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PETAL BLOSSOM RAINBOW !!!

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Hopefully they will never move to an area where some of the population use 'eh up petal' as a greeting or else the poor childs going to be very puzzled as to why everyone seems to know her name.

More seriously why not just give the child one 'normal' name?

Where do they come up with these names.I bet she wont want to be called Petal when she gets older .As in "all right Petal"
I must be a bit old fashioned not wanting to saddle a child with a name that can taken the mick out of later on.

Why don't parents think? Pity the poor child at school. Think it was Paula Yates who started this sort of thing.

I don't think it has anything to do with anyone else, lol.... I called my younger son a perfectly ordinary name, and 15 years later a comic (?) turned the diminutive of it and his other name into a foul expression!! He now chooses to be called something else!! Don't blame him, either.

My husband's famiily made our lives pretty miserable for a long time because they didn't approve of the old fashioned Welsh name we had chosen for our first son. Our choice of name for our son should have had nothing to do with anyone else... it was no-one's business but ours.

Anyway... there is research out there to suggest that those children given names that stand out generally do better than those with more *ordinary* names... and we are geneologists... we know that people have had the oddest names throughout history!!

Good luck to her... and her parents... one thing I do know is that she will be loved, treasured and adored by her parents, as are her little sisters, and that really is what matters.

Love

Daff xxxxx

I agree with Daff, it's the parent's business what they call their child. I notice the Olivers have gone for a flowery theme with all their children. Lets face it names such as Mary, Ann/e, John, William etc are all only common because lots of people chose them. If only a few people had chosen them then they'd have been unusual too. Personnally, I'm not a big fan of Petal, if going for a flowery theme I would have gone for Lily or something similar but that's me.

Edit: Meant to say when she gets older she'll probably drop the usage of the second and third names.

Reminds me of a song Cilla Black sang years ago!

LW

Surely it is up to them what they call her. I probably would prefer her sisters names of Poppy and Daisy but they are not likely to ask my opinion and why should they. Incidentally 'different' names are not all that modern. When i was in my teens in the 50s I knew of a 'Rainbow'
Why do we think that we have the right to criticize other people's choice of names? Something which is very personal.

Ann
Glos.

My Great Aunt refused to talk to me for a fortnight when I named my eldest a name she didn't approve of lol. TOUGH. She found my reception towards her a bit chilly from there on in............even more so when she moaned about my youngest being another girl........WOW what a crime lol .......

My eldests name isn't actually especially unusual but when I chose it 9 yrs ago it wasn't AS well known as it is now but I still like it regardless

Not keen on the Oliver's choice of name if truth be told but I'm sure she'll grow into it .......If I can read about *Peaches* and not bat an eyelid these days I'm sure in 20yrs I 'll do the same for Petal lol xx

I found out about Petals birth yesterday morning. My workmates son is a close friend of Jamies.

We all agreed it was a bit of a daft name, I like Poppy and Daisy for names but Petal doesnt have the same ring to it really.

When my OH heard this on TV last night his comment was -

Goodness gracious, or words like this, I cant say on here.

Bit like Bob Geldof and Paula Yates daughters names.

Mo

I have a son GEORGE... named after his paternal grandfather who died when his son was only 11 years old.
I really love the name but knew what was going to happen when he got 'out there'.
I taught him to sing;

GEORGY PORGY PUDDIN AND PIE........
the look on the little faces the first time they sang it at him and he joined in.
bless them.
Deanna X

I really think this a very silly name, but it's Absolutely Nothing To Do With Me. In fact I would never have known about it, had the board not drawn it to my attention. Who knows, in a few years people might be calling their children Butter Bean Elixir of Moonshine, for all I know. Who wants to turn back the clock?

I read about that the other day, poor little girl, it's a bit of a daft name but at least it isn't one you can date so when she is older she can hide her age if she wants. When names become very common by being used so often, you can generally tell years on, what era that child came from and therefore guess their age lol
I do like more unusual names, hence my choice for my son, but I do think some are silly names, if they must have some daft ones, at least give the child one 'ordinary' name to be used instead if required.
As someone said tho, there is no doubt she will be cherished as much as her sisters, who looked nice little girls on the photograph. Would be nice for him to have a couple of little boys too tho perhaps.

Lizx

did Jools not have fertility treatment for the 1st?

Does it matter Ros? I don't actually think it does!!

THAT WAS IN RESPONSE TO PURPLE SAYING IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF BOYS

Ros, I think she might have.

Did you see my thread about Gareth Gates, his new baby daughter is called Missy!

xx

I saw it, Purple, and thought that her teachers will have no problem getting her name right:

'Yes, you, missy, the third girl from the right, second to back row...'

Well, I ask you. It's what I called my daughter before we had decided upon a name for her!

A x