Telegraph Birth Announcements: October 2013

The Telegraph is a UK newspaper. These are some of the birth announcements included in the newspaper during [name_f]October[/name_f]. What are your thoughts?

Girls
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] (Siblings: [name_f]Georgina[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f] & [name_m]William[/name_m])
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Isabella[/name_f] [name_f]Rose[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Jemima[/name_f]
[name_f]Lara[/name_f] [name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] [name_f]Lorna[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Swan (Siblings: [name_m]William[/name_m] & [name_f]Daisy[/name_f])
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] (Siblings: [name_f]Rose[/name_f] & [name_m]Fergus[/name_m])
[name_f]Ellie[/name_f] [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] (Sibling: [name_f]Emma[/name_f])
[name_f]Megan[/name_f] [name_f]Sue[/name_f] (Sibling: [name_f]Emily[/name_f])
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Camilla[/name_f] (Siblings: [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] & [name_m]William[/name_m])
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f] (Sibling: [name_f]Florence[/name_f])
[name_f]Isla[/name_f] [name_f]Eluned[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f] [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] (Sibling: [name_f]Olivia[/name_f])
[name_f]Emily[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f] [name_m]Barron[/name_m] (Sibling: [name_f]Polly[/name_f])
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f] [name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] (Sibling: [name_m]Frederick[/name_m])
[name_f]Petra[/name_f] [name_f]Alberta[/name_f] [name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f] [name_f]Juliana[/name_f] (Sibling: [name_m]Harrison[/name_m])
[name_f]Sophia[/name_f] [name_f]Anita[/name_f] [name_f]Olivia[/name_f]
[name_f]Coco[/name_f] [name_f]Ava[/name_f] [name_f]Minnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Kitty[/name_f] [name_m]Ford[/name_m]
[name_f]Rosie[/name_f] [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]

Boys
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] (Siblings: [name_f]Amalie[/name_f], [name_u]Max[/name_u])
[name_u]Logan[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] [name_m]Tom[/name_m]
[name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Timothy[/name_m]
[name_u]Rafe[/name_u] [name_u]Robin[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Robert[/name_m] [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] (Sibling: [name_f]Lollie[/name_f])
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Reginald[/name_m] (Siblings: [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] & [name_m]Edward[/name_m])
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] “[name_m]Ned[/name_m]” [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Randall[/name_m] (Siblings: [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] & [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m])
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Hugh[/name_m] [name_m]Archie[/name_m]
[name_m]Brodie[/name_m] [name_m]Henry[/name_m]
[name_u]Toby[/name_u] [name_u]Owen[/name_u] [name_m]Leonard[/name_m] (Siblings: [name_f]Cara[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] & [name_u]Theo[/name_u] [name_m]Peter[/name_m])
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]” [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_m]Giles[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Caspar[/name_m] (Sibling: [name_m]Alexander[/name_m])
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m] [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] [name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Hugh[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] Lai-Sung
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m] [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]
[name_u]Finlay[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Ritchie[/name_m]
[name_m]Giles[/name_m]

Some really stunning names there.

These are my particular favorites:

[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Jemima[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Swan
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Martha[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] [name_f]Valerie[/name_f]

[name_m]Edward[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]” [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_m]Giles[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m] [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]

Some of these look like they have their last names still attached, JessicaLucy. Swan, [name_m]Barron[/name_m], [name_m]Ford[/name_m], [name_m]Ritchie[/name_m] etc.

[name_f]LOVE[/name_f]:
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] (Siblings: [name_f]Georgina[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f] & [name_m]William[/name_m])
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Jemima[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] (Siblings: [name_f]Rose[/name_f] & [name_m]Fergus[/name_m])
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Camilla[/name_f] (Siblings: [name_m]Alexander[/name_m] & [name_m]William[/name_m])
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f] (Sibling: [name_f]Florence[/name_f])
[name_f]Freya[/name_f] [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] (Sibling: [name_m]Frederick[/name_m])
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f] [name_f]Juliana[/name_f] (Sibling: [name_m]Harrison[/name_m])
[name_f]Rosie[/name_f] [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]

Boys
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] (Siblings: [name_f]Amalie[/name_f], [name_u]Max[/name_u])
[name_u]Logan[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Robert[/name_m] [name_m]Matthew[/name_m] (Sibling: [name_f]Lollie[/name_f])
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Reginald[/name_m] (Siblings: [name_f]Madeleine[/name_f] & [name_m]Edward[/name_m])
[name_m]Edward[/name_m] “[name_m]Ned[/name_m]” [name_m]George[/name_m] [name_m]Randall[/name_m] (Siblings: [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] & [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m])
[name_u]Toby[/name_u] [name_u]Owen[/name_u] [name_m]Leonard[/name_m] (Siblings: [name_f]Cara[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] & [name_u]Theo[/name_u] [name_m]Peter[/name_m])
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]” [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_m]Giles[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m]

@renrose, sometimes, parents actually use a last name as a 3rd middle name, the way the Telegraph site is set up, the last name appears first, as the header, then the child’s name. Chances are, those are actually middle names.

[name_u]Ren[/name_u]; no, [name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Swan are all given names. I don’t know about the others though.

My favourites are the one above, [name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f], [name_f]Coco[/name_f] [name_f]Ava[/name_f] [name_f]Minnie[/name_f], [name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Hugh[/name_m] [name_m]Archie[/name_m] and the winner; [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] [name_m]Basil[/name_m].

