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Topic: top 100 names of 2006
Posted By: EllenMumof2
Subject: top 100 names of 2006
Date Posted: 02 January 2007 at 9:09pm
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 02 January 2007 at 9:42pm
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Maya is number 36! Some of those names are a bit random tho, like Nevaeh - nice name but I wouldn't have thought it is that common?
Sienna and Mercedes don't get a mention although I have heard of a few other baby Sienna's lately, and a couple of other Mercedes (  Kels)-------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: jax
Date Posted: 02 January 2007 at 10:17pm
Is it wrong that I'm quite happy Erin's name is right at the bottom?  And my first choice for a boy, if we'd had one (and if we have one second time round) is 36, not so bad... second choice for a boys name isn't on the list at all, woohoo !  ------------- Jacquie - Mama to Erin, 13.07.06 - Chief Cat Chaser & Marmite Sammie Eater 
Love many, trust few, harm none. ~Anon~ |
Posted By: EllenMumof2
Date Posted: 02 January 2007 at 10:41pm
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This is from american site and seem to have some out of it names over there. http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 02 January 2007 at 10:43pm
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james is 26 would of thought it would of been higher ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 4:02am
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Neveah is heaven backwards so its the "new" name to have over there. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 4:12am
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Found this on the NZ Herald site for top 10 names in NZ for 2006:
Girls: 1 Sophie 2 Kate/Catherine (all spellings) 3 Emma 4 Isabella 5 Charlotte 6 Olivia 7 = Lucy and Emily 9 = Hannah and Jessica Boys: 1 Jack 2 James 3 Samuel 4 Joshua 5 Benjamin 6 = Matthew, Jacob and Ryan 9 = Thomas and Oliver Its so annoying as our DD is Charlotte Olivia and our top names for the second one if its a girl are Kate, Isobel and Emma- I obviously like that everyone likes the names we do too but I don't want the kids to be one of 5 in their classes! Luckily our top boys names aren't in there. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 7:56am
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Oops didnt read it properly, Addison is number 26 which surprises me, especially since its normally a boys name but i guess lot of people might have got it off Greys Anatomy. I wanted them to have uncommon names. The middles names are super popular so its nice that thier first names arent.
Chloe was my second choice for Addison and thats on there. |
Posted By: AlyAyde
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 8:41am
OMG Alyssa is 16  When i was pregnant with her i looked through our patient list of 1500 and we didnt have any children that were called Alyssa. Since ive had her ive met about 5 ppl that have called their kids Alyssa. Isnt it funny how names just suddenly get popular. I wanted her to have a name that wasnt very common but turns out it is. Oh well lol ------------- Jayde 25/12/04 Alyssa 08/04/03 http://Alyayde.bebo.com |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 8:50am
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I am the same Jax I love the fact that Alan does not even rate Michael is like 12 or something, but expected that we really wanted older un common name's there is nothing worse then going to school and having 3 of one name in a class. When I was at high scoll i had a best friend called jackies ant there was another Deborah who alos had a best Friend called Jackie and we were all in the same calss. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: Peace
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 9:38am
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Haha, Olivia and Samuel (what Olivia would have been if she'd had a meat and spuds) are at the top, we actually picked these names because that is the names we liked the most.
It seems that the more popular your name is these days then the more you are likely to be branded: I've known a few Betty's in my time and they are all *&%$'s! I was actually more interested in a magazine article where it gave out the names of children most likely to succeed. Samuel's and Charlotte's are more likely to put their heads down and get some work, where as the Lachlans are Makayla's naughty! I even remember (the magazine article said) that a teacher even said that she can tell how a child is going to react to class work by it's name, the more far out or funnily spelt the name is, the more likely they will have a little trouble. Personally I don't see there being any harm for Olivia's name to be so popular or even if I had chosen something less popular. For after all our own name will forever be the most sweetest sound we ever hear (even if we dislike it!). ------------- DD1 May 2006 DD2 March 2011 DD3 August 2012 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 9:40am
Hmmm, Audrey made the top 100... Funny how names go in phases, when I was at school there were 4 Aimee/Amy 's in my year, but it hasnt made the top 100 this year  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 10:04am
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when we were thinking of names for jack we didn't know of any and that's the only name we liked.....bit different now!! it's always in the top end of lists.
his middle name is elijah which is #44 charli doesn't even get a mention...oh well i love it anyway and i'm glad its not there. her middle name is ava and that's #3 ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 10:20am
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ours is in the top 100...which really suprised me - but seeing as how it is an american site that does explain it. also a shortened version is on there too...which i wasnt suprised about at all....
