Most popular names
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The latest list of popular names is out. A couple of them surprised me - Riley has entered the boys' top 10 (Riley? where did that one come from) and for London it's Muhammed.
As an aside I read that a US judge has banned a couple from naming their son Messiah on the basis there is only one true Messiah (although that name is currently 387 in the US popuular baby name list)
As an aside I read that a US judge has banned a couple from naming their son Messiah on the basis there is only one true Messiah (although that name is currently 387 in the US popuular baby name list)
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23663337
+ to a lesser extent possibly Amelia Lily off X Factor.
Not surprised to see Mia rising. My sister has named her child Mia Kate. I have resisted the temptation to poke fun and say it sounds like Meerkat.
Incidently, if all the spellings of Mohammed were put together they would be a lot higher up
I dare say that "thewaywardbus" is fairly unusual though. I like Barnaby, Cletus and Rosie
It was the same with "Rory" at my school. There were so many of them, they were all referred to by their surnames by almost everyone.
Strangely, the most popular girl name in my school was "Amy" so perhaps Steven Moffat entered a time-warp and named a bunch of babies.
I was quite surprised to see Riley in the top 10 too, although I do know of quite a few recently. Was slightly surprised by Isla and Mia also, but possibly just because I don't know of any of those recently! Nice names though.
I like Esme but its down to Terry Pratchett's
I agree, lovely name but I haven't come across any over the last few years at nursery or schools.
There are 5 in my daughter's class alone.
Esme has been pretty popular for a while....a couple of my kids (now in their 20;s) went to school with a few Esmes.
And we have an Isla next door but she;s only just 2.
Isla Fisher to blame maybe?
Chav and old fashioned names are a bit old hat.