Possibly risking offending some, but genuine question.

Hmm ...haven't had any chocolately ... thanks or the reminder Jalima

I have finished the packet of chocolately biscuits lately.... have not bought any more lately....!

We had a lovely cat caled Stanley, now i have a lovely grandson with the same name

I do sometimes look at the baby names thread on mumsnet and cringe at what some parents are planning to saddle their poor little baby with. Though there are often replies saying, please, for heaven's sake, don't....
Certain names do have certain connotations, though some will deny it with their last breath. I have heard more than once of reception teachers' hearts sinking when they see certain names on their new class list, since they know from experience what they are likely to expect...

Having said that, a relative who is anything but ill educated has just given a baby a very nice, traditional name, with a very alternative spelling. And we all thought immediately how that child is going to have to spell it out for the rest of its life.

When I was in my teens and early twenties, I had friends and relations who called their babies Sunshine, Daisy, Daffodil, Moonbeam and other delights. Daisy is making a comeback, along with lots of other flower names, Iris being amongst my favourites.

It's not just given names that often have to be spelt. I grew up having to spell my surname to most people as it was either missheard or misspelt. I hoped when I married it would be a Mr. Smith or Brown, no luck I'm still spelling my married surname 42 yrs later !

I always have to spell ours too.
And my maiden name if required.

I like Daisy in particular.

However, for some reason unknown, I always expect a Daisy to be ditzy! Although she may not be.

Those names sound quite 'hippy Iam64.
Saffron anyone?

We'd decided to call DD1 Daisy, until I mentioned it at work and it caused great hilarity. I must admit it doesn't go too well with our surname. When I told DD this she said she'd have loved to be called Daisy. Apparently our second choice makes her sound like a boring old maid., whereas you'd always want Daisy at the party.

Ditzy or not, I'm sure Daisy is great fun!!

I do know at least two Daisies and they are both very sweet and lovely.

I really enjoyed this thread! When our daughter was born, my husband wanted to call her Cleopatra. (He is Greek) I managed to talk him out of it and she has a nice normal easy to spell name to go with our Greek surname, which nobody seems to be able to cope with. When she was about 18 months old, I heard her talking to herself and spelling her surname correctly as she had heard us spelling it so often on the phone! I was named after my two grandmothers and I was very fed-up all through my childhood, as I was the only one in my school with my Christian name and there was only one other girl with my middle name and she hated it too. They were both very old-fashioned names at the time, but now, they are totally in fashion and I feel very trendy!

If one of them is Phoebe, Phoebes, I think it's a lovely name!

Yes, Jalima, hippy days