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The most popular names for baby boys in 2006
1 Jack 6,928,
2 Muhammad 5,991,
3 Thomas 5,921,
4 Joshua 5,808,
5 Oliver 5,208,
6 Harry 5,006,
7 James 4,783,
8 William 4,327,
9 Samuel 4,320,
10 Daniel 4,303,
11 Charlie 4,178,
12 Benjamin 3,778,
13 Joseph 3,755,
14 Callum 3,517,
15 George 3,386,
16 Jake 3,353,
17 Alfie 3,194,
18 Luke 3,108,
19 Matthew 3,043,
20 Ethan 3,020

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1890354.ece

Wow...

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I can't believe there are 5208 unfortunate children called Oliver! Parents can be evil sometimes ;)

A friend of mine used to teach a kid called Dwayne Pipes (I actually lived next to a Wayne with a son called Dwayne), and a brother and sister, the Fletts, Lee and Pam :rofl:
She also had a kid at school with a last name pronouced "Hofluer" but in true Bucket style, it was spelt Hogsflesh!

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is he someone famous then ?

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I was in school with a guy called William Williams. We used to call him Billy Twice.

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it is a bit of a shame yes lol

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My Grandad, my Dad, me, my son, my brother-in-law are all in the top 20. How boring are we?

Obligatory silly child's name - Nicholas Bott.

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"Matthew" is only no.19 :(

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There was a kid called Gorden Bennett as school with me, and one or two Master Bates....

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Andrew doesn't even make the top 20 which is suprising for me.

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On the other extreme, putting my other half's first name in Google comes up with just her eBay profile, thus making it about the most unique name in the world, with a score of 0 every year since 1972. Can't be too many eBayers under just their first name.

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i am suprised there is only muhammed in there, and not abdul that 1 seems to be real popular.

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I find it strange that "John" isn't in the top 20. I always thought that was rather common.



And "David"...where's "David"? Everyone knows at least one "Dave"!

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Actually, that's an interesting point.
Jack is a form of John.
Mohammed is not actually the second most popular name.
It's way down there with only 2833 occurances.

"But wait, they've added all the different spellings together" I hear you cry.
And indeed they have:

Mohammed 2,833

Muhammad 1,422

Mohammad 920

Muhammed 358

Mohamed 354

Mohamad 29

Mahammed 18

Mohammod 13

Mahamed 12

Muhammod 9

Muhamad 7

Mohmmed 6

Mohamud 5

Mohammud 5

The thing is, they've not done the same with the other names.
Jack is a form of John, likewise with Jon, Jonny, Johnny, Jonothan, Johnathan etc.
I'd put money on that they've not done the same with Andrew, Andy, Andi, Andre, Drew etc either.
Dammit! They're flasifying the data to keep my name out of the top 20!

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what about cletus

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I used to go to school with a couple of guys, their names were `Paul Mycock` and `Wayne Kerr`:) Lol.:disturbd:

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There is a certain group of people, which mainly name their children ABDI or MOHAMMED [however u spell it!]

In my school if I guessed one of their names correctly, they would be surprised. I wouldnt... it was a 50/50 chance;)

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there was a few wayne kerrs in my class

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What - all Muhammad? ;)

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I'm a number 2! doesn't sound so good when you put it like that does it :S

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Some parents should be arrested for abuse for some of the names they land their children with...I've seen it all from Theresa Green to Candy Sweet to Tracey Stacey.I also wish they would all learn to pigging spell their child's name correctly and stop all the affected different spellings of the most commonplace names.I cannot believe how many ways there appears to be to spell Kayleigh/Kylie.


Also can anyone tell me how many different ways are there to pronounce Le Van?I've got a kid driving me mad who insists that however I pronounce it it's wrong even though I repeat exactly what he says. Even the Asian and eastern European students don't give me as much grief and their spellings don't even match the name.

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To be fair, some of us already knew that a long time ago :D ;)

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How can Oliver and Jake be in the top 20 and Mark not?

Just looked at the link and I'm not even in the top 100 :( Mark is now a rare name :shock:

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I wonder if every Ethan is as evil as the Ethan I know? :scratch:

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Jennifer Taylor :rofl:

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:nutter:

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There was a girl at my secondary school called Jennifer Taylor.

And that's actually true, lol.

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OK, someone's gonna have to explain the Jennifer Taylor joke to me :dunce:

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What's a common shortened version of Jennifer?

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Well I'm not I'm going to wait until someone else does and pretend I got it all the time :D

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The italian Powergen had a similar naming issue when they registered www.powergenitalia.com does that help?

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Heh, now I get it.... thanks :blush:

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I went to school with a boy called Russell, nothing wrong with Russell unless your surname is Sproat. Must say some thing about the level of education at the school because he was given the nickname brasica.

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He must be the one who started Wayne Kerr Electronics ;)

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We had a William.Ankers in my unit.


Think about it :LOL:

He did go by the name of Bill so it took a while for some to catch on :LOL:

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My secret is out, infidel.

