Move Over Suri, the South Lakes is Tipping Sawrey, Rydal and Newby!

Move Over Suri, the South Lakes is Tipping Sawrey, Rydal and Newby!

WINDERMERE, England, January 8/PRNewswire/ -- The South Lakes is tipping Sawrey and Rydal to be surging up
the top names lists in 2007 as a passion for the area is fuelled by the
release of 'Miss Potter' - the film about Lakeland icon, Beatrix Potter.

Jack has been in top spot for twelve years running in England
and Wales, but a long, hot summer of love and tourist boom in the Lake
District are thought to have led parents to consider naming their offspring
after their place of conception, a la Brooklyn Beckham.

Others parents merely wish to be part of the South Lakes
scene, appreciating this will be Britain's trendiest area.

Rydal is now rampant as the main contender for Jack's throne,
in recognition of poet Wordsworth's residence - Rydal Mount. There are also
suggestions Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise intended being ahead of the pack,
but mistakenly named his daughter Suri, rather than Sawrey, where Beatrix
Potter lived.

Discerning parents of girl babies could opt for the safe
option of Beatrix, but rather than risking a name that could become common,
parents are likely to follow the celebrity trend of finding something
unusual, like Gwyneth Paltrow's Apple and Angelina Jolie's Shiloh.

The hot money is on Sawrey to soar up the list of girls'
names, as the Potter factor takes hold. This is likely to be followed by
Newby (from Newby Bridge), Kirkby (Kirkby Lonsdale) and Lindeth. Other top
tips are Hannakin, Belleisle, Lily-Bay, Silverhowe, Ambleside and Bracken.

Although top tipsters are banking on Rydal being the rising
star in boys' names in 2007, other names on the cards include Kendal,
Lonsdale, Sedgwick, Holbeck, Rothay, Natland, Kentmere and Fell, whilst those
who backed X Factor runner-up Ray, could go for the stylish option of Wray.

Spokesperson Cliff Dixon, says: "British tourists rekindled
their love affair with the South Lakes in 2006 and the area is set to explode
on to the world tourism scene once again in 2007, thanks to Miss Potter.

"Anywhere within a 20 mile radius of Ambleside and Windermere
will be one of the places in which to be seen. Naming your child after this
trendy area, will be the ultimate in one-upmanship in 2007." continued Dixon

Source: The South Lakes Tourism Group

Press calls: Jane Hunt, Catapult PR, +44-1253-595558

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