These are really my sort of names. :slight_smile:

My favourites:

Girls
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u]
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Jemima[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Swan
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f] (think this would sound better reversed though)
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f]
[name_f]Freya[/name_f] [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosie[/name_f] [name_f]Alexandra[/name_f]

Boys
[name_u]Rafe[/name_u] [name_u]Robin[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Hugh[/name_m] [name_m]Archie[/name_m]
[name_u]Toby[/name_u] [name_u]Owen[/name_u] [name_m]Leonard[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]” [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_m]Giles[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m] [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] [name_m]Basil[/name_m]

Ok, I didn’t know that was how the site worked.

Some lovely ones here! Thanks for posting!

[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] - vintage alert! :slight_smile:
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] - great mix of vintage and spunk
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f] - lovely
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] - gorgeous!
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Swan - Swan is wonderful as a quirky mn for the more traditional [name_f]Florence[/name_f] and [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f].
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] - I love this one!
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f] - swoon alert!
[name_f]Freya[/name_f] [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] [name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f] [name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f] [name_f]Juliana[/name_f]

Boys

[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] [name_m]Tom[/name_m] - this reminds me of the [name_m]Bowie[/name_m] song Space Oddity lyric “Ground control to [name_m]Major[/name_m] [name_m]Tom[/name_m]”
[name_u]Rafe[/name_u] [name_u]Robin[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]” [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_m]Giles[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Caspar[/name_m] [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] [name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m] [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]
[name_m]Giles[/name_m]

Some lovely ones here! Thanks for posting!

[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f]
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f] - vintage alert! :slight_smile:
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_u]Ruby[/name_u] - great mix of vintage and spunk
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f] - lovely
[name_f]Alice[/name_f] [name_f]Jemima[/name_f] - gorgeous!
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Swan - Swan is wonderful as a quirky mn for the more traditional [name_f]Florence[/name_f] and [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f].
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] - I love this one!
[name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Camilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f] - swoon alert!
[name_f]Freya[/name_f] [name_f]Isabel[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] [name_f]Cecily[/name_f]
[name_f]Miranda[/name_f] [name_f]Lucia[/name_f]
[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Elodie[/name_f] [name_f]Juliana[/name_f]

Boys

[name_m]Oscar[/name_m] [name_m]Tom[/name_m] - this reminds me of the [name_m]Bowie[/name_m] song Space Oddity lyric “Ground control to [name_m]Major[/name_m] [name_m]Tom[/name_m]”
[name_u]Rafe[/name_u] [name_u]Robin[/name_u] [name_u]James[/name_u]
[name_m]Louis[/name_m] [name_u]James[/name_u] [name_m]Reginald[/name_m]
[name_m]Frederick[/name_m] “[name_u]Freddie[/name_u]” [name_m]Christopher[/name_m] [name_m]Giles[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Caspar[/name_m] [name_m]Xavier[/name_m] [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] [name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Samuel[/name_m] [name_m]David[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m] [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]
[name_m]Giles[/name_m]

Maybe Swan could be the new [name_f]Wren[/name_f]?

@renrose - [name_m]Hi[/name_m] :slight_smile: They are all actually middle names! I made sure to check when I wrote them as they could obviously be surnames as well. The surname of the child is shown in a different section of the page (as @lawsonhaley said). Quite often, the mother’s maiden name is used a middle name, so that could be a possible reason.

I love the Telegraph UK announcements.

These are exceptional:
[name_f]Arabella[/name_f] [name_f]Daisy[/name_f] ([name_f]Georgina[/name_f], [name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_m]William[/name_m])
[name_f]Clementine[/name_f] [name_f]Agnes[/name_f] [name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] [name_f]Florence[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Swan ([name_m]William[/name_m] and [name_f]Daisy[/name_f])
[name_f]Theodora[/name_f] [name_f]Tabitha[/name_f]
[name_f]Violet[/name_f] [name_f]Mary[/name_f] ([name_f]Rose[/name_f] and [name_m]Fergus[/name_m])
[name_f]Georgina[/name_f] [name_f]Constance[/name_f] ([name_f]Florence[/name_f])
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f] [name_f]Cecily[/name_f] ([name_f]Olivia[/name_f])
[name_f]Willa[/name_f] [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f] ([name_m]Frederick[/name_m])

[name_m]Leo[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Caspar[/name_m] ([name_m]Alexander[/name_m])
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m] [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] [name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_m]Augustin[/name_m] [name_m]Edmund[/name_m] [name_m]Nicolas[/name_m]

I love reading through the Telegraph UK announcements.

My favourites here include:

[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] [name_f]Rebecca[/name_f] [name_f]Lorna[/name_f]
[name_f]Florence[/name_f] [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] Swan ([name_f]LOVE[/name_f] this combo)
[name_f]Petra[/name_f] [name_f]Alberta[/name_f] [name_f]Juno[/name_f]
[name_f]Coco[/name_f] [name_f]Ava[/name_f] [name_f]Minnie[/name_f]
[name_f]Kitty[/name_f] [name_m]Ford[/name_m]

[name_m]Arthur[/name_m] [name_m]Hugh[/name_m] [name_m]Archie[/name_m]
[name_m]Leo[/name_m] [name_m]William[/name_m] [name_m]Caspar[/name_m]
[name_m]Xavier[/name_m] [name_m]Alfred[/name_m] [name_m]Basil[/name_m]