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I met a lovely little boy and his mum in the US, he was about 5 and was called Caspian.

Maybe a Narnia fan?

funnily enough i met a little boy called Aslan! Another Narnia fan?

He was about 5 too.

Went to school with a boy named Hamlyn in the eighties. Never met another.

Aslan, I think might be Turkish, I remember one of my fathers colleagues being called that.

If course might have been a narnia fan too!

I know two people that have completely made up names - one named from a mixture of her her hair and eye colour (she'd be in her 40s now), one named from a mix of the two names his parents couldn't decide on (he's 10).

I find both names slightly ridiculous tbh.

My neice has a 'real' name, but is the only person with that name in the UK (well the last time I looked she was)

I know two children with made up names, both are a combination of their parents' names. Different families, and about 10 years apart.

In DH's family there's a great aunt called Genesta. I haven't met/heard anyone else with that name.

'Genesta' sounds like a variant of 'Genista' which is a genus of the plant broom (I know this because of the Plantagenets, who were named after it too!)

The family with Aslan were from Yorkshire and didn't look at all Turkish. More Scandinavian. Guess there could have been an ancestor though.

I know of a Finity. Never heard of another.

I went to school with a Mary-lane (yes, lane not a typo!). Not sure where that came from.

I went to primary school with someone called D'Artagnan (sp????)

My DMum used to be a teacher and had a little girl in her class called Ladybird. I quite like it actually! The more I say it the more I think it's rather lovely.

I went to primary school with a boy called Haig (pronounced as in 'The Hague'. I have never heard of or met another since.

I know a five year old Shadow. Pretty atrocious name IMO, but definitely unique!

I have only ever met one Nest.
I knew a Tulip once, never met another of those either.

Also Oceanne and Angel. I have seen these/similar thrown around on baby name threads but I've never met one since the originals I have met.

I used to work with someone called Lovely. Never met another.

I've only ever met one Saxon - a toddler boy

Vern - boy (said it was a family name)

Sultana - turkish girl

Ladybird Johnson. But I don't think that was her real name.

Oh just remembered that I worked with a Cameo she was a lovely person

My ds knows a Saxon at school, CoffeeMum. There is also a Lollipop at his school which I have never heard of before.

I know/met only one of these:

Barbarella
Annael
Venetia
January
Aviva
Tequila
Suvi

Bo
Fox
Gil
Tiger
God
Babbington
Tal (Talbot)

Had a Art teacher called Rain and her sisters were called Rainbow and Valentine

Quintus
Storm

A few that are probably popular in home country as well.