  (77 Posts) atthewelles Wed 16-Jan-13 15:56:21  All lovely
names but quite ordinary.    Heavywheezing Wed 16-Jan-13
18:51:07  Are you writing about me?  Op, you have two of my
ordinary children's names in your post.  I have a degree in art
and also did fashion in college so come from an artsy
background. My husband from a science background. He wanted less
artsy names.  I think I' m getting what you are trying to say.
Do you mean the life they would like to have? Choosing arty
names or you saying people are pretentious?  I think there is an
element of that in names. Surely names can be aspirational.
UnrequitedSkink Wed 16-Jan-13 19:14:37  I do think that people
with more unusual or imaginative names tend to lead more
creative and interesting lives. My two DSs have names that I
really like, but that I also hope will be useful to them when
they're older, if only by making them more memorable. They're
not massively 'out there' names, just not quite run-of-the-mill
either.  TillyTommyTootToot Wed 16-Jan-13 20: