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Friday, 6 August 2010


Puppy, Denim and gift; three of Britain’s weirdest baby names.

Would you name your baby Puppy?

Parenting website Bounty.com have revealed Britain’s weirdest baby names…

Puppy, Denim and gift; three of Britain’s weirdest baby names.

Parenting website Bounty.com found that one in three parents tried to give their child an unusual name.

“It’s great to see parents being creative and wanting their children to stand out from the crowd with more unusual names but there are a few here that children may find hard to live up to!” said Faye Mingo, of www.Bounty.com.

“Parents need to think carefully about everything that comes attached to an unusual moniker as it can definitely shape a child’s experiences at school and beyond.”

Of those polled, one ten parents said that their child doesn’t like their name and 14% had asked to change it.

Below is a list of the UK’s wackiest baby names. Are you on it?

Top 20 most unusual names 

1. Shy

2. Unity

3. Bean

4. Zowie

5. Puppy

6. Ice

7. Victory

8. Porsche

9. D'Andre

10. Denim

11. Diesel

12. Armani

13. Rooney

14. Bowie

15. Cobain

16. Stone

17. Gift

18. Echo

19. Heaven

20. Maroon

 

Do you like your name? Do you know anyone with a weird name? Should wacky baby names be banned? Vote on our poll at www.firstnews.co.uk/polls and let us know. 





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  • Sparrow (Age 12) wrote on Monday, 9 August 2010 @ 18:07

    If any kid has a name like that then they would get bullied at school

  • redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Tuesday, 10 August 2010 @ 10:22

    Yeah, that's just stupid, I would never name a kid something like that.

  • Miaowoof (Age 14) wrote on Tuesday, 10 August 2010 @ 12:40

    does Tasmin count as a wacky name???

  • redhorse10 (Age 14) wrote on Monday, 11 October 2010 @ 17:07

    Not Really. I Like That Name!

  • NewsChic13 (Age 11) wrote on Monday, 11 October 2010 @ 17:08

    What about Mhairi

  • McFlurry (Age 12) wrote on Friday, 17 June 2011 @ 15:27

    I wouldn't want to be called Stone. I would get picked on but I would understand why!