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Giving your child a really common name.
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In son no1's class, there are 6 (you read that right!) boys called Matthew. He is 15. In son no 2's class there are 3 boys called Cameron and 3 girls called Emily. (He is 7.)
I was wondering why parents call their children names that are really common and therefore no longer individual?
I was wondering why parents call their children names that are really common and therefore no longer individual?
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Years ago my older sister and I were sitting in the local Registry office and we could hear someone registering a new baby - and we overheard some of the conversation - "What is the child's first name?" "Buster!" "No, what is the child's real first name?" "Buster!" "Why don't you keep calling him Buster as your nickname for him, and give him a different first name?" - unfortunately we were called into a different office at that point, and never heard how it ended - so if there is a person called Buster (I presume a man?) born in 1984, I hope your parent was talked around to a sensible name by the registrar!
My father was very keen to call me Harriet, but fortunately that did not happen - I honestly didn't twig until my mother and I talked about it in the last few years, my father was Harry! I got lumbered with a not particularly nice name that I have to spell to most people and I always have to spell my surname to everyone. In my year at school there were 5 Susans, 4 Louises, several Elizabeths and Gillians and at least 4 Sarahs. Not an Isobel, Sophie or Emily in sight.
My father was very keen to call me Harriet, but fortunately that did not happen - I honestly didn't twig until my mother and I talked about it in the last few years, my father was Harry! I got lumbered with a not particularly nice name that I have to spell to most people and I always have to spell my surname to everyone. In my year at school there were 5 Susans, 4 Louises, several Elizabeths and Gillians and at least 4 Sarahs. Not an Isobel, Sophie or Emily in sight.
Thanks for the great response. I think my question has been answered. The answers are varied but from picking the bones out of the responses, it seems that people don't actually realise that a name is already so popular when they decide on that for a name for their child.
My name is Kerris and I have always been grateful to my parents that I was the only one around. Unless, of course we'd've lived in Wales then that name would've been as common as muck and spelt wrong!!
My name is Kerris and I have always been grateful to my parents that I was the only one around. Unless, of course we'd've lived in Wales then that name would've been as common as muck and spelt wrong!!
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We moved after we named our kids and now find that we managed to name them after local roundabouts :o(.
I do know some people who have deliberately chosen the most popular name of the time for their kids as they wanted them to have a popular name - I guess it's a bit like following fashion, you either want to have the same as everyone else to have a sense of fitting in or belonging, or you want to stand out and be different.
I do know some people who have deliberately chosen the most popular name of the time for their kids as they wanted them to have a popular name - I guess it's a bit like following fashion, you either want to have the same as everyone else to have a sense of fitting in or belonging, or you want to stand out and be different.
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