A few more daft names we’re not considering
Skimming my really useful book of 40,001 Best Baby Names I found the following three daft entries back to back under the “P” section for girls. My apologies to any readers who may have been given these names by their parents…

Porsche (Latin) which means giving; high-minded (or 944 Turbo)
Portia (Latin) is a giving woman
Posh (American) is a fancy girl (not to be confused with our very own Mrs Beckham), although Posha, another occasionally used girl’s name is an acceptable derivation (as in Posha Spice-a)

OK, my fundamental problem with Porsche is that obviously it’s a type of car. And it should stay a car. It’s confusing. It’s like naming a new Japanese saloon car the Honda Kevin, or calling your precious, gorgeous, cuddly little newborn Cortina. It just doesn’t sound right.

And none of this helps Charlotte and me in our quest for names. We are currently considering two names neither of which appear in the 45,001 Names book so we know we’ve got unusual ones there.

If we ever agree on names before the twins are born, frankly I’ll be stunned. And if we haven’t then we’ll have to revert to my original plan of tattooing Twin 1 and Twin 2 on their foreheads……

Roll on the inspiration.

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