I love the name Miles 

Just thought of another one ..............................Rufus!

Soozy you are making me laugh with your suggestions  

They are so far from what I'd choose but it feels like I'm having a conversation with my own mother.  They are her type of names too 

(what else do you hate? )

Thank you Ditty, there are some weird names out there.  I like 'newer' names but some of them really take the biscuit, don't they?!

 and Milo 

I could be you forum mum if you like .........I already have Aimee as an adopted daughter - I taught her everything she knows about buggering up white goods.

if it's biscuits we're talking and you like 'new' names have you thought about Oreo (boy or girl)

That sounds good.  

You have now gained 2 new grandsons who would like to stay with you during all school holidays   Do you do overnight babysitting of newborns?

 My dad already calls my youngest Jammie Dodger (Jamie)!

I would kill to babysit a newborn .....I simply adore new babies!

 They are pretty adorable but I know I am in for a huge shock when this baby comes.  I am too used to having long lie ins and uninterrupted sleep for too long now.  

Just seen this name on the telly and my Harry has a friend of this name. 

Acer.

Nooooooo, my computer is an Acer

Boy's names are really hard ... it took us a week to name our son, even now we call him The Boy, because that is what he was known as for that week!

Friends of ours called their boy Alexander, Zander for short. Over time he became known as Zanderman, which I thought was really cool, then he went to secondary school and got called ... Alex

Actually I don't think you spell it like that.

It's quite a traditional (jewish?) name I think - it was Al Jolson's real name. Maybe it's Aisa or something like that.

Is it Asa? a Hebrew name, pronounced Ay-sah?

That's the one .............it'd be alright for an Irish Catholic boy wouldn't it?

 Of course!

jewish girl names

Raisa (Rose)

Ariella (Lioness)

Freida (joy)

Mayan (spring)

Netanya (gift from god)

Ruth (sweet /pleasant one)

Simcha (Joy)

Asa Yoelson born in Lithuania.

I taught at a school where there were two sisters Sapphire and Solitaire.

When I was 40 I trained and did 18 months in house training for a PGCE. Once I'd finished I thought ..............errm - no thanks.

I worked for five years as a teaching assistant before that.

That is bloody awful.  Poor Solitaire in particular.  

Sapphy and Sollie.

Love the new avvy Ells.

Thanks Erin, it seems she's too fat too fit in properly!

Nice, i would love to work in school, bought a course last year on group me and after researching the qualification it gave i ended up getting a refund as it wasn't a very good one 

I can't tell you how relieved I am that you hate the names .......I had an awful feeling that you might take the idea and run with it

 Those ones are a little TOO out there for my liking!

lovin' the av, Ells!  

Ain't she pretty?!

Latest names I have heard and liked .

Ty

Sullivan

Bunty.

Malachy [got a cousin called that lol]

Donal

Ruari [Rory] = after last High King of Ireland Rory O'Connor

Rachel

Rebecca

Verity

Just putting them in the hat 

Sullivan... I really like that 

Names I've heard at school from Master C's day. 

Rocco (guessing parents were Madonna or Guy Ritchie fans)

Angel

Neon

and one that I heard at Christmas, a little boy named Wolf.

Madison

Lucas

[ a character in House of Cards is called that... struck me as nice ].

That's my favourite girls name so far, I think.