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Try to be magnanimous when the parents-to-be tell you their latest great idea for a name. Remember you can get used to anything. But it’s probably all right to point out any potentially teaseworthy names: for instance, if their surname is Button and they propose to call a daughter Pearl. I have known a girl called Dawn Pink and a boy called Rock Salmon. In both cases, I think it was the mother or father’s idea of a witticism. Not very fair on the kids, though. Schoolchildren can turn even potentially harmless names into something deadly, so it pays to be careful, even with initials – M T Head is not such a good idea. One of the reasons my parents called me Claire was because they considered it a name that could not be shortened or easily corrupted into a nickname. They reckoned without the school wit who dubbed me ‘Chocolate éclair’.

Often parents will appeal to the grandparents for ideas, so have a few names ready just in case they do. But try not to sulk if they don’t even consider them!