Right this one is going to be the winner
My husband works at a primary school on a council estate.



One child, a girl, is called.........

Nokia.


I declare this to be the most common thing ever!
( Mrs Liveinabin is the only person left who uses indicators, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 18:32, closed)

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
I've got to email this to my uncle Samsung.
(sir_spicious2000 word made flesh. Assuming the word is 'sex-mong', Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:06, closed)

It's exor-ik
I work in an NHS call centre where people call in for advice for their kids.
We get some corking names.
One of my favourites where twin three year olds called, and I shit you not, Sierra and Mondeo.
( NobbyNobody, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:14, closed)

hahaha
this gets a click
( Count Vanderhoff trying to learn tattyshop, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:27, closed)

A real class family in my hometown...
...named their children...

Passionelle, Desire and Lustina.

This was only matched by my neighbour's children - Spike and Rocky.
(TheSnark was pidgeony (hello Tom), Thu 16 Oct 2008, 19:32, closed)

Your hometown sounds like a breeding place of porn stars.
No offense ment, ofcourse. This QotW has made some people a bit touchy, so a small disclaimer seems in place
(Obsidian, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:02, closed)

They sound
like feminine hygiene products.
(Marmoset Bored bored bored of cnuting revision..., Fri 17 Oct 2008, 15:53, closed)

mr tulip's mother
had a girl in her class who was called "Ikea"
(happylittletulip helpless and delicious, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 20:49, closed)

Could be worse
if it had been Siemens...
( K2k6 is working with a bottle of purest yellow, Thu 16 Oct 2008, 22:04, closed)

Could be worse than that
If their last name was Taines.
(Tyburn Finds the name Lauren Muff inexplicably funny, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 1:17, closed)

or
how about Wallower?
(Heggy, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 13:55, closed)

hehe
that reminds me of that old harry enfield sketch where wayne and waynetta call their child 'spudulike*' because 'it's exotic, innit?' :D

*pronounced 'spud-ooo-lickah', with the stress on the 'ooo'.
( brixton bruxelles stay at home, eat yogurt, die young, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 1:18, closed)

An old friend of mine used to live in North End, Portsmouth
Down her road were a brother and sister. 'Levi' and 'Jean'.
( gareth_alien will be human again at, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 9:24, closed)

In a Wickes near Romford
I heard a parent admonishing her child in loud tones: "Ammonia! Put that down and come 'ere!".

I thought I must have misheard, but luckily the little girl was disobedient so "Ammonia!!" rang out twice more.

I can only suppose her mother thought it implied Spirit.

It was nearly, but not quite, topped but the unfortunate brat "Justice" who was being shouted at in the shopping centre the next day.
(richardm, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 10:56, closed)

Was the unfortunate anklebiter
Named after the purveyor of blingtastic mobile phones-or the less exotic Nokia who make welly boots and bicycle tyres.........
Actually Nokia is a nice peacful little town in Finland, been there, got the T shirt. Well I didn't but I did get pair of wellies :-)
(Snabblim Dropfritt, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 11:36, closed)

Paskan marjat!
It's Finnish for "Don't eat the brown berries".
(lanternchikk At least mine's only woolly on the OUTSIDE, Sun 19 Oct 2008, 15:10, closed)

Spellings of the names
I've some great names from working in schools in "interesting" area's - Jhaydanha, Phoxx and Shayde are probably the top three. Why do people think they need to honour their little darling with the most ridiculous spellings of words that aren't even names?
(anotherdoublewhiskey, Fri 17 Oct 2008, 16:39, closed)

A mate of mine
Went to school with a boy called "sandwich"
(Mr_Smig, Mon 20 Oct 2008, 16:47, closed)