| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? 13:39 - Dec 21 with 7224 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
My daughter is accidentally named after Nerys Hughes' character in 'The District Nurse'
and my son is accidentally named after a cop killer. |  |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 13:41 - Dec 21 with 4227 views | J2BLUE |
My brother's first and middle names are Alex Matthew because my mum heard Alex Mathie and liked the name.
My brother loves telling people that even though he doesn't like football despite my best efforts to convince him. |  |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 13:42 - Dec 21 with 4227 views | footers |
One thing I'll never understand is parents who seem to do this willingly and knowingly.
Lad in my class was (and presumably still is) called Michael Kane. Different spelling obviously but why would you do that to your child?! |  |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 13:43 - Dec 21 with 4216 views | Illinoisblue |
Sort of. If you’ve seen the John Candy movie Uncle Buck the two kids have the same names as my kids. Which I was completely unaware of until someone pointed it out at the baby shower for kid #2. |  |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 13:44 - Dec 21 with 4196 views | J2BLUE |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 13:42 - Dec 21 by footers |
One thing I'll never understand is parents who seem to do this willingly and knowingly.
Lad in my class was (and presumably still is) called Michael Kane. Different spelling obviously but why would you do that to your child?! |
I think it's worse when they pick a popular name but try to make it unique by spelling it differently.
I won't give examples as don't wish to offend but some of the alternative spellings i've seen are awful. [Post edited 21 Dec 2021 13:51]
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 13:50 - Dec 21 with 4162 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 13:42 - Dec 21 by footers |
One thing I'll never understand is parents who seem to do this willingly and knowingly.
Lad in my class was (and presumably still is) called Michael Kane. Different spelling obviously but why would you do that to your child?! |
Thing is I used to watch the District Nurse when I was a kid, and completely forgot her name in the show. It was only my dad mentioning it when she was 2 that made me realise.
To be fair, it was a good show, not the best show, but my wife wouldn't let me change my surname to 'Bravo' when my daughter was born. | |
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| I used to work with a bloke called Andy Kerton.... on 13:52 - Dec 21 with 4124 views | Bloots |
....he called his daughter Annette.
He thought it was funny.
Not famous, but worth sharing.
True story. |  |
| "He's been a really positive influence on my life, I think he's a great man" - TWTD User (May 2025) |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 13:53 - Dec 21 with 4121 views | Ftnfwest |
Lady F forbade me to name our first born after 'some footballer'. We called him Matthew and i didn't have the heart to tell her that the ITFC club captain was called that as well at the time! |  | | |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 13:57 - Dec 21 with 4097 views | WD19 |
Not me. I wanted something unique so went with Adolf. It worked and I have never come across any other kids with that name. |  | | |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 14:29 - Dec 21 with 4000 views | factual_blue |
I once in my working life encountered a chap whose two middle names were Don Everall.
Don Everall was a local coach firm, and apparently he was conceived on the back seat of one of their coaches. |  |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 14:56 - Dec 21 with 3929 views | GlasgowBlue |
A bloke I knew in Colchester was called James Bond. |  |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 15:01 - Dec 21 with 3917 views | essexpaul64 |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 13:42 - Dec 21 by footers |
One thing I'll never understand is parents who seem to do this willingly and knowingly.
Lad in my class was (and presumably still is) called Michael Kane. Different spelling obviously but why would you do that to your child?! |
I used to work in a hospital and we had a patient called Ronald Biggs, the receptionist called his name but he had gone. Then she said, has anyone seen Mr Ronald Biggs and someone replied, he’s in Brazil 🤣 |  | | |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 15:05 - Dec 21 with 3896 views | bluelagos |
Growing up there was kid in a siblings school class called Gordon Bennett. |  |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 15:09 - Dec 21 with 3881 views | King_of_Portman_Rd |
I did once work with a lad called Harry James Potter, though given his age it was a complete coincidence as he was born around same time first book was written
I did also go to school with a girl named Holly Wood |  | | |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 15:12 - Dec 21 with 3861 views | TractorFrog |
There used to be a BTCC driver called Michael Caine, and an F2 driver called David Beckmann. |  |
| They'd all laugh at me if they knew what I was trying to do. To create a new strain of super-wine in half-an-hour with a fraction of nature's resources and a FOOL for an assistant. 'Bernard Black, he's mad,' they'd say, 'he's insane, he's dangerous.' Well I'll show them! I'll show them all! | | Poll: | Who should start in CM with Cajuste? |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 15:19 - Dec 21 with 3844 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 14:56 - Dec 21 by GlasgowBlue |
A bloke I knew in Colchester was called James Bond. |
I have a customer called James Bond
My dad was called Christopher Robin. |  |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 15:23 - Dec 21 with 3823 views | Bluesky |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 13:42 - Dec 21 by footers |
One thing I'll never understand is parents who seem to do this willingly and knowingly.
Lad in my class was (and presumably still is) called Michael Kane. Different spelling obviously but why would you do that to your child?! |
I was at school with Paul McCartney. He couldn't sing but was a damn good cricketer. |  | | |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 16:00 - Dec 21 with 3754 views | allezlesbleus |
Slightly off subject, but my wife and I named our daughter Etienne, after (imho) our greatest ever victory on foreign soil. We didn't really give the name much thought at the time .
A few years later, we moved to France to find out that Etienne was a boys name..... |  | | |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 16:09 - Dec 21 with 3732 views | Swansea_Blue |
Yeah, Osh & Becks
Not their full names and not deliberate, but still 
Luckily, nobody of their generation knows who Posh and Becks are! |  |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 16:31 - Dec 21 with 3659 views | PhilTWTD |
I hate Nerys Hughes. |  | | |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 16:31 - Dec 21 with 3649 views | Ewan_Oozami |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 16:31 - Dec 21 by PhilTWTD |
I hate Nerys Hughes. |
+1 for HMHB reference... |  |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 16:32 - Dec 21 with 3641 views | ITFC_Forever |
Our dog is named after an ITFC song.... didn't let on to the wife and kids when we chose his name. |  |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 16:49 - Dec 21 with 3594 views | factual_blue |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 16:32 - Dec 21 by ITFC_Forever |
Our dog is named after an ITFC song.... didn't let on to the wife and kids when we chose his name. |
'The norwich ran away' is a strange name for a dog.
We don't seem to have any other songs. | |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 16:50 - Dec 21 with 3584 views | Ewan_Oozami |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 16:49 - Dec 21 by factual_blue |
'The norwich ran away' is a strange name for a dog.
We don't seem to have any other songs. |
Bark now hear, the Ipswich sing.... | |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 16:51 - Dec 21 with 3578 views | footers |
| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 16:49 - Dec 21 by factual_blue |
'The norwich ran away' is a strange name for a dog.
We don't seem to have any other songs. |
I hope it's not called Fashanu... | |
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| Did anyone accidentally name their kids after someone famous? on 17:04 - Dec 21 with 3535 views | swede |
When I were a lad, there was a boy in the next village named Rupert Beer. Even back then I couldn't understand how parents could do that to a child.
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