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When we joined the Regiment in the early 70s it was Wayne, Lee and Darren, Sharon, Tracy and Meeechelle. Or Simon, Henry and Mark, Sarah, Emma and Charlotte. Nuff said!!

My Elder DD has never quite forgiven me for giving her a first name she does not use. She is always known by her second name, has her bank account etc. in that name but bucket shop airlines have been known to charge her £40 to change her ticket to the first name on her passport. New parents beware, it can cause problems.

Oh, Ganja, I've suffered from this all my life! A friend at school in the same position took advantage of the move to secondary school to change to her first name but I didn't have the nerve. It has got worse now all your details are on-line. Also, have you noticed that there's often no room on official forms for more than two given names and one family name? When I was teaching I found that often this caused problems for staff and students from countries where people habitually use several names. Whichever two they decided to use, there would be complications because there would be discrepancies among their various official documents.

I have come across some corkers here in Oz :
Reeannon, Indyannah, Kade,Keeghan, Kaelan, Mahlaya (all from one family - Mum's called Sharon and Dad is Kevin!). Bronte, Reegan, Ayeesha, Sierra, Paris, Cruize, Bekkaah, London, Clayton, Tully, Meeghan, Slater, Rocky, Mawgern, Fletcher, Murphy.............
I am thankful that my 8 grandchildren all have conservative names, although I did become slightly exercised when D3 considered naming her son Percy (surname is Prescott!). Luckily common sense prevailed...
My first name I never,ever use although unfortunately it is on all formal documents and my second name is Sara, but for some reason I have always been called Sally and only answer to that. I would like to revert to Sara but it is all too complicated at this late stage in the game.

Gally my sister decided, when she was in her late forties to begin using her middle name and amazingly everyone adapted very easily and quickly. Both my husband and I are known by our second names and mostly it doesn't cause too many problems.

Lilygran I do sympathise. In my case the problems are compounded by a long double-barrelled surname.. Every time I go to collect a prescription we have the same pantomime. We solemnly decide whether they will file me under C or S, until the next time, when they can find me again. Computers often truncate my name anyway. Heaven knows how the system copes with all the complex foreign names of pole who live here now.

Sprry, CAN'T find me again. Too early in the morning, for a Sunday.

Those Ozzie names are truly awful Gally.I was very indecisive about naming my four DCs and didn't register the names til the last minute.With my last DD we chose Kate but when I was sitting in the car park of the Registry Office I changed my mind and registered her as Alice!She finds it funny to read through all the cards congratulating us on the birth of Kate.I hope someone doing family history in the future doesn't think we had an extra secret child

Those names are dreadful gally - I would even hesitate on naming a dog with some of them!