"Olivia and Jack top baby names"
December 30, 2008 - 2:32pm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7804633.stm
The most popular baby names in Britain in the past year were Olivia and Jack, according to a parenting club.
While the top boy's name has remained the same for 14 years, Olivia toppled Grace at the top of the girl's list.
Celebrities were a key influence, with Ruby, the name of Charlotte Church's daughter, coming in second, the poll by internet parenting group Bounty found ...Olivia? Jack? Who knew all those Brits were following Canadian politics?
Haha! That's hilarious! :)
Who would name his or her baby Jack? That's like calling your kid Billy, Joey, Peggy or Lizzy.
Jack is a diminutive of John.
I think Jack is the diminutive of Jacob, not John (which is a small enough word per se).
Edit: hm, according to wikipedia, you native english-speaking people do use Jack as a diminutive of John.
Jack Layton's "real" name is John Gilbert Layton.
Did anyone else reading the list feel like they were reading the cast of characters from Coronation Street?
Also, who in their right mind would name their child Alfie? I can see how Alfred is somewhat better than Alfafa, but ALFIE? What a thing to do to an innocent child.
I don't understand. What is a "top baby"?
I thought this thread was going to be about Olivia Chow being pregnant and having to decide on a name for the new baby!
It's layton the day for a hall of fame bid, M.
I think Jack is the diminutive of Jacob, not John (which is a small enough word per se).
Edit: hm, according to wikipedia, you native english-speaking people do use Jack as a diminutive of John.
Isn't "Jake" the diminutive of Jacob?
It's layton the day for a hall of fame bid, M.
Groan. I wish olivia would stop with these bad puns.
There's some tradition some where that makes Jacob/James synonymous. The ere of King James I was called Jacobian, and official latin documents referred to him as Jacobus. I've noticed Jack as a nick name for John and James in north america. I always thought it silly to have a nick name when the proper name was one syllable. Is it just me but are the British names especially dull?
"I thought this thread was going to be about Olivia Chow being pregnant and having to decide on a name for the new baby!"
ME TOO!!!! And bowing to the coalition it would wear eco friendly real diapers; there would be a promise for it to be fully bilungual and he would be cornated as Pierre Elliot Chow-Layton.