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Standard issue Greek naming format if my family are anything to go by.
Rob Hilton - Member
I have a neice called ParisPoor girl
I don't see a problem with that name, TBH.
Although it's actually a Greek male name, looking at wiki, there's a bunch of people, mostly male, some female, with that name.
Saint Paris (died 346), Bishop of Teano
Paris (actor under Domitian), 1st century actor in Rome
Paris Barclay (born 1956), American television director
Paris Bennett (born 1988), singer on American Idol
Paris Cotton (born 1989), American football player
Paris Elia (born 1972), Cypriot footballer
Paris Hilton (born 1981), socialite and heiress
Paris Jackson (born 1980), African-Canadian rugby player
Paris Jackson (born 1998), American actress and the daughter of Michael Jackson
Paris Kanellakis (1953–1995), Greek computer scientist
Paris Latsis (born 1979), Greek shipping heir
Paris Lees (born 1987 or 1988), British journalist and activist
Paris Monroe, member of the now-disbanded American girl group Clique Girlz
Paris Simmons (born 1990), English football player
Paris Smith (born 2000), young actress
Paris Themmen (born 1959), American actor, commercial casting director and entrepreneur.
I knew 2 girls whose name it was Christmas
One was called Dawn,
of course the other one was named Eve.*
*this isn't actually true but the opening lines from [url=
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A woman at work has just become a grandmother to Nevaeh.
Read it backwards.....dreadful or what?
My sister-in-laws sister has a son called Genghis & their surname is .............Khan. I kid you not.
I get a lot of job satisfaction from Chinese people's chosen english names. Flower Power Yang probably had a bit of a wake up call when he arrived in Scotland. I'm not convinced this is true but a colleague in Glasgow swears he met a guy called Snickers
Youre not related to Sharon off Birds of a Feather are you, theodopulopolopopopilis.
kids in the playground will most probably call the fellow spog AA,
@CZ Put 2&2 together dum-ass; her name's Paris ****ing Hilton!
Strange middle name. Probably winning the thread so far 😆
I have a nephew called Cameron Diaz.
And my first name is kelley, which caused me a lot of stick as a small child.
Chinese people's chosen english names
My Dad taught a kid called Dracula
Was he a pain in the neck?
My wife's nursery has a 2 year old called....
La-a
Yes.
Say it how it is, there is a 'd' in there...
I went to school with a lad called Dicken Hares.
I'm not joking.
I used to work with someone whose surname was Lee and they called their kid Spike - and they didn't know who the other Spike Lee was...
I knew somebody who changed their middle name to Trouble! Lovely lady
Sounds like the flower pot men when I say it aloud!
There's a Neveah at my daughter's school.
Kid up the road is called Merlin and his older sister Rainbow. Each to their own I suppose , they probably think my kids Luke and Marcus have boring names.
molgrips - MemberThere's a Neveah at my daughter's school.
She'll neveah forget where she comes here from. Or forgive.
Used to work in a call centre, 3 customer's names will forever stick in my mind:
Mr German Shepherd Dog
Willy Charmer
Chewma Beaver
I went to school with a guy called twig.
I have a 10 year old niece called neveah, I thought my sister made it up.
I had a mate called
Phil Micock........ 😀
One of my sons mates at school is called Renis trust me that caused a few WHAT moments when first told
P.s he is kosavan
I had a benefit case where one of the kids was called Kuntal Sogi.
I never dared ask if it was pronounced the way it was spelt....
Amazed someone hasn't trotted out the Pocohontas McGinty urban myth.
[quote=johnx2 ]Could have been worse, could have been Nigel.
Destined to become a hitman.
One Midlothian school sported a Kylie Wylie a few years back..
I really do have a mate called Mike Hunt
Oh the joy we had phoning the barmaid in the local asking for her to see if Mike Hunt was in...
" Mike Hunt, has anyone seen Mike Hunt, is Mike Hunt in the bar" 😉
" Mike Hunt, has anyone seen Mike Hunt, is Mike Hunt in the bar"
you are Bart Simpson and I claim my £5
I just grew up with heaps of Lukes and Leia's
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....
La-a
Unless your wife works in Glasgow or the one I know has moved from the gorbals then there's two of them.
La-a and two Pocohontases (Pocohonti?) have been through our dental unit in Fife.
One of my sons had a girl in his class called Lana Bahney Hahney (each name pronounced with an 'are' sound.
I used to work with a woman that had twins.
Dixie Red
Ashton Rascal
Never bothered asking if they were boys or girls.
....
La-a
It has become quite popular since it first appeared I think. There was a big thread here ages ago
There was a BBC South Today called Chris Peacock, I kid you not 😉
I had to field a question from a potential student called Ragina Sexwhale. I feel like i let him down by not giving him the only good advice, "Don't go to an english speaking university".