Her name isn’t as uncommon as you think A mum has hit out at an airline after a flight attendant posted a picture of her daughter’s boarding pass on social media, where it was savagely mocked. Traci Radford and her five-year-old daughter were about to board at the gate at California’s John Wayne Airport in […]

1 year ago

“It’s important for our kids to be confident in their names.” A mum in New Zealand has criticised a nursery for shortening her daughter’s name because staff and children there struggle to pronounce it. Paris Tautu named her daughter Mahinarangi, a name with deep ties to her family and their Maori heritage. But shortly after […]

1 year ago

“It’s important for our kids to be confident in their names.” A mum in New Zealand has criticised a nursery for shortening her daughter’s name because staff and children there struggle to pronounce it. Paris Tautu named her daughter Mahinarangi, a name with deep ties to her family and their Maori heritage. But shortly after […]

2 years ago

The registrar reportedly compared it to calling the child Hitler A couple who had to battle against their local register to get their baby’s name of choice have spoken out after they were told their child would  ‘never succeed in life’ with their desired name. Dan and Mandy Sheldon, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, welcomed their little one […]

2 years ago

That’s going to be an awkward conversation.. A woman has sparked conversation online after saying that she couldn’t bear to give her kid’s her husband’s surname because it’s so unfortunate. She said she fears kids will constantly pick on them if they carry his last name and wants to know if she is being unreasonable. […]

2 years ago

You’re bound to know a few names on this list. The CSO has released statistics on the most popular baby names in Ireland during 2018 and yet again, Jack and Emily top the respective lists for boys and girls. In terms of the most popular names for boys, James, Noah, Conor, and Daniel complete the […]

7 years ago