[CFC1]

Without wanting to get into any contentious areas, I was interested to read this item a couple of days ago....

Mohammed is likely to top British boys' names list by year-end: Mohammed will likely become the most popular name for baby boys in Britain by the end of the year, local media reported on Wednesday, citing government data.
Though official records from the Office for National Statistics list the spelling Mohammed 23rd in its yearly analysis of the top 3,000 names given to children, when all the different spellings of the name are taken into account, it ranks second, only behind Jack, according to The Times.
There are various different spellings of the name because when it is transliterated into English from Arabic, families spell it as closely to their own pronunciations as possible. In total, 5,991 baby boys were given some version of the name Mohammed, with 6,928 baby boys named Jack. Thomas was third with 5,921 names, with Joshua and Oliver rounding out the top five. According to The Times, if the growth of the name Mohammed continues -- it rose by 12 percent last year -- the name will take the top spot by the end of this year.


I am assuming, in my ignorance, that very few of the indigenous people of Britain are taking on the name, so, whilst saying a lot about the make up of our own multicultural society, it is interesting that the item has passed without much comment, one way or another...

[John Watts]

I have many Polish friends these days and one insists on calling his newborn son (due next week) Kevin.
I have explained all the problems with that on an anglo-front. He says Kevin is a great name and strong in Polish.

After giving it some thought i realised that- if you give your kid the most awful/unpopular name now by the time he/she gets to school they will be the only kid there with that name and actually be quite cool!
My point is go against the trend because names go in circles. It may not be cool now but it will be in 10 years time.

[Miyazaki]

My understanding is that Muslim boys have to have the name Mohammed in their name and seeing as there is a sizable population of them in the country, it doesn't really suprise me.

[Woodywizz]

Noah is by far the coolest boy's name.........says Noah Woodywizz (aged 6 months)

[Setenza]

I like a lot of biblical names. My own son is named Joseph.

But I do like St. John

[Steven]

Saint Steven (Stephen) was stoned to death I believe

[Setenza]

By an exceptionally large bong?

[CFC1]

There's no surprise that Calvin (mine) isn't popular... apparently it means little bald one! .. apt, maybe when born, but not so frigging nice later on!

[CFC1]

Originally Posted by woodywizz

Noah is by far the coolest boy's name

Woody, That name's as old as the Ark!

[gpa]

Not surprising at all with two million Muslims in the UK, most of which historically feel compelled to call their sons Muhammad which incidentally translates into Praiseworthy. The difference with the rest of the UK population is that that names are not really picked with a religious undertone.

[IronGiant]

When our son was born 12 years ago my wife shared a ward with three other women all of whom had sons, all named Thomas. Our son was the odd one out because he was called Tomas

[Mr_Wistles]

I wanted to call my son Caleb (another biblical name) but IT said no.

[shodan]

My son is named Jack. I know its a common name, but I don't care! My name is John, a very very common name but in my office of 8 blokes there are 2 Richard's and 2 Gary's but there is only one John (thankfully, my boss says...).

[square-eyes-baz]

My eldest son has a cool name (i think) .Never heard another person in this country with it ....until i joined this forum
Garrett Well done, my son ,for your performance on the pitch today
Youngest son is called Dion after the singer (The Wanderer) .

[Mep]

Originally Posted by Russell_Piper

I wanted to call my son Caleb (another biblical name) but IT said no.

reminds me of American Gothic!

[Singh400]

Originally Posted by Games Guru

My understanding is that Muslim boys have to have the name Mohammed in their name and seeing as there is a sizable population of them in the country, it doesn't really suprise me.

They don't have to have it, it's used as prefix to the real name. Almost like Mr. <something>.