The top 10 baby names inspired by your favourite soap characters including Bobby Beale and Keanu Taylor

From the most popular, the most successful and the most traditional, to the worst and the banned baby names around the world are always a topic of conversation. But for some mums looking to inject a little bit of fun into the decision-making, they asked fellow parents on a Mumsnet thread to share their favourite name choices if it wasn't for the oh-so terrible meaning of the word.

As a nation of dog lovers it's no surprise that the names we give puppies would echo those we give to our own children.

Mrs Hinch, aka Sophie Hinchliffe, is a cleaning social media sensation, frequently entertaining her 3.2 million followers with useful hacks and tricks on how to keep a tidy home. So far this year the ‘cleanfluencer’ has provided us with some fabulous nuggets of wisdom and owing to the current nationwide lockdown we all now have rather a lot of time on our hands to clean and a fresh incentive to kill germs.

The Drivers and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has issued advice that could save motorists money on their MOT test and car repair bills.

The most popular baby names in Scotland in 2019 have been revealed - and Jack and Olivia are once again at the top spot, according to official statistics.

Choosing a name for your newborn is no easy task, and then there’s the middle name which you might also have to conjure something up for. Whilst Samantha Faiers and her boyfriend Paul Knightley have chosen the more traditional monikers Rosie and Paul for their two children, there’s then Emmerdale star Charley Webb and Matthew Wolfenden who have gone down a different road, naming their three boys Buster, Bowie Grey and Ace Gene.

There's a rise in gender-neutral names for children—especially among celebrities. I think it's a good thing: Gender and sexuality are fluid for so many people, so it only makes sense that more parents consider a unisex name for their kids.

There are so many factors to consider when coming up with a name for your child, it sometimes seems like the hardest task in the world.

Most of us want to be just the right amount of trendy in our lives: Enough so that we look like we’re conscious of our times, but not so much that we …

Most of us want to be just the right amount of trendy in our lives: Enough so that we look like we’re conscious of our times, but not so much that we …

“I was that girl, or am still that girl, that had that box, the baby clothes before there was the thought, or even an Orlando Bloom,” Katy Perry, 35, said during an interview with Australia’s Fifi, Fev & Byron before opening up about her decision to wait for motherhood. “I’m excited about that and like I said, I have two nieces and one nephew that I’m obsessed with.