carni 10,094 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Malcolm Theophlilus. I think that sounds quite fetching Miduck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Learned something today. I did a bit of on-line research into that name I mentioned "Maureen" Turns out its an Irish variation on the name Mary. Figures because her moms first name was Mary. There I was married to her for 33 years and I didn't know that. Not sure she did either. Apparently it went out of fashion in the fifties and that is true. We had one girl in my class named Maureen. Don't know anyone else to this day with that name. Too bad, I like it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 As a kid, we used to call anyone with the name Maureen, Maureen Mavourneen, after an Irish song with that name. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DAVIDW 1,674 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 I've written this before in another thread . My grandma was Clementina , she named her first daughter after herself and the second one Wilhelmina . After that went for shorter names apart from my dad who was called Francis William .....always called Bill . One of grandaughters ( half Dutch) is called Liliosa Marieska but is known as Mae . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,893 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Chulla , how dare you compare me with an Aeroplane !!!!!!!! only joking because your wife may not speak to me again if I shout at you. But Brenda may sound italian to you because you've known me for so long. There is a name in italian which is similar Wanda ( Vanda) Many english names are popular here but the emphasis on certain letters change the name completely. Nicola is a masculine name pronounced NicOla emphasis on O. AlicE emphasis on E (female). Ida (Eeda) A lot of masculine names translated are very old names but quite popular here. Maurizio, Maurice, Giorgio, George. Alberto , Albert. Bernardo , Bernard. Enrico , Eric. And loads more that dont come to mind. We had a customer who used to tell us stories about her daughter, this lady was in love with Italy and called her daughter Padella, unusual yes but it means frying pan. ( no dont laugh) A neices baby here was named Giove a nice enough name until its translated to Jupiter!!! Mothers surnames in my ancesters were quite common to and they originated in the north of england. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,793 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 I once knew a Maureen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Carnie#40 Same thing happened to me 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 I used to have a beautiful cat called fergal,after he passed away we got another one ,we called him kravitz,he lived to 15 (in human years) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loppylugs 8,424 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Janet. Another name that seems to be pretty rare in today's generations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 I used to be a carer for a lady called Dorothea,I think that's a nice name,and I've never met anyone else with this name. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 I am a Colin amongst other things and that's Col-in not bl**dy Co-lin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Blondie 1,392 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 My name is Lynn Margaret, I was born just after the war and was named after Vera Lynn, because my dad liked her - my mother was called Margaret........... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 I was nearly called six & seven eighths as the drew my name out of a hat 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crankypig 457 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 When I was a kid we lived next to a family who had a son called Bernard,I think that's pretty rare nowadays. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 My stepsons second name is Bernard he'll be 30 in May But not to worry his real name's Paul 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Newbasfordlad Colin Powell is actually West Indian and they do pronounce Colin as coal-in. My parents called me Paul as its a name that is difficult to make a mess of and cannot really be shortened. My mrs is Russian so has a multitude of names. He name is Marina, but affectionately it is Marisha or Marish. Her name with patronymic ( a sort of middle name, but is the name of her father) is Marina Grigorievna. The usage depends on the severity of the meaning. It takes a little getting used to. It works like this - imagine a clothes shop where she is looking at lovely elegant dresses that I cannot afford. It starts like this. "Oh Marish, that is expensive" Then goes to "Marina, that dress is too expensive" then goes to "Marina Grigorievna, there is no chance on earth that I am going to buy that dress for you as long as I have a hole in my bum as it is too expensive." 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted February 19, 2016 Report Share Posted February 19, 2016 Tyler I don't like. Each time I,ve come across a "Tyler" IT has been some kind of thug. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 The most popular baby names in 2018, guess boys number 1 before looking   https://www.joe.ie/life-style/popular-baby-names-2018-revealed-632656?utm_content=bufferd51f2&utm_medium=Social+organic&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 McGee no doubt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Waddo 921 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 I think on my dad's side of the family, they had a bit of a royalist theme going, grandad was Harry Spencer, grandma was Elizabeth Nora and dad was Harry Geoffrey and I ended up as Stephen Jeffrey. My mother (grrr) was Amy Molly and my sister was just Juliet. Btw perhaps Ann could have a connection with Nottingham ie St Ann's Well rd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,713 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 I must admit I have never liked my first name, even my Dad once admitted it could have been better. (At school I was called Fenton Claypole, a village nearby? As it matched my initials and some of my name which I hated.) My siblings all had names you hear more than mine. I did shorten it, only my mum and dad called me by the full version. My paternal grandfather was called Gersham (Gran called him Gersh), I was told when he and his siblings (he came from a very large family) were born my great grandfather let the bible fall open and the first male/female name was theirs. Don’t know if this was true or not. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 16,118 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Must admit hated my middle name when at school (Benjamin)Â Â Â i now love it ,,also Ben or Benj (carnie always calls me Benj)Â my Dad and Grandad were both Benjamin,,and if i'm half as good as them i'm well pleased. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,713 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 In my senior year there was a boy whose surname was Hind. His parents named him Bernard, don’t know what they were thinking. Felt so sorry for him when the register was called out - B. Hind, he always blushed. Don’t know if the teachers did it on purpose or not but they could have used his full name which would have made it easier for him. My middle name is Anne, didn’t use this as there was another Ann (without the e) in our year who was a bit scruffy and always had a runny nose so it put me off the name as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Spot on Mel ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,269 Posted January 4, 2019 Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 There is a plumbing firm in my area whose van  I often encounter when I'm out. I remember sitting behind it one day at the traffic lights and reading: B Sole, Plumbing and Heating. I wondered if B was short for Bob which was short for Robert. That would be R Sole, Plumbing and Heating!  I laughed so much, the bloke in the next lane looked at me as though I was potty! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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