I mean all the Archies, Alfies, Freddies, Charlies, Tommies, Mikeys etc
As opposed to Archibald, Alfred, Frederick, Charles, Thomas, Michael.
I can totally understand naming your child Thomas or Frederick and calling him "Tommy" or "Freddie" for short but to give it as his given name?
Is it just a new trend or something? Or do people really not know that these names are actually only nicknames or shortened forms of names
I just think that the baby won't be a baby forever and it sounds so much better to have a 50 year old Managing Director called Thomas, Charles or James than Tommie Charlie or Jamie!!!!
We've chosen Arthur for our baby (long story but linked with Celtic mythology - King Arthur etc as he will be half Welsh half English) but all the trendies and chavs we know are appalled and say we should name him Archie or Artie instead (we won't be - Artie would only be a nickname for him). I just don't get this trend. Can someone explain it to me
2006-11-03
07:59:18
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