WHEN it comes to naming new babies, many parents are influenced by relatives or favourite celebrities, but one Stockport baby has a more unusual namesake.
Eleven-month-old Taylor is named after her mum's favourite chip shop, which she visited every day during pregnancy to satisfy her cravings for chips and curry.
Clare Ricci, 21 of Bredbury was hooked on meals from Taylor's Fish and Chip Shop in Woodley and is already feeding Taylor mashed up portions, as she is sure that after nine months of chips and curry Taylor will be expecting nothing else.
Ms Ricci said: "My mum kept saying the baby was going to end up looking like chips and curry. It's quite a story for Taylor to tell her kids and grandkids."
The name was already in lists Clare and partner James Cormley had drawn up because it can be used for a boy and a girl.
"My family and friends weren't surprised at our choice as they knew I lived off the chips," Ms Ricci added.
Anne Wallace, proprietor of Taylor's said everyone who works at the shop is very flattered at the honour and added: "It's quite a thing to be named after, it's unbelievable. Taylor has been coming in and she's a lovely little thing. We may give her a job when she's older."
Unusual baby names are becoming increasingly popular, with many new parents taking influence from the likes of Brooklyn Beckham and Gwyneth Paltrow's daughter Apple.
Urban myths of a baby named after Swedish furniture store Ikea turned out to be true and a jaundiced baby was named after yellow Tellytubby Laa Laa.
In their quests to make their children stand out from the crowd, parents have adapted names and ideas from television programmes to food and drink.
Unusual names on the rise include Moet, Chardonnay, Bambi, Mercedes, Caramel, Paprica and Skylark.
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gill dickinson, stockport (25/10/2006 at 17:05)
This irresponsible publishing requires a counter story. There are many fantastic initiatives in Stockport that aim to improve nutrition, increase physical activity levels and therefore prevent childhood obesity. There is scant press coverage on these. Surely this is preferable to future stories along the lines of ¿¿¿.Child named Forbouys after shop where cigarettes were purchased to smoke during pregnancy.
It may be a funny story but an unhealthy diet is a recognised risk factor for a range of diseases and conditions which can result in premature death. Obesity can knock 9 years off your life. This can be doubled if the person also smokes.
With help from our local press, let¿¿TMs create a town where we promote and enable healthier lifestyles. Prevention is better than cure, as those two thirds of us who are currently overweight in this country (yes it is the national norm) will testify to
J, romiley (26/10/2006 at 10:13)
how sad !!
should be called chip !
Ken Wood, CH (30/10/2006 at 10:55)