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10-09-2009, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by merz ->
My sister would definitely disagree with you-she hates the name and often says why wasn't one of us called it and that we had a lucky escape
She's lucky she wasn't lumbered with Yolanta (AND with an 11-letter Polish surname with Zeds in it ). I was nearly christened Cristina . . . but as it was after an old girlfriend of my Dad's my Mum point-blank refused. Shame.

I was 11 when Star Wars came out . . . Yola = yoda. Then as the kids got older it was Lola (as in the Kinks song), especially when they realised what the song was actually about - and I was never a 'girlie' girly . . . more of a tomboy. They had a field day. Before that it was all just unpronouncable and a source of mirth for everyone including the teachers!!!
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10-09-2009, 09:35 PM
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My oldest sister is Josephine which she hates, called her Jo for years...
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10-09-2009, 09:36 PM
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She's lucky she wasn't lumbered with Yolanta (AND with an 11-letter Polish surname with Zeds in it ). I was nearly christened Cristina . . . but as it was after an old girlfriend of my Dad's my Mum point-blank refused. Shame.

I was 11 when Star Wars came out . . . Yola = yoda. Then as the kids got older it was Lola (as in the Kinks song), especially when they realised what the song was actually about - and I was never a 'girlie' girly . . . more of a tomboy. They had a field day. Before that it was all just unpronouncable and a source of mirth for everyone including the teachers!!!
I like Yola, its different...
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10-09-2009, 09:58 PM
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I do too, it's different, but nice different. When I was in primary school used to be mocked with "I lean on a telephone pole", "I lean one way you lean the other". Hated it.
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16-09-2009, 10:48 PM
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Very interesting, DM, It does surprise me that the most popular names are different from ours here in the States, both English speaking countries. Thought I'd post this to compare:

Girls Names Boys Names
1 Sophia Aiden
2 Isabella Ethan
3 Emma Jacob
4 Madison Jayden
5 Ava Caden
6 Addison Noah
7 Hailey Jackson
8 Emily Jack
9 Kaitlyn Logan
10 Olivia Matthew

Jack is way down here!
From Joy - my late husband was christened Valentine just because he was born on St. Valentine's Day - poor devil. Was teased to death when he was a child at school.
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17-09-2009, 02:51 AM
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What a awful thing to name a boy child!

Shirley and Evelyn are definitely female names here; and then there's the Marion and Marian thing ..
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17-09-2009, 07:33 AM
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I'm also amazed that parents don't consider the abbreviated christian names --like Humphrey is bound to end up as Humph!
Also initials --we had a guy at school who was William Charles [i.e WC] --so he went thro school known as 'Boggy'
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17-09-2009, 08:38 PM
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There is a Geoffrey Christmas who became a priest
(Father.....)
and I knew a P. Green.
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17-09-2009, 08:43 PM
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There is a Geoffrey Christmas who became a priest
(Father.....)
and I knew a P. Green.
There was a girl in my class called Therese Green........poor girl
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18-09-2009, 02:54 AM
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Hollis is another of those gender unspecific names: have known both a male and a female Hollis!
 
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