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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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PasDevantLesElephants · 01/03/2026 19:51

@SisterMarie Thank you, saved me a job fishing out the link 🤦🏻‍♀️

Fingalscave · 01/03/2026 19:48

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 01/03/2026 18:48

Poor child! She’ll be ‘Nosy’ Parker for years….

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I didn't think of that but yes she will! I immediately thought of Lady Penelope's chauffer in Thunderbirds.

Cherrybomb00 · 01/03/2026 19:48

DS has an Etta and a Rosalie in his year which I think are absolutely gorgeous names.

DD (age 11) went to nursery with a Julie and has a Maverick and a Honey in her year.

My friend taught a Blessings which is a pretty standard African name…. he also taught the younger sister MoreBlessings a couple of years later

SleepingStandingUp · 01/03/2026 19:45

We have a Castiel

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.

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 01/03/2026 19:44

There was a loveday in DD2s year and a jenaysha is dd1s. I also know someone who inflicted khalessi on their poor kid!

Roundofapause · 01/03/2026 19:43

At nursery - Orion

Lancsta · 01/03/2026 19:41

And Ebeneezer

We've also had a few King/Queens too.
King Simon, Queen Sarah etc.

MyAlertShark · 01/03/2026 19:41

Primrose.
Eden.
Edie.
Heidi.
Rocco (boy).
Frank. Not unusual as such but not come across many under 10s called Frank.
Parker (boy).

sashh · 01/03/2026 19:40

spiderlight · 01/03/2026 17:31

My DS has finished school now but his was probably the most unusual name in all his classes - not sure why because it's a perfectly normal Welsh name, in Wales, but barely anyone seemed to have heard it before and he used to dread supply teachers attempting it!

In college last year, he had a Graeme in his class. I've never met a Graeme/Graham under 40 so that was quite unusual.

As a supply teacher I would start by apologising for any names I got wrong and ask the students to correct me.

It can be a minefield. Iona could sound like eye-oh-na or Yona.

Unusual names from when I was at school:
Dympa, Philomena, Anthula, Savula, Lillian.

Unpaidviewer · 01/03/2026 19:39

We have a Bear and a River. They really seem to suit the names. Both families are middle class hippy types.

Lancsta · 01/03/2026 19:38

Precious
Peace
Marvellous
Peculiar
and 5 year old Linda!

Dymaxion · 01/03/2026 19:33

DH and I used to joke about calling DC3 Gweek, after a holiday in Cornwall Grin

Contrarymary30 · 01/03/2026 19:32

DGSs class there's an Anikin (boy) loads of kids with surnames for first names ie Parker Bradley etc
I had a very unusual name for the time and didn't know ajy other kids with it . It's used more often now . My Mum wanted to call me Morgan but she was out voted .

Dawnintheageofaquariams · 01/03/2026 19:32

Pavitra. DD friend.
Sanskrit, and she is lovely.

Dymaxion · 01/03/2026 19:31

Clary, which I love ( girl ) and Tate ( boy ) and Sennen ( not sure as was very little ) , all names of children on a beach in Cornwall. Locally, probably Uffa, only ever heard of one and we have had some fairly unusual names at school over the years.

MiddleAgedDread · 01/03/2026 19:30

Ptarmigan
(it’s the Scottish equivalent of calling your child grouse or pheasant!)
david seems unusual in the under 10’s even though it’s a little perfectly normal name

TheGreenTeddy · 01/03/2026 19:29

Khaleesi - Named after Game Of Thrones character

damntheyaremymonkeys · 01/03/2026 19:26

We have a Josephine in DD's class and I love it. The rest of the class are pretty common names (not that that's bad, DD is one of them, but it's nice to see something that isn't so common nowadays)

Keepitrealnomists · 01/03/2026 19:26

I love unusual names but some of these names are wild. Do people not realise they are naming a person not a pet.

Paperwhite209 · 01/03/2026 19:26

Bushmillsbabe · 01/03/2026 16:11

Thor, Star, Wolf are all in my daughters year. And Gary - not an unusual name, but not one you hear much at primary age

I know a teenage Gary.

And once knew a Kherakeisha.

thelittlestbird · 01/03/2026 19:23

Maverick
Cherry
Filly
Romee
Elvis

not all at the same school / setting.

CosyDenimShark · 01/03/2026 19:21

We have a Balthazar in sons class.

Mapletree1985 · 01/03/2026 19:21

Boy called Typhoon. Girl called Travis.

WildHam · 01/03/2026 19:21

Everyone naming their children after Gladiators…..