest families in the country.

[McMouse]

I thought in was celebrity parents who burdened their offspring with weird names.

[andy-hughes]

Not confined to deprived backgrounds - millionaire bass player Alex James from Blur has a son named Geronimo, twins Artemis and Galileo, and daughters Sable and Beatrix.

[scotman]

Not forgetting F Zappa

[fliptheswitch]

Do you mean weird names or just common or chav-like names? There is a lad near me called Tyson. His parents are quite rough. Most of the children at my sons' school have 'weird' names but they are far from deprived.

[R1Geezer]

well I was just saying that to my daughter Moonbeam-Chardonnay last night!

[B00]

dave does have a point. You do form an image in your head of someone based in their names.

[jno]

down in da hood we is all Marmadukes and Petronellas.

[jno]

B00, without giving anything away, do you find your friends reacting to you differently since your name changed?

[sandyRoe]

Whatever happened to good old traditional names like Jason or Kylie?

[B00]

no, they still hate me ;-)

[jno]

tut, I told you that Cleopatras never get any respect up north.

[craft1948]

I loved the guy who a few years ago called his son Google.........

[bookbinder]

I Googled "strange names for children list" and I found this list of strange names:

http://women.timesonl...es/article2130988.ece
It might provide fuel for discussion.

[Quassia]

Went to a chistening last week where the child was named 'Darcy' ..... and the smell of a fresh joint wafted through the air before entering church.

[Quassia]

'Christening' ...

[ChuckFickens]

Beef? lamb? pork?

Oh... do you not mean a joint of meat?

[Quassia]

I actually love the smell, but it seemed innapropriate lol!!

[Old_Geezer]

I guess unless folk created new names every generation would be named the same as the last, and it the same as those before it. At least it freshens up the name pool.

[feona]

there have been may parents who had a super rich background but still they gave their children weird names