Weird names..child abuse?

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

Listening on the radio that in the UK there are:

6 kids called "Gandalf"
2 "Tupacs"
2 "Dre"
4 "Snoops"
12 "Catherine Zeta's"
2 "Superman"
1 "Harry Potter"

Now, I know how much stick we gave to a kid I remember called "Darryl Rhea", and later a colleague called "Philip Phillips", what the hell chance does "Gandalf" or "Superman" have??

 

[Lammy]

My School had a Phil Collins and aMichael Jackson!

I also know of a Harry Potter in Wales...

 

[Lammy]

Has anyone read freakenomics? Great book. The last section discusses just this issue. I goes into a case study of a man who named his two boys "Winner" and "Loser". You couldn't make it up...

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

[BI know of a Harry Potter in Wales... [/B]

Sounds like a folk song.

 

[Biscuit]

We had a Master Bates..

 

[Stinkers Bridge]

My School had a Phil Collins and aMichael Jackson!

I also know of a Harry Potter in Wales...

Wow - I would have loved to go to school with Phil Collins !

 

[Cian]

We had a Master Bates..

My dad went to school with the head of the national lottery here, Ray Bates, no teacher ever called him anything but "Master Bates"

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

We had a Master Bates..

There was a Dr. at The Queen Victoria in East Grinstead called Dr. Cockin... and, I kid you not.. he used to run a "Hand Clinic" for injuries to the mitts.

I need not tell you its popular name.

 

[Lammy]

Come to think of it we also had a teacher call A. Dick. He has since changed his name by deed poll.

 

[Slowhand]

Harvey Oswald?

But I think he was born before Kennedy's asassination.

 

[rool]

We actually had a Michael Hunt at our school. I think he even went on to represent GB at an olympics in canoeing.

Always insisted on being called Michael

 

[Mark Ormerod's Gloves]

chris peacock is amusingly subtle
















As in crispy cock for the slow amongst us

 

[rool]

Other than that I remember a Mr Whippy at American Express.

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

We actually had a Michael Hunt at our school. I think he even went on to represent GB at an olympics in canoeing.

Always insisted on being called Michael

Hmm. I wonder why?

 

[Meade's Ball]

The most damaging celebrity name of my youth was the American gymnast Andrew Gaylord from the 1984 LA Olympics. I wish he were called Kurt Russell and so was i. Unluckily, i am an Andrew and then simply got called Gaylord. But with no physical talent to soothe my torture with.

 

[Trufflehound]

Reminds me of a new teacher taking the register at our school one morning...

"Davies?" "Here."
"Harrison?" "Here."
"Jones?" "Here."
"Plunkett?" "Here."

Then the teacher stopped and said. "Which one of you's Plunkett?" The little kid in question stuck his hand up sheepishly, and the teacher just looked at him, shook his head and said: "Hard luck son. Hard luck."

 

[Bevendean Hillbilly]

There must be more than ONE Harry Potter - both Harry and Potter are quite common names, and the spotty wizard only became famous a few years ago. I think telling us there is just one is a blatant LIE!

One Harry Potter
Theres only one Harry Potter
One Harry Potterrr
Theres only one Harry Potter.

I think the report was talking about Kids born this year.

 

[Frutos]

That would explain it then, fair enough

I'm sure I remember, Mr Badger, that you requested a while back to be referred to as 'Peregrine' rather than the more boring and unremarkable 'Tom'.

Therefore, if giving kids wierd names constitutes child abuse, does that mean you're guilty of abusing yourself