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9:04 pm
January 9, 2010
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My parents names were Edward and Elizabeth. Not named for royalty as far as I know 
11:34 pm
April 18, 2011
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I have never heard of Hassie before.
As for strange names, I have two great aunts who were called Sarah, but for some reason were only known as Dollar, I'm not too sure where that comes from or why they were called that.
11:50 am
March 26, 2011
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A bit off topic, but my family have been thinking of buying another puppy and I keep suggesting the name Boleyn!
Genevieve would be a nice name for a girl (for any Anne of the thousand days fans)
8:33 am
February 24, 2010
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Claire-Louise said:
A bit off topic, but my family have been thinking of buying another puppy and I keep suggesting the name Boleyn!
Genevieve would be a nice name for a girl (for any Anne of the thousand days fans)
Since I find Henry's best friend so very enigmatic and interesting, my pick for a male puppy would be Brandon. 
1:34 pm
March 26, 2011
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Sharon said:
Claire-Louise said:
A bit off topic, but my family have been thinking of buying another puppy and I keep suggesting the name Boleyn!
Genevieve would be a nice name for a girl (for any Anne of the thousand days fans)
Since I find Henry's best friend so very enigmatic and interesting, my pick for a male puppy would be Brandon.
That is a very cute name for a puppy
7:49 am
February 24, 2010
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Claire-Louise said:
Sharon said:
Claire-Louise said:
A bit off topic, but my family have been thinking of buying another puppy and I keep suggesting the name Boleyn!
Genevieve would be a nice name for a girl (for any Anne of the thousand days fans)
Since I find Henry's best friend so very enigmatic and interesting, my pick for a male puppy would be Brandon.
That is a very cute name for a puppy
Unless, of course, someone has a family member named Brandon. I realized after I posted that Brandon is a popular first name. 
How about Cromwell? Surrey? Wolsey? Not a Tudor name but to go with your Genevieve…Lancelot? I have too much time on my hands today!
1:33 pm
December 5, 2009
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He he! Saying you like Tudor names and that you'd name your child Cromwell is similar to saying you like Biblical names and that you'd name your twins Judas and Herod.
Joking apart, I was in court a while ago and overheard someone mentioning a child's name; Amber-Lynne. Every time I heard the name mentioned it made me jump. Try saying it quickly! I can't believe it wasn't deliberate.
7:33 pm
October 31, 2010
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No one is going to believe me when I tell you this, but when I was in labor with my daughter, one of my nurses asked what name we had picked out and we told her Charlotte. My husband sort of remarked in passing that she probably heard a lot of REALLY bad names since she worked L & D. The woman replied that the absolute worst name that any of her patients had named their children was a woman who named her daughter the following:
La-a.
Now, how do you pronouce that?
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Ladasha.
I kid you not.
"We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams…"
8:17 pm
November 18, 2010
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9:04 am
February 24, 2010
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Louise said:
He he! Saying you like Tudor names and that you'd name your child Cromwell is similar to saying you like Biblical names and that you'd name your twins Judas and Herod.
I thought we were talking puppies, but I see your point. Now, I got nothin'.
12:35 pm
October 31, 2010
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Anyanka said:
http://www.snopes.com/racial/l…..e/le-a.asp
I would have thought the same thing if this woman hadn't been my nurse's patient. Who knows…maybe the woman heard it and thought it was unique? I don't know, but I'm inclined to believe the nurse.
"We mustn't let our passions destroy our dreams…"
1:14 pm
December 5, 2009
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Sharon said:
I thought we were talking puppies, but I see your point. Now, I got nothin'.
Oops, sorry, I didn't read the whole thread through. Yes, I can see Cromwell could be a good name for a puppy, in particular a Rottweiler, or maybe a bulldog is fairer. Having said that, there are many people in Tudor times that would be best suited to being compared to a Hyena. Feeding off the dead was a jolly old past-time.
5:14 pm
November 18, 2010
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MegC said:
Anyanka said:
http://www.snopes.com/racial/l…..e/le-a.asp
I would have thought the same thing if this woman hadn't been my nurse's patient. Who knows…maybe the woman heard it and thought it was unique? I don't know, but I'm inclined to believe the nurse.
(shrug) I've heard the same story from my neice who's a nurse in London, a friend who's a mid-wife in the British midlands, in both cases the woman is an Afro-Carribean woman.
A nurse I had in Montreal had a Haitian woman who gave birth to said baby girl as well as a NY Ob/Gyn on one of my other boards….
I've also been sent Ma~a…Matilda for various Spanish speaking women..
It's always bunnies.
7:28 pm
August 12, 2009
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Don't forget the tale of the illiterate young mother who sees the name on her baby's bassinet, “Smith, Female” and wants to know who named her baby Female (Feh molly). When the staff explains to her it's pronounced Fee Male and means “girl” and that she can name her baby anything she wants (condescending much?) she decides she kinda likes the sound of Feh Molly and spells it Female.
I work in a children's hospital, so I think I've heard most of the urban legends, along with a few I know are true. I took care of a little boy with a completely common last name – let's say Smith – his first name was Lordmeister and his middle name was Screaming Eagle. (shaking my head)
"Don't knock at death's door.
Ring the bell and run. He hates that."
