@ Jennifer #40

"Emma, Ella, Charlotte, Sophie and Madeline? What are they going to do when they reach the age of ten and get too old for their name?"

lol. Thanks for the laugh. These names have been around for CENTURIES. They're classics. And all are of Germanic, French or Hebrew origin. There have been PLENTY of instances of Emma, Ella, Charlotte, Sophie and Madeline growing up old and wise, and being taken seriously. Charlotte Bronte, Ella Fitzgerald, Emma Thompson, Madeline Albright....to name four.

I think probably they'll be just fine at eleven and beyond....

And Ryder....comes from an old english surname...so similar to all the Campbell, Mitchell, Taylor, Bailey and Jackson's out there.

There's a peer in the UK called Lord Adonis. (of Camden Town, of all the dumps to be a lord of)

His ego must be truly vast.

Also, he so doesn't look like an Adonis!

I hate biblical names. So trite. No one ever uses Jesus either. Or Herod.

And porno star spellings like Krystal, Ayden, Nikki etc are ghastly.

I get called some interesting things when I tell people my name: Natasha, Latesha, Nakita, Nicky to name a few. And people cannot pronounce my name, it Na-kee-sha, fairly simple, it's only 4 syllables. I don't blame my parents for giving my an unusual name, they just couldn't agree on one. Mum wanted it to just be Keshia (Keisha is a more common spelling) and Dad wanted Nastassja (after the Russian actress Nastassja Kinsky). Normally I just introduce myself as Keshia as most my family call me that. In some ways unsual names are both a curse and a blessing. I wouldn't name my kids any of the names on the list, but I wouldn't give them a name like Moon-Unit or Montana either.

I wouldn't worry about mis-spelled names, so many of the opinions here have orful speling anyway, literacy is obviously not that important anymore it seems........

Those with the historic name Nike and Paris I feel sorry for. Paris was a man, and Nike was female.

"aurora and drake and Lorelai"

ahhh :D

To all of you going on about the poor kids having to spell their names - well I have to spell out my name all the time and how simple is the name Diane or is that Dianne. How about Jane or Jaine. Nicer to have a different names than the same old boring names. Each to their own I say. I am sure there will be some that hate the name you chose.

I have always like Arelan as boys name, and I'm with the correct spelling of Aidan. Spell the Gaelic names correctly if you are going to use them!

Interesting comments. Kids have always been named after royalty and stars, that's why there are so many older Margarets and Audreys. There has also been the trend of naming after the months, lots of older June's, Aprils and Mays. What's more unimaginative or weirder than that? Lots of Hayleys in the 80's last time the comet swung by. Most Catholic children are named after the saints. I have two normal christian names, Clare & Marie and have always had to spell them as there has always been two alternative normal variants in spelling. I now have to spell my surname (a bit more unusual) and my street name. I don't think a variant in a christian name is such a biggie. What about all the Thompson, Thomson, Tompson or Johnstone, Johnston out there. They also have to continually correct their names. The worst thing to do to a child is give them a name that will make mocked at school, or a name that when put with a surname makes a statement, eg Sandy Beach. One thing parents should really stop doing is giving them a christian name that can also be a surname when the surname is also a christian name eg Campbell James. Most confusing for the rest of us.