Interesting Facts

According to Experian Marketing Services, there is only one person in Britain with the first name Zebedee. (Now before you think this is just an unusual name, Zebedee was a children's character in the Magic Roundabout. So this is a cruel and unusual name to give to any child, who will be faced with the following for the rest of his (or god forbid - her) natural life:- Even worse, there are three people out there called Yoda.)  

According to the Office of National Statistics Oliver and Olivia were the most popular baby names across England and Wales in 2010. (The top 10 boys' names in order were: Oliver, Jack, Harry, Alfie, Charlie, Thomas, William, Joshua, George, James and Daniel. The most popular girls' names were: Olivia, Sophie, Emily, Lily, Amelia, Jessica, Ruby, Chloe, Grace and Evie. Not a Moses Amadeus (son of filmmaker Woody Allen and actress Mia Farrow), Brooklyn Joseph (son of David and Victoria Beckham) or Tallulah Belle (daughter of actors Demi Moore and Bruce Willis) among them.)

Research by Gurgle.com suggests that some traditional names such as Edna and Norman are in danger of dying out in England and Wales. (There were 1,048 babies named Gertrude in 1907 but none in 2005. Baby Normans declined from 1,991 to two, one in Shropshire and one in Tyne and Wear. The girl's names that were out of fashion are: Gertrude, Edna, Ethel, Irene, Ada Norah and Olive. Unfashionable boy's names are: Norman, Walter, Percy, Harold, Ernest, Herbert and Clifford.)