Silly names not just the forte of dazzling urbanites?

[Sheilbh]

I'm lucky. My family's Irish in Britain and so we generally just churn out reliably Celtically named children

You see the same in Scotland acually with names like Euan, Alexander, Callum etc. being constantly popular, because they're Scottish. It means they avoid some of the weirder trends like this retro vogue, though I do quite like some of those names.

[Admiral Yi]

We named our daughter Lola, a name which quite a few people in our area had never heard of.

Not Kinks fans.

[Eddie Teach]

Still not as weird as Grover, Willard, Orrin and the rest of Palin's children

Palin's children's names are in the same class and deserve all the same opprobrium as a LeBron or Na Cola.

And Grover Norquist, Willard Scott(or Romney I guess?), and Orrin Hatch are all old men, so don't reflect current naming trends.

[Sheilbh]

I've always felt sorry for George Osborne who changed his name to George by deed poll when very young. His parent's named him Gideon, which is tough for any child (you can't even shorten it) but particularly when you're not even Jewish

[derspiess]

We named our daughter Lola, a name which quite a few people in our area had never heard of.

Not Kinks fans.

Apparently not. 

[derspiess]

Palin's children's names are in the same class and deserve all the same opprobrium as a LeBron or Na Cola.

Disagree.  They're silly, but at least they are actual words.

[Sheilbh]

We named our daughter Lola, a name which quite a few people in our area had never heard of.

Not Kinks fans.

Apparently not.

Apparently no-one in America is.  NBC cut Ray Davies singing Waterloo Sunset from the closing ceremony

That was one of the few good bits too

[derspiess]

Apparently no-one in America is.  NBC cut Ray Davies singing Waterloo Sunset from the closing ceremony

That was one of the few good bits too

The only good thing I saw in the closing ceremony was Madness.  Wife's heart was aflutter when she saw Bowie.

[Capetan Mihali]

Apparently no-one in America is.  NBC cut Ray Davies singing Waterloo Sunset from the closing ceremony

The Kinks are really ultra-British from an American standpoint; no good entry point like the Who.

That was one of the few good bits too

They didn't cut the Pet Shop Boys riding around in cone hats!   

[Sheilbh]

They didn't cut the Pet Shop Boys riding around in cone hats!   

My favourite moment of the opening ceremony was the bemused look on the Chinese delegations face as they walked out to West End Girls

[Eddie Teach]

Disagree.  They're silly, but at least they are actual words.

Willow and Bristol are semi-ok. Track and Trig are worthy.

Piper was an established name so no points off for that one.

[Barrister]

Old fashioned names are back in fashion in Britain too, lots of Alfies, Harrys, Rosies and Florences.

Still not as weird as Grover, Willard, Orrin and the rest of Palin's children

My best friend bravely named his son Henry. 

I sort of had to talk my wife into William Thomas (Tommy) for our son.  We named our daughter Lola, a name which quite a few people in our area had never heard of.

I don't know that "old fashioned" names are back in fashion per se.  There are a number of names that were old, but are coming back.  Think Oliver, Caleb, Ethan, Amelia, Abigail.  But plenty of other old names remain just as old and dead.  Nobody is getting named Hamish these days.

I insisted on fairly traditional names - names you wouldn't have to explain how to spell, but uncommon enough that they won't have anyone else in their class with that name.  So I have Timothy and Andrew.

By the way I despise the trend of taking last names and making it into a first name.  Mackenzie.

[Sheilbh]

That's another Scots thing. It's quite common for first name's to be mother's maiden names.

[HVC]

My name is both weird and a common last name. BB must hate me

As an aside I favour a name registry like Germany (and a few other euro countries). If the names not on the list you can't use it.

[crazy canuck]

  Nobody is getting named Hamish these days.

You have been living in uncivilized areas for far too long.

While not common, Hamish is definitely still being used.