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Most unusual names in your children’s school class

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Nightsatthelitten · 01/03/2026 15:43

What’s the most unusual name a child in your kids class at school has had?
Almost every other child I know is called Harry, Theo, Leo, Olivia….would love to hear some unusual examples of names!

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Snowyowl99 · 01/03/2026 23:41

Nineandahalf · 01/03/2026 16:09

The one that stood out to me was Rachel
You don't often hear that on under 35s!

I know three primary school Rachels. And a newborn where my sister lives. It’s a classic name

TheBirdintheCave · 01/03/2026 23:40

arlequin · 01/03/2026 23:26

The sister in What Katy Did was Clover. It’s pretty!

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Yes! Clover was a top contender for my daughter’s name as I loved the book character.

FiveMetresUp · 01/03/2026 23:37

Friends of ours have a Sealoa (see-LOW-ah). The dad is a sailor and Sealoa is a nautical term. It means 'sea level over all' or something like that.

TheBirdintheCave · 01/03/2026 23:35

In my son’s class I think his name, Gilbert, is the rarest in terms of the European names in the class. There are plenty of children in the class with names I haven’t heard of (multicultural school) but I’ve no idea how popular/common they are so can’t really compare with them.

Toomuchprivateinfo · 01/03/2026 23:35

honeyrider · 01/03/2026 23:29

I'm in Ireland and they're not that common, I've only known one Kai since birth and he's 7 now and there's another Kai in his class.

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Ok, well Kai was number 72 on last year’s UK baby names list (and this is a UK-based site). Just because you’re not familiar with it doesn’t mean it’s not pretty ordinary.

Comeonbabyblue · 01/03/2026 23:34

Was on a ward in a childrens hospital last week and there were 2 coves / koves
One boy one girl and in A&E was a covie.
Never heard that before until those 2 days.

Comeonbabyblue · 01/03/2026 23:33

Boy - Atlas in my sons class
Was a new one to me, never heard of / met an Atlas before

Sevenwondersofthewoo · 01/03/2026 23:32

I was the one with the unusual name many moons ago in between the

Marys, Susan’s and Elizabeth’s in the 70s

now it’s more common but not many use it still.

todays I hear
elizabeth
Mary
a lot again
and a Gary

some
Wolf
River
Summer

fruitfly3 · 01/03/2026 23:31

On another note, if you are looking for names, look for things that are 70th or less popular on the ONS list. I have a DS whose name is (was when he was born) around 75th most popular. He’s the only one in either of our two primary schools locally. My DD’s name was around 55th most popularly and there are two of them (one in each school). Names that we have a lot of dublicates of aren’t that common other than William, Oliver, Josh and Sophie. There tends to be one or two of most other names. There are loads of names that end in ‘ie’ think Alfie, Marnie, Annie, Mollie, Jamie, Edie, Albie etc.

honeyrider · 01/03/2026 23:29

Toomuchprivateinfo · 01/03/2026 23:02

Of these, Kai, Nancy and Evelyn (often shortened to Evie with Evelyn for the birth certificate) are all very standard baby names for the last 15 years.

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I'm in Ireland and they're not that common, I've only known one Kai since birth and he's 7 now and there's another Kai in his class.

ShouldKnowBetterButNeverLearn · 01/03/2026 23:28

Nosejobnelly · 01/03/2026 16:25

It’s my DD’s middle name (under 35).

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My DD's too. There was at least one in her year who had it as a first name- now teenagers. I love it, so classy.

AdoraBell · 01/03/2026 23:28

Years ago there was a girl called Chanel in the local school. Another school a girl called Octavia.

FloofBunny · 01/03/2026 23:28

arlequin · 01/03/2026 23:26

The sister in What Katy Did was Clover. It’s pretty!

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But....but....it's a COW'S name! 🤣

arlequin · 01/03/2026 23:26

FloofBunny · 01/03/2026 23:19

It IS a cow's name, though. So is Daisy!

Enid Blyton has a lot to answer for.

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The sister in What Katy Did was Clover. It’s pretty!

GrandTheftWalrus · 01/03/2026 23:24

Tigerblossom · 01/03/2026 21:51

There was a boy called Blue in the year below me at school - might be more common for girls now with Blue Ivy but this was Glasgow in the mid-90s!

My DS is 4 and there’s a wee boy called Allan in his nursery.

There was a boy called blue a few years below me at school. This was south lanarkshire.

Also my dd2 is going to be going to school with a penelope which I think is a lovely name.

FloofBunny · 01/03/2026 23:21

Are there any Julias, or is that out of fashion now? I've always thought that Julia is such a nice name.

And any Juliets? I like that, too.

arlequin · 01/03/2026 23:21

Wolfred, Saxon, Misty

fruitfly3 · 01/03/2026 23:20

Ours aren’t crazy but we have a Dax, Tarquin, Tatiana and a Leonard.

FloofBunny · 01/03/2026 23:19

Theunamedcat · 01/03/2026 22:33

😂 that was nearly my moms name vetoed by nan for the same reason

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It IS a cow's name, though. So is Daisy!

Enid Blyton has a lot to answer for.

user1492757084 · 01/03/2026 23:16

Denby
Becket

Majella
Jacqueline

blankcanvas3 · 01/03/2026 23:16

There’s an ‘Ethereal’ in DD’s class, both her parents are white british.

pinkpony88 · 01/03/2026 23:15

UltraAlox5 · 01/03/2026 16:57

Side note, freaking LOVE Queenie

This is what DH calls me because I never have any cash on me 🤣

FloofBunny · 01/03/2026 23:14

Parsleyforme · 01/03/2026 17:08

I wonder how long before it becomes Rocky Road 🙈

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In France you're not allowed to give your children outlandish names like Rocky-Rose or, like a PP mentioned, Viper. For a girl. That is appalling. For a boy, too, but calling your a girl Viper just seems designed to humiliate. While there are some nice names on this thread, there are also lots of really dreadful ones. I don't think it's fair on the child, and I think it's great of the French system to recognise that.

I hope some of these children whose parents saddled them with dreadful names change them when they grow up. I can't imagine the bullying poor Viper must get.

PyongyangKipperbang · 01/03/2026 23:13

HornyHornersPinger · 01/03/2026 23:10

Yoda.

Not even joking....

Reminded me, eldest DS has a friend who called his eldest Anakin.

MBL · 01/03/2026 23:12

I absolutely love some of these names. So nice to see some different ones.

The people who have named their UK based kids thinks like Mark and Lynda are ahead of the curve. They'll come back round and seem like the name of a younger person. I think they are lucky. Eg if a see a Mollie on a list or a work thing I would assume no older than late teens/early twenties.