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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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VivienneDelacroix · 01/03/2026 20:57

gentilleprof7 · 01/03/2026 20:56

Artemis and Zion are very middle class. Coco - not so much - but this must be a nickname. For example, Colin but we call him Coco.

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I know a Coco who is Coco on her birthday certificate. Like your examples - parents are very middle-class.

gentilleprof7 · 01/03/2026 20:56

LayaM · 01/03/2026 16:08

We have Artemis, Zion and Coco - like all of them.

Artemis and Zion are very middle class. Coco - not so much - but this must be a nickname. For example, Colin but we call him Coco.

MovedlikeHarlowinMonteCarlo · 01/03/2026 20:54

Girls called Halo, Gigi and Clancey.

Boy called Bernard. Unusual for a 3 year old.

Totomanoto · 01/03/2026 20:53

Pompom and Wulfrik

DoggerelBank · 01/03/2026 20:51

Nosejobnelly · 01/03/2026 16:25

It’s my DD’s middle name (under 35).

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My DDs now mid-20s had loads of Rachels at school.

Steamingcupofdarjeeling · 01/03/2026 20:47

Alan, Barbara, Fox, Laurenz and Torpey

YouBelongWithMe · 01/03/2026 20:45

We have a 'Princess', an 'Amazing' and a 'Peculiar', but they are all cultural names.

Queenjuliana · 01/03/2026 20:44

crawlingovertheline · 01/03/2026 18:00

Oh boy

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I only heard of it quite recently, new to me as I have no children in my family. So sorry to have offended you

Pomegranatecarnage · 01/03/2026 20:44

birdpoo · 01/03/2026 17:22

Blimey who calls their kid Adonis?!

A Greek person?

CreepingCrone · 01/03/2026 20:43

Atlas
Saint
Storm

User0311 · 01/03/2026 20:43

Wolf, age 4/5

BlackCat14 · 01/03/2026 20:43

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 have a lot of friends called Rachel (mid 30s) and taught a little girl called Rachel last year an it felt so strange at first, as you just don’t hear it at all on younger ones now do you!

worldshottestmom · 01/03/2026 20:39

Not my kids class, but in my class and some in years below me, there was Knowledge, Justice, Toofpeek, and Manchop. My sister was in a class with someone who's name, was name. Perhaps not spelt the same but pronounced the same.

I'd like to add i dont think its inherently racist to find unusual names funny. Its just funny. Its not attacking culture or being prejudice, it just sounds unusual to people so used to hearing Adam and Eve as names, yano?

Chocolateotter43 · 01/03/2026 20:38

I'm my child's class there is a Xaos (girl). Also Priscilla, Tygi and Phoenix all WB.

FastnetLundyRockall · 01/03/2026 20:38

Hilda. The only other one I know is my 93 year old gran!

ClearFruit · 01/03/2026 20:37

Ace and Champion

blanketsnuggler · 01/03/2026 20:36

Kal-El, which apparently is Superman's name on Krypton.
Silver
Abraham
Victor

Thechaseison71 · 01/03/2026 20:36

Simonjt · 01/03/2026 19:56

At our sons last school there was a Wolfgang, it suited him so much. There was also a little girl called Siren, as in Greek mythology, not a police siren.

I knew a Wolfie. His siblings were Elbereth and Malach

Shefliesonherownwings · 01/03/2026 20:36

I really like all the unusual names - we know a Ziggy, Orlando, Raven and quite a few Remys (boys and girls). Also some lovely Irish names for both sexes, bit tricky to spell but sound lovely. Years ago I also knew someone who had a girl called Pebble.

ladygindiva · 01/03/2026 20:34

One of my kids has a boy called Eliel. I love it.

Astepaway · 01/03/2026 20:33

Ricky
Rocky
Chad
Chase
Honey
Wilf
Luna
Alaska

Thechaseison71 · 01/03/2026 20:32

Loriclimbs · 01/03/2026 20:17

I think the oddest names in my children's school is probably my own children's names. They were born in Ireland and I named them lovely, not uncommon, irish names...then moved to London where people look at us like we have three heads if they have to spell their names.

Lol my eldest is mairead and people seem to have trouble spelling that

Timespentwithcatsisneverwasted · 01/03/2026 20:31

Nevaeh, Chardonnay, Tallulah, Bo

Thechaseison71 · 01/03/2026 20:31

Ponoka7 · 01/03/2026 15:48

Shall we just start taking the piss out of non English names now? These threads always descend into casual racism with a nice touch of classism. It does show how thick a lot of posters are, when they claim Hebrew names are made up. Or don't understand why the Black African-Americans rejected George, Charlotte etc and created their own versions.

Is anyone doing that? In DGS sclass all the kids are white British And yes there is Harry Oliver and Archie. Not sure I hear anything unusual from the names he talks about. Maybe Beatrice I suppose

Revavalley · 01/03/2026 20:28

When I was a dental nurse two children from different families Velvet and Cole loved both of them. That was 30yrs ago. But neighbour nephew is Jet and it suits him as he runs like a greyhound.