Our boys name was going to be Jack...talk about a popular name now! |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 12:48pm
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Well Joshua (although we call him Josh) is on there which it always is and I think only one year at school he had another Joshua in his class but spelt different. Brooke is there too and she has never had another one in her class. and Rhyley is on there but spelt differently - riley, middle names are slightly uncommon josh being Blade and Brooke being Dakota. Rhyley one of his middle name on there but not the other - which is more american than the rest. ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 1:20pm
We thought we had picked an unusual spelling of "Katelyn" (I only looked in one baby book and that was how it was spelt) and we had never heard of it until then. Turns out that the most popular way to spell it is actually "Caitlin"  and we are always being told "oh my daughter/granddaugther/niece is called Caitlin too" BLAH!!!
But we still recieved Christmas cards each with a completely different spelling of her name, one even said Catherine  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 1:58pm
| LOL we had friends who have baby boy called "Mason"...and they got a card from a rellie who congratulated them on "Nathans" birth!!! GO figure! |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 3:06pm
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Maya gets called May-a and Mia all the time (it's actually pronounced M-eye-a).
Interesting theory on names dictating behaviour Peace coz my sister has been telling me since before the twins were born that Mercedes is a hookers name ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 3:19pm
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OMG how awful!!!! I hope she is joking!!!
I always think of that movie ferris bullers day off (think it was that one - and god i am showing my age now) and the cute blond chick was mercedes...always think of it as a classy american name like Porsche etc - one given by those with too much money...not a hookers name!!!! |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 4:47pm
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Kobe always gets Toby or Cody and even when they get it right its generally spelt wrong. I thought we would have people calling Addison Maddison but so far only a couple of people have done that.
My neice is a May-a. I love the name Dakota, I wanted that for a girl but hubby vetoed it straight away. |
Posted By: luna
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 6:39pm
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Amelia is number 66 on the american list, and doesn't 'rate' a mention on the NZ one. That's fine with me ... didn't think there were that many Amelia's around, but since having her, have heard of a few. ------------- Selina http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 7:32pm
| we had a puppy we called Dakota...think it is an awesome name.... |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 8:20pm
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There have been quite a few Amelias born here in the last 18 months or so, and Jacob was at a lull when we had him, but in the few weeks after him, there was at least one a week, according to the birth notices in the paper
One of our girls names is in the NZ top 10, but not the baby centre top 100. I like it, it is a nice solid name. We are still arguing over boys names at this moment, although we do agree on Ben. I really like Elijah, Eli for short, but I think that is a no go. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 04 January 2007 at 6:48am
| If we have another boy we are seriously screwed for names. We had enough trouble agreeing to jake and Taine. |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 04 January 2007 at 11:39am
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I actually wanted Dakota as Brooke's first name but ex didn't so thats how it ended being a middle name thing is Brooke doesn't like it - go figure - she's always asking why i did it lol.
ps it maybe because there was this boy at school called Dakota and he was really naughty and Brooke didn't like him. ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 04 January 2007 at 7:46pm
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Liz, you could always go for Elwood, that is what our bump is affectionately known as ATM. In fact, I actually quite like it, but Rod dosen't have the balls. Jake was *almost* Jed, but that got vetoed when we did the backyard "call out" thing and the dog went crazy EVERYTIME we yelled it out! I really REALLY liked Kimber for a girl, but I have got this buzz about shortened names, and if it was a name that was going to be shortened (and lets be realistic, we can call them their full names, but when they go to school, kids do shorten things..)it had to be something I liked, hence Jake (which I actually like better than Jacob, but Rod didn't)and, no offence anyone, but I really HATE the name Kim (sorry, Kim, no offence) so that was a no go as well...heh, i digress, once again... (bored) ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 04 January 2007 at 8:43pm
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lol Annie join the bored club
But you haven't decided on names yet?!??!??!! ------------- |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 05 January 2007 at 10:34am
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We haven't decided on a name, and I think it is annoying DH's parents as they are always asking us if we have picked a name everytime we see them. I have a few I like and they are on the list, just have to work it out when he arrives. It is hard to name a child when your DH works with children all day, I mention a name and I get "nope, horrible kid with that name". When we named Andrew the hospital midwifes were like great a normal name for once. They had a period of really out there names and one even said she felt sorry for the child as it had been called something really stupid. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 05 January 2007 at 1:22pm
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I am a name nazi - some of the ones i see teaching are not just stupid but actually plain disgusting. I truely believe that there should be a veto at registration of births allowed. That would get rid of the people who call their kids attractive things like 'acid and hash' (twins), or who spell names phonetically incorrectly so the child takes twice as long to learn how to spell their name and then spend the rest of their life speling it for others.
