Traditional Kiwi boys' names face extinction

[Hitcher]

Quietly and without fuss, New Zealand's Kevins, Bruces, Trevors, Stephens, Andrews, Brians, and Donalds are evaporating from our language and school rolls, replaced by Jacks, Joshs and a whole raft of fashionable, made up and naff names.

There is probably a similar list of extinct girls' names too. Certainly there is an egregious selection of monikers being inflicted on the fairer sex as well as on the lads.

It is sad that some parents don't think about what they're inflicting on their offspring. I am a strong supporter of the French and Danish system of naming kids: you get to pick off the official list. Marvellous.

[Winston001]

Haven't bumped into an Agnes or a Tarquin for quite a while...

[Unit:Me]

Well gave my daughter the longest name I could, Anastasia Charlotte Van Tel Pauwels, then gave my son the shorted name I could, Jay Edge. Go figure

[Magua]

What chu talkin' 'bout? I used to know seven Andrews when I was in intermediate and I'm not that old.

What are these fashionable naff names you speak of?

[FJRider]

My gran told my mum (a few months before I was born) to choose a name that you can stand at your back door and call as loud as you can... because thats what you'll be doing for the next 16 years. (she was wrong... it was the next 18 years...)

[Hitcher]

What are these fashionable naff names you speak of?

Read the "births" column in your newspaper tomorrow. This pursuit provides moments of mirth in our house each Saturday morning.

[T bone]

I rather like my name. I've only known of two other people with the same name & both times they were spelt different to mine. Most people either say it wrong or spell it wrong though, I'm kinda used to it after 20-something years though

[McJim]

What have I done? :slap: I have given both my sons normal names. They will be the only kids at school with normal names. they will, alas, be laughing stocks.

[Motu]

When we named our son Jack we were a bit concerned about using such an old fashioned name....the only people we knew called Jack were old or dead.Both John and Jack are traditional names in my family,and were considering naming him John,and calling him Jack,which is how it normally goes.

So we were somewhat pissed off a few years later when Jack becomes one of the most common ''new'' names.

[FJRider]

What have I done? :slap: I have given both my sons normal names. They will be the only kids at school with normal names. they will, alas, be laughing stocks.

Fear not... by the end of high school, things will change...again... do they (as in the advertisment on TV) "only comes from Scotland" ???

[98tls]

What have I done? :slap: I have given both my sons normal names. They will be the only kids at school with normal names. they will, alas, be laughing stocks.

Dunno Jimmy but am sure the feet thing wont help.

[turtleman]

I rather like my name. I've only known of two other people with the same name & both times they were spelt different to mine. Most people either say it wrong or spell it wrong though, I'm kinda used to it after 20-something years though

Hmmmm, I'm intrigued to find out how the others spell the name T, Mr. Bone

[Mom]

Be alright if I had a fancy first name. My family have a long history of calling people by their second names. Name your child one thing, then call it something else. I was raised as Liz. Gained the nickname Charlie from my friends and was called that outside of home. Neither of them are my given name.

My son is named Timothy (Tim). I call him Buster

I had friends at school, they were identical twins. Parents named them Isobel Agnes and June Maud. Names are cool!

[Number One]

I knew a boy called Russell Russell growing up and I remember a girlfriend I had at school was petrified someone might find out her middle name was Bertha Don't meet many Berthas' these days

[Motu]

We called our granddaughter Janola Moonbeam.







However,our daughter didn't think we were serious and called her something else.But she will always be Janola Moonbeam to us.