What might you name your children?

[MrsLizzy]

Hi Kiya, I did history for my degree - medieval and early modern, hope to do my MA sometime, hopefully before I retire!

I've always been in love with Richard III but don't like the name enough to name a child after him!  (Good thing about being in love with a man who's been dead for over 500 years is, you don't have to meet his parents!)

I completely agree - don't like faddy names, or even fashionable names, but like good, classical names.  I can't really have much respect for someone that burdens a child with a ludicrous name, that it can't do much about until it's 18, by which time it's too late.  

I read that in France, you can't have just any name you like, there's a list you have to choose from.  Still at least it means you don't find your 13 year old introducing you to her French penpal, Pomme!

[MrsLizzy]

Mrs Lizzy - her surname was'nt Larkin by any chance ? 
I always loved those books by H E Bates - the telly series was'nt half as good - I had my own ideas about how everyone looked and spoke.
Suey

No, can't remember the surname, but it's a real little girl, not out of a book.  I do like the idea of giving children 3 forenames, in the hope that they'll like at least one of them and use it.  My friend was called Charlotte Isobel, but called Isobel to avoid confusion with her aunt.

I have a young cousin called Reuben.  And another called Jacob.  Luckily my cousins are into continuing the family line, whereas I'll stick with cats.  If it's got 4 paws and a tail it's a friend of mine!

[kiya]

Hi Kiya, I did history for my degree - medieval and early modern, hope to do my MA sometime, hopefully before I retire!

Me too!  I got into Cardiff to study for an MA in Medieval History, turned it down and ended up working in the NHS!!  No, it didn't make sense to me either.

I know of several people who love Richard III and one who is madly in love with Llywelyn ap Gruffydd!

Trying to get back on topic... I know of a boy who've been given what I'd consider traditionally female name: Staci.

[GRACELAND]

   my mom tells me i was named after the bird because it landed on the window sill as i was born !
                Only trouble is what if ''''
                        what landed was a sparrow
                                                         crow
                                                          magpie ect
               Would i have been one of these    

[MrsLizzy]

Think yourself lucky, Graceland.   It could have been a tit.

[GRACELAND]

 

[Kazza]

Graceland,

I am sorry must have missed it,  what was the bird that landed?

Kazza.

[MrsLizzy]

It was a dear little robin that looked in on Mrs Graceland when she was making her final push.

[Jenny Elizabeth]

My children are called Patrick and Flora.  They should count themselves extremely lucky they weren't born when I was twenty when I wanted to call my kids Fanny and Angel (the last for a boy - after Angel Clare in 'Tess of the D'urbevilles').  That said my daughter, who is six, wants to change her name to Bethany or Clare.  I told her she will be glad to have  a classier name when she is older and that she is named after the goddess of the flowers.  At the moment this isn't convincing her!

Jenny