I like popular names. I usually have a double up in every class (though we always ensure there is never more than 2 kids with the same first name placed in a class together). They have never minded yet - I loved it when I was in the same class with kids with my name as we used to make up names for the teacher to call us instead. Usually they obliged! The only time I have seen it be a problem for kids is when the 2 with the same name are different genders. They both hate that, which is why I personally avoid gender neutral names when considering what we will call the parasite. -------------  
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 January 2007 at 2:52pm
hehehe I love your concern about names when the child is born yet you call it "The Parasite" now. 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 05 January 2007 at 3:06pm
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"the parasite" is an excellent name for it now
I've called it that at times as well when I'm feeling like sh*t and DH cracks up at me every time, my mother however gave me the evils when she heard me say it lol |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 05 January 2007 at 3:12pm
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In Japan there actually is a veto on names. ONly some characters can legally be used as names, which is why the parens of the Japaense version of "demon" were not allowed to name their kid that.
can you imagine? "I'd like to name my child (blah blah)" "I'm sorry, but we can't allow that because it is stupid." Cool, I now have a new possible career |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 05 January 2007 at 7:32pm
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I call Hannah "Demon Child" or variants of... (for a while she was affectionately known as "Devily") and I get heaps of weird looks when I am out in public. Have tried to tone it down... but really, it suits her!
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 05 January 2007 at 8:01pm
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It's frustrating being in an office situation (etc) and having to call a gender-neutrally-named-stranger on the telephone - or worse, at the door. Um hi is Lee there? Oh um do you know when er Lee will be available? Awkward awkward awkward!!
Miss I used to think similar to you about hard names to spell as I've always had to spell mine (Teresa) because there are sooo many different spellings. But then I got married to a last name which always has to be spelt (actually my maiden name did too) and have so far lived at 3 addresses (out of 5) which needed spelling.... and I figure it's probably just part of life. So now we have Briona and Krystiana ------------- |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 05 January 2007 at 8:15pm
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But Briona and Krystiana are both pretty names that follow spelling rules!! I hear you on the spelling of surnames. My maiden name was 4 letters long, but an unusual variant of a more common name. People would try to correct me when I spelt it to them! Like I don't know how to spell my own name As we get more and more multiculural names most people end up having to spell them these days, I have no problem with that. Tiffany as Typhphane I do have a problem with, as the function of the e in that letter combination is to moderate the a to a long sound, not make a y sound!
Lol Nikki! Demon child is a good one. -------------
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 05 January 2007 at 8:55pm
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There is a woman I know (vaguely) who named her daughter Jazzmyne- its a normal name but why spell it so weird? Poor kid is going to have so much trouble spelling it out later on. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 05 January 2007 at 10:42pm
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I'm a bit of a retard some of the crazy spelling I can't figure out how to pronounce it it took me ages to read jorja as georgia.
I knew Jack was #1 in NZ there are 2 other Jacks in our playgroup. At the time we didn't realise it was so popular. At one school I was the only Rachael out of 250 and then I changed schools and there was 7 out of 150. My last name is Campagnolo so an easy first name was good. Emma I think or Mercedes as that really pretty girl in ANTM in the second season I think |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 9:22am
| I know what you mean Kylie, sometimes Kobe gets called Kob cos people dont know if the E should be sounded out but at the same time you can pronounce it Ko-Be. Thats the way Kobe Bryant spells it so we liked that and went with it but my SIL thought we should spell it Koby but i didnt like that. Hopefully Addison should be easy, I purposly didnt spell it funny like Addyson or Addisyn cos we have a horrible last name and ALWAYS have to spell it. |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 9:32am
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I'm with you on the last name thing, thats why I like normal spellings and plain names. Our Surname starts with a Z and its dutch - personally I don't like it and would of preferred to "-" it with my maiden name but then we would still not all have the same surnames. We call Andrew "Monster" he sometimes refers to himself as "monster" as well. It suits him and hes happy with it. Probably a name that will stick with him. My cousin is an Emma-Lee pronounces Emily. I have no idea why my aunty spelt it that way. I know my cousin gets really annoyed with people spelling it Emily, but that is something she will have to take up with her mother. I'm liking Joshua and Alex at the moment, my only fear with Alex is people will think it is Alexander and I don't like that name. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 9:39am
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I knew a chick with that name once Beck's I think it is a really cool way of spelling it. ------------- Deborah Mum to:
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 6:56pm
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My2angels - there are always exceptions, and I would never think that Kobe was kob! Strictly following phonetic rules, I could see people trying to say it as rhyming with lobe - but to think of it as rhyming with bob totally ignores the moderating e!!!!