Actually, two of them are Williams, so it's not quite that bad.

As for poor old Muhammed, he's a bit outnumbered by the Biblical crowd, of course. I wonder if they did similar mergings with Ibrahim/Abraham, which are the same name?

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Had the same kind of thing at one of my previous employers; one of the directors was called Bob Saul - it was only after he received a letter with his full first name on it (Robert) that the penny dropped.

His parents really didn't think ahead, did they?

Take the initial of his full first name, then pair it with his surname :D

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I worked with a Gordon Bennett and a John Lennon

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Yup - why didn't they add up all the Johns, Jacks, Ians, Iains, Seans, Owens, Eoins, Evans, Ewans, Euans, Shauns, Shawns, Johnnies - and that's just the British versions.

Probably wouldn't have made a good inflammatory article, though :dozey:

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What I find interesting is that the 3 reponses shown at the bottom of the article are from people in the US, and showing a knowledge of Islam and the Bible that is unbelievably lacking!

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I used to know a James Bond.

At school, I remember Iftika Din and Anna Saltza If they married, she'd be known as Anna Din.

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Didn't a Mr Sherlock and Miss Holmes get married a few years back?

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You're alright as long as your name isn't Richard Head ;)

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http://www.nutrigenomics.ilsi.org/pic/head_richard.jpg
Doctor Richard Head. DrDH

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My friend's boss was called Richard, he was Head of a school, and lived up to both his name and position.

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My son's head teacher is called Alan Key (I jesteth not)

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I know a guy called Wayne Kerr too lol You gotta love parents with a sense of humour :D (wish mine did)

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It used to a standard first day question for new people at the place where I work, "Are you related to, or have you got a mate....called Dave"

So to me that post was really funny Matt!

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Damn, I was going to register that as my personal website!:mad:

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Then there was poor Mr Hunt. I'll let you work out what his first name was? :D

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Michael? :D

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Kay?

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Actually it was George, he just wasn't very well off. :D :D :D

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And let's not forget his brother Don :D

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Didn't he marry Miss Quixote?

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Sigh!

I know you all think that this is funny but I can assure you that as a person who did use to have a funny surname it's not.You either spend your time smashing someone's face in because they have been entirely unoriginal with the insults OR spelling it to all and sundry in business who can't believe you have a name like THAT and as a consequence change the spelling and try to render the name to something more normal.In the middle of all this you wonder why you are bothering because you actually want a name change.

And no my parents didn't saddle me with a stupid first name to match..they already thought they had done enough damage..They had already made that mistake with my elder sister.

































































What's that?The name...Well lets say it's very unique and anyone with the same surname HAS to be related to me.You are welcome to try and guess it.

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Isaac?

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I worked with a Phil Hiscock, and my mother-in-law is Rita Sole!

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My sis works at T-Mobile and once registered a phone for a guy for his son, who's name was Tupac Jenkins or North Shields.
Once repaired a computer for a Kevin Smith & he was fat & beardy (one for Silent Bob fans I guess).

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Young blonde barmaid says "Has anyone seen..."

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It's not Gambolputty-de-von-Ausfern-schplenden-schlitter-crass-
cren-bon-fried-digger-dingle-dangle-dongle-dungle-burstein-von-
knacker-thrasher-apple-banger-horowitz-ticolensic-grander-knotty-
spelltinkle-grandlich-grumblemeyer-spelter-wasser-kurstlich-himble-
eisenbahnwagen-gutenabend-bitte-einen-nürnburger-bratwürstel-
gespurten-mitz-weimache-luber-hundsfut-gumeraber-schönendanker-
kalbsfleisch-mittleraucher-von-Hautkopft of Ulm is it?

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...and I used to vaguely know a Peter Nurse, who's initialised name on his cheques always raised a smile.

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Nah, it's Fin-tim-lim-bim-lim-bin-bim-bin-bim busstop F'tang F'tang Olé Biscuitbarrel

Coggy, I too have a surname that is easily confused/abused, so I share your pain (if not your surname).

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:rofl:Where the hell did you find that lot?But not even close..though we did think that originally the name might have been German but been englishfied as so many names were.

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wow what a name to put in a form...

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Come on Incognitas, You can whisper it to me.https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2007/06/25.gif No one else is listening and I won't tell anybody honest.

Jo:D

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No you'll just have to guess like the rest of them.;)

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Is the new avatar a clue?

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Nope it's not Hilton....:D

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:Yikes:It isn't Bumgerner is it?

I was at primary school with a girl called Hilda Bumgerner. In my village we had a well publicised Gurning contest each summer and she was not amused at the comments the lads made. Very un-pc but children have always thought bum jokes were funny. :D

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Nothing wrong with Cletus. A version of Anacletus, the third Pope.

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P Nurse, P Nurse? I shall not rise to the bait. :)

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Please, some decorum! Wayne Kerr are a well known firm of manufacturers of scientific instruments.

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well it just goes to show how wrong people can be ,my teacher said that little wayne kerrs wouldn't amount to anything :D