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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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Ginagogo · 01/03/2026 22:00

We have a Loveday, Tennessee-Rose, Mikey (a girl)

MssngvwaIs · 01/03/2026 21:59

Walkinglikegroucho · 01/03/2026 21:47

I heard 'Cuthbert' at my local National Trust yesterday. For a young boy.

Why on earth these old fashioned names are popular is beyond me. Cuthbert is such a wet lettuce of a name.

I also know 3 prr school Zoe's which while not an unusual name, did surprise me as everyone seems to be Edie or Nora or Evie now.

All the Evies I know are at secondary school now. It was hugely popular for a while but not so now around me.

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.

APinkAndSpottyGiraffey · 01/03/2026 21:50

DS’s class had a Woody and an Orion. An ex of mine has a boy called Loki.

All white British again.

Januaryasnowhite · 01/03/2026 21:49

Forest, Helena, Blessing.
Romeo too.

Walkinglikegroucho · 01/03/2026 21:49

@gardenservant Crocus made me laugh!

Walkinglikegroucho · 01/03/2026 21:47

I heard 'Cuthbert' at my local National Trust yesterday. For a young boy.

Why on earth these old fashioned names are popular is beyond me. Cuthbert is such a wet lettuce of a name.

I also know 3 prr school Zoe's which while not an unusual name, did surprise me as everyone seems to be Edie or Nora or Evie now.

Cyclingmummy1 · 01/03/2026 21:46

Fox and Kid, surname Glove 😉

Merlin, Jazzy.

I was surprised when Audrey made a comeback.

Gardenservant · 01/03/2026 21:44

The13thFairy · 01/03/2026 19:45

18 years ago, in my granddaughter's class, there was an Ocean, a Buddha, a Tiger Lily and a Daffodil.

I have always wondered why some flower names are used but not others. Daffodil,
Tulip and Hyacinth are unusual, while Ivy, Lily, Iris and Daisy used to be old fashioned but are now popular. But there are some flowers, Crocus, Cosmos, Paeony, Clematis etc. which I have never heard used.

MidnightMusing5 · 01/03/2026 21:44

Lux

mjf981 · 01/03/2026 21:43

I know someone who named their children:
Prada and Chanel
She's quite a normal middle class person who works as a teacher.

HelenaWilson · 01/03/2026 21:43

I have Find My Past open, so I had a quick look for Nevaeh/Neveah. There have been just over a thousand births with that name registered in Britain. The earliest seems to be in 2002, and most or all in the 2000s, though I didn't look at every page.

Swiftie1878 · 01/03/2026 21:42

Humphrey. Talk about ‘ out there’!

JasmineMac · 01/03/2026 21:42

Beren
Ralph
Cassidy

Knittedanimal · 01/03/2026 21:42

Halo
Chase
Wynta

PyongyangKipperbang · 01/03/2026 21:41

Mentioned this one before, an old aquaintance had a daughter named after a seasonand a plant with a colour surname. Think Wynter Rose White, straight off a Dulux paint chart!

Knittedanimal · 01/03/2026 21:39

EnchentButteler · 01/03/2026 21:26

Skagg, Rocky, Oakley, Angel-Hope, Angel-Rainne, Cassius

Skagg?! Isn't that Liverpudlian for heroin? 🤣

Knittedanimal · 01/03/2026 21:37

Pandolly · 01/03/2026 15:45

I know of a Wolf, Arrow and Rocket. All boys primary age.

🤣

Poodlelove · 01/03/2026 21:34

We have a Navy , Velvet , Sunny , Honey , Scooter and Bree

PyongyangKipperbang · 01/03/2026 21:34

Helen Georges kids are Wren and Lark. Which seems a bit "samey" to me.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 01/03/2026 21:32

Came across a baby Lark on a plane the other week.

Kicked lumps out of my seat the whole way back (as did his Dad with his knees!) so not endeared to the name 😂 Most oblivious to other people family I’ve yet come across - baby’s foot actually came through the seats and kicked me without a word of apology and both parents managed to almost swing of my seat back when they got up to the loo!

Didn’t say anything as we were surrounded by other middle-class millennial parents who all seemed sure their kids were the cutest thing ever born and we all wanted to see and hear from them, plus my teens hate it when I complain about things.

PyongyangKipperbang · 01/03/2026 21:29

Skagg?!

As in Scag aka Heroin?!

Derbee · 01/03/2026 21:28

Birdie, Eric and Joa are the ones that spring to mind for me

PyongyangKipperbang · 01/03/2026 21:27

Grapewrath · 01/03/2026 21:22

Elvis
snowy
Arizona- Sky
Poet
Montana
Blaze
Gem
Justice
Stoney
Pebbles
River-Blue
Blossom
Presley
Wren
Alaska
Elfie

just a few I’ve come across over the years. I like most of them and most mentioned here too!

Edited

I knew an Elvis growing up, and it was possibly a bit more odd then as this was just after he died and Elvis deification was at its height. But within a very short while it was just his name, and we didnt think about it again. Thats said, I think he did get bullied at senior school for it, poor kid.

PepsiBook · 01/03/2026 21:27

Khallesse - mum says she's a huge game of thrones fan!!
Clementine
Wolf
Snow.... Last name white