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?
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.
@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].
[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!
[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]
[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!
[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]
@renrose - [name_m]Hi[/name_m] 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.
