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It's the same working in schools.  The 'best' one I had was Na-A (pronounced Na dash a  get it?). ???? Isn't that crap?  Could they not spell Natasha?  Or were they trying to be clever but achieving the complete opposite?  Poor kid.


We had a few called after TV characters and then the ones who can't think for themselves but call them after footballers' kids or royal sprogs.  Chardonnay was a favourite for a while too.  Why would you call your kid after a bottle of wine?  


It's a bit of a snobbish thing though, this looking down on people because of the names they give their children.  It's a shame that the stereotypes are mostly correct though because it does tend to reinforce the snobbish element of it.


My mother has a Spanish name but her mother anglicised it when they came to the UK after World War 2, because there was a stigma attached to 'foreign' names at that time.  This was a common practice amongst many immigrant families to the UK and also the US I think.  I think that's quite sad.


"What's in a name?" as Shakespeare said, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet".


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