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 9:33pm
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I would like a job as name veoter as well. My "personal" opinion is that a child with an unusual name feels presure to "conform" to being unusual. I personally think stupid made up names and spellings pidgeon hole kids. After all, how many lawyers do you know or doctors or whatever are called d'Stineeyy- Mystyke? Also, kids are really mean to anyone who is different, and I would personally hate to think of my baby getting picked on because I had given him or her some god awful made up name. RANT RANT My best mate at high school had a really unusual name, and when she came over to visit me from Oz just before I had fatty (yes, I do call him that in public)she literally begged me not to name my baby anything different or weirdly spelt. She has spent her whole life telling people how to pronounce and spell her name, and how her parents made it up and why, and opn top of that. Her last name is a "common" one, but is spelt diffferently as well... Poor thing! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 9:35pm
Oh, yeah and I got TEASED awfully becasue I am Anne. Plain old old fashioned Anne, no one else at school EVER had the same name as me  So Un Rock and Roll------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 9:38pm
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I think the guy is the dude from "my name is earl" he called his son Pilot Inspektor. Now that is just weird. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 08 January 2007 at 9:34am
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hey, there IS a veto on some names in NZ. You can't name a child with certain words that are also titles, or use very obscene words... Sir, Justice, Mrs, and swear-words are out, and even Al Quaida (dunno if I spelt that right) are all out as far as NZ Births, Deaths and Marriages are concerned. No vetoes on names that just are dumb though - they have to be pretty out there to be told no. In my career I've come across a ton of bad, bad names (so many of which I'd love to share just for a giggle, but alas I can't)! And they're all ones that got through - eeek! A Palmy newspaper had a different list for top NZ names in 2006 (how they can be so different in the one country, I just don't know! Media, eh). Ella topped the girls names, and Grace was reported to be the most popular middle name. I knew we were going for a name a lot of others had chosen, but didn't expect that!! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: luna
Date Posted: 08 January 2007 at 10:01am
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*sigh* I totally understand the spelling thing. I always seem to have to spell my name (Selina), and now kinda wish I'd kept my maiden name as it was common as muck and no spelling needed. However I now have to spell my first name, surname and street name ... blah.
Sorry a bit OT, but just putting in my 2 cents worth from previous posts. ------------- Selina http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 08 January 2007 at 11:59am
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At least yours is spelt Selina and not.... SCLENA!!!!
I asked the girl if she was from an eastern european country, but no, apparetly the SC are as in science, then you have a syllable break before the Lena part. 3 consonants like that together always naturally run into a blend, so she must get fed up being called Sclena that rhymes with Cleaner! -------------
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 08 January 2007 at 12:13pm
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Apparently there was a case some years back in America where two twins sued their parents for their names: Lemon Peel and Orange Peel. Now THAT is dumb!!!! ------------- |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 08 January 2007 at 8:34pm
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I had heard that NZ had a veto for names as well. I had heard that Hitler and Suddam are on it probably Osama as well. I tried to google it but couldn't find anything. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 08 January 2007 at 8:50pm
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my brother and his partner were seriously going to call their bub 'damion lucifer' if it was a boy!!!!!
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 08 January 2007 at 8:54pm
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You what??????????????????????????????????? ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 08 January 2007 at 9:10pm
| Jacobsmama - Ann(e) is fine...in fact that is our bubs third name - specifically requested by Dhs grandad to honour his daughter who passed on and his grandma or someone (must check to clarify that one!) - and have asked DH to double check on spelling before she arrives so we can get it right...his grandad is stoked!!! |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 08 January 2007 at 9:12pm
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yeah, but it soooooooooo wasn't cool when i was at school, you know, when it is sooo cool to be like everyone else... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 08 January 2007 at 9:38pm
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So that's where the rock n' roll came from... you rebelled against your name! That'll serve your parents right! (Don't tell you mum I said that, I quite liked her.)
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 7:40pm
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yeah man, especailyl at the height of the "I hate my name" buzz when I was 14... I was going to go to LA and live with my aunty, become a stripper and get discovered by a rock video maker, get put in a poison or motley crue video, marry Bret Michaels or Vince Neil, and live happily ever after. Got no idea what I would have changed my name to though... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 7:45pm
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I just put the top NZ baby names in the pregnanct forum. I could copy and paste in here I guess. ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 7:50pm
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and jacobmama I am a Ann (without the E) I didn't get teased for a plain name (so symphanise with you) I just hated that it was such a Plain name especially cause middle name is 'Marie' I kept (and still do) how unorginal my parents were as my brother is John Paul but went by Paul. ------------- Ann
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 09 January 2007 at 9:49pm
| Ive always hated my name, I got so much crap at school and my middle name is horrible to now so is my last name. I have to spell my first (is that with an I or a Y?) and my last name and my street. I live in Kruse Pl, why not just spell it as it sounds Cruise Pl but no so i always have to spend ages giving my details. |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 10 January 2007 at 11:33am
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Ann, I am Anne Louise (does wees). I hated having such a "plain" name, when everyone else in my class at school was Louise, Nicola/Nicole or Karen. Still, I have a stinker of a last name... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |