Just hope "Sonny" is a boy! Does the GRO issue guidance to Registrars about the appropriateness of given names? For instance I was born on 2nd August 1945 in Leeds. [ My parents had been ARP wardens in Bristol. ] Could they have registered me as Aug21945 WARN? I had one of those buff National Registration Cards. On the question od numbers as names, we already have numbers. We have an all numeric NHS number - in the past it was alpha numeric. We have an alpha numeric NINO. Natwest Bank know me by my 8 digit number + a 6 digit sort code. My on line number is my 6 digit DOB + a unique 4 digit number Swansea know me as a driver by an alpha numeric code. etc...... Phil