Just think of the children!
Contentious, or just straight-out whacked children's names are nothing new. But, sometimes parents don't have to be trying too hard to potentially spoil their child's hopes of love, employment, and future happiness.
The UK Office for National Statistics has released the favoured choices for baby names in 2019.
We found younger mothers opted for more modern girls' names like Harper, which has seen a rise since the Beckhams named their daughter so in 2011, and shortened boys' names like Freddie. In contrast, older mothers chose more traditional names such as Jack and Charlotte.
David Corps, Office for National Statistics
It's not clear as to how Mr Corps defines traditional names
because, although Jack is now a given name, it's traditionally a diminutive of John and others. But that's beside the point, which is that, while Freddie
, Alfie
, and Reggie
might be cute boys' names, they're hardly men's names. At least not ones to put on most job applications. (pipe)