Come on, own up........

**bluekat** · 20-06-2012, 10:11pm

Originally Posted by Chocolate Lips

Ebony isn't unusual is it?

While flicking through baby name books while pg with DD2 I suggested to DH "Ebony" as a name for the baby, if it was a girl, er.....and black. Why in my tiny pregnant mind I thought I might have a black baby, heaven knows.

**bluekat** · 20-06-2012, 10:11pm

Originally Posted by Peridot

Little girl running off at legoland today with her mum shouting "I-beef-arrrrr" after her

Maybe she was made there?

**Peridot** · 20-06-2012, 10:33pm

Originally Posted by bluekat

Maybe she was made there?

Yep, that's what I thought

**helpimfalling** · 20-06-2012, 10:34pm

Originally Posted by Peridot

Little girl running off at legoland today with her mum shouting "I-beef-arrrrr" after her

You are joking!!!!!

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**alex** · 20-06-2012, 11:44pm

I like Roman for a boy

I haven't heard any corkers around here recently but did come across a mum with her daughter 'Shakira' a couple of years ago

**Toybox** · 21-06-2012, 12:09am

Originally Posted by KittyLitter

Heard a mother in McDs the other day, apparently her 2yr old daughter's name was "Little sh1t". Does that count??

:) lmao

**Jelly** · 21-06-2012, 07:33am

Originally Posted by LibertyGal72

I can't believe someone's called their child Damsella! WTF????!

So Neo, someone needs to explain that one to me. Why is it popular?

And Trinity?

Neo and Trinity are from The Matrix trilogy.

My cousin's son is called Nio, but he's Japanese and the name has a special meaning, though I can't remember what it is

Axel/Axl is relatively common in Germany and Scandinavian countries, isn't it?

**clowe74** · 21-06-2012, 09:29am

A very young girl I know has just had a baby girl and called her Tulisa

**Cat** · 21-06-2012, 09:53am

One of our neighbours has just had a little girl called...... Olympia!

**bubblewrap** · 21-06-2012, 10:18am

Originally Posted by clowe74

A very young girl I know has just had a baby girl and called her Tulisa

One of my neighbours has a girl callec tulisa

**Queenie** · 21-06-2012, 10:30am

My grandmother had an unusual name, because her mother was a bit pretentious and didn't want her child to have a "common" name. Trouble was, she didn't know how to pronounce the name (Essyllt) properly, and neither did my grandmother. It's Welsh I believe, and probably sounds lovely when pronounced properly, but my grandmother ended up being called Sally because pretty much everyone can say that!

**helpimfalling** · 21-06-2012, 10:42am

How do u think it's pronounced?

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**Damsella** · 21-06-2012, 10:51am

Originally Posted by Queenie

My grandmother had an unusual name, because her mother was a bit pretentious and didn't want her child to have a "common" name. Trouble was, she didn't know how to pronounce the name (Essyllt) properly, and neither did my grandmother. It's Welsh I believe, and probably sounds lovely when pronounced properly, but my grandmother ended up being called Sally because pretty much everyone can say that!

Is that a welsh version of Yseult, I wonder? How do you pronounce it properly?

**Velvet Chain** · 21-06-2012, 11:10am

I though Yseult was also Welsh?? And yes Essyllt is a form of that name...I'd pronounce it Es ilht, but not 100% sure if that is right.

**Damsella** · 21-06-2012, 11:12am

I thought it was french?

**Velvet Chain** · 21-06-2012, 11:15am

To me it looks Welsh which is why I assumed it was, we have lots of names/places etc with the ys beginning. It may very well be French though, there are quite a few similarities between French and Welsh - I remember getting the word for window wrong in my french and welsh exams at school because they are so similar.

**Velvet Chain** · 21-06-2012, 11:18am

Seems it could be Irish (Yseult not Essyllt).
http://www.babynamesofireland.com/yseult

**Damsella** · 21-06-2012, 11:19am

Isolde, as well. There are versions everywhere, but Yseult is french afaik.

**Velvet Chain** · 21-06-2012, 11:42am

Spent the last half an hour googling this Damz and am still none the wiser - can find it listed under Irish and French names, with similar meanings....but likely it is French and Iseult (or the variations) are Irish (because of the y letter apparantly).

**One Sock** · 21-06-2012, 06:18pm

Essylt is a Welsh name. I worked with a girl of that name. It is pronounced Es-icht (well, that is the closest anyone could come as a non-Welsh